The Soviet Union was still only a dream in the minds of the People, and already it had a Navy: the Potemkin uprising of 1905 rallied the Masses and heralded the successes of 1917, it's brave Bolshevik sailors proving the Armed Forced could and would be champions of Socialism. Lenin himself called the battleship "undefeated territory of the Revolution".
Glory to the People's Heroes of the Potemkin!
But it wasn't only the seed of our USSR that the Navy provided. The Baltic fleet and it's sailors were one of the strongest Red Forces during the October Revolution, and even the Assault on the Winter Palace itself was signalled by the guns of the aptly name Aurora, and assisted by it's crew.
The crew of the Aurora in 1917
Naval Jack of the Red Fleet
The Civil War provided a chance for heroism to the Russian sailors, fighting British incursions to support the Whites, but it didn't leave many resources for the Red Fleet. When it was over, the first investments were in the new submarine technologies, and hundreds of these were built during the 1926-1936 period.
Series V submarine, commissioned in 1934
During the same period, a reform on the old Czarist set-up implemented a Northen Fleet Command for defence of Soviet Arctic waters, and an ambitious project to rebuild the Pacific Fleet, almost completely lost to the English and Japanese during the Civil War.
Still, despite it's Glorious - if short - History, the Red Fleet that sees the 1st of January of 1936 is one with a lot of work to do, many dangers on the horizon and almost as many internal obstacles to face.
Hers is the story I'll try to tell.
Playing Doomsday with a late SEMP;DD install and some graphics mods.
Don't expect any regularity, don't expect any specific AAR style, and don't expect too much historical accuracy
Progress thus far
A Stern Plan (36-39)
Update #1; Update #2; Update #3; Update #4; Update #5; Update #6; Update #7; Update #8; Update #9; Update #10; Update #11
Molotov–Ribbentrop Aweigh (39-41)
Update #12; Update #13; Update #14; Update #15; Update #16
The Great Patriotic Warships (41-42)
Update #17; Update #18; Update #19; Update #20; Update #21; Update #22; Update #23; Update #24; Update #25; Update #26; Update #27; Update #28; Update #29; Update #30; Update #31; Update #32; Update #33; Update #34; Update #35; Update #36; Update #37; Update #38; Update #39; Update #40; Update #41; Update #42; Update #43; Update #44
Post Peace Parley (42-??)
Update #45; Update #46
Update #47
A Stern Plan (36-39)
Update #1; Update #2; Update #3; Update #4; Update #5; Update #6; Update #7; Update #8; Update #9; Update #10; Update #11
Molotov–Ribbentrop Aweigh (39-41)
Update #12; Update #13; Update #14; Update #15; Update #16
The Great Patriotic Warships (41-42)
Update #17; Update #18; Update #19; Update #20; Update #21; Update #22; Update #23; Update #24; Update #25; Update #26; Update #27; Update #28; Update #29; Update #30; Update #31; Update #32; Update #33; Update #34; Update #35; Update #36; Update #37; Update #38; Update #39; Update #40; Update #41; Update #42; Update #43; Update #44
Post Peace Parley (42-??)
Update #45; Update #46
Update #47
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