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Armies which distinguished themselves in combat during the Great Patriotic War of 1941–45 often became Guards armies. These included the 8th Guards Army. Vladimir Lenin, Leon Trotsky and soldiers of the Red Army in Petrograd. As World War II went on, the complement of supporting units attached to a Soviet army became larger and more complex.
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, [a] commonly referred to as the Russian Armed Forces, are the military of Russia. They are organized into three service branches—the Ground Forces , Navy , and Aerospace Forces —two independent combat arms (the Strategic Rocket Forces and Airborne Forces ), [ 11 ] and the Special Operations Forces ...
Military units and formations of White Russia (Russian Civil War) (2 C, 36 P) Military units and formations of Russia in World War I (3 C, 36 P) Pages in category "Military units and formations of Russia"
This is a list of wars and armed conflicts involving Russia and its predecessors in chronological order, from the 9th to the 21st century.. The Russian military and troops of its predecessor states in Russia took part in a large number of wars and armed clashes in various parts of the world: starting from the princely squads, opposing the raids of nomads, and fighting for the expansion of the ...
Russian cruiser Varyag, ex-Chervona Ukraina (1983), PF, project 1164. Succeeded Varyag (1963) in 1996. guided missile cruiser Moskva, ex-Slava (1979), BSF, project 1164. Succeeded Krasnyi Kavkaz (1966) in 1998. destroyer Gremiashchiy, ex-Bezuderzhnyi (1990), NF, project 956A. Succeeded Gremiashchiy (1987) in 2007. Soviet ships
The Russian Ground Forces, Russian: Сухопутные войска (СВ), romanized: Sukhoputniye voyska (SV) also known as the Russian Army in English, are the land forces of the Russian Armed Forces. The primary responsibilities of the Russian Ground Forces are the protection of the state borders, combat on land, and the defeat of enemy ...
The new batches of DXL-5, manufactured for the Russian army, are made under the Russian cartridge 12.7×108mm. [27] ASVK: 12.7×108mm Russia: Anti-materiel rifle: Used by special forces. [16] The modernized ASVK-M Kord-M is being adopted by the Russian army. [23] OSV-96: 12.7×108mm Russia: Anti-materiel rifle Used by Spetsnaz units. [28 ...
List of Russian armies in World War I; List of Soviet armies; N. National military formations of the Red Army; S. List of Soviet Army divisions 1989–1991; T.