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Russian Armed Forces
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Russian Armed Forces
The
Armed Forces of the Russian Federation
are the military service of
Russia
, established after the
dissolution of the Soviet Union
. On 7 May 1992,
Boris Yeltsin
signed a
presidential decree
establishing the
Russian Ministry of Defence
and placing all
Soviet Armed Forces
troops on the territory of the
Russian SFSR
under Russian control. The
commander-in-chief
of the armed forces is the
president of Russia
. Although the Russian armed forces were formed in 1992, the Russian military dates its roots back to the times of the
Kievan Rus'
.
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