Soviet Armed Forces
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The Soviet Armed Forces, also known as the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union, the Red Army and the Soviet Army, were the armed forces of the Russian SFSR and the Soviet Union from their beginnings in the Russian Civil War of 1917–1923 to the... Wikipedia
Chief of the General Staff: Pavel Lebedev (1921–1924); Viktor Samsonov (1991–1992)
Founded: December 30, 1922
Active personnel: 4,900,000 (1985)
Available for military service: 92,345,764 (1991), age 18–35
Budget: US$128 billion (official, 1988); US$200-300 billion (CIA, Pentagon estimate, 1988)
Conscription: 2 years (Army & Air Force); 3 years (Navy)
Disbanded: 26 December 1991; 32 years ago; (Soviet Union dissolved); 24 December 1993; 30 years ago (United Armed Forces disbanded)