International Naval Conference in London. Having finished my business in London, I was about to go back to the fleet, but I received an order from the Russian Naval General Staff to participate in an international conference that was convened by the British

Maritime service telegram French naval base at Greenock, May 19, 1943

Maritime service telegram French naval base at Greenock, May 19, 1943 Commander of the ship "Meonia" Captain 3rd Rank Liezelman, his staff and crew ask you to convey the following message to General de Gaulle. "Commander, 53 officers and crew members of the French ship "Meonia" ,

The Commander of the Baltic Fleet, Vice Admiral Viktor Kravchuk, introduced the new commander of the Leningrad Naval Base to the officers during a meeting of the military council of the fleet. According to the press service of the fleet, Rear Admiral Igor Smolyak was appointed to this position by decree of the President of the Russian Federation.

Prior to his appointment, he served as the head of the Black Sea Higher Naval Order of the Red Star School named after P.S. Nakhimov. The former commander of the Leningrad Naval Base, Captain 1st Rank Oleg Zhuravlev, was appointed head of the Western Military District Naval Directorate in May of this year.

Rear Admiral Igor Smolyak was born in 1968 in the village of. Velikie Sorochintsy, Poltava region. In 1990 he graduated from the Black Sea Higher Naval School named after P.S. Nakhimov. He began his officer service in the Northern Fleet as commander of the control group of the missile and artillery warhead of the heavy aircraft-carrying cruiser Admiral Kuznetsov.

In 1993, he was transferred to the Black Sea Fleet, where he rose from a group commander of a rocket and artillery warhead to a ship commander. In 2004, after graduating from the Naval Academy named after Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union N.G. Kuznetsov, Igor Smolyak continued his military service in the Black Sea Fleet as commander of a rescue ship division, senior assistant commander of the Moskva missile cruiser, commander of the Moskva missile cruiser, deputy commander of a surface ship division, and commander of a surface ship division.

In 2012, he was transferred to the position of commander of a division of surface ships of the Pacific Fleet. In 2014, Rear Admiral Smolyak Igor Vladimirovich was appointed head of the Black Sea Higher Naval School named after P.S. Nakhimov. In May 2015, by Decree of the President of the Russian Federation, he was appointed commander of the Leningrad naval base of the Baltic Fleet.

Rear Admiral Igor Smolyak was awarded the Order of Military Merit and has nine state and departmental awards.

The LenVMB has a new commander, Rear Admiral Igor Vladimirovich Smolyak (left).
Oleg Zhuravlev will serve as head of the naval department of the Western Military District

On July 10, an important event took place in Kronstadt - the commander of the Leningrad naval base, Captain 1st Rank Oleg Zhuravlev, said goodbye to the personnel. A solemn ritual of handing over the battle banner to the new commander took place in Petrovsky Park. By decree of the President of the Russian Federation, Rear Admiral Igor Vladimirovich Smolyak was appointed to this position. Prior to his new appointment, he served as head of the Black Sea Higher Naval School (Military Institute) named after PS Nakhimov.
During the command of the Leningrad naval base, Oleg Zhuravlev received more than thirty new ships, submarines and service vessels. From now on, he will serve as the head of the naval department of the Western Military District. When the military ritual was coming to an end, Oleg Zhuravlev addressed a parting word to the officers.

Photo report by Vladimir DEMIN

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Rear Admiral Smolyak Igor Vladimirovich was born on February 27, 1968 in the village of Velikie Sorochintsy, Mirgorodsky district, Poltava region. In 1990 he graduated from the Black Sea Higher Naval School named after PS Nakhimov. He began his officer service in the Northern Fleetin the position of commander of the control group of the missile and artillery warhead of the heavy aircraft-carrying cruiser "Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Kuznetsov". In 1993 he was transferred to the Black Sea Fleet, where he rose from the commander of a group of rocket and artillery warheads to the commander of a ship. In 2004, after graduating from the Naval Academy named after Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union N. G. Kuznetsov, Igor Smolyak continued his military service in the Black Sea Fleet as commander of a division of rescue ships, senior assistant commander of the Moskva missile cruiser, commander of the Moskva missile cruiser, deputy commander of a division of surface ships, commander of a division of surface ships. In 2012, he was transferred to the position of commander of a division of surface ships of the Pacific Fleet. In 2014, Rear Admiral Smolyak Igor Vladimirovich was appointed head of the Black Sea Higher Naval School (Military Institute). In May 2015, by Decree of the President of the Russian Federation, he was appointed commander of the Leningrad naval base of the Baltic Fleet. Married. Has a daughter.
Rear Admiral Igor Smolyak was awarded the Order of Military Merit and has 9 state and departmental awards.

The training of the forces of the Leningrad Naval Base in 2011 was aimed at maintaining the combat readiness of the military command and control bodies and forces at a level that ensures the fulfillment of the tasks assigned to them. The training was carried out in the difficult conditions of the ongoing reform of the Armed Forces. All this required the concentration of efforts of the command of formations, ships and units in order to successfully solve the assigned tasks.

The training plan for military command and control bodies and forces (troops) for 2011 has been fully implemented. The results of fulfilling the tasks of combat training, the daily activities of the forces of the LenVMB in the 2011 academic year make it possible to assess the moral and psychological state of the personnel of the ships and units as satisfactory.

In general, the tasks set were successfully completed, methods and programs of combat training were mastered, commanders of all levels gained and consolidated experience in leading military units and subunits, skills in command and control of forces, the effective use of weapons, and the performance of tasks by formations were improved. According to the results of the 2011 academic year, the LenVMB ranked first in the Baltic Fleet in the absolute majority of positions. The best connections: 1st place - a brigade of surface ships, 2nd place - a brigade of submarines, 3rd place - a brigade of ships under construction and repair, among training units 1st place - Vyborg training detachment, 2nd place - Kronstadt training detachment.

In 2011, more than 30 course tasks were worked out and handed over by the ships, more than 100 combat exercises of various types were performed using all the weapons and weapons systems available on the ships of the LenVMB, which is much more than in previous training periods. Every year, ship groups took part in the collection-campaigns of the formations of the ships of the fleet, the exercises of the groupings of the forces of the Baltic Fleet.

In 2011, ships of the naval forces of foreign states visited St. Petersburg: Venezuela, Brazil, Ireland, the Netherlands, the USA, Germany, and Algeria. In addition, there were visits of military delegations from France, Turkey, the USA, and Ukraine. The Leningrad naval base provided for all these visits.

Parades of the ships of the Baltic Fleet were held at a high level on the Day of the Navy in St. Petersburg and Kronstadt, in which the Chief of the General Staff of the Navy Admiral Tatarinov A.A., Deputy Commander of the Baltic Fleet Vice Admiral Kravchuk V.P. ., Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the North-Western Federal District I.I. Klebanov, Governor of St. Petersburg V.I. Matvienko, Chairman of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg Tyulpanov V.A., other officials.

In 2011, an operational-mobilization gathering of the leadership of the Navy in St. Petersburg, a meeting of the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy Admiral Vysotsky V.S., fleet commanders with the best graduates of naval educational institutions in the Konstantinovsky Palace was ensured.

Work with veterans of the Great Patriotic War and the Navy was systematized, their account was compiled (more than 10 thousand), including generals and admirals (200 people), Heroes of the Soviet Union and Heroes of Russia (60 people). A united council of veterans was created. The fighting traditions of previous generations of defenders of the Motherland have been preserved and are developing.

Close interaction has been established with the Maritime Council under the Government of St. Petersburg during the city events with the participation of military sailors of the LenVMB. Issues of interaction between LenVMB and the Government of St. Petersburg, the Leningrad Region, and the administration of the Kronstadt District are being resolved on an ongoing basis and with high quality.

Earlier in 2009, on May 8, at a solemn ceremony in the Kremlin, Russian President Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev presented the delegation of St. Petersburg with a letter of awarding Kronstadt the honorary title of "City of Military Glory". St. Petersburg was represented at the ceremony by Governor of St. Petersburg Valentina Ivanovna Matvienko, Chairman of the Legislative Assembly of the city Vadim Albertovich Tyulpanov, head of the Kronstadt District Alexander Mikhailovich Goroshko and then Commander of the Leningrad Naval Base Rear Admiral Anatoly Ivanovich Lipinsky.

There is also our merit in this high appraisal of Kronstadt. Indeed, on May 18, 1954, by the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, for the courage and heroism shown in the Great Patriotic War and in connection with the 250th anniversary of Kronstadt, the Kronstadt fortress was awarded the Order of the Red Banner.

On April 30, 1975, by the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, for the contribution to strengthening the country's defense capability and in connection with the 30th anniversary of victory in the Great Patriotic War, the Leningrad Naval Base was awarded the Order of the Red Banner.

In close cooperation with the Administration of the Kronstadt region, the restoration of the Kronstadt Naval Cathedral in the name of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker is being carried out.

Social issues of families of military personnel are always resolved promptly: registration of children of military sailors in preschool institutions and schools in Kronstadt is always a priority.

In 2011, the LenVMB and the Administration of the Kronstadt region jointly held many significant events. Among them: the consecration of the bells of the Kronstadt Naval Cathedral, ensuring the stay in Kronstadt of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill, Svetlana Vladimirovna Medvedeva, and other honored guests.

In conclusion, I would like to quote the words spoken by the Governor of St. Petersburg: “At all times, the Leningrad Naval Base has honorably performed combat missions to protect our Motherland! The feat of the Baltic sailors is inscribed in golden letters in the heroic annals of the defense of Leningrad. Military sailors have always been and remain the pride of St. Petersburg - the sea capital of Russia. Petersburgers love and appreciate you.”

Captain 1st rank Oleg Anatolyevich Dovganyuk

Deputy commander of the LenVMB for educational work

At first I thought it was a lighthouse, but it turned out that the lighthouse also combines a leading sign! Leading marks are used to determine the position of the vessel relative to the axis of the navigable fairway and, together with buoys, buoys, are included in the fairway designation system.

Most of the ships I saw were not familiar to me, I had never seen such ships in Severodvinsk. Because of this, I had to turn to reference books. Let's start:

"RT-57" is a project 10750 raid minesweeper. In the fleet since 1989.

Two days ago, I wrote about the raid minesweeper, which is based with us, as part of the White Sea Naval Base. So, the project 10750 "Sapphire" becomes the next stage in the development of the project 1258, with the installed third propulsion engine, new weapons and structures made of improved materials. The raid minesweeper project was revised in the second half of the 1980s. The main developer is PKB Almaz. Work manager - GK V.Blinov

"RT-248" is a project 10750 raid minesweeper. In the fleet since 1990.

In the photo below, if I'm not mistaken, "BT-115" is the basic minesweeper of project 12650. It has been in the fleet since 1994. These three ships are part of the 22nd minesweeper division.

At first I thought it was a landing ship, I still thought so! It turned out to be the floating workshop "PM-30" of project 304. In the fleet since 1984.

I will finish the topic with this gun! Tomorrow it will be about warships, including even one from the Caspian flotilla!