Conscription was used by the Soviet Union for the duration of its existence to bolster military function and operations. Conscription was introduced into...

two-year conscription term in force in the USSR after 1967 continued in Russia following the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union until 2006, when the Government...

In the United States, military conscription, commonly known as the draft, has been employed by the U.S. federal government in six conflicts: the American...

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922...

Conscription in Australia, also known as National Service following the Second World War, has a controversial history which dates back to the implementation...

After the Munich Agreement, the Soviet Union pursued a rapprochement with Nazi Germany. On 23 August 1939 the Soviet Union signed a non-aggression pact...

partial conscription for both men and women since 2017. After completing training, conscripts are placed in the reserve and assigned positions in the table...

major conflict of the Cold War as it saw extensive fighting between Soviet Union, the DRA and allied paramilitary groups against the Afghan mujahideen...

been enacted in China since 1949. According to The World Factbook, "the PLA’s conscription system functions as a levy; the PLA establishes the number of...

However, conscription into a full-time military service had only been instituted twice by the government of Canada, during both world wars. Conscription into...

In the United Kingdom, military conscription has existed for two periods in modern times. The first was from 1916 to 1920, and the second from 1939 to...

conscription, with the results being that 75% of respondents supported a return of conscription in Serbia. A 2018 poll found support for Conscription...

The German minority population in Russia, Ukraine, and the Soviet Union stemmed from several sources and arrived in several waves. Since the second half...

Conscription is the state-mandated enlistment of people in a national service, mainly a military service. Conscription dates back to antiquity and it continues...

meet the conscription criteria are required to serve once they reach 18 years of age unless they qualify for any of the above-mentioned exemptions. In 1949...

The Soviet Armed Forces, also known as the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union, the Red Army (1918–1946) and the Soviet Army (1946–1991), were the armed...

The Federal Republic of Germany had conscription (Wehrpflicht, German: [ˈveːɐ̯ˌp͡flɪçt] ) for male citizens between 1956 and 2011. On 22 November 2010...

Conscription in Denmark (Danish: Værnepligt) is mandatory for all physically fit men over the age of 18, according to the Constitution of Denmark, §81...

There was systematic political abuse of psychiatry in the Soviet Union, based on the interpretation of political opposition or dissent as a psychiatric...

International military crisis management operations In addition to these tasks, the Army is responsible for conscription and personnel management of reserve. Because...

in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Conscript or Conscription may refer to: Constructed script The Conscript, a 1974 Belgian film Conscription, the process...

officially the Republic of China (ROC), maintains an active conscription system in accordance with the regulations set by the government of the Republic...

selective conscription. Conscription takes place at age 17 and service ends at 30. Children of the political elites are exempt from conscription, as are...

make up the majority of the manpower in the Swiss Armed Forces. On September 22, 2013, a referendum that aimed to abolish conscription was held in Switzerland...

The most widespread historic use of military commissariats existed as part of administrative military infrastructure in the Soviet Union. Each Soviet...

The Vladimir Lenin All-Union Pioneer Organization, abbreviated as the Young Pioneers, was a compulsory youth organization of the Soviet Union for children...

War, conscription, as well as a partial mobilization, was reinstated in 2014. Ukraine modified the age group of males eligible for conscription for 2015...

Asevelvollisuus; Swedish: Värnplikt) defined in the section 127 of the Constitution of Finland. Conscription can take the form of military or of civilian service...

In Brazil, conscription is mandatory for every male who has turned 18 years old. It normally lasts for twelve months. But in practice people are not forced...

and a migration-recording tool, used in the Russian Empire before 1917 and in the Soviet Union from the 1930s. The USSR had both permanent (прописка по...