Uzbekistan Naval Forces

The Uzbekistan Naval Forces are the naval arm of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

History
The naval development of the continental territory of Central Asia was started by the Russians back in the 19th century. During the period of the Russian Empire the Aral Flotilla of the Naval Department and the Amudarya River Flotilla of the Military Department operated between 1852 and 1917 in Uzbekistan. During the Russian Civil War, Soviet Russia acquired military fleets. In the Aral Sea, a special division of ships near Uzbekistan functioned as part of the Caspian Fleet. In 1943, a Russian naval base was founded in Tasheknt, as the only naval presence in Central Asia. After 1991, the base came under the jurisdiction of Republic of Uzbekistan.