The Border Troops of State Security Committee (KGB). Photo: Border guard Yegorov is painting the portraits of his comrades in his free time.01.03.1968#5860938
Former border guards look at old photos as they meet on Poklonnaya Hill in Moscow on Border Guards Day.28.05.2017#3113625
A border guard checks a vehicle at the multi-lane border crossing checkpoint Novye Yurkovichi, Bryansk Region.04.02.2017#3021741
Customs officers examine a car at the Bagrationovsk Custom Point in Kaliningrad Region at the Russian-Polish frontier.15.11.2016#2974376
Residents of Samara at the festive rally marking the Border Guard's Day in the Square of Glory in Samara.28.05.2016#2858219
Border guards in reserve during the celebration of Border Guards Day in Novosibirsk's Central Park.28.05.2015#2632758
Border guards in reserve celebrate Russian Border Guard Day in Central Park of Novosibirsk.28.05.2014#2439204
Border guards in reserve celebrate Russian Border Guard Day in Central Park of Novosibirsk.28.05.2014#2439203
The border patrol ship "Herluf Bidstrup" during a training exercise in Peter the Great Gulf, which involves different forces and the FSB Russia border department for Primorye Territory as part of the 14th Forum of border departments in the North Pacific Ocean.11.09.2013#2282620
A border patrol lookout tower of the Russian FSB Border Guard Directorate in the Republic of Altai, in the village of Aktash.23.07.2013#2256874
A border patrol unit of the Russian FSB Border Guard Directorate for the Republic of Altai checks drivers' documents as they enter a border zone near the border with Mongolia, in the village of Belyashi (Dzhazator).25.07.2013#2256872
Border guards from the post in the village of Belyashi (Dzhazator) with the FSB Border troops of Russia in the Altai Republic on patrolling the border area with Mongolia - spurs of the South Chuysky ridge in the south of Western Siberia.25.07.2013#2256871
Border guard from the post in the village of Belyashi (Dzhazator) with the FSB Border troops of Russia in the Altai Republic patrolling the border area with Mongolia in the Dzhazator valley.25.07.2013#2256869
Border guards (The Altai Republic Border Administration) in a border area near the village of Ust-Koksa patrol the stretch of the border with Kazakhstan near the influx of the Koksa River into the Katun River, in the south of Western Siberia, 200 km from the town of Gorno-Altaisk, the local administrative center.25.05.2013#1481552
Former frontiersman celebrates a Border Guards Day in Moscow's Gorky Central Park of Culture and Leisure.28.05.2013#1478523
Guards on the view tower of the frontier post of the Markovo village department of the Frontier Administration of the Federal Security Service of Russia for Amur Region.21.06.2012#1160186
A coast guard sailor during a raid aimed at curbing sturgeon poaching in the Caspian Sea.15.05.2012#1124896
A coast guard sailor during a raid aimed at curbing sturgeon poaching in the Caspian Sea.15.05.2012#1124895
Border guards with dogs patrolling the border with Lithuania in the area of the Curonian Spit.28.02.2012#1052482
Border guard at a "Welcome to Russia" sign on the international automobile checkpoint Morskoye - Nida.28.02.2012#1052479
Russian border guards patrol the Russian-Polish border on Vistula Spit. The Normeln border outpost is Russia's westernmost.10.08.2011#943201
Frontier guard at frontier station "Nagurskoye" of Federal Border Guard Service of Arkhangelsk region, located on Alexandra's Land island of Franz Josef Land archipelago.14.04.2010#642086
Border guard with dog patrolling the Georgian -- South Ossetian border in Disev village.02.06.2009#399833
Celebrating Border Guard Day at Dmenis outpost of the Russian Federal Security Service's Border Department on the Georgian -- South Ossetian border.28.05.2009#398055
Russian Cossacks and border troops preparing for a joint patrol mission at the Bagrationovsk-Bezledy crossing on the Russian-Polish border.27.03.2009#383123