Siberian Military District
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The Siberian Military District was a Military district
Military district
Military districts are formations of a state's armed forces which are responsible for a certain area of territory. They are often more responsible for administrative than operational matters, and in countries with conscript forces, often handle parts of the conscription cycle.Navies have also used...

 of the Russian Ground Forces
Russian Ground Forces
The Russian Ground Forces are the land forces of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, formed from parts of the collapsing Soviet Army in 1992. The formation of these forces posed economic challenges after the collapse of the Soviet Union, and required reforms to professionalize the force...

. In 2010 it was divided between the two newly formed Central
Central Military District
The Central Military District is one of Russia's Military Districts. The district was formed in Presidential Decree № 1144 signed on September 20, 2010. The district includes the territories of the former Siberian Military District...

 and Eastern
Eastern Military District
The Eastern Military District is one of the four operational strategic commands of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. The district was formed in Presidential Decree № 1144 signed on September 20, 2010...

 Military Districts.

History

In 1998, seven years after the fall of the Soviet Union, the District as it is today was formed by the amalgamation of the previous Siberian and Transbaikal Military District
Transbaikal Military District
The Transbaikal Military District was a military district of first the Military of the Soviet Union and then the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, formed on May 17, 1935 and included the Buryat Republic, Chita Oblast, and Yakutia. Chita was the headquarters of the district...

s, and on their merger gave up the vast Sakha Republic (or Yakutia) to the expanded Far Eastern Military District
Far Eastern Military District
The Far Eastern Military District was a military district of the Russian Ground Forces. In 2010 it was merged with the Pacific Fleet and part of the Siberian Military District to form the new Eastern Military District....

.

The Siberian Military District was originally formed in 1864, being one of the ten original military districts of the Russian Empire
Russian Empire
The Russian Empire was a state that existed from 1721 until the Russian Revolution of 1917. It was the successor to the Tsardom of Russia and the predecessor of the Soviet Union...

. It was recreated in June 1924 with the consolidation of the Western, Central and Eastern Siberian Military Districts, which had become the Imperial Military Districts in the area. In June 1941 the District was host to the 24th Army, under Lieutenant General Stepan Kalinin, which comprised two Rifle Corps, the 52nd and 53rd. The 52nd, with its HQ in Novosibirsk along with the 133rd Rifle Division, additionally had the 166th Rifle Division at Barabinsk and the 178th Rifle Division at Omsk
Omsk
-History:The wooden fort of Omsk was erected in 1716 to protect the expanding Russian frontier along the Ishim and the Irtysh rivers against the Kyrgyz nomads of the Steppes...

. The 53rd Rifle Corps at Krasnoyarsk
Krasnoyarsk
Krasnoyarsk is a city and the administrative center of Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia, located on the Yenisei River. It is the third largest city in Siberia, with the population of 973,891. Krasnoyarsk is an important junction of the Trans-Siberian Railway and one of Russia's largest producers of...

, where the 119th Rifle Division was stationed, also included the 107th Rifle Division at Barnaul
Barnaul
-Russian Empire:Barnaul was one of the earlier cities established in Siberia. Originally chosen for its proximity to the mineral-rich Altai Mountains and its location on a major river, the site was founded by the wealthy Demidov family in the 1730s. In addition to the copper which had originally...

 and the 91st Rifle Division at Achinsk
Achinsk
Achinsk is a city in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia, located on the right bank of the Chulym River near its intersection with the Trans-Siberian Railway, west of Krasnoyarsk. Area: . Population:...

.

Among the many, many formations the district raised during the Second World War was the 75th Cavalry Division
75th Cavalry Division
The 75th Cavalry Division was a cavalry formation of the Red Army during the Great Patriotic War.It was formed in September and October 1941 in Novosibirsk, Siberian Military District. The compound was formed as part of the ruling SCG USSR № 459ss on 11/08/1941 [1]. The redeployment of the division...

, formed in September and October 1941.

Immediately after the end of World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

, on July 9, 1945, to facilitate the demobilisation process, the Siberian Military District was divided into the Western and Eastern Siberian Military Districts. The Western Siberian Military District was headquartered at Novosibirsk, and created from HQ 8th Army
8th Army (Soviet Union)
The 8th Army was a field army of the Soviet Red Army during the Second World War.The 8th Army was formed in October 1939 from the Novgorod Army Operational Group of the Leningrad Military District with the task of providing security of the Northwestern borders of the USSR. The 8th Army was a field...

, covered the Tyumen Oblast
Tyumen Oblast
Tyumen Oblast is a federal subject of Russia . Its administrative center is the city of Tyumen. The oblast has administrative jurisdiction over two autonomous okrugs—Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug and Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug. Tyumen is the largest city, with over half a million inhabitants...

, the Omsk Oblast
Omsk Oblast
Omsk Oblast is a federal subject of Russia , located in southwestern Siberia. The oblast has an area of and a population of with the majority, 1.15 million, living in Omsk, the administrative center....

, Novosibirsk, the Tomsk Oblast
Tomsk Oblast
Tomsk Oblast is a federal subject of Russia . It lies in the southeastern West Siberian Plain, in the southwest of the Siberian Federal District. Its administrative center is the city of Tomsk. Population:...

, the Kemerovo Oblast
Kemerovo Oblast
Kemerovo Oblast , also known as Kuzbass after the Kuznetsk Basin, is a federal subject of Russia , located in southwestern Siberia, where the West Siberian Plain meets the South Siberian mountains...

 and Altay. The Eastern Siberian District was located at Irkutsk and created from HQ 50th Army
Army (Soviet Army)
An army, besides the generalized meanings of ‘a country's armed forces’ or its ‘land forces’, is a type of formation in militaries of various countries, including the Soviet Union. This article serves a central point of reference for Soviet armies without individual articles, and explains some of...

. The Eastern Siberian District was disbanded in 1953 with its region being split between the Western Siberian District and the Transbaikal Military District
Transbaikal Military District
The Transbaikal Military District was a military district of first the Military of the Soviet Union and then the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, formed on May 17, 1935 and included the Buryat Republic, Chita Oblast, and Yakutia. Chita was the headquarters of the district...

. In 1956 the Western Siberian Military District was again renamed the Siberian Military District.

In 1974 for their great contributions to the cause of strengthening the defence of the Soviet State and its armed protection, successes in combat and political training, the Transbaikal Military District
Transbaikal Military District
The Transbaikal Military District was a military district of first the Military of the Soviet Union and then the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, formed on May 17, 1935 and included the Buryat Republic, Chita Oblast, and Yakutia. Chita was the headquarters of the district...

 was rewarded with the Order of Lenin, and the Siberian Military District with the Order of the Red Banner.

District Forces c.2009-2010

The 41st Army
41st Army (Soviet Union)
The 41st Army is a field army of the Russian Ground Forces, currently part of the Siberian Military District. Originally, it was formed in 1942 as part of the Soviet Red Army, during World War II...

 was formed from the headquarters of the former Siberian Military District at Novosibirsk
Novosibirsk
Novosibirsk is the third-largest city in Russia, after Moscow and Saint Petersburg, and the largest city of Siberia, with a population of 1,473,737 . It is the administrative center of Novosibirsk Oblast as well as of the Siberian Federal District...

 while the new district’s headquarters were established at Chita (the former Trans-baikal HQ). It is likely safe to assume that the 41st Army controls all the field formations of the previous Siberian Military District.

The IISS listed the district in 2006 as having a total of one tank, two motor-rifle and one machine-gun artillery divisions, two motor-rifle and one air assault brigades. The 2nd Guards Tank Division, previously active in the District having moved from the Leningrad Military District
Leningrad Military District
The Leningrad Military District was a military district of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. In 2010 it was merged with the Moscow Military District, the Northern Fleet and the Baltic Fleet to form the new Western Military District.-History:...

 in the 1960s, disbanded in 2001-3. Also, while the 21st Guards 'Tagenrog' Motor Rifle Division, withdrawn from Germany to the former Siberian Military District, was apparently partially re-equipped with the T-90 MBT in the mid 1990s, in 2000 it was apparently disbanded.

The 29th Army
29th Army (Soviet Union)
The Soviet Red Army's 29th Army was a field army of the Red Army and later the Russian Ground Forces.- History :It was first formed in July 1941 in the Moscow Military District on the basis of 30th Rifle Corps. The 245th, 252nd, 254th and 256th Rifle Divisions, and a number of smaller units made up...

 at Ulan-Ude
Ulan-Ude
Ulan-Ude is the capital city of the Republic of Buryatia, Russia, located about southeast of Lake Baikal on the Uda River at its confluence with the Selenga...

 was seemingly disbanded in the course of 2007.
  • District Troops

    • 11th Air Assault Brigade (498th, 499th Battalions, 500th Bn recently disbanded)
    • 24th Spetsnaz Brigade (Irkutsk
      Irkutsk
      Irkutsk is a city and the administrative center of Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, one of the largest cities in Siberia. Population: .-History:In 1652, Ivan Pokhabov built a zimovye near the site of Irkutsk for gold trading and for the collection of fur taxes from the Buryats. In 1661, Yakov Pokhabov...

      ; formerly at Kykhta / Ulan Ude)
    • 120th Artillery Brigade (Чистые Ключи, Shelekhov
      Shelekhov
      Shelekhov is a town in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, located southwest of Irkutsk. Population: It was founded in the early 1950s due to the construction of an aluminum plant. In 1956, it was named Shelekhov after a Russian explorer Grigory Shelekhov. For some reason, the authorities used the incorrect ...

      ) (8 BM-27 Uragan MRL, 18 152 mm howitzer 2A65
      152 mm howitzer 2A65
      The 2A65 "Msta-B" is a Soviet towed 152 mm howitzer. The "B" in the designation is an abbreviation for Buksiruemyi, or towed. This weapon has been fielded in Russian forces since at least 1987 and is currently in service with Russian front and army level artillery units...

      )
    • 232nd Multiple Rocket Laucher Brigade (Чистые Ключи, Shelekhov
      Shelekhov
      Shelekhov is a town in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, located southwest of Irkutsk. Population: It was founded in the early 1950s due to the construction of an aluminum plant. In 1956, it was named Shelekhov after a Russian explorer Grigory Shelekhov. For some reason, the authorities used the incorrect ...

      )(18 BM-27 Uragan MRL)
    • 7018th Base for Storage of Rocket and Artillery Equipment (Дровянная)
    • 7019th Base for Storage of Rocket and Artillery Equipment (Чистые Ключи, Shelekhov
      Shelekhov
      Shelekhov is a town in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, located southwest of Irkutsk. Population: It was founded in the early 1950s due to the construction of an aluminum plant. In 1956, it was named Shelekhov after a Russian explorer Grigory Shelekhov. For some reason, the authorities used the incorrect ...

      ) - former 12th Artillery Division
    • 104th Base for Storage of Weapons and Equipment (VKhVT) (Aleysk) (85th MRB)
    • other units
  • 36th Army, Ulan Ude (formerly Borzya
    Borzya
    Borzya is a town and the administrative center of Borzinsky District of Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia. Population: -Geography:The town is located on the Borzya River, a right-hand tributary of the Onon, southeast of Chita about from the border of Mongolia to the south, and from the border of China...

    , moved February 2009)
    • 5th Guards Separate Tank Brigade (Divizionnaya, Ulan Ude region) (former 5th Guards Tank Division
      5th Guards Tank Division
      The 5th Guards Tank Division was a tank division of the Soviet Ground Forces and Russian Ground Forces, active from around 1945 to 2009. It drew its heritage from a illustrious Soviet World War II cavalry formation, the 5th Guards Cavalry Corps...

      )
    • 36th Guards Separate Motor Rifle Brigade (Borzya) (former 131st Motor Rifle Division, Sretensk)
    • 37th Guards Separate Motor Rifle Brigade (Kyakhta) (former 6 VKhVT, and 245th Motor Rifle Division
      245th Motor Rifle Division
      The 245th Motor Rifle Division was a division of the Soviet Army and later the Russian Ground Forces, active from 1967 to 1997 and later from 2001 to 2006.On 31 August 1967 in the city of Kursk the 245th Motor Rifle Division was formed...

      )
    • 200th Artillery Brigade (Дровянная) (8 BM-27 Uragan MRL, 18 152 mm howitzer 2A65
      152 mm howitzer 2A65
      The 2A65 "Msta-B" is a Soviet towed 152 mm howitzer. The "B" in the designation is an abbreviation for Buksiruemyi, or towed. This weapon has been fielded in Russian forces since at least 1987 and is currently in service with Russian front and army level artillery units...

      , 6 100 mm МТ-12 anti-tank guns, 9П149 "Штурм-С" – 18)
  • 41st Army
    41st Army (Soviet Union)
    The 41st Army is a field army of the Russian Ground Forces, currently part of the Siberian Military District. Originally, it was formed in 1942 as part of the Soviet Red Army, during World War II...

    , Novosibirsk
    • 32nd Separate Motor Rifle Brigade, (Novosibirsk
      Novosibirsk
      Novosibirsk is the third-largest city in Russia, after Moscow and Saint Petersburg, and the largest city of Siberia, with a population of 1,473,737 . It is the administrative center of Novosibirsk Oblast as well as of the Siberian Federal District...

      ) (former 85th Motor Rifle Division
      85th Rifle Division (Soviet Union)
      The 85th Leningrad-Pavlovsk Red Banner Motor Rifle Division was a infantry division of the Soviet Red Army active from 1931 and converted to a motorised formation in 1957. It is now part of the Russian Ground Forces....

      )
    • 35th Guards Separate Motor Rifle Brigade (former 122nd MRD) (Aleysk
      Aleysk
      Aleysk is a town in Altai Krai, Russia, located on the Aley River , southwest of Barnaul. Population: 32,000 . It was host to Aleysk air base, and a division of the Strategic Rocket Forces....

      ) (The 5th Guards Tank Corps was originally part of the USSR 6th Guards Tank Army
      6th Guards Tank Army
      The 6th Guards Order of Red Banner Tank Army was a tank army of the Soviet Union's Red Army, first formed during World War II and disbanded in Ukraine in the 1990s after the dissolution of the Soviet Union....

       and was transferred as part of 6th Guards Tank Army to the Transbaikal Military District
      Transbaikal Military District
      The Transbaikal Military District was a military district of first the Military of the Soviet Union and then the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, formed on May 17, 1935 and included the Buryat Republic, Chita Oblast, and Yakutia. Chita was the headquarters of the district...

       in preparation for the Soviet invasion of Manchuria in August 1945. The 5th Guards Tank Corps took part in this offensive and afterwards, soon after the Japanese surrender
      Surrender of Japan
      The surrender of Japan in 1945 brought hostilities of World War II to a close. By the end of July 1945, the Imperial Japanese Navy was incapable of conducting operations and an Allied invasion of Japan was imminent...

       on 2 September 1945, was reorganised as the 5th Guards Tank Division. In 1957 (or 1960; sources differ), the 5th Guards Tank Division was reorganised as the 122nd Guards Motor Rifle Division.)
    • 74th Guards Motor Rifle Brigade
      Russian 74th Motorized Brigade
      The 74th Motor Rifle Brigade is a military formation of the Russian Ground Forces's 41st Army, part of Siberian Military District, stationed in Yurga, Kemerovo Oblast, Russia....

      , Yurga
      Yurga
      Yurga is a town in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia, located on the Tom River. Population: It was founded in 1886. Work settlement status was granted to it in 1942; town status was granted in 1949....

       (Constant readiness)
    • 103rd Base for Storage of Weapons and Equipment (Shilov, Novosibirsk Oblast
      Novosibirsk Oblast
      Novosibirsk Oblast is a federal subject of Russia located in southwestern Siberia. Its administrative and economic center is the city of Novosibirsk. Population: -Overview:...

      ) (84th MR Bde; formed from former 85th MRD)

Subordinate Units

Order of Lenin
Order of Lenin
The Order of Lenin , named after the leader of the Russian October Revolution, was the highest decoration bestowed by the Soviet Union...

 Siberian Military District 2010:
  • Combat formations:
    • 36th Army, Ulan Ude
      • 5th Guards Independent Tank Brigade "Don-Budapest", in Divizionaya equipped with T-90
        T-90
        The T-90 is a Russian third-generation main battle tank that is a modernisation of the T-72 . It is currently the most modern tank in service with the Russian Ground Forces and Naval Infantry...

      • 36th Guards Independent Motor-Rifle Brigade "Lozovskaya", in Borzya
        Borzya
        Borzya is a town and the administrative center of Borzinsky District of Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia. Population: -Geography:The town is located on the Borzya River, a right-hand tributary of the Onon, southeast of Chita about from the border of Mongolia to the south, and from the border of China...

         equipped with BMP-3
        BMP-3
        The BMP-3 is a Russian amphibious infantry fighting vehicle, successor to the BMP-1 and BMP-2. BMP stands for Boyevaya Mashina Pekhoty .- Production history :...

         and T-72
        T-72
        The T-72 is a Soviet-designed main battle tank that entered production in 1970. It is developed directly from Obyekt-172, and shares parallel features with the T-64A...

      • 37th Guards Independent Motor-Rifle Brigade "Tachinskaya", in Kyakhta
        Kyakhta
        Kyakhta is a town in the Republic of Buryatia, Russia, located on the Kyakhta River near the Russian-Mongolian border. Population: The town stands directly opposite the Mongolian border town of Altanbulag.-History:...

         equipped with BMP
        BMP
        -In computing:* BMP file format, the file name extension for the Bitmap image file format.* Basic Multilingual Plane, related to the Unicode character set.* Beep Media Player, a multimedia player.-Biology:...

      • 187th Reserve Base (86th Independent Motor-Rifle Brigade) in Nizhneudinsk
        Nizhneudinsk
        Nizhneudinsk is a town in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Uda River , northwest of Irkutsk. It stands on the Trans-Siberian Railway, and is served by a small airport, ICAO code UINN. Population: 39,700 ....

      • 227th Reserve Base (87th Independent Motor-Rifle Brigade) in Divizionaya
    • 41st Army, Novosibirsk
      Novosibirsk
      Novosibirsk is the third-largest city in Russia, after Moscow and Saint Petersburg, and the largest city of Siberia, with a population of 1,473,737 . It is the administrative center of Novosibirsk Oblast as well as of the Siberian Federal District...

      • 32nd Independent Motor-Rifle Brigade "Leningrad-Pavlovskaya", in Shilovo
        Shilovo
        Shilovo may refer to:*Shilovo, Ryazan Oblast, an urban-type settlement in Ryazan Oblast, Russia*Shilovo, Voronezh Oblast, an urban-type settlement in Voronezh Oblast, Russia...

          equipped with BTR
        BTR
        BTR may refer to:* BTR plc, formerly BTR Industries, one of the predecessor companies of Invensys plc* BTR Aerospace Group* BTR Industries* BTR-EMS-AKG Janakeeya Vedi, a political group in India...

         and T-90
      • 35th Independent Motor-Rifle Brigade "Volgograd-Kiev", in Aleysk
        Aleysk
        Aleysk is a town in Altai Krai, Russia, located on the Aley River , southwest of Barnaul. Population: 32,000 . It was host to Aleysk air base, and a division of the Strategic Rocket Forces....

         equipped with BMP-2
        BMP-2
        The BMP-2 is a second-generation, amphibious infantry fighting vehicle introduced in the 1980s in the Soviet Union, following the BMP-1 of the 1960s....

         and T-72
        T-72
        The T-72 is a Soviet-designed main battle tank that entered production in 1970. It is developed directly from Obyekt-172, and shares parallel features with the T-64A...

      • 74th Guards Independent Motor-Rifle Brigade "Zvenigorod-Berlin", in Yurga
        Yurga
        Yurga is a town in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia, located on the Tom River. Population: It was founded in 1886. Work settlement status was granted to it in 1942; town status was granted in 1949....

         equipped with BMP-3
        BMP-3
        The BMP-3 is a Russian amphibious infantry fighting vehicle, successor to the BMP-1 and BMP-2. BMP stands for Boyevaya Mashina Pekhoty .- Production history :...

         and T-72
        T-72
        The T-72 is a Soviet-designed main battle tank that entered production in 1970. It is developed directly from Obyekt-172, and shares parallel features with the T-64A...

      • 103rd Reserve Base (84th Independent Motor-Rifle Brigade), in Shilovo
      • 104th Reserve Base (85th Independent Motor-Rifle Brigade), in Aleysk
      • 225th Reserve Base (29th Independent Motor-Rifle Brigade), in Yasnaya
    • 11th Independent Airborne Brigade, in Ulan-Ude
      Ulan-Ude
      Ulan-Ude is the capital city of the Republic of Buryatia, Russia, located about southeast of Lake Baikal on the Uda River at its confluence with the Selenga...

    • 24th Independent Spetsnaz
      Spetsnaz
      Spetsnaz, Specnaz tr: Voyska specialnogo naznacheniya; ) is an umbrella term for any special forces in Russian, literally "force of special purpose"...

       Brigade, in Irkutsk
      Irkutsk
      Irkutsk is a city and the administrative center of Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, one of the largest cities in Siberia. Population: .-History:In 1652, Ivan Pokhabov built a zimovye near the site of Irkutsk for gold trading and for the collection of fur taxes from the Buryats. In 1661, Yakov Pokhabov...

    • 212th Guards District Training Center, in Chita
      Chita
      -Places:* Chita, Aichi, a city in Aichi Prefecture, Japan* Chita District, Aichi, in Aichi Prefecture, Japan* Chita Peninsula, in Aichi Prefecture, Japan* Chita, Zabaykalsky Krai, a city in Russia...

  • Missile and Artillery formations:
    • 103rd Missile Brigade in Ulan-Ude
    • 232nd MLRS Brigade in Shelekhov
      Shelekhov
      Shelekhov is a town in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, located southwest of Irkutsk. Population: It was founded in the early 1950s due to the construction of an aluminum plant. In 1956, it was named Shelekhov after a Russian explorer Grigory Shelekhov. For some reason, the authorities used the incorrect ...

    • 120th Artillery Brigade in Shelekhov
    • 200th Artillery Brigade in Drovnaya
    • 7018th Artillery Reserve Base in Drovnaya
    • 7019th Artillery Reserve Base in Shelekhov
  • Air-defence formations:
    • 36th Army
      • 140th Air-defence Missile Brigade in Telemba
      • 792nd Air-defence Command Center
    • 41st Army
      • 61st Air-defence Missile Brigade
      • 868th Air-defence Command Center
  • Engineering formations:
    • 27th Engineer Regiment in Yasnaya (36th Army)
    • 60th Engineer Regiment in Novosibirsk (41st Army)
    • 457th Independent Engineer Battalion
  • NBC-defence formations:
    • 11th Independent Flamethrower Battalion in Drovyanaya
    • 126th Independent NBC-defence Battalion in Borzya (36th Army)
    • 254th Independent NBC-defence Battalion in Topchinkha (41st Army)
  • Signal formations:
    • 50th (Territorial) Signal Brigade
    • 101st (Communications Hub) Signal Brigade "Khinganskaya" in Chita
    • 1271st Electronic Warfare Center in Divizionaya
    • 175th Independent Signal Regiment in Borzya (36th Army)
    • 235th Independent Signal Regiment in Kochenevo (41st Army)
    • 154th Independent (Rear) Signal Battalion
  • Logistic formations:
    • 53rd Material Support Regiment in Chita

Western Siberian MD

  • General Lieutenant V.I. Kurdyumov Курдюмов (Formation? - Oct 1946),
  • General of the Army Andrei Yeremenko
    Andrei Yeremenko
    Andrey Ivanovich Yeryomenko or Yeremenko or Eremenko was a Soviet general during World War II, Marshal of the Soviet Union.-Draft and early service:...

     (Oct 1946 - Nov 1953)

Siberian MD

  • General Colonel N.P. Pukhov (1953 - Jul 1957)(former commander of 13th Army
    13th Army (Soviet Union)
    The 13th Army was a name given to several field armies of the Soviet Union's Red Army, first created during the Russian Civil War...

    )
  • General Colonel Pyotr Koshevoy
    Pyotr Koshevoy
    Petr Kirillovich Koshevoi was a Soviet military leader.Koshevoi was born to a peasant Ukrainian Cossack family and joined the Red Army in 1920...

     (Jul 1957 - Apr 1960),
  • General Colonel G V Baklonov (May 1960 - 1964),
  • General Colonel S.I. Ivanov (1964 - 1968),
  • General Colonel V.F. Tolubko(1968 - May 1969)
  • General Colonel М Г Хомуло (May 1969 - Dec 1978)
  • General Colonel B.V. Snetkov (Jan 1979 - Nov 1981)
  • General Colonel Н И Попов (Nov 1981 - Sep 1984)
  • General Colonel В А Востров (Sep 1984-7)
  • General Colonel НВ Калинин (7-07 1987)
  • General Colonel Б Е Пьянков (Apr 1988 - Aug 1991)
  • General Lieutenant V.A. Koplov (с Sep 1991 - 1997)
  • Nikolai Kormiltsev
    Nikolai Kormiltsev
    Nikolai Kormiltsev was Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Ground Forces from 2001 to 2004, before being replaced by Alexey Maslov....

     (Dec 1998 - Mar 2001)
  • General Vladimir Boldyrev (May 2001 - Dec 2002)
  • Nikolai Makarov
    Nikolai Makarov
    Nikolai Makarov is a retired ice hockey player who played in the Soviet Hockey League. He played for Traktor Chelyabinsk. He is the elder brother of the Soviet hockey legend Sergei Makarov....

     (Dec 2002-)
  • Alexander Postnikov
    Alexander Postnikov
    Alexander Nikolaevich Postnikov-Streltsov is the current commanding officer of the Russian Ground Forces. He currently holds the rank of Colonel General.Он был командующим войсками Siberian Military District с 2007 года...

    ( - 2009)
  • Vladimir Chirkin, Gen. Lt.

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