Red Army

English

Etymology

Calque of Russian Красная Армия (Krasnaja Armija). 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.
4. (informal, military) The Russian Armed Forces, especially the Ground Forces component.

Derived terms

• Red Army man

Translations

name of the Soviet army

• Arabic: الْجَيْش الْأَحْمَر m (al-jayš al-ʔaḥmar)
• Armenian: Կարմիր բանակ (Karmir banak)
• Azerbaijani: Qızıl Ordu
• Belarusian: Чырво́ная а́рмія f (Čyrvónaja ármija)
• Bulgarian: Черве́на а́рмия f (Červéna ármija)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 紅軍／红军 (zh) (hóngjūn)

• Czech: Rudá armáda f
• Estonian: punaarmee
• Finnish: puna-armeija (fi)
• French: armée rouge f
• Georgian: წითელი არმია (c̣iteli armia)
• German: Rote Armee (de) f
• Greek: Κόκκινος Στρατός m (Kókkinos Stratós)
• Ingrian: Punain armia, Puna-armia
• Italian: Armata Rossa f
• Japanese: 赤軍 (ja) (せきぐん, Sekigun)
• Kalmyk: Улан Церг (Ulan Tserg)
• Kazakh: Қызыл армия (Qyzyl armiä)
• Korean: 붉은 군대 (Bulgeun gundae)
• Kyrgyz: Кызыл Армия (Kızıl Armiya)
• Latvian: sarkanā armija f
• Lithuanian: raudonoji armija f
• Macedonian: Цр́вена а́рмија f (Cŕvena ármija)
• Persian: ارتش سرخ (arteš-e sorx)
• Polish: Armia Czerwona (pl) f
• Portuguese: Exército Vermelho m
• Romanian: Armata Roșie f
• Russian: Кра́сная А́рмия f (Krásnaja Ármija)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Цр̀вена̄ а̀рмија f

  Roman: Cr̀venā àrmija (sh) f

• Slovak: Červená armáda f
• Slovene: Rdeča armada f
• Southern Altai: Кызыл Черӱ (Kïzïl Čerü)
• Spanish: Ejército Rojo m
• Swedish: röda armén c
• Tajik: Артиши Сурх (Artiši Surx)
• Tatar: Кызыл Армия (Qızıl Armiyä)
• Turkish: Kızılordu
• Turkmen: Gyzyl Goşun
• Ukrainian: Черво́на а́рмія (uk) f (Červóna ármija)
• Uyghur: قىزىل ئارمىيە (qizil armiye)
• Uzbek: Qizil Armiya
• Vietnamese: hồng quân (vi) (紅軍)
• Yiddish: רויטאַרמיי f (roytarmey)

Further reading

• Red Army on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• marryed