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.
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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".
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A landing of the Marine Corps of the Pacific Fleet from a landing craft during Navy Day celebrations in Vladivostok, 2018.
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Anna Yurchenko, (left) a participant in the defence of Sevastopol stands with Pacific Fleet sailor-paratroopers on the way to Port Arthur, 1945.
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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.
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A performance by Russian Pacific Fleet marines at a military-sports festival during Russian Navy Day celebrations in Vladivostok.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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A large anti-submarine ship of the Russian Pacific Fleet "Admiral Tributs" in the Eastern Bosphorus Strait in Vladivostok, 2017.
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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.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin flies over Pacific Fleet naval manoeuvres in the Eastern Military District, 2013.
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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.
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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.
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The crew of the Russian cruiser Varyag during a training alert, 1967.
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Female soldiers during Marine Corps Day celebrations of the Pacific Fleet in Vladivostok, 2013.
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A Soviet aircraft carrier "Novorossiysk" of the Pacific Fleet during training exercises, 1985.
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