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Red Army
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English
Etymology
en ru Красная а́рмия. The red was the traditional color of the communist movement which was the official ideology of the Soviets at the period.
Pronunciation
en
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Red Army.wav Southern England
Proper noun
Red Army 1
en Q251395 en historical military Name of the Soviet army in the period 1918–1946.
en White Army green army
en Q43456 en historical informal military The Soviet Armed Forces, including those of 1947–1991.
en historical military The Chinese Red Army.
en 08/30/2022 w:Donald Kirk Could China invade South Korea after Taiwan? https://web.archive.org/web/20220830211229/https://thehill.com/opinion/international/3620191-could-china-invade-south-korea-after-taiwan/ 30 August 2022 The Hill (newspaper) The Hill If Russia’s President Vladimir Putin could order his troops into his neighbor with impunity, surely China’s President Xi Jinping might finally decide to recover Taiwan, the island province that has remained staunchly independent ever since Mao Zedong’s Red Army finished his conquest of the mainland in 1949.
en informal military The Russian Armed Forces, especially the Ground Forces component.
Derived terms
en Red Army man Red Armyman
Related terms
en Red China red menace Reds red scare
Translations
name of the Soviet army
Albanian: sq Ushtria e Kuqe f definite
Altai:
Southern Altai: alt Кызыл Черӱ
Arabic: ar الْجَيْش الْأَحْمَر m definite
Armenian: hy Կարմիր բանակ
Azerbaijani: az Qızıl Ordu
Belarusian: be Чырво́ная а́рмія f
Bengali: bn লাল ফৌজ
Bulgarian: bg Черве́на а́рмия f
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 紅軍
Mandarin: cmn 紅軍
Czech: cs Rudá armáda f
Danish: da Den Røde Hær c definite
Dutch: nl Rode Leger n
Estonian: et Punaarmee
Finnish: fi puna-armeija
French: fr armée rouge f, fr Armée rouge f
Georgian: ka წითელი არმია
German: de Rote Armee f
Greek: el Κόκκινος Στρατός m
Hebrew: he הַצָּבָא הָאָדֹם f ha-tsavá ha-'adóm definite
Hindi: hi लाल सेना f
Icelandic: is Rauði herinn m definite
Ingrian: izh Punain armia, izh Puna-armia
Italian: it Armata Rossa f
Japanese: ja 赤軍 せきぐん, Sekigun
Kalmyk: xal Улан Церг
Kazakh: kk Қызыл армия
Korean: ko ^붉은 군대, ko ^적군(赤軍)
Kyrgyz: ky Кызыл Армия
Latvian: lv sarkanā armija f
Lithuanian: lt raudonoji armija f
Macedonian: mk Цр́вена а́рмија f
Malay: ms Tentera Merah
Marathi: mr लाल सेना f
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: mn Улаан Арми
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb Den røde armé m definite, nb Den røde hæren m definite
Nynorsk: nn Den raude hæren m definite
Persian:
Iranian Persian: fa-ira اَرْتِشِ سُرْخ
Polish: pl Armia Czerwona f
Portuguese: pt Exército Vermelho m
Romanian: ro Armata Roșie f
Russian: ru Кра́сная а́рмия f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Цр̀вена̄ а̀рмија f
Latin: sh Cr̀venā àrmija f
Slovak: sk Červená armáda f
Slovene: sl Rdeča armada f
Spanish: es Ejército Rojo m
Swedish: sv röda armén c
Tajik: tg Артиши Сурх
Tatar: tt Кызыл Армия
Thai: th กองทัพแดง
Turkish: tr Kızılordu
Turkmen: tk Gyzyl Goşun
Ukrainian: uk Черво́на а́рмія f
Urdu: ur سُرْخ فَوج f
Uyghur: ug قىزىل ئارمىيە
Uzbek: uz Qizil Armiya
Vietnamese: vi hồng quân (vi 紅軍)
Yiddish: yi רויטאַרמיי f
Further reading
Anagrams
en ademrry marryed
en World War II Organizations Soviet Union China Russia Communism