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There are 8 item(s) tagged with the keyword "navy".

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1. Less than Ship Shape

The flagship of Russia's Black Sea Fleet has been lost; whether to an accidental fire or anti-ship missiles depends on who you ask.

Tags: navy, military, war in ukraine
2. The Forgotten Journey of the Frigate Pallada

An often-overlooked high-seas tale of swashbuckling adventure, empire, and exchange between Russia and Japan.

Tags: international relations, diplomacy, trade, colonization, ships, exploration, navy, Japan
3. Security, Ships, and Spooky Sand

This week, boats take to land; dogs get the recognition they deserve; and human bones are found in an unlikely place.

Tags: monuments, navy, khabarovsk, dogs, Siberia, putin
4. The Epic, the Bad, and the Ugly: The Best of Russian History

Russian history is interesting. Not always beautiful, not always glorious, but almost always... interesting.

Tags: war, alexander nevsky, st. petersburg, navy, rasputin, romanovs, history
5. Save Russia by Air, Land and Sea!

Defense against  walruses, shamans and climate change

Tags: voronezh, Petersburg, horses, global warming, putin, shaman, Siberia, navy, animals, arctic, Moscow, metro
6. A Legal Message in a Bottle

Suing Putin (not over the protests) and selling a babushka's jam.

Tags: bears, Pushkin, Yekaterinburg, putin, Crimea, Vladivostok, navy, protest
7. Aurora's Sunset

Soviet revolutionary mythology had it that the Aurora’s shot, signaling the beginning of the Bolshevik Revolution, was heard round the world. We check in to find out the latest on the cruiser, and to examine some of its own myths.

Tags: navy, aurora, revolution, leningrad, soviet
8. Voronezh

Kristina Brazhnikova acquaints us with the southern city of Voronezh, which straddles its reservoir (once a river).

Tags: Black Earth, Peter the Great, navy
By Kristina Brazhnikova

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