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  Russian Marines - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Russian marines won victories over the enemy in the Gangut sea battle of 1714, during the rout of the Turkish Navy in Cesme Harbor in 1770, and in taking the Ismail fortress on the Danube in 1790 and the French fortress Corfu in the Ionian Sea in 1799.
In 1812-1813 the Russian naval infantrymen distinguished themselves in the battles against the French near Borodino and Kulma and in the siege of the Danzig fortress.
In 1854-1855 the marines defended Sevastopol from the Anglo-French and Turkish troops, and in 1904 defended Port Arthur from the Japanese troops.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Russian_Marines   (1341 words)

  
 Marine
Marines compose a branch of a country's navy, often designated a corps rather than a service.
Marines are naval infantry, specialising in fighting on ships and conducting amphibious assaults[?].
The Deutsche Marine is the modern German navy.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ma/Marines.html   (109 words)

  
 War in Chechnya - 1999, news archive   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Russian aviation attacked rebel positions in the villages of Beno-Yurt, Samashki, Ishcherskaya, Znamenskaya, Kirovo, and in the town of Urus-Martan.
Russian army units continued establishing new positions in the Tersk and Sunzhen mountains to the north-west of Grozny.
Russian troops advance from the positions taken yesterday and stopped some hundred meters from the road, not far from the village of Druzhba.
aeronautics.ru /chechnya/103199.htm   (659 words)

  
 General Chaffee's Report on the China Relief Expedition
The Russian troops during the advance and in the evening drew across from the left to the right bank of the river, probably finding it impossible to march forward on the left bank of the river because the front of the Chinese position had been flooded.
During my halt the Russian troops crossed the pontoon bridge, followed by the British and French, and these took the river road, which was generally parallel to the railroad and a mile to a mile and a half from it.
The Russian artillery and troops were in great confusion in the passage, their artillery facing in both directions, and I could see no effort being made to extricate themselves and give passage into the city.
www.shsu.edu /~his_ncp/China.html   (6206 words)

  
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Russian Marines and Para units can use Russian Exploitation Movement & Combat with a movement one MP just as if they were cavalry units.
Russian Fortresses that fall to the Axis whether printed on the map, or built in October ’41 are no longer fortresses the instant they are taken.
Russian Units Eliminated Out of Supply--- Russian Infantry units eliminated while in an Out of supply state may be brought back onto the board with the expenditure of replacement points.
grognard.com /variants1/defiantrussia.doc   (1588 words)

  
 War in Chechnya - 1999, news archive   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Russian security forces in Chechnya are conducting thorough searches and ID checks in Chechen towns and villages under federal control.
Russian military sources indicate that the recent attacks by Chechen rebels against Shali and Argun were conducted by about 10 rebel units under the command of Shamil Basayev and Khattab.
Pavel Shilov, Russian Marines sustained 19 killed and 46 wounded during combat operations in the Northern Caucasus this year.
www.aeronautics.ru /chechnya/011300.htm   (710 words)

  
 Ukraine Outraged After Russian Marines Make Landing in Crimea - NEWS - MOSNEWS.COM   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The Russian amphibious ship Nikolai Filchenkov has crossed the Ukrainian border near the town of Feodosiya in the Crimea without Ukraine’s permission and begun landing personnel and hardware at the naval training ground near Mount Opuk, Interfax news agency reports.
In total, 142 marines and 28 pieces of military hardware from the Black Sea Fleet’s 382nd Marine Battalion were landed on Ukrainian territory.
The lodgment of Russian naval forces is contrary to the national interests of Ukraine, he said.
www.mosnews.com /news/2005/03/25/marinesukraine.shtml   (777 words)

  
 Aviatsiya Voyenno-Morskoyo Flota (AV-MF, Naval Air Force)
Naval infantry includes the division of the Pacific Fleet, the detached brigades of the Northern and Baltic Fleets and of the Caspian Military Flotilla, and the detached regiment of the Black Sea Fleet.
United States Marines and Russian Naval Infantry conducted their first combined training exercise on US soil, in Hawaii, from Aug. 27-31, 1995.
The Russian military units remained in Hawaii after the exercise to participate in the 50th anniversary commemoration of VJ Day, Sept. 1-3, 1995.
www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/russia/mp.htm   (1310 words)

  
 Wikinfo | Marine
Marine is also a general term for things relating to the ocean, as with Marine biology, Marine geology, etc.
Marines is also the name of a commune in the département of Val d'Oise, France.
Images, some of which are used under the doctrine of Fair use or used with permission, may not be available.
www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=marine   (221 words)

  
 Russia News - JRL 11-27-03
Russian President Vladimir Putin met with the employees of the Russian State Library, which recently celebrated its 175th anniversary.
Vladimir Kishenin, the leader of the Russian Party of Pensioners and the Party of Social Justice, declared that pensions and the minimum wage must be raised to subsistence level.
Russian Marines celebrate the 298th anniversary of the founding of their service.
www.cdi.org /russia/johnson/7441-9.cfm   (427 words)

  
 Khaleej Times - Online
Sixteen Russian servicemen were among the victims of the blast in the town of Kaspiysk, 20 kilometres (12 miles) south of the Dagestan capital Makhachkala, the administration chief Dzhamaludin Omarov said.
Six children were among the victims of the bombing, which targeted a bus carrying an army brass band just as a column of marines was passing on the way to a wreath-laying ceremony in the town, 20 kilometres (12 miles) south of the Dagestan capital Makhachkala.
Most of the dead and wounded were marines, but the victims also included war veterans and children who were participating in the parade in Kaspiysk, around 20 kilometres (12 miles) south of the Dagestan capital Makhachkala, Interfax reported.
www.khaleejtimes.co.ae /ktarchive/090502/theworld.htm   (5089 words)

  
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Rubicon RE:Russian Marines 3/3/2004 3:21:33 PM Russian Marines, Naval Infantry, is pretty much spetz naz and are highly trained commando units.
In Russian Military Statute of Russian Marines (Physical training part) is spoken that they must do everything what VDV do plus blah, blah, blah.
Unfortunately the current Russian Marines are different as much as Russia is. Your posted picture shows assholes who keep too much stuff just to take a photo.
www.strategypage.com /militaryforums/1-2697.aspx   (2129 words)

  
 Russian marines invade Ukraine - Military Photos
AFAIK according to russian-ukrainian agreement russians are allowed to train there but they can only land units that already stationn on ukraine, in this case unit that did landing was stationed in russia not in ukraine and that's the problem.
Russian news agencies report that the landing excercise was coordinated and approved by the Ukrainian Ministry of Defence, however the Ukrainian Border Guards were not aware of this, hence the misunderstanding.
In the recent years the Crimean Turks who were exiled from the Crimea by Stalin during the WWII for alleged cooperation with Nazi's have been returning to Crimea en masse and taking lands and properties as well as organizing training camps for the local Islamists organizaitons.
www.militaryphotos.net /forums/showthread.php?t=39144   (801 words)

  
 MILNET:
What makes matters worse, is that when the Soviet Union dissolved, the Russian Oregonians decided that they were due something for their troubles and Russia did little if nothing to appease their demands.
Moreover, the Iranians have aircraft and ground units that the Russians are all too familiar with.
Worse, the poor Russians were conned into building nuclear reactors there and damn it if the scoundrels are using them for nefarious purposes.
www.milnet.com /Putins-Choice.html   (1385 words)

  
 CNN - Yeltsin reappears, undercuts Lebed on Chechnya - Aug. 22, 1996
Chechen rebels allowed the Russians to supply their surrounded troops in Grozny with food and water and evacuate the wounded.
Fighting Wednesday night was heavy, with nine Russian troops killed and 26 wounded, the military command said.
On the outskirts in the suburb of Staraya Sunzha where Russians had established a safe corridor out of the city, Russian marines remained on alert, digging trenches in anticipation of more fighting.
www.cnn.com /WORLD/9608/22/yeltsin   (697 words)

  
 Marine Capt. Marc McClelland speaks to a group of Russian marines and sailors.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Marc McClelland (left), public affairs officer for the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, speaks to a group of Russian marines and sailors with the translation assistance of Petty Officer 1st Class Laura Martin (second from left) while onboard a landing craft near Vladivostok, Russia, on Aug. 14, 1996, during Exercise Cooperation From the Sea '96.
U.S. Navy and Marine Corps units of the 7th Fleet and Russian Federation Navy units are conducting the exercise near the port city of Vladivostok.
The purpose of the exercise is to improve interoperability with Russian military forces in conducting disaster relief and humanitarian missions.
www.defenselink.mil /photos/Sep1996/960814-N-3149V-002.html   (149 words)

  
 Russian naval infantry/marines - Military Photos
Russian naval infantry is almost 300 years old, it was created at the order of Peter the Great back in 1705.
Chechens were very scared of facing marines, because they heard of their fanatical fighting style.
Little explanation: In a russian military there is such thing called "strojbat", basically it is construction troops that are used as a cheap/free labor in various military construction projects.
www.militaryphotos.net /forums/showthread.php?t=4657   (1429 words)

  
 WW2 Russian/Red Army field gear
WW 2 Soviet Russian periscope used by snipers and reconnaissance.
WW1 Imperial Russian red cooper mess pot, used in Red Army till the mid of the war.
The mask is in a good shape and in size 1, has the factory stamp and batch number F57, the ink stamp "approved by OSOAVIAHIM in 1940 year" on the mask and in the canister (filter).
aboutww2militaria.com /rus_field_gear_3.htm   (1388 words)

  
 Militaria
It is made of faux fur which consists of 80% wool and 20% polyester.
RUSSIAN MARINES FUR HAT (with ear flaps & leather top) [additional photos] This is a 100% authentic Russian marines fur hat (with ear flaps and leather top).
WINTER RABBIT FUR HAT (with ear flaps) This gorgeous rabbit fur hat with ear flaps is made according to the design of a traditional Soviet Army winter hat - warm and cozy, perfect for protecting from Siberian winds and snow storms.
www.russianfavorites.com /militaria   (481 words)

  
 RUSSIA RUSSIAN ANTIQUITIES Antique art print steel wood woodcut engraving engraved engrave geography historical history ...
Idea of Russia's glory as a marine power found its wonderful incarnation in the Admiralty building: unity of architectural and sculptural plans even contributes to this impression.
Such eminent Russian sculptors as F.Schedrin, S.Pimenov, I. Terebenev and V.Demut-Malinovsky worked on sculptures and relieves of the Admiralty.The main facade of the Admiralty is 407 metres long The main facade of the Admiralty is 407 metres long, it is decorated with six- and twelve-column porticos.
The rules of fortification urged that in front of the Admiralty building an open blank surface was left, where later the Palace, the Senate and the Admiralty squares were formed.In 1874 the Alexander garden was opened on the place of the Admiralty square.
www.vintage-views.com /RUSSIA/pages/0222132K5_jpg.htm   (552 words)

  
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The aircraft carrier USS Wasp, conducting air operations in support of the Marines on Guadalcanal, is torpedoed by a Japanese submarine I-19off Espirtu Santo.
At this place on the Russian steppes, the most technologically advance, best trained and equipped army the world had yet known came to grips with one of the poorest equipped, and marginally led forces.
The Russians inside are condemned men; the battalion commander says ‘the commissars have ordered those men to die in the elevator.’ If all the buildings of Stalingrad are defended like this, then none of our soldiers will get back to Germany.
www.bartcop.com /420921.htm   (2014 words)

  
 Russian Military Patches, Soviet Army Patches
Russian Naval Infantry breast patch for the camouflage uniform.
Headquarters of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief (SVG) of the Marines (of Russian Federation).
Russian Marines patch, for SPUTNIK - the Arctic Ocean Northern Fleet Marine Main Naval Base.
www.russianpatches.com /military_patches.php?tid=42   (258 words)

  
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The Russian navy is in a state of near collapse.
Iano RE:Russain marines and PT-76 8/29/2005 7:22:14 PM No. Naval Infantry are one of the few units to have received funding and one of the few special operations units not to have been bled dry in Afghanistan and Chechnya etc. Naval Infantry are currently Russia's most capable special operations force.
Heard the USN was creating some naval infantry now that their wayward children, the US Marines, have irrevocably parted ways...
www.strategypage.com /militaryforums/10-900.aspx   (388 words)

  
 DefenseLINK News Photos September 1996   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
U.S. and Russian officers lay a wreath at a World War II memorial in Vladivostok.
Russian Helix helicopters prepare to land on the USS Belleau Wood.
Marine Capt. Marc McClelland speaks to a group of Russian marines and sailors.
www.pentagon.gov /photos/Sep1996   (376 words)

  
 Archive July 2000 - December 2000
Russian Navy - A fascinating seismic analysis of the Kursk's explosions from Terry Wallace and Dr. Keith Koper at the University of Arizona, which estimates the force of the explosion to be between 0.5 and 1 ton.
Russian Navy - the Royal Navy rescue crew which is proceeding to the site of the Kursk report seeing a video of the sub on the ocean bottom which shows she suffered a high energy explosion from the bow to the conning tower.
Russian Navy - A Russian Navy Oscar II class nuclear submarine is stranded at the bottom of the Barents Sea; the commander of the Russian Navy says rescue efforts are unlikely to succeed.
www.nosi.org /archivejuly2000   (10685 words)

  
 Russian marines celebrate tercentenary in Vladivostok
Marines held a ceremonial parade and commemorated heroes laying a wreath to the monument to marines of the Pacific Fleet.
"Russian marines appeared after the 1704 decree of Peter the Great [a Russian tsar] and November 27, 1705 is considered the birthday of Russia's marines," the press service said.
Russian Marines have every right to be proud,IMO.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1529450/posts   (567 words)

  
 English Russia » Future of Russia’s Automobile Industry
And Russian scientists are interested in turning the OKA car into deep water discovery unit.
Russian Marlboro which is called “Sigarety” would like to deliever their goods with OKA.
Russian Santa could also be interested in OKA if the deers got tired or at strike.
englishrussia.com /?p=461   (1172 words)

  
 Forward Deployed Sailors, Marines Tour Russian Ship
The trip to Vladivostok, home of the Russian Pacific Fleet, was the second consecutive Fourth of July visit made by Fort McHenry, but with an ever-changing crew, the visit was the first of its kind for many.
The tour took the Sailors and Marines through the major spaces of RNS Admiral Tributs, including the flight deck, boat deck, forecastle, bridge, combat information center and mess decks.
A Russian naval officer and an interpreter accompanied each group, helping them to ask questions about the ship.
www.news.navy.mil /search/display.asp?story_id=8443   (579 words)

  
 U.S. Marines, Afghanistan, Russian Trainer
Pavel Tsatouline, a former Soviet special forces sergeant, is helping the Marine Corps Martial Arts Program on Okinawa and pushing the limits on Marine Corps hand-to-hand combat training.
Recently, he taught Marine drill instructors at San Diego Marine Corps Recruit Depot in the Physical Conditioning Platoon, where recruits who aren’t strong enough are brought to standard.
George Bristol, director of the Marine Corps Martial Arts Program, there are plans for Tsatsouline to travel to several more Marine bases, including those on Okinawa.
www.cdi.org /russia/johnson/5594-8.cfm   (649 words)

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