Soviet Border Troops

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/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