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An army, besides the generalized meanings of ‘a country's armed forces’ or its ‘land forces’, is a type of formation in militaries of various countries, including the Soviet Union. This article serves a central point of reference for Soviet armies without individual articles, and explains some of the differences between Soviet armies ...
The Soviet Armed Forces, [a] also known as the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union, [b] the Red Army (1918–1946) and the Soviet Army (1946–1991), were the armed forces of the Russian SFSR (1917–1922) and the Soviet Union (1922–1991) from their beginnings in the Russian Civil War of 1917–1923 to the collapse of the USSR in 1991.
Pages in category "Army units and formations of the Soviet Union" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
List of armies of the Armed Forces of the USSR (1989–1991) – list of armies part of Soviet Armed Forces as of 1989–1991 and their status in the Former Soviet Union as of 2018. Note: Due to inconsistencies in various sources, the list may contain inaccuracies; A dash in the column "Predecessor" means that the army was a newly created ...
After announcing a willingness to negotiate the withdrawal of Soviet forces, the Soviet Politburo changed its mind. On 4 November 1956, a large joint military force of the Warsaw Pact led by Moscow, entered Budapest to crush the armed resistance, killing thousands of civilians in the process.
This task force covers much of the military history of the post-Soviet states and territories formerly part of the Soviet Union and the Russian Empire.. It covers twelve Soviet successor states Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, the Russian Federation, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan, and also the nearby state of Mongolia.
[37]: 364–371 From July 1965 to the end of 1974, fighting in Vietnam was observed by some 6,500 officers and generals, as well as more than 4,500 soldiers and sergeants of the Soviet Armed Forces. In addition, Soviet military schools and academies began training Vietnamese soldiers—in all more than 10,000 military personnel. [38]
The list of Soviet military sites in Germany contains all military installations and units of the former Soviet Union on German territory. In correlation to Russian native document, original site designations of the Soviet Armed Forces are used as deemed to be necessary (e.g. later changes of site names are avoided).