Military of the Soviet Union

Soviet army and air force from 1918 to 1946

martime service branch of the Soviet Armed Forces

combined military forces of the Soviet Union (1922–1991)

aerial warfare branch of the Soviet Union's armed forces

special military rank in some countries responsible for ideological education and ensuring political control of the military

SMERSH () was an umbrella organization for three independent counter-intelligence agencies in the Red Army formed in late 1942 or even earlier, but officially announced only on 14 April 1943. The name SMERSH was coined by Joseph Stalin. The formal justification for its creation was to subvert the attempts by Nazi German forces to infiltrate the Red Army on the Eastern Front.

holiday observed in several former republics of the Soviet Union

The Stavka (Russian and Ukrainian: Ставка, ) is a name of the high command of the armed forces used formerly in the Russian Empire and Soviet Union and currently in Ukraine.

air defense branch of the Soviet Armed Forces

military staff of the Russian Armed Forces

council that had supreme military authority over Soviet Military

Dedovshchina (, ) is the informal practice of hazing and abuse of junior conscripts historically in the Soviet Armed Forces and today in the Russian Armed Forces, internal troops, and to a lesser extent FSB, Border Guards, as well as in other armed forces and special services of former Soviet Republics. It consists of brutalization by more senior conscripts, NCOs, and officers. It is a form of non-statutory dominant-status relations between military personnel; the most common form of non-statutory relations, which is a violation of the statutory rules of relations between conscripts, based on

DOSAAF (), full name Volunteer Society for the Assistance to the Army, Aviation, and Navy (), was a paramilitary sport organization in the Soviet Union that was concerned mainly with weapons, automobiles and aviation. The society was established in 1927 as OSOAVIAKhIM and from 1951 to 1991 carried the name of DOSAAF.

Military strategy developed from the 1920's and 30's Soviet Union

marching step

organization

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Russian code name for transported war casualties

chief of staff of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation

type of military institution

Foreign military intelligence agency of the Soviet Army (1918-1992)

military command of the Soviet Armed Forces during the Great Patriotic War

Military court of the Soviet Union

numeric designation for military and paramilitary units of post-Soviet states

Tushonka (, from тушение, 'braising') is a canned stewed meat especially popular in Russia and other countries of the former Eastern Bloc. It has become a common name for different kinds of canned stewed meat, not all of which correspond to the strict GOST standards.

Soviet / Russian paramilitary force

type of military unit

soviet and Russian military badge of rank

Holiday in former Soviet Union

period of Russian military history

World War II snipers of the USSR

ranks introduced after the October Revolution

Soviet radio station in East Germany

military internal security force established by the Bolsheviks during the Russian Civil War (1919-1924)

law enforcement agency

military-like labor regiments in the USSR

series of political events

commanding General of the Russian Aerospace Forces

Military-political organ in the Soviet Union

United States public diplomacy publication

soviet military advisory body

Soviet encyclopedia of military strategy, tactics, formations, history and equipment