Coast Guard (Russia)

Updated on Nov 21, 2024

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Active 2005–present Type Coast Guard Colors blue-green		Country Russia Size more than 100 ships

Part of Federal Security Service Border Service

The Coast Guard of the Border Service of the FSB (Russian: Береговая охрана Пограничной службы ФСБ России, Beregovaya okhrana Pogranichnoy sluzhby FSB Rossii), previously known as the Maritime Units of the KGB Border Troops (Russian: Морские части Пограничных Войск КГБ СССР), is the coast guard of the Russian Federation. The Coast Guard is part of the Border Guard Service of Russia under the Federal Security Service of Russia (Береговая охрана Пограничной службы ФСБ России).

History

The roots of the Coast Guard lie in the Russian Maritime Forces of the KGB's Border Services.

Training and Study

The FSB Coast Guard Institute (Институт береговой охраны ФСБ России), located in Anapa, was established in 2007.

Ship

Ships of the Russian Coast Guard are:

Frigates (FFG): 6 (1 reserve) - Nerei class/Krivak III class, 1 - Okean class

Light frigates (FFL): 12 - Grisha II class, 9 - Rubin class patrol boat

Offshore patrol vessels: 27 - various types

Patrol Icebreakers: 6 - Ivan Susanin class icebreaker, 2 - Purga class icebreaker

Patrol boats (PCF): 74

River craft: 22

Aircraft

Antonov An-26

Ilyushin Il-76

Mil Mi-8

Commanders

Admiral Innokentiy Nalyotov (1996-2002)

Vice-Admiral Vyacheslav Serzhanin (2004–2006)

General-Colonel Viktor Trufanov (2006-2011)

Yuri Alexeyev (Since 2011)

References

Coast Guard (Russia) Wikipedia

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