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(1922–1991)
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Military district
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Minsk
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World War II
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Aleksandr Petrovich ChumakovAnatoly Kostenko
Lieutenant-General Anatoly Ivanovich Kostenko ( Belarusian: Анатоль Іванавіч Касценка; born on 27 January 1940) was the Minister of Defence of Belarus from 28 July 1994 – 6 June 1995. He was preceded by Paul Kozlowski an ...
Semyon Timoshenko
Semyon Konstantinovich Timoshenko (russian: link=no, Семён Константи́нович Тимоше́нко, ''Semyon Konstantinovich Timoshenko''; uk, Семе́н Костянти́нович Тимоше́нко, ''Semen Kostiantyno ...
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Order of the Red Banner
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The Byelorussian Military District (russian: Белорусский военный округ, translit=Belorusskiy Voyenyi Okrug; alternatively Belarusian; ) was a
military district
Military districts (also called military regions) are formations of a state's armed forces (often of the Army) which are responsible for a certain area of territory. They are often more responsible for administrative than operational matters, and ...
of the
Soviet Armed Forces
The Soviet Armed Forces, the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union and as the Red Army (, Вооружённые Силы Советского Союза), were the armed forces of the Russian SFSR (1917–1922), the Soviet Union (1922–1991), and th ...
. Originally formed just before
World War I
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as the Minsk Military District out of the remnants of the
Vilno Military District and the Warsaw Military District, it was headed by the Russian General Eugen Alexander Ernst Rausch von Traubenberg.
With the outbreak of the
Russian Civil War
, date = October Revolution, 7 November 1917 – Yakut revolt, 16 June 1923{{Efn, The main phase ended on 25 October 1922. Revolt against the Bolsheviks continued Basmachi movement, in Central Asia and Tungus Republic, the Far East th ...
it was reorganized into the
Western Front and in April 1924 it was renamed to the Western Military District. In October 1926 it was redesignated the Belorussian Military District, with its staff in
Smolensk
Smolensk ( rus, Смоленск, p=smɐˈlʲensk, a=smolensk_ru.ogg) is a city and the administrative center of Smolensk Oblast, Russia, located on the Dnieper River, west-southwest of Moscow. First mentioned in 863, it is one of the oldest c ...
. And in July 1940 it was renamed the Western Special Military District. It covered the territory of the
Byelorussian SSR
The Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (BSSR, or Byelorussian SSR; be, Беларуская Савецкая Сацыялістычная Рэспубліка, Bielaruskaja Savieckaja Sacyjalistyčnaja Respublika; russian: Белор ...
and the western part of the
RSFSR
The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russian SFSR or RSFSR ( rus, Российская Советская Федеративная Социалистическая Республика, Rossíyskaya Sovétskaya Federatívnaya Soci ...
(including Smolensk area,
Bryansk
Bryansk ( rus, Брянск, p=brʲansk) is a city and the administrative center of Bryansk Oblast, Russia, situated on the River Desna, southwest of Moscow. Population:
Geography Urban layout
The location of the settlement was originally ass ...
area, and parts of
Kaluga
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Kaluga's most famous resident, the space travel pioneer Konstantin Tsiol ...
area).
History
In 1928, the first maneuvers of troops of the district were held, which was attended by
6th Cavalry Division and 7th Cavalry Division,
5th, 8th and
27th Rifle Divisions, 33rd territorial division, a tank brigade of the
Moscow Military District
The Order of Lenin Moscow Military District was a military district of the Soviet Armed Forces and the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. The district was awarded the Order of Lenin in 1968. In 2010 it was merged with the Leningrad Military Di ...
, artillery, aviation, communication, and engineering units. The
People's Commissar for Military and Naval Affairs
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Pe ...
,
Kliment Voroshilov
Kliment Yefremovich Voroshilov (, uk, Климент Охрімович Ворошилов, ''Klyment Okhrimovyč Vorošylov''), popularly known as Klim Voroshilov (russian: link=no, Клим Вороши́лов, ''Klim Vorošilov''; 4 Februa ...
, attended the exercises. The exercises showed growth in the combat skills of troops.
In 1932 it deployed from within the country the
4th Leningrad Cavalry Order of the Red Banner Voroshilov Division commanded by
Georgy Zhukov
Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov ( rus, Георгий Константинович Жуков, p=ɡʲɪˈorɡʲɪj kənstɐnʲˈtʲinəvʲɪtɕ ˈʐukəf, a=Ru-Георгий_Константинович_Жуков.ogg; 1 December 1896 – ...
. In 1932–1933, in connection with the development of armored vehicles, it formed seven separate tank brigades, armed with Soviet-made tanks: light
T-24
The T-24 was a Soviet medium tank built in 1931. Only twenty four were built, and none saw combat. This was the first tank produced at the KhPZ factory in Kharkov, which was later responsible for the very successful BT series, T-34 and T-54 S ...
,
T-26
The T-26 tank was a Soviet light tank used during many conflicts of the Interwar period and in World War II. It was a development of the British Vickers 6-Ton tank and was one of the most successful tank designs of the 1930s until its light ...
, medium
T-28
The T-28 was a Soviet multi-turreted medium tank. The prototype was completed in 1931, and production began in late 1932. It was an infantry support tank intended to break through fortified defences. The T-28 was designed to complement the hea ...
, fast
BT-2
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,
BT-5
The BT tanks (russian: Быстроходный танк/БТ, translit=Bystrokhodnyy tank, lit. "fast moving tank" or "high-speed tank") were a series of Soviet light tanks produced in large numbers between 1932 and 1941. They were lightly arm ...
, floating
T-37, heavy
T-35
The T-35 was a Soviet multi- turreted heavy tank of the interwar period and early Second World War that saw limited production and service with the Red Army. Often called a land battleship, it was the only five-turreted heavy tank in the world ...
,
T-27
The T-27 was a tankette produced in the 1930s by the Soviet Union. It was based on the design of the Carden Loyd tankette, bought under license from the United Kingdom in 1930.
Design
The Soviets were not fully satisfied with the Carden Loyd des ...
tankettes. In 1937 the district deployed 15 infantry divisions, grouped into five infantry corps and five cavalry divisions.
On 26 July 1938, the district was renamed the Belorussian Special Military District (abbreviated as BOVO). After the
Soviet/German invasion of Poland in September 1939, it took in most of the former Polish area and was redesignated the Belorussian Special Military District. In July 1940, it was redesignated the Western Special Military District. When the German invasion,
Operation Barbarossa
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, began on 22 June 1941 the district was again redesignated the
Western Front.
The district was reformed in October 1943 from the staff of the Moscow Zone of Defence (at Smolensk, which moved to
Minsk
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in August 1944). From December 1944 until July 1945, the district was designated Byelorussian-Lithuanian Military District (covering the territory of Belarus and
Lithuania
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), and from 9 July until 26 January 1946 it was divided in two districts –
Minsk
Minsk ( be, Мінск ; russian: Минск) is the capital and the largest city of Belarus, located on the Svislach and the now subterranean Niamiha rivers. As the capital, Minsk has a special administrative status in Belarus and is the admi ...
Military District (from the staff of the
3rd Army), and
Baranovichi
Baranavichy ( ; be, Бара́навічы, Łacinka: , ; russian: Бара́новичи; yi, באַראַנאָוויטש; pl, Baranowicze) is a city in the Brest Region of western Belarus, with a population (as of 2019) of 179,000. It is not ...
Military District (from the staff of
3rd Belorussian Front
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The 3rd Belorussian Front was created on 24 April 1944 from forces previously assigned to the Western Front. Over 381 days in combat, the 3rd Belorussian Fron ...
with its headquarters staff at
Bobruisk
Babruysk, Babrujsk or Bobruisk ( be, Бабруйск , Łacinka: , rus, Бобруйск, Bobrujsk, bɐˈbruɪ̯s̪k, yi, באָברויסק ) is a city in the Mogilev Region of eastern Belarus on the Berezina River. , its population was 2 ...
). The district covered the territory of the Byelorussian SSR. On 4 February 1946, the Baranovichi and Minsk military districts are merged again into one district : the Belorussian Military District.
From mid February 1949, in accordance with a directive issued 10 January 1949, the
1st Air Army, present within the district, was redesignated the 26th Air Army. The 26th Air Army was subordinate to the BVO. In 1962 the 26th Air Army comprised the
95th Fighter Aviation Division The 95th Fighter Aviation Division (95th IAD) was a fighter aviation division of the Soviet Air Forces. The division was originally formed in 1949 as the 95th Mixed Aviation Division and became a fighter aviation division in 1954. It was disbanded i ...
(
Shchuchin
Shchuchyn and Ščučyn ( be, Шчучын, Ščučyn, ; russian: Щýчин, ; pl, Szczuczyn Litewski; lt, Šukynas; Yiddish: שטשוטשין, Shtshutshin) is a city in the Grodno Region of Belarus. It is the center of Shchuchyn District. The ...
, Grodno Oblast), the
1st Guards Fighter-Bomber Aviation Division
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(
Lida
Lida ( be, Лі́да ; russian: Ли́да ; lt, Lyda; lv, Ļida; pl, Lida ; yi, לידע, Lyde) is a city 168 km (104 mi) west of Minsk in western Belarus in Grodno Region.
Etymology
The name ''Lida'' arises from its Lithuani ...
, Grodno Oblast), and three separate smaller units: the 10th independent Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment (Shchuchin, Grodno Oblast), the 248th independent Mixed Aviation Squadron (Minsk-Lipki, Minsk Oblast), and the 95th independent Mixed Aviation Squadron (Grodno, Grodno Oblast). In April 1980 the 26th Air Army was renamed the VVS Belorussian Military District. In May 1988 it was renamed again as the 26th Air Army. The 95th Fighter Aviation Division was disbanded in 1988.
The 26th Air Army included in 1990:
*
1st Guards Bomber Aviation Division (Lida, Grodno Oblast)
*50th independent Mixed Aviation Regiment (Minsk, Minsk Oblast)
*151st independent Aviation Regiment for Electronic Warfare (Shchuchin, Grodno Oblast)
*
927th Fighter Aviation Regiment
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(
Bereza, Brest Oblast)
*206th independent Assault Aviation Regiment (
Pruzhany
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, Brest Oblast)
*378th independent Assault Aviation Regiment (
Postavy
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Location
Pastavy is located on the river Myadelki. Postavy Air Base is ...
, Vitebsk Oblast)
*397th independent Assault Aviation Regiment (
Kobrin
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, Brest Oblast)
*10th independent Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment (Shchuchin, Grodno Oblast)
*302nd independent Helicopter Squadron for Electronic Warfare (Kobrin, Brest Oblast)
*56th independent Communications Regiment (Minsk, Minsk Oblast)
From the beginning of the 1950s three armies were subordinated to the district:
28th Army,
5th Guards Tank Army and
7th Tank Army
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, totaling nine tank and two motor-rifle divisions, including training formations.
70th Guards Mechanised Division at
Postavy
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Location
Pastavy is located on the river Myadelki. Postavy Air Base is ...
became 45th Guards Tank Division in May 1957, but was disbanded in November 1959.
5th Guards Tank Army in 1988 had
8th Guards,
29th, and
193rd Tank Divisions while 7th 'Red Star' Tank Army had 3rd Guards,
34th, and 37th Guards Tank Divisions. From the late 1970s the district was subordinate to the Commander-in-Chief of the Western Strategic Direction. On the dissolution of the Soviet Union the 28th Army, headquartered at
Grodno
Grodno (russian: Гродно, pl, Grodno; lt, Gardinas) or Hrodna ( be, Гродна ), is a city in western Belarus. The city is located on the Neman River, 300 km (186 mi) from Minsk, about 15 km (9 mi) from the Polish b ...
, included the 6th Guards Tank Division (
Grodno
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), 28th Tank Division (
Slonim), 50th Guards Motor Rifle Division (
Brest
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**Brest Region
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**Brest Fortress
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* Břest, Czech Republic
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** Arrondissement of Brest
**Brest Bretagne Airport
** Château de Brest
*Br ...
), and the 76th Tank Division (a cadre formation which became a territorial training centre and then a weapons and equipment storage base), also at Brest. The
120th 'Rogachev' Guards Motorised Rifle Division, subordinated directly to district control, was the district's most prestigious division. Also present was the
51st Guards Artillery Division, two cadre artillery divisions, the
147th Anti-Aircraft Rocket Brigade at Bobruisk, intended for direct Front control, two surface-to-surface missile brigades, an independent SSM battalion, and a high-power artillery brigade.
The forces of the district became the basis of the
Armed Forces of Belarus
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In 20 ...
after the district was disbanded in May 1992 following the
dissolution of the Soviet Union
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.
"The Byelorusian Military District is no more. Under a resolution of the Council of Ministers of Belarus
The Government of the Republic of Belarus ( be, Урад Рэспублікі Беларусь), which consists of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus (), is the executive branch of state power in Belarus, and is appointed by the ...
all its units, as well as non-strategic formations, have been placed under the Defence Ministry of Belarus."
*Moscow RIA in English 1653 GMT 7 May 92
Air Defence Forces in the District
2nd Air Defence Army traced its history back to 5 November 1941, when the
5th Air Defence Division
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was formed by the directive of Deputy People's Commissar of Defence of the USSR No. 3024 in
Kuybyshev. The basis for the formation of the division were components of the Moscow Air Defence Corps, relocated to Kuybyshev. In September 1944, during the completion of
Operation Bagration
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, the division, reorganized into the 14th Air Defence Corps, moved forward to Minsk to organize air defence of the territory liberated by the
3rd Belorussian Front
The 3rd Belorussian Front () was a Front of the Red Army during the Second World War.
The 3rd Belorussian Front was created on 24 April 1944 from forces previously assigned to the Western Front. Over 381 days in combat, the 3rd Belorussian Fron ...
. The corps defended airfields, railway junctions and the cities of
Minsk
Minsk ( be, Мінск ; russian: Минск) is the capital and the largest city of Belarus, located on the Svislach and the now subterranean Niamiha rivers. As the capital, Minsk has a special administrative status in Belarus and is the admi ...
,
Borisov,
Lida
Lida ( be, Лі́да ; russian: Ли́да ; lt, Lyda; lv, Ļida; pl, Lida ; yi, לידע, Lyde) is a city 168 km (104 mi) west of Minsk in western Belarus in Grodno Region.
Etymology
The name ''Lida'' arises from its Lithuani ...
,
Molodechno
Maladzyechna ( be, Маладзе́чна, Maladziečna, ; russian: Молоде́чно, Molodechno; pl, Mołodeczno) is a city in the Minsk Region of Belarus, an administrative centre of the Maladzyechna District (and formerly of the Maladzyech ...
. In July 1944 the corps units, in cooperation with fighter aviation, shot down 19 enemy aircraft. The
927th Fighter Aviation Regiment
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Evolution of the Arabic digit
In the beginning, various Indians wrote a digit 9 similar in shape to the modern closing question mark without the bottom dot. The Kshatrapa, Andhra and ...
(927 IAP), located at
Loshitsa airfield particularly distinguished itself. The regiment was commanded by
Hero of the Soviet Union
The title Hero of the Soviet Union (russian: Герой Советского Союза, translit=Geroy Sovietskogo Soyuza) was the highest distinction in the Soviet Union, awarded together with the Order of Lenin personally or collectively for ...
, Lieutenant-Colonel N. Kozlov (later major-general of aviation, deputy commander of the 2nd independent Air Defence Army).
After the end of the
Second World War
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, the corps was reorganized into the Belorussian Air Defence District (1951), then to the Minsk Air Defence Corps (1954). In 1960 the 2nd Independent Air Defence Army (Russian:
2-я отдельная армия ПВО) of the
Soviet Air Defence Forces
The Soviet Air Defence Forces (russian: войска ПВО, ''voyska protivovozdushnoy oborony'', ''voyska PVO'', ''V-PVO'', lit. ''Anti-Air Defence Troops''; and formerly ''protivovozdushnaya oborona strany'', ''PVO strany'', lit. ''Anti-Air De ...
was established. In 1988 the Army comprised the 11th and 28th Air Defence Corps.
The 11th Air Defence Corps was formed on 15 March 1960 in Baranovichi, Minsk Oblast, from the PVO's 39th Fighter Aviation Division.
3rd Air Defence Division came under 2nd independent Army of the PVO from March 1960 to November 1977.
In 1988 it comprised:
*Headquarters,
Baranovichi
Baranavichy ( ; be, Бара́навічы, Łacinka: , ; russian: Бара́новичи; yi, באַראַנאָוויטש; pl, Baranowicze) is a city in the Brest Region of western Belarus, with a population (as of 2019) of 179,000. It is not ...
*61st Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO (
Baranovichi
Baranavichy ( ; be, Бара́навічы, Łacinka: , ; russian: Бара́новичи; yi, באַראַנאָוויטש; pl, Baranowicze) is a city in the Brest Region of western Belarus, with a population (as of 2019) of 179,000. It is not ...
, Minsk Oblast) (MiG-25/Su-27)
*201st Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO (
Machulischi, Minsk Oblast) (MiG-23)(taken over by Belarus in 1992, and disbanded in 1994)
*15th Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade (Fanipol)
*115th Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade (Brest)
*127th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment (Lida)
*377th Guards Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment (Polotsk)
*1146th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment (Orscha)
*8th Radio-Technical Brigade (Baranovichi, Minsk Oblast)
*49th Radio-Technical Regiment (Polotsk)
*an independent Electronic Warfare Battalion
It was taken over by
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 ...
in early 1992, and survived to at least 1994.
Over the border in the
Ukrainian SSR
The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic ( uk, Украї́нська Радя́нська Соціалісти́чна Респу́бліка, ; russian: Украи́нская Сове́тская Социалисти́ческая Респ ...
, the 28th Air Defence Corps was also part of the 2nd Air Defence Army until 1992.
In 1988 it comprised:
*Headquarters,
Lvov
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*179th Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO (
Stryy, Lvov Oblast) Converted to
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23
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M 1978; taken over by
Ukrainian Air Defence Forces
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They were established on the basis of the former Sovi ...
1992; became 10th Aviation Base October 1994; disbanded December 1996.
*
894th Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO (
Ozerne) (MiG-23ML/MLD) (Formed 9 June 1942; taken over by Ukraine 3.1.92.)
[Holm, http://www.ww2.dk/new/air%20force/regiment/iap/894iap.htm]
*254th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment (
Mukachevo
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, Zakarpatskaya Oblast)
*540th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment (Kamenka-Bugskaya, Lvov Oblast)
*270th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment (Lvov, Lvov Oblast)
*312th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment (Nadvornaya, Ivan-Frankovsk Oblast)
*438th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment (Kovel, Volynskaya Oblast)
*521st Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment (Borshschev, Ternopol Oblast)
*1st Radio-Technical Brigade (Lipniki, Lvov Oblast)
*10th Radio-Technical Regiment (Stryy, Lvov Oblast)
*17th independent Electronic Warfare Battalion (Kolomyya, Ivan-Frankovsk Oblast)
*38th Communications Center (Lvov, Lvov Oblast)
Commanders (1924–91)
*
August Kork
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Kork became an officer of the Imperial Russi ...
(April 1924 – February 1925)
*
Mikhail Tukhachevsky
Mikhail Nikolayevich Tukhachevsky ( rus, Михаил Николаевич Тухачевский, Mikhail Nikolayevich Tukhachevskiy, p=tʊxɐˈtɕefskʲɪj; – 12 June 1937) nicknamed the Red Napoleon by foreign newspapers, was a Sovie ...
(February 1925 – November 1925)
*
August Kork
August Ivanovich Kork (, also Аугуст Яанович Корк; 11 June 1937) was an Estonian Red Army commander (Komandarm 2nd rank) who was tried and executed during the Great Purge in 1937.
Kork became an officer of the Imperial Russi ...
(November 1925 – May 1927)
*
Alexander Yegorov (May 1927 – April 1931)
*
Ieronim Uborevich
Ieronim Petrovich Uborevich ( lt, Jeronimas Uborevičius; russian: Иерони́м Петро́вич Уборе́вич; – 12 June 1937) was a Soviet military commander of the Red Army during the Russian Civil War, reaching the rank of kom ...
(April 1931 – June b1937)
*
Ivan Belov (June 1937 – December 1937)
*
Mikhail Kovalyov
Mikhail Prokofievich Kovalyov (russian: Михаил Прокофьевич Ковалёв; – 31 August 1967) was a Soviet military officer.
Mikhail Kovalyov was born to family of a peasants in stanitsa Bryukhovetskaya, Kuban Oblast. In 191 ...
(April 1938 – July 1940)
*Colonel General
Dmitry Pavlov (July 1940 – June 1941)
*Lieutenant General
Vladimir Kurdyumov
Vladimir Nikolayevich Kurdyumov (russian: Владимир Николаевич Курдюмов 1 October 1895, Ilmen14 February 1970) was a Soviet Lieutenant General.
Kurdyumov served in the Red Army since 1918 in World War I and the Russian Civ ...
(June 1941 – August 1941)
* German occupation
*Lieutenant General
Vsevolod Yakovlev Vsevolod or Wsewolod (russian: Все́волод ; uk, Все́волод ) is a Slavic male first name. Its etymology is from Slavic roots 'vse' (all) and 'volodeti' (to rule) and means 'lord-of-everything/everybody', (similar to another princ ...
(October 1943 – February 1945)
*Lieutenant General
Trifon Shevaldin (February 1945 – July 1945)
*Lieutenant General Vladimir N. Razuvaev (July 1945 – February 1946)
*
Marshal of the Soviet Union
Marshal of the Soviet Union (russian: Маршал Советского Союза, Marshal sovetskogo soyuza, ) was the highest military rank of the Soviet Union.
The rank of Marshal of the Soviet Union was created in 1935 and abolished in 19 ...
Semyon Timoshenko
Semyon Konstantinovich Timoshenko (russian: link=no, Семён Константи́нович Тимоше́нко, ''Semyon Konstantinovich Timoshenko''; uk, Семе́н Костянти́нович Тимоше́нко, ''Semen Kostiantyno ...
(February – March 1946)
*Colonel General
Sergei Trofimenko
Sergei Georgievich Trofimenko (10 (22) September 1899 in Ryovny – 16 October 1953 in Moscow) was a Soviet military commander, active in the Russian Civil War and the Second World War. His final rank was colonel-general. He had been promoted t ...
(04.1946 – 03.1949) (former commander of the
7th Army)
*Marshal of the Soviet Union
Semyon Timoshenko
Semyon Konstantinovich Timoshenko (russian: link=no, Семён Константи́нович Тимоше́нко, ''Semyon Konstantinovich Timoshenko''; uk, Семе́н Костянти́нович Тимоше́нко, ''Semen Kostiantyno ...
(03.1949 – 04.1960),
*Colonel General
Vladimir Nikolayevich Komarov (04.1960 – 07.1961)
*Army General V. A. Penkovsky (07.1961 – 07.1964)
*Colonel General S. S. Maryakhin (07.1964 – 09.1967)
*Colonel General
Ivan Tretyak
Ivan () is a Slavic languages, Slavic male given name, connected with the variant of the Greek name (English: John (given name), John) from Hebrew language, Hebrew meaning 'God is gracious'. It is associated worldwide with Slavic countries. T ...
(September 1967 – June 1976)
*Colonel General
Mikhail Zaitsev
Mikhail Mitrofanovich Zaitsev (russian: Михаи́л Митрофа́нович За́йцев; 23 November 1923 – 22 January 2009) was a general of the Soviet Army. Zaitsev's principal commands were the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany and th ...
(June 1976 – November 1980)
*Army General
Yevgeni Ivanovski
Army General (USSR), Army General Yevgeni F. Ivanovski (March 7, 1918 – September 22, 1991) served in numerous high commands following the World War II, Second World War, including the command of the Moscow Military District from 1968 to 1972, c ...
(December 1980 – February 1985)
*Colonel General
Vladimir Shuralyov
Vladimir Mikhailovich Shuralyov (russian: Владимир Михайлович Шуралёв; 3 April 1935 – 2 March 2020) was a Soviet Union, Soviet and later Russian military officer who held a number of posts in the Soviet Army, reaching ...
(February 1985 – January 1989)
*Colonel General
Anatoly Kostenko
Lieutenant-General Anatoly Ivanovich Kostenko ( Belarusian: Анатоль Іванавіч Касценка; born on 27 January 1940) was the Minister of Defence of Belarus from 28 July 1994 – 6 June 1995. He was preceded by Paul Kozlowski an ...
(January 1989 – dissolution)
Chiefs of Staff (1945–91)
* Alexander Barmin (July – September 1945)
* Alexander Pokrovsky (September 1945 – February 1946)
*
Semyon Ivanov (March 1946 – November 1948)
*
Pyotr Malyshev
Pyotr Fyodorovich Malyshev (; 28 August 1898 – 10 December 1972) was a Soviet Army lieutenant general who held field army command during World War II.
Early life, World War I, and Russian Civil War
Pyotr Fyodorovich Malyshev was born on 28 Aug ...
(November 1948 – March 1950)
*
Nikanor Zakhvatayev (March 1950 – December 1951)
* Anatoly Gryzlov (April – July 1952)
* Alexander Pulk-Dmitriev (July 1952 – October 1954)
* Grigory Arico (October 1954 – March 1961)
* Alexander Shevchenko (March – December 1961)
*
Nikolai Ogarkov
Nikolai Vasilyevich Ogarkov (russian: Николай Васильевич Огарков; 30 October 1917 – 23 January 1994) was a prominent Soviet military personality. He was promoted to Marshal of the Soviet Union in 1977. Between 1977 and 1 ...
(December 1961 – December 1965)
* Grigory Arico (2nd time) (December 1965 – March 1974)
* Vladimir Konchits (March 1974 – November 1977)
* Mikhail Tereshchenko (December 1977 – July 1979)
* Ivan Gashkov (July 1979 – December 1983)
* Vasily Sokolov (December 1983 – August 1988)
*
Alexander Chumakov (August 1988 – ?)
Notes
References
*Feskov et al., "The Soviet Army in the Period of the Cold War, 1945–89," 2004
*{{Cite book, title=Вооруженные силы СССР после Второй Мировой войны: от Красной Армии к Советской, last=Feskov, first=V.I., last2=Golikov, first2=V.I., last3=Kalashnikov, first3=K.A., last4=Slugin, first4=S.A., publisher=Scientific and Technical Literature Publishing, year=2013, isbn=9785895035306, location=Tomsk, language=Russian, trans-title=The Armed Forces of the USSR after World War II: From the Red Army to the Soviet: Part 1 Land Forces , ref={{harvid, Feskov et al, 2013
*А. Г. Ленский, Сухопутные силы РККА в предвоенные годы. Справочник. — Санкт-Петербург Б&К, 2000
Further reading
*I M Tret'yak, ed, "Krasnoznamennyy Belorusskiy voyennyy okrug", "Belarus'", Minsk, 1973; – Soviet history of district
*E F Ivanovskiy, ed, "Krasnozamennyy Belorusskiy voyennyy okrug",
Voenizdat
Voenizdat (russian: Воениздат) was a publishing house in Moscow, Russia that was one of the first and largest publishing houses in USSR. The name is a Russian abbreviation for "Voennoe Izdatelstvo", meaning "Military Publication".
Voen ...
, 2nd edn, Moscow, 1983 – second edition
Military districts of the Soviet Union
Military units and formations established in 1926
Military units and formations disestablished in 1992
1926 establishments in the Soviet Union
Military units and formations awarded the Order of the Red Banner
Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic