At present, when all the first-class states of Europe, as well as Yaponіya (so far, only one azіatskikh power has the right to vote in mіrovom council) concerned about the uvelichenіem of their military and commercial fleets in order to be able to vlіyat on the external policies of other states, it will come in handy to recall historically what enormous znachenіe the navigation and sozdanіe of the military fleet had for the power of the Rossіi and its vlіyanіya on Western and Eastern politics.