Soviet soldiers
Cold War troops
Soviet soldiers were military personnel serving in the armed forces of the Soviet Union, which existed from 1922 to 1991.
The term most often evokes World War II, when Soviet forces suffered catastrophic losses fighting Nazi Germany on the Eastern Front: Soviet soldiers raised the flag over the Reichstag in 1945.
During the Cold War, Soviet soldiers served in occupations, interventions, and the decade-long war in Afghanistan.
- Red ArmySoviet ground forces
- Great Patriotic WarSoviet term for WWII
- comradesClose allies in cause
- conscriptsCompulsory military personnel
- infantryGround combat troops
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