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Retvizan (Ретвизан) was a pre-dreadnought battleship built before the Russo-Japanese War for the Imperial Russian Navy in the United States. She was built by the William Cramp & Sons Ship & Engine Building Company of Philadelphia , although the armament was made at the Obukhov works in Saint Petersburg and shipped to America for ...
In February–March 1917, the defection of reserve battalions of the Imperial Guard based in St.Petersburg was a major factor in the overthrow of the Tsarist government. The service units of the Guard at the front disintegrated along with the remainder of the Imperial Army, until it was formally replaced by the new Red Army on 28 January 1918.
The Russian Imperial Guard, officially known as the Leib Guard (Russian: Лейб-гвардия Leyb-gvardiya, from German Leib "body"; cf. Life Guards / Bodyguard) were combined Imperial Russian Army forces units serving as counterintelligence to prevent sabotage of important imperial palace, personal guards of the Emperor of Russia and imperial family, public security in capital, and ...
4.2 Guards ships of the Navy ... ex-Imperial yacht Shtandart (1895), BF. Awarded on April 3, 1942. ... List of guards units of Russia.
This list of ships of the Second World War contains major military vessels of the war, arranged alphabetically and by type. The list includes armed vessels that served during the war and in the immediate aftermath, inclusive of localized ongoing combat operations, garrison surrenders, post-surrender occupation, colony re-occupation, troop and prisoner repatriation, to the end of 1945.
The list includes armed vessels that served during the war and in the immediate aftermath, inclusive of localized ongoing combat operations, garrison surrenders, post-surrender occupation, colony re-occupation, troop and prisoner repatriation, to the end of 1945. For smaller vessels, see also List of World War II ships of less than 1000 tons.
World War II submarines of the Soviet Union (5 C, 56 P) ... Soviet guard ship Metel; P. Estonian gunboat Pikker; R. HMS Royal Sovereign (05) S. NMS Sborul; Sibir ...
The Guards designation originated during World War II, its name coming both from the Russian Imperial Guard, and the old Bolshevik Red Guards. [1] [2] Practical benefits of the status included double pay for ordinary soldiers and the designation often served as a morale-boosting source of unit pride.