Red Army
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Red Army
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Calque of Russian Красная а́рмия (Krasnaja ármija). The red was the traditional color of the communist movement which was the official ideology of the Soviets at the period.
proper noun the Red Army
- Name of the Soviet army in the period 1918–1946.
- The Soviet Armed Forces, including those of 1947–1991.
- The Chinese Red Army. If Russia’s President Vladimir Putin could order his troops into his neighbor with impunity, surely China’s President Xi Jinping might finally decide to recover Taiwan, the island province that has remained staunchly independent ever since Mao Zedong’s Red Army finished his conquest of the mainland
- The Russian Armed Forces, especially the Ground Forces component.
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name name of the Soviet army
| Español | Ejército Rojo |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 붉은 군대 Bulgeun gundae, 적군 Jeokgun |
| 日本語 | 赤軍 Sekigun |
| 中文 | 紅軍 /红军 hóngjūn |
| हिन्दी | लाल सेना lāl senā |
| Português | Exército Vermelho |
| Français | armée rouge, Armée rouge |
| Deutsch | Rote Armee |
| Italiano | Armata Rossa |
| Ελληνικά | Κόκκινος Στρατός Kókkinos Stratós |
| Română | Armata Roșie |
| Русский | Кра́сная а́рмия Krásnaja ármija |
| Tiếng Việt | hồng quân |
| العربية | الْجَيْش الْأَحْمَر al-jayš al-ʔaḥmar |
| עברית | הַצָּבָא הָאָדֹם ha-tsavá ha-'adóm |
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