WiP: “From the Black Sea Coast to the World. Maritime Approaches to Soviet Georgian History”
In 1967, the Soviet People’s Ministry of Merchant Marine decided to decentralize the merchant fleet and give every coastal republic its own ministry and maritime infrastructure. This was the birth of a Soviet success story, as within less than 10 years, the merchant fleet became the third strongest after the American and British ones. During this process also the Georgian SSSR (re-)established a national fleet and revived their former maritime tradition.
In 1967, the Soviet People’s Ministry of Merchant Marine decided to decentralize the merchant fleet...