Military of the Soviet Union: History of Russian Military Ranks, Soviet Deep Battle, Soviet Armed Forces, Sambo

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 79. Chapters: History of Russian military ranks, Soviet deep battle, Soviet Armed Forces, Sambo, Military ranks of the Soviet Union, GRU, Anti-tank dog, Soviet biological weapons program, Dedovshchina, Russian Woodpecker, Soviet Air Defence Forces, Soviet Border Troops, Damansky Island Year 1969, Case of Trotskyist Anti-Soviet Military Organization, GRAU, Mozg Armii, Central Archive of the Russian Ministry of Defence, General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, Internal Troops, Snipers of the Soviet Union, Political commissar, SMERSH, Barrier troops, Stavka, Purge of the Red Army in 1941, Central Armed Forces Museum, DOSAAF, Soviet Military Administration in Germany, Gefreiter, Afghanka, Chief of the General Staff, Penal military unit, Systems Universalisation Specialist, Telogreika, Rear services, Russian Coast Guard, CSKA Moscow, Revolutionary Military Council, Military counterintelligence of the Soviet Army, Exercise Zapad-81, Red Banner, Radio Wolga, Military Collegium of the Supreme Court of the USSR, Terra-3, Main Agency of Automobiles and Tanks of the Ministry of Defense of the Soviet Union, Inside the Soviet Army, Military commissariat, Krasnaya Zvezda, Soviet Army Day, Soviet Military Power, Legenda. Excerpt: Modern Russian military ranks trace their roots to 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 Russian regular army in late 17th century. The rulers of the Kievan Rus entities had no standing army besides permanent group of personal guards, druzhina ( ' ); members of the unit were called druzhinnik ( ' ). In case of emergency, a militia was raised from volunteers from the peasantry, and the druzhina served as the core of the troops. The...