The 384th separate Nikolaev Red Banner Marine Battalion during the Great Patriotic War passed, liberating Taganrog, Mariupol, Berdyansk, Kinburn Spit, Nikolaev, Zhebriyany, Kiliya, Vilkovo. Landed landings in Constanta, Varna and Burgas.58 marines of the battalion became Heroes of the Soviet Union, the commander of the battalion Hero of the Soviet Union, Lieutenant Colonel Kotanov F.E. at the Victory Parade was at the head of the battalion of the combined regiment of the Navy.