Red Army

E2584

army military organization

The Red Army was the Soviet Union’s land-based military force, renowned for its pivotal role in defeating Nazi Germany during World War II and shaping the outcome of the Eastern Front.

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All labels observed (22)

Label	Occurrences
Red Army canonical	784
Soviet Red Army	67
Soviet Army	60
Workers' and Peasants' Red Army	44
Workers’ and Peasants’ Red Army	22
Bolshevik forces	7
Red Army soldiers	6
Red Army of Workers and Peasants	3
Red Army personnel	2
Bolshevik Red Army (as opposing force)	1
Krasnaya Armiya	1
Raboche-Krest'yanskaya Krasnaya Armiya	1
Red Army fighters	1
Red Army of Soviet Russia	1
Red forces	1
RedArmy	1
Russian SFSR Red Army	1
Soviet Red Army (as officer affiliation)	1
Soviet forces	1
Soviet soldiers	1
Workers' and Peasants' Red Army (in early years closely linked)	1
Рабоче-крестьянская Красная армия	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13854 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Red Army
Context triple: [Eastern Front (World War II), opponent, Red Army]

A. Wehrmacht
The Wehrmacht was Nazi Germany’s unified armed forces during World War II, encompassing the army, navy, and air force and serving as the primary instrument of German military aggression in Europe.
B. Soviet Union
The Soviet Union was a socialist superpower that dominated Eastern Europe and led the communist bloc during the Cold War.
C. Communist Party of the Soviet Union
The Communist Party of the Soviet Union was the ruling Marxist–Leninist political party that dominated the government and society of the Soviet Union from its founding after the Russian Revolution until its dissolution in 1991.
D. Chinese Communist Party forces
Chinese Communist Party forces were the military units loyal to the Chinese Communist Party that fought against Japanese invasion and occupation in China during the late 1930s and early 1940s.
E. Polish Armed Forces in the East
The Polish Armed Forces in the East were Polish military units formed under Soviet auspices during World War II that fought alongside the Red Army against Nazi Germany on the Eastern Front.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Red Army
Target entity description: The Red Army was the Soviet Union’s land-based military force, renowned for its pivotal role in defeating Nazi Germany during World War II and shaping the outcome of the Eastern Front.

A. Wehrmacht
The Wehrmacht was Nazi Germany’s unified armed forces during World War II, encompassing the army, navy, and air force and serving as the primary instrument of German military aggression in Europe.
B. Soviet Union
The Soviet Union was a socialist superpower that dominated Eastern Europe and led the communist bloc during the Cold War.
C. Communist Party of the Soviet Union
The Communist Party of the Soviet Union was the ruling Marxist–Leninist political party that dominated the government and society of the Soviet Union from its founding after the Russian Revolution until its dissolution in 1991.
D. Chinese Communist Party forces
Chinese Communist Party forces were the military units loyal to the Chinese Communist Party that fought against Japanese invasion and occupation in China during the late 1930s and early 1940s.
E. Polish Armed Forces in the East
The Polish Armed Forces in the East were Polish military units formed under Soviet auspices during World War II that fought alongside the Red Army against Nazi Germany on the Eastern Front.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	army ⓘ military organization ⓘ
allegiance	Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Bolsheviks) ⓘ surface form: Bolshevik Party Soviet government ⓘ
conflict	Eastern Front ⓘ surface form: Eastern Front of World War II Polish–Soviet War ⓘ Russian Civil War ⓘ Winter War ⓘ World War II ⓘ
country	Soviet Union ⓘ
dissolved	1946 ⓘ
foundedBy	Vladimir Lenin ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	RKKA ⓘ Red Army ⓘ surface form: Workers’ and Peasants’ Red Army
hasBranch	airborne troops ⓘ armored forces ⓘ artillery ⓘ engineer troops ⓘ infantry ⓘ signal troops ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Moscow ⓘ
ideology	Marxism–Leninism ⓘ communism ⓘ
inception	1918 ⓘ
keyFigure	Aleksandr Vasilevsky ⓘ Georgy Zhukov ⓘ Ivan Konev ⓘ Konstantin Rokossovsky ⓘ Leon Trotsky ⓘ Mikhail Frunze ⓘ
languageOfCommand	Russian ⓘ
namedInLanguage	Russian ⓘ
notableEvent	Great Purge ⓘ surface form: Great Purge of the officer corps
notableFor	Battle of Berlin ⓘ Battle of Kursk ⓘ Battle of Stalingrad ⓘ defeat of Nazi Germany ⓘ
operatedBy	Soviet Union ⓘ
partOf	Soviet armed forces ⓘ surface form: Soviet Armed Forces
positionHeldBy	Leon Trotsky ⓘ surface form: Leon Trotsky as People’s Commissar for Military and Naval Affairs
reorganizedAs	Soviet armed forces ⓘ surface form: Soviet Army
roleInHistory	major component of Allied victory in World War II ⓘ shaped postwar Eastern Europe ⓘ
usedColor	red ⓘ
usedDoctrine	combined arms warfare ⓘ deep operation ⓘ
usedSymbol	hammer and sickle ⓘ red star ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1,008)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Boris Shaposhnikov → employer → Red Army ⓘ

Battle of Perekop (1941) → opponent → Red Army ⓘ

Pavel Batov → militaryBranch → Red Army ⓘ

Ivan Bagramyan → militaryBranch → Red Army ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet Army

World War II battles on the Kerch Peninsula → hasParticipant → Red Army ⓘ

World War II battles on the Kerch Peninsula → opposingForce → Red Army ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet forces

Kerch–Eltigen Operation (1943) → belligerent → Red Army ⓘ

Mikhail Shumilov → militaryBranch → Red Army ⓘ

Kirill Meretskov → militaryBranch → Red Army ⓘ

Soviet Western Front (Red Army formation) → partOf → Red Army ⓘ

subject surface form: Soviet Western Front

Moscow Strategic Offensive Operation → belligerent → Red Army ⓘ

Rzhev–Vyazma strategic operations → belligerent → Red Army ⓘ

Red Army Reserve Front → partOf → Red Army ⓘ

M4 Sherman tank → usedBy → Red Army ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet Red Army

Antonovshchina → hasParticipant → Red Army ⓘ

Soviet winter counteroffensive of 1941–1942 → belligerent → Red Army ⓘ

3rd Panzer Army → surrenderedTo → Red Army ⓘ

Vasilevsky → militaryBranch → Red Army ⓘ

subject surface form: Aleksandr Vasilevsky

Rubén Ruiz Ibárruri → militaryBranch → Red Army ⓘ

Vladimir Kurdyumov → militaryBranch → Red Army ⓘ

Supreme Commander-in-Chief → authorityOver → Red Army ⓘ

subject surface form: Supreme Commander-in-Chief (Soviet Union)

this entity surface form: Soviet Army

Third Battle of Kharkov → belligerent → Red Army ⓘ

Vasiliy Tupikov → militaryBranch → Red Army ⓘ

this entity surface form: Workers' and Peasants' Red Army

Soviet Border Troops → distinctFrom → Red Army ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet Army

Katyusha rocket launcher → usedBy → Red Army ⓘ

Polish–Soviet relations → hasKeyOrganization → Red Army ⓘ

SVT-40 rifle → usedBy → Red Army ⓘ

subject surface form: SVT-40

Soviet–Hungarian War → opponent → Red Army ⓘ

Soviet–Hungarian War → mainParticipant → Red Army ⓘ

Mosin–Nagant rifle → usedBy → Red Army ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet Red Army

Mikhail Kirponos → militaryBranch → Red Army ⓘ

this entity surface form: Workers' and Peasants' Red Army

Iran campaign (Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran) → involvedForce → Red Army ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet Red Army

16th Army → engagedAgainst → Red Army ⓘ

107th Rifle Division → partOf → Red Army ⓘ

this entity surface form: Workers' and Peasants' Red Army

107th Rifle Division → operatedBy → Red Army ⓘ

9th Army → opponent → Red Army ⓘ

100th Rifle Division → partOf → Red Army ⓘ

this entity surface form: Workers’ and Peasants’ Red Army

100th Rifle Division → militaryBranch → Red Army ⓘ

Soviet deep operations doctrine → appliesTo → Red Army ⓘ

T-34 medium tank → primaryUser → Red Army ⓘ

PPSh-41 submachine gun → usedBy → Red Army ⓘ

subject surface form: PPSh-41

Group of Soviet Occupation Forces in Germany → militaryBranch → Red Army ⓘ

KV-1 heavy tank → usedBy → Red Army ⓘ

subject surface form: KV-1

Soviet summer offensive of 1944 → participant → Red Army ⓘ

Commander of the Bryansk Front → partOf → Red Army ⓘ

Commander of the Bryansk Front → militaryBranch → Red Army ⓘ

Commander of the Bryansk Front → usedBy → Red Army ⓘ

this entity surface form: Workers' and Peasants' Red Army

Boris Gromov → memberOf → Red Army ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet Army

Boris Gromov → militaryBranch → Red Army ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet Army

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