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...

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

Conscription in South Korea has existed since 1957 and requires male citizens between the ages of 18 and 35 to perform compulsory military service. Women...

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

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

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...

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

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...

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

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

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...

General staff of the armed forces of Iran chooses where people will serve, and a person cannot choose where to serve. The length of conscription is between...

Conscription in Eritrea requires every able bodied man and woman to serve, ostensibly, for 18 months. In this time, they receive six months of military...

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

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...

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

Conscription in Vietnam has existed since 1975 and requires male citizens between the ages of 18 and 25 (18 to 27 for those who attend colleges or universities)...