National military formations of the Red Army

A contingent from the Armenian Armed Forces carrying the banner of the 89th Rifle Division during the 2015 Moscow Victory Day Parade.

A national military formation (Russian: Национальные воинские формирования) refers to a regiment/division in the Soviet Red Army of the Soviet Union, formed before and during the Second World War on the basis of nationalities of the personnel in their ranks. In addition to national units, representatives of all nationalities served in ordinary military formations not divided according to national or other grounds.