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Sergey Gorshkov

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  1. What if Britain joined with Australian & Canada to build a 'Maximum' Invincible Class instead?
    37:11Gorshkov and Soviet ocean-going naval powerNotable Point
  2. Yak-38 Forger: The Nasty Surprise of the Kiev Class
    19:52Soviet risk culture shaped the Yak-38Notable Point
  3. KA-27 Helix; Rugged, Reliable, Pin Up Model for Contra Rotating Rotors!
    2:20Gorshkov pushes beyond the KA-25Chapter
  4. Modern Indian Destroyers: Creation of an Indigenous Naval Capability, Dehli to Visakhaptnam Classes
    5:16Doctrine, design evidence, and learning from RajputNotable Point
  5. The Reality of Soviet Naval Presence in the Cold War: Destroyers are the Fleet
    2:19Gorshkov survives opposition to the surface fleetChapter
  6. The Reality of Soviet Naval Presence in the Cold War: Destroyers are the Fleet
    11:39Gorshkov's book makes a case for naval investmentNotable Point
  7. The Reality of Soviet Naval Presence in the Cold War: Destroyers are the Fleet
    33:38Destroyers provide a political backup plan for Soviet naval powerNotable Point
  8. The Reality of Soviet Naval Presence in the Cold War: Destroyers are the Fleet
    36:48Foreign contact made Soviet naval officers political targetsNotable Point
  9. The Reality of Soviet Naval Presence in the Cold War: Destroyers are the Fleet
    46:09Kiev task groups reveal the next destroyer gapChapter
  10. The Reality of Soviet Naval Presence in the Cold War: Destroyers are the Fleet
    1:23:10Gorshkov's succession leaves a historiographical questionNotable Point
  11. What if Winston Churchill doesn't pause Carriers, Capital Ships & Cruisers in 1939? Patreon Live
    2:24:18Mahan, Corbett, and the wider study of naval deterrenceNotable Point
  12. Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy I
    1:51:45Judging Gorshkov despite Soviet readiness limitsQ&A
  13. Sergey Georgyevich Gorshkov: The Architect Behind and the Face of the Soviet Navy
    0:27How Gorshkov outlasted Soviet leadersChapter
  14. Sergey Georgyevich Gorshkov: The Architect Behind and the Face of the Soviet Navy
    5:24The rank, tenure, and power behind Gorshkov's authorityNotable Point
  15. Sergey Georgyevich Gorshkov: The Architect Behind and the Face of the Soviet Navy
    9:41Rapid promotion in the rebuilding Soviet fleetChapter
  16. Sergey Georgyevich Gorshkov: The Architect Behind and the Face of the Soviet Navy
    13:54First command, destroyer training, and the Soviet officer shortageNotable Point
  17. Sergey Georgyevich Gorshkov: The Architect Behind and the Face of the Soviet Navy
    17:42Lake Khasan and the road to wartime commandNotable Point
  18. Sergey Georgyevich Gorshkov: The Architect Behind and the Face of the Soviet Navy
    18:55How Soviet naval rank terminology frames Gorshkov's promotionNotable Point
  19. Sergey Georgyevich Gorshkov: The Architect Behind and the Face of the Soviet Navy
    20:46Gorshkov becomes an amphibious warfare specialistChapter
  20. Sergey Georgyevich Gorshkov: The Architect Behind and the Face of the Soviet Navy
    22:56From Azov and Crimea to Danube logisticsChapter
  21. Sergey Georgyevich Gorshkov: The Architect Behind and the Face of the Soviet Navy
    25:40From Black Sea command to a blue-water navyChapter
  22. Sergey Georgyevich Gorshkov: The Architect Behind and the Face of the Soviet Navy
    28:20The inspector general who refused to retireNotable Point
  23. Sergey Georgyevich Gorshkov: The Architect Behind and the Face of the Soviet Navy
    30:42Good enough, fleet numbers, and readinessNotable Point
  24. Sergey Georgyevich Gorshkov: The Architect Behind and the Face of the Soviet Navy
    32:46Reading The Sea Power of the State criticallyChapter
  25. Sergey Georgyevich Gorshkov: The Architect Behind and the Face of the Soviet Navy
    44:07Which parts of The Sea Power of the State sound like Gorshkov?Notable Point
  26. Sergey Georgyevich Gorshkov: The Architect Behind and the Face of the Soviet Navy
    46:45Missile defence changes how fleet combat power is measuredChapter
  27. Sergey Georgyevich Gorshkov: The Architect Behind and the Face of the Soviet Navy
    52:30Gorshkov writes for deterrence and conflict managementNotable Point
  28. Sergey Georgyevich Gorshkov: The Architect Behind and the Face of the Soviet Navy
    1:12:27Why Gorshkov's force-planning language still sounds modernNotable Point
  29. Sergey Georgyevich Gorshkov: The Architect Behind and the Face of the Soviet Navy
    1:13:24Balance the fleet to national interestsNotable Point
  30. Procurement for Peace: Second Draft
    19:50Why war-fighting equations undercount presenceNotable Point
  31. Admiral Sergey Gorshkov: Life, Lessons & Writings of the man who Conceived the Cold War Soviet Navy
    6:42Gorshkov turned sea-power theory into procurement for peaceNotable Point
  32. Admiral Sergey Gorshkov: Life, Lessons & Writings of the man who Conceived the Cold War Soviet Navy
    10:02How Gorshkov survived and controlled the Soviet NavyChapter
  33. Admiral Sergey Gorshkov: Life, Lessons & Writings of the man who Conceived the Cold War Soviet Navy
    14:43Gorshkov treated every maritime resource as a wartime assetNotable Point
  34. Admiral Sergey Gorshkov: Life, Lessons & Writings of the man who Conceived the Cold War Soviet Navy
    16:27Why Soviet leaders treated Gorshkov as a stabilizerQ&A
  35. Admiral Sergey Gorshkov: Life, Lessons & Writings of the man who Conceived the Cold War Soviet Navy
    18:19NATO repeatedly mistook Gorshkov's deputies for successorsNotable Point
  36. Admiral Sergey Gorshkov: Life, Lessons & Writings of the man who Conceived the Cold War Soviet Navy
    21:47Pragmatism carried Gorshkov into the Gorbachev eraNotable Point
  37. Admiral Sergey Gorshkov: Life, Lessons & Writings of the man who Conceived the Cold War Soviet Navy
    23:43A retirement rank instead entrenched Gorshkov's authorityNotable Point
  38. Admiral Sergey Gorshkov: Life, Lessons & Writings of the man who Conceived the Cold War Soviet Navy
    25:54Gorshkov survived by sharing both credit and blameNotable Point
  39. Admiral Sergey Gorshkov: Life, Lessons & Writings of the man who Conceived the Cold War Soviet Navy
    27:39Gorshkov's early career in a rapidly changing Soviet fleetChapter
  40. Admiral Sergey Gorshkov: Life, Lessons & Writings of the man who Conceived the Cold War Soviet Navy
    28:27Gorshkov's first destroyer connected Imperial and Soviet fleetsNotable Point
  41. Admiral Sergey Gorshkov: Life, Lessons & Writings of the man who Conceived the Cold War Soviet Navy
    31:32An officer shortage put Gorshkov in command within three yearsNotable Point
  42. Admiral Sergey Gorshkov: Life, Lessons & Writings of the man who Conceived the Cold War Soviet Navy
    40:27Destroyer construction and Lake Khasan broadened Gorshkov's preparationNotable Point
  43. Admiral Sergey Gorshkov: Life, Lessons & Writings of the man who Conceived the Cold War Soviet Navy
    44:09Conflicting records complicate Gorshkov's wartime biographyNotable Point
  44. Admiral Sergey Gorshkov: Life, Lessons & Writings of the man who Conceived the Cold War Soviet Navy
    45:15Wartime amphibious and riverine command built Gorshkov's reputationChapter
  45. Admiral Sergey Gorshkov: Life, Lessons & Writings of the man who Conceived the Cold War Soviet Navy
    49:09The Azov breakout led Gorshkov into army commandNotable Point
  46. Admiral Sergey Gorshkov: Life, Lessons & Writings of the man who Conceived the Cold War Soviet Navy
    53:51Army commanders requested Gorshkov for the Danube offensiveNotable Point
  47. Admiral Sergey Gorshkov: Life, Lessons & Writings of the man who Conceived the Cold War Soviet Navy
    59:54From Black Sea commander to builder of a blue-water Soviet NavyChapter
  48. Admiral Sergey Gorshkov: Life, Lessons & Writings of the man who Conceived the Cold War Soviet Navy
    1:03:47Good enough meant a credible 75-to-80-percent solutionNotable Point
  49. Admiral Sergey Gorshkov: Life, Lessons & Writings of the man who Conceived the Cold War Soviet Navy
    1:12:33How to read The Sea Power of the StateChapter
  50. Admiral Sergey Gorshkov: Life, Lessons & Writings of the man who Conceived the Cold War Soviet Navy
    1:26:26Changes in voice suggest collaborative authorshipNotable Point
  51. Admiral Sergey Gorshkov: Life, Lessons & Writings of the man who Conceived the Cold War Soviet Navy
    1:51:41Strike doctrine supported Kiev, Kirov, Slava, and KuznetsovNotable Point
  52. Admiral Sergey Gorshkov: Life, Lessons & Writings of the man who Conceived the Cold War Soviet Navy
    2:07:12When did the Black Sea Fleet become a personnel backwater?Q&A
  53. Admiral Sergey Gorshkov: Life, Lessons & Writings of the man who Conceived the Cold War Soviet Navy
    2:11:00Lenin and Engels make naval funding politically orthodoxNotable Point
  54. Admiral Sergey Gorshkov: Life, Lessons & Writings of the man who Conceived the Cold War Soviet Navy
    2:33:46What Gorshkov would buy with a larger 1970s budgetQ&A
  55. Admiral Sergey Gorshkov: Life, Lessons & Writings of the man who Conceived the Cold War Soviet Navy
    2:41:58Gorshkov would condemn the modern Russian Navy's declineQ&A
  56. Admiral Sergey Gorshkov: Life, Lessons & Writings of the man who Conceived the Cold War Soviet Navy
    2:55:08China applies a distinct interpretation of GorshkovQ&A
  57. Battle of Tsushima: Leadership, Logisitics and Lessons to be learned
    2:04:34Russia's regional fleets lived in separate worldsChapter
  58. Flotillas of the Danube: A River Runs Through It!
    45:45Sergey Gorshkov learned war on the DanubeNotable Point
  59. Flotillas of the Danube (Continued)
    54:18Danube command as a Soviet admiral's proving groundNotable Point
  60. Soviet Naval Aviation Doctrine: Always Wrestling the Same Demons
    1:05:39Why carriers returned to the Soviet defensive systemChapter
  61. Kuznetsov Class Aircraft Carriers: Smoking the Mazut
    53:20Why China seeks more reach beyond the first island chainChapter
  62. Sea Power of the Cold War: When Strategy got overwritten by Technology and Week Planner
    0:01Cold War theory and the memory of world warChapter
  63. Bruships: Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!
    1:24:14How the Soviet and Russian Navy's reputation rose and fellNotable Point
  64. Stalingrad Class Battlecruiser: Key Ships Series 2, Ship 7
    21:23How a completed force could reshape Soviet naval developmentChapter
  65. Ship-Shape Special: Alex & Garius Command a Carrier... How bad can this be?
    2:12:03Reading a Cold War naval book as historical evidenceNotable Point
  66. Cold War Goes Hot: Red Storm Norway 1980
    1:15:31What Soviet replenishment reveals about maritime ambitionNotable Point
  67. Red Storm Rising: The GIUK Gap in a 1980 conventional war between the Warsaw Pact & NATO(Patreon 77)
    3:09:48Would Soviet logistics in Norway fail as they did in Ukraine?Q&A
  68. Bruships 109: Mahan, an inspiration & a Reflection + Bonus
    1:07:34Naval theorists after Mahan and CorbettQ&A
  69. Battle of Yamen (1279)... 844yrs ago today...
    39:00Command tenure and Gorshkov's institutional influenceNotable Point
  70. Soviet Navy 1918-1991
    2:09:34Kuznetsov's fleet readiness and wartime prioritiesChapter
  71. Soviet Navy 1918-1991
    2:12:30Kuznetsov's postwar reversals and critical memoirsChapter
  72. Soviet Navy 1918-1991
    2:54:24Did Gorshkov's economic arguments imply a commerce-war strategy?Notable Point
  73. Soviet Navy 1918-1991
    3:06:47Gorshkov designed ships to win influence before warChapter
  74. Soviet Navy 1918-1991
    4:44:04How did a low-priority Soviet Navy secure major projects?Q&A
  75. Soviet Navy 1918-1991
    4:44:58Chernavin continued major programs after GorshkovNotable Point
  76. Soviet Navy 1918-1991
    4:55:06Gorshkov's long command depended on managing political supportNotable Point
  77. Slava Class: The Spare that became the Heir?
    0:00Slava as the Kirov program's backup cruiserChapter
  78. Soviet Navy Part 3/3: 1965-1991 - Trying to Win Cold War before it turned Hot?
    1:02:11Kuznetsov and Gorshkov's fallChapter
  79. Soviet Navy Part 3/3: 1965-1991 - Trying to Win Cold War before it turned Hot?
    1:04:48Gorshkov's succession and the programs that continuedNotable Point
  80. Soviet Navy Part 2/3: 1939-65
    30:36Gorshkov's Black Sea amphibious apprenticeshipChapter
  81. Soviet Navy Part 2/3: 1939-65
    38:25Gorshkov survived the risks that restrained other commandersNotable Point
  82. Soviet Navy Part 2/3: 1939-65
    1:06:33Kuznetsov's fall opened a thirty-year Gorshkov eraChapter
  83. Soviet Navy Part 2/3: 1939-65
    1:14:03Gorshkov's Kirov concept made presence part of deterrenceNotable Point
  84. Groznyy/Kynda (1961) Class: Gorshkov's Template for a Blue Water Navy
    0:15Project 58 and Gorshkov's ascentChapter
  85. Groznyy/Kynda (1961) Class: Gorshkov's Template for a Blue Water Navy
    3:38De-Stalinization and the danger of reusable coercionNotable Point
  86. Groznyy/Kynda (1961) Class: Gorshkov's Template for a Blue Water Navy
    7:47Reading Gorshkov's rhetoric against procurementNotable Point
  87. Groznyy/Kynda (1961) Class: Gorshkov's Template for a Blue Water Navy
    24:25Gorshkov's design laboratory at LeningradChapter
  88. Groznyy/Kynda (1961) Class: Gorshkov's Template for a Blue Water Navy
    49:05Kynda's blue-water raider rationaleChapter
  89. Patreon 57: Modern frigates, cruisers by another name?
    1:29:26Reading Gorshkov, Mahan, and Corbett to assess ChinaQ&A
  90. Bruships 63: The Writing Theorists - Corbett & Mahan, Richmond & Simms, Cable & Gorshkhov
    3:29:25Gorshkov: strategy must fit the stateChapter
  91. Bruships 63: The Writing Theorists - Corbett & Mahan, Richmond & Simms, Cable & Gorshkhov
    3:33:44Gorshkov on ocean pollution and maritime resourcesChapter
  92. Bruships 63: The Writing Theorists - Corbett & Mahan, Richmond & Simms, Cable & Gorshkhov
    3:47:03Why read Gorshkov during the Cold War?Q&A
  93. Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P2/7 Keith Speed
    10:58NATO's Atlantic lifeline and the Soviet blue-water challengeChapter
  94. Patreon 17 "The Royal Navy’s Strategic Role in 1980s NATO" as suggested by Joseph Sullivan
    1:36:50Gorshkov, Afghanistan, and NATO's global threat pictureChapter
  95. An Introduction to Some More Admirals, Engineers & Historians
    20:20Gorshkov's Battle of the Atlantic argumentChapter
  96. An Introduction to Some More Admirals, Engineers & Historians
    21:31Testing Gorshkov's merchant-loss arithmeticNotable Point
  97. An Introduction to Some More Admirals, Engineers & Historians
    23:23What Gorshkov's Atlantic reading leaves outNotable Point
  98. An Introduction to Some More Admirals, Engineers & Historians
    25:12Gorshkov's naval diplomacy and political strategyNotable Point
  99. Bru Ships Episode 9: Super Power Contest (as in the nations) Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    1:14:23Gorshkov's global-presence strategyQ&A