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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.
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 ...
As the Second World War was ending in Europe in 1944 the Soviet NKVD in Moscow was charged with raising a full-time honor guard company as part of the 1st Regiment, OMSDON (then the NKVD 1st Special Duties Division), in the style and manner of the British Household Division's Foot Guards, the 3rd US Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) and the French Republican Guard's First Infantry Regiment.
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 ...
Our Home – Russia: 1 Boris Yeltsin (1931–2007) 6 November 1996 31 December 1999 (resigned) — Non-partisan — Vladimir Putin (b. 1952) 31 December 1999 7 May 2000 — Unity: 2 7 May 2000 7 May 2008 2000: Independent: 2004: 3 Dmitry Medvedev (b. 1965) 7 May 2008 7 May 2012 2008: United Russia All-Russia People's Front (2) Vladimir Putin (b ...
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 ...
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.
A number of foreign leaders have visited Russia during the after its invasion of Ukraine, meeting with the president of Russia, Vladimir Putin, and other officials, and visiting areas around the country. This list only includes heads of state and government that visited Russia while serving as the head of state or government.