Coast Guard (Russia)
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The Coast Guard of the Border Service of the FSB, previously known as the Maritime Units of the KGB Border Troops, is the coast guard of Russia.
Russian Coast Guard Krivak III-class frigate Vorovskiy in 2009
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Image: Ship of a coast guard"Rubin". (8054056184)
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Soviet Border Troops
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The Soviet Border Troops were the border guard of the Soviet Union, subordinated to the Soviet state security agency: first to the Cheka/OGPU, then to NKVD/MGB and, finally, to the KGB. Accordingly, they were known as NKVD Border Security and KGB Border Troops. Unlike the border guards of many other countries, Soviet Border Troops also included the maritime border guarding units, and aviation units.
The Karpov frontier post, Soviet-Afghan border
Former Soviet Border Guard observation post in Estonia
1968 stamp honouring the Border Troops
KGB Border Troops wearing the Spetsodezhda at the Khorgos Soviet-Chinese frontier post