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Southern Group of Forces

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The Southern Group of Forces (YUGV) was a Soviet Armed Forces formation formed twice following the Second World War, most notably around the time of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. [1]

59 relations: Air army (Soviet Union), Austria, Boris Ivanov, Brest Region, Budapest, Bulgaria, Byaroza, Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic, Carpathian Military District, Central Group of Forces, Debrecen, Dombóvár, Esztergom, Exercise Zapad-81, Fyodor Tolbukhin, Group of Soviet Forces in Germany, Hungarian Revolution of 1956, Hungary, Kalocsa, Kecskemét, Kiev Military District, Kiskunlacháza, Konstantin Provalov, Kunmadaras, Lebyazhye (air base), Mikoyan MiG-29, Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15, Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23, Moscow Military District, Northern Group of Forces, Paris Peace Treaties, 1947, Parndorf, Pavel Batov, Pápa, Piliscsaba, Romania, Sármellék, Soviet Armed Forces, Soviet occupation of Romania, Székesfehérvár, Szolnok, Tambov Oblast, Tököl, Veszprém, Volgograd Oblast, World War II, Yugoslavia, Zherdevka (air base), 128th Mountain Assault Brigade (Ukraine), 13th Guards Rifle Division, ..., 19th Guards Mechanized Brigade (Belarus), 22nd Rocket Brigade, 254th Motor Rifle Division, 26th Army (Soviet Union), 30th Mechanized Brigade (Ukraine), 37th Army (Soviet Union), 3rd Ukrainian Front, 57th Army (Soviet Union), 93rd Mechanized Brigade (Ukraine). Expand index (9 more) »

Air army (Soviet Union)

An air army was a type of formation of the Soviet Air Forces from 1936 until the dissolution of the USSR in 1991.

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Austria

Austria (Österreich), officially the Republic of Austria (Republik Österreich), is a federal republic and a landlocked country of over 8.8 million people in Central Europe.

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Boris Ivanov

Boris Ivanov (born 29 September 1947) is a Soviet athlete.

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Brest Region

Brest Region or Brest Oblast or Brest Voblast (Брэ́сцкая во́бласць; Bresckaja vobłasć; Бре́стская о́бласть; Brestskaya Oblast) is one of the regions of Belarus.

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Budapest

Budapest is the capital and the most populous city of Hungary, and one of the largest cities in the European Union.

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Bulgaria

Bulgaria (България, tr.), officially the Republic of Bulgaria (Република България, tr.), is a country in southeastern Europe.

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Byaroza

Biaroza (Бяро́за, official Belarusian romanization standard: Biaroza, formerly Бяро́за-Карту́зская; Beryoza; Bereza) is a town of 31 000 inhabitants (1995) in Western Belarus in Brest Region and the administrative center of the Byaroza District.

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Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic

The Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (BSSR, or Byelorussian SSR; Bielaruskaja Savieckaja Sacyjalistyčnaja Respublika; Belorusskaya SSR.), also commonly referred to in English as Byelorussia, was a federal unit of the Soviet Union (USSR).

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Carpathian Military District

The Carpathian Military District was a military district of the Soviet Armed Forces during the Cold War and subsequently of the Armed Forces of Ukraine during the early Post-Soviet period.

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Central Group of Forces

The Central Group of Forces was a formation of the Soviet Armed Forces used to control Soviet troops in Central Europe on two occasions: in Austria and Hungary from 1945-55 and troops stationed in Czechoslovakia after the Prague Spring of 1968.

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Debrecen

Debrecen is Hungary's second largest city after Budapest.

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Dombóvár

Dombóvár (Dombowa) is a town in Tolna County, Hungary.

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Esztergom

Esztergom (Gran, Ostrihom, known by alternative names), is a city in northern Hungary, northwest of the capital Budapest.

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Exercise Zapad-81

Exercise Zapad-81 (West-81) was the largest military exercise ever to be carried out by the Soviet Union, according to NATO and US sources.

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Fyodor Tolbukhin

Fedor Ivanovich Tolbukhin (Фёдор Ива́нович Толбу́хин; June 16, 1894 – October 17, 1949) was a Soviet military commander.

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Group of Soviet Forces in Germany

The Group of Soviet Forces in Germany (1954–1988) (Группа советских войск в Германии, ГСВГ), also known as the Group of Soviet Occupation Forces in Germany (1945–1954) and the Western Group of Forces (1988–1994) were the troops of the Soviet Army in East Germany.

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Hungarian Revolution of 1956

The Hungarian Revolution of 1956, or Hungarian Uprising of 1956 (1956-os forradalom or 1956-os felkelés), was a nationwide revolt against the Marxist-Leninist government of the Hungarian People's Republic and its Soviet-imposed policies, lasting from 23 October until 10 November 1956.

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Hungary

Hungary (Magyarország) is a country in Central Europe that covers an area of in the Carpathian Basin, bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Austria to the northwest, Romania to the east, Serbia to the south, Croatia to the southwest, and Slovenia to the west.

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Kalocsa

Kalocsa (Kaloča or Kalača; Kaloča or Калоча; Kollotschau) is a town in Bács-Kiskun county, Hungary.

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Kecskemét

Kecskemét is a city in the central part of Hungary.

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Kiev Military District

The Kiev Military District was a military district of the Imperial Russian Army and subsequently of the Red Army and Soviet Armed Forces.

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Kiskunlacháza

Kiskunlacháza is a town in Pest county in the northern part of Central Hungary, approximately 4 miles from the Danube river and its largest neighbor, Ráckeve.

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Konstantin Provalov

Konstantin Ivanovich Provalov (Russian: Константин Иванович Провалов; 11 June 1906 – 10 December 1981) was a Soviet Army Colonel general and Hero of the Soviet Union.

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Kunmadaras

Kunmadaras is a large village in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the Northern Great Plain region of central Hungary.

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Lebyazhye (air base)

Lebyazhye (also given as Kamyshin Northwest, Lebyazh'ye, Gromovo, Kotly, and Mikhailovka) is an air base in Russia located 18 km northwest of Kamyshin and 170 km north of Volgograd.

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Mikoyan MiG-29

The Mikoyan MiG-29 (Микоян МиГ-29; NATO reporting name: Fulcrum) is a twin-engine jet fighter aircraft designed in the Soviet Union.

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Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15

The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 (Микоян и Гуревич МиГ-15; USAF/DoD designation: Type 14; NATO reporting name: Fagot) is a jet fighter aircraft developed by Mikoyan-Gurevich for the Soviet Union.

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Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23

The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 (Микоян и Гуревич МиГ-23; NATO reporting name: Flogger) is a variable-geometry fighter aircraft, designed by the Mikoyan-Gurevich design bureau in the Soviet Union.

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Moscow Military District

The Moscow Military District was a military district of the Soviet Armed Forces and the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.

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Northern Group of Forces

The Northern Group of Forces was the military formation of the Soviet Army stationed in Poland from the end of Second World War in 1945 until 1993 when they were withdrawn in the aftermath of the fall of the Soviet Union.

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Paris Peace Treaties, 1947

The Paris Peace Treaties (Traité de Paris) was signed on 10 February 1947, as the outcome of the Paris Peace Conference, held from 29 July to 15 October 1946.

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Parndorf

Parndorf (Pándorfalu) is a town in the district of Neusiedl am See in the Austrian state of Burgenland.

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Pavel Batov

Pavel Ivanovich Batov (Павел Иванович Батов; – April 19, 1985) was a senior Red Army general during the Second World War and afterwards, twice Hero of the Soviet Union.

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Pápa

Pápa is a historical town in Veszprém county, Hungary, located close to the northern edge of the Bakony Hills, and noted for its baroque architecture.

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Piliscsaba

Piliscsaba is a town in Budapest metropolitan area, Hungary, located in northwestern Pest County, near the border of Komárom-Esztergom in a valley between the Buda and Pilis hills.

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Romania

Romania (România) is a sovereign state located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe.

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Sármellék

Sármellék is a village in Zala County, Hungary, notable for the Hévíz-Balaton Airport located nearby.

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Soviet Armed Forces

The Soviet Armed Forces, also called the Armed Forces of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and Armed Forces of the Soviet Union (Russian: Вооружённые Силы Союза Советских Социалистических Республик Vooruzhonnyye Sily Soyuza Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik, Вооружённые Силы Советского Союза) refers to the armed forces of the Russian SFSR (1917–1922), the Soviet Union (1922–1991) and the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1912–1991) from their beginnings in the aftermath of the Russian Civil War to its dissolution on 26 December 1991.

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Soviet occupation of Romania

The Soviet occupation of Romania refers to the period from 1944 to August 1958, during which the Soviet Union maintained a significant military presence in Romania.

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Székesfehérvár

The city of Székesfehérvár, known colloquially as Fehérvár ("white castle") (located in central Hungary, is the ninth largest city of the country; regional capital of Central Transdanubia; and the centre of Fejér county and Székesfehérvár District. The area is an important rail and road junction between Lake Balaton and Lake Velence. Székesfehérvár, a royal residence (székhely), as capital of the Kingdom of Hungary, held a central role in the Middle Ages. As required by the Doctrine of the Holy Crown, the first kings of Hungary were crowned and buried here. Significant trade routes led to the Balkans and Italy, and to Buda and Vienna. Historically the city has come under Turkish, German and Russian control and the city is known by translations of "white castle" in these languages: (Stuhlweißenburg; Столни Београд; İstolni Belgrad).

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Szolnok

Szolnok is the county seat of Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county in central Hungary.

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Tambov Oblast

Tambov Oblast (Тамбо́вская о́бласть, Tambovskaya oblast) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast).

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Tököl

Tököl (Tukulja) is a town in Pest County, Hungary.

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Veszprém

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Volgograd Oblast

Volgograd Oblast (Волгогра́дская о́бласть, Volgogradskaya oblast) is a federal subject (an oblast) of Russia, located in the Volga region of Southern Russia.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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Yugoslavia

Yugoslavia (Jugoslavija/Југославија; Jugoslavija; Југославија; Pannonian Rusyn: Югославия, transcr. Juhoslavija)Jugosllavia; Jugoszlávia; Juhoslávia; Iugoslavia; Jugoslávie; Iugoslavia; Yugoslavya; Югославия, transcr. Jugoslavija.

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Zherdevka (air base)

Zherdevka (also Zerdevka) is an interceptor aircraft air base in Russia located east of Zherdevka, Tambov Oblast.

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128th Mountain Assault Brigade (Ukraine)

The 128th Mountain Assault Brigade is a formation of the Ukrainian Ground Forces.

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13th Guards Rifle Division

The 13th Guards Rifle Division (Russian: 13-я Полтавская дважды Краснознаменная гвардейская стрелковая дивизия) was a Soviet Union Red Army infantry division that served with distinction during the Second World War.

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19th Guards Mechanized Brigade (Belarus)

The 19th Guards Mechanized Brigade is a formation of the Armed Forces of Belarus based in Zaslonovo (ru:Заслоново), a few kilometers east of Lepiel.

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22nd Rocket Brigade

The 22nd Rocket Brigade was a Tactical ballistic missile brigade of the Soviet Army from 1961 to 1992 and of the Armed Forces of Belarus from 1992 to 2005.

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254th Motor Rifle Division

The 254th Motor Rifle Division was a motorized infantry division of the Soviet Army during the Cold War and later the Ukrainian Army.

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26th Army (Soviet Union)

The 26th Army (Russian: 26-я армия 26-ya armiya) was a field army of the Soviet Union's Red Army, active from 1941.

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30th Mechanized Brigade (Ukraine)

The 30th Mechanized Brigade is a formation of the Ukrainian Ground Forces.

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37th Army (Soviet Union)

The 37th Army was an Army-level formation of the Soviet Union during the Second World War. The army was formed twice during the war.

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3rd Ukrainian Front

3rd Ukrainian Front (Третій Український фронт) was a Front of the Red Army during World War II.

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57th Army (Soviet Union)

The 57th Army was a field army of the Soviet Union's Red Army that was created in 1941, and then disbanded and created a second time in 1943.

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93rd Mechanized Brigade (Ukraine)

The 93rd Mechanized Brigade is a formation of the Ukrainian Ground Forces.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Group_of_Forces

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