Amur flotilla

Amur flotilla
Former staff building in Khabarovsk (2013)
active	1905 to 1998
Country	Russian Empire 1905–1917 Russian SFSR 1917–1920 Far Eastern Republic 1920–1922 Soviet Union 1922–1991 Russia 1991–1998
Armed forces	Russian armed forces
Armed forces	Russian Navy
Type	flotilla
bases	Nikolayevsk on the Amur , Khabarovsk, Blagoveschensk (1920)
Combat missions	Russian Civil War , Soviet-Chinese Conflict, Soviet-Japanese War
Awards	Order of the Red Banner (1930)

The Amur Flotilla ( Russian Амурская военная флотилия ) was a flotilla of the Imperial Russian , Far Eastern Republican , Soviet and Russian Navy, which was founded several times and was intended for military operations on the Amur , Ussuri and other rivers in the Far East .

history

As early as 1897, a formation of armed merchant ships was temporarily deployed on the Amur. It fulfilled defensive tasks at the estuaries, ensured the security of the river transport routes and deposited troops in the years of the Russo-Japanese War from 1904 to 1905. In April 1905, a special division of ships of the Siberian Flotilla was established from gunboats and armored speedboats built in Saint Petersburg . On November 28th ^Jul. / December 11th, 1908 ^greg. the Amur River Flotilla was formed from this department, which was under the command of the troops of the Amur military district. The base of the unit was the Khabarovsk shipbuilding plant. In 1910 the association consisted of 20 ships, including eight heavy and ten light gunboats.

In 1918 the flotilla was integrated into the Red Army fleet and took part in battles against Japanese and White Guard troops. In April 1918 the flotilla base and ships were captured by the Japanese. In May 1920, almost all ships were removed by the Japanese. In the spring of 1920 the Association of the People's Revolutionary Army of the Far Eastern Republic was reorganized. From April 1921 she was part of the naval forces of the Far Eastern Republic. From 1922 to 1926 it operated under the name Amur River War Flotilla of the Soviet Naval Forces of the Far East. Then she belonged to the Soviet Navy . In 1927 it was renamed the Far Eastern War Flotilla.

During the Soviet-Chinese military conflict in 1929, she supported the land forces of the USSR and destroyed the Chinese Sungari flotilla. This consisted of four monitors , four gunboats, two guard boats, three armored speedboats and fourteen seaplanes . In 1930 the flotilla was awarded the Order of the Red Banner and in 1931 it was renamed the Amur Red Banner War Flotilla .

During the Soviet-Japanese War in 1945, the flotilla took part in Operation August Storm . It secured operational transports, deployed landing troops and supported the capture of the cities of Heihe , Aigun , Fujin , Jiamusi and Harbin . At that time the flotilla consisted of eight monitors, eleven gunboats, 52 armored speedboats and about 70 aircraft. For the successful fulfillment of the combat tasks, sub-associations were awarded the Order of the Red Banner, Order of Nakhimov and Order of Ushakov . Seven sailors became heroes of the Soviet Union .

In 1955 the flotilla was reformed and part of the Pacific Fleet . On February 7, 1995, the Amur border flotilla was founded and subordinated to the border troops of Russia . Decree No. 662 of the President of the Russian Federation of June 7, 1998 ordered the dissolution of the Amur flotilla. Due to unsecured funding, the association's holdings were divided among individual border troop brigades.

Commanders

#	Rank	Surname	From	To
1	Sea captain	AA Kononov	1905	1910
2	Rear admiral	KW Bergel	1910	1913
3	Vice admiral	AA Bashenkov	1913	1917
4th	Wojenmor	W. J. Kanjuk	1920	July 1921
5	Wojenmor	WA Poderin	June 1921	August 1921
6th	Wojenmor	NW Tretyakov	August 1921	October 1921
7th	Wojenmor	N. P. Orlow	October 1921	January 1922
8th	Wojenmor	JM Woekov	November 1922	January 1923
9	Wojenmor	P. A. Tuchkov	January 1923	December 1923
10	Wojenmor	SA Chwitzki	December 1923	April 1926
11	Wojenmor	WW Selitrennikov	May 1926	September 1926
12	Wojenmor	JI Osolin	September 1926	November 1930
13	Wojenmor	DP Issakov	November 1930	October 1933
14th	1st rank flag officer	IN Kadatzki-Rudnew	October 1933	January 1938
15th	2nd rank flag officer	FS Oktjabrski	February 1938	February 1939
16	Sea captain	DD Rogachev	February 1939	July 1939
17th	Rear admiral	AG Golowko	July 1939	July 1940
18th	Frigate captain	MI Fyodorov	July 1940	August 1940
19th	Rear admiral	PS Abankin	August 1940	June 1943
20th	Vice admiral	FS Oktjabrski	June 1943	March 1944
21st	Vice admiral	PS Abankin	March 1944	September 1944
22nd	Vice admiral	FS Sedelnikov	September 1944	July 1945
23	Rear admiral	NW Antonov	July 1945	October 1948
24	Sea captain	AJ Zybulski	October 1948	January 1949
25th	Vice admiral	WG Fadejew	January 1949	February 1951
26th	Rear admiral	GG Olenik	February 1951	November 1953
27	Rear admiral	AA Uragan	January 1954	September 1955
Commanders of the Amur Border Flotilla
28	Vice admiral	WA Nechayev	February 1995	November 1997
29	Rear admiral	AA Mantschenko	December 1997	June 1998

literature

• Viktor Nikolajewitsch Bargow, Nikolai Filippowitsch Sungorkin: Краснознаменная Амурская флотилия . Wojenisdat, Moscow 1970, p. 173 (Russian).
• Grigori Michailowitsch Gelfond: Советский флот в войне с Японией . Ed .: Ministry of Defense of the Soviet Union. Wojenizdat, Moscow 1958 (Russian).

Web links

Commons : Amur-Flottile  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Амурская военная флотилия. Encyclopedic Dictionary, 2009, accessed November 25, 2018 (Russian). 
2. ↑ Амурская военная флотилия. Great Soviet Encyclopedia, accessed November 25, 2018 (Russian). 
3. ↑ ^{a b c d} АМУ́РСКАЯ ВОЕ́ННАЯ ФЛОТИ́ЛИЯ. In: Большая российская энциклопедия. Retrieved November 25, 2018 (Russian). 
4. ↑ О РАСФОРМИРОВАНИИ АМУРСКОЙ ПОГРАНИЧНОЙ РЕЧНОЙ ФЛОТИЛИИ. Government of Russia, accessed November 25, 2018 (in Russian).