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Russian Naval Infantry

Russian Marines
Russian Naval Infantry
Morskaja pehota Rossii.gif
Russian Marines logo (not official).
Founded November 16, 1705; 311 years ago (1705-11-16)
Country  Russia
Branch  Russian Navy
Type Marine infantry
Naval spetsnaz
Role Amphibious warfare
Airborne operations
Direct action
Special Operations
Size 12,000 personnel (2014), incl. Commandos
Part of Russian Armed Forces
Garrison/HQ Moscow
Sevastopol
Sputnik
Kamchatka
Baltiysk
Kaliningrad
Nickname(s) "Black Death", "Black Berets"
Motto(s) Там, где мы, там — победа!
(Where We Are, There is Victory!)
Engagements

Russian–Swedish wars
Russian–Turkish wars
Napoleonic Wars
Russo-Japanese War

World War I
Russian Civil War
World War II
First Chechen war
Second Chechen war
Russo-Georgian War
MV Moscow University hijacking
2014 Russian military intervention in Ukraine
Syrian Civil War
Commanders
Commandant Lt.Gen. Alexander Kolpachenko
Notable
commanders
Maj.Gen. Vladimir Romanenko
Maj. Gen. Vladislav Chernomurov

Russian–Swedish wars
Russian–Turkish wars
Napoleonic Wars
Russo-Japanese War

The Russian Naval Infantry, (Marines, Морская пехота, Morskaya Pekhota), or Russian Marines, is the amphibious force of the Russian Navy. The first Russian naval infantry force was formed in 1705, and since that time it has fought in the Napoleonic Wars, the Crimean War, the Russo-Japanese War, and the First and Second World Wars. Under Admiral Gorshkov, the Soviet Navy expanded the reach of the Naval Infantry and deployed it worldwide on numerous occasions.

The Marines are led by the Deputy Commander for Coastal Troops/Commandant of the Coastal Troops of the Russian Navy, Major General (NI) Aleksandr Kolpachenko. Their motto: "There, Where We Are, There is Victory!"

They, alongside the Coastal Defense Missile Artillery Forces, form part of a larger institution—the Coastal Defense Forces of the Russian Navy (Береговые войска ВМФ России, Beregovye Voyska VMF Rossii).

In November 1705, following a decree of Peter I, a regiment "of naval equipage" (морской экипаж) or in other words, equipped and supplied by the Russian Imperial Navy—was formed for boarding and landing operations, on the ships of the Baltic Fleet.


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