page_title: Russian Naval Infantry
section_title: Russian Federation
hierarchical_section_title: Russian Naval Infantry / History / Russian Federation
caption_attribution_description: English: Zapad-2009 military exercises.Русский: Оперативно-стратегические учения «Запад-2009». Deutsch: Landungsboot Mordowija 782 (vorher MDK-94) der Pomornik-Klasse. Die Pomornik-Klasse (deutsch Skua) ist der NATO-Codename des Luftkissen-Landungsschiffs-Projektes 1232.2 oder Subr-Klasse (auf deutsch Wisent) der Sowjetunion, jetzt Russlands. Die Schiffe gelten als die größten militärisch eingesetzten Luftkissenlandungsboote der Welt. Daneben gibt es noch das Schwesterschiff Jewgeni Kotscheschkow (770) (vorher MDK-50).
context_page_description: The Russian Naval Infantry, operates as the amphibious force of the Russian Navy. Colloquially, Russian-speakers may refer to Naval Infantrymen using the abbreviation морпехи.
  The first Russian naval infantry force formed in 1705, and since that time it has fought in the Napoleonic Wars, the Crimean War, the Russo-Japanese War, the First World War and the Second World War. Under Admiral Gorshkov, the Soviet Navy expanded the reach of the Naval Infantry and deployed it worldwide on numerous occasions.
  Since 2009 Lieutenant General Aleksandr Nikolaievich Kolpachenko has commanded the Naval Infantry in his capacity as the Deputy Commander for Coastal Troops/Commandant of the Coastal Troops of the Russian Navy.
  The Naval Infantry, alongside the Coastal Defense Missile Artillery Forces, form part of a larger institution—the Coastal Troops of the Russian Navy.
context_section_description: The Naval Infantry of the Russian Navy includes the 55th Naval Infantry Division of the Russian Pacific Fleet (55-я Дивизия Морской пехоты Тихоокеанского Флота), the independent brigades of the Northern (61st Brigade at Sputnik, Murmansk Oblast) and Baltic Fleets and of the Caspian Military Flotilla, and the independent regiment of the Black Sea Fleet.
  In 1994, Exercise "Cooperation from the Sea" was conducted, in and around Vladivostok, with the U.S. III Marine Expeditionary Force, to foster a closer relationship between the Russian Naval Infantry and the United States Marine Corps. U.S. Marines and Russian naval infantrymen conducted their first exercise on U.S. soil the following year, in Hawaii. "Cooperation From the Sea 1995" was a maritime disaster relief exercise, which included cross training and personnel exchanges, and culminated in a combined U.S. and Russian amphibious landing. The purpose of the exercise was to improve interoperability, cooperation and understanding between U.S. and Russian personnel.
  In 1998, the 22nd Motor Rifle Division, Far East Military District, at Petropavlovsk-Kamchatka, was transferred to the Pacific Fleet. In 2000 the division became the 40th Independent Motor Rifle Brigade, and on 1 September 2007 the 40th Naval Infantry Brigade (40 отд. Краснодарско-Харбинская дважды Краснознаменная бригада морской пехоты). In 2013, the regiment became, again, the 40th Naval Infantry Brigade.
  From 2000 onwards, the Caspian Flotilla included a new naval infantry brigade, the 77th, based at Kaspiysk. The headquarters and two battalions of the brigade were scheduled to be established by August 1, 2000. It was reported by Agenstvo Voyenniykh Novostyei (AVN) in June 2000 that the new brigade, which may have inherited the lineage of the 77th Motor Rifle Division, was to have its troops housed in Kaspiysk and Astrakhan, along with as many as 195 combat vehicles and two hovercraft sent to it from Chukotka and the Northern Fleet, respectively. The brigade was also reported to have had helicopters assigned to it.
caption: A Zubr-class LCAC in 2009
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