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Southern Group of Forces, the Glossary

The Southern Group of Forces (YUGV) was a Soviet Armed Forces formation formed twice following the Second World War, most notably around the time of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956.^[1]

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Cold War military history of the Soviet Union
Groups of forces
Hungarian Revolution of 1956
Soviet military occupations

Air army (Soviet Union)

An air army was a type of formation of the Soviet Air Forces from 1936 until the dissolution of the USSR in 1991.

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Austria

Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps.

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Boevoi sostav Sovetskoi armii ("Combat composition of the Soviet army") is an official Second World War Soviet Army order of battle published in five parts from 1963 through 1990 by the Voroshilov Academy of the General Staff and Voenizdat.

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Brest Region

Brest Region, also known as Brest Oblast or Brest Voblasts (Bresckaja voblasć; Brestskaya oblast), is one of the six regions of Belarus.

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Budapest

Budapest is the capital and most populous city of Hungary.

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Bulgaria

Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located west of the Black Sea and south of the Danube river, Bulgaria is bordered by Greece and Turkey to the south, Serbia and North Macedonia to the west, and Romania to the north. It covers a territory of and is the 16th largest country in Europe.

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Byaroza

Byaroza (Biaroza; Beryoza; also spelled Bereza), formerly Byaroza-Kartuzskaya, is a town in Brest Region, Belarus.

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The Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (BSSR or Byelorussian SSR; Беларуская Савецкая Сацыялістычная Рэспубліка; Белорусская Советская Социалистическая Республика), also known as Byelorussia, was a republic of the Soviet Union (USSR).

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Carpathian Military District

The Red Banner Carpathian Military District was a military district of the Soviet Armed Forces during the Cold War and subsequently of the Armed Forces of Ukraine during the early Post-Soviet period.

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Central Group of Forces

The Central Group of Forces (Russian: Центральная группа войск) was a formation of the Soviet Armed Forces used to incorporate Soviet troops in Central Europe on two occasions: in Austria and Hungary from 1945 to 1955 and troops stationed in Czechoslovakia after the Prague Spring of 1968. Southern Group of Forces and Central Group of Forces are cold War military history of the Soviet Union and Groups of forces.

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Debrecen

Debrecen (Debrezin; Debrecín) is Hungary's second-largest city, after Budapest, the regional centre of the Northern Great Plain region and the seat of Hajdú-Bihar County.

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Dombóvár

Dombóvár (Dombowa; Iowia) is a town in Tolna County, Hungary.

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Dunaföldvár

Dunaföldvár is a town in Tolna County, Hungary.

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Esztergom

Esztergom (Gran; Solva or Strigonium; Ostrihom, known by alternative names) is a city with county rights in northern Hungary, northwest of the capital Budapest.

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Fyodor Tolbukhin

Fyodor Ivanovich Tolbukhin (Фёдор Ива́нович Толбу́хин; 16 June 1894 – 17 October 1949) was a Soviet military commander and Marshal of the Soviet Union.

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Group of Soviet Forces in Germany

The Western Group of Forces (WGF), previously known as the Group of Soviet Occupation Forces in Germany (GSOFG) and the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany (GSFG), were the troops of the Soviet Army in East Germany. Southern Group of Forces and Group of Soviet Forces in Germany are Groups of forces.

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Hungarian Revolution of 1956

The Hungarian Revolution of 1956 (23 October – 4 November 1956; 1956-os forradalom), also known as the Hungarian Uprising, was an attempted countrywide revolution against the government of the Hungarian People's Republic (1949–1989) and the policies caused by the government's subordination to the Soviet Union (USSR). Southern Group of Forces and Hungarian Revolution of 1956 are cold War military history of the Soviet Union, Hungary–Soviet Union relations and Soviet military occupations.

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Hungary

Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe.

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Kalocsa

Kalocsa (Kaloča or Kalača; Kaloča or Калоча; Kollotschau) is a town in Bács-Kiskun county, Hungary.

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Kecskemét

Kecskemét is a city with county rights in central Hungary.

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Kiev Military District

The Kiev Military District (abbreviated) was a military district of the Imperial Russian Army and subsequently of the Red Army and Soviet Armed Forces.

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Kiskunlacháza

Kiskunlacháza is a city in Pest county in the northern part of Central Hungary, approximately 4 miles from the Danube river and its largest neighbor, Ráckeve.

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Konstantin Provalov

Konstantin Ivanovich Provalov (Russian: Константин Иванович Провалов; 12 June 1906 – 8 December 1981) was a Soviet Army Colonel general and Hero of the Soviet Union.

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Kunmadaras

Kunmadaras is a large village in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok, Hungary.

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Lebyazhye (air base)

Lebyazhye (also given as Kamyshin Northwest, Lebyazh'ye, Gromovo, Kotly, and Mikhailovka) is a former air base in Russia located 18 km northwest of Kamyshin and 170 km north of Volgograd.

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Matvey Burlakov

Matvey Prokopyevich Burlakov (19 August 1935 – 8 February 2011) was a Soviet and Russian colonel general.

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Mór

Mór (Moor) is a town in Fejér County, Hungary.

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Mikhail Kazakov

Mikhail Ilyich Kazakov (– 25 December 1979) was an army general of the Soviet Army and a Hero of the Soviet Union.

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Mikoyan MiG-29

The Mikoyan MiG-29 (Микоян МиГ-29; NATO reporting name: Fulcrum) is a twin-engine fighter aircraft designed in the Soviet Union.

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Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15

The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 (Микоян-Гуревич МиГ-15; USAF/DoD designation: Type 14; NATO reporting name: Fagot) is a jet fighter aircraft developed by Mikoyan-Gurevich for the Soviet Union.

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Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21

The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 (Микоян и Гуревич МиГ-21; NATO reporting name: Fishbed) is a supersonic jet fighter and interceptor aircraft, designed by the Mikoyan-Gurevich Design Bureau in the Soviet Union.

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Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23

The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 (Микоян и Гуревич МиГ-23; NATO reporting name: Flogger) is a variable-geometry fighter aircraft, designed by the Mikoyan-Gurevich design bureau in the Soviet Union.

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Moscow Military District

The Order of Lenin Moscow Military District is a military district of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.

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Northern Group of Forces

The Northern Group of Forces was the military formation of the Soviet Army (Russian Ground Forces starting 1992) stationed in Poland from the end of Second World War in 1945 until 1993 when they were withdrawn in the aftermath of the fall of the Soviet Union. Southern Group of Forces and Northern Group of Forces are cold War military history of the Soviet Union and Groups of forces.

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Paris Peace Treaties, 1947

The Paris Peace Treaties (Traités de Paris) were signed on 10 February 1947 following the end of World War II in 1945. Southern Group of Forces and Paris Peace Treaties, 1947 are Hungary–Soviet Union relations and Romania–Soviet Union relations.

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Parndorf

Parndorf (Pándorfalu, Pandrof) is a town in the district of Neusiedl am See in the Austrian state of Burgenland.

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Pavel Batov

Pavel Ivanovich Batov (Па́вел Ива́нович Ба́тов; – April 19, 1985) was a senior Red Army general during the Second World War and afterwards, twice Hero of the Soviet Union.

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Pápa

Pápa is a historical town in Veszprém county, Hungary, located close to the northern edge of the Bakony Hills, and noted for its baroque architecture.

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Piliscsaba

Piliscsaba is a town in Budapest metropolitan area, Hungary, located in northwestern Pest County, near the border of Komárom-Esztergom in a valley between the Buda and Pilis hills.

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Romania

Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeast Europe.

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Sármellék

Sármellék is a village in Zala County, Hungary, notable for the Hévíz-Balaton Airport located nearby.

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Soviet Armed Forces

The Soviet Armed Forces, also known as the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union, the Red Army (1918–1946) and the Soviet Army (1946–1991), were the armed forces of the Russian SFSR (1917–1922) and the Soviet Union (1922–1991) from their beginnings in the Russian Civil War of 1917–1923 to the collapse of the USSR in 1991.

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Soviet occupation of Romania

The Soviet occupation of Romania refers to the period from 1944 to August 1958, during which the Soviet Union maintained a significant military presence in Romania. Southern Group of Forces and Soviet occupation of Romania are cold War military history of the Soviet Union, Romania–Soviet Union relations and Soviet military occupations.

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Special Mechanized Army

The Special Mechanized Army was a mechanized army of the Soviet Army. Southern Group of Forces and Special Mechanized Army are Romania–Soviet Union relations.

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Székesfehérvár

Székesfehérvár (Stuhlweißenburg; Alba Regia;; Serbian: Стони Београд), known colloquially as Fehérvár, is a city in central Hungary, and the country's ninth-largest city.

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Szolnok

Szolnok (also known by alternative names) is the county seat of Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county in central Hungary.

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Tambov Oblast

Tambov Oblast (Tambovskaya oblastʹ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast).

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Tata, Hungary

Tata (Totis; Dotis) is a town in Komárom-Esztergom County, northwestern Hungary, northwest of the county town Tatabánya.

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Tököl

Tököl (Tukulja) is a town in Pest County, Hungary.

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Veszprém

Veszprém (Weißbrünn, Slovak: Bezperín/Bezprím, Belomost) is one of the oldest urban areas in Hungary, and a city with county rights.

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Voenizdat

Voenizdat (Воениздат) was a publishing house in Moscow, Russia that was one of the first and largest publishing houses in USSR.

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Volgograd Oblast

Volgograd Oblast (Volgogradskaya oblastʹ) is a federal subject (an oblast) of Russia, located in the lower Volga region of Southern Russia.

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Vyacheslav Tsvetayev

Vyacheslav Dmitrievich Tsvetaev (Вячеслав Дмитриевич Цветаев; 17 January 1893 – 11 August 1950) was a Soviet general and Hero of the Soviet Union.

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Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia

On 20–21 August 1968, the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic was jointly invaded by four Warsaw Pact countries: the Soviet Union, the Polish People's Republic, the People's Republic of Bulgaria, and the Hungarian People's Republic. Southern Group of Forces and Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia are cold War military history of the Soviet Union and Soviet military occupations.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Group_of_Forces

, Voenizdat, Volgograd Oblast, Vyacheslav Tsvetayev, Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia, World War II, Yugoslavia, Zapad-81, Zherdevka (air base), 11th Guards Fighter Aviation Division, 128th Mountain Assault Brigade (Ukraine), 13th Guards Rifle Division, 19th Guards Mechanized Brigade (Belarus), 22nd Missile Brigade, 254th Motor Rifle Division, 26th Army (Soviet Union), 30th Mechanized Brigade (Ukraine), 37th Army (Soviet Union), 3rd Ukrainian Front, 40th Guards Rifle Division, 49th Guards Rifle Division, 57th Army (Soviet Union), 93rd Mechanized Brigade (Ukraine).

Southern Group of Forces, the Glossary

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See also

Cold War military history of the Soviet Union

Groups of forces

Hungarian Revolution of 1956

Soviet military occupations

References