Armed Forces of the Russian Federation facts for kids

The banner of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.

A Russian tank.

The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation is the armed forces of Russia, created after the breakup of the Soviet Union. The Armed Forces is known to be one of the biggest in the world with about 1,200,000 troops active. Russia also makes its own weapons. The Armed Forces has 6 branches: Russian Air Force, Russian Ground Forces, Russian Navy, Strategic Missile Troops, Russian Space Troops and the Russian Airborne Troops. The Commander-In-Chief is the President of Russia.

History

When the Soviet Union broke up, Russia and the various other countries got parts of its large armed forces. The country's president, Boris Yeltsin, had to fix Russia and build up the military. So, Yeltsin appointed himself the Russian minister of defence. Eventually, CIS helped Russia get its defence into shape. Then in 1993, a doctrine was made to set up the official military.

Personnel

As of 2008, 480,000 men joined the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. The term is usually a year. Russians can join at the age of 18 to 27 years old. Like any other Armed Forces, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation has ranks. The ranks are open to non-Russian citizens as well.

Images for kids

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  Minister of Defence, General of the Army Sergei Shoigu

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  Chief of the General Staff, General of the Army Valery Gerasimov

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  Army General Aleksandr Dvornikov, commander of the Southern Military District since 20 September 2016

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  Russian President Vladimir Putin and Defence Minister Sergey Shoygu at the Moscow Victory Day Parade, 9 May 2013

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  Russian troops at the 2015 Moscow Victory Day parade

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  Russian troops marching in the 2015 Moscow Victory Day Parade

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  Members of the 56th Guards Air Assault Brigade of the Russian Airborne Forces (2018)

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  Ratnik infantry combat system in reconnaissance variant and AFV crew individual protection kit Ratnik-ZK

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  Soviet and Russian military expenditures in billions of 2015 US dollars

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  The facade of the National Defense Management Center

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  The conference room of the National Defense Management Center

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  A pie chart showing global military expenditures by country for 2018, in US$ billions, according to the International Institute for Strategic Studies

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  The Sukhoi PAK FA is one of the latest procurement projects of the Russian Armed Forces.

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  A mobile version of the RS-24 Yars

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  The Borei-class submarine Alexander Nevsky

See also

In Spanish: Fuerzas Armadas de Rusia para niños