Dmitry Grishin Dmitry Grishin Dmitry Grishin (born October 15, 1978) is a Russian businessman, investor and Internet entrepreneur. He is best known as co-founder, Chairman and CEO of Mail.ru Group. Grishin also made significant contributions to Russia’s internet presence, Runet, in its early days. In 2012, Grishin invested $25 million to found the first-ever robotics investment company, Grishin Robotics, to focus exclusively on consumer robotics. Dmitry Grishin was born in 1978 in Kapustin Yar a Russian rocket launch and development site in Astrakhan Oblast. His father designed radar systems for the MiG-29 jet fighter. When he was 12, he saw a VCR
Astrakhan-Caspian Military Flotilla Astrakhan-Caspian Military Flotilla The Astrakhan-Caspian Military Flotilla () was formed by the Bolsheviks in October 1918 for the purpose of defending the Lower Volga and northern parts of the Caspian Sea from the Volunteer Army. The existing flotilla, the so-called Military Fleet of the Astrakhan Krai had been operating in this region since April 1918 and consisted of 50 combat ships and 6 hydroplanes. It was reinforced by torpedo boats and submarines from Kronstadt in the fall of that year. In December 1918, the flotilla was transferred under the command of the Caspian-Caucasian Front. In the early 1919, most of