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The route of each voyage is depicted in great detail, with ship locations plotted by the day. Other details on the map include administrative borders, population centers, Chukchi dwellings, and impassable ice. The inset map is of Kodiak Island, Alaska, denoted here by its Russian name of Kykhtak.
Moskva was the only warship in Russia's Black Sea Fleet with the S-300F missile system for long-range air defense. While the ship did not itself fire missiles at land targets in Ukraine, it still provided anti-aircraft support to vessels that did, and the sinking prompted Russian ships, now less protected, to move further offshore. [20]
A radar image showed the ship was about 80 nautical miles (150 km) south of Odesa around 19:00 local time (GMT+3), shortly after the damage occurred. [49] Two reports indicated the ship sank before 03:00, 14 April. [50] The Russian Ministry of Defence said a fire caused a munitions explosion, and the ship sank in stormy seas while being towed ...
The Pacific Fleet (Russian: Тихоокеанский флот, romanized: Tikhookeansky flot [1]) 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 ...
Sailing ship ~200 Lost at sea in 1799 [8] Ryazan: Russian merchant fleet 1909 Passenger-cargo 3,500 Scuttled by German Navy while in Guam following the entrance of the United States into World War I in 1917 [9] SMP Novodvinsk: Northern Shipping Company 2008 General cargo 4,106 In active service Tibor Szamueli: V/O Sudoimport: 1979 Barge carrier ...
General cargo ship 1 Vologda-50: 2015 Black Sea Fleet Previously named Dadali [237] bought as supply ship for Russian troops in Syria [234] RoRo ship 1 Alexander Tkachenko: 2015 Black Sea Fleet Previously named Robur [238] chartered as supply ship for Russian troops in Syria [239] Longvinik: 23120 Logistic vessel 2 Elbrus: 2018 Northern Fleet ...
Map of the Arctic region showing the Northern Sea Route, in the context of the Northeast Passage, and Northwest Passage [1]. The Northern Sea Route (NSR) (Russian: Се́верный морско́й путь, romanized: Severnyy morskoy put, shortened to Севморпуть, Sevmorput) is a shipping route about 5,600 kilometres (3,500 mi) long.
These effectively protected the Soviet ships, preventing the damage that could have been inflicted on the Soviet fleet under fair weather conditions. In October 2010, the Russian government awarded a license to Russian oil company Rosneft for developing the East-Prinovozemelsky oil and gas structure in the Kara Sea. [21] [22]