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Gavriil Zhukov
Gavriil Vasilyevich Zhukov (; 24 March 1899 - 8 January 1957) was a Soviet naval commander who served in both the Spanish Civil War and the Second World War. Early life Zhukov was born in the Village of Beryozovy Gai in the Samara Governorate in 1899. After limited schooling at the age of 15 he was employed at a factory manufacturing artillery fuzes. Later he traveled to Petrograd and entered a maritime School there. In April 1918, he joined the Red Army sailors' detachment and took part in battles with the White Guard troops in Samara, Simbirsk and Kazan in the composition of the Volga Military Flotillas. He rose through the ranks first as a seaman, then a machine gunner, chief of staff of the sailors' unit and finally adjutant to the unit commander. After the Civil War from 1925 to 1927 he studied at the Russian Naval School. During the Spanish Civil War from October 1936 to 31 July 1937, Zhukov was in Spain as adviser and assistant to the naval attaché to Nikolai Kuznetso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Medal "For The Defence Of Odessa"
The Medal "For the Defence of Odessa" (; ) was a World War II campaign medal of the Soviet Union established on December 22, 1942 by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samara Oblast
Samara Oblast (, ) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the types of inhabited localities in Russia, city of Samara. From 1935 to 1991, it was known as Kuybyshev Oblast. As of the Russian Census (2021), 2021 Census, the population of the oblast was 3,172,925. The oblast borders Tatarstan in the north, Orenburg Oblast in the east, Kazakhstan (West Kazakhstan Province) in the south, Saratov Oblast in the southwest and Ulyanovsk Oblast in the west. It is located in 3 natural landscape zones: the forest zone (coniferous and broad-leaved forests), the basis of which is pine-oak forests, pine forests and broad-leaved forests with the participation of oak and maple. Spruce occasionally joins them. Areas of the southern taiga are found on the coast of the region. The forest-steppe zone occupies the central regions of the region and is represented by a combination of areas of broad-leaved forests, most often oak and me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikolai Kuznetsov (admiral)
Nikolay Gerasimovich Kuznetsov (; 24 July 1904 – 6 December 1974) was a Soviet Navy, Soviet naval officer who achieved the rank of Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union and served as People's Commissar of the Navy during the Winter War and the World War II, Second World War. The N. G. Kuznetsov Naval Academy and the Russian Navy, Russian aircraft carrier , as well as the Kuznetsov-class aircraft carrier, Kuznetsov-class carrier class, are named in his honor. Biography Early years and career Kuznetsov was born in a peasant family of Serbian paternal ancestry in the village of Medvedki, Velikoustyuzhsky Uyezd, Vologda Governorate, Russian Empire (now in Kotlassky District of Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia). In 1919, Kuznetsov joined the Northern Dvina Naval Flotilla, having added two years to his age to make himself eligible to serve. In 1920, he was stationed at Petrograd and in 1924, as a member of a naval unit, he attended the funeral ceremony of Vladimir Lenin. That same ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soviet Vice Admirals
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet Union, it dissolved in 1991. During its existence, it was the list of countries and dependencies by area, largest country by area, extending across Time in Russia, eleven time zones and sharing Geography of the Soviet Union#Borders and neighbors, borders with twelve countries, and the List of countries and dependencies by population, third-most populous country. An overall successor to the Russian Empire, it was nominally organized as a federal union of Republics of the Soviet Union, national republics, the largest and most populous of which was the Russian SFSR. In practice, Government of the Soviet Union, its government and Economy of the Soviet Union, economy were Soviet-type economic planning, highly centralized. As a one-party state go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Odesa Maritime Academy
The Odesa Maritime Academy () is a maritime university in Odesa, Ukraine. Currently, the main task of the university is to ensure the competitiveness of graduates in the Ukrainian and world labor markets, by training seafarers while taking into account the most demanding claims of leading shipowners. Since Ukrainian independence, the university opened new specialties and created a network of separate structural units, in particular in the cities of Mariupol and Izmail . The staff is working to improve the organization and content of the educational process. NU "OMA" has a modern material and technical base, with modern naval simulators, a large library, and a unique training and sailing vessel called " Druzhba". The university also has the facilities for physical culture and sports: an Olympic-class swimming pool, a sports gym, sports sections and a water station at the disposal of cadets and students. History The Odesa Higher Maritime School was established on June 7, 1944. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nakhimov Black Sea Higher Naval School
The Nakhimov Black Sea Higher Naval School, formally the Black Sea Higher Naval Orders of Nakhimov and the Red Star School named after P. S. Nakhimov (), abbreviated as ChVVMU () is a higher naval education institution in Sevastopol which Military commissioning schools in Russia, prepares prospective officers for commissions in the Russian Navy. The school has existed since 1937, when it was formed as the Second Naval School, to supplement the Saint Petersburg Naval Institute, M. V. Frunze Naval School in training officers for the Soviet Navy. In 1939 it was renamed the Black Sea Naval School, and then the Black Sea Higher Naval School in 1940. With the Operation Barbarossa, Axis invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941, in August and September that year the school was at first evacuated from Sevastopol to Rostov-on-Don, and then disbanded in November 1941. The school was re-established in 1946, and in 1952 was renamed the P. S. Nakhimov Black Sea Higher Naval School. With the diss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pacific Fleet (Russia)
The Pacific Fleet () is the Russian Navy fleet in the Pacific Ocean. Established in 1731 as part of the Imperial Russian Navy, the fleet was known as the Okhotsk Military Flotilla (1731–1856) and Siberian Military Flotilla (1856–1918), formed to defend Russian interests in the Russian Far East region along the Pacific coast. In 1918 the fleet was inherited by the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, then the Soviet Union in 1922 as part of the Soviet Navy, being reformed several times before being disbanded in 1926. In 1932 it was re-established as the Pacific Fleet, and was known as the Red Banner Pacific Fleet () after World War II as it had earned the Order of the Red Banner. In the Soviet years, the fleet was also responsible for the Soviet Navy's operations in the Indian Ocean and Arabian Sea. Following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, the Red Banner Pacific Fleet was inherited by the Russian Federation as part of the Russian Navy and its current nam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gulf Of Finland
The Gulf of Finland (; ; ; ) is the easternmost arm of the Baltic Sea. It extends between Finland to the north and Estonia to the south, to Saint Petersburg—the second largest city of Russia—to the east, where the river Neva drains into it. Other major cities around the gulf include Helsinki and Tallinn. The eastern parts of the gulf belong to Russia, and some of Russia's most important oil harbors are located there, including Primorsk, Leningrad Oblast, Primorsk. As the seaway to Saint Petersburg, the gulf is of considerable strategic importance to Russia. Some of the Baltic Sea#Environmental status, environmental problems affecting the Baltic Sea are at their most pronounced in the shallow gulf. Proposals for an undersea tunnel, undersea Helsinki–Tallinn Tunnel through the gulf have been made. Geography The Gulf of Finland has an area of . The length (from the Hanko Peninsula to Saint Petersburg) is and the width varies from near the entrance to on the meridian of Mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seiskari
Seskar (; ; ), or Siskar, is an island in the Gulf of Finland, part of the Leningrad Oblast of Russia. Important Bird Area The island has been designated an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because it supports populations of many species of waterfowl and waders on passage, as well as breeding Arctic herring gulls. History The island was an independent municipality of Finland populated by Finns since at least the 16th century. The Seiskari municipality was formed from the Koivisto municipality in 1903. It was part of the province of Viipuri in the South Karelia region. It was ceded to the Soviet Union following the 1940 Moscow Peace Treaty. Prior to the transfer of sovereignty, it was also known as Siskar. Shipwrecks The island has been involved in many shipwrecks over the centuries, including some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost: *In 1777, the British ship ''Mercey'' was wrecked near the island. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to London. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lavansaari
Moshchny (; ; , ) is an island in the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, located some 120 km west of Saint Petersburg. The island is a part of the Leningrad Oblast, Russia. The area of the island is approximately 13.9 km². After the Finnish Civil War and until the Russo-Finnish Winter War the island was a part of Finland and belonged to the Viipuri Province, province of Viipuri. The island, which had the largest population of the Finnish islands in the gulf was evacuated in 1939 - an operation that lasted merely a few hours. During World War II, when Leningrad was almost entirely surrounded and many other islands had been conquered by the Germans and the Finns, Vladimir Tributs, Admiral Tributs decided to keep islands of Seskar, Seiskari and Lavansaari which proved to be very important bases as the war progressed. The Russians had a minor naval station and a radar on the island. On November 18, 1942 three Finnish motor torpedo boats ''Syöksy'', ''Vinha'' and ''Vihuri' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baltic Fleet
The Baltic Fleet () is the Naval fleet, fleet of the Russian Navy in the Baltic Sea. Established 18 May 1703, under Tsar Peter the Great as part of the Imperial Russian Navy, the Baltic Fleet is the oldest Russian fleet. In 1918, the fleet was inherited by the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russian SFSR which then founded the Soviet Union in 1922, where it was eventually known as the Twice Red Banner(ed) Baltic Fleet as part of the Soviet Navy, as during this period it gained the two awards of the Order of the Red Banner. Following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, the Baltic Fleet was inherited by the Russian Federation and reverted to its original name as part of the Russian Navy. The Baltic Fleet is headquartered in Kaliningrad and its main base is in Baltiysk (Pillau), both in Kaliningrad Oblast, while another base is in Kronstadt, Saint Petersburg, in the Gulf of Finland. Imperial Russia The Imperial Russian Baltic Fleet was created during the Gre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tuapse
Tuapse (; , Ṫuapsă ) is a town in Krasnodar Krai, Russia, situated on the northeast shore of the Black Sea, south of Gelendzhik and north of Sochi. Population: Tuapse is a sea port and the northern center of a resort zone which extends south to Sochi. History Early history Tuapse was a large center (native land) for the Shapsugs tribe along other areas in Circassia, with about 10,000 speakers of the language living in Tuapse currently. The name of the town is itself Adyghe (literally meaning "two waters") since Tuapse was part of historical Circassia and it became a part of Russia during the rule of Tsar Alexander I in 1801–1825. From this point on to up until 1864, Russian authorities subjected the native Circassian population to genocide and mass deportation, mainly to the Ottoman Empire. Pre-21st century The modern settlement dates back to 1838, when the Russian fort of Velyaminovsky was established in the area after this region became a part of Russi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
