title: Крым. Севастополь. Флот
abstract: Interrelation of naval power and place of fleet basing is an important direction of geopolitical and military strategic studies, especially in a changing geopolitical picture of the world. My article is a brief sketch of the history and development of the Russian naval base in Sevastopol and Black Sea Fleet participation in the implementation of the military-strategic plans of the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union. Analyzing Russian tsars' decrees related to naval building, archival documents 
journal: Пространство и Время