[MILITARY PHOTOGRAPHY]. Extensive archive of Soviet Navy photographs and artwork. Taken various locations, c.1940-1990.

Various sizes and formats, most 8 x 10 in. Gelatin silver and color prints (some bends, creases), all housed in 3 binders. Provenance: Acquired Charles Miller Ltd., 21 October 2009 Sale 004 Lot 132.

Comprising approximately 560 photographs depicting various warships, submarines, naval officers, and others, many with ownership markings, handwritten notations or mimeographed descriptions in English, French, or Cyrillic on versos.

Throughout the latter half of the twentieth century the Soviet Navy proved itself a formidable force on the world stage, with its aircraft carriers and submarines considered to be their key assets. Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 much of the Soviet naval fleet was dispersed amongst its now-free satellite states.