Russian Special Operations Forces

Russian Special Operations Forces (Russian: Силы специальных операций, (ССО), tr. Sily spetsial’nykh operatsii, (SSO)) are components of Special Operations Forces Command (Russian: командование сил специальных операций, (KCCO), tr. Komandovanie sil spetsial’nalnykh operatsii, (KSSO)) part of the General Staff of the <a href="/c/books/credit/264697/Armed-Forces-of-the-Russian-Federation/">Armed Forces of the Russian Federation</a>. The formation of the unit began in 2009 during a large-scale reform of the Russian Federation Armed Forces (2008–2020).