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	Front (Soviet Army) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A Front was a major military organization in the Soviet Army, roughly equivalent to an army or army group in British or American miltary terminology.
		Soviet fronts were raised during the Polish-Soviet War, Polish September Campaign (Bielorussian and Ukrainian) and the Second World War.
		During the Cold War, fronts and their staffs are integrated with various military districts, or become "Group of Soviet Forces" in a Warsaw Pact nation.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Front_(Soviet_Army) (195 words)

	Learn more about Soviet Union in the online encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR or Soviet Union; Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik, SSSR written in the Cyrillic alphabet as СССР) was a union of socialist republics, which were run via the only recognized political party, the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
		The Soviet Union was the successor state of the Russian Empire but was smaller as a result of the independence of Poland, Finland and the Baltic States.
		In 1991, the Soviet Union fell apart after a failed coup attempt by military leaders who were upset with the direction Gorbachev was leading the country.
	www.onlineencyclopedia.org /s/so/soviet_union.html (1104 words)

	Wikinfo \| Red Army (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		This organisation became the army of the Soviet Union from its establishment in 1922.
		Soviet Army units which had liberated the countries of Eastern Europe from German rule remained there to secure Soviet influence in what became socialist satellite states of the Soviet Union.
		In 1979, however, the Soviet Army itself was sent to intervene in a civil war raging in Afghanistan.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Red_Army (1457 words)

	Red Army (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Although it was officially known as the Soviet Army from 1946, the term Red Army is commonly used in the West to refer to the Soviet military after that date, i.e., during the Cold War.
		Soviet Army units which had liberated the countries of Eastern Europe from German rule remained in some of them to secure the régimes in what became satellite states of the Soviet Union and to deter and to fend off NATO forces.
		The enormous cost to maintain a 5 million-man peacetime army, as well as wage a 10 year war with Afghanistan would prove to be a major factor that contributed to the decay of the Soviet economy and the Soviet Union as a whole.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/R/Red-Army.htm (1922 words)

	Stalingrad: 1942
		The Soviet forces began to be very alarmed by the heavy build up of German forces in the southern sector of the Soviet Union.
		Soviet forces were able to hold off the German advance for the time being.
		The Army was on the verge of starvation.
	www.thenagain.info /WebChron/EastEurope/Stalingrad.html (873 words)

	National Review: The Soviet Army: 1918 to the present. - book reviews
		According to the Seatons, the Soviet army is an updated imitation of the German forces that won such remarkable victories in the Low Countries and France in 1940, and the Soviet Union during the summers of 1941 and 1942.
		Although some Soviet planes and crew may not be the equal of their U.S. and NATO counterparts in quality, the Soviets have a vast numerical advantage.
		Soviet military units actually have two leaders: the military commander and the political officer (zampolit), who is the senior partner in the duumvirate and monitors every action taken by the military commander.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1282/is_n1_v40/ai_6284475 (709 words)

	Russian Archives Online > The Gallery > The Red Army
		The Russian imperial army and navy disintegrated after the outbreak of the Revolution of 1917, so the Council of the People's Commissars created the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army on a voluntary basis.
		The Red Army faced the problem of creating a competent and reliable officers' corps, leading Trotsky to mobilize former officers of the imperial army.
		After initial setbacks in the war, the army was reorganized, aided by the enormous number of recruits and the vastness of the territory.
	www.pbs.org /redfiles/rao/gallery/old/redarmy.html (832 words)

	The Red Army
		The army had to be established quickly as it was needed to fight the White Army during the Civil War.
		It was not until the spring of 1940 that the 7th and 13th armies led by General Kiril Meretsokov, was able to break through the Finnish defences.
		Political leaders in the troops (Red Army) are not recognized as prisoners of war and are to be liquidated at the latest in the prisoner-of-war transit camps.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /RUSred.htm (5205 words)

	The Soviet Army Offensive: Manchuria, 1945
		The Japanese Kwangtung Army faced severe shortages in all areas and was in the middle of the redeployment of her defensive forces when the Soviets attacked.
		Japan's lack of armor and anti-tank weapons, failure to correctly estimate the size of the Soviet force build-up and predict the Russian avenues of approach were all reminiscent of her defeat at Nomonhan in 1939.
		The Soviet army's doctrine was believed to be inflexible and rigid to the point of being unable to adapt to the Japanese tactics of surprise and maneuver.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/library/report/1986/RMF.htm (5500 words)

	Soviet Army Fought UFOs
		Soviet military encountered many UFOs, maybe for this reason in the end of the 60s a secret laboratory of researching "flying objects" was created in the USSR.
		Army officers are not interested in the disputes about alien civilizations, they are interested in knowing what impact UFO can impose to military equipment and personnel.
		Special military unit in the town of Mytishi was in charge of collecting data, and newly established "space troops" were designated to fight possible threat from space.
	www.rense.com /general48/arm.htm (803 words)

	Soviet Army used 'rat weapon' during WWII - PRAVDA.Ru (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Soviet government did not risk to infect fascists with plague or ulcer - they chose tularemia.
		The use of infected rats against the Nazi army had an inverse effect too: the disease came over the front line, and infected a lot of Soviet soldiers.
		Soviet scientists continued their research with the tularemia microbe after the end of WWII.
	english.pravda.ru /main/18/90/363/14923_tularemia.html (886 words)

	Inside the Soviet Army - Stanislav Levchenko
		The purpose of this article is to give a portrait of the inner workings of the 72-year-old Soviet army and its social and moral problems.
		Until very recently the Soviet socialist system could be visualized as a structure resting on two huge pillars: The State Security Committee (the KGB) and the Soviet army.
		In the provinces a senior military commander, even under Soviet rule, was one of the four most powerful and...
	www.worldandi.com /specialreport/1990/august/Sa17053.htm (307 words)

	Sinkiang Soviet army Aptekar Kiyan Turkestan 1934 intervention Sheng Shi-ts'ai China Urumchi uniforms
		This region continued to draw the attention of the rulers of the new Soviet Russia immediately after the end of the civil war in so much as several thousand soldiers, officers, and refugees belonging to the anti-Bolshevik army of A.I. Dutov were in the Sinkiang territory.
		The Soviet government’s anxiety was also occasioned by Japanese agents penetrating northwest China, and this new source of tension of the long frontier with Sinkiang led to thoughts on how to avert a situation similar to the one in Manchuria.
		A Red Army group arrived in the beginning of 1934 with tanks, aircraft, and artillery in exactly the proportions needed to crush the enemy on the battlefield.
	home.comcast.net /%7Emarkconrad/Sinkiang.htm (7480 words)

	Article - Ukraine`s lawmakers ban `sir` in ex-Soviet army - News From Russia
		More than 12 years after the collapse of the Soviet Union, Ukrainian soldiers are once again "comrades".
		Parliament passed a law on Wednesday banning the use of "sir" as an address in the country's armed forces.
		"Comrade" was a typical address in the army and throughout society in the Communist era.
	www.gateway2russia.com /st/art_207328.php (183 words)

	MIX 99.9 :: News Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Thousands of elderly Soviet army veterans and their supporters clashed Saturday in downtown Kyiv with Ukrainian nationalists who fought against the Soviet Union during the Second World War and now want pensions and official recognition as veterans.
		Thousands of Soviet veterans and their supporters - waving red flags and chanting "Get out!" and "Shame!" - marched in counter protest, blocking the advance of the partisans' supporters, as Soviet war songs played over loudspeakers.
		Communists and Soviet veterans, who far outnumber them, said such a move would be a mockery of the Soviet dead.
	www.mix999.com /content/cp_article.asp?id=/global_feeds/CanadianPress/WorldNews/w101573A.htm (460 words)

	The Soviet Army - AK-47 Assault Rifle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The AK came in two versions: one with a fixed wooden stock, and another, the AKS, with a folding metal stock issued primarily to parachutist and armor troops.
		Although they designed it in 1947 and thus referred to it as the AK-47, the Soviets actually adopted the AK in 1949.
		It was the basic individual infantry weapon of the Soviet Army until the introduction of the AKM.
	www.sovietarmy.com /small_arms/ak-47.html (671 words)

	BBC ON THIS DAY \| 13 \| 1991: Soviet army moves into Lithuania
		At least 13 people have been killed and more than 140 injured by the Soviet military in the capital of Lithuania as Moscow tries to crush the Baltic republic's drive for independence.
		The assault represents a major escalation in the Soviet Government's use of force against the republic.
		By the end of the year, the Soviet Union was replaced by the Commonwealth of Independent Republics, with many states gaining full independence.
	news.bbc.co.uk /onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/13/newsid_4059000/4059959.stm (578 words)

	Soviet Army and Soviet Soldiers fight for the Homeland
		Soviet Army and Soviet Soldiers fight for the Homeland
		The reproductions were made still during the socialistic era, by the Communist Party of Soviet Union and its publishers, so they are still pretty valuable and hard to find.
		It is not a coincidence that many soldiers when asked "where did you serve in the army" answer with the last name of their commander.
	www.sweb.cz /posters/listy/russ11.htm (993 words)

	The Soviet Army - Books - Soviet Orders and Medals by Paul McDaniel and Paul Schmitt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		This book is the first of its kind, in any language, to catalogue by type, variation and serial number, the wide variety of Soviet orders and medals.
		The obverse and reverse of each type and variation are illustrated, as well as soldiers, sailors and civilians wearing their decorations.
		Even if you don't collect Soviet material, I strongly recommend adding this book to your library if for no other reason than because it is so well done, so impressive, and so interesting!' The Journal of the Orders and Medals Society of America, August-September, 1997.
	www.sovietarmy.com /books/medals.html (312 words)

	Afghanland.com Afghanistan Invation of Soviet Red Army USSR
		With Amin's death at the palace, Babrak Karmal, exiled leader of the Parcham faction of the PDPA was installed by the Soviets as Afghanistan's new head of government.
		These interpretations of Soviet motives do not always agree--what is known for certain is that the decision was influenced by many factors--that in Brezhnev's words the decision to invade Afghanistan was truly "was no simple decision." Two factors were certain to have figured heavily in Soviet calculations.
		The Soviets grossly underestimated the huge cost of the Afghan venture--described, in time, as the Soviet Union's Vietnam--to their state.
	www.afghanland.com /history/ussr.html (976 words)

	Far East Celebrates Soviet Army's Victory on Lake Khasan
		VLADIVOSTOK, August 9 -- The celebration of the 65th anniversary of the Soviet Army's victory on Lake Khasan began Saturday in the village of the same name in Primorye, the southern part of the Far Eastern region on the western coast of the Sea of Japan.
		The military conflict between the Soviet Union and Japan, which ended in the battle of Lake Khasan, lasted between July 29 and August 11, 1938.
		The experience of using military aviation, tanks and artillery before introducing the land forces, which the Soviet Army gained on Lake Khasan, played a huge part in the years of the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945, when the USSR fought fascist Germany.
	nyjtimes.com /Stories/2003/0803CelebrateSovietArmy.htm (211 words)

	CHURCHILL Mk IV Tank, Lend-Lease, Soviet Army 1943; 1/50 [cc66102] by Corgi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		During the WWII 301 Churchill tanks in different modification were delivered to Soviet Army by Western Allies.
		By the end of the Battle on August 23, 1943 Soviet Army liberated first Ukrainian city, second largest city in Ukraine and fourth in USSR, Kharkow, which is also was a major and very important railroad transportation center connected western and southern directions.
		Soviets practically didn’t have highway roads and therefore railroads were the only reliable way for supplies delivery.
	www.notatoy.com /product_info.php/products_id/899 (559 words)

	Soviet Army Badges 1969-1979 part 3
		The first two badges were relatively easy to obtain, but the first class and master badges were much harder to earn as the requirements became more difficult.
		These badges came from a variety of factories in the Soviet Union and because of this standardization was a problem.
		Even though all of the badges are identical in size, composition, and weight, they come in both screw back and pin back variations.
	www.russianwarrior.com /1969_badges3.htm (197 words)

	Banner of Victory (Soviet Army in Berlin, 1945)
		The Red Army’s WW II organization was a bit different that that of Western armies, which can lead to some confusion.
		If I recall correctly, the 3rd Shock Army remained on the postwar establishment and was part of the Soviet Army Group of Forces in East Germany until the end of the Cold War.
		As the Soviet troops approached Berlin he was anxious to acquire a red flag that might act as a suitable backdrop.
	flagspot.net /flags/su^vctry.html (1813 words)

	National Review: The Red Army blues - predicting the future role of the Soviet Army
		WHEN, on the morning of August 19, the Soviet news agency TASS informed the world of events in the USSR, there were few in the West who predicted the coup would collapse.
		The First Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs, Boris Gromov, who was the last commander of the Soviet contingent in Afghanistan, had publicly criticized the leadership of the country in the past, and his support for the takeover was certain.
		Commanders of the army's elite Taman and Kantemir Divisions, the Ministry of Internal Affairs' Dzerzhinsky Division, and special Alpha units of the KGB refused to attack the crowds.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1282/is_n17_v43/ai_11333944 (1289 words)

	Axis History Forum :: View topic - 'American' Finns in Soviet Army
		She worked in hospitals at the front as an interpreter, although her mother and younger brother were sent beyond the Urals, where her mother died of hunger and her brother Roy, then 12, was put in an orphanage.
		Her older brother, Raymond, who graduated from the Petrozavodsk Pedagogical Institute in 1938, fought in the Soviet Army and was killed at the front.
		In due time the delivery of these persons to Soviet Union without proper authority led to a vote of non confidence to the minister of the interior Yrjö Leino (communist party) and he was forced to resign.
	forum.axishistory.com /viewtopic.php?t=59652 (2034 words)

	SovLit.com - Soviet Literature Summarized
		The novel which gave its name to an entire era of Soviet history, consisting mainly of interior monologues of a wide range of characters who are living inner personal lives at odds with their outer, public lives.
		Soviet super-spy Stirlitz, working undercover in the Nazi SS, defeats an attempt by the U.S. and Britain to conclude a separate peace with Nazi Germany and open a joint front against the Soviet Union (more)
		The peaceful Soviet motherland is subjected to a perfidious sneak attack by bourgeois forces.
	www.sovlit.com (4870 words)

	Army flags of the Soviet Union
		In former USSR this holiday, 23 of february, was the informal Male Day, and all the men (as former soldiers, universal 2-year military conscription existed in USSR) and boys (as defenders of Motherland in future) received congratulations and gifts in their families.
		Artists who made the post-cards drew as the non-existing “Army Flag” the Armed Forces Colours but without name and number of unit and in rectangular form (because two other flags, Navy and Aviation, on the post-card were in this form).
		In 1946 the name was changed to Soviet Army and starting 1972, Army ranks below starŝina wore the abbreviation "СА" on their shoulder straps.
	flagspot.net /flags/su^.html (482 words)

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