Red Army

English

Etymology

The red was the traditional color of the communist movement which was the official ideology of the Soviets at the period.

Proper noun

the Red Army

1. (historical, military) Name of the Soviet army in the period 1918–1946.
2. (historical, informal, military) The Soviet Armed Forces.
3. (historical, military) The Chinese Red Army.

Derived terms

• Red Army man

Translations

name of the Soviet army

• Armenian: Կարմիր բանակ (Karmir banak)
• Azerbaijani: Qırmızı Ordu
• Belarusian: чырвоная Армія (čyrvónaja Armija)
• Czech: Rudá armáda f
• Finnish: puna-armeija (fi)
• French: armée rouge f
• Georgian: წითელი არმია (c̣iteli armia)
• Japanese: 赤軍 (ja) (Sekigun)
• Kalmyk: Улан Церг (Ulan Tserg)
• Kazakh: Қызыл армия (Qyzyl armiä)
• Kyrgyz: Кызыл Армия (Kızıl Armiya)
• Persian: ارتش سرخ (arteš-e sorx)
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• Russian: Кра́сная Армия f (Krásnaja Armija)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Цр̀вена̄ а̀рмија f

  Latin: Cr̀venā àrmija (sh) f

• Southern Altai: Кызыл Черӱ (kızıl çerü)
• Spanish: Ejército Rojo m
• Tajik: Артиши Сурх (Artiši Surx)
• Uzbek: Qizil Armiya
• Yiddish: רויטאַרמיי f (roytarmey)

Further reading

• Red Army on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• marryed