The Soviet Army (Советская Армия, Sovetskaya Armiya) is the name given to the main part of the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union between 1946 and 1992. Previously, it had been known as the Red Army. Informally, the Soviet Army referred to all the MOD armed forces, except, in some cases, the Soviet Navy.
This article covers the Soviet Ground Forces of the Soviet Army. See Soviet Armed Forces for a description of the entire armed forces of the Soviet Union.
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Famous quotes containing the words soviet and/or army:
“Today he plays jazz; tomorrow he betrays his country.”
—Stalinist slogan in the Soviet Union (1920s)
“To make an Army work you have to have every man in it fitted into a fear ladder.... The Army functions best when you’re frightened of the man above you, and contemptuous of your subordinates.”
—Norman Mailer (b. 1923)