When is infantry day? History of the Marine Corps Day holiday

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Motorized Rifle Forces Day in Russia is traditionally celebrated on October 1. However, some politicians and the soldiers themselves who served in the motorized rifle troops are against this date. They want Motorized Rifle Troops Day to be moved to August 19. What is the reason? Let's try to figure it out.

Russian Motorized Rifle Forces Day: date in history

Where did the official date come from? Was the Day of Russian Motorized Rifle Troops chosen by chance? The date turns out to be historical. On October 1, 1550, Ivan the Terrible created the first regular army of archers. Let's delve a little into history.

A little about the first “motorized rifles”

Sagittarius is the first regular on land. Sudden raids by the Tatars created the need to have a permanent combat-ready army. In cooperation with the Yamskaya (postal and signal) and guard (constantly monitoring the borders) services, the archers were a kind of rapid response group. The raids were no longer unexpected, and the small detachments of the Horde did not cause severe destruction.

But historically, archers are most likely a prototype of internal troops rather than motorized rifle troops. They rarely went beyond the borders. This is due to the fact that all of them were engaged in agriculture in their free time. Long-term care devastated their families.

For the first time they used small arms (hence the name “strelets”, i.e. “shooter”) - squeaks. Of course, their effectiveness left much to be desired. This is all due to long reload times and constant misfires. However, this weapon perfectly fulfilled its role during the historical event - standing on the Ugra River. Let us recall that the Russian and Horde armies were on opposite banks opposite each other for a long time. Ordinary arrows did not reach the archers, but volleys from arquebuses caused damage to the Horde. Of course, the enemy did not have many losses, but the very fact of the unrequited use of weapons went down in history.

Thus, the ground forces rightly celebrate October 1 as the day of the creation of the first regular foot troops. But what is the problem then? Why do the military personnel themselves think that Motorized Rifle Troops Day in Russia should be celebrated at a different time?

Motorized riflemen don't have their own holiday?

The problem is that October 1 is a holiday celebrated by all types of ground forces. In addition to motorized rifle, these include tank, communications, etc. All of the listed branches have their own professional day in addition to October 1. For example, tankers celebrate their professional holiday on September 8, and artillerymen celebrate their professional holiday on November 19. Why is there no Day of Russian Motorized Rifle Forces? Many people consider this state of affairs unfair.

On what date can the Russian Motorized Rifle Forces Day holiday be introduced?

Some politicians want to set a professional holiday for motorized rifle troops on August 19. This initiative has long been supported by the soldiers themselves. Some have been celebrating it on August 19 for many years. But why was this particular date chosen? Let's take a closer look.

On this day in 1914, the First Automobile Machine Gun Company of the Russian Empire began to form, on the basis of which the First Armored Division was later formed.

Russia was the first in the world to create a separate division of armored vehicles. Later, the tactics of individual mechanized units and armored forces began to be used (more than 20 years later) during the Second World War.

Let us remind you that motorized rifles today are not just infantry in the understanding of most people. The troops are equipped with modern infantry fighting vehicles that are capable of destroying heavy tanks and covering the offensive with firepower, as well as mobile transfer of soldiers from one strategic direction to another in off-road conditions.

It is with the creation of the First Machine Gun Company that we can talk not just about a new infantry unit, but about other troops - motorized rifle troops.

Armored cars with machine guns, which delivered soldiers to the battlefield and covered their tactical actions, became the prototype of infantry fighting vehicles.

Of course, in Soviet times it was difficult to imagine that the day of a professional army holiday would be chosen based on the history of the overthrown “damned” imperial regime. Even the Day of the Soviet Army on February 23 is most likely far-fetched, since no special heroic victories or events occurred on this day.

Therefore, congratulations on the Day of the Russian Motorized Rifle Forces should rightly be heard on August 19th. But despite this, today the holiday is officially celebrated on October 1.

Official Clarification

As the authorities explain, the fact is that motorized rifle troops are one of the largest army units fighting on land. That is why they should celebrate the designated month of October. The holiday appeared by presidential decree in 2006.

Now we have accurately answered the question, what date is the day of the motorized rifle troops in Russia.

MV today

Today, motorized rifle brigades include various ones that form a single combat brigade capable of conducting autonomous combat operations for a long time.

These are tanks, troops, artillery, communications, and logistics units.

They are equipped not only with conventional small arms (machine guns and machine guns), but also with modern missile systems, tanks, infantry fighting vehicles and many other types of weapons.

Troops are capable of covering any distance under any conditions. The latest technology, for example, BMP-2 and BMP-3, are capable of crossing even water obstacles on the move.

The main advantages of motorized rifle troops

The main advantages of MV include:

  • High mobility. For example, units can perform a maneuver with a sharp strike, and then maintain a long-term defense even in conditions of encirclement.
  • Technical equipment. Modern small arms, infantry fighting vehicles, armored personnel carriers, reconnaissance vehicles, anti-tank, anti-aircraft systems.

Conclusion

To summarize, I would like to hope that the authorities will hear the requests of veterans and motorized rifle servicemen and introduce a separate holiday. They think it's fair to set the date for August 19th. Be that as it may, today the official holiday Day of Motorized Rifle Troops in Russia falls on October 1.

Marine Corps - today you have
The important day has come
After all, it's Marine Corps Day,
And we are not at all lazy
Compose a beautiful, big congratulations,
To make you smile from it,
So that every Marine could
Rejoice wow.

Marine infantry, marine infantry!
Today we celebrate your holiday.
The ship rocks from side to side...
We dedicate congratulations to the naval infantry.

Glory to our Marines!
They are not afraid of any storm at all.
There will be no squall or storm today,
So that you can have fun in peace!

Marine Corps Day today
It is fashionable to celebrate it on November 27th.
Today we need to congratulate you,
And send good gifts.
May you have fun on this day,
And they did everything they were not lazy about.
Drink tea with sweets,
And you will have fun until the morning.
I send congratulations
Remember this day.

By choosing to serve in the Marine Corps, you have become a champion for us and our country. So today, on your holiday, let everything that you wished for before come true. May your health not fail you and may your luck not betray you, either on land or on the sea waves. May your service be easy, and may your faithful friend be waiting at home.

Of course, you were not born a Marine.
Nobody knew you would become one when you showed up.
But you loved the sea, the waves, of course, always,
And you sometimes jumped with a parachute in your youth.

When you were drafted into the army in the spring,
You were recommended for the amphibious assault.
And now you serve honestly everywhere:
On land, in the air, but mostly on water.

Congratulations on your significant holiday
And we wish you more strength.
And let our fast runner fly to you,
And with it a gift - congratulations.

To protect borders from the enemy,
I couldn’t attack from the water,
The amphibious assault is always on guard here,
They certainly won't pass him by.

You are strong, brave guys,
You always fight hard.
With the Marine Corps it’s both reliable and easy,
And you look certainly far into the future.

Let us all congratulate you on your holiday,
Let your ardent reserve not run out.
And you have comfort and warmth in your home,
So that someone is always waiting by the fireplace.

You like to storm quickly,
Military problems can be solved instantly.
You serve in the Marine Corps,
You make all your dreams come true.
We congratulate you on your holiday,
We thank you for your military work.
We wish you to always be brave,
Let the star show you the way.
We wish you good, faithful friends,
Read our congratulations quickly.

On November 27 we congratulate the infantry,
We want to wish you now.
So that happiness always smiles,
And all the grievances and grief were forgotten.
On this quiet, gentle evening,
Read our congratulations.

Marines,
Brave guys,
On your holiday I wish you peace,
To be rich.

I wish you an easy service,
Happiness in personal life,
Career advancements,
The exposure is excellent.

Congratulations to Morskaya
I am the Russian infantry,
Brave, courageous fighters,
The most beautiful guys.

I wish you good luck
On land and water,
Will you cover it with your chest?
The country is in any trouble.

Black berets
striped vest,
Calm, peaceful service
I wish you guys.

Marine Corps Day in Russia is celebrated annually on November 27. The holiday was established by order of the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy dated July 15, 1996 “On the introduction of annual holidays and professional days in the specialty.”

The prototype of military formations similar to the Marine Corps first arose in England in 1664. In Russia, the formation of the Marine Corps as a branch of the naval force occurred during the Northern War with Sweden (1700-1721). The date of its creation is considered to be November 27 (November 16, old style) 1705, when Peter I issued a decree on the formation of a “regiment of naval soldiers” to serve in boarding and landing teams.

Initially, the marines were used to conduct rifle fire on the crews of enemy ships, boarding combat and guard duty. She received her first baptism of fire in 1706 in the Vyborg Bay during the capture of the Swedish boat Espern in a boarding battle. She also distinguished herself in the Battle of Gangut in 1714.

The marine boarding and landing teams were subordinate to the ship commanders, and in matters of special combat training, to the chief of the squadron marine corps. After the end of the campaign, the teams were united into their battalions, underwent combat training and performed guard duty at the base.

At the end of the 18th - beginning of the 19th centuries, due to changes in the nature of wars and the methods of conducting combat operations by fleets, the Russian Marine Corps was reorganized several times. During this period, it was considered primarily as a combat branch of the military, intended for landing operations.

Detachments of the Russian marines took part in the Russian-Turkish wars of the late 18th century, in the Mediterranean campaign of Admiral Fyodor Ushakov (1798-1800), during the Russian war as part of the second coalition against France, when, as a result of landing operations, the Ionian Islands were liberated from the French, The fortress of Corfu, which was considered impregnable, was taken by storm from the sea, the central and southern parts of Italy were liberated, Naples and Rome were occupied.

Formed in 1810, the naval guards crew, the only part in the history of the Russian fleet that represented both a ship's crew and an infantry guards battalion, took part in the Patriotic War of 1812. Operating on the land front, it partially performed some of the functions of the Marine Corps, namely, it established crossings over water barriers, destroyed enemy crossings, etc. In 1813, units of the Marine Corps were transferred to the army department and lost contact with the fleet. After this, for almost 100 years there were no large full-time marine formations in the Russian fleet.

During the Crimean (Eastern) War of 1853-1856, the defense of Sevastopol (1854-1855) required a large number of naval rifle units from the fleet, once again confirming the need for the marine corps, whose formations were urgently formed from ship crews.

The question of forming permanent units of the Marine Corps was raised in 1910. In 1911, the Main Naval Staff developed a project for the creation of permanent infantry units in the main fleet bases: an infantry regiment of the Baltic Fleet, a battalion of the Black Sea Fleet and a Vladivostok battalion. In August 1914, three separate battalions were created in Kronstadt from the personnel of the Guards Fleet Crew and the 1st Baltic Fleet Crew. At the same time, the formation of naval battalions of the Black Sea Fleet began.

All formations of the Marine Corps, according to their purpose and the nature of the tasks performed, were divided into two types: units intended for land fronts, and units and formations of the Marine Corps operating in naval theaters.

Permanent Marine units served in World War I (1914-1918) as well as the Civil War (1917-1922). After the end of the Civil War they were disbanded again.

In the summer of 1939, a separate special rifle brigade was formed as part of the coastal defense of the Baltic Fleet, which took part in the Soviet-Finnish war of 1939-1940. In May 1940, it was reorganized into a special marine brigade.

The Marine Corps received further development during the Great Patriotic War (1941-1945). With the outbreak of hostilities in fleets, flotillas and naval bases, the formation of brigades and battalions of marines began, which were staffed from personnel of ships, coastal units and naval educational institutions. They were intended primarily for conducting combat operations in coastal areas, primarily in amphibious and anti-amphibious operations. In total, during the Great Patriotic War, 21 brigades and several dozen separate regiments and battalions of the Marine Corps operated in various sectors of the Soviet-German front. Marine units took part in the defense of Moscow, Leningrad (now St. Petersburg), Odessa, Sevastopol, the Arctic, Stalingrad (now Volgograd) and others. They influenced the rear and flanks of enemy groups, diverted their significant forces, and assisted the troops striking on land. In August 1945, the Marines landed at the ports of Korea, South Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands. In total, during the Great Patriotic War, the Marine Corps participated in more than 120 landings. The enemy called the Marines the "Black Death".

For their heroism during the Great Patriotic War, dozens of Marine Corps units were awarded guards titles and honorary titles. Tens of thousands of marines were awarded orders and medals, more than 150 were awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.

In 1956, during the reorganization of the USSR Armed Forces, the marine corps units were disbanded, but already in 1963, in accordance with the increased tasks being solved by the USSR Navy, marine corps units were again formed on the basis of the motorized rifle regiments of the ground forces. The first Guards Marine Regiment appeared in the Baltic Fleet. In the same year, a marine regiment was formed in the Pacific Fleet, in 1966 in the Northern Fleet, and in 1967 in the Black Sea Fleet. Soon, a marine division was deployed on the basis of the Pacific Fleet regiment. In 1979, individual regiments of the remaining fleets were reorganized into brigades.

The Marine Corps carried out numerous combat services in the Mediterranean Sea, the Indian Ocean, off the west coast of Africa, and participated in local conflicts during the Cold War - for example, in Angola, Yemen and other distant approaches to the borders of the USSR.

After the creation of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in the first half of the 1990s, the Marine Corps was transferred to a new organizational structure. The essence of its transformations was to give greater independence to subunits and units when performing tasks in isolation from the main forces.

In the 1990s, units and units of the Marine Corps took part in hostilities in the North Caucasus. For courage and heroism, more than 20 marines were awarded the title of Hero of Russia, about five thousand were awarded orders and medals.

The modern marine corps in the Russian Navy includes formations and military units of the Pacific, Northern, Baltic, Black Sea fleets and the Caspian flotilla. All units and subunits belong to permanent combat readiness formations, are maintained in wartime staff, and are recruited on a contract basis and by conscription. At their disposal are floating military equipment, portable anti-tank and anti-aircraft systems and automatic small arms.

Marines serve on board warships of the Russian Navy in the far ocean and sea zones. As part of anti-terrorism units, they participate in long-distance voyages of warships of the Russian Navy and successfully complete tasks during international and naval exercises.

The motto of the Marines is “Where we are, there is victory!”

The material was prepared based on information from open sources

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States with coastlines must have a marine corps. Such units are very important for any country. In Russia, marines are distinguished by their invincibility and courage, and are the elite among the armed forces. To maintain military morale, honor and government support, Marine Corps Day is celebrated.

Story

The history of the holiday begins from the reign of Peter the Great. In 1705, on November 27, the emperor signed a decree that spoke of the creation of a new military special unit - the Marine Corps. The sea infantry did not let the leader down and in 1907, after the victory over the Swedes, Peter the Great made the unit a regiment. Subsequently, this regiment becomes the basis of the fleet on the Baltic Sea.

Repeatedly, the Marines proved their skill and courage. They fought for their homeland with dignity: there were victories in the battle for Borodino, during the First World War, and in the Crimean War they defended the hero city of Sevastopol. Large successful battles were fought during the Great Patriotic War. In the Battle of Stalingrad, Marines killed more than a thousand Germans.

In the Soviet post-war period, the marine corps was involved in international operations.

In the modern Russian army, the marine corps serves in all fleets:

  1. Black Sea.
  2. Caspian
  3. Baltic
  4. Severny.

The Caspian Flotilla also has its own marine infantry. Every year, the equipment for landing soldiers and other types of necessary equipment and weapons are being improved.

Traditions

Marines Day is celebrated at the state level with solemnity and pomp. On this day, parades and marches of personnel are held in military units of these troops. Military infantrymen show worked elements.

The command presents awards, memorial signs and orders, and congratulates everyone on the holiday. Festive concerts are held, and loud fireworks are heard in the evening.

On this day, we do not forget about those who passed away while performing their military duty. Wreaths and fresh flowers are laid at the monuments.

By this day, orders for promotions are prepared and titles are awarded.



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