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The Black Sea Fleet (" Chernomorsky Flot ") is a large operational - strategic command of the Russian ( and formerly Soviet ) Navy , operating in the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea since the late 18th century . Its ships are based in various harbors of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov , while its aviation and infrastructure is based in various locations in Crimea and Krasnodar Krai . The ___MASK39___ , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics ( USSR " ) was a socialist state in Eurasia that existed from 1922 to 1991 . A union of multiple subnational republics , its government and economy were highly centralized . The ___MASK39___ was a one - party federation , governed by the Communist Party with Moscow as its capital . ___MASK28___ ( from the  Rus '), also officially known as the Russian Federation , is a country in Eurasia . At , ___MASK28___ is the largest country in the world by surface area , covering more than one - eighth of the Earth ' s inhabited land area , and the ninth most populous , with over 140 million people at the end of March 2016 . The European western part of the country is much more populated and urbanised than the eastern , about 77 % of the population live in European ___MASK28___ . ___MASK28___ ' s capital Moscow is one of the largest cities in the world , other major urban centers include Saint Petersburg , Novosibirsk , Yekaterinburg , Nizhny Novgorod and Samara . The title Hero of the ___MASK39___ (" Geroy Sovietskogo Soyuza ") was the highest distinction in the ___MASK39___ , awarded personally or collectively for heroic feats in service to the Soviet state and society . The Sea of Azov (" Azovs ' ke more / Azovke more ") is a sea in Eastern Europe . To the south it is linked by the narrow ( about ) Strait of Kerch to the Black Sea , and it is sometimes regarded as a northern extension of the Black Sea . The sea is bounded in the north by mainland ___MASK95___ , in the east by ___MASK28___ , and in the west by the Crimean Peninsula . The Don and Kuban are the major rivers that flow into it . The Sea of Azov is the shallowest sea in the world , with the depth varying between . There is a constant outflow of water from the Sea of Azov to the Black Sea . The Black Sea is a body of water between Eastern Europe and Western Asia , bounded by ___MASK48___ , Georgia , Romania , ___MASK28___ , Turkey , and Ukraine . It is supplied by a number of major rivers , such as the Danube , Dnieper , Rioni , Southern Bug , and Dniester . The Black Sea has an area of ( not including the Sea of Azov ), a maximum depth of , and a volume of . It is constrained by the Pontic Mountains to the south and by the Caucasus Mountains to the east , and features a wide shelf to the northwest . The longest east - west extent is about . Ivan Karpovich Golubets ( 1916 -- 1942 ) was a Soviet sailor with the Black Sea Fleet . He was posthumously made a Hero of the ___MASK39___ . Krasnodar Krai is a federal subject of ___MASK28___ ( a krai ), located in the Southern Federal District . Its administrative center is the city of Krasnodar . It had a population of 5 , 226 , 647 ( 2010 Census ).