What is Armed Forces of the Russian Federation?
[[File:Banner of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (obverse).svg|thumb|200px|right|The banner of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.]] [[File:T-90 armyrecognition russia 011.jpg|thumb|200px|right|A Russian tank.]] The '''Armed Forces of the Russian Federation''' are the [[military]] of [[Russia]], created after the breakup of the [[Soviet Union]]. The Armed Forces is known to be one of the biggest in the world with about 1,200,000 troops active. Russia also makes its own weapons.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1085144659|title=The military balance 2019|date=2019|others=International Institute for Strategic Studies|isbn=978-1-85743-988-5|location=London|oclc=1085144659}}</ref> The Armed Forces has 6 branches: [[Russian Air Force]], [[Russian Ground Forces]], [[Russian Navy]], [[Strategic Missile Troops]], [[Russian Space Forces|Russian Space Troops]] and the [[Russian Airborne Troops]]. The Commander-In-Chief is the [[President of Russia]]. == History == When the [[Soviet Union]] broke up, [[Russia]] and the various other countries got parts of its large armed forces. The [[President of Russia|country's president]], [[Boris Yeltsin]], had to fix [[Russia]] and build up the [[military]]. So, [[Boris Yeltsin|Yeltsin]] appointed himself the Russian minister of defence. Eventually, [[Commonwealth of Independent States|CIS]] helped Russia get its defence into shape. Then in 1993, a doctrine was made to set up the official military.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/47009307|title=The collapse of the Soviet military|last=Odom|first=William E.|date=1998|publisher=Yale University Press|isbn=0-585-36678-0|location=New Haven, Conn.|oclc=47009307}}</ref> == Personnel == As of 2008, 480,000 men joined the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. The term is usually a year. Russians can join at the age of 18 to 27 years old. Like any other Armed Forces, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation has ranks. The ranks are open to non-Russian citizens as well.<ref>{{Cite jour