Russia is the second most powerful country in the world at the moment with reference to its military prowess and arsenal.
With a military budget of &84.5 billion, active frontline personnel of 766,055, 15,398 tanks, 3,429 aircraft & 55 submarines – Russia is definitely not a country to toy with as far military strength is concerned.
Today, we bring to you the tall list of all the countries Russia has invaded since 1941.
- Iran (1941–1946)
- Hungary (1944)
- Romania (1944)
- Bulgaria (1944)
- Czechoslovakia (1944)
- Northern Norway (1944–1946) and Bornholm, Denmark (1945–1946)
- Germany (1945)
- Austria (1945–1955)
- Manchuria (1945–1946)
- Korea (1945–1948)
- Kuril Islands (1945)
- Czechoslovakia (1968–1989)
- Afghanistan (1979–1989)
- Crimean Peninsula – (2014)
- Ukraine – (2022)
