At present, the Russian Pacific Fleet, as an operational-strategic alliance of the Navy, incorporates "strategic missile submarines, multi-purpose nuclear-powered and diesel-driven submarines, surface ships for operations in oceanic and near-sea areas, naval missile-carrying aviation, anti-submarine and fighter aviation, ground troops, units of ground and coastal troops", according to the Russian Defence Ministry.
A Pacific Fleet naval brigade during the arrival of a squadron of warships from the Chinese Navy in the port of Vladivostok to participate in the naval exercises "Marine Interaction - 2017".
A landing of the Marine Corps of the Pacific Fleet from a landing craft during Navy Day celebrations in Vladivostok, 2018.
Anna Yurchenko, (left) a participant in the defence of Sevastopol stands with Pacific Fleet sailor-paratroopers on the way to Port Arthur, 1945.
The landing of the Marine Corps of the Pacific Fleet on BTR-82A armoured personnel carriers from the Russian battleship Peresvet during a rehearsal of a military sports festival dedicated to Russian Navy Day in Vladivostok, 2018.
A performance by Russian Pacific Fleet marines at a military-sports festival during Russian Navy Day celebrations in Vladivostok.
A Soviet sailor takes Indian children on the deck of a ship during a visit by the Russian (Red Banner) Pacific Fleet to India, 1968.
A sailor during a training session in a fire fighting compartment at a naval exercise on the base of a training centre for junior naval specialists in Vladivostok, 2018.
An infantry fighting vehicle BMP-2 and a soldier with a grenade launcher during battalion tactical exercises of the Marine Corps of the Pacific Fleet at the Clerk training ground in Primorye Territory, 2018.
Sailors from the "Varyag" guard missile cruiser during a meeting with relatives in the port of Vladivostok after warships of the Pacific Fleet returned to the port from a long voyage, 2017.
A large anti-submarine ship of the Russian Pacific Fleet "Admiral Tributs" in the Eastern Bosphorus Strait in Vladivostok, 2017.
Pacific Fleet sailors on parade, 1992.
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A diesel Kilo-class submarine "Komsomolsk-on-Amur" at the pier (left) during a ceremony dedicated to putting the craft into service after repair and modernisation at the Amur Shipbuilding Plant, 2017.
Russian President Vladimir Putin flies over Pacific Fleet naval manoeuvres in the Eastern Military District, 2013.
Russian cruiser Varyag in the Zolotoy Rog (Golden Horn) Bay in Vladivostok. A detachment of warships of the Pacific Fleet returns to Vladivostok after a long voyage to the countries of the Asia-Pacific region, 2019.
Pacific Fleet veterans during a rally at the monument commemorating the "300th Anniversary of the Russian Navy" on the Day of Military Glory - the anniversary of the first naval victory in Russian history over the Swedish fleet at Cape Gangut.
The crew of the Russian cruiser Varyag during a training alert, 1967.
Female soldiers during Marine Corps Day celebrations of the Pacific Fleet in Vladivostok, 2013.
A Soviet aircraft carrier "Novorossiysk" of the Pacific Fleet during training exercises, 1985.
