71-534: Soviet Pacific Fleet Far Eastern Front Ranam-guyok Military District 3rd Army Second Sino-Japanese War Taishō period Shōwa period Asia-Pacific Mediterranean and Middle East Other campaigns Coups The Seishin Operation ( Russian : Сэйсинская операция , romanized : Seysinskaya operatsiya , Korean : 청진 상륙 작전 ), also called Chongjin Landing Operation ,
142-532: A battalion of marines (710 men under command of Major M.P. Barabolko). The battalion commander led his troops into the city and advanced 1–3 kilometers. However, by introducing fresh forces into battle and supported by the artillery fire of an armored train, the Japanese command pushed the Soviets back to the port by the night of 14 August, where they held a bridgehead 2 km along the front and 1 km deep. Only part of
213-536: A company of submachine gunners from the 13th Naval Infantry brigade (in total 181 men under command of Colonel A. Z. Denisin) entered the city. Leaving two boats for cover from the sea, the rest of the ships returned to Vladivostok. The assault force easily occupied the port and the surrounding urban areas, taking advantage of the enemy's complete surprise. However, the Japanese soon launched a counterattack, at first disorderly and fragmented. The Japanese command soon restored order and launched an organized offensive against
284-645: A dozen support ships' was juxtaposed to the U.S. Navy's Task Force 70 in the region. There were also 23 other Soviet ships in the South China Sea , at the same time. In addition, Soviet Ilyushin Il-38 reconnaissance planes, based in Aden or Ethiopia , maintained a close watch on U.S. vessels, as did Ka-25 Hormone helicopters from Soviet warships. In 1981 the fleet suffered the loss of many of its senior officers, including its commander in chief, Admiral Emil Spiridonov , when
355-596: A few years after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Fleet lost all its aircraft carriers, and by early 2000 only one cruiser remained active with the Fleet. By the end of the 2010s, the Fleet consisted of one large missile cruiser, five destroyers, ten nuclear submarines, eight diesel-electric submarines plus numerous light units, amphibious ships and auxiliaries. May 1992 saw the first of five large ammunition explosions at Pacific Fleet storage depots, 1992–2003. The blast rocked
426-418: A forward detachment of the 25th Army under command of Colonel General Ivan Chistyakov of the 1st Far Eastern Front reached the positions of the landing force. The Seishin Landing Operation had ended. Several hundred soldiers and commanders were awarded. The commander of the 140th reconnaissance unit, Sr. Lt. Viktor Leonov received his second Hero of the Soviet Union on 14 September 1945. Chŏng Sangjin ,
497-551: A large number of German soldiers. When a boat with German soldiers attempted to make landing towards their position, Leonov along with a detachment of Ivan Barchenko-Yemelyanov repulsed the attacks, and captured about 60 enemy soldiers. This battle ensured the success of the Soviet landing in Liinakhamari , which led to capture of the port and city by Soviet forces. Thus, Leonov's detachment, by its actions, created favorable conditions for
568-672: A number of ships from the "Siberian Military Flotilla" (2 minelayers , 12 torpedo boats and 5 gunboats), based in Port Arthur . Other ships of the "Siberian Military Flotilla" (4 cruisers, 10 torpedo boats) were stationed in Vladivostok. During the Russo-Japanese War, most of the Russian Navy in the Pacific was destroyed. The Russian Baltic Fleet under Admiral Zinovy Rozhestvensky , renamed
639-791: Is the Russian Navy fleet in the Pacific Ocean . Established in 1731 as part of the Imperial Russian Navy , the fleet was known as the Okhotsk Military Flotilla (1731–1856) and Siberian Military Flotilla (1856–1918), formed to defend Russian interests in the Russian Far East region along the Pacific coast. In 1918 the fleet was inherited by the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic , then
710-835: The Caspian Higher Naval Red Banner School named after Sergei Kirov in Baku , Azerbaijan SSR , and in 1952, he was promoted to Captain 2nd Rank. From 1953 to 1956, he was a student of the Voroshilov Naval Academy in Leningrad , and graduated from the second year of the academy. In July 1956, he was transferred to the reserve. From 1957 to 1987, he worked as an engineer at the Research Institute of Petroleum Engineering in Moscow. He died in Moscow on 7 October 2003 and
781-644: The Imperial Japanese Army in addition to capturing three artillery batteries, five aircraft and several ammunition depots, without suffering from a single casualty. Leonov received the title Hero of the Soviet Union for the second time on 14 September 1945. After the war, Leonov continued his military service in the Northern Fleet and in the Central Office of the Soviet Navy. In 1950 he graduated from
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#1732847797704852-640: The Manchurian Operation of 1945 ), in the Invasion of South Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands Landing Operation the same year. Thousands of sailors and officers were awarded orders and medals for outstanding military service; more than fifty men received the title Hero of the Soviet Union . Eighteen ships and fleet units received the title of the Soviet Guards , and sixteen were awarded
923-785: The Order of the Red Banner . On 5 May 1965, the Pacific Fleet itself was awarded with the Order of the Red Banner. The Pacific Fleet started deploying forces to the Indian Ocean, and established the 8th Operational (Indian Ocean) Squadron in 1968, after the British government announced its intention to withdraw its military forces east of the Suez Canal by 1971. In addition to the defensive function of balancing
994-857: The Peter the Great Gulf in Primorsky Krai , and Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky and Vilyuchinsk in Avacha Bay on the Kamchatka Peninsula in Kamchatka Krai . Following the APEC Russia 2012 summit, it was announced that the main naval base of the Pacific Fleet in the Russian Far East will be moved to Fokino. The current commander is Admiral Viktor Liina , who has held the position since April 2023. In 1731,
1065-572: The Soviet Union in 1922 as part of the Soviet Navy , being reformed several times before being disbanded in 1926. In 1932 it was re-established as the Pacific Fleet, and was known as the Red Banner Pacific Fleet ( Краснознамённый Тихоокеанский флот , Krasnoznamyonnyy Tikhookeansky flot ) after World War II as it had earned the Order of the Red Banner . In the Soviet years, the fleet
1136-510: The Tsugaru Strait and then the Osumi Strait. The Russian ships in the squadron included the destroyers Admiral Panteleyev and Admiral Tributs , the corvettes Aldar Tsydenzhapov and Gromkiy as well as auxiliaries. Plans for deployment of new large units to the Fleet were announced in the early 2010s. Several new ballistic missile submarines , and large cruisers were projected to join
1207-781: The Tupolev Tu-104 transporting them back to Vladivostok after meetings in Leningrad crashed shortly after takeoff from Pushkin Airport . A total of 16 admirals and generals, and 38 lower ranking officers, were killed. In the 1980s, Soviet naval strategy shifted to an emphasis on bastion defense, fortifying the Sea of Okhotsk for that purpose. By the mid-1980s, the Pacific Fleet had constituted 32% of all Soviet naval assets, up from 28% in 1975 and 25% in 1965. It included approximately 800 ships, over 120 submarines, and 98 surface combatants . Two of
1278-538: The 140th Separate Reconnaissance Detachment of the Soviet Pacific Fleet headquarters, the unit under his command took part in the amphibious landing of the Soviet troops into Japanese-occupied Korea , where they landed at the port cities of Seishin , Genzan and Rajin-guyok , in the northeastern portion of the peninsula . At the port city of Genzan, the naval scouts under Leonov's command were credited with capturing and disarming 200 officers and 3500 soldiers of
1349-488: The 181st Separate Reconnaissance Detachment of the Northern Fleet, in which he conducted about 50 combat operations in the rear of the enemy since 18 July 1941. In 1942, he became a member of the Communist Party of Soviet Union . In December 1942, after being awarded an officer rank, he became a commissar , and a year later he was assigned to the 181st Special Reconnaissance Detachment of the Northern Fleet. In April 1944 he
1420-464: The 2020s. In addition, the Pacific Fleet's amphibious capabilities will be modernized in the mid-latter 2020s through the acquisition of one or more of the Ivan Gren-class landing ships and possibly one of the new Priboy-class helicopter assault ships . While existing ballistic-missile submarine production will fully replace and increase numbers of SSBNs in the Pacific Fleet, it is unclear that
1491-451: The 205th infantry regiment and military equipment. During the day, the landing forces executed a limited offensive from Seishin towards the north and north-west. Japanese troops in the area of the city received a message about the order of the Emperor of Japan about the cessation of resistance. Although a number of units refused to lay down their arms, organized resistance had almost ceased by
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#17328477977041562-465: The 3 rd rank GV Ternovsky) hastily formed from the crews of the ships, landed on the shore. During the night, the Soviets had to repel 14 enemy attacks. Only thanks to exceptional courage and a high level of combat training, the Marines managed to survive. The ships that arrived in the morning remained in the harbor and supported the troops with their artillery fire. Due to the bad weather on that day, aviation
1633-440: The 4th Brigade of Constructed and Overhauled Submarines (Vladivostok, Primorskiy Kray); the 72nd Brigade of Constructed and Overhauled Submarines (Bolshoy Kamen, Primorskiy Kray); the 45th and 47th Coastal Defence Brigades; the 7th Minesweeper Brigade (Razboynik Bay (Vladivostok), Primorskiy Kray); and the 19th Submarine Brigade (Uliss Bay, Vladivostok. In the 1990s and 2000s, the Pacific Fleet lost many of its larger units. Within
1704-789: The 68th ) on Sakhalin island. The Russian Coast Guard provides additional armed patrol capabilities in the Pacific, including two Krivak-class frigates . Naval Aviation of the Pacific Fleet: Additional aviation and air defence assets in the Eastern Military District are deployed as part of the 11th Air and Air Defence Forces Army , including Su-35s at Yelizovo on the Kamchatka Peninsula (deployed there on rotation as of 2021). Tu-95 MS and Tu-22M 3 bombers (including with Kh-47M2 Kinzhal hypersonic and Kh-32 long-range supersonic anti-ship missiles) deployed as part of Russian Long-Range Aviation , including in
1775-578: The Eastern Military District. According to a report from the Institute for the Study of War , in March 2018 the Fleet contained two naval infantry brigades, a coastal brigade, and coastal regiment. However, an expansion of these capabilities, introducing new units and formations, was underway as of 2020/21. In 2022, both of the Pacific Fleet's naval infantry brigades were transferred to Ukraine for operations as part of
1846-625: The Empire of Japan, the only Axis power in the Pacific, even after Japan entered World War II . At the same time, the Soviets transferred a destroyer leader , three destroyers , and five submarines from the Pacific Fleet to the Northern Fleet . More than 140,000 sailors from the Pacific Fleet were incorporated in the rifle brigades and other units on the Soviet front against Germans in Europe . By August 1945,
1917-816: The Far East and against the White army and interventionists . During the Russian Civil War , almost all of the ships of the Pacific Fleet were seized by the White army and the Japanese. After the departure of the interventionists in 1922, the Soviets created the Naval Forces of the Far East, under commander Ivan Kozhanov , as a part of the Vladivostok unit, and the Amur Military Flotilla (Амурская военная флотилия, or Amurskaya voyennaya flotiliya). In 1926, these were disbanded:
1988-547: The Fleet. However, these plans evolved over the course of the decade with a changed focus by 2020 on light units and submarines to renew the fleet. In this regard, the focus is now on new general purpose frigates ( Gorshkov-class ), multi-role and missile corvettes ( Steregushchiy-class , Gremyashchiy-class and Karakurt-class ) as well as on a full range of new submarines (the Borei , Yasen and Improved Kilo classes). Vessels of these classes are all projected to enter service through
2059-553: The Flotilla's principal base, which a year later would be transferred to Nikolayevsk-on-Amur and later to Vladivostok in 1871. In 1854, the men of the Flotilla distinguished themselves in the defense of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy during the Crimean War , (1853–1856). In 1856, the Okhotsk Military Flotilla changed its name to the "Siberian Military Flotilla" ( Сибирская военная флотилия , Sibirskaya voyennaya flotiliya ). In 1860,
2130-583: The Imperial Russian Navy created the Okhotsk Military Flotilla ( Охотская военная флотилия , Okhotskaya voyennaya flotiliya ) under its first commander, Grigoriy Skornyakov-Pisarev , to patrol and transport government goods to and from Kamchatka . In 1799, 3 frigates and 3 smaller ships were sent to Okhotsk under the command of Rear-Admiral I. Fomin to form a functioning military flotilla. In 1849, Petropavlovsk-na-Kamchatke became
2201-584: The Kwantung Army — first 2 infantry regiments, then the Guards Infantry Division. The Japanese troops were led in battle by the commander of the Ranan fortified area, Lieutenant-General Munekichi Nishiwaki. In the afternoon of 13 August ten torpedo boats entered the port at Seishin, from which the 140th reconnaissance unit of the Pacific Fleet headquarters under the command of Lieutenant Viktor Leonov and
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2272-582: The Mediterranean Viktor Leonov Viktor Nikolayevich Leonov ( Russian : Виктор Николаевич Лео́нов ; 21 November [ O.S. 8 November] 1916 – 7 October 2003) was a Soviet Navy officer and twice Hero of the Soviet Union . Considered a national legend in the Soviet era after the Second World War , he frequently gave speeches to Communist organizations about the war, but he became obscure after
2343-515: The Naval forces was Captain First Rank A.F. Studenichnikov, and the commander of the landing party was Major General Vasily Trushin. The general command of the operation was in the hands of fleet commander Admiral I. S. Yumashev. The Japanese had an infantry battalion, an officer's school, and a naval base in the city. During the operation, the number of Japanese troops was increased with retreating units of
2414-658: The Naval headquarters in St. Petersburg ordered the Baltic Fleet to the Pacific to reinforce Russian naval forces, primarily the First Pacific Squadron on the east coast of Asia and its naval base at Port Arthur . By the beginning of the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–1905, Imperial Russian naval forces in the Far East consisted of the 1st Pacific Squadron (7 battleships , 7 cruisers , 13 torpedo boats , 2 gunboats ) and
2485-500: The Pacific Fleet consisted of two cruisers, one destroyer leader, ten destroyers, two torpedo boats, 19 patrol boats, 78 submarines, ten minelayers, 52 minesweepers , 49 "MO" anti-submarine boats (MO stands for Малый Охотник, or "little hunter"), 204 motor torpedo boats and 1459 war planes. During the Soviet–Japanese War of 1945, the Pacific Fleet participated in the removal of the Empire of Japan from Northern Korea (a part of
2556-564: The Pacific Fleet had two surface ship subdivisions, four submarine subdivisions, one torpedo boat subdivision, a few squadrons of ships and patrol boats , airborne units, coastal artillery and marines . During the Great Patriotic War (the Soviet World War II campaign against Germany from 1941 to 1945) the Pacific Fleet was in a permanent state of alert and ready for action, although the Soviets remained neutral with respect to
2627-698: The Russian invasion . Up to the end of 2022, both brigades have reportedly experienced heavy losses. In April 2022, the 155th Brigade was reportedly awarded the "Guards" title for its service. In January 1947, the Pacific Fleet was divided into the 5th and 7th fleets: 5th Fleet: 7th Fleet: In April 1953, the Fleets were once again combined under one Pacific Fleet command: [REDACTED] Media related to Pacific fleet of Russia at Wikimedia Commons Northern Fleet Baltic Fleet Black Sea Fleet Pacific Fleet Caspian Flotilla Permanent task force in
2698-432: The Second Pacific Squadron, was defeated at the Battle of Tsushima . During the Russian Revolution of 1905 , the sailors of the Pacific Fleet were actively engaged in the revolutionary movement, participating in armed revolts in Vladivostok in January 1906 and October 1907. During the October Revolution of 1917, the sailors of the Siberian and Amur military flotillas fought for the establishment of Soviet authority in
2769-429: The Soviet Union, Kirill Meretskov , on 12 August cancelled the previously scheduled landing in Seishin. However, the fleet command continued preparations for the landing, hoping for an easy success. Yumashev managed to get permission to conduct the operation from the Commander-in-Chief of the Soviet troops in the Far East, Marshal of the Soviet Union A. M. Vasilevsky . But, with the previous decision of Meretskov to cancel
2840-420: The Vladivostok unit was transferred to the command of the frontier troops in the Far East, and the Amur flotilla became a flotilla of its own. Owing to Japanese aggression in Manchuria in 1931, the Central Committee and the Soviet government decided to create the Naval Forces in the Far East on 13 April 1932. In January 1935, they were renamed the Pacific Fleet, under commander M. Viktorov . The creation of
2911-449: The battalion led a defensive battle at the piers, several more groups of soldiers were cut off from their unit and fought separately in high-rise buildings in the city. In addition, because of the lack of knowledge of the situation, the battalion had been landed too far away from all three advanced landing groups in the city and therefore could not unite with them. The critical situation persisted. A volunteer detachment (25 men, commander of
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2982-457: The city of Vladivostok . Between 5–12 July 2013, warships from the Russian Pacific Fleet and the North Sea Fleet of the People's Liberation Army Navy participated in Joint Sea 2013 , bilateral naval maneuvers held in the Peter the Great Bay . Joint Sea 2013 was the largest naval drills yet undertaken by the PRC 's navy with a foreign navy. In 2021, a joint Russian-Chinese squadron sailed around Japan, passing between Japanese islands through
3053-429: The end of the day. In some areas, the surrender of Japanese soldiers began. On 17 August, the ships that had left Vladivostok the previous day, arrived at the port and the landing of the troops was carried out safely. There were small skirmishes and shootouts with individual groups and subunits of the enemy. The Japanese were taken prisoner, some of their units left the front and tried to go south overland. Around 11:30,
3124-425: The fall of the Soviet Union. Leonov was born on 21 November [ O.S. 8 November] 1916 in the city of Zaraysk to a working-class family. From 1931 to 1933, he studied at the school of factory apprenticeship at the Kalibr Plant in Moscow , where he worked as a pattern fitter and combining work with social activities. He also served as the member of the plant committee of the Komsomol , chairman of
3195-411: The fleet entailed great difficulties. The first units were formed with small ships delivered by railroad . In 1932, the torpedo boat squadron and eight submarines were put into service. In 1934, the Pacific Fleet received 26 small submarines. The creation of the naval aviation and coastal artillery was underway. In 1937, they opened the Pacific Military School. By the beginning of World War II ,
3266-412: The fleet may be partly designed to mitigate such a gap. An accident aboard Nerpa , a nuclear-powered attack submarine doing a test run during sea trials in the Sea of Japan on 8 November 2008, killed more than 20 people, marking the worst submarine disaster since Kursk sank in 2000. Nerpa was an Akula -class submarine belonging to the Pacific Fleet. Its construction began in 1991, but
3337-497: The landing force was landed in the port, while two more minesweepers were significantly damaged by mines. The fleet command, realizing that it had underestimated the enemy, was now fully building up the power of the landing force. At first, another tank landing barge with seven T-26 tanks and two vehicles aboard was sent to Seishin. Then, the next detachment of ships, not initially planned, left Vladivostok: one patrol ship, one minesweeper, six landing craft, one tank landing ship, carrying
3408-404: The landing force. The position of the scouts immediately deteriorated: they were cut off from the coast in an unfamiliar city and the Japanese also succeeded in cutting the detachment in two. By 18:30 pm, seven more torpedo boats landed 90 more soldiers (a machine-gun company) away from the battlefield. This unit could not break through to join the reconnaissance detachment, suffered heavy losses and
3479-430: The landing of Soviet troops in the ice-free port of Liinakhamari and the subsequent capture of Petsamo and Kirkenes . For doing so he was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union for the first time on 5 November 1944. After the defeat of Nazi Germany in May 1945, Leonov was assigned to the Far East where he took part in the Soviet–Japanese War in August 1945. As a front-line intelligence officer attached to
3550-406: The landing, so fleet aviation struck at a distance from the battlefield to avoid bombing its own troops. As such, direct air support for the landing was absent. During the night, the paratroopers fought an extremely fierce battle in three separate groups, beating off continuous counterattacks and soon lacking ammunition. On the morning of 14 August, the reinforcement convoy reached Seishin and landed
3621-429: The naval strength in the Indian Ocean against that of the United States Navy, the 8th Squadron played a role in promoting Soviet foreign policy. Regular visits and port calls were made in the Indian subcontinent, the Persian Gulf , and the East African coast. The 8th Operational Squadron grew quite substantial at times; in 1980, a Soviet flotilla of 'about ten guided missile cruisers, destroyers and frigates and more than
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#17328477977043692-401: The occupied bridgehead in the port under heavy Japanese fire. The resistance of an ever-increasing adversary was so powerful that the launch of an entire brigade into battle did not lead to a turning point in the battle. Only in the middle of the day with the help of tanks and artillery fire from the ships that damaged the Japanese armored train, which was forced to leave the battlefield, the port
3763-504: The only Korean on the Soviet side, received an Order of the Red Banner . Red Army Nurse Mariya Tsukanova , who had been captured and tortured to death by the Japanese, was posthumously awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union by decree of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR , becoming the only woman that fought in the Soviet-Japanese war to receive the title. Pacific Fleet (Russia) The Pacific Fleet ( Russian : Тихоокеанский флот , romanized : Tikhookeansky flot )
3834-411: The operation remained unchanged – preliminary landing of a reconnaissance group, and then building up the strength of the landing force. Since 9 August, continuous air strikes were inflicted on the port of Seishin in which, according to Soviet data, about 10 Japanese ships were sunk. On 12 August, some Soviet ships entered the harbour and established the absence of Japanese warships there. As a result, it
3905-418: The operation, the fleet did not receive the rifle division previously planned for the landing in Seishin, and Yumashev was forced to go ahead with a limited number of troops, a brigade of marines and some individual units. To compensate for his small force, he ordered powerful pre-strikes of aviation and torpedo boats on the port (daily bomb-assault strikes from 9 to 13 August). Nevertheless, the overall plan of
3976-411: The port of Seishin (now Chongjin ). Unlike the previous ports, Seishin was well fortified and had a strong Japanese garrison. It had some 4,000 soldiers and was enforced by retreating units of the 3rd Japanese Army , commanded by Lieutenant General Keisaku Murakami of the Kwantung Army. In view of the successful development of the offensive of the 1st Far Eastern Front , the front commander, Marshal of
4047-420: The production of the Yasen-class vessels, and potential follow-on models, will be sufficient to replace aging older nuclear attack and cruise missile submarines on a one-for-one basis. Reports suggest that Russian third-generation nuclear submarines have not been modernized to a level to avoid block obsolescence before 2030. The 2016 decision to add six new "Improved Kilo"-class conventionally-powered submarines to
4118-413: The provisions of the Convention of Peking ceded parts of Russian Manchuria in northeastern China , including the modern day Primorsky Krai to the Russian Empire . A large squadron under Rear Admiral A. A. Popov was sent from the Baltic Fleet to the Pacific Ocean . During the American Civil War ships of the squadron visited San Francisco while the Baltic Fleet visited New York City . Parts of
4189-410: The rear of the Japanese Kwantung Army . From 11 to 13 August, the first two landings by the Pacific Fleet were executed, in which they occupied seaports Yuki (today Sonbong) and Racine (today Rason ) on the Korean coast, which encountered only some small resistance in Racine. Encouraged by the success, the fleet commander, Admiral Ivan Yumashev ordered the launch of the next amphibious assault at
4260-448: The ships were aircraft carriers Minsk and Novorossiysk , which served from the 1970s and 1980s to the 1990s. The battlecruiser Admiral Lazarev of the Kirov class served with the fleet in the 1980s and 1990s as well. In 1988 the Primorskiy Flotilla (Military Unit Number 20885) comprised the 165th Missile Ship Brigade (Uliss Bay (Vladivostok)); the 202nd Anti-Submarine Warfare Brigade (Abrek Bay (Fokino), Primorskiy Kray);
4331-506: The squadron, including the Finnish corvette Kalevala , returned to the Baltic in 1865. At the turn of the 20th century, the Flotilla was still small in numbers. Owing to a gradual deterioration in Russo- Japanese relations, the Imperial Russian government adopted a special shipbuilding program to meet the needs of the Russian Far East region, but its execution dragged on and in addition there were several clashes and defeats between Russian and Imperial Japanese Navy vessels. In response,
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#17328477977044402-402: The third echelon of assault forces: 615 soldiers, 60 guns and mortars, 94 cars. Almost all the ships remained in the harbor and supported the offensive with artillery fire. The Japanese tried to counteract them with fire from the still surviving coastal artillery and with attacks of individual aircraft. In the harbor a minesweeper was damaged by a US naval mine. On 16 August, the third echelon of
4473-417: The workshop committee of inventors and head of the youth brigade. In 1937 he joined the Soviet Navy and was assigned to the Northern Fleet , where he completed a training course in the S.M. Kirov Training Squadron for Diving at the city of Polyarny . He was sent for further service on the submarine Shch-402 . Following the start of Operation Barbarossa in 1941, Leonov sent a report on his enrollment in
4544-421: Was also responsible for the Soviet Navy's operations in the Indian Ocean and Arabian Sea . Following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, the Red Banner Pacific Fleet was inherited by the Russian Federation as part of the Russian Navy and its current name was adopted. The Pacific Fleet's headquarters is located in the town of Fokino, Primorsky Krai , formerly Vladivostok with numerous facilities within
4615-442: Was an amphibious assault on northern Korea between 13–17 August 1945, carried out by the forces of the Soviet Northern Pacific Flotilla of the Pacific Fleet during the Soviet–Japanese War at the end of World War II . During the Soviet invasion of Manchuria in August 1945, the 1st Far Eastern Front under Kirill Meretskov advanced south along the coast of northern Korea. It was decided to conduct three amphibious landings in
4686-656: Was decided to start the operation, without waiting for the final completion of the battle in Racine and the redeployment of the light forces of the fleet there. Therefore, the starting point for the operation remained Vladivostok , significantly remote from Seishin, which immediately deprived the Soviet command of the ability to quickly respond to a changing situation. The Soviet force was composed of one destroyer, one minelayer, eight patrol ships, seven minesweepers, two small hunter boats, 18 torpedo boats, 12 landing ships and seven transports. For aviation support, 261 aircraft were allocated, 188 bombers and 73 fighters. The commander of
4757-423: Was delayed due to lack of funding. The Pacific Fleet is one component of the Russian Eastern Military District established in 2010. Other components of the Eastern District include the 11th Air and Air Defence Forces Army (providing both aviation and air defence units in the District) as well as four ground force army headquarters (the 5th, 29th, 35th and 36th Combined Arms Armies) and one independent corps HQ (
4828-505: Was finally cleared and the fighting began to take the city. By evening, the city was almost completely cleared of the Japanese, saving the surviving advanced groups of paratroopers. Stubborn fighting continued in the outskirts of the city. The commander, Lieutenant-General S. I. Kabanov, arrived at the port and assumed leadership of the operation. In the afternoon, another detachment of ships left Vladivostok (one destroyer, two minesweepers, three transports, one patrol and border boat), carrying
4899-436: Was forced to conduct a defensive battle. Thus, the situation for the Soviet landing force became critical and they were threatened with annihilation. By the end of the day, the fleet commander sent an EK-2 sentry ship and two minesweepers from Vladivostok with the 355th separate battalion of marines on board, which could reach Seishin only the next day. Another major flaw was also revealed – aviation spotters were not included in
4970-454: Was practically not used in the operation (only two bombers could fly to Seishin, but they had little impact). The main detachment (23 ships) left Vladivostok with the 13th Marine Brigade aboard, and at night, also the destroyer Voikov and a tank landing barge with seven T-26 tanks sailed for Seishin. At about 04:00 on 15 August, the ships entered the port of Seishin and the main forces of the landing force (up to 5,000 men) began to disembark at
5041-470: Was promoted to lieutenant . In October 1944, during the Petsamo-Kirkenes Offensive , the naval scouts under the command of Leonov landed on the shore occupied by the Wehrmacht , and for two days made their way to the designated point in the harsh off-road conditions, unable to make fire in order to warm up and prepare food. On the morning of October 12, they suddenly attacked the 88-mm battery at Cape Krestovoy. They managed to capture it and also capture
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