Soviet Border Troops
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The Soviet Border Troops were the border guard of the Soviet Union, subordinated to the Soviet state security agency: first to the Cheka/OGPU, then to NKVD/MGB and, finally, to the KGB. Accordingly, t
The Karpov frontier post, Soviet-Afghan border
Former Soviet Border Guard observation post in Estonia
1968 stamp honouring the Border Troops
KGB Border Troops wearing the Spetsodezhda at the Khorgos Soviet-Chinese frontier post
Soviet Airborne Forces
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The Soviet Airborne Forces, or VDV, was a separate troops branch of the Soviet Armed Forces. First formed before the Second World War, the VDV undertook two significant airborne operations and a numbe
Shoulder patch of the Soviet Airborne Forces, 1969–1991
A group of parachutists Ya.D. Moshkovsky (far left) before the landing on August 2, 1930
Soviet paratroopers deploy from a Tupolev TB-3 in 1930
Kiev maneuvers in 1935. Collecting paratroopers after landing