Military
Main article: Military history of the Russian Empire See also: Russo-Swedish Wars (disambiguation), Russo-Turkish Wars, Russo-Persian Wars, Russo-Polish Wars, and Russo-Japanese WarThe Russian Empire's military consisted of the Imperial Russian Army, Imperial Russian Navy, and the Imperial Russian Air Force.
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Famous quotes containing the word military:
“In politics, it seems, retreat is honorable if dictated by military considerations and shameful if even suggested for ethical reasons.”
—Mary McCarthy (1912–1989)
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—Ronald Reagan (b. 1911)
“In all sincerity, we offer to the loved ones of all innocent victims over the past 25 years, abject and true remorse. No words of ours will compensate for the intolerable suffering they have undergone during the conflict.”
—Combined Loyalist Military Command. New York Times, p. A12 (October 14, l994)