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Shaumyan (Шаумян) was one of eight ''Fidonisy''-class destroyers built for the Imperial Russian Navy during World War I. She was originally named Levkas (Левкас) before she was renamed Shaumyan in 1925.[1]

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  1. 94 relations: Admiral, Airstrike, Alushta, Anti-aircraft warfare, Armed Forces of South Russia, Artillery battery, Barr and Stroud, Battle of the Kerch Peninsula, Batumi, Beam (nautical), Black Sea Fleet, Bolsheviks, Bridge (nautical), Bridgehead, Ceremonial ship launching, Chilia branch, Coastal artillery, Council of Labor and Defense, Danube, Danube Flotilla (Soviet Union), Depth charge, Displacement (ship), Draft (hull), DShK, Fidonisy-class destroyer, Forecastle, French rule in the Ionian Islands (1797–1799), Fuel oil, Fyodor Ushakov, Gelendzhik, Georgia (country), Glossary of nautical terms (A–L), Gnevny-class destroyer, Hull (watercraft), Imperial Russian Navy, Interwar period, Ionian Islands, Istanbul, Keel laying, Kliment Voroshilov, Land mine, Lefkada, Length overall, Light cruiser, Machine gun, Marine salvage, Messina, Minesweeper, Mykolaiv, Mykolayiv Shipyard, ... Expand index (44 more) »

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Admiral

Admiral is one of the highest ranks in some navies.

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Airstrike

An airstrike, air strike, or air raid is an offensive operation carried out by aircraft.

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Alushta

Alushta (Ukrainian and Russian:; Aluşta) is a city of regional significance on the southern coast of the Crimean peninsula which is within the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, a region internationally recognised as territory of Ukraine, but occupied by the Russian Federation and incorporated as the Republic of Crimea.

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Anti-aircraft warfare

Anti-aircraft warfare is the counter to aerial warfare and it includes "all measures designed to nullify or reduce the effectiveness of hostile air action" (NATO's definition).

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Armed Forces of South Russia

The Armed Forces of South Russia (AFSR or SRAF) were the unified military forces of the White movement in southern Russia between 1919 and 1920.

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Artillery battery

In military organizations, an artillery battery is a unit or multiple systems of artillery, mortar systems, rocket artillery, multiple rocket launchers, surface-to-surface missiles, ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, etc., so grouped to facilitate better battlefield communication and command and control, as well as to provide dispersion for its constituent gunnery crews and their systems.

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Barr and Stroud

Barr & Stroud Limited was a pioneering Glasgow optical engineering firm.

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Battle of the Kerch Peninsula

The Battle of the Kerch Peninsula, which commenced with the Soviet Kerch-Feodosia Landing Operation (Керченско-Феодосийская десантная операция, Kerchensko-Feodosiyskaya desantnaya operatsiya) and ended with the German Operation Bustard Hunt (Unternehmen Trappenjagd), was a World War II battle between Erich von Manstein's German and Romanian 11th Army and the Soviet Crimean Front forces in the Kerch Peninsula, in the eastern part of the Crimean Peninsula.

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Batumi

Batumi (ბათუმი), historically Batum or Batoum, is the second-largest city of Georgia and the capital of the Autonomous Republic of Adjara, located on the coast of the Black Sea in Georgia's southwest, 20 kilometers north of the border with Turkey.

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Beam (nautical)

The beam of a ship is its width at its widest point.

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Black Sea Fleet

The Black Sea Fleet (Chernomorskiy flot) is the fleet of the Russian Navy in the Black Sea, the Sea of Azov and the Mediterranean Sea.

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Bolsheviks

The Bolsheviks (italic,; from большинство,, 'majority'), led by Vladimir Lenin, were a far-left faction of the Marxist Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP) which split with the Mensheviks at the Second Party Congress in 1903.

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Bridge (nautical)

Sikuliaq'', docked in Ketchikan, Alaska Wheelhouse on a tugboat, topped with a flying bridge A bridge (also known as a command deck), or wheelhouse (also known as a pilothouse), is a room or platform of a ship or submarine from which the ship can be commanded.

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Bridgehead

In military strategy, a bridgehead (or bridge-head) is the strategically important area of ground around the end of a bridge or other place of possible crossing over a body of water which at time of conflict is sought to be defended or taken over by the belligerent forces.

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Ceremonial ship launching

Ceremonial ship launching involves the performance of ceremonies associated with the process of transferring a vessel to the water.

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Chilia branch

The Chilia branch is one of three main distributary channels of the river Danube that contribute to forming the Danube Delta.

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Coastal artillery

Coastal artillery is the branch of the armed forces concerned with operating anti-ship artillery or fixed gun batteries in coastal fortifications.

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Council of Labor and Defense

The Council of Labor and Defense (Russian: Совет труда и обороны (СТО) Sovet truda i oborony, Latin acronym: STO), first established as the Council of Workers' and Peasants' Defense in November 1918, was an agency responsible for the central management of the economy and production of military materiel in the Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic and later in the Soviet Union.

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Danube

The Danube (see also other names) is the second-longest river in Europe, after the Volga in Russia.

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Danube Flotilla (Soviet Union)

The Danube Flotilla was a naval force of the Soviet Navy's Black Sea Fleet during World War II (in Russia, called the Great Patriotic War) and afterwards, existing 1940–1941 and 1944–1960.

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Depth charge

A depth charge is an anti-submarine warfare (ASW) weapon designed to destroy submarines by detonating in the water near the target and subjecting it to a destructive hydraulic shock.

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Displacement (ship)

The displacement or displacement tonnage of a ship is its weight.

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Draft (hull)

The draft or draught of a ship is a determined depth of the vessel below the waterline, measured vertically to its hull's lowest—its propellers, or keel, or other reference point.

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DShK

The DShK 1938 (Cyrillic: ДШК, for Degtyaryova-Shpagina Krupnokaliberny, "Degtyaryov-Shpagin large-calibre") is a Soviet heavy machine gun.

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Fidonisy-class destroyer

The Fidonisy class, also known as the Kerch class, were a group of eight destroyers built for the Black Sea Fleet of the Imperial Russian Navy during World War I. They participated in World War I, the Russian Civil War, and World War II. Soviet destroyer Shaumyan and Fidonisy-class destroyer are Fidonisy-class destroyers.

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Forecastle

The forecastle (contracted as fo'c'sle or fo'c's'le) is the upper deck of a sailing ship forward of the foremast, or, historically, the forward part of a ship with the sailors' living quarters.

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French rule in the Ionian Islands (1797–1799)

The First period of French rule in the Ionian Islands (Πρώτη Γαλλοκρατία των Επτανήσων) lasted from June 1797 to March 1799.

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Fuel oil

Fuel oil is any of various fractions obtained from the distillation of petroleum (crude oil).

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Fyodor Ushakov

Fyodor Fyodorovich Ushakov (p; –) was a Russian naval commander and admiral.

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Gelendzhik

Gelendzhik (Геленджик) is a resort town in Krasnodar Krai, Russia, located on the Gelendzhik Bay of the Black Sea, between Novorossiysk (to the northwest) and Tuapse (to the southeast).

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Georgia (country)

Georgia is a transcontinental country in Eastern Europe and West Asia.

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Glossary of nautical terms (A–L)

This glossary of nautical terms is an alphabetical listing of terms and expressions connected with ships, shipping, seamanship and navigation on water (mostly though not necessarily on the sea).

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Gnevny-class destroyer

The Gnevny class (тип “Гневный”) were a group of 29 destroyers built for the Soviet Navy in the late 1930s.

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Hull (watercraft)

A hull is the watertight body of a ship, boat, submarine, or flying boat.

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Imperial Russian Navy

The Imperial Russian Navy operated as the navy of the Russian Tsardom and later the Russian Empire from 1696 to 1917.

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Interwar period

In the history of the 20th century, the interwar period (or interbellum) lasted from 11November 1918 to 1September 1939 (20years, 9months, 21days) – from the end of World War I (WWI) to the beginning of World War II (WWII).

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Ionian Islands

The Ionian Islands (Modern Greek: Ιόνια νησιά, Ionia nisia; Ancient Greek, Katharevousa: Ἰόνιαι Νῆσοι, Ionioi Nēsoi) are a group of islands in the Ionian Sea, west of mainland Greece.

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Istanbul

Istanbul is the largest city in Turkey, straddling the Bosporus Strait, the boundary between Europe and Asia.

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Keel laying

Laying the keel or laying down is the formal recognition of the start of a ship's construction.

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Kliment Voroshilov

Kliment Yefremovich Voroshilov (Климент Ефремович Ворошилов; Klyment Okhrimovych Voroshylov), popularly known as Klim Voroshilov (Клим Ворошилов; 4 February 1881 – 2 December 1969), was a prominent Soviet military officer and politician during the Stalin-era.

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Land mine

A land mine, or landmine, is an explosive weapon concealed under or camouflaged on the ground, and designed to destroy or disable enemy targets, ranging from combatants to vehicles and tanks, as they pass over or near it.

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Lefkada

Lefkada (Λευκάδα, Lefkáda), also known as Lefkas or Leukas (Ancient Greek and Katharevousa: Λευκάς, Leukás, modern pronunciation Lefkás) and Leucadia, is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea on the west coast of Greece, connected to the mainland by a long causeway and floating bridge.

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Length overall

Length overall (LOA, o/a, o.a. or oa) is the maximum length of a vessel's hull measured parallel to the waterline.

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Light cruiser

A light cruiser is a type of small or medium-sized warship.

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Machine gun

A machine gun (MG) is a fully automatic and rifled firearm designed for sustained direct fire with rifle cartridges.

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Marine salvage

Marine salvage is the process of recovering a ship and its cargo after a shipwreck or other maritime casualty.

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Messina

Messina (Missina) is a harbour city and the capital of the Italian Metropolitan City of Messina.

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Minesweeper

A minesweeper is a small warship designed to remove or detonate naval mines.

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Mykolaiv

Mykolaiv (Миколаїв,; Nikolayev) is a city and a hromada (municipality) in southern Ukraine.

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Mykolayiv Shipyard

Mykolaiv Shipyard (Миколаївський суднобудівний завод) was a major shipyard located in Mykolaiv, Ukraine.

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Naples

Naples (Napoli; Napule) is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's administrative limits as of 2022.

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A naval mine is a self-contained explosive device placed in water to damage or destroy surface ships or submarines.

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A Navy Directory, formerly the Navy List or Naval Register is an official list of naval officers, their ranks and seniority, the ships which they command or to which they are appointed, etc., that is published by the government or naval authorities of a country.

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Novorossiysk

Novorossiysk (Новоросси́йск) is a city in Krasnodar Krai, Russia.

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Odesa

Odesa (also spelled Odessa) is the third most populous city and municipality in Ukraine and a major seaport and transport hub located in the south-west of the country, on the northwestern shore of the Black Sea.

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Operation Barbarossa

Operation Barbarossa (Unternehmen Barbarossa) was the invasion of the Soviet Union by Nazi Germany and many of its Axis allies, starting on Sunday, 22 June 1941, during World War II.

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Paravane (water kite)

The paravane is a towed winged (hydrofoiled) underwater object—a water kite.

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Piraeus

Piraeus (Πειραιάς; Πειραιεύς; Ancient:, Katharevousa) is a port city within the Athens-Piraeus urban area, in the Attica region of Greece.

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Poti

Poti (ფოთი; Mingrelian: ფუთი; Laz: ჶაში/Faşi or ფაში/Paşi) is a port city in Georgia, located on the eastern Black Sea coast in the region of Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti in the west of the country.

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QF 1-pounder pom-pom

The QF 1 pounder, universally known as the pom-pom due to the sound of its discharge, was a 37 mm British autocannon, the first of its type in the world.

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Rangefinder

A rangefinder (also rangefinding telemeter, depending on the context) is a device used to measure distances to remote objects.

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Red Army

The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, often shortened to the Red Army, was the army and air force of the Russian Soviet Republic and, from 1922, the Soviet Union.

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Romuald Muklevich

Romuald Adamovich Muklevich (Romuald Muklewicz, 25 November 1890 – 9 February 1938) was a Soviet military figure and Commander-in-Chief of the Soviet Naval Forces from August 1926 to July 1931.

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Ruble

The ruble or rouble (p) is the currency unit of Belarus and Russia.

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Russian Civil War

The Russian Civil War was a multi-party civil war in the former Russian Empire sparked by the overthrowing of the social-democratic Russian Provisional Government in the October Revolution, as many factions vied to determine Russia's political future.

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Russian Empire

The Russian Empire was a vast empire that spanned most of northern Eurasia from its proclamation in November 1721 until its dissolution in March 1917.

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Russian Revolution

The Russian Revolution was a period of political and social change in Russia, starting in 1917.

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Russian ruble

The ruble or rouble (rublʹ; symbol: ₽; abbreviation: руб or р. in Cyrillic, Rub in Latin; ISO code: RUB) is the currency of the Russian Federation.

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Saky

Saky (Ukrainian and Саки; Saq) is a city in Crimea.

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Sea trial

A sea trial is the testing phase of a watercraft (including boats, ships, and submarines).

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Sevastopol

Sevastopol, sometimes written Sebastopol, is the largest city in Crimea and a major port on the Black Sea.

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Sevastopol Shipyard

Sevastopol Shipyard (Севастопольский морской завод, Sevastopol Sea Wharf) is a shipyard located in Sevastopol, Crimea, founded as a dockyard for the Imperial Russian Navy in 1783.

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Ship breaking

Ship breaking (also known as ship recycling, ship demolition, ship scrapping, ship dismantling, or ship cracking) is a type of ship disposal involving the breaking up of ships either as a source of parts, which can be sold for re-use, or for the extraction of raw materials, chiefly scrap.

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Ship grounding

Ship grounding or ship stranding is the impact of a ship on seabed or waterway side.

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Siege of Odessa

The Siege of Odessa, known to the Soviets as the defense of Odessa, lasted from 8 August until 16 October 1941, during the early phase of Operation Barbarossa, the Axis invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II.

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Siege of Sevastopol (1941–1942)

The Siege of Sevastopol, also known as the Defence of Sevastopol (Oborona Sevastopolya) or the Battle of Sevastopol (Bătălia de la Sevastopol), was a military engagement that took place on the Eastern Front of the Second World War.

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Sister ship

A sister ship is a ship of the same class or of virtually identical design to another ship.

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Soviet destroyer Zheleznyakov

Zheleznyakov was one of eight ''Fidonisy''-class destroyers built for the Imperial Russian Navy during World War I. She was originally named Korfu (Корфу) before she was renamed Petrovsky (Петровский) in 1925 and Zheleznyakov (Железняков) in 1939. Soviet destroyer Shaumyan and Soviet destroyer Zheleznyakov are 1917 ships and Fidonisy-class destroyers.

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Soviet Union

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.

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Steam turbine

A steam turbine is a machine that extracts thermal energy from pressurized steam and uses it to do mechanical work on a rotating output shaft.

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Stepan Shaumian

Stepan Georgevich Shaumian (1 October 1878 – 20 September 1918) was an Armenian Bolshevik revolutionary and politician active throughout the Caucasus.

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Stern

The stern is the back or aft-most part of a ship or boat, technically defined as the area built up over the sternpost, extending upwards from the counter rail to the taffrail.

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Sudak

Sudak (Ukrainian and Russian:; Sudaq; Σουγδαία; sometimes spelled Sudac or Sudagh) is a city, multiple former Eastern Orthodox bishopric and double Latin Catholic titular see.

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Superfiring

Superfiring armament is a naval military building technique in which two (or more) turrets are located one behind the other, with the rear turret located above ("super") the one in front so that it can fire over the first.

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Three-drum boiler

Three-drum boilers are a class of water-tube boiler used to generate steam, typically to power ships.

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Torpedo tube

A torpedo tube is a cylindrical device for launching torpedoes.

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Turkey

Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly in Anatolia in West Asia, with a smaller part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe.

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Ukrainian People's Army

The Ukrainian People's Army (Армія Української Народної Республіки), also known as the Ukrainian National Army (UNA) or by the derogatory term Petliurivtsi (Петлюрівці), was the army of the Ukrainian People's Republic (1917–1921).

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White movement

The White movement (p), also known as the Whites (Бѣлые / Белые, Beliye), was a loose confederation of anti-communist forces that fought the communist Bolsheviks, also known as the Reds, in the Russian Civil War and that to a lesser extent continued operating as militarized associations of rebels both outside and within Russian borders in Siberia until roughly World War II (1939–1945).

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World War I

World War I (alternatively the First World War or the Great War) (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers.

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Yalta

Yalta (Ялта) is a resort city on the south coast of the Crimean Peninsula surrounded by the Black Sea.

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102 mm 60 caliber Pattern 1911

The 102 mm 60 caliber Pattern 1911 was a Russian naval gun developed in the years before World War I that armed a variety of warships of the Imperial Russian Navy during World War I. Pattern 1911 guns found a second life on river gunboats and armored trains during the Russian Civil War and as coastal artillery during World War II.

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76 mm air defense gun M1931

The 76 mm air defense gun M1931 (76-мм зенитная пушка обр.) was an anti-aircraft gun used by the Soviet Union during the Winter War and the first stages of World War II.

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76 mm air-defense gun M1914/15

The 76-mm air-defense gun M1914/15 (Зенитная пушка обр.) was the first Russian purpose-built anti-aircraft gun.

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See also

Fidonisy-class destroyers

Ships built at Shipyard named after 61 Communards

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_destroyer_Shaumyan

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