Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Munguva yapashure pehondo, Mauto eSoviet akabatanidzwa zvakananga mumibato yakawanda yehondo kunze kwenyika. Izvi zvaibatanidza kudzvinyirirwa kwe
kumukira muEast Germany (1953), chimurenga cheHungary (1956) uye kupinda muCzechoslovakia (1968). Soviet Union yakaitawo hondo muAfghanistan pakati pa1979 na1989.