In 1921, Chinese and White Russian forces were driven out by the Red Army of the Soviet Union and pro-Soviet Mongolian forces.

During the 1980s Soviet war in Afghanistan, Uruzgan witnessed fighting between pro-Soviet forces and the Mujahideen.

The pro-Soviet forces tried to provoke violence and seize power in Latvia.

The pro-Soviet forces tried to infiltrate barricades for sabotage.

The world was divided into zones of influence, and if pro-Soviet forces rose in Albania or Zaire, the U.S. supported pro-American forces next door.

The United States government was seeking to halt (or roll back) the advances of what it considered to be pro-Soviet forces on the isthmus.

The pro-Soviet provincial forces of Sheng Shicai established their control over the whole of Xinjiang.

Following the USSR, a number of other communist, pro-Soviet or Soviet-controlled forces fought against the Axis powers during the Second World War.

About a week later, there was a similar attempt by local pro-Soviet forces to overthrow the Latvian authorities.

That early guerrilla army has evolved under Raul's leadership into a fighting force of some 50,000, which assisted pro-Soviet forces in conflicts in Angola and Ethiopia during the 1970s.