List of Soviet Union military bases abroad

The Soviet Union maintained a system of foreign military bases against the United States during the Cold War.

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)
 * Limited Contingent of Soviet Troops in Afghanistan 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)