Armed Forces of the USSR

GPTKB entity

Statements (54)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_organization
gptkbp:activeYearsEnd 1991
gptkbp:activeYearsStart 1922
gptkbp:alliedWith gptkb:Warsaw_Pact
gptkbp:commanderInChief gptkb:General_Secretary_of_the_Communist_Party_of_the_Soviet_Union
gptkbp:component gptkb:Soviet_Strategic_Rocket_Forces
gptkb:Soviet_Air_Defense_Forces
gptkb:Soviet_Navy
gptkb:Soviet_Air_Forces
gptkb:Soviet_Army
gptkbp:controlledBy gptkb:Ministry_of_Defence_of_the_Soviet_Union
gptkbp:country gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkbp:dissolved 1991
gptkbp:emblem Red star
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Moscow
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Armed Forces of the USSR
gptkbp:involvedIn gptkb:Cold_War
gptkb:Hungarian_Revolution_of_1956
gptkb:Korean_War
gptkb:Soviet–Afghan_War
gptkb:Vietnam_War
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkb:Prague_Spring
gptkb:Winter_War
gptkbp:mainLanguage gptkb:Russian
gptkbp:motto For the Motherland, for Stalin!
gptkbp:nativeName gptkb:Вооружённые_Си́лы_СССР
gptkbp:notableCommander gptkb:Dmitry_Yazov
gptkb:Nikolai_Ogarkov
gptkb:Georgy_Zhukov
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Red_Army
gptkbp:size over 5 million (at peak)
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Armed_Forces_of_the_Russian_Federation
gptkb:Armed_Forces_of_Ukraine
gptkb:Armed_Forces_of_Belarus
gptkb:Armed_Forces_of_Kazakhstan
gptkbp:type gptkb:military
gptkbp:uniform Soviet military uniform
gptkbp:weapon gptkb:BTR-60
gptkb:marine
gptkb:ship
gptkb:MiG-21
gptkb:Tu-95_bomber
gptkb:AK-47
gptkb:T-34_tank
gptkb:Su-27
BMP-1
T-72 tank
Mi-24 Hind
S-75 Dvina SAM
SS-18 Satan ICBM
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:armed_forces_of_the_Soviet_Union
gptkb:Military_Academy_of_the_General_Staff_of_the_Armed_Forces_of_the_USSR
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7