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Army bases At different times, various Soviet Army contingents were deployed in different regions of the world:

In Eastern Europe: Northern Group of Forces (Poland) Central Group of Forces (Austria, Hungary and Czechoslovakia) Group of Soviet Forces in Germany (German Democratic Republic) Southern Group of Forces (Romania and Hungary) (Hungary; 1955–1956) Special Mechanized Army (Romania; 1947–1957) North-West Group of Forces in the Baltic republics of the USSR (15 November 1991 until the collapse of the USSR) in Afghanistan (The 40th Army under the command of the Turkestan Military District; 1979–1989) Soviet Forces in Mongolia (under the command of the Transbaikal Military District) 5th Army (1921–1924) 17th Army (1940–1946) 39th Army (1945–1946; 1970–1992) 39th Army in China (1945) Group of Soviet Military Specialists in China (1948–1961) in Cuba (1962–1991) in Vietnam (1961–1991)

Naval bases

+ Location Country Dates Notes Hanko Naval Base 1940–1941 Signals intelligence facility. Alexandria and Marsa Matruh 1967–1972 Latakia and Tartus 1971–present Nokra, Dahlak Archipelago 1977–1991 Socotra and Aden 1971–late 1980s Tripoli and Tobruk 1977–2011 Port Arthur, Bohai Bay 1945–1956 It was the largest Soviet base abroad in the 1940s to 1950s. Cam Ranh Base 1979–2002 Pasha Liman Base, Vlore 1955–1962 It was the only Soviet base in the Mediterranean in the 1950s. Porkkala Naval Base 1944–1956 Signals intelligence facility. Rostock 1949–1990 Signals intelligence facility. Swinoujscie 1949—1991 Signals intelligence facility.

Air force bases Location Country Notes Cairo, Aswan, Mersa Matruh Airfields Asmara airfield Hargeisa Aden, Al-Anad Air Base Tuchengzi Air Base and Dalian Zhoushuizi in Dalian, Jiangwan, Dachang, Longhua air bases in Shanghai 1945–1956, 1949–1953 Havana Conakry Luanda Cam Ranh Base 1979–2002

See also List of Russian military bases abroad

List of countries with overseas military bases

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