<Table> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Armed Forces of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Вооружённые Силы Союза Советских Социалистических Республик Vooruzhonnyye Sily Soyuza Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Founded </Th> <Td> 15 January 1918 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Current form </Th> <Td> 23 February 1946 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Disbanded </Th> <Td> 25 December 1991 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Service branches </Th> <Td> Soviet Army Soviet Air Forces Soviet Navy Soviet Air Defence Forces Strategic Missile Troops </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Headquarters </Th> <Td> Moscow , Russian SFSR </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Leadership </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Supreme Commander </Th> <Td> Joseph Stalin ( 1941 -- 1953 ) Mikhail Gorbachev ( 1990 -- 1991 ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Minister of Defence </Th> <Td> Joseph Stalin ( 1946 -- 1947 ) Yevgeny Shaposhnikov ( 1991 ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Chief of the General Staff </Th> <Td> Aleksandr Vasilevsky ( 1946 -- 1948 ) Vladimir Lobov ( 1991 ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Manpower </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Military age </Th> <Td> 18 -- 27 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Conscription </Th> <Td> 18 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Available for military service </Th> <Td> 92,345,764 ( 1991 ) , age 18 -- 27 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Active personnel </Th> <Td> 4,230,920 ( 1991 ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Expenditures </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Budget </Th> <Td> $300 billion ( 1990 ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Percent of GDP </Th> <Td> 15 - 17 % ( 1989 ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Related articles </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> History </Th> <Td> Military history of the Soviet Union </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Ranks </Th> <Td> Military ranks of the Soviet Union </Td> </Tr> </Table>
<Table> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Armed Forces of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Вооружённые Силы Союза Советских Социалистических Республик Vooruzhonnyye Sily Soyuza Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Founded </Th> <Td> 15 January 1918 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Current form </Th> <Td> 23 February 1946 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Disbanded </Th> <Td> 25 December 1991 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Service branches </Th> <Td> Soviet Army Soviet Air Forces Soviet Navy Soviet Air Defence Forces Strategic Missile Troops </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Headquarters </Th> <Td> Moscow , Russian SFSR </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Leadership </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Supreme Commander </Th> <Td> Joseph Stalin ( 1941 -- 1953 ) Mikhail Gorbachev ( 1990 -- 1991 ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Minister of Defence </Th> <Td> Joseph Stalin ( 1946 -- 1947 ) Yevgeny Shaposhnikov ( 1991 ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Chief of the General Staff </Th> <Td> Aleksandr Vasilevsky ( 1946 -- 1948 ) Vladimir Lobov ( 1991 ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Manpower </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Military age </Th> <Td> 18 -- 27 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Conscription </Th> <Td> 18 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Available for military service </Th> <Td> 92,345,764 ( 1991 ) , age 18 -- 27 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Active personnel </Th> <Td> 4,230,920 ( 1991 ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Expenditures </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Budget </Th> <Td> $300 billion ( 1990 ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Percent of GDP </Th> <Td> 15 - 17 % ( 1989 ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Related articles </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> History </Th> <Td> Military history of the Soviet Union </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Ranks </Th> <Td> Military ranks of the Soviet Union </Td> </Tr> </Table>
how many soldiers did the soviet union have
how many soldiers did the soviet union have
4,230,920
4,230,920