Soviet Army
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| Size | 3,668,075 active (1991); 4,129,506 reserve (1991) |
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| Nickname(s) | "Red Army" |
| Founded | Soviet Union |
| Color | Red and yellow |
| Disbanded | 25 December 1991 |
| Engagements | Vietnam War |
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| ID | 994486 |
About Soviet Army
The Soviet Army was the main land-based branch of the Soviet Armed Forces between February 1946 and December 1991, when it was replaced with the Russian Ground Forces, although it was not fully abolished until 25 December 1993.
Ukraine war: Cannabis in focus for veterans treatment
... At one end, a plaque commemorates Ukrainian soldiers who died while fighting for the Soviet Army in Afghanistan...
Ukraine: The soldiers who can't leave the front line until the war is over
... What could he know about modern warfare? As it happens, the 24th Brigade s 152mm Akatsiya (or Acacia) howitzers are so ancient that they re the same kind as the one Hryb commanded while serving with the Soviet Army in East Germany in the early 1990s...
Ukraine war: The men who don't want to fight
... He watched his father suffer from mental health issues after fighting with the Soviet Army in Afghanistan...
Valery Zaluzhny, the man behind Ukraine's counteroffensive
... Born into the family of a Soviet serviceman, Valery Zaluzhny once said he was always committed to distancing himself from the excessive hierarchy of the Soviet Army...
What attacks have there been on dams in Ukraine?
... In August 1941, the Soviet Army was retreating rapidly as the German army advanced eastwards...
Ukraine war: Russians in Germany split over Putin's invasion
... Many came to Treptower Park on 8-9 May to offer thanks for the Soviet Army liberating Germany from fascism, and were less concerned with the present...
Ukraine war: 80 years on, we are facing German tanks again - Putin
... Mr Putin was in Volgograd to mark the anniversary of the end of the Battle of Stalingrad, the World War Two conflict which saw the Soviet Army capture nearly 91,000 German troops and turn the tide of the war...
Ukraine war: Auschwitz anniversary marked without Russia
... Russia is usually represented at the event, as the camp in occupied Poland was liberated by the Soviet Army...
Soviet Army Photos
