Russian Armed Forces

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armed forces military organization

The Russian Armed Forces are the military forces of the Russian Federation, comprising its army, navy, and aerospace forces and serving as one of the world's largest and most heavily armed militaries.

Aliases (8)

Statements (56)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	armed forces → military organization →
abbreviation	AFRF →
budgetType	defense budget of Russia →
chiefOfGeneralStaffTitle	Chief of the General Staff →
commanderInChiefTitle	Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation →
conscription	yes →
conscriptionTerm	12 months →
country	Russian Federation →
established	1992 →
establishedAfter	dissolution of the Soviet Union →
formedFrom	Soviet Air Forces → Soviet Army → Soviet Navy →
governedBy	Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation →
hasBranch	Airborne Forces → Russian Aerospace Forces → Russian Ground Forces → Russian Navy → Special Operations Forces of Russia → Strategic Missile Forces →
hasCapability	air and space forces → land forces → naval forces → nuclear weapons → strategic nuclear triad →
hasCommandStructure	General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation →
hasComponent	Border Service of the FSB → National Guard of Russia →
hasStatus	nuclear-armed military power → one of the world’s largest militaries → permanent member of UN Security Council’s military arm →
headOfMinistryOfDefenceTitle	Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation →
headquartersBuilding	National Defense Management Center →
headquartersLocation	Moscow →
isSuccessorOf	Soviet Armed Forces →
isUnderJurisdictionOf	Government of the Russian Federation →
legalFoundation	Constitution of the Russian Federation → federal laws of the Russian Federation →
motto	Защитник Отечества (Defender of the Fatherland) →
nativeName	Вооружённые Си́лы Росси́йской Федера́ции →
participatedIn	First Chechen War → Russian invasion of Ukraine (2022) → Russian military intervention in the Syrian civil war → Russo-Georgian War → Second Chechen War → annexation of Crimea →
partOf	Russian state →
primaryLanguage	Russian →
role	deterrence → national defense → power projection → protection of territorial integrity →
serviceAge	18 →
shortName	Armed Forces of the Russian Federation →
supremeCommanderInChief	President of Russia →

Referenced by (22)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Order of Alexander Nevsky ("Armed Forces of the Russian Federation") → Order of Suvorov ("Armed Forces of the Russian Federation") →	militaryBranch
Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation ("Russian Aerospace Forces") → Russian General Staff ("Russian Aerospace Forces") →	oversees
Russian General Staff ("Armed Forces of the Russian Federation") → Russian Navy ("Armed Forces of the Russian Federation") →	partOf
Russian Armed Forces ("Armed Forces of the Russian Federation") → Russian Navy ("VMF Russia") →	shortName
Kuznetsov Naval Academy ("armed forces of the Russian Federation") →	affiliation
Abkhaz forces →	alliedWith
South Ossetian forces →	ally
Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation ("Armed Forces of the Russian Federation") →	carriedOutBy
Mariupol ("Russian forces (de facto, since 2022)") →	controlledBy
Armed Forces of Belarus ("Armed Forces of the Russian Federation") →	cooperatesMilitarilyWith
Soviet armed forces ("Armed Forces of the Russian Federation") →	followedBy
First Chechen War →	hasMainBelligerent
Russo-Georgian War 2008 →	hasParticipant
Russian Armed Forces ("Вооружённые Си́лы Росси́йской Федера́ции") →	nativeName
Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation ("Armed Forces of the Russian Federation") →	responsibleFor
Armed Forces of Belarus ("Armed Forces of the Russian Federation") →	sharesSovietLegacyWith
Soviet Air Forces ("Russian Air Force") →	successor
Federal Agency of Government Communications and Information ("Russian armed forces leadership") →	usedBy