How the Black Sea Fleet was destroyed

State Enterprise "Ukrainian Television Film Studio "Ukrtelefilm", 1995.

The documentary film "The Death of the Black Sea Fleet" is dedicated to a little-known page in Ukrainian history about the insidious policy of the Leninist government, which led to the destruction of the warships of the Black Sea Squadron.

On the video: black-and-white chronicles, film excerpts dedicated to the events of the film, Konstantin Stepankov talks about personalities, chronology of events; landscapes of Crimea.

People's Artist of Ukraine Konstantin Stepankov talks about historical events.

The film's consultants are Doctor of Historical Sciences Volodymyr Butkevych and the press center of the headquarters of the Naval Forces of Ukraine.

Director — Viktor Zhivolub.

Reference: The destruction of the Black Sea Fleet in 1918 was the deliberate destruction of warships on Lenin's personal order, directed primarily against the Ukrainian People's Republic (UNR), which at that time had legal rights to the fleet, confirmed by the decision of the commander Admiral Sablin and official documents. As a result, the UNR lost the battleship "Free Russia", nine destroyers and torpedo boats and about thirty transport ships.