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Soviet Army
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1946-1992 ground warfare branch of the Soviet Armed Forces
Key facts
- Founded
- 25 February 1946
- Disbanded
- 14 February 1992
- Country
- Soviet Union (1946–1991) CIS (1991–1992)
- Type
- Army
- Role
- Land warfare
- Size
- 3,668,075 active (1991), peak 14,332,483 in 1945 4,129,506 reserve (1991), peak 17,383,291 in 1945
- Nickname
- Red Army
- Mottos
- За нашу Советскую Родину! , Za nashu Sovetskuyu Rodinu! , "For our Soviet Motherland!"
- Equipment
- About 55,000 tanks (1991) Over 70,000 armored personnel carriers 24,000 infantry fighting vehicles 33,000 towed artillery pieces 9,000 self-propelled howitzers
- Notable commanders
- Georgy Zhukov
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- October Revolution celebration 1983.png
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- Commons category
- Army of the Soviet Union
- inception
- 1946-01-01
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1993-12-25
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The Soviet Ground Forces (Russian: Советские сухопутные войска, romanized: Sovetskiye sukhoputnye voyska) was the land warfare service branch of the Soviet Armed Forces from 1946 to 1992. It was preceded by the Red Army.
After the Soviet Union ceased to exist in December 1991, the Ground Forces remained under the command of the Commonwealth of Independent States until it was formally abolished on 14 February 1992. The Soviet Ground Forces were principally succeeded by the Russian Ground Forces in Russian territory. Outside of Russia, many units and formations were taken over by the post-Soviet states; some were withdrawn to Russia, and some dissolved amid conflict, notably in the Caucasus.