List of Soviet Union military bases abroad

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Soviet naval bases and anchor rights abroad in 1984

The Soviet Union maintained a system of foreign military bases against the United States during the Cold War.^[1]

Army bases[]

At different times, various Soviet Army contingents were deployed in different regions of the world:

• In Eastern Europe:
  • Northern Group of Forces (Polish People's Republic)
  • Central Group of Forces (Austria, Hungary and Czechoslovakia)
  • Group of Soviet Forces in Germany (German Democratic Republic)
  • Southern Group of Forces (Bulgaria, Romania and Hungary)
  • Special Corps (Hungary; 1955-1957)
  • Separate Mechanized Army (Romania; 1947-1958)

• North-West Group of Forces in the Baltic republics of the USSR (15 November 1991 until the collapse of the USSR)
• Limited Contingent of Soviet Troops in Afghanistan (The 40th Army under the command of the Turkestan Military District) from 1979 to 1989;

• Soviet Forces in Mongolia (under the command of the Transbaikal Military District)
  • 5th Army (1921-1924)
  • 17th Army (1940-1946)
  • 39th Army (1945-1946; 1970-1992)
• 39th Army in China (1945)
• Group of Soviet Military Specialists in Cuba

Naval bases[]

Soviet marines at their Ethiopian base at Nokra.

Air force[]

References[]

See also[]

• List of Russian military bases abroad
• List of United States military bases
• Lists of military installations