The Russian Naval Infantry, often referred to as Russian Marines in the West, operate as the naval infantry of the Russian Navy. Established in 1705, they are capable of conducting amphibious operations as well as operating as more traditional light infantry.
Soviet naval infantry uniform of the Great Patriotic War
Soviet marines in 1985
Soviet marines during a demonstration in 1990
A Russian Naval Infantryman during an exercise in 2003
The Russian navy is the naval arm of the Russian Armed Forces. It has existed in various forms since 1696; its present iteration was formed in January 1992 when it succeeded the Navy of the Commonwealth of Independent States.
The Russian Admiralty in St. Petersburg is famed for its gilded steeple topped by a golden weather-vane in the shape of a sailing ship.
Slava-class cruiser Moskva, sunk in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
A Naval Spetsnaz frogman
Oscar II class cruise missile submarine Tomsk