Soviet military doctrine
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Soviet military doctrine is a Cold War–era strategic and operational framework developed by the USSR, emphasizing large-scale conventional warfare, centralized command, and combined-arms operations shaped by Marxist-Leninist military theory.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Soviet military doctrine canonical | 2 |
| Military Strategy (Soviet military doctrine book) | 1 |
| Red Army theorists | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Cold War doctrine
ⓘ
military doctrine ⓘ |
| appliesTo | Soviet Armed Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| assumes |
possibility of rapid escalation to nuclear war
ⓘ
protracted global confrontation with NATO ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Leninist military theory
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Marxism–Leninism NERFINISHED ⓘ experience of World War II ⓘ |
| codifiedIn |
Soviet field manuals
ⓘ
Soviet military regulations ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| developedBy |
Soviet General Staff
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Soviet Ministry of Defense NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distinguishesBetween |
military-technical aspects of war
ⓘ
socio-political aspects of war ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
centralized command and control
ⓘ
combined-arms operations ⓘ deep operations ⓘ large-scale conventional warfare ⓘ massive use of artillery ⓘ offensive operations ⓘ operational maneuver groups ⓘ rapid exploitation of breakthroughs ⓘ strategic surprise ⓘ |
| includesConcept |
Warsaw Pact combined operations
ⓘ
correlation of forces ⓘ deep battle ⓘ deep operation ⓘ echeloned defense ⓘ frontal offensive ⓘ maskirovka ⓘ operational art ⓘ strategic nuclear parity ⓘ |
| influenced |
Soviet military education and training
ⓘ
Warsaw Pact military planning ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Alexander Svechin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Georgy Isserson NERFINISHED ⓘ Joseph Stalin NERFINISHED ⓘ Mikhail Frunze NERFINISHED ⓘ Vladimir Lenin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| prioritizes |
large standing ground forces
ⓘ
mass mobilization ⓘ operational-level planning ⓘ political control over the military ⓘ |
| requires |
party oversight through political commissars
ⓘ
strict hierarchy of command ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Cold War ⓘ |
| views |
nuclear weapons as usable instruments of war
ⓘ
war as continuation of politics by violent means ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Military Strategy (Soviet military doctrine book)
this entity surface form:
Red Army theorists