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Kronstadt rebellion. Part of the Russian Civil War. Loyalist soldiers of the Red Army attack the island fortress of Kronstadt on the ice of the Gulf of Finland. Date. March 1–18, 1921. Location. Kronstadt, Kotlin Island, Russia. 60°00′45″N 29°44′01″E / 60.01250°N 29.73361°E / 60.01250; 29.73361. Result.
Kronstadt (Russian: Кроншта́дт, romanized:Kronshtadt, IPA: [krɐnˈʂtat]) is a Russian port city in Kronshtadtsky District of the federal city of Saint Petersburg, located on Kotlin Island, 30 km (19 mi) west of Saint Petersburg, near the head of the Gulf of Finland. It is linked to the former Russian capital by a combination levee ...
Kronstadt mutinies. Two separate events at the Baltic fortress of Kronstadt on Kotlin Island are known as the Kronstadt mutinies. [1] The first took place on 8 November 1904, and was part of the 1904–1907 wave of political and social unrest of what became known as the 1905 Russian Revolution. The second was the July Days uprising of Russian ...
The Baltic Fleet (E03): The challenging task of repainting the whole warship on YouTube. The Baltic Fleet (E04): 'Magnitogorsk' submarine begins its dive on YouTube. The Baltic Fleet (Russian: Балтийский флот, romanized:Baltiyskiy flot) [ 3 ] is the fleet of the Russian Navy in the Baltic Sea. Established 18 May 1703, under Tsar ...
The raid on Kronstadt (also known as Operation RK or the Scooter Raid) was an attack by Royal Navy coastal motor boats (CMBs) and Royal Air Force aircraft on the Bolshevik Baltic Fleet at its home base on 18 August 1919. After the Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War, Allied naval units operated in the Baltic Sea to support the ...
During the October Revolution the sailors of the Baltic Fleet (renamed "Naval Forces of the Baltic Sea" in March 1918) [1] were among the most ardent supporters of Bolsheviks, and formed an elite among Red military forces. Some ships of the fleet took part in the Russian Civil War, notably by clashing with the British navy operating in the ...
1905 Kronstadt Mutiny. On 26 October 1905, a mutiny erupted among soldiers and sailors stationed at the Kronstadt naval base, following the arrest of 50 soldiers who tried to present their demands to their regiment commander. [1][2] The mutineers, who were poorly organised and lacked effective leadership, engaged in arson and looting. [3]
Petropavlovsk-Krondstadt flag.svg. English: Flag seen in a photograph of Revolutionary Russian sailors of Russian Imperial Navy battleship Petropavlovsk in Helsinki during summer 1917. The flag shows a spear and a scythe crossed over eachother, as well as a skull and crossbones above and below the spear and scythe.