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Troops of the Russian 102nd Military Base at Republic Square, Yerevan during the 2016 Armenian Independence Day military parade. This article lists military bases of Russia abroad. The majority of Russia's military bases and facilities are located in former Soviet republics; which in Russian political parlance is termed the "near abroad".
In 1917, the Russian Revolution began. During most of the war, Russian colonies in central Asia and along the Mongolian frontier fell under control of the White movement.As more and more of the White Movement began to move east, like the Czechoslovak Legion, Mongolia began to worry about a possible invasion by White Russian troops.
The Russian Armed Forces withdrew from Mongolia in late 1992. For the first time, Soviet troops were introduced into Mongolia in 1921 during the period of Civil War in Russia and Mongolian Revolution in order to attack the anti-communist White Movement, which had a foothold in Mongolia. In March 1925, the Soviet Union withdrew troops from the MPR.
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Mongolian cavalry in the Khalkhin Gol (1939) Mongolian troops fight against a Japanese counterattack on the western beach of the river Khalkhin Gol, 1939 Japanese soldiers cross the Khalkhin Gol. The battles began on 11 May 1939. A Mongolian cavalry unit of some 70 to 90 men had entered the disputed area in search of grazing for their horses.
The occupation of Outer Mongolia by the Beiyang government of the Republic of China after the revocation of Outer Mongolian autonomy (Chinese: 外蒙古撤治) began in October 1919 and lasted until 18 March 1921, when Chinese troops in Urga were routed by Baron Roman von Ungern-Sternberg's White Russian (Buryats, [2] Russians etc.) and Mongolian forces. [3]
Russia has advanced into the northwestern side of Ukraine’s assault as well as to the southeast of Sudzha, the main city held by Kyiv’s troops in Kursk, located on the other side of the attack.
Limited Contingent of Soviet Troops in Afghanistan (The 40th Army under the command of the Turkestan Military District; 1979–1989) Soviet Forces in Mongolia (under the command of the Transbaikal Military District) 5th Army (1921–1924) 17th Army (1940–1946) 39th Army (1945–1946; 1970–1992) 39th Army in China (1945)