An item reported that the Volga [Lower Reaches] Flotilla based at Tsaritsyn [nowadays Volgograd, Russia] was created in June 1918. The crews of most vessels consisted of volunteers coming from the merchant marine.
Source
S.A. Tyushkevich. The Soviet Armed Forces: A History of Their Organizational Development. A Soviet View. Moscow, 1978.
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