An item reported that the Astrakhan-Caspian Flotilla based at Astrakhan was created in October 1918 according to S.A. Tyushkevich and July 1918 according to Marshall A.A. Grechko. The crews of most vessels consisted of volunteers coming from the merchant marine.
Sources
S.A. Tyushkevich. The Soviet Armed Forces: A History of Their Organizational Development. A Soviet View. Moscow, 1978.
Marshall A.A. Grechko. The Armed Forces of the Soviet State. A Soviet View. Moscow, 1977.
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