Lagging technological advancement and disastrous wars greatly dented her power, resulting in mixed performance in the years leading up to World War I the Northern Fleet was created during the War to protect shipping in the Barents Sea, the Black Sea Fleet distinguished herself against the Ottoman Navy, and the Pacific and Baltic Fleets faded into insignificance following the Russo- Japanese War and the Battle of Tsushima in 1905 respectively. With over half her massive landmass bordered by water, Russia's navy was (and still is today) divided into four major fleets: the Pacific, Northern, Baltic and Black Sea Fleets at the height of the Russian Empire, the Imperial Russian Navy was the fourth most powerful fleet in the world after Great Britain, Spain and France.
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