The Russian Navy inherited the ranks of the Soviet Navy, although the insignia and uniform were slightly altered.

The Russian armed forces have two styles of ranks:

• Troop ranks (army-style ranks) and
• Deck ranks (navy-style ranks).

The Army, Air Force and Airborne Forces use troop ranks. The Russian Navy uses deck ranks.

Rank titles are sometimes appended due to assignment, branch or status:

• The ranks of servicemen assigned to a "Guards" unit, formation or ship are preceeded by the word “Guards”;
• The ranks of servicemen in the legal, medical and veterinary branches are followed by “of Justice”, “of the Medical Service”, and “of the Veterinary Service”, respectively;
• The ranks of servicemen in the reserve or in retirement are be followed by “of the Reserve” or “in Retirement”, respectively;
• The rank descriptor "of Aviation" was officially abolished but is still commonly used.

The following table of navy ranks illustrates those of the Russian Federation. The English translation is given first, followed by the rank in Russian.

Russian Navy Officer Ranks

Commissioned Officers of the Russian Navy
NATO code equivalent	OF-10		OF-9	OF-8	OF-7 OF-6	OF-5
Sleeve insignia
Shoulder insignia²
Title	Admiral of the Fleet (Адмирал флота)¹	Admiral (Адмирал)	Vice Admiral (Вице-адмирал)	Rear Admiral/Counter Admiral (Контр-адмирал)	Captain 1st Rank (Капитан 1-го ранга)	Captain 2nd Rank (Капитан 2-го ранга)

Commissioned Officers of the Russian Navy
NATO code equivalent	OF-4	OF-3	OF-2	OF-1
Sleeve insignia
Shoulder insignia²
Title	Captain 3rd Rank (Капитан 3-го ранга)	Captain Lieutenant (Капитан-лейтенант)	Senior Lieutenant (Старший лейтенант)	Lieutenant (Лейтенант)	Junior Lieutenant (Младший лейтенант)
¹Rank unused, not awarded since Vladimir Masorin's retirement in 2007.
²Parade uniform colors (black on gold) are the reverse of the duty uniform.

Russian Navy Warrant Officers and Rates

Warrant Officers¹ and Rates of the Russian Navy
NATO code equivalent	CW-2	WO-1	E-9	E-7
Shoulder insignia²
Title	Chief Warrant officer/Midshipman (Старший мичман)	Warrant officer/Midshipman (Мичман)	Chief Ship Petty Officer (Главный корабельный старшина)	Chief Petty Officer (Главный старшина)

Warrant Officers¹ and Rates of the Russian Navy
NATO code equivalent	E-6	E-5	E-4	E-3
Shoulder insignia²
Title	Petty Officer First Class (Старшина 1 статьи)	Petty Officer Second Class (Старшина 2 статьи)	Senior Seaman (Старший матрос)	Seaman (Матрос)
¹Warrant Officers ranks may be abolished soon.
²Parade uniform colors (black on gold) are the reverse of the duty uniform.

List of ships of the Russian Navy presents a picture which can never be fully agreed upon in the absence of greater data availability and a consistent standard for which ships are considered operational or not. The Russian Navy has a manpower of 142,000.

The Soviet Navy, and the Russian Navy which inherited its traditions, had a different attitude to operational status than many Western navies. Ships went to sea less, and maintained capability for operations while staying in harbour. The significant changes which followed the collapse of the Soviet Union then complicated the picture enormously. Determining which ships are operational or in refit can be difficult. Jane's Fighting Ships has noted in recent editions that some ships have little capability, but remain flying an ensign so that crews are entitled to be paid.

Jane's Fighting Ships online edition, dated 8 March 2010, added "There are large numbers of most classes 'in reserve', and flying an ensign so that skeleton crews may still be paid. [Their listing reflected] only those units assessed as having some realistic operational capability or some prospect of returning to service after refit."

As a result, this page uses a mix of material from warfare.ru, rusnavy.com, rian.ru, defenceindustrydaily.com, russianforces.org, thebulletin.org, janes.com, nti.org, etc. Data is incomplete.

Aircraft carriers (1)

Class	Photo	Hull number	Name	Commissioned	Note
Project 11435 Kuznetsov		063	Admiral Flota Sovetskogo Soyuza Kuznetsov	1990	Planned to start major overhaul from 2012 to 2017

Battlecruisers (1)

Class	Photo	Hull number	Name	Commissioned	Note
Project 11442 Kirov		099	Petr Velikiy	1998

Cruisers (4)

Class	Photo	Hull number	Name	Commissioned	Note
Project 1134B Kara		713	Kerch	1974	planned for decommissioning in 2015
Project 1164 Slava		121	Moskva	1982
		055	Marshal Ustinov	1986
		031	Varyag	1989

Destroyers (14)

Class	Photo	Hull number	Name	Commissioned	Note
Project 01090 Kashin		810	Smetlivyy	1969	undergo refit from 11.2010 to 2011
Project 1155 Udaloy I		626	Vice-Admiral Kulakov	1982	Passed sea trials after overhaul and modernization,[14] returned to active duty with new hull number.
		543	Marshal Shaposhnikov	1985
		564	Admiral Tributs	1985
		619	Severomorsk	1987
		572	Admiral Vinogradov	1988
		605	Admiral Levchenko	1988
		678	Admiral Kharlamov	1989
		548	Admiral Panteleyev	1991
Project 11551 Udaloy II		650	Admiral Chabanenko	1999
Project 956 Sovremennyy		715	Bystryy	1989
		620	Bespokoynyy	1991
		610	Nastoychivyy	1992
		434	Admiral Ushakov	1993

Ballistic missile submarines (11)

Class	Photo	Hull number	Name	Commissioned	Note
Project 667BDR Delta III			K-211 Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy	1979
			K-223 Podolsk	1979
			K-433 Svyatoy Georgiy Pobedonosets	1978
			K-44 Ryazan	1982
Project 941UM Typhoon			TK-208 Dmitri Donskoy	1981	In service as test bed for Bulava missile
Project 667BDRM Delta IV			K-51 Verkhoturye	1984	submarine undergo overhaul in Zvezdochka shipyard with installation of new Sineva missiles from 2010
			K-84 Ekaterinburg	1985
			K-114 Tula	1987
			K-117 Bryansk	1988
			K-18 Karelia	1989
			K-407 Novomoskovsk	1990	submarine finished overhaul in Zvezdochka shipyard with installation of new Sineva missiles. Undergo sea trials. It will be back in IV.2011 or 2012

Cruise missile submarines (5)

Class	Photo	Hull number	Name	Commissioned	Note
Project 949A Oscar II			K-119 Voronezh	1989	undergo overhaul and modernization in Zvezdochka from 2008
			K-410 Smolensk	1990
			K-226 Orel	1992
			K-456 Tver (ex Vilyuchinsk)	1992	Ship probably renamed on 28 January 2011
			K-186 Omsk	1993

Nuclear attack submarines (15)

Class	Photo	Hull number	Name	Commissioned	Note
Project 945A Sierra II			B-534 Nizhniy Novgorod	1990
			B-336 Pskov	1993
Project 671RTMK Victor III			B-388 Petrozavodsk	1988
			B-138 Obninsk	1990
			B-414 Daniil Moskovskiy	1990
			B-448 Tambov	1992
Project 971 Akula			K-317 Pantera	1990
			K-331 Magadan	1990
			K-461 Volk	1991
			K-328 Leopard	1992
			K-154 Tigr	1993
			K-295 Samara	1995
			K-157 Vepr	1995
			K-335 Gepard	2001
Project 971I Akula			K-152 Nerpa	2010	will be leased to India from March 2011 for 10 years

Conventional attack submarines (17)

Class	Photo	Hull number	Name	Commissioned	Note
Project 877 Kilo			B-260 Chita	1981
			B-227 Vyborg	1982
			B-401 Novosibirsk	1984
			B-402 Vologda	1984
			B-445 Svyatoy Nikolay Chudotvorets	1988
			B-808 Yaroslavl	1988
			B-394	1988	status unknown from 2007
			B-459 Vladikavkaz	1990	undergo overhaul in Zvezdochka from 2008. It will be back in 2011
			B-471 Magnitogorsk	1990
			B-494 Ust´-Bolsheretsk	1990	status unknown from 2008
			B-177 Lipetsk	1991
			B-190 Krasnokamensk	1992
			B-345 Mogocha	1994
Project 877EKM Kilo	TBD		B-806	1986
Project 877LPMB Kilo	TBD		B-800 Kaluga	1989	undergo overhaul and upgrade in Zvezdochka from 2002. It will be back in 2011
Project 877V Kilo	TBD		B-871 Alrosa	1990
Project 677 Lada	TBD		B-585 Sankt Peterburg	2010	In experimental operation and is expected to be fully operational in 2011

Frigates (5)

Class	Photo	Hull number	Name	Commissioned	Note
Project 1135 Burevestnik	TBD	810	Ladnyy	1980
Project 11352 Burevestnik	TBD	702	Pylkiy	1978
Project 1135M Burevestnik		808	Pytlivyy	1981
Project 1154 Neustrashimyy		712	Neustrashimyy	1990
		727	Yaroslav Mudryy	2009

Corvettes (68)

Class	Photo	Hull number	Name	Commissioned	Note
Project 1124 Grisha				1970–1994	Current ships will be added later
Project 12341 Nanuchka III		620	Shtil	1978
		535	Aysberg	1979
		423	Smerch	1984
		617	Mirazh	1986
		418	Iney	1987
		520	Rassvet	1988
		560	Zyb	1989
		555	Geyzer	1989
		409	Moroz	1989
		570	Passat	1990
		551	Liven	1991
		450	Razliv	1991
Project 12347 Nanuchka IV	TBD	526	Nakat	1987
Project 1241 Tarantul				1979–2003	Current ships will be added later
Project 1331M Parchim		304	Urengoi	1986	Ship renamed on 28 January 2011
		311	Kazanets	1986
		308	Zelenodolsk	1987
		245	MPK-105	1988
		218	Aleksin	1989
		243	MPK-227	1989
		244	Bashkortostan	1989	In reserve in 2010. Probably decommissioned in 2010
		232	Kalmykiya	1990
Project 11661K Gepard		691	Tatarstan	2003
Project 21630 Buyan		101	Astrakhan	2006
Project 20380 Steregushchiy		530	Steregushchiy	2008

Minesweepers (34)

Class	Photo	Hull number	Name	Commissioned	Note
Project 266 Natya				1970–2008
Project 1265 Sonya				1972–1997
Project 1266 Gorya				1988–2000

Missile hovercrafts (2)

Class	Photo	Hull number	Name	Commissioned	Note
Project 1239 Bora		615	Bora	1989
		616	Samum	2000

Landing Ships (19)

Class	Photo	Hull number	Name	Commissioned	Note
Project 1171 Alligator		150	Saratov	1966
		148	Orsk	1968
		081	Nikolay Vilkov	1974
		152	Nikolay Filchenkov	1975
Project 775 Ropucha I		012	Olenegorskiy Gornyak	1976
		027	Kondopoga	1976
		031	Aleksandr Otrakovskiy	1978
		066	Oslyabya	1981
		055	BDK-98	1982
		127	Minsk	1983
		102	Kaliningrad	1984
		016	Georgiy Pobedonosets	1985
		110	Aleksandr Shabalin	1985
		158	Tsesar Kunikov	1986
		142	Novocherkassk	1987
		156	Yamal	1988
Project 775M Ropucha II	TBD	151	Azov	1990
		077	Peresvet	1991
		130	Korolev	1991

Amphibious hovercraft (2)

Class	Photo	Hull number	Name	Commissioned	Note
Project 12322 Zubr		770	Evgeniy Kocheshkov	1990
		782	Mordoviya	1991

Auxiliary vessel

Class	Photo	Type	Ship IDs	Total No.	Note
Logistic Support Vessels
Belyanka		Special Waste Tankers	Amur Pinega	2
Sadko		Ballistic Missile Transport	Aleksandr Brykhin	1
Luza		Missile Fuel Tanker	Alambay Barguzin Selenga	3
Vala		Special Waste Tanker	TNT-11 TNT-19 TNT-27 TNT-29 TNT-25	5
AMGA/Daugava		Ballistic Missile Transport	Daugava	1
Vytegrales		Logistic Vessel	Yamal	1
Muna		Coastal Munitions Transport	BTP 94 BTP 85 BTP 87 BTP 89 BTP 90 BTP 91	6
Yuniy Partizan		Logistic Vessel	Pechora	1
Amguema		Polar Logistic Vessel	Yauza	1
Salvage Vessels / Submersible Supports
05360*		Salvage Vessel/ Submersible Support	Mikhail Rudnitskiy Georgiy Koz'min Georgiy Titov Sayany	4
El'brus		Large Submarine Salvage Vessel	Alagez	1
Kashtan		Salvage Vessel/ Submersible Support	SS-750	1
Kommuna		Salvage vessel/ Submersible Support	Kommuna	1	Probably will be decommissioned and refited into museum [67]
Tenders
Pelym		Degaussing/ Deperming Vessel		17
Bereza		Degaussing/ Deperming Vessel		16
Urga		Submarine tender	Vladimir Yegorov Volga	2
Malina		Submarine tender	PTB-5 PTB-6 PTB-7	3
Oskol		Light Repair Vessel	PM-24 PM-148	2
Amur		Repair Vessel	PM-138	12
Tugs
Prut		Submarine Salvage Vessel	Epron SS-83	2
Pamir /Ingul		Salvage Tug	Pamir Mashuk Alatau Altay	4
Katun-I		Firefighting Tugboat		7
Gryn		Fleet salvage Tug		8
Okhtenskiy /Goliat		Ocean Salvage Tug		14
Sliva		Salvage Tug		3
Vikhr		Salvage/Fire Tug		4
Sorum		Salvage Tug		14
Neftegaz		Salvage Tug	Ilga Aleksander Kortunov Kalar	3
Foty Krylov		Salvage Tug	Nikolay Chiker Foty Krylov	2
Project 90600		Harbour Tug	RB-389	1
Fleet Oilers
Boris Chilikin		Fleet Oiler		5
Kaliningradneft'		Light Fleet Oiler		1
Dubna		Light Fleet Oiler	Pechenga Irkut	2
Alyay		Light Fleet Oiler	Kola Ilim Yel'Nya Prut Egorlyk Izhora	6
Electronic Surveillance
TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
Trial Support Vessel
TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
Miscellaneous Support Vessels
TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA

Russian Navy Special purpose submarines (2)

Class	Photo	Hull number	Name	Commissioned	Note
Project 20120 Sarov	TBD		B-90 Sarov	2008	Universal test platform, designed to develop and test emerging designs and upgraded weapons and military equipment
Project 09786	TBD		BS-136 Orenburg	2002(1981)	Mother-ship for autonomous underwater vehicles