# Military Organization of the Soviet Space Fleet 2178 **URL:** \ **Category:** Design Forum\ **Created:** [September 26, 2026, 4:38pm UTC](https://aurora4x.com/t/military-organization-of-the-soviet-space-fleet-2178/1138 "2026-09-26T16:38:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Marski](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/aurora4x.com/marski/32/1772_2.png) [@Marski](https://aurora4x.com/u/Marski)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2026, 4:38pm UTC](https://aurora4x.com/t/military-organization-of-the-soviet-space-fleet-2178/1138/1 "2026-09-26T16:38:12Z")
I originally intended to dump this into my [design thread](https://aurora4x.com/t/military-ships-of-the-soviet-union-2150-2178-update-wip/797) but it went over the character limit. > # Current Strategic Situation > > ![situation 29th of August, 2178](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/aurora4x/original/2X/4/4401696f9cdd8596027677baf2bc47186b66ba09.png) The systems of 84 Cancri and Pioner are the breadbaskets of the USSR and are guarded by no less than two Operational Groups. ## Current Military Organization of Soviet Space Fleet: > **Soviet Space Fleet** > > > **1st Guards Operational Group (Sol)** > > > > > **Flagship:** Moskva Mod.166 class Battleship: _Smolensk_ > > > 8 x MiG-111 Fighter > > > 1 x Ka-230N Dropship > > > > > **1st Battleship Brigade** > > > > > > > **Leningrad Mod.153 class Battleship:** > > > > _Kharkov_ > > > > _Leningrad_ > > > > 4 x Ka-230N Dropship > > > > > **1st Heavy Missile Brigade** > > > > > > > **Kirov Mod.159 class Missile Cruiser:** > > > > _Kirov_ > > > > _Kalinin_ > > > > _Yuriy Andropov_ > > > > 4 x Ka-230M Dropship > > > > > **1st Cruiser Brigade** > > > > > > > **Chapayev Mod.116 class Light Cruiser:** > > > > _Frunze_ > > > > 1 x Ka-230N Dropship > > > > > > > **Groznyy Mod.166 class Light Cruiser:** > > > > _Admiral Ushakov_ > > > > _Ural_ > > > > 2 x Ka-230M Dropship > > > > > **2nd Cruiser Brigade** > > > > > > > **Groznyy Mod.166 class Light Cruiser:** > > > > _Admiral Golovko_ > > > > _Groznyy_ > > > > _Varyag_ > > > > > **2nd Missile Brigade** > > > > > > > **Gnevny Mod.153 class Destroyer:** > > > > _Besposhchadny_ > > > > _Boyky_ > > > > _Gnevny_ > > > > _Gordy_ > > > > 4 x Ka-243 Dropship > > > > > **3rd Missile Brigade** > > > > > > > **Gnevny Mod.153 class Destroyer:** > > > > _Gremyashchy_ > > > > _Gromky_ > > > > _Grozny_ > > > > _Grozyashchy_ > > > > _Sokrushitelny_ > > > > 5 x Ka-243 Dropship > > > > > **5th Combat Brigade** > > > > > > > **Riga Mod.142 class Frigate:** > > > > _Puma_ > > > > _Sarych_ > > > > _Volk_ > > > > _Yaguar_ > > > > > **6th Combat Brigade** > > > > > > > **Al’batros class Frigate:** > > > > _Berkut_ > > > > _Sokol_ > > > > _Grif_ > > > > _Kondor_ > > > > > **7th Combat Brigade** > > > > > > > **Al’batros class Frigate:** > > > > _Krechet_ > > > > _Orlan_ > > > > _Barsuk_ > > > > _Kunitsa_ > > > > > **8th Combat Brigade** > > > > > > > **Al’batros class Frigate:** > > > > _Korsak_ > > > > _Norka_ > > > > _Grizon_ > > > > _Voron_ > > > > > **9th Combat Brigade** > > > > > > > **Al’batros class Frigate:** > > > > _Blestyashchiy_ > > > > _Zhemchug_ > > > > _Izumrud_ > > > > _Rubin_ > > > **2nd Operational Group (84 Cancri)** > > > > > **Leningrad Mod.158 class Battleship:** > > > _Kursk (flagship)_ > > > _Vladivostok_ > > > 4 x Ka-230N Dropship > > > > > **2nd Heavy Missile Brigade** > > > > > > > **Kirov Mod.159 class Missile Cruiser:** > > > > _Oktyabrskaya Revolutsiya_ > > > > _Kuibyshev_ > > > > _Kuznetsov_ > > > > 4 x Ka-230M Dropship > > > > > **3rd Cruiser Brigade** > > > > > > > **Chapayev Mod.116 class Light Cruiser:** > > > > _Abakan_ > > > > _Alazeya_ > > > > _Chkalov_ > > > > 3 x Ka-230N Dropship > > > > > **5th Cruiser Brigade** > > > > > > > **Groznyy Mod.166 class Light Cruiser:** > > > > _Aldan_ > > > > _Aley_ > > > > _Angarsk_ > > > > _Amga_ > > > > _Amur_ > > > > > **4th Missile Brigade** > > > > > > > **Gnevny class Destroyer:** > > > > _Fidonisy_ > > > > _Gadzhibey_ > > > > _Dzerzhinsky_ > > > > _Khimki_ > > > > 4 x Ka-229 Dropship > > > > > **6th Missile Brigade** > > > > > > > **Storozhevoy class Destroyer:** > > > > _Serdity_ > > > > _Silny_ > > > > _Slavny_ > > > > _Smely_ > > > > _Storozhevoy_ > > > > > **1st Combat Brigade** > > > > > > > **Riga A class Frigate:** > > > > _Bars_ > > > > _Leopard_ > > > > _Rosomakha_ > > > > _Sobol_ > > > > > **2nd Combat Brigade** > > > > > > > **Riga Mod.142 class Frigate:** > > > > _Kobchik_ > > > > _Lós_ > > > > _Lún_ > > > > _Tur_ > > > > > **3rd Combat Brigade** > > > > > > > **Riga B class Frigate:** > > > > _Filin_ > > > > _Kuguar_ > > > > _Kodinsk_ > > > **3rd Operational Group (DX Cancri)** > > > > > **Flagship:** Murmansk Mod.159 class Battleship: _Guards Murmansk_ > > > 2 x Ka-230N Dropship > > > > > **4th Cruiser Brigade** > > > > > > > **Berkut MP class Light Cruiser:** > > > > _Kuybyshev_ > > > > _Zheleznyakov_ > > > > 2 x Ka-230N Dropship > > > > > **1st Missile Brigade** > > > > > > > **Gnevny Mod.153 class Destroyer:** > > > > _Bditelny_ > > > > _Bezuprechny_ > > > > _Bodry_ > > > > _Bystry_ > > > > 4 x Ka-229 Dropship > > > > > **4th Combat Brigade** > > > > > > > **Riga Mod.142 class Frigate:** > > > > _Gornostay_ > > > > _Olén_ > > > > _Pantera_ > > > > _Ryś_ > > > > > **10th Combat Brigade** > > > > > > > **Al’batros class Frigate:** > > > > _Bizon_ > > > > _Gepard_ > > > > _Zubr_ > > > > _Dnepr_ > > > **4th Operational Group (Novosibirsk)** > > > > > **Flagship:** Moskva Mod.166 class Battleship: _Moskva_ > > > 8 x MiG-111 Fighter > > > 1 x Ka-230N Dropship > > > > > **5th Missile Brigade** > > > > > > > **Gnevny Mod.153 class Destroyer:** > > > > _Reshitelnyy_ > > > > _Rezvy_ > > > > _Smetlivy_ > > > > _Steregushchy_ > > > > _Stremitelny_ > > > > 5 x Ka-243 Dropship > > > > > **1st Supply Division** > > > > > > > **Projekt 15061 class Support Vessel:** > > > > _Achchyon_ > > > > _Akush_ > > > > _Arakhley_ > > > > _Astrodym_ > > > **Assault Transport Brigade** > > > > > **1st Landing Ship Division** > > > > > > > **Krokodil class Troop Transport:** > > > > _Polnocny_ > > > > _Yuri Olefirenko_ > > > > 4 x IL-107M dropship > > > > 8 x IL-107 dropship > > > > > **2nd Landing Ship Division** > > > > > > > **Projekt 161073 class Troop Transport:** > > > > _BDK-007_ > > > > _BDK-008_ > > > > _BDK-009_ > > > > _Kondopoga_ > > > > _Olenegorsky Gornyak_ > > > > 10 x IL-107B > > > > 12 X IL-107M > > > > 8 x IL-107M1 > > > > > **3rd Landing Ship Division** > > > > > > > **Projekt 161073M class Troop Transport:** > > > > _BDK-010_ > > > > _BDK-011_ > > > > _BDK-012_ > > > > _BDK-013_ > > > > _BDK-014_ > > > > _BDK-015_ > > > > 18 x IL-107B > > > **Auxiliary Group** > > > > > **1st Fleet Auxiliary Brigade (Sol)** > > > > > > > **1st Auxiliary Carrier Division** > > > > > > > > > **Saturn class Auxiliary Carrier:** > > > > > _Jupiter_ > > > > > _Luytens_ > > > > > _Neptune_ > > > > > _Saturn_ > > > > > > > **1st Collier Division** > > > > > > > > > **Projekt 15141 class Support Vessel:** > > > > > _Beloye_ > > > > > _Bokon_ > > > > > > > **1st Supply Division** > > > > > > > > > **Projekt 15061 class Support Vessel:** > > > > > _Achchyon_ > > > > > _Akush_ > > > > > _Arakhley_ > > > > > _Astrodym_ > > > > > > > **2nd Tanker Division** > > > > > > > > > **Altay class Tanker:** > > > > > _Izhora_ > > > > > _Yel’nya_ > > > > > > > **3rd Tanker Division** > > > > > > > > > **Altay class Tanker:** > > > > > _Ilim_ > > > > > _Prut_ > > > > > _Yergorlik_ > > > > > > > **7th Tanker Division** > > > > > > > > > **Projekt 15145 class Fast Tanker:** > > > > > _Bolshoye_ > > > > > _Yarovoye_ > > > > > _Botkul_ > > > > > _Brosno_ > > > > > _Bura_ > > > > > > > **Salvager Division** > > > > > > > > > **KRV class Salvager:** > > > > > _KRV 001_ > > > > > _KRV 002_ > > > > > _KRV 003_ > > > > > _KRV 004_ > > > > > **2nd Fleet Auxiliary Brigade (84 Cancri)** > > > > > > > **1st Tanker Division** > > > > > > > > > **T class Tanker:** > > > > > _T 004_ > > > > > _T 005_ > > > > > _T 006_ > > > > > > > **2nd Supply Division** > > > > > > > > > **Projekt 15061 Mod.141 class Fleet Support Vessel:** > > > > > _Baikal_ > > > > > _Bakhmatovskoye_ > > > > > _Baunt_ > > > > > _Bauzhansor_ > > > > > > > **3rd Supply Division** > > > > > > > > > **Projekt 15160 class Support Vessel:** > > > > > _Bolshoye Morskoye_ > > > > > _Bolshoye Ostrovnoye_ > > > > > > > **2nd Collier Division** > > > > > > > > > **Projekt 15141 class Collier:** > > > > > _VTR-003_ > > > > > _VTR-004_ > > > > > > > **2nd Tug Division** > > > > > > > > > **GR class Tug:** > > > > > _GR 001_ > > > > > _GR 002_ > > > > > _GR 003_ > > > **Reconnaissance Group** > > > > > **Space Survey Regiment** > > > > > > > **1st Recon Battalion** > > > > > > > > > **Gagarin class Scout Cruiser:** > > > > > _Andriyan Nikolayev_ > > > > > _German Titov_ > > > > > _Pavel Popovich_ > > > > > _Yuri Gagarin_ > > > > > > > **2nd Recon Battalion** > > > > > > > > > **Gagarin class Scout Cruiser:** > > > > > _Boris Yegorov_ > > > > > _Konstantin Feoktistov_ > > > > > _Valery Bykovsky_ > > > > > _Vladimir Komarov_ > > > > > > > **5th Tanker Division** > > > > > > > > > **Projekt 15143 class Fast Tanker:** > > > > > _Bolshoy Bagan_ > > > > > _Inzhener Davydov_ > > > > > > > > > **Projekt 15143M class Fast Tanker:** > > > > > _Bolshoy Yeravna_ > > > > > _Bolshoye Shklo_ > > > > > > > **6th Tanker Division** > > > > > > > > > **Projekt 15144 class Fast Tanker:** > > > > > _Bolshoye Toko_ > > > > > _Bolshoye Topolnoye_ > > > > > > > > > **Projekt 15143 class Fast Tanker:** > > > > > _Belenkoye_ > > > > > _Fizik Kovalev_ > ## Current Military Strength of Soviet Space Fleet > > 99 warships: > > - 4 x BB Leningrad Mod.158 > - 2 x BB Moskva Mod.166 > - 1 x BB Murmansk Mod.159 > - 6 x CG Kirov Mod.159 > - 2 x CL Berkut MP > - 10 x CL Groznyy Mod.166 > - 4 x CL Chapayev Mod.116 > - 8 x SCL Gagarin > - 5 x DD Storozhevoy > - 18 x DD Gnevny Mod.153 > - 4 x DD Gnevny > - 4 x FF Riga A > - 3 x FF Riga B > - 12 x FF Riga Mod.142 > - 16 x FF Al’batros > > 13 troop Transports: > > - 5 x Troop Transport Projekt 161073 > - 6 x Troop Transport Projekt 161073M > - 2 x Troop Transport Krokodil > > 17 tankers: > > - 6 x TK Altay > - 3 x TK T > - 4 x FTK Projekt 15143 > - 2 x FTK Projekt 15143M > - 2 x FTK Projekt 15144 > > 10 support vessels: > > - 4 x SV Projekt 15061 > - 2 x SV Projekt 15160 > - 4 x FSV Projekt 15061 Mod.141 > > 4 colliers: > > - 4 x CO Projekt 15141 > > 3 tugs: > > - 3 x TG GR ---
**Author:** ![serger](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/aurora4x.com/serger/32/961_2.png) [@serger](https://aurora4x.com/u/serger)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2026, 6:43am UTC](https://aurora4x.com/t/military-organization-of-the-soviet-space-fleet-2178/1138/2 "2026-09-27T06:43:42Z")
Some of your ship names are a bit off. _Kresta_ here is a NATO codename for Soviet Project 1134 (codename Berkut) class, the lead ship - _Admiral Zozulia_. No one of the 4+10 ships of this class was named _Kresta_ and it’s actually an impossible name in Russian, because it’s a mistaken cut-off from a Russian gulf name “Zaliv Kresta”, in which “Kresta” is the genitive form of “Krest” (Cross). The Soviets would never call their ship neither in genitive nor in the name of their mortal historical enemies’ main religious symbol. It would also a bit of mistake to call the class _Berkut_, because it’s an industrial codename, no one of the ships was named _Berkut_. _Petya_ is also a NATO codename - this one is for Project 159 (SKR) coastal guard (patrol) ships. Here, SKR abbreviation means “missile coastal guard ship” in Russian. The class sometimes mistakenly named SKR-1 (which is an enumerated name of the lead experimental ship). It is generally possible for the Soviets to name a ship _Petya_, yet not a combat ship (even just a corvette), because Petya is a diminutive form of Piotr (Peter) personal name. Soviet official naming nomenclatures had zero tolerance on ironical, diminutive or adopted from the enemy. Sometimes a civilian vessel could get a diminutive name, and even for a civilian vessel it was a rare exception from the general norm. ---
**Author:** ![serger](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/aurora4x.com/serger/32/961_2.png) [@serger](https://aurora4x.com/u/serger)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2026, 8:51am UTC](https://aurora4x.com/t/military-organization-of-the-soviet-space-fleet-2178/1138/3 "2026-09-27T08:51:23Z")
_Aist_ _Giena_ _Pelikan_ _Pingvin_ This brigade names are off also. Absolutely non-combat names, and Giena is just non-starter as a Soviet ship name at all, even for a civilian ship, because in Russian it’s a namesake for being vile and despicable, and Soviets would never name their ship in this deeply anti-social manner. _Aist_ is a proper name for some small civilian vessel and unlikely for a corvette. _Pingvin_ (Penguin) is very unlikely for any kind of government ship, because it’s primary connotation in Soviet culture was ironic and diminutive (because of one of the most exemplary Soviet poetic verses - Maxim Gorky’s _Stormy Pestrel_). _Pyotr Velikiy_ It’s a Russian (Imperial) name, not Soviet. The real Soviet-laid ship was renamed as _Pyotr Velikiy_ well after the Russian Federation exit from the Soviet Union and it was an ideological overturn by itself. Her original name was _Kuibyshev_, then _Yuri Andropov_ (before Eltsin’s rename decree). _Ambarnaya_ is very unlikely name for a combat ship in Russian at all. A bit more possible for a patrol vessel or something else kinda small and insignificent, more likely for a small civilian vessel, yet the common problem in Russian with this name is just grammar: while it’s currently a town name, it’s one of the towns grown lately from villages, and the name remains grammatically adjective, which is a bit awkward as naming norm itself, acceptable for a village, twice an awkward for a ship name, and nearly impossibly awkward for a combat ship. _Yenot_ (Raccoon) is also an unlikely for a combat ship, even a light one. Its connotations in Russian are - something small, harmless, funny and foreign, which are all rather nonstarters for a combat ship in Soviet culture. ---
**Author:** ![Marski](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/aurora4x.com/marski/32/1772_2.png) [@Marski](https://aurora4x.com/u/Marski)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2026, 10:22am UTC](https://aurora4x.com/t/military-organization-of-the-soviet-space-fleet-2178/1138/4 "2026-09-27T10:22:50Z")
Oh thats good to know. I tried to use Projekt naming for support vessels of various types but since my number memory isn’t the best I lost track of what type was what, which is why I opted for NATO codenames. I ran out of historical names for certain combat ship classes so I just didn’t put much thought in for the rest of them, I keep the historical names for Udaloys, Sovremenny’s and such in reserve for their respective classes. Any ideas what to replace the names with? Frigates are mostly for keeping guard on jump-points and occasional escort duties which is why there’s now a whole lot of them and will only keep increasing in numbers in the near future. ---
**Author:** ![S810\_Jr](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/aurora4x.com/s810_jr/32/1911_2.png) [@S810\_Jr](https://aurora4x.com/u/S810_Jr)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2026, 10:35am UTC](https://aurora4x.com/t/military-organization-of-the-soviet-space-fleet-2178/1138/5 "2026-09-27T10:35:33Z")
[Category:Cities and towns built in the Soviet Union - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Cities_and_towns_built_in_the_Soviet_Union) ? ---
**Author:** ![Marski](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/aurora4x.com/marski/32/1772_2.png) [@Marski](https://aurora4x.com/u/Marski)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2026, 10:38am UTC](https://aurora4x.com/t/military-organization-of-the-soviet-space-fleet-2178/1138/6 "2026-09-27T10:38:24Z")
Was there restrictions imposed by naming conventions that reserved names of towns and/or cities for larger ships? ---
**Author:** ![serger](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/aurora4x.com/serger/32/961_2.png) [@serger](https://aurora4x.com/u/serger)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2026, 10:41am UTC](https://aurora4x.com/t/military-organization-of-the-soviet-space-fleet-2178/1138/7 "2026-09-27T10:41:03Z")
Here’s quite a good list, though some of the names are actually post-Soviet Russian: > **[List of ships of the Soviet Navy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ships_of_the_Soviet_Navy)** > > This is a list of ships and classes of the Soviet Navy. In the Soviet Navy these were classified as small anti-submarine ships (MPK) or small missile ships (MRK). In the Soviet Navy, frigates were classified as guard ships (SKR) As far as I can see from the thread, you didn’t use “Hard Weather” names, most of destroyer names and most of Admirals (which are proper for any kind of combat ship starting from a frigate). After exhausting real historic names, I usually use campaign-historic, that is: naming after my dead most seniour and most decorated commanders. ---
**Author:** ![S810\_Jr](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/aurora4x.com/s810_jr/32/1911_2.png) [@S810\_Jr](https://aurora4x.com/u/S810_Jr)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2026, 10:41am UTC](https://aurora4x.com/t/military-organization-of-the-soviet-space-fleet-2178/1138/8 "2026-09-27T10:41:14Z")
Who cares? You’re **General Secretary** now comrade. What you say goes. ---
**Author:** ![Marski](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/aurora4x.com/marski/32/1772_2.png) [@Marski](https://aurora4x.com/u/Marski)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2026, 10:45am UTC](https://aurora4x.com/t/military-organization-of-the-soviet-space-fleet-2178/1138/9 "2026-09-27T10:45:12Z")
I try to keep the themes and naming conventions authentic (as much as can be in the setting) and consistent. ---
**Author:** ![serger](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/aurora4x.com/serger/32/961_2.png) [@serger](https://aurora4x.com/u/serger)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2026, 10:46am UTC](https://aurora4x.com/t/military-organization-of-the-soviet-space-fleet-2178/1138/10 "2026-09-27T10:46:09Z")
Towns are entirely proper for a patrol ship, and the list **[S810\_Jr](https://aurora4x.com/u/s810_jr)** provided is very good in this regard - no grammatically awkward names, and a proper part of names are non-Russian, looks properly Soviet-international. ---
**Author:** ![Marski](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/aurora4x.com/marski/32/1772_2.png) [@Marski](https://aurora4x.com/u/Marski)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2026, 11:11am UTC](https://aurora4x.com/t/military-organization-of-the-soviet-space-fleet-2178/1138/11 "2026-09-27T11:11:47Z")
Petya → Al’batros _Aist_ → _Blestyashche_ _Giena_ → _Zhemchug_ _Pelikan_ → _Izumrud_ _Pingvin_ → _Rubin_ _SKR-001_ → _Dnepr_ Riga _Yenot_ → _Kodinsk_ Kirov _Pyotr Velikiy_ → _Kuibyshev_ Groznyy _Ambarnaya_ → _Angarsk_ Kresta’s changed to Berkut, eagle is a eagle after all. ---
**Author:** ![AuroraSteve](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/aurora4x.com/aurorasteve/32/96_2.png) [@AuroraSteve](https://aurora4x.com/u/AuroraSteve)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2026, 11:58am UTC](https://aurora4x.com/t/military-organization-of-the-soviet-space-fleet-2178/1138/12 "2026-09-27T11:58:10Z")
![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/aurora4x/original/2X/3/37c511c365f2a79193ea715722233d81233b2fe6.jpeg) This is a great book on the Soviet Navy if you can get hold of it. I bought my copy new in the 1990s and use it as the main reference for any Soviet-related Aurora campaigns. ---
**Author:** ![Marski](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/aurora4x.com/marski/32/1772_2.png) [@Marski](https://aurora4x.com/u/Marski)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2026, 12:06pm UTC](https://aurora4x.com/t/military-organization-of-the-soviet-space-fleet-2178/1138/13 "2026-09-27T12:06:34Z")
Oh goody, I have to order that. I’ve been using combination of A.I’s, own sources and google-know-how so far. One of my favourite sites is this: [https://naval-encyclopedia.com/](https://naval-encyclopedia.com/) You can find a whole lot about invidual ships, their sensor systems and what was refitted, where and when. ---
**Author:** ![AuroraSteve](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/aurora4x.com/aurorasteve/32/96_2.png) [@AuroraSteve](https://aurora4x.com/u/AuroraSteve)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2026, 12:19pm UTC](https://aurora4x.com/t/military-organization-of-the-soviet-space-fleet-2178/1138/14 "2026-09-27T12:19:56Z")
The book above doesn’t just provide the ship information. It discusses how Soviet doctrine evolved over time and how the various weapons and other systems were used to implement that doctrine. Here is a screenshot I found online of the contents page (I am away from home for a few weeks). It uses NATO names for some of the content pages, but all the original Soviet designations are included in the actual text. It is 224 pages in total. ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/aurora4x/original/2X/e/ee976444311416f1c52f2113c58a34bac3c77a8e.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Marski](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/aurora4x.com/marski/32/1772_2.png) [@Marski](https://aurora4x.com/u/Marski)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2026, 12:26pm UTC](https://aurora4x.com/t/military-organization-of-the-soviet-space-fleet-2178/1138/15 "2026-09-27T12:26:12Z")
A book right up my alley. Doctrines and strategic situations always reflect in the ship designs and fleets which I’ve always found immensely interesting to read about. ---
**Author:** ![serger](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/aurora4x.com/serger/32/961_2.png) [@serger](https://aurora4x.com/u/serger)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2026, 12:32pm UTC](https://aurora4x.com/t/military-organization-of-the-soviet-space-fleet-2178/1138/16 "2026-09-27T12:32:59Z")
> [@Marski](#): > > Blestyashche Rename _Blestyashche_ to _Blestyashchiy_. Other changes are entirely proper. Generally, some grammatical rules. First, combat ship in Russian is (grammatically) a masculine gender object, female names are rare for them (a bit more common for smaller and civillian ships, yet still a minority even for them), and this rule was especially strict in Soviet era, when the Imperial tradition of European-like combat ship names from the Greek and Roman pantheons died, and the Soviet social norm dictated quite a strict gender-specific roles despite the overall female emancipation propaganda. There were no female senior military officers in USSR, and female combat roles were restricted to snipers, combat medics and AD crews, and light night bomber pilots, with some extremely rare and unimportant exceptions (so no female war heroes ship names either, to the end of USSR). So, generally, when chosing a name from some not-a-combat-ships list, you need to check the ending for grammatical gender. It has to be masculine. In the case of _Blestyashche_ it’s not even a noun, it’s an adverb form. _Blestyashchee_ would be a noun, yet it’s a noun in neutral gender, wich is (paradoxically) even more improper for a ship name then a female - ships in Russian are grammatically animated objects. ---
**Author:** ![Marski](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/aurora4x.com/marski/32/1772_2.png) [@Marski](https://aurora4x.com/u/Marski)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2026, 1:51pm UTC](https://aurora4x.com/t/military-organization-of-the-soviet-space-fleet-2178/1138/17 "2026-09-27T13:51:01Z")
All fixes implemented, thank you for help, much appreciated. Ship design thread also updated, character limits are causing little bit of trouble, probably have to make a separate thread for any additional ships in the future. ---
**Author:** ![serger](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/aurora4x.com/serger/32/961_2.png) [@serger](https://aurora4x.com/u/serger)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2026, 2:12pm UTC](https://aurora4x.com/t/military-organization-of-the-soviet-space-fleet-2178/1138/18 "2026-09-27T14:12:55Z")
> [@Marski](#): > > Blestyashchet _Blestyashchiy_ is probably an unlucky ship, it want’s to remain improperly named. 😏 ---
**Author:** ![serger](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/aurora4x.com/serger/32/961_2.png) [@serger](https://aurora4x.com/u/serger)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2026, 2:15pm UTC](https://aurora4x.com/t/military-organization-of-the-soviet-space-fleet-2178/1138/19 "2026-09-27T14:15:14Z")
> [@Marski](#): > > Gadzhibey There are also 2 _Gadzhibey_s in a row. ---
**Author:** ![Marski](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/aurora4x.com/marski/32/1772_2.png) [@Marski](https://aurora4x.com/u/Marski)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2026, 2:32pm UTC](https://aurora4x.com/t/military-organization-of-the-soviet-space-fleet-2178/1138/20 "2026-09-27T14:32:14Z")
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