The academy is the main training center for senior Soviet officers.

I wanted to receive the Soviet officers with due respect.

The house he had built was occupied by a retired Soviet military officer.

Any Soviet officer who took matters into his own hands asked for trouble and usually got it.

What happens to the thousands of Soviet political officers who are sure to lose their jobs?

The shoulder boards are almost exactly the same as those used by Soviet officers.

Soviet officers with the latter status were said to be "legal."

Since that time at least seven other Soviet officers have held the rank.

More recently, he said, Soviet officers have begun to come over, some in full uniform.

When they were through, the Soviet partisan officer held up his good hand.