Keyword: «south ossetia»

In article the analysis and synthesis of experience of use of domestic Armed Forces of the USSR and the Russian Federation in internal regional armed conflicts is carried out. Questions of application of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in fight against the international terrorism, performance of peacekeeping operations by Russia in the former Soviet Union are considered. The carried-out analysis of scientific literature has shown that the Soviet Union and the Russian Federation used the Armed forces in the territory of the USSR and the former Soviet Union in armed conflicts and conflict situations during global changes in the socio-political, ideological and economic sphere before and after the collapse of the USSR for the purpose of restoration of the constitutional legality and law and order, prevention of disintegration of the state.