Soviet Border Troops

GPTKB entity

Statements (68)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_organization
gptkbp:armament gptkb:AK-47
gptkb:AK-74
gptkb:AKM
gptkbp:commandStructure gptkb:MGB
gptkb:OGPU
gptkb:KGB
gptkb:NKVD
gptkbp:country gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkbp:disbanded 1991
gptkbp:established 1918
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Moscow
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Soviet Border Troops
gptkbp:motto On guard of the Soviet borders
gptkbp:notableCommander gptkb:Viktor_Chebrikov
gptkb:Vladimir_Karpov
gptkb:Vladimir_Kryuchkov
gptkb:Ivan_Maslennikov
gptkb:Nikolai_Kalinin
gptkb:Pavel_Zyryanov
gptkb:Vladimir_Matrosov
gptkbp:notableEngagement gptkb:Soviet–Afghan_War
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkb:Operation_Barbarossa
gptkb:Sino-Soviet_border_conflict
gptkb:Soviet_occupation_of_the_Baltic_states
gptkb:Battle_of_Lake_Khasan
gptkb:Winter_War
gptkb:Soviet–Japanese_War
gptkb:Soviet_invasion_of_Poland
gptkb:Battle_of_Khalkhin_Gol
gptkb:Soviet–Afghan_border_incidents
gptkb:Soviet–Bulgarian_border_incidents
gptkb:Soviet–Chinese_border_incidents
gptkb:Soviet–Czechoslovak_border_incidents
gptkb:Soviet–Estonian_border_incidents
gptkb:Soviet–Finnish_border_incidents
gptkb:Soviet–Hungarian_border_incidents
gptkb:Soviet–Iranian_border_incidents
gptkb:Soviet–Latvian_border_incidents
gptkb:Soviet–Lithuanian_border_incidents
gptkb:Soviet–Mongolian_border_incidents
gptkb:Soviet–Norwegian_border_incidents
gptkb:Soviet–Polish_border_incidents
gptkb:Soviet–Romanian_border_incidents
gptkb:Soviet–Turkish_border_incidents
gptkb:Soviet–Yugoslav_border_incidents
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:KGB
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Tsarist_Okhrana_border_guards
gptkbp:primaryUse gptkb:BRDM-2
gptkb:BTR-60
gptkb:Patrol_boats
gptkb:ZIL-131
gptkb:Mi-8_helicopter
gptkb:UAZ-469
gptkb:GAZ-66
gptkb:Mi-24_helicopter
gptkb:KamAZ_trucks
Armored trains
gptkbp:role border security
counter-intelligence
anti-infiltration
smuggling prevention
gptkbp:size approximately 230,000 (late 1980s)
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Border_Service_of_the_Federal_Security_Service_of_Russia
gptkbp:uniform distinctive green piping
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Krivak_IV
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5