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The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, [ a] commonly referred to as the Russian Armed Forces, are the military of Russia. It is organized into three service branches—the Ground Forces, Navy, and Aerospace Forces —two independent combat arms (the Strategic Rocket Forces and Airborne Forces ), [ 10] and the Special Operations Forces Command.
The Russian Ground Forces, [ a] also known as the Russian Army in English, are the land forces of the Russian Armed Forces . The primary responsibilities of the Russian Ground Forces are the protection of the state borders, combat on land, and the defeat of enemy troops. The President of Russia is the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed ...
This category has the following 14 subcategories, out of 14 total. Military units and formations of Russia by branch (4 C) Military units and formations of Russia by size (7 C) Military units and formations of Russia by type (8 C)
1st Guards "Orshanskaya" Missile Brigade. 20th Guards "Berlin" Missile Brigade. 112th Guards "Novorossiysk" Missile Brigade. 212th Guards District Training Center. 467th Guards "Moscow-Tartu" District Training Center. 9th Guards '''"Lvov-Berlin"''' Headquarters Brigade. 3rd Guards "Warsaw-Berlin" Spetsnaz Brigade.
Said-Magomed Kakiyev. Leonid Khabarov. Leonid Kharitonov (singer) Sergei Kharitonov. Mikhail Khodaryonok. Alexei Kim. Ruslan Kokshin. Yury Koziyatko. Oleg Kozlov.
Modern Russian military ranks trace their roots to the Table of Ranks established by Peter the Great. Most of the rank names were borrowed from existing German / Prussian , French , English , Dutch , and Polish ranks upon the formation of the Russian regular army in the late 17th century.
Military leaders of the Russian Empire (3 C, 3 P) A. Russian admirals (5 C, 48 P) C. Commanders-in-chief of the Russian Air Force (6 P)
First formed during Russian Civil War from the 2nd Ukrainian Red Army and the Crimean Red Army and fought in the Southern and Southwestern Fronts. 16th Army: First formed during the Russian Civil War from the Lithuanian-Belorussian Red Army and fought on the Western Front. Red Army of the Northern Caucasus: In the Caucasus, 1918. Ukrainian Red Army