The 13th Orenburg Red Banner Rocket Division ( Military Unit Number 68545) is a

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of the

31st Rocket Army 31st Rocket Army (russian: 31-я ракетная армия) is one of the three rocket armies within Russian Strategic Rocket Forces headquartered in Orenburg. The 31st Rocket Army was formed on 8 June 1970, on the base of the 18th Separate Rock ...

, Strategic Missile Forces, located in

Yasny Yasny (russian: Я́сный; masculine), Yasnaya (; feminine), or Yasnoye (; neuter) is the name of several types of inhabited localities in Russia, inhabited localities in Russia. ;Urban localities *Yasny, Orenburg Oblast, a town in Orenburg Ob ...

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Komarovsky, Orenburg Oblast. The deployment site for the division was chosen specifically for the location of the R-36

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History

In 1964–1965 when the division began to form, the city of Yasny (''transl'': Clear) had not yet been formed. There was a small settlement builders of the future and Orenburgasbest. Next to it was district center Dombarovsky, where all mail, cargo, and so on were initially addressed. Therefore, in all the documents and V/Chs for the division it was written: Dombarovsky,

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. A Military town divisions and the entire infrastructure were placed next to the plant under construction, as there was already a railway branch line, which greatly simplified all construction work. Over time, the village built up into the city of Yasny. Hence, some people get confused: either Dombarovsky or Yasny. Documents coming into the division sometimes have one and the other mailing address. The SRF formation in Yasny began as Operation Group Dombarovskiy in May 1964. Headquarters 13th Rocket Division was formed in April 1965,Michael Holm
13th Orenburgskaya Red Banner Missile Division – 13-я ракетная Оренбургская Краснознаменная дивизия
/ref> as part of the 5th Independent Rocket Corps. However the division was quickly (within two months) transferred to the 18th Independent Rocket Corps, and then in 1970 to the 31st Rocket Army. Major-General Dmitry Kharitonovich Chaplygin was the first division commander, from May 1964 until August 1970. In 2004 the division gained the 'Orenburg' honorific.

References

{{reflist ''This article has been created from the Russian wikipedia article at :ru:13-я ракетная дивизия'' Rocket divisions of the Soviet Union Rocket divisions of Russia Military units and formations established in 1965