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Sentinels of Motherland: Russian Border Guards Celebrate 99th Anniversary

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May 28 is observed annually in Russia as the Border Guards' Day.

On that very day in 1918 the Soviet government signed the decree On Establishing the Border Guard, effectively laying the foundation of an agency which eventually evolved into the Border Service of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation.

© Sputnik / G. Bibyck / Go to the mediabankRussia has one of the longest borders in the world, with a total length of over 60,000 kilometers (with nautical borders' length of about 38,000 kilometers).

Above: Soviet border guards on duty pursue a trespasser.
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Russia has one of the longest borders in the world, with a total length of over 60,000 kilometers (with nautical borders' length of about 38,000 kilometers).

Above: Soviet border guards on duty pursue a trespasser.
© Sputnik / Ratushenko / Go to the mediabankBorder Guards of the 11th Border Post, Moskovsky District.
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Border Guards of the 11th Border Post, Moskovsky District.
© Sputnik / Lev Garkavyi / Go to the mediabankSoviet border guards patrol the country's far reaches.
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Soviet border guards patrol the country's far reaches.
© Sputnik / E. Vilchinskiy / Go to the mediabankEarliest mentions of Russian retainers tasked with tracking enemy movements along the country's borders date back to 14th century.

Above: Patrolling the border in the Tien Shan mountains.
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Earliest mentions of Russian retainers tasked with tracking enemy movements along the country's borders date back to 14th century.

Above: Patrolling the border in the Tien Shan mountains.
© Sputnik / A. Varfolomeev / Go to the mediabankLine up of the Russian Border Guard detachment at the town of Sebezh.
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Line up of the Russian Border Guard detachment at the town of Sebezh.
© Sputnik / Semiryaga / Go to the mediabankA detachment of Russian Border Guard Troops stationed at the Tadzhik-Afghan border.
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A detachment of Russian Border Guard Troops stationed at the Tadzhik-Afghan border.
© Sputnik / Yuryi Abramochkin / Go to the mediabankIn 1782 Catherine the Great established border guard units subordinated to the customs service.

Above: Soviet border guard deploys from a helicopter via a rope ladder.
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In 1782 Catherine the Great established border guard units subordinated to the customs service.

Above: Soviet border guard deploys from a helicopter via a rope ladder.
© Sputnik / Lev Garkavyi / Go to the mediabankArtist Yevgeny Dutnov paints a portrait of a border guard.
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Artist Yevgeny Dutnov paints a portrait of a border guard.
© Sputnik / Ruslan Vahaev / Go to the mediabankRussian border guard at the Russian-Georgian border.
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Russian border guard at the Russian-Georgian border.
© Sputnik / G. Bibyck / Go to the mediabankIn 1893 the Border Guard service was reformed into the Independent Border Guards Corps.

Above: Mounted Soviet border guards chase a tresspaser.
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In 1893 the Border Guard service was reformed into the Independent Border Guards Corps.

Above: Mounted Soviet border guards chase a tresspaser.
© Sputnik / Alexey Kudenko / Go to the mediabankRussian naval Border Guard serviceman checks a mounted machine gun during a raid aimed at curbing sturgeon poaching in the Caspian Sea.
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Russian naval Border Guard serviceman checks a mounted machine gun during a raid aimed at curbing sturgeon poaching in the Caspian Sea.
© Sputnik / V. Nikulyn / Go to the mediabankThe Border Guards' Day was officially established by the Soviet government in 1958.

Above: Soviet border guards on a mountain path by a waterfall.
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The Border Guards' Day was officially established by the Soviet government in 1958.

Above: Soviet border guards on a mountain path by a waterfall.
© Sputnik / Yuriy Kuydin / Go to the mediabankIn June 1941 when Nazi Germany invaded the USSR, soldiers of the Soviet Border Guard bore the brunt of the German offensive, desperately fighting to stall the attackers and buy the Red Army more time to regroup.
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In June 1941 when Nazi Germany invaded the USSR, soldiers of the Soviet Border Guard bore the brunt of the German offensive, desperately fighting to stall the attackers and buy the Red Army more time to regroup.
© Sputnik / Evgeny Yepanchintsev / Go to the mediabankA Border Guard lookout tower of the Russian FSB Border Guard Directorate in the Republic of Altai, in the village of Aktash.
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A Border Guard lookout tower of the Russian FSB Border Guard Directorate in the Republic of Altai, in the village of Aktash.
© Sputnik / Maks Vetrov / Go to the mediabankCrimean border guards detain a "trespasser" during an exhibition performance involving armed personnel carriers.
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Crimean border guards detain a "trespasser" during an exhibition performance involving armed personnel carriers.
© Sputnik / G. Bibyck / Go to the mediabankThe Federal Border Guard Service of Russia was established on December 30, 1993.
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The Federal Border Guard Service of Russia was established on December 30, 1993.
© Sputnik / G. Bibyck / Go to the mediabankA frontier guard near a coastal searchlight at the frontier station.
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A frontier guard near a coastal searchlight at the frontier station.
© Sputnik / Evgeny Yepanchintsev / Go to the mediabankRussian Border Guard serviceman patrolling the border area with Mongolia in the Dzhazator valley.
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Russian Border Guard serviceman patrolling the border area with Mongolia in the Dzhazator valley.
© Sputnik / Vladimir Baranov / Go to the mediabankRussian border guard stationed at the Nagurskoye station of the Federal Border Guard Service of Arkhangelsk region, located on Alexandra's Land island of Franz Josef Land archipelago.
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Russian border guard stationed at the Nagurskoye station of the Federal Border Guard Service of Arkhangelsk region, located on Alexandra's Land island of Franz Josef Land archipelago.
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