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Soviet Border Troops
Пограничные войска СССР Pograníchnyye Voiská SSSR
Patch of the Soviet Border Troops
Founded
1918
Disbanded
1992
Country
Soviet Union (1918–1991) CIS (1991–1992)
Allegiance
Communist Party of the Soviet Union (until 1990) President of the Soviet Union (1990–1991) Commonwealth of Independent States (1991–1992)
Type
Border guard
Size
220,000 (1991)
Colors
Green
Engagements
First World War
Basmachi movement
Operation Faustschlag
Battle of Bakhmach
Crimea Operation (1918)
Chinese Civil War
Sino-Soviet conflict (1929)
Soviet–Japanese border conflicts
Battle of Lake Khasan
Second World War
Winter War
Operation Barbarossa
Continuation War
Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran
Soviet-Japanese War
Hungarian Revolution of 1956
Sino-Soviet border conflict
Soviet–Afghan War
Commanders
Current commander
See list
Notable commanders
Timofei Strokach Pavel Zyryanov
Military unit
Soviet Armed Forces
Components
General Staff
Strategic Rocket Forces
Red Army
Soviet Army
Air Defence Forces
Air Forces
Navy
Ranks of the Soviet Military
Military ranks of the Soviet Union
History of the Soviet Military
Military history of the Soviet Union
History of Russian military ranks
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The Soviet Border Troops (Russian: Пограничные войска СССР, romanized: Pogranichnyye voyska SSSR) were the border guard of the Soviet Union, subordinated to the Soviet state security agency: first to the Cheka/OGPU, then to NKVD/MGB and, finally, to the KGB. Accordingly, they were known as NKVD Border Security and KGB Border Troops. Unlike the border guards of many other countries, Soviet Border Troops also included the maritime border guarding units, and aviation units (i.e., a coast guard).
The mission of the Border Troops included repulsing armed incursions into Soviet territory; preventing illegal crossings of the border or the transport of weapons, explosives, contraband or subversive literature across the border; monitoring the observance of established procedures at border crossing points; monitoring the observance by Soviet and foreign ships of navigation procedures in Soviet territorial waters; and assisting state agencies in the preservation of natural resources and the protection of the environment from pollution. Border guards were authorized to examine documents and possessions of persons crossing the borders and to confiscate articles; to conduct inquiries in cases of violations of the state border; and to take such actions as arrest, search and interrogation of individuals suspected of border violations.
With the end of the Soviet Union, the Soviet Border troops remained under the command of the Commonwealth of Independent States but later were divided between the Union's constituent republics.
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