The List of Soviet military sites in Germany contains all military installations and units of the former Soviet Union on German territory. In correlation to Russian native document, original site designations of the Soviet armed forces are used as deemed to be necessary (e.g. later changes of site names are avoided). The units and formations were subordinated to the ''WGF Supreme Commands'' in Wünsdorf.

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Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitue ...

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New states of Germany

The tables below contains the location of military unit and formation of the Western Group of (Soviet) Forces (WGF) on territory of the

New federal states of Germany The new states of Germany () are the five re-established states of the former German Democratic Republic (GDR) that unified with the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) with its 10 states upon German reunification on 3 October 1990. The new s ...

with particularities as follows: *The English designation of military units and formations of the ''WGF'' (column 1) is in line to these in NATO, as deemed to be necessary. Honorary titles, names, or distinctions are omitted. In case of doubt, the original designation in Russian language is authoritative. *Column 2 contains the original site's designation, in accordance with – ''Soviet troops in Germany 1945 to 1994, memorial album, edition Moscow, published by «Jang Guard», 1994; , pages 15 to 22''.

Supreme Command GSFG (WGF) and direct subordinates

The Supreme Command GSFG (WGF) comprised the staff divisions and direct subordinated units, formations and facilities, as follows (in 1991):

1st Guards Tank Army Saxonia

2nd Guards Tank Army
Brandenburg Brandenburg (; nds, Brannenborg; dsb, Bramborska ) is a states of Germany, state in the northeast of Germany bordering the states of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Saxony, as well as the country of Poland. With an ar ...
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Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (MV; ; nds, Mäkelborg-Vörpommern), also known by its anglicized name Mecklenburg–Western Pomerania, is a state in the north-east of Germany. Of the country's sixteen states, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern ranks 14th in po ...

3rd Combined Arms Army
Saxony-Anhalt Saxony-Anhalt (german: Sachsen-Anhalt ; nds, Sassen-Anholt) is a state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony, Thuringia and Lower Saxony. It covers an area of and has a population of 2.18 million inhabitants, making it the ...

8th Guards Army
Thuringia Thuringia (; german: Thüringen ), officially the Free State of Thuringia ( ), is a state of central Germany, covering , the sixth smallest of the sixteen German states. It has a population of about 2.1 million. Erfurt is the capital and larg ...

16th Air Army The 16th Red Banner Air Army (russian: 16-я воздушная Краснознамённая армия) was the most important formation of the Special Purpose Command. Initially formed during the Second World War as a part of the Soviet Air F ...

20th Guards Army
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Units directly subordinated to the GSFG

The following units were directly subordinated to the GSFG's headquarters.

References / sources

Sources

* "''Soviet troops in Germany 1945 to 1994''", memorial album, edition Moscow, published by «Jang Guard», 1994; , pages 15 – 22. * "''The Radar Control Troops of the German Democratic Republic's Air Defence Forces''", history and stories, by Wolf-Rüdiger Stuppe and Siefried Fiedle, 1st edition 2013 (p. 89-95, author L. Pflügner, Colonel r.), Publishing House Steffen/Steffen GmbH, {{ISBN, 978-3-942477-39-0. Military facilities of the Soviet Union in Germany Cold War sites in Germany