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From: swilliam@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Steve Williams)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: Soviet submarine names
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Date: 1 May 91 12:28:40 GMT
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From: swilliam@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Steve Williams)


>While most books on world navies list ship names, it's been hard to find
>one that lists names for Soviet subs.  If anybody would happen to know
>this information, or could give me a book title, it would be greatly
>appreciated.  Please respond with e-mail and I can post a summary.

I found a book, "Soviet Submarines, Design, Development and Tatics", 
by Jan Breemer, Jane's Information Group Limited.  I searched for the 
names for the Soviet subs but couldn't find much information. All I 
learned is that the Soviet subs before the Russian Revolution (Tsarist
era) did have names; after the revolution they were changed with Bolshevik 
names.

Some examples:

	Tsarist Name	Soviet Name
	------------	--------------------------------
	Volk		Batrak (farm laborer)
	Pantera		Kommissar
	Tur		Toarishch
	Leopard		Krasnoarmeyetz (Red Army trooper)
	Zmeya		Proletary
	Tigr		Kommunar
	Ryss		Bolshevik
	Yorsh		Rabochy (Worker)
	Yaguar		Krasnoflotyetz (Red Navy sailor)
	Kuguar		Bednyak (poor peasant)

These were the names of the early (1910-20's) Soviet submarines.

I could not find out if the Russians did stop naming their submarines,
or what.

Steve Williams