On May 28, 1918, the Soviet government issued a decree establishing the Border Guard Service. More than 15 countries share a border with Russia, the most of any nation in the world. Soviet era photographs of border guards' daily grind can be viewed in this gallery by TASS.
Ensuring Russia’s security upon entry for over a century: Border Guard Service turns 101
Russian Border Guards' Day is marked on May 28
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Group of border guards of Far East military district performs a mission, 1963
© Y. Muravin/TASS Border guards on horseback inspect the border, 1970
© V.Petrov/TASS Border guards detain a mock offender, the diver who tried to land on the Soviet coast at night, 1968
© Nikolai Nazarov/TASS A border outpost near Damansky Island, Primorye Territory, 1969
© Yuri Muravin and Nikolai Nazarov/TASS A Soviet border guard on the bank of the Ussuri river near Damansky island, 1969
© V. Sukhodolsky/TASS A group of border guards with a dog patrol the state border of the USSR, 1968
© Semyon Maisterman/TASS Border guards on a mission, 1969
© Yuri Muravin/TASS Border guards' unit on patrol, 1971
© Gerbert Bagdasaryan/TASS Border patrol agent’s dog on duty guarding his master’s belongings, 1973, 1973
© Edgar Bryukhanenko/TASS
Border guards seen while receiving an order, 1971
© Viktor Sadchikov/TASS Soldiers on duty at the outpost, 1987
© Sergei Voronin/TASS Border patrol at the state border in Kazakhstan, 1972
© Sergei Metelitsa/TASS Border guards on a mission, 1980
© Nikolai Zhiganov/TASS