List of Soviet Union military bases abroad

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The Soviet Union maintained a system of foreign military bases against the United States during the Cold War.[http://www.ng.ru/nvo/2004-01-23/8_bases.html Независимая газета. В. Соловьев. В. Иванов. Военно-базовая удавка]

Army bases

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

In Eastern Europe:
Northern Group of Forces (Poland)
Central Group of Forces (Austria, Hungary and Czechoslovakia)
Group of Soviet Forces in Germany (German Democratic Republic)
Southern Group of Forces (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)
{{ill|Limited Contingent of Soviet Troops in Afghanistan|ru|Ограниченный контингент советских войск в Афганистане|lt=Limited Contingent of Soviet Troops}} in Afghanistan (The 40th Army under the command of the Turkestan Military District; 1979–1989)
Soviet Forces in Mongolia (under the command of the Transbaikal Military District)
5th Army (1921–1924)
17th Army (1940–1946)
39th Army (1945–1946; 1970–1992)
39th Army in China (1945)
Group of Soviet Military Specialists in China (1948–1961)
Group of Soviet Military Specialists in Cuba
Group of Soviet Military Specialists in Vietnam (1961–1991)

Naval bases

File:Высадка на остров Нокра.jpg at their Ethiopian base at Nokra.]]

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! Location

! Country

! Dates

! Notes

Hanko Naval Base

| {{flag|Finland}}

| 1940–1941

| Signals intelligence facility.

Alexandria and Marsa Matruh

| {{flag|Egypt}}

| 1967–1972

Latakia and Tartus

| {{flag|Syria}}

| 1971–present

Nokra, Dahlak Archipelago

| {{flagcountry|People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia}}

| 1977–1991

Socotra and Aden

| {{flag|South Yemen}}

| 1971–late 1980s

| {{Cite web |title=32. South Yemen (1967-1990) |url=https://uca.edu/politicalscience/dadm-project/middle-eastnorth-africapersian-gulf-region/south-yemen-1967-1990/ |access-date=2022-05-21 |website=uca.edu |language=en-US}}{{Cite news |date=1988-03-11 |title=Soviets bolster an Arab ally. Military buildup in South Yemen worries US officials |work=Christian Science Monitor |url=https://www.csmonitor.com/1988/0311/ayem.html |access-date=2022-05-21 |issn=0882-7729}}{{Cite book |last=Cohen |first=Saul Bernard |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QkMD8HKRlgoC |title=Geopolitics of the World System |date=2003 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-0-8476-9907-0 |pages=197 |language=en}}

Tripoli and Tobruk

| {{flagcountry|Libyan Arab Jamahiriya}}

| 1977–2011

Port Arthur, Bohai Bay

| {{flag|China}}

| 1945–1956

| It was the largest Soviet base abroad in the 1940s to 1950s.

Cam Ranh Base

| {{flag|Vietnam}}

| 1979–2002

Pasha Liman Base, Vlore

| {{flagcountry|People's Socialist Republic of Albania}}

| 1955–1962

| It was the only Soviet base in the Mediterranean in the 1950s.{{cite web|author=Gordon H. McCormick|year=1987|title=The Soviet Presence in the Mediterranean|url=https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/papers/2008/P7388.pdf}}

Porkkala Naval Base

| {{flag|Finland}}

| 1944–1956

| Signals intelligence facility.

Rostock

| {{flag|East Germany}}

| 1949–1990

| Signals intelligence facility.

Swinoujscie

| {{flag|Poland}}

| 1949—1991

| Signals intelligence facility.