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    The Gulf of Riga campaign was fought by the Soviet Navy against the Kriegsmarine during Operation Barbarossa in 1941. During World War I, the Gulf of Riga...
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    (as of 2023). The city lies on the Gulf of Riga at the mouth of the Daugava river where it meets the Baltic Sea. Riga's territory covers 307.17 km2 (118...
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    Soviet destroyer Grozyashchy (1937) (category Cold War destroyers of the Soviet Union)
    in June 1941, Grozyashchy participated in the Gulf of Riga Campaign and laid minefields in the Gulf of Finland. She was badly damaged by a mine in July...
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    the start of the German invasion of the Soviet Union (Operation Barbarossa) in June 1941, the ship participated in the Gulf of Riga Campaign before withdrawing...
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    June-3 August Gulf of Riga campaign – Series of light engagements between German and Soviet ships, results in German control of the Gulf of Riga 22 June 1941...
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    Soviet destroyer Steregushchy (1938) (category Cold War destroyers of the Soviet Union)
    Steregushchy participated in the Gulf of Riga Campaign. The ship briefly provided naval gunfire support during the Siege of Leningrad before she was sunk...
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  • Soviet destroyer Stoyky (1938) (category Cold War destroyers of the Soviet Union)
    operations in the Gulf of Riga campaign after the start of the German invasion of the Soviet Union (Operation Barbarossa) in June 1941. Taken out of action by...
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  • winners MSK Zilina. In February 2022, Gulf United played a friendly fixture against FC Riga, a game in which Gulf United player Manyumow Achol was subsequently...
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    The Riga offensive, also called the Battle of Jugla or the Battle of Riga (German: Schlacht um Riga), took place in early September 1917 and was last...
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    Northern Crusades (category Christianization of Europe)
    Meinhard's successor, Bishop Berthold of Hanover, landed in Livonia (part of present-day Latvia, surrounding the Gulf of Riga) in 1198. Although the crusaders...
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    Livonians, situated on the east coast of the Gulf of Riga, in most part at the northwest of the Vidzeme region of what is now Latvia, and including some...
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    Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly (category Recipients of the Order of St. George of the First Degree)
    de Tolly, served as the mayor of Riga, while his father served in the Russian army before being admitted into the ranks of the Russian nobility by the Tsar...
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    Semigallians (category Gulf of Riga)
    Semigallians, attacked Livonia and Saaremaa. During the Battle of Karuse on the frozen gulf of Riga, the Livonian Order was defeated, and its master Otto von...
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  • Bishopric of Livonia in the conversion of the pagan Livonians, Latgalians and Selonians living across the ancient trade routes from the Gulf of Riga eastwards...
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    Semigallians, attacked Livonia and Saaremaa. During the Battle of Karuse on the frozen Gulf of Riga, the Livonian Order was defeated, and its master Otto von...
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    Saaremaa (redirect from History of Saaremaa)
    Hiiumaa island and northwest of the Gulf of Riga. The administrative centre of the island, and of the Saare County, is the town of Kuressaare, which in January...
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    Armies attacked towards Riga on the Baltic coast with 3rd Guards Mechanized Corps in the van. By 31 July, the coast on the Gulf of Riga had been reached; 6th...
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    Islands Campaign, June–November 1943 New Georgia Campaign, June–August 1943 Battle of Kula Gulf: July 1943 Battle of Kolombangara: July 1943 Battle of Vella...
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    Polish–Swedish War (1617–1618) (category Warfare of the early modern period)
    June 1617, four months after the Treaty of Stolbovo, a Swedish naval squadron of four ships entered the Gulf of Riga and anchored at Dyjament/Dunamunde. The...
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    invasion of Russia 500km 300miles 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1    The French invasion of Russia, also known as the Russian campaign (French: Campagne...
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    of the Latvian-Soviet Riga Peace Treaty on 11 August 1920. The war can be divided into a few stages: Soviet offensive, German-Latvian liberation of Kurzeme...
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    with the Baltic Sea in the West, the Irbe Strait in the North and the Gulf of Riga in the East behind the Germans. Renamed Army Group Courland on 25 January...
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    August 1, the Germans captured the capital of Courland, Jelgava. A week later Battle of the Gulf of Riga started and eventually was lost by Germany....
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    USS Arleigh Burke (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships)
    missions in the Gulf of Aden. This cruise, which lasted from January through June 2003, saw Arleigh Burke at sea over 92 percent of the time. In March...
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    its marginal seas: the Baltic Sea, the Black Sea, the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico, the English Channel, the Labrador Sea, the Mediterranean Sea, the...
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    Curonians (category Gulf of Riga)
    established temporary settlements near Riga and in overseas regions including eastern Sweden and the islands of Gotland and Bornholm. Rimbert in his Vita...
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    advanced through Swedish Livonia, captured Dünamünde and laid siege to Riga. Charles XII of Sweden first focused on attacking Denmark. The Swedish navy was able...
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    Finnish Navy (redirect from Navy of Finland)
    restriction was not either fully exercised as the Riga-class frigates were equipped with torpedoes and a number of torpedo boats were manufactured as gunboats...
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    Livonian War (redirect from War of Livonia)
    second campaign then started with the capture of Riga in 1621 and expelled Polish–Lithuanian forces from most of Livonia, where the dominion of Swedish...
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    peace, and the war ended with a ceasefire on 18 October 1920. The Peace of Riga, signed on 18 March 1921, divided the disputed territories between Poland...
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