• Vikthor@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Reminder that russia managed to lose a naval battle to a country that didn’t exist yet.

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        4 months ago

        In August 1918 bolshevik russia lost the Battle of Lake Baikal to the Czechoslovak Legion. Czechoslovakia proclaimed independence only on 28th October 1918. And as a bonus: the legion did that using captured russian ships.

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          4 months ago

          Top tier Soviet Navy moment, lol.

          Also, TIL there was a battle on Lake Baikal, which, for the unacquainted, is mostly known outside of Russia for being an impossibly deep freshwater lake with a goddamned species of seals.