List of Soviet Union military bases abroad

The Soviet Union maintained a large system of foreign military bases against the United States during the Cold War.[1]

Soviet naval bases and anchor rights abroad in 1984

Army bases

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

In Eastern Europe:
- Northern Group of Forces (Polish People's Republic)
- Central Group of Forces (Austria, Hungary and Czechoslovakia)
- Group of Soviet Forces in Germany (German Democratic Republic)
- Southern Group of Forces (Bulgaria, Romania and Hungary)
- Special Corps (Hungary; 1955-1957)
- Separate Mechanized Army (Romania; 1947-1958)

North-West Group of Forces in the Baltic republics of the USSR (15 November 1991 until the collapse of the USSR)
Limited Contingent of Soviet Troops in Afghanistan (under the command of the Turkestan Military District) from 1979 to 1989;

Group of Soviet Forces in Mongolia (under the command of the Transbaikal Military District0
39th Army in China
Group of Soviet Military Specialists in Cuba

Naval bases

Alexandria and Marsa Matruh (Egypt)
Latakia and Tartus (Syria)
Dahlak Archipelago (Ethiopia)
Socotra and Aden (Yemen)
Tripoli and Tobruk (Libya)
Bizerte and Sfax (Tunisia)
Split (now Croatia) and Tivat (now Montenegro) (Yugoslavia) - Limited Pre-Announced Shipyard Access Only[2]
Port Arthur (China)

Signals intelligence facilities

References

See also

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