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10th Guards Motor Rifle Division
The 10th Guards Motor Rifle Division was a division of the Soviet Ground Forces. The full name of its predecessor division was the ''10th Guards Rifle Pechengskii, Twice Order of the Red Banner, Order of Alexander Nevsky, Order of the Red Star Division''. (''Russian: 10ая гвардейская стрелковая Печенгский, дважды орденом Красного Знамени, орденом Александра Невского, орденом Красной звезда дивизия.'') The 10th Guards Rifle Division was formed from the 52nd Rifle Division in late 1941. History In 1939 the 52nd Rifle Division took part in the Soviet invasion of Poland, then during the Winter War in the Battle of Petsamo. At the outbreak of Operation Barbarossa the division was still in the far north, near Murmansk. As part of 14th Army it defended against the German Mountain Corps Norway's assault towards the port which began on 19 June 1941, and was finally brough ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red Army Flag
Red is the color at the long wavelength end of the visible spectrum of light, next to orange and opposite violet. It has a dominant wavelength of approximately 625–740 nanometres. It is a primary color in the RGB color model and a secondary color (made from magenta and yellow) in the CMYK color model, and is the complementary color of cyan. Reds range from the brilliant yellow-tinged scarlet and vermillion to bluish-red crimson, and vary in shade from the pale red pink to the dark red burgundy. Red pigment made from ochre was one of the first colors used in prehistoric art. The Ancient Egyptians and Mayans colored their faces red in ceremonies; Roman generals had their bodies colored red to celebrate victories. It was also an important color in China, where it was used to color early pottery and later the gates and walls of palaces. In the Renaissance, the brilliant red costumes for the nobility and wealthy were dyed with kermes and cochineal. The 19th century brought ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Operation Platinum Fox
Operation Platinum Fox (german: Unternehmen Platinfuchs; fi, operaatio Platinakettu) was a German and Finnish military offensive launched during World War II. Platinum Fox took place on the Eastern Front and had the objective of capturing the Barents Sea port of Murmansk. It was part of a larger operation, called Operation Silver Fox (''Silberfuchs''; ). Background At the beginning of Operation Barbarossa German units of Army of Norway, commanded by Nikolaus von Falkenhorst, attacked from Norway to secure Petsamo at the Finnish-Soviet border as part of Operation Reindeer. They joined Finnish forces on the border of Soviet territory. These divisions consisted of elite mountain troops mostly from Austria specially trained to operate above the Arctic Circle. The Finnish-German forces launched Operation Silver Fox (''Silberfuchs''), attacking Murmansk from two directions. The assault from Finnish Petsamo directly towards the port of Murmansk was codenamed Platinum Fox (''Platinfuchs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1st Warsaw Armoured Brigade
The 1st Warsaw Armoured Brigade (Polish: ''1 Warszawska Brygada Pancerna'') is a brigade of the Polish Armed Forces, based in Warsaw. History Polish 1st Armoured Brigade " defenders of Westerplatte" ( pl, 1 Brygada Pancerna im. Bohaterów Westerplatte) or Polish 1st Warsaw Armoured Brigade (Polish: ''1 Warszawska Brygada Pancerna'') was a military unit in the Ludowe Wojsko Polskie. It was formed on August 19, 1943, from a regiment (pułk) of the same name. The unit fought at the Battle of Lenino (September 1943) and at the Battle of Studzianki during the Lublin-Brest Offensive (Magnuszew bridgeheads in August 1944).''The Polish Army 1939-45'' By Steven J. Zaloga, Richard Hook, Osprey Publishingbr>/ref> From mid-August it was subordinate to the First Polish Army (1944-1945), Polish First Army. Later the unit fought in the East Pomeranian Offensive. In January 1945 it received another honorary name, ''Warszawska'' (of Warsaw). In July and August 1945 fought against Polish anti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gdynia
Gdynia ( ; ; german: Gdingen (currently), (1939–1945); csb, Gdiniô, , , ) is a city in northern Poland and a seaport on the Baltic Sea coast. With a population of 243,918, it is the List of cities in Poland, 12th-largest city in Poland and the second-largest in the Pomeranian Voivodeship after Gdańsk. Gdynia is part of a conurbation with the spa town of Sopot, the city of Gdańsk, and suburban communities, which together form a metropolitan area called the Tricity, Poland, Tricity (''Trójmiasto'') with around 1,000,000 inhabitants. Historically and culturally part of Kashubia and Pomerelia, Eastern Pomerania, Gdynia for centuries remained a small fishing village. By the 20th-century it attracted visitors as a seaside resort town. In 1926, Gdynia was granted city rights after which it enjoyed demographic and urban development, with a Modernist architecture, modernist cityscape. It became a major seaport city of Poland. In 1970, 1970 Polish protests, protests in and aroun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miastko
Miastko ( csb, Miastkò; formerly german: Rummelsburg in Pommern), is a town in the Middle Pomerania region of northwestern Poland. Administratively it has since 1999 been part of Bytów County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship; previously (1975–1998) it had been in Słupsk Voivodeship. History Between 1815 and 1945 the town belonged to the Prussian Province of Pomerania. On 2 March 1945, it was taken by the Red Army, after which it was placed under Polish administration. In 2012 a monument dedicated to the Polish Nation was unveiled in the town park. Population *1950: 1,500 *1960: 5,500 *1970: 8,100 *1975: 9,800 *1980: 10,000 *2004: 12,000 *2016: 10,738 Gallery Miastko - Jezioro Lednik.JPG, Lake Lednik Miastko - fontanna w parku miejskim.JPG, Park Miastko - Pomnik Narodu Polskiego.JPG, Polish Nation Monument Miastko - budynek Urzędu Miejskiego.JPG, Town hall Notable residents * Julius Heinrich Franz (1847–1913) a German astronomer * Tadeusz Sapierzyński Colonel T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
19th Army (Soviet Union)
The 19th Army was a field army of the Soviet Union's Red Army, formed in 1941 and active during the Second World War. The army was formed three times, although only two of its formations saw combat. Its third formation was disbanded in June 1945 and its troops used to reinforce the Northern Group of Forces. First formation The army was first formed in June 1941 in the North Caucasus Military District under the command of General Lieutenant Ivan Konev. Division Commissar I.P. Sheklanov became Member of the Army's Military Soviet. Initially the army consisted of * 25th Rifle Corps ( 127th Rifle Division, 134th Rifle Division, and 162nd Rifle Division) * 34th Rifle Corps ( 129th Rifle Division, 158th Rifle Division, and 171st Rifle Division) * 38th Rifle Division * 442nd Corps Artillery Regiment * 471st Corps Artillery Regiment * and other units. Sources disagree as to whether a Mechanized Corps, either the 25th or the 26th, was directly subordinate to the Army as well. Three w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kirkenes
Kirkenes (; ; Skolt Sami: ''Ǩeârkknjargg;'' fi, Kirkkoniemi; ; russian: Киркенес) is a List of towns and cities in Norway, town in Sør-Varanger Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, in the far northeastern part of Norway. The town lies on a peninsula along the Bøkfjorden, an arm of the large Varangerfjorden. The main church for Kirkenes is Kirkenes Church, located in the Haganes, Finnmark, Haganes area of the town. Kirkenes is located just a few kilometres from the Norway-Russia border. The town has a population (2018) of 3,529, which gives the town a population density of . When the neighbouring suburban villages of Hesseng, Sandnes, Finnmark, Sandnes, and Bjørnevatn are all included with Kirkenes, the urban area reaches a total population of almost 8,000 people. Although Kirkenes is the Norwegian town closest to the Russian border, Vardø (town), Vardø to its north is located further east in Norway. History The area around Kirkenes was a common Norwegian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pechenga (urban-type Settlement), Murmansk Oblast
Pechenga (russian: Пече́нга; Finnish and sv, Petsamo; no, Petsjenga; se, Beahcán; sms, Peäccam) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Pechengsky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia. Municipally, it is incorporated as Pechenga Urban Settlement of Pechengsky Municipal District. Population: History The Pechenga area has been indigenously inhabited by the Finnic KvensJulku, Kyösti: ''Kvenland - Kainuunmaa''. With English summary: ''The Ancient territory of Kainuu''. Oulu, 1986. and the Sami. The settlement was founded by Russians as the Pechenga Monastery in 1533 at the influx of the Pechenga River into the Barents Sea, 135 km west of modern Murmansk. St. Tryphon of Pechenga, a monk from Novgorod is considered to be the founder of Pechenga Monastery. In 1533, the area became part of Russia. Inspired by the model of the Solovki, Tryphon wished to convert the local Sami population to Christianity and to demonstrate how faith could flourish i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pechenga River
The Pechenga (russian: Пече́нга, fi, Petsamonjoki) is a river in Murmansk Oblast, Russia (Kola Peninsula). It is the namesake for the Pechenga settlement, Pechenga Monastery and the Pechenga District. The river discharges into the Pechenga Bay by the Barents Sea coast. The Luostari/Pechenga airbase is located along the westbank of the Pechenga near Luostari at Korzunovo. The river is heavily contaminated by heavy metals due to mining operations in the river basin A drainage basin is an area of land where all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean. A basin is separated from adjacent basins by a perimeter, the .... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luostari
Luostari (russian: Луостари) is the name of several rural localities in Russia and an airbase: *Luostari (inhabited locality), an inhabited locality along between Nikel and Pechenga in Korzunovsky Territorial Okrug of Pechengsky District of Murmansk Oblast. One of the most northerly monasteries in the world, the Trifonov Pechengsky monastery, is there. * Luostari (railway station), an inhabited locality classified as a railway station in Korzunovsky Territorial Okrug of Pechengsky District of Murmansk Oblast * Luostari/Pechenga, an airbase west of the Pechenga River and near at Korzunovo in Pechengsky District of Murmansk Oblast near the Norwegian border. It is south south-west of the Trifonov Pechengsky monastery. Yuri Gagarin was stationed here. See also * Putevaya Usadba 9 km zheleznoy dorogi Luostari–Nikel Putevaya Usadba 9 km zheleznoy dorogi Luostari–Nikel (russian: Путевая Усадьба 9 км железной дороги Луостари– ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Titovka River
The Titovka (russian: Титовка, fi, Vaalesjoki) is a river in the north of the Kola Peninsula in Murmansk Oblast, Russia. It is long, and has a drainage basin of . The Titovka originates in the lake Koshkayavr and flows into the Motovsky Gulf of Barents Sea. Its biggest tributary A tributary, or affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem river drain the surrounding drainage ... is the Valasyoki. References Rivers of Murmansk Oblast Drainage basins of the Barents Sea {{Russia-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
