Skrunda (pronunciation; German: Schrunden) is a town in the Courland region of Latvia. It lies 150 km (95 mi) west of the capital city Riga in Kuldīga...
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for the troops stationed around Skrunda, who received permission to stay longer). One of the towers of the Skrunda-1 base was demolished with the help...
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Skrunda may refer to: Skrunda, a town in Latvia Skrunda-1, a ghost town in Latvia and former Soviet radar station Skrunda-class patrol boat, a class of...
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Latvia (redirect from ISO 3166-1:LV)
presence by completing its troop withdrawal in 1994 and shutting down the Skrunda-1 radar station in 1998. The major goals of Latvia in the 1990s, to join...
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military presence in the Baltics in August 1998 by decommissioning the Skrunda-1 radar station in Latvia. The dismantled installations were repatriated...
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Russian troops were withdrawn from there in August 1994.[citation needed] Skrunda-1, the last Russian military radar in the Baltics, officially suspended...
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known as "Mailbox 200". Karosta, a former Russian and Soviet naval base. Skrunda-1, a former Soviet communications base. Currently used by the Latvian Armed...
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Camillo Cavour, who is famous for his efforts in creating a united Italy. Skrunda-1, the site of a former Soviet Hen House radar installation, is a ghost...
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The Skrunda class is a class of SWATH patrol vessels used by the Latvian Navy. The main duties of the vessels include fisheries inspections, search and...
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Krasnoyarsk in Siberia. Two Daryal-UM systems were to be constructed in Skrunda, Latvia, and Mukachevo, Ukraine. Originally, at least seven Daryal facilities...
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filling the early warning gap caused by the closure of the radar station at Skrunda in Latvia in 1998, although the Volga radar in Hantsavichy, Belarus, has...
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in Latvia after Skrunda-1 suspended operations on 31 August 1998 and subsequently dismantled. The last Russian soldier left Skrunda-1 in October 1999...
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Skrunda Parish (Latvian: Skrundas pagasts) is an administrative unit of Kuldīga Municipality in the Courland region of Latvia. The parish has a population...
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built at Murmansk in northern Russia (Olenegorsk – RO-1) and near Riga in the then Latvian SSR (Skrunda – RO-2). They constituted the beginning of the Soviet...
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military presence in the Baltics in August 1998 by decommissioning the Skrunda-1 radar station in Latvia. The dismantled installations were repatriated...
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officially ended its military presence in the Baltics after it turned off the Skrunda-1 radar station in Latvia on 31 August 1998. Ground Forces in the Kaliningrad...
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Skrunda Municipality (Latvian: Skrundas novads) was a municipality in Courland, Latvia. The municipality was formed in 2009 by merging Skrunda town with...
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presence in Latvia in August 1998 following the decommissioning of the Skrunda-1 radar station, which was the last active Russian military radar in the...
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Skrunda Station is a railway station on the Jelgava – Liepāja Railway. "Publiskās lietošanas dzelzceļa infrastruktūras pārskats 2011" [2011 Public Railway...
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presence in the Baltics in August 1998 following the decommissioning of the Skrunda-1 radar station in Latvia, which was the last active Russian military radar...
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Olenegorsk Radar Station (redirect from Olenegorsk-1)
first two early warning radars in the Soviet Union, the other being at Skrunda-1. The Dnestr-M radar (NATO codename: "Hen House") was started in 1963 and...
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District was split into Alsunga Municipality, Kuldīga Municipality and Skrunda Municipality. The district occupied an area of 2,499.87 km2, has a population...
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convertible SWATH/barge Ghost (2011): experimental super-cavitating stealth ship Skrunda-class patrol boat (2011): class of five 26 m (85 ft) patrol vessels Iranian...
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independent battalion was once again fighting a battle, this time near Skrunda. This time, however, Latvian troops were on the offensive. The Soviet forces...
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Soviets launched an offensive trying to break through the front toward Skrunda and Saldus including at one point initiating a simultaneous attack by 52...
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objects through the use of radar which are fed into the SKKP network. Skrunda Mukachevo Balkhash Irkutsk Sevastopol Olenegorsk The Russian missile warning...
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Komtur also led the Komturei of Kuldiga, which had also Durbe, Sabile, Skrunda, Aizpute, Alsunga and Saldus along with Kuldiga in possession. After establishing...
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Berkut were modified. Some known locations are: Naro-Fominsk, Olenegorsk, Skrunda, Angarsk, Nikolaeyev, and Sary Shagan. One of the Dunay radar (NATO Code :...
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Pelči Parish Raņķi Parish Renda Parish Rudbārži Parish Rumba Parish Skrunda Skrunda Parish Snēpele Parish Turlava Parish Vārme Parish Aizpute Aizpute Parish...
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