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Russian Ground Forces
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land forces of the Russian Armed Forces
Key facts
- Founded
- 1550 , 1992 (current form)
- Country
- Russia
- Type
- Army
- Size
- 500,000 inc 100,000 conscripts
- Part of
- Russian Armed Forces
- Headquarters
- Frunzenskaya Embankment 20-22 , Moscow
- Colors
- Red, Green, Gold, Silver
- March
- Forward, infantry! Вперёд, пехота!
- Anniversaries
- 1 October
- Website
- mil.ru
- Supreme commander in chief
- President Vladimir Putin
- Minister of defense
- Andrey Belousov
- Commander in chief
- Colonel General Andrey Mordvichev
- Chief of the main staff
- Colonel General Rustam Muradov
- Deputy commander in chief
- Lieutenant General Aleksandr Matovnikov
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- mil.ru/ministry/structure/forces/type/ground
- Image
- Indra2018-27.jpg
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- Commons category
- Russian Ground Forces
- inception
- 1992-05-07
- member count
- 280000
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The Russian Ground Forces (Russian: Сухопу́тные войска́ [СВ], romanized: Sukhopútnye Voyská [SV]), also known as the Russian Army in English, are the land forces of the Russian Armed Forces.
The primary responsibilities of the Russian Ground Forces are the protection of the state borders and land-based combat operations. The president of Russia is the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. The Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Ground Forces is appointed by the president of Russia. The Main Command of the Ground Forces is based in Moscow.
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