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Sea Aegis: Russia Celebrates Navy Day

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Navy Day is a national holiday in Russia, celebrated annually on the last Sunday of July. The holiday was instituted in 1939, and the date chosen is connected to the Battle of Gangut - the very first victory of the Russian navy.

Navy Day is a national holiday in Russia, celebrated annually on the last Sunday of July. The holiday was instituted in 1939, and the date chosen is connected to the Battle of Gangut — the very first victory of the Russian navy.

© Sputnik / Alexei Danichev / Go to the mediabankThe corvette Steregushchy during Navy Day celebrations in St. Petersburg.
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The corvette Steregushchy during Navy Day celebrations in St. Petersburg.
© Sputnik / Alexei Danichev / Go to the mediabankThe corvette Boiky was handed over to the Baltic Fleet during a ceremony at the mooring of the shipbuilding plant Severnaya Verf in St. Petersburg.
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The corvette Boiky was handed over to the Baltic Fleet during a ceremony at the mooring of the shipbuilding plant Severnaya Verf in St. Petersburg.
© Sputnik / Igor Zarembo / Go to the mediabankAn anti-submarine boat (foreground) during a rehearsal of the Russian Navy Day parade, in Baltiysk's sea canal.
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An anti-submarine boat (foreground) during a rehearsal of the Russian Navy Day parade, in Baltiysk's sea canal.
© Photo : Russian Defense MinistryСorvette Stoiky.
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Сorvette Stoiky.
© Sputnik / Igor Zarembo / Go to the mediabankThe Yevgeny Kocheshkov small landing hovercraft (front) during a rehearsal of a Navy Day Parade in the Marine Canal of Baltiysk.
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The Yevgeny Kocheshkov small landing hovercraft (front) during a rehearsal of a Navy Day Parade in the Marine Canal of Baltiysk.
© Sputnik / Igor Zarembo / Go to the mediabankThe air-cavity landing craft Denis Davydov undergoes a drill in landing troops onto the shore at the Baltic Fleet's testing grounds Khmelyovka in the Kaliningrad region.
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The air-cavity landing craft Denis Davydov undergoes a drill in landing troops onto the shore at the Baltic Fleet's testing grounds Khmelyovka in the Kaliningrad region.
© Sputnik / Grigoriy Sisoev / Go to the mediabankThe Buyan class corvette "Astrakhan" during an exercise.
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The Buyan class corvette "Astrakhan" during an exercise.
© REUTERS / Maxim ShemetovFrom left to right: Russian Navy corvette Steregushchy, destroyer Nastoichivy and frigate Admiral Gorshkov are anchored in a bay of the Russian fleet base in Baltiysk in Kaliningrad region, Russia. July 19, 2015.
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From left to right: Russian Navy corvette Steregushchy, destroyer Nastoichivy and frigate Admiral Gorshkov are anchored in a bay of the Russian fleet base in Baltiysk in Kaliningrad region, Russia. July 19, 2015.
© Sputnik / Igor Zarembo / Go to the mediabankThe Kilo class submarine Vyborg (foreground) and Improved Kilo class submarine Stary Oskol during a rehearsal of the Russian Navy Day parade in Baltiysk's sea canal.
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The Kilo class submarine Vyborg (foreground) and Improved Kilo class submarine Stary Oskol during a rehearsal of the Russian Navy Day parade in Baltiysk's sea canal.
© Sputnik / Vitaliy Ankov / Go to the mediabankPavel Krainov, an engineer of the Ust-Kamchatsk diesel submarine of the Pacific Fleet during an exercise.
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Pavel Krainov, an engineer of the Ust-Kamchatsk diesel submarine of the Pacific Fleet during an exercise.
© Photo : press-service of JSC "PO "Sevmas / Go to the mediabankK-535 Borei class nuclear balistic missile submarine Yuri Dolgorukiy undergoing sea trials.
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K-535 Borei class nuclear balistic missile submarine Yuri Dolgorukiy undergoing sea trials.
© Sputnik / Vitaliy Ankov / Go to the mediabankMoored nuclear submarines.
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Moored nuclear submarines.
© Sputnik / Vitaliy Ankov / Go to the mediabankA diver on board of the Pacific Fleet's diesel submarine Ust-Kamchatsk.
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A diver on board of the Pacific Fleet's diesel submarine Ust-Kamchatsk.
© Sputnik / Vitaliy Ankov / Go to the mediabankGuard guided missile cruiser Varyag during the celebrations of the Russian Navy Day in Vladivostok.
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Guard guided missile cruiser Varyag during the celebrations of the Russian Navy Day in Vladivostok.
© Sputnik / Grigoriy Sisoev / Go to the mediabankPyotr Veliky heavy nuclear-powered cruiser standing on roadstead.
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Pyotr Veliky heavy nuclear-powered cruiser standing on roadstead.
© Sputnik / Grigoriy Sisoev / Go to the mediabankHelicopter hoisted into the hold aboard the Pyotr Veliky nuclear-powered heavy cruiser on a long range cruise in the Mediterranean.
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Helicopter hoisted into the hold aboard the Pyotr Veliky nuclear-powered heavy cruiser on a long range cruise in the Mediterranean.
© AP Photo / FileRussian Navy's aircraft-carrying heavy missile cruiser Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Kuznetsov is seen in the Barents Sea, Russia.
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Russian Navy's aircraft-carrying heavy missile cruiser Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Kuznetsov is seen in the Barents Sea, Russia.
© Sputnik / Andrey Babushkin / Go to the mediabankAboard the Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Kuznetsov aircraft-carrying heavy missile cruiser in the Barents Sea.
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Aboard the Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Kuznetsov aircraft-carrying heavy missile cruiser in the Barents Sea.
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