Russian Ground Forces facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Ground Forces of the Russian Federation Сухопутные войска Российской Федерации Suhoputnye voyska Rossiyskoy Federatsii
Greater emblem of the Russian Ground Forces
Founded	1992
Country	Russia
Type	Army
Size	350,000 active duty (2017) including Airborne Troops
Part of	Russian Armed Forces
Headquarters	Frunzenskaya Embankment 20-22, Moscow
Patron	Saint Alexander Nevsky
Colors	Green, White and other
Anniversaries	1 October
Engagements	Transnistria War Civil War in Tajikistan East Prigorodny conflict War in Abkhazia 1993 Russian constitutional crisis First Chechen War War of Dagestan Second Chechen War Russo-Georgian War Insurgency in the North Caucasus Military intervention in Ukraine Syrian Civil War Iraqi Civil War
Commanders
Commander-in-Chief	Army General Oleg Salyukov

The Headquarters.

Russian T-90 tanks during the victory parade.

The Russian Ground Forces (Russian: Сухопутные войска Российской Федерации) are the land forces of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, formed after the break up of the Soviet Union. Since 1992, the Russian troops have withdrawn from many Soviet posts, but the branch has been determined to the Chechen Wars, peace keeping, and other operations in the post-Soviet states.

Organisation

The President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev is the supreme commander-in-chief of the Russian Ground Forces. The headquarters is located in Moscow.

Structure

The branches of service is made up of the rifle troops, tank troops, artillery and rocket forces, troop air defense, special corp, etc. The rifle troops (Motorised Rifle Troops) are the main part of the Russian Ground Forces. The branch controls all the battle formations. The branch also has all the destructive weapons for defense against land and aerial forces. The tank troops are an important branch in the Russian Ground Forces that is responsible for the defense in important combat tasks. The artillery and rocket forces is a branch that has the most firepower for the Russian Ground Forces. The troops are defense is currently a branch under control by the Russian Air Force, but by 2015, the branch will be under control again by the Russian Ground Forces. Lastly, the special corp is a branch that takes care of the engineering, radioelectronic warfare, chemical and biological protection, radiation, technical support, etc.

Equipment

The Russian Ground Forces are known to have a very large amount of equipment. A lot of this equipment is believed to be from the Soviet Union. Other countries seemed to get more modern equipment, while Russia was left with old Soviet equipment. Russia wanted to get more updated pieces, but the economy was not on the country's side.

Ranks and Insignia

Most of the ranks are very similar the Soviet Army's ranks. Most of the names of the ranks came from current German, French, English, Dutch and even Polish ranks. Very few changes have been made since the Soviet Union's breakup.

Images for kids

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  A Russian airborne exercise in 2017

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  Sergey Shoygu meeting with Indian officials in 2018

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  The 3rd Spetsnaz Brigade on parade

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  A Russian soldier at a checkpoint in Kosovo in 2001

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  Russian soldiers on parade in Saint Petersburg in 2014

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  Ratnik equipment being worn by troops of the 4th Guards Tank Division

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  Russian Spetsnaz (Special Forces) snipers

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  A T-14 Armata tank

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  Igor Matvienko (composer of "Forward, infantry!") with Oleg Salyukov during the presentation of the anthem of the Ground Forces in 2016.

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  Russian Spetsnaz in mountainous area

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  Russian sappers unit during a demining operations in Aleppo, Syria

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  Officers of the Western Military District at the Union Shield 2019 Russian-Belarusian exercise in the Nizhny Novgorod region .

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  Training of the Military Police of the Western Military District

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  Russian Military Police training

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  Russian army gunner during Zapad 2017 military exercise

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  Russian troops conducting land operations

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  1st Guards Engineer-Sapper Brigade during exercises in Mulino. March 23, 2018.

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  Russian soldiers during winter exercise

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  Russian Artillery units during an exercise in 2019

See also

In Spanish: Fuerzas Terrestres de Rusia para niños