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Russian Landing Ship Mitrofan Moskalenko
''Mitrofan Moskalenko'' () was a of the Russian Navy and part of the Northern Fleet. Named after the Soviet Navy officer Mitrofan Moskalenko, the ship was built in Kaliningrad and launched in 1988. She was decommissioned in 2006 and has been put up for scrapping. Construction and commissioning ''Mitrofan Moskalenko'' was built by Yantar Shipyard, in Kaliningrad. She was laid down in May 1984, and launched in 1988. She was commissioned into the Soviet Navy on 23 September 1990 as part of its Northern Fleet, homeported in Severomorsk, and with the dissolution of the Soviet Union in late December 1991, she went on to serve in the Russian Navy. Career ''Mitrofan Moskalenko'' was one of a three ship class, designated by the Russians as Project 1174 (). The ships were classified as BDK () for . ''Mitrofan Moskalenko'' was the only ship of her class to be assigned to the Northern Fleet, her sister ships ''Ivan Rogov'' and ''Aleksandr Nikolayev'' were both assigned to the Paci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mitrofan Moskalenko
Mitrofan Ivanovich Moskalenko (; 5 August 1896 – 4 November 1966) was an officer of the Soviet Navy. He worked in the navy's coastal defence branch and reached the rank of Colonel General. Born in 1896, Moskalenko was called up for service in the Imperial Russian Army in 1915. With the outbreak of the Russian Civil War, he sided with the Red forces and after taking special command courses, served in various roles with supply and engineering units. This connection with the logistics of war would define his later career. He served on the Southern Front during the 1920s, forging a connection with the navy which would also become significant. By 1928 he was military commissar of the Dnieper Flotilla, and later assistant commander and head of the political department of the Amur Flotilla. He made a foray into education after studying at the enrolled in the Naval Academy, becoming acting head of the , and then First Deputy Chief of the Naval Academy. After a brief spell in the res ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russian Landing Ship Aleksandr Nikolayev
''Aleksandr Nikolayev'' () was a of the Russian Navy and part of the Pacific Fleet (Russia), Pacific Fleet. Named after the Soviet Navy officer Vice-Admiral Aleksandr Andreyevich Nikolayev, Aleksandr Nikolayev, the ship was built in Kaliningrad and Ceremonial ship launching, launched in 1982. She was decommissioned in 2006, and scrapped after 2022. Construction and commissioning ''Aleksandr Nikolayev'' was built by Yantar Shipyard, in Kaliningrad. She was laid down on 22 February 1976, and launched on 20 April 1982. She was commissioned into the Soviet Navy on 31 December 1982 as part of its Pacific Fleet (Russia), Pacific Fleet, homeported in Fokino, Primorsky Krai, and with the dissolution of the Soviet Union in late December 1991, she went on to serve in the Russian Navy. Career ''Aleksandr Nikolayev'' was one of a three ship class, designated by the Russians as Project 1174 (). The ships were classified as BDK () for . ''Aleksandr Nikolayev'' and her sister ship Russia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Project 23900 Amphibious Assault Ship
The Project 23900 ''Ivan Rogov'' is the newest class of Russian amphibious assault ships intended as a replacement for the French , two of which were ordered by Russia in 2011, but that France refused to deliver in September 2014 due to the Russo-Ukrainian War. A contract was signed on 22 May 2020 for the construction of two Project 23900 ships with a displacement of 40,000 tons. The construction is led by JSC Zelenodolsk Design Bureau, which is a part of JSC Ak Bars Shipbuilding Corporation. Previously, the Lavina (), and Priboy () designs were proposed by the Nevskoe Design Bureau and Krylov State Research Center as the replacement for ''Mistrals''. Project 23900 is also a successor class to the unrealized Soviet Project 11780 program. History Initially, the "Priboy" and "Lavina" helicopter carrier designs were first revealed in June 2015 during the "ARMY-2015" military-technical forum, as a replacement for the two undelivered ''Mistral''-class vessels ordered by Russi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polyarny, Murmansk Oblast
Polyarny () is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, town and the administrative center of the city of federal subject significance, closed administrative-territorial formation of Alexandrovsk, Murmansk Oblast, Alexandrovsk in Murmansk Oblast, Russia, situated on the outermost western side of the Kola Bay. Population: It was previously known as ''Alexandrovsk'' (until 15 March 1926), ''Alexandrovskoye'' (until 11 March 1931), ''Polyarnoye'' (until 19 September 1939). History It was founded in 1896 and named Alexandrovsk () in honor of Tsar Alexander III of Russia, Alexander III.Official website of PolyarnyHistory of Polyarny, p. 5 Other sources, however, state that the original name was Alexandrovsk-na-Murmane (), it was called so after Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse), Alexandra Fyodorovna, wife of Emperor Nicholas II of Russia, Nicholas II, and did not become known as "Alexandrovsk" until later.Pospelov, p. 26 Town status was granted to it on 18 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russian Shipyard Number 10
Russian Shipyard No. 10—Shkval () is located in Polyarny, Murmansk Oblast, Russia, on the outermost western side of the Murmansk Fjord. In the West, it is more often referred to by the name of the town than its official name. As the first nuclear-powered submarines were delivered to the Northern Fleet at the end of the 1950s, the yard was modified for docking and repair of these vessels. As Soviet Navy (and now Russian Navy) nuclear vessels are decommissioned, they are laid up at Polyarny awaiting defueling and disposal. Around 1970, Shkval was reorganised and partially expanded in order to handle the larger nuclear submarines then coming into service. It now includes tenders, service ships, dry docks, and two covered floating docks, as well as a self-propelled barge with 150-tonne payload, two onshore cranes with lifting capacity of 40 tonnes and 32 tonnes, and two floating cranes with lifting capacity of 30 tonnes and 25 tonnes. The yard employs about 3,000 workers, and co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TASS
The Russian News Agency TASS, or simply TASS, is a Russian state-owned news agency founded in 1904. It is the largest Russian news agency and one of the largest news agencies worldwide. TASS is registered as a Federal State Unitary Enterprise, owned by the government of Russia. Headquartered in Moscow, it has 70 offices in Russia and in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), "along with 56 global branches in 53 countries". In the Soviet period, it was named the Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union () and was the central agency of the Soviet government for news collection and distribution for all Soviet newspapers, radio and television stations. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, it was renamed Information Telegraph Agency of Russia (ITAR-TASS) () in 1992, but reverted to the simpler TASS name in 2014. Currently, on a daily basis TASS is "publishing nearly 3,000 news items in six languages and about 700 photographs and videos from correspondents in Russia and a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rossiskaya Gazeta
' () is a Russian newspaper published by the Government of Russia. History ''Rossiyskaya Gazeta'' was founded in 1990 by the Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR during the ''glasnost'' reforms in Soviet Union, shortly before the country dissolved in 1991. ''Rossiyskaya Gazeta'' became official government newspaper of the Russian Federation, replacing ''Izvestia'' and '' Sovetskaya Rossiya'' newspapers, which were both privatized after the Soviet Union's dissolution. The role of ''Rossiyskaya Gazeta'' is determined by the Law of the Russian Federation N 5-FZ, dated 14 June 1994 and entitled "''On the Procedure of Publication and Enactment of Federal Constitutional Laws, Federal Laws and Acts of the Houses of the Federal Assembly''", by the Decrees of the President of the Russian Federation, dated 23 May 1996 No. 763, "''On the Procedure of Publication and Enactment of the Acts of the President of the Russian Federation, of the Government of Russia, and Statutory Legal Acts of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russo-Ukrainian War
The Russo-Ukrainian War began in February 2014 and is ongoing. Following Ukraine's Revolution of Dignity, Russia Russian occupation of Crimea, occupied and Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation, annexed Crimea from Ukraine. It then supported Russian separatist forces in Ukraine, Russian paramilitaries who began a War in Donbas, war in the eastern Donbas region against Ukraine's military. In 2018, Ukraine declared the region to be Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine, occupied by Russia. These first eight years of conflict also included List of Black Sea incidents involving Russia and Ukraine, naval incidents and Russo-Ukrainian cyberwarfare, cyberwarfare. In February 2022, Russia launched a Russian invasion of Ukraine, full-scale invasion of Ukraine and began occupying more of the country, starting the biggest conflict in Europe since World War II. The war has resulted in a Ukrainian refugee crisis, refugee crisis and hundreds of thousands of deaths. In early 201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Landing Helicopter Dock
A landing helicopter dock (LHD) is a multipurpose amphibious assault ship that is capable of operating as a helicopter carrier and also has a well deck for supporting landing crafts. LHD vessels are built with a full flight deck similar in appearance to a light aircraft carrier to operate VTOL rotorcrafts such as utility and attack helicopters, and can also support tiltrotor aircraft (such as the MV-22 Osprey) and VSTOL fixed-wing aircraft (such as the AV-8 Harrier and the F-35B Lightning II). Some future designs might even support CATOBAR operations for light aircraft and UCAVs via aircraft catapults and arresting gears. The United States Navy (USN) and the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) use the term as a specific hull classification symbol. Examples of this kind of ship include the USN's , French Navy's and ships of the Spanish Navy's ''Juan Carlos I'' class including those designs based on the class, such as the RAN's . Other nations also use the designation f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mistral-class Landing Helicopter Dock
The ''Mistral'' class is a class of five landing helicopter docks built by France. Also known as helicopter carriers, and referred to as "projection and command ships" ( or BPC) and "porte-hélicoptères amphibie" (PHA) since 2019, a ''Mistral''-class ship is capable of transporting and deploying 16 NH90 or Tiger helicopters, four landing craft, up to 70 vehicles including 13 Leclerc tanks, or a 40-strong Leclerc tank battalion, and 450 soldiers. The ships are equipped with a 69-bed hospital, and are capable of serving as part of a NATO Response Force, or with United Nations or European Union peace-keeping forces. Three ships of the class are in service in the French Navy: , , and . A deal for two ships for the Russian Navy was announced by then French President Nicolas Sarkozy on 24 December 2010, and signed on 25 January 2011. On 3 September 2014, French President François Hollande announced the postponement of delivery of the first warship, , in response to the Russia–Ukr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barents Observer
''The Barents Observer'' (formally ''The Independent Barents Observer'') is a Norwegian online newspaper which publishes news and op-ed content about the Barents Region in English language, English, Russian language, Russian and Chinese language, Chinese. The newspaper is based in Kirkenes and is owned by its journalists. It receives financial support from the European Endowment for Democracy, the Nordic Council of Ministers, the Norwegian government, the Fritt Ord (organization), Fritt Ord foundation, private companies and individuals. History The newspaper's predecessor was founded by Atle Staalesen in 2002 as ''Barents News''. It changed its name to ''BarentsObserver'' in 2003 and operated under the aegis of the Norwegian Barents Secretariat from 2005 to 2015. Following a dispute regarding their editorial freedom in 2015, the newspaper's staff left ''BarentsObserver'' and subsequently launched today's journalist owned paper, ''The Independent Barents Observer''. The online ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reserve Fleet
A reserve fleet is a collection of naval vessels of all types that are fully equipped for service but are not currently needed; they are partially or fully Ship decommissioning, decommissioned. A reserve fleet is informally said to be "in mothballs" or "mothballed". In earlier times, especially in British usage, the ships were said to be "laid up in ordinary". A reserve fleet may be colloquially referred to as a "ghost fleet". In the 21st century, ghost fleet may also refer to an active shadow fleet of aged reserve fleet Oil tanker, oil tankers returned to an active service in order to circumvent commodities sanctions. Overview Such ships are held in reserve against a time when it may be necessary to call them back into service. They are usually tied up in backwater areas near naval bases or shipyards in order to speed the reactivation process. They may be modified for storage during such a period, for instance by having rust-prone areas sealed off or wrapped in plastic or, in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
