8th Operational Squadron

8-я оперативная эскадра

Military Unit: 00000

Commanders:

• Vice-Admiral Vladimir Matveevich Leonenkov, 8.68 - 1970
• Counter Admiral A. A. Trofimov, 1970 - 1974
• Vice-Admiral Vladimir Sergeevich Kruglyakov, 1974 - 1975
• Counter Admiral Nikolay Yakovlevich Yasakov, 1975 - 1979
• Counter Admiral Mikhail Nikolaevich Khronopulo, 1979 - 1982
• Counter Admiral Feliks Nikolaevich Gromov, 1982 - 1984
• Counter Admiral Rudolf Vasilevich Paramov, 1984 - 1988
• Counter Admiral Valeriy Nikolaevich Sergeev, 1988 - 1991
• Counter Admiral Nikolay Nikitovich Beregovoy, 1991 - 1992

Activated 8.68 in Vladivostok, Primorskiy Kray.

Also known as the Indian Ocean squadron - any ship operating in the Indian Ocean, automatically came under the 8th Operational Squadron.

Disbanded 12.92.

Base:

• Vladivostok, Primorskiy Kray, 8.68 - 12.92