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    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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    Municipality near the town of Skrunda. The military training area consists of a former ghost town, variously known as Skrunda-1, Skrunda-2, Lokators or Līdumnieki...
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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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    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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    (except 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 Station is a railway station on the Jelgava – Liepāja Railway. "Publiskās lietošanas dzelzceļa infrastruktūras pārskats 2011" [2011 Public Railway...
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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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    Russian troops were withdrawn from there in August 1994.[citation needed] Skrunda-1, the last Russian military radar in the Baltics, officially suspended...
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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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    Rūsiņš Naval Squadron Diver Team Patrol Boat Squadron A-90 Varonis P-05 Skrunda P-06 Cēsis P-07 Viesīte P-08 Jelgava P-09 Rēzekne Coast Guard Service KA-01...
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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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    northern Russia (Olenegorsk – RO-1) and near Riga in the then Latvian SSR (Skrunda – RO-2). They constituted the beginning of the Soviet SPRN network, the...
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    Next-Generation Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) program (JMSDF, Japanese Navy) Skrunda class, world's first SWATH patrol boat (Latvian Naval Forces) Kedah class...
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    March 1995 December 2000 Representative to the Joint Committee on the Skrunda Radar Station  Latvia 6 April 1995 31 October 1999 Assistance Group to...
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  • artificial satellites, partly replacing the demolished radar station at Skrunda in Latvia. The Volga was developed by NIIDAR from the Dunay-3U radar. Construction...
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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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    reform, the previous municipality was merged with Alsunga Municipality and Skrunda Municipality. The new municipality now fully corresponds with the area...
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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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    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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    necessary documents. Among the vessels built by the Riga Shipyard are five Skrunda-class patrol boats for the Latvian Naval Forces (in cooperation with the...
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    Olenegorsk, Murmansk Oblast and the 129th Separate Radiotechnical Nod in Skrunda, Latvian SSR. Organisationally, there were two main PVO districts for most...
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  • until the 1920s) Wenden → Cēsis (parallel use until the 1920s) Schrunden → Skrunda (parallel use until the 1920s) Stukmaņi → Pļaviņas (parallel use until...
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    Municipality Sigulda pronunciation  11,168 11,191 14,428 Sigulda Municipality Skrunda pronunciation  2,468 2,118 1,826 Kuldīga Municipality Smiltene pronunciation ...
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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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