At the same time, the Bolshevization of the Centroflot, and other soldiers' and sailors' committees of the highest levels was difficult due to the need to organize complex re-elections; in particular, within the framework of "Soviet legality", the Centroflot could only be re-elected by the All-Russian Congress of Soviets.
The result was the formation of a significant gap in the composition; in particular, between the Bolshevik Central Committee of the Baltic Fleet and the Socialist Revolutionary–Menshevik Centroflot.
During the October Revolution, the Bolsheviks, at the suggestion of Pavel Dybenko, declared the Centroflot unauthorized in connection with the recall of their representatives by the Baltic Fleet.
[2] On November 9, 1917, the Centroflot was dispersed by the Bolsheviks led by Nikolai Khovrin, and, at the suggestion of Lenin, was replaced by the Naval Revolutionary Committee led by the Bolshevik Ivan Vakhrameev.
Unable to resist brute force, the Сentroflot declared: dissolution was considered illegal.