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  Soviet Military Orders
Fighting in the ranks of the 9th Red Army, he took part in routing the Whites and the Greens (anarchist formations) in the Northern Caucasus and subsequently, having been transferred to the 1 lth Red Army, he participated in the liberation of Georgia from the Mensheviks.
After the formation of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in 1922, the country's military decoration, the Order of the Red Banner of the USSR, was instituted by the ordinance of the Central Executive Committee of the USSR of August 1, 1924.
In the center of the badge on red enamel are a gold hammer and sickle - the symbol of the alliance of the workers and peasants.
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 Soviet Medals
The Medal for the Defense of Kiev was established by the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR on June 21, 1961.
The Medal for the Defense of the Soviet Polar Regions was established by the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR on DEcember 5, 1944.
The banner behind the woman and the small star on the shield are red-enameled, and the shield itself is enameled in white.
www.geocities.com /ahgmedals/Soviet.html   (3616 words)

  
 Soviet Red Banner Northern Fleet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Red Banner Northern Fleet (Северный флот in Russian, or Severniy flot), a part of the Soviet Navy, created in 1933 for the purpose of defending Soviet territory beyond the Arctic circle (Заполярье, or Zapolyariye).
On May 11, 1937, the Northern Flotilla was renamed to the Northern Fleet.
During the war, the Northern Fleet was reinforced with aviation and ships from the Pacific Ocean and Caspian Sea.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Soviet_Red_Banner_Northern_Fleet   (851 words)

  
 Harpoon HQ - Harpoon Classic, Harpoon II, Harpoon 3, Harpoon 4
If the Soviets were to seize the airfields, their bombers and attack aircraft would be 750 to 1000 kilometers closer to their targets in the United Kingdom and North Atlantic Ocean, and the defensive bubble around the Soviet's essential base complexes on the Kola Peninsula would be greatly extended.
Although the Red Army is using Finland as the main staging area for the assault on Norway, reducing the distance to Fortress Norway to less than fifty kilometers, the difficulties inherent in maintaining a 450km-supply line to the Soviet homeland remain.
A second Red Army column is advancing overland along E6 via the border town of Kirkenes to defeat NATO forces in the far north of the country, in particular the Finnmark Brigade and the Porskanger and Alta battle groups, and open up a second overland logistical link to the front.
www.harpoonhq.com /harpoon3/scenarios/plot-ww3in1985.html   (17744 words)

  
 2GvSAP - Boris Safonov
In 1940 Boris requested and was given a transfer to the Northern Fleet Air Force as a flight commander in one of the regiments.
He soon became famous beyond the Northern Fleet, but always remained a modest man; he never talked about his victories, and always praised the merits of his comrades-in-arms.
Safonov was the first of the Northern Fleet to try the new plane; over the next several days, pilots from the squadron familiarized themselves with “Hurricanes”.
www.2gvsap.org /safonov.htm   (2225 words)

  
 Under the Red Star - Navy Caps
The simple red star is characteristic of the period for these junior ranks.
The lettering on the tally identifying the fleet was standard for all post-war wear (prior to WWII, individual ship tallies were the norm except on shore), but "red banner" designations were apparently dropped from tallies by the late 1960's.
The key distinquishing feature for this cap is the use of the brass and enamel red star in place of the cockades used by higher ranking naval personnel.
www.undertheredstar.com /navy.htm   (2576 words)

  
 The Soviet Army Offensive: Manchuria, 1945
Japan's lack of armor and anti-tank weapons, failure to correctly estimate the size of the Soviet force build-up and predict the Russian avenues of approach were all reminiscent of her defeat at Nomonhan in 1939.
The Soviet army's doctrine was believed to be inflexible and rigid to the point of being unable to adapt to the Japanese tactics of surprise and maneuver.
The Soviet planners were aucacious and imaginative in their utilization of multiple axes of advance through the worst terrain to maneuver hundreds of thousands of men and machines.
www.globalsecurity.org /military/library/report/1986/RMF.htm   (5500 words)

  
 Russian Naval Infantry
The Naval Infantry was divided between the four fleets (Northern, Baltic, Black Sea and Pacific) with a single regiment going to three of the fleets and two going to the Pacific.
The Northern Fleet’s brigades have a larger tank battalion based around four companies of main battle tanks (MBT) and another two companies of PT-76 light tanks that are being phased out or replaced to some extent by the 2S9 ‘Anona’ self-propelled gun.
As in the Soviet era, the Naval Infantry could be used as a show of force, such as the landings in Syria, Vietnam, Cuba and Aden demonstrated.
www.rickard.karoo.net /articles/weapons_russiannavallong.html   (3056 words)

  
 SimHQ.com - Naval Combat Zone - World War III in 1985 – A Harpoon3 Battleset Diary
With the usual professional dispatch the fleet air arm pilots convert the intercept on a pair of Forgers and nail both with Sidewinder shots.
Naturally the flight leader looks to the northern group bearing down on his home base but his orders force him instead to plot a course south to support the attack on the group there.
The harpoons and penguins are launched in a combined salvo at all the vessels in the northern most file of the Soviet formation.
www.simhq.com /_naval/naval_002c.html   (1532 words)

  
 H.5 What was the Kronstadt Rebellion?
We follow this with a discussion of arguments that the country was too exhausted to allow soviet democracy (section H.5.12) or that soviet democracy would have resulted in the defeat of the revolution (section H.5.13).
The Bolshevik assault on the soviets occurred during the spring of 1918 (i.e.
And, equally clearly, the reduction of local soviet influence cannot be fully understood without factoring in the Bolshevik prejudice in favour of centralisation (as codified in the Soviet Constitution of 1918) along with this direct repression.
www.sacredlands.org /AnarchistFAQs/secH5.html   (17909 words)

  
 The Komsomolets Disaster
The event caused consternation in the Soviet Navy, high interest in NATO maritime and intelligence circles, and apprehension among environmentalists.
Komsomolets, of the Soviet Northern Fleet, is cruising at 1,250 feet below the surface of the Norwegian Sea, some 100 miles southwest of Bjornoya (Bear Island) and 200 miles to the north of the Norwegian mainland.
Fleet Admiral Chernavin, the senior Soviet naval officer, is alerted while at a conference at the Defense Ministry.
www.fas.org /man/dod-101/sys/ship/row/rus/si-montgomery.htm   (3923 words)

  
 Red Storm Rising Review by Al Giovetti   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The SSN is fast, nimble and deadly when compared to many of the underpowered overburdened submarines that have in the past and still ply the seas.
You must stop the Red fleet from preventing the flow of supplies to Europe over the ocean.
Your adversary is the Soviet Red Banner Northern Fleet who will attempt to cut the north sea supply line.
www.thecomputershow.com /computershow/reviews/redstormrising.htm   (726 words)

  
 GameSpot:Video Games PC Xbox 360 PS3 Wii PSP DS PS2 PlayStation 2 GameCube GBA PlayStation 3   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
This split of the Russian armed forces into Blue and Red factions precipitates a civil war and provokes a NATO response.
The action in F/A-18 centers on the Kola Peninsula, a forbidding piece of land above the Arctic Circle where the Soviet Red Banner Northern Fleet was once based.
In the hands of the Red Russians, the Kola Peninsula is once again an international crisis point, and in the campaign you fly off the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (could there be a better name for a ship?) in support of NATO and the Blue Russians.
www.gamespot.com /features/fa18_pre/page4.html   (404 words)

  
 ForValor.com - Admiral Korenev
Admiral Konstantin Yulianovich Korenev was born on 18 June 1900 in the village of Petrakeevskoe, near the port of Archangel.
His father was a sailor in the merchant fleet, and thus, Admiral Korenev’s schooling was in the navigation of small merchant vessels, upon which he began working shortly after his tenth birthday.
He was relieved here on 01 September 1941, when the Soviet Red Banner Fleet moved from Tallinn, and command of the base shifted to a more senior admiral.
www.forvalor.com /s7.htm   (452 words)

  
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This section contains unclassified reconnaissance photographs of the warships of the Soviet Union, taken from various NATO sources.
The section is broken into various types of warships, with different classes being listed under their type.
Kirov Class - The largest of the RKR Soviet Rocket Cruisers were the four ships of the
www.steelnavy.com /RedBannerNorthernFleet.htm   (97 words)

  
 Guards cap tallies navy USSR ribbons Stepanov
On 26 December 1887 an analogous distinction in memory of the defense of Sevastopol in 1854-55 was granted to all équipages of the Black-Sea Fleet and Caspian Flotilla.
The first guards formations were the 1st Torpedo Aviation Regiment and 5th and 13th Fighter Aviation Regiments of the Red-Banner Baltic Fleet, and the 72nd Composite Aviation Regiment of the Northern Fleet, which received the title on 18 January 1942 by USSR VMF People’s Commissar Order No. 10.
On 27 June 1947, by VMS Commander-in-Chief’s Order No. 124 all formations, units, and ships (except those displacing 500 tons or more, which kept their named inscriptions) that were part of a fleet or flotilla were to have tallies with the name of the fleet (flotilla).
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 Collect Russia BOOKS and REFERENCE Naval Books Soviet Russian
Soviet Red Cross, Medical and Life Saving Badges
Soviet Navy in the Great Patriotic War, 1941 - 1945".
"Order of the Red Banner Black Sea Fleet" Excellent 1983 photo review of the Black Sea Fleet of the Soviet Navy at its peak.
collectrussia.com /showcat.htm?cat=NavalBooks   (371 words)

  
 The Tidewater Winds  - Trivia 2   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
For the first time since the beginning of the cold war, three Soviet Naval vessels from the Red Banner Northern Fleet, the Guided Missile Crusier Marshal Ustinov, the Guided Missile Destroyer Otlichnyy and the Replenisment Oiler Genrikh Gasonov, visit the Norfolk Naval Base for a five day visit.
He received a standing ovation from the 2,000 people in attendance and later gave autographs for people who wanted one.
Berg commented during the concert "It marked the first time a Soviet military conductor had led an American civilian band in the United States."
www.homestead.com /tidewaterwinds/files/TidewaterWindsTrivia2.html   (193 words)

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