"Flag of the Motherland" is the newspaper of the Black Sea Fleet of Russia. It is one of the oldest newspapers of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. The publication started back in July 15, 1920, and since then it was called "Red Azov-Black Sea Fleet", "Avral", and "Red Chernomorets". The newspaper received its current name in 1947. It is produced in Sevastopol, and distributed by subscription and retail. With over a century of publicized history, the editorial staff have reported on all important events related to the Black Sea Fleet. The newspaper covered stages of the pre-war construction of the fleet, defense and liberation of Odessa, Sevastopol, Kerch, and Novorossiysk during World War II, followed by the post-war creation of a modern fleet, and its access to the ocean.
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Segments of this piece were originally published on the internet portal "Light" (Svjetlost) in November 2008.
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