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Pribylovo (air Base)
Pribylovo is an airbase of the Russian Aerospace Forces located near Pribylovo, Leningrad Oblast, Russia. The base is home to the 549th Independent Helicopter Regiment. See also * List of military airbases in Russia This is a List of military airbases in Russia, including the airbases used by the Russian Aerospace Forces, Russian Naval Aviation, National Guard of Russia and aircraft repair depots. The list includes overseas Russian airbases including those i ... References {{Reflist Russian Air Force bases ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pribylovo, Leningrad Oblast
Pribylovo (; ) is a rural locality (a settlement) under the administrative jurisdiction of Primorskoye Settlement Municipal Formation in Vyborgsky District of Leningrad Oblast, Russia, located on the Karelian Isthmus. History An old Karelian settlement, it first appeared on the maps in the late 17th century as Maxlax (Makslahti). It consisted of several parts as Karelians traditionally tend to settle individually and most of the settlements were little hamlets or a group of adjacent hamlets. The settlement eventually encompassed four different areas as the neighboring hamlets (Makslahti, Kurkela, Peusa and Lähteenmaki) were merged in the second half of the 19th century.Maps of Karelian Isthmus by Karlmberg, page VI-2, 1855 A.D At the end of the 19th century, a brick yard, which later grew into a ceramic factory, was opened here. Until 1939, local economy was growing, with a bakery, a sawmill, and a fishing yard in operation. After the 1939-1940 Winter War between Finland a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leningrad Oblast
Leningrad Oblast (, ; ; ) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast). The oblast has an area of and a population of 2,000,997 (2021 Russian census, 2021 Census); up from 1,716,868 recorded in the 2010 Russian census, 2010 Census. Leningrad Oblast is highly industrialized. Its administrative center and largest city is Gatchina. The oblast was established on 1 August 1927, although it was not until 1946 that the oblast's borders had been mostly settled in their present position. The oblast was named after the city of Saint Petersburg, Leningrad. In 1991, the city restored its original name, Saint Petersburg, but the oblast retains the name of Leningrad. It overlaps the historical region of Ingria, and is bordered by Finland (Kymenlaakso and South Karelia) in the northwest and Estonia (Ida-Viru County) in the west, as well as five federal subjects of Russia: the Republic of Karelia in the northeast, Vologda Oblast in the east, Novgorod Oblast in the sou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of Defence (Russia)
The Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation (; MOD) is the governing body of the Russian Armed Forces. The President of Russia is the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, Commander-in-Chief of the forces and directs the activity of the ministry. The Minister of Defence (Russia), Minister of Defence exercises day-to-day administrative and operational authority over the forces. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, General Staff of the Armed Forces executes the instructions and orders of the president and the defence minister. The ministry is headquartered in the General Staff Building (Moscow), General Staff building, built-in 1979–1987 on Arbatskaya Square, near Arbat Street in Moscow. Other buildings of the ministry are located throughout Moscow. The supreme body responsible for the ministry's management and supervision of the Armed Forces and the centralization of the Armed Forces' command is the National De ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russian Aerospace Forces
The Russian Aerospace Forces or Russian Air and Space Forces (VKS) comprise the air force, aerial, space force, space warfare, and Missile defense, missile defence Military branch, branches of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. It was established on 1 August 2015 with the merging of the Russian Air Force (VVS) and the Russian Aerospace Defence Forces (VVKO), as recommended by the Ministry of Defence (Russia), Ministry of Defence to improve efficiency and logistical support. The VKS is headquartered in Moscow. Organisation Branches With the merging of the Russian Air Force and the Russian Aerospace Defense Forces, the Russian Aerospace Forces is a unified command consisting of the following branches:Russia creates new Aerospace Force service branch , jane ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
6th Air And Air Defence Forces Army
The 6th Red Banner Leningrad Army of Air and Air Defence Forces () is an Air Army of the Russian Aerospace Forces. The army was first active from 1998 to 2009, and was reformed in 2015. After the war, the Soviet Air Defence Forces' main command in the Leningrad area from 1960 was the 6th Independent Air Defence Army. As of 2020 it is the principal frontal aviation formation within the Western Military District of the Russian Armed Forces. History Origins The army traces its lineage back to the formation of the 2nd Air Defence Corps before Operation Barbarossa, the World War II German invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941. The corps provided direct cover for the city, and the Air Forces of the Leningrad Military District had two fighter aviation divisions for air defense, which became the 7th Fighter Aviation Corps in July. In November, the 2nd Corps was reorganized into the Leningrad Air Defence Corps Region, but on April 5, 1942, it became the Leningrad Air Defence A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Military Airbases In Russia
This is a List of military airbases in Russia, including the airbases used by the Russian Aerospace Forces, Russian Naval Aviation, National Guard of Russia and aircraft repair depots. The list includes overseas Russian airbases including those in Russian occupied Crimea. It can be compared with the List of Soviet Air Force bases. The main air armies are the: * 4th Air and Air Defence Forces Army which is part of the Southern Military District * 6th Air and Air Defence Forces Army which is part of the Western Military District * 11th Air and Air Defence Forces Army which is part of the Eastern Military District * 14th Air and Air Defence Forces Army which is part of the Central Military District * 45th Air and Air Defence Forces Army part of the Northern Fleet Joint Strategic Command Units can also be direct reporting and report to the Russian Aerospace Forces HQ, including Long Range Aviation and Military Transport Aviation. See also * List of Russian military b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
