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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Soviet NKVD special camp supervisedBy Soviet armed forces
this entity surface form: Soviet military authorities
AK-47 usedBy Soviet armed forces
this entity surface form: Soviet Armed Forces
R-14 Chusovaya missile usedBy Soviet armed forces
subject surface form: R-14 Chusovaya
this entity surface form: Soviet Armed Forces
Central Sports Club of the Army affiliation Soviet armed forces
this entity surface form: Soviet Armed Forces
Army Men associatedWith Soviet armed forces
subject surface form: CSKA Moscow
this entity surface form: Soviet Armed Forces
Battle of Kolberg attacker Soviet armed forces
this entity surface form: Soviet forces
Buk surface-to-air missile system primaryUser Soviet armed forces
this entity surface form: Soviet Armed Forces
Filipp Oktyabrsky partOf Soviet armed forces
SA-7 Grail man-portable air-defense system usedBy Soviet armed forces
subject surface form: SA-7 Grail
this entity surface form: Soviet Armed Forces
Novichok nerve agent developedBy Soviet armed forces
this entity surface form: Soviet military
Battle of Kodziowce belligerent Soviet armed forces
this entity surface form: Soviet forces
Battle of Kodziowce opponent Soviet armed forces
this entity surface form: Soviet forces
Pavel Kurochkin partOf Soviet armed forces
this entity surface form: Soviet Armed Forces
Pavel Kurochkin employer Soviet armed forces
this entity surface form: Soviet Armed Forces
Ivan Yefimovich Petrov affiliation Soviet armed forces
this entity surface form: Soviet Armed Forces
Guards usedIn Soviet armed forces
this entity surface form: Soviet Armed Forces
Yevgeny Ivanovsky militaryBranch Soviet armed forces
this entity surface form: Soviet Armed Forces
Soviet military mission in Japan partOf Soviet armed forces
this entity surface form: Soviet Armed Forces
Commander of the Voronezh Front usedBy Soviet armed forces
this entity surface form: Soviet Armed Forces
Armed Forces of the Republic of Afghanistan (pre-1992) engagedAlongside Soviet armed forces
this entity surface form: Soviet Armed Forces
Soviet Armed Forces in World War II subclassOf Soviet armed forces
this entity surface form: Soviet Armed Forces
Fyodor Tolbukhin employer Soviet armed forces
this entity surface form: Soviet Armed Forces
40th Army service Soviet armed forces
this entity surface form: Soviet Armed Forces
Siege of Budapest encircledBy Soviet armed forces
this entity surface form: Soviet forces
office of General Secretary of the CPSU sphereOfInfluence Soviet armed forces
this entity surface form: Soviet armed forces (through party and state structures)
office of General Secretary of the CPSU linkedInstitution Soviet armed forces
this entity surface form: Soviet Armed Forces
Allied command structure includesMember Soviet armed forces
this entity surface form: Soviet Armed Forces
Soviet interventions in Eastern Europe carriedOutBy Soviet armed forces
this entity surface form: Soviet Armed Forces
SS-4 Sandal MRBM operatedBy Soviet armed forces
subject surface form: SS-4 Sandal
this entity surface form: Soviet military
Soviet Socialist Republics militaryOrganization Soviet armed forces
this entity surface form: Soviet Armed Forces
PVO Strany partOf Soviet armed forces
this entity surface form: Soviet Armed Forces
Marshal of Aviation Ivan Belyakov partOf Soviet armed forces
subject surface form: Ivan Belyakov
this entity surface form: Soviet Armed Forces
evacuation of Tallinn 1941 participant Soviet armed forces
this entity surface form: Soviet Army units
SS-25 Sickle ICBM usedBy Soviet armed forces
subject surface form: SS-25 Sickle
this entity surface form: Soviet Armed Forces
Markian Popov partOf Soviet armed forces
this entity surface form: Soviet Armed Forces
Hungarian People’s Army alliedWith Soviet armed forces
this entity surface form: Soviet Armed Forces
VMF partOf Soviet armed forces
this entity surface form: Armed Forces of the Soviet Union
Coastal Troops militaryBranchOf Soviet armed forces
this entity surface form: Soviet Armed Forces
Naval Infantry partOf Soviet armed forces
this entity surface form: Soviet Armed Forces
Soviet naval ensign symbolizes Soviet armed forces
GlavPUR operatedIn Soviet armed forces
Soviet internal military districts partOf Soviet armed forces
this entity surface form: Soviet Armed Forces
Fyodor Kostenko movement Soviet armed forces
this entity surface form: Soviet military
Chief Marshal of the branch militaryBranch Soviet armed forces
this entity surface form: Soviet Armed Forces
Chief Marshal of the branch usedIn Soviet armed forces
this entity surface form: Soviet Armored Forces
Army General (Soviet rank) appliesTo Soviet armed forces
this entity surface form: Soviet Armed Forces
Marshal star associatedWith Soviet armed forces
this entity surface form: Soviet Armed Forces
Getashen subdistrict conflictPartyInvolved Soviet armed forces
this entity surface form: Soviet forces
Azerbaijani special police units cooperatedWith Soviet armed forces
this entity surface form: Soviet Army units
VV MVD SSSR distinctFrom Soviet armed forces
this entity surface form: Soviet Army