Russian Ground Forces

"Oh look! The Russian Ground Forces! They've just got better and better, even bigger and badder than ever before I think."

--Su Ji-Hoon, The Coming Apocalypse

The Ground Forces of the Russian Federation (Russian: Сухопутные войска Российской Федерации, tr. Sukhoputnye voyska Rossiyskoy Federatsii) are the land forces of the Russian armed forces, formed from parts of the collapsing Soviet Army in 1992. The formation of these forces posed economic challenges after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, and required reforms to professionalize the force during the transition.