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Soviet guards on their way to Lenin's mausoleum, 1988 Soviet guard on their way from Lenin's mausoleum, 1990. When the leaders of the Soviet Union moved from Petrograd to the Moscow Kremlin in early 1918, their protection was entrusted to the Red Latvian Riflemen, under the command of the Commandant of the Kremlin Garrison.
The gunslinger's gait or KGB walk is a walking pattern observed in individuals associated with the KGB or the Red Army. [citation needed] It is a standard walk, except with the non-dominant hand swinging freely, but the other in place, near a pocket or a holster, so that the individual is ready to draw a gun at a moment's notice if there were to be an unexpected threat.
Tatiana Stanovaya, [99] who heads the Center for Political Technologies (CPT) in France, in commenting on Viktor Zolotov's appointment to head the National Guard said: "The unnecessary link, that of a minister between the commander-in-chief and the head of the National Guard is removed. Whoever the minister is, a brother, friend, classmate or ...
The Red Guards (Russian: Krasnaya Gvardiya) were armed groups of workers formed during the Russian Revolution of 1917, although the designation and concept dates back to Moscow during the Revolution of 1905. In 1917 the volunteers of the Red Guard and their elected leaders formed the main strike force of the Bolsheviks.
ROSTOV-ON-DON/VORONEZH, Russia (Reuters) -Mutinous Russian mercenaries who surged most of the way to Moscow have agreed to turn back to avoid bloodshed, their leader said on Saturday, in a de ...
The 24th Separate Guards Special Forces Brigade (24-й отдельной бригады специального назначения) is a special forces brigade of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. It had its origins in a separate company of special designation of the Main Intelligence Directorate (the GRU).
An economic collapse will undermine Russia’s military and war efforts, he said, leaving Putin with two choices. The first is unlikely as it would require Putin to ask the broader society for ...
The 155th Separate Guards Kursk Orders of Zhukov and Suvorov Naval Infantry Brigade (Russian: 155-я отдельная гвардейская Курская орденов Жукова и Суворова бригада морской пехоты) is a brigade-sized formation of the Russian Naval Infantry.