Russian Navy

The Russian Navy (Russian: Военно-морской флот [ВМФ], romanized: Voyenno-Мorskoi Flot [VMF], lit. ' Military Maritime Fleet ' [VMF]) is the naval arm of the Russian Armed Forces. It has existed in various forms since 1696, the present iteration of which was formed in January 1992 when it succeeded the Navy of the Commonwealth of Independent States (which had itself succeeded the Soviet Navy following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in late December 1991).