The 36th Combined Arms Army is a combined arms (

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) army of the

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, part of the

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(

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05776).

History

The army was formed in 1997 from the 55th Army Corps at

Borzya Borzya ( rus, Борзя, p=ˈborzʲə; bua, Бооржо, ''Boorjo''; mn, Боорж, ''Boorj'') is a town and the administrative center of Borzinsky District in Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia, located southeast of Chita, the administrative center ...

in the

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, which had been formed from the previous Soviet 36th Army. The army participated in exercises "Baikal-2006", "Vostok-2007", and "Vostok-2010". In February 2009, the army headquarters was relocated to

Ulan-Ude Ulan-Ude (; bua, Улаан-Үдэ, , ; russian: Улан-Удэ, p=ʊˈlan ʊˈdɛ; mn, Улаан-Үд, , ) is the capital city of the Republic of Buryatia, Russia, located about southeast of Lake Baikal on the Uda River at its confluence wi ...

Composition

* 5th Guards Tank Tatsinskaya Red Banner Order of Suvorov Brigade (Ulan Ude, Divisionnaya, MUN 46108) * 37th Guards Motor Rifle Don Budapest Red Banner Order of the Red Star Brigade (

Kyakhta Kyakhta (russian: Кя́хта, ; bua, Хяагта, Khiaagta, ; mn, Хиагт, Hiagt, ) is a town and the administrative center of Kyakhtinsky District in the Republic of Buryatia, Russia, located on the Kyakhta River near the Mongolia–Russi ...

, MUN 69647) * 30th Artillery Brigade (MUN 62048) * 103rd Rocket Brigade (Ulan-Ude, MUN 47130) * 1723rd Anti-Aircraft Rocket Regiment (Jida) * 26th NBC Protection Regiment (

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, MUN 62563) *

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(Ulan-Ude, MUN 01229) * and others

Commanders

* Lieutenant General Aleksandr Petrovich Kolmakov (August 1998 – July 2000) * Lieutenant General Hakim Ismagilovich Mirzazyanov (July 2000 – November 2003) * Lieutenant General Vladimir Valentinovich Chirkin (November 2003 – February 2007) * Lieutenant General Vladimir Borisovich Zarudnitsky (February 2007 – April 2009) * Lieutenant General Vladimir Genrikhovich Tsilko (June 2009 – February 2012) * Lieutenant General Oleg Leontevich Makarevich (February 2012 – February 2013) * Major/Lieutenant General Mikhail Yurevich Teplinskiy (February 2013 – May 2015) * Major General

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(May 2015 – September 2017) * Lieutenant General Mikhail Yakovlevich Nosulev (October 2017 – January 2020) * Major/Lieutenant General Valery Nikolayevich Solodchuk (January 2020 – present)

Role in 2022 Invasion of Ukraine

In the context of the

2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine On 24 February 2022, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, which began in 2014. The invasion has resulted in tens of thousands of deaths on both sides. It has caused Europe's largest refugee crisis since World War II. An ...

, elements of the 36th Army (including units from the 5th Tank Brigade, 37th Motor Rifle Brigade and 103rd Rocket Brigade) had been deployed to

Belarus Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by R ...

and were participating in active operations, mainly in the area West of Kyiv.

References

{{Armies of the Russian Armed Forces Armies of the Russian Federation Military units and formations established in 1997 Ulan-Ude