<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article may rely excessively on sources too closely associated with the subject, potentially preventing the article from being verifiable and neutral . Please help improve it by replacing them with more appropriate citations to reliable, independent, third - party sources . (December 2016) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article may rely excessively on sources too closely associated with the subject, potentially preventing the article from being verifiable and neutral . Please help improve it by replacing them with more appropriate citations to reliable, independent, third - party sources . (December 2016) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Armed Forces of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Вооружённые Силы Союза Советских Социалистических Республик Vooruzhonnyye Sily Soyuza Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Founded </Th> <Td> 15 January 1918 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Current form </Th> <Td> 23 February 1946 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Disbanded </Th> <Td> 25 December 1991 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Service branches </Th> <Td> Soviet Army Soviet Air Forces Soviet Navy Soviet Air Defence Forces Strategic Missile Troops </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Headquarters </Th> <Td> Moscow, Russian SFSR </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Leadership </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Supreme Commander </Th> <Td> Joseph Stalin (1941--1953) Mikhail Gorbachev (1990--1991) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Minister of Defence </Th> <Td> Joseph Stalin (1946--1947) Yevgeny Shaposhnikov (1991) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Chief of the General Staff </Th> <Td> Aleksandr Vasilevsky (1946--1948) Vladimir Lobov (1991) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Manpower </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Military age </Th> <Td> 18--27 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Conscription </Th> <Td> 18 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Available for military service </Th> <Td> 92,345,764 (1991), age 18--27 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Active personnel </Th> <Td> 4,230,920 (1991) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Expenditures </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Budget </Th> <Td> $300 billion (1990) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Percent of GDP </Th> <Td> 15 - 17% (1989) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Related articles </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> History </Th> <Td> Military history of the Soviet Union </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Ranks </Th> <Td> Military ranks of the Soviet Union </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Armed Forces of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics </Th> </Tr>

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