Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Munguva yapashure pehondo, Mauto eSoviet akabatanidzwa zvakananga mukuita kwakawanda kwemauto kunze kwenyika. Ikoku kwaibatanidza kudzvinyirirwa kwokumukira muEast Germany
(1953), chimurenga cheHungary (1956) uye kupinda muCzechoslovakia (1968). Soviet Union yakaitawo hondo muAfghanistan pakati pa1979 na1989.