Uniforms of the Shilka River Combat Flotilla, June-August 1920

Material and reconstructions by A. Karevskiy

Sleeve insignia of the Shilka River Combat Flotilla

Sleeve insignia of the Shilka River Combat Flotilla, 72 by 62 mm

Its existence is mentioned only in the works of M. Selivanov at mirnagrad.ru [link dead]

Uniforms of the artillery crew of the Shilka Flotilla

Uniforms of the artillery crew of the Shilka Flotilla ships, made up of men from the
1st Battery of the Siberian Cossack Artillery Divizion :
1 and 3 - artillery officer (with colored cap); 2 and 4 - Cossack artilleryman

crews of the armed steamers in Siberia in Russian Civil War

Uniforms of the crews of the armed, wheeled steamers
"Stefan Levitskiy" and "Alexander Bubnov" of the Shilka Flotilla:
1 - ship captain (in black tunic); 2 - senior assistant captain (in white tunic);
3 - sailor in blue uniform; 4 - sailor in work outfit

The ships retained their former crews of civilian river sailors.

 

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Pygmy Wars Notes

The original for this page is at kolchakiya.ru/uniformology/Shilka_flotilla.htm.

Discussion on the translation choices I have made can be found here.