Soviet armed forces

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The Soviet armed forces were the military organization of the Soviet Union, encompassing its army, navy, air force, and strategic missile forces as one of the world’s largest and most powerful militaries during the 20th century.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf armed forces
military organization
alliance Warsaw Pact
alsoKnownAs Soviet armed forces
surface form: Armed Forces of the USSR

Soviet armed forces
surface form: Armed Forces of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

Soviet armed forces
surface form: Soviet military
commanderTitle Minister of Defence of the Soviet Union
Supreme Commander-in-Chief
conflict Cold War
World War II
surface form: Great Patriotic War

Hungarian Revolution of 1956
Korean War
Polish–Soviet War
Prague Spring
Russian Civil War
Soviet–Afghan War
Winter War
World War II
country Soviet Union
doctrine deep operation
nuclear deterrence
endTime 1991-12-31
era 20th century
followedBy Armed Forces of Belarus
Armed Forces of Kazakhstan
Ukrainian Navy
surface form: Armed Forces of Ukraine

Russian Armed Forces
surface form: Armed Forces of the Russian Federation
hasPart Soviet Internal Troops
surface form: Internal Troops of the Soviet Union

Soviet Air Defense Forces
Soviet Air Forces
Red Army
surface form: Soviet Army

Soviet Border Troops
Soviet Navy
Soviet Strategic Rocket Forces
headquarters Moscow
ideology Marxism–Leninism
language Russian
militaryBranch air forces
ground forces
naval forces
strategic missile forces
nativeName Soviet armed forces self-linksurface differs
surface form: Вооружённые Си́лы Сою́за Сове́тских Социалисти́ческих Респу́блик
notableCommander Dmitry Ustinov
Georgy Zhukov
Joseph Stalin
Nikolai Bulganin
Sergei Akhromeyev
notableEvent Battle of Kursk
Battle of Stalingrad
capture of Berlin in 1945
nuclearWeaponsProgram Soviet nuclear weapons program
opposedTo NATO
surface form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization

United States Armed Forces
partOf Soviet state apparatus
peakPersonnelStrength approximately 5,000,000
politicalAlignment Warsaw Pact
precededBy Imperial Russian Army
Imperial Russian Navy
serviceType conscription
professional soldiers
shortName Soviet armed forces self-linksurface differs
surface form: ВС СССР
startTime 1918-01-28
status defunct
subordinateTo Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union
Ministry of Defense of the USSR
surface form: Ministry of Defence of the Soviet Union

Soviet government
Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union

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Leningrad Front (Soviet Union) partOf Soviet armed forces
this entity surface form: Soviet Armed Forces
5th Army (Red Army) commandStructure Soviet armed forces
this entity surface form: Soviet Armed Forces
Medal for the Defence of Moscow presentedBy Soviet armed forces
this entity surface form: Soviet Armed Forces
Medal for the Defence of Moscow usedBy Soviet armed forces
this entity surface form: Soviet Armed Forces
Andrei Zelentsov affiliation Soviet armed forces
this entity surface form: Soviet Armed Forces
Georgian Armed Forces originatedFrom Soviet armed forces
this entity surface form: Soviet Armed Forces units in Georgian SSR
Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" awardingBody Soviet armed forces
this entity surface form: Soviet Armed Forces
Soviet Ground Forces partOf Soviet armed forces
this entity surface form: Soviet Armed Forces
Soviet Ground Forces militaryBranchOf Soviet armed forces
this entity surface form: Soviet Armed Forces
21st Army (Red Army) usedBy Soviet armed forces
this entity surface form: Soviet Armed Forces
Medal for the Defence of Leningrad awardingAuthority Soviet armed forces
this entity surface form: Soviet Armed Forces
6th Army (Red Army) partOf Soviet armed forces
this entity surface form: Soviet Armed Forces
Medal for the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945 presentedBy Soviet armed forces
this entity surface form: Soviet Armed Forces
Russian Armed Forces isSuccessorOf Soviet armed forces
this entity surface form: Soviet Armed Forces
German battleship Schleswig-Holstein damagedBy Soviet armed forces
this entity surface form: Soviet forces
Dmitry Yazov employer Soviet armed forces
this entity surface form: Soviet Armed Forces
Dmitry Yazov serviceBranch Soviet armed forces
this entity surface form: Soviet Armed Forces
Soviet space program managedBy Soviet armed forces
this entity surface form: Soviet military
NII-88 supervisingAgency Soviet armed forces
this entity surface form: Soviet military
Peenemünde Army Research Center capturedBy Soviet armed forces
this entity surface form: Soviet forces
VVS partOf Soviet armed forces
this entity surface form: Armed Forces of the Soviet Union
Long-Range Aviation commandStructure Soviet armed forces
this entity surface form: Soviet Armed Forces
Brocken usedBy Soviet armed forces
this entity surface form: Soviet military
People's Commissar for Military and Naval Affairs of the RSFSR jurisdiction Soviet armed forces
this entity surface form: armed forces of the RSFSR
Stanisław Popławski affiliation Soviet armed forces
this entity surface form: Soviet Armed Forces
R-1 rocket operator Soviet armed forces
this entity surface form: Soviet Armed Forces
Władysław Korczyc associatedWith Soviet armed forces
this entity surface form: Soviet military establishment
President of the Soviet Union authorityOver Soviet armed forces
this entity surface form: Soviet Armed Forces
President of the Soviet Union commanderInChiefOf Soviet armed forces
this entity surface form: Soviet Armed Forces
Nikolai Ogarkov memberOf Soviet armed forces
this entity surface form: Soviet Armed Forces
Sergei Akhromeyev militaryBranch Soviet armed forces
this entity surface form: Soviet Armed Forces
Supreme Commander-in-Chief roleIn Soviet armed forces
subject surface form: Supreme Commander-in-Chief (Soviet Union)
this entity surface form: Soviet Armed Forces
R-11 usedBy Soviet armed forces
this entity surface form: Soviet Armed Forces
R-300 Elbrus usedBy Soviet armed forces
this entity surface form: Soviet Armed Forces
Panjsher offensives belligerent Soviet armed forces
this entity surface form: Soviet Armed Forces
Soviet Border Troops partOf Soviet armed forces
this entity surface form: Armed forces of the Soviet Union (in wartime planning)
R-17 usedBy Soviet armed forces
this entity surface form: Soviet Armed Forces
Mosin–Nagant rifle usedBy Soviet armed forces
this entity surface form: Soviet Armed Forces
Ahmad Shah Massoud opponent Soviet armed forces
this entity surface form: Soviet Armed Forces
9th Army surrenderedTo Soviet armed forces
this entity surface form: Soviet forces
Ukrainian Armed Forces precededBy Soviet armed forces
this entity surface form: Soviet Armed Forces in the Ukrainian SSR
T-34 medium tank primaryUser Soviet armed forces
this entity surface form: Soviet Armed Forces
Group of Soviet Occupation Forces in Germany partOf Soviet armed forces
this entity surface form: Soviet Armed Forces
Boris Gromov employer Soviet armed forces
this entity surface form: Soviet Armed Forces
MFA of the USSR coordinatedWith Soviet armed forces
Black Sea Fleet Air Force serviceBranch Soviet armed forces
this entity surface form: Soviet Armed Forces
Pavel Zhigarev partOf Soviet armed forces
this entity surface form: Soviet Armed Forces
Konstantin Vershinin affiliation Soviet armed forces
this entity surface form: Soviet Armed Forces
Democratic Republic of Afghanistan foreignMilitaryPresence Soviet armed forces
this entity surface form: Soviet Armed Forces
Polish Thermopylae hasMainCombatant Soviet armed forces
this entity surface form: Soviet troops