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  • The Russian commando frogmen (Russian: Морской спецназ, romanized: Morskoy spetsnaz), informally called "commando frogmen" in civilian media, are a Russian...
    29 KB (3,315 words) - 09:52, 16 March 2024
  • Project 210, Project 10831 or AS-31 (Russian: АС-31), nicknamed Losharik (Russian: Лошарик, IPA: [lɐˈʂarʲɪk]), is a Russian deep-diving nuclear powered...
    38 KB (3,144 words) - 20:33, 11 March 2024
  • The Russian Superleague (Russian: Чемпионат России Суперлига, Russian Championship Superleague), commonly abbreviated as RSL, was the highest division...
    7 KB (570 words) - 11:31, 7 February 2023
  • Many Latvians resisted the occupation of Latvia by Nazi Germany. Independent Latvia had been occupied by the Soviet Union in June 1940, then by Nazi Germany...
    9 KB (1,086 words) - 11:32, 3 July 2023
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    Arktika (Russian: А́рктика, IPA: [ˈarktʲɪkə]; literally: Arctic) is a retired nuclear-powered icebreaker of the Soviet (now Russian) Arktika class. In...
    11 KB (1,026 words) - 16:26, 13 May 2023
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    The Tupolev ANT-25 was a Soviet long-range experimental aircraft which was also tried as a bomber. First constructed in 1933, it was used by the Soviet...
    20 KB (1,962 words) - 12:38, 9 August 2022
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    The 369th Rifle Division began forming on 1 August 1941, as a standard Red Army rifle division, in the Chelyabinsk Oblast. After forming, it was assigned...
    25 KB (3,487 words) - 12:14, 27 November 2022
  • The 46th Guards Rifle Division was formed as an elite infantry division of the Red Army in October 1942, based on the 2nd formation of the 174th Rifle...
    27 KB (3,907 words) - 08:06, 28 November 2022
  • The 42nd Rifle Division was a unit of the Red Army during the Great Patriotic War. The division, first formed in 1940, was nearly destroyed in the opening...
    13 KB (1,594 words) - 23:34, 29 August 2020
  • The 379th Rifle Division was raised in 1941 as an infantry division of the Red Army, and served for the duration of the Great Patriotic War in that role...
    23 KB (3,045 words) - 21:53, 9 February 2023
  • Latvian Riflemen Soviet Divisions were military formations of the Red Army during World War II created in 1941 and consisting primarily of ethnic Latvians...
    9 KB (1,020 words) - 23:37, 3 July 2022
  • The 121st Guards Rifle Division was formed on September 23, 1943, based on the first formation of the 342nd Rifle Division, in the 80th Rifle Corps of...
    10 KB (1,140 words) - 07:57, 28 November 2022
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    The Bisnovat (later Molniya) R-4 (NATO reporting name AA-5 'Ash') was an early Soviet long-range air-to-air missile. It was used primarily as the sole...
    4 KB (321 words) - 21:57, 21 March 2023
  • A tank corps (Russian: танковый корпус) was a type of Soviet armoured formation used during World War II. In Soviet Russia, the so-called armored forces...
    22 KB (3,127 words) - 14:51, 21 May 2023
  • Soviet historiography is the methodology of history studies by historians in the Soviet Union (USSR). In the USSR, the study of history was marked by restrictions...
    39 KB (4,594 words) - 21:12, 24 March 2023
  • Thumbnail for 1954 Ice Hockey World Championships
    The 1954 Ice Hockey World Championships, were the 21st World Championships and 32nd European ice hockey championships were held from 26 February to 7 March...
    11 KB (466 words) - 02:43, 14 May 2023
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    The Raduga KS-1 Komet (Russian: КС-1 "Комета", NATO reporting name: Kennel), also referred to as AS-1 and KS-1 (крылатый снаряд - winged projectile) was...
    9 KB (854 words) - 22:21, 12 April 2023
  • This article lists events from the year 2016 in Russia. President: Vladimir Putin Prime Minister: Dmitry Medvedev 1 January – The presidential decree on...
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  • Statistics of Soviet Top League for the 1979 season. 1979 Top League was composed of 18 teams, the championship was won by Spartak Moscow. On 11 August...
    14 KB (184 words) - 10:58, 21 March 2022
  • Thumbnail for Eduard Kuznetsov (dissident)
    Edward Samoilovich Kuznetsov (Russian: Эдуа́рд Само́йлович Кузнецо́в, Hebrew: אדוארד קוזנצוב; born 29 January 1939) is a Soviet-Israeli dissident, refusenik...
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