All Good points Hunter, thanks for your post you evidently know a lot about that era...it is hard to get information here on some of the details, tho i read quite a bit and found some interesting books on the subject back in teh 1970's, thanks for the details and your very interesting replies.
It was certainly a challenging time. My great respect to the Soviet and Russian naval tradditoin which was worked and fought for very hard for hundreds of years. The challenge of having to maintain fleets in such distance places as the Baltic, the Black Sea and the Pacific were immense and the challenges of the times, too, the tragedies of the Russo-Japanese war and the loss of some of the leading officers, the difficulties of the changing political situations, the turmoil after WWI, and the challenges of the Stalin era all were immense. And the incredible build up of the Soviet Fleet and the sad state of things now, with units rusting and sinking at anchor, ...what a story it has been. And thru it all tremendous courage and determination by the fleet and the command to keep going. It is a remarkable saga and one that commands great respect.
