Meanings
- historicalgovernmentName of the Soviet army in the period 1918–1946.
- historicalinformalgovernmentThe Soviet Armed Forces, including those of 1947–1991.
- historicalgovernmentThe Chinese Red Army.
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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.
2022 August 30, Donald Kirk, “Could China invade South Korea after Taiwan?”, in The Hill, archived from the original on 30 Aug 2022 - informalgovernmentThe Russian Armed Forces, especially the Ground Forces component.
Origin
- RussianКрасная а́рмия
- EnglishRed Army
Calque of Russian Красная а́рмия (Krasnaja ármija). The red was the traditional color of the communist movement which was the official ideology of the Soviets at the period.
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Arabic الْجَيْش الْأَحْمَر
- الْجَيْش الْأَحْمَر (al-jayš al-ʔaḥmar)name of the Soviet army
Bengali লাল ফৌজ
- লাল ফৌজ (lal phōuj)name of the Soviet army
Bulgarian Черве́на а́рмия
- Черве́на а́рмия (Červéna ármija)name of the Soviet army
Chinese Cantonese 紅軍 /红军
- 紅軍 /红军name of the Soviet army
Chinese Mandarin 紅軍 /红军
- 紅軍 /红军 (hóngjūn)name of the Soviet army
Czech Rudá armáda
- Rudá armádaname of the Soviet army
Danish Den Røde Hær
- Den Røde Hærname of the Soviet army
Dutch Rode Leger
- Rode Legername of the Soviet army
Estonian Punaarmee
- Punaarmeename of the Soviet army
Finnish puna-armeija
- puna-armeijaname of the Soviet army
French armée rouge, Armée rouge
- armée rougename of the Soviet army
- Armée rougename of the Soviet army
German Rote Armee
- Rote Armeename of the Soviet army
Greek Κόκκινος Στρατός
- Κόκκινος Στρατός (Kókkinos Stratós)name of the Soviet army
Hebrew הַצָּבָא הָאָדֹם
- הַצָּבָא הָאָדֹם (ha-tsavá ha-'adóm)name of the Soviet army
Hindi लाल सेना
- लाल सेना (lāl senā)name of the Soviet army
Icelandic Rauði herinn
- Rauði herinnname of the Soviet army
Italian Armata Rossa
- Armata Rossaname of the Soviet army
Japanese 赤軍
- 赤軍 (Sekigun)name of the Soviet army
Korean 붉은 군대, 적군
- 붉은 군대 (Bulgeun gundae)name of the Soviet army
- 적군 (Jeokgun)name of the Soviet army
Latvian sarkanā armija
- sarkanā armijaname of the Soviet army
Lithuanian raudonoji armija
- raudonoji armijaname of the Soviet army
Malay Tentera Merah
- Tentera Merahname of the Soviet army
Norwegian Bokmål Den røde armé, Den røde hæren
- Den røde arméname of the Soviet army
- Den røde hærenname of the Soviet army
Polish Armia Czerwona
- Armia Czerwonaname of the Soviet army
Portuguese Exército Vermelho
- Exército Vermelhoname of the Soviet army
Romanian Armata Roșie
- Armata Roșiename of the Soviet army
Russian Кра́сная а́рмия
- Кра́сная а́рмия (Krásnaja ármija)name of the Soviet army
Slovak Červená armáda
- Červená armádaname of the Soviet army
Spanish Ejército Rojo
- Ejército Rojoname of the Soviet army
Swedish röda armén
- röda arménname of the Soviet army
Thai กองทัพแดง
- กองทัพแดงname of the Soviet army
Turkish Kızılordu
- Kızılorduname of the Soviet army
Ukrainian Черво́на а́рмія
- Черво́на а́рмія (Červóna ármija)name of the Soviet army
Urdu سُرْخ فَوج
- سُرْخ فَوج (surx fauj)name of the Soviet army
Vietnamese hồng quân
- hồng quânname of the Soviet army
Yiddish רויטאַרמיי
- רויטאַרמיי (roytarmey)name of the Soviet army
Cite this entry
Red Army. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Red%20Army
“Red Army.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Red%20Army. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Red Army,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Red%20Army.
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