The Eastern Military District (

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, with its jurisdiction within the

Far Eastern Federal District The Far Eastern Federal District (russian: Дальневосто́чный федера́льный о́круг, ''Dalnevostochny federalny okrug'') is the largest of the federal districts of Russia, eight federal districts of Russia but t ...

of the country. The Eastern Military District was created as part of the 2008 military reforms, and founded by Presidential Decree №1144 signed on September 20, 2010, to replace the

Far East Military District The Far Eastern Military District (russian: Дальневосточный военный округ; Dalʹnevostochnyĭ voennyĭ okrug) was a military district of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. In 2010 it was merged with the Pacific ...

with the addition of the

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section of the

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The district began operation on October 21, 2010, under the command of Admiral

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. The Eastern Military District is the second largest military district in Russia by geographic size at . The district contains 12

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of Russia:

Amur Oblast Amur Oblast ( rus, Аму́рская о́бласть, r=Amurskaya oblast, p=ɐˈmurskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast), located on the banks of the Amur and Zeya Rivers in the Russian Far East. The administrative ...

Buryatia Buryatia, officially the Republic of Buryatia (russian: Республика Бурятия, r=Respublika Buryatiya, p=rʲɪsˈpublʲɪkə bʊˈrʲætʲɪjə; bua, Буряад Улас, Buryaad Ulas, , mn, Буриад Улс, Buriad Uls), is ...

Chukotka Autonomous Okrug Chukotka (russian: Чуко́тка), officially the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug,, ''Čukotkakèn avtonomnykèn okrug'', is the easternmost federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia. It is an autonomous okrug situated in the Russian ...

Jewish Autonomous Oblast The Jewish Autonomous Oblast (JAO; russian: Евре́йская автоно́мная о́бласть, (ЕАО); yi, ייִדישע אװטאָנאָמע געגנט, ; )In standard Yiddish: , ''Yidishe Oytonome Gegnt'' is a federal subject ...

Kamchatka Krai Kamchatka Krai ( rus, Камча́тский край, r=Kamchatsky kray, p=kɐmˈtɕatskʲɪj kraj) is a federal subject of Russia (a krai), situated in the Russian Far East, and is administratively part of the Far Eastern Federal District. Its ...

Khabarovsk Krai Khabarovsk Krai ( rus, Хабаровский край, r=Khabarovsky kray, p=xɐˈbarəfskʲɪj kraj) is a federal subject (a krai) of Russia. It is geographically located in the Russian Far East and is a part of the Far Eastern Federal District ...

Magadan Oblast Magadan Oblast ( rus, Магаданская область, r=Magadanskaya oblast, p=məgɐˈdanskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ) is a federal subject (an oblast) of Russia. It is geographically located in the Far East region of the country, and is adminis ...

Primorsky Krai Primorsky Krai (russian: Приморский край, r=Primorsky kray, p=prʲɪˈmorskʲɪj kraj), informally known as Primorye (, ), is a federal subject (a krai) of Russia, located in the Far East region of the country and is a part of the ...

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Sakhalin Oblast Sakhalin Oblast ( rus, Сахали́нская о́бласть, r=Sakhalínskaya óblast', p=səxɐˈlʲinskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast) comprising the island of Sakhalin and the K ...

Zabaykalsky Krai Zabaykalsky Krai ( rus, Забайкальский край, r=Zabaikal'skii krai, p=zəbɐjˈkalʲskʲɪj kraj, lit. "Transbaikal krai"; bua, Yбэр Байгалай хизаар, Uber Baigalai Xizaar) is a federal subject of Russia (a krai) t ...

. The district commander may direct all the formations of the Armed Forces within the district's territory, with the exception of the

Strategic Rocket Forces The Strategic Rocket Forces of the Russian Federation or the Strategic Missile Forces of the Russian Federation (RVSN RF; russian: Ракетные войска стратегического назначения Российской Фед� ...

and

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. In addition, operational subordination of the formations of the National Guard Troops, the Border Service of the FSB, as well as units of the Ministry of Emergency Situations and other ministries and departments performing tasks in the district. The Eastern Military District is headquartered in

Khabarovsk Khabarovsk ( rus, Хабaровск, a=Хабаровск.ogg, r=Habárovsk, p=xɐˈbarəfsk) is the largest types of inhabited localities in Russia, city and the administrative centre of Khabarovsk Krai, Russia,Law #109 located from the China ...

, and its current district commander is Colonel General Rustam Muradov, who has held the position since October 7 2022.

History

31 July 1918 is considered to be the date of foundation of the predecessor Far Eastern Military District. On this day, regular units of the

Red Army The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army (Russian: Рабо́че-крестья́нская Кра́сная армия),) often shortened to the Red Army, was the army and air force of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and, after ...

defeated the

White Army The White Army (russian: Белая армия, Belaya armiya) or White Guard (russian: Бѣлая гвардія/Белая гвардия, Belaya gvardiya, label=none), also referred to as the Whites or White Guardsmen (russian: Бѣлогв� ...

of the White Guards and interventionists in the area of the Kaul Heights, Shmakovka and Spassk. This date is widely celebrated by the military personnel of the Eastern Military District. On 22 February 2018, at the

National Defense Management Center The National Defense Management Center, also known as the National Defense Control Center (NDCC) (russian: Национальный центр управления обороной РФ, ) НЦУО, formerly the Central Command Post of the Gener ...

awarded the Eastern Military District a banner as symbols of honor, valor and military glory. From 11 to 17 September 2018, the

Vostok 2018 Vostok 2018 (russian: Восток 2018, lit=East 2018) was a large-scale Russian military exercise, held from 11 to 17 September 2018, throughout Siberia and the Russian Far East in the Eastern Military District. The exercise involved units ...

military exercise took place in the district. By the end of January 2022, the headquarters of the Eastern Military District reportedly 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 ...

against the backdrop of a new flare-up of the crisis over Ukraine. Combat units drawn from the district's 5th Combined Arms Army, 29th Combined Arms Army,

35th Combined Arms Army The 35th Combined Arms Red Banner Army is a field army of the Russian Ground Forces. The army was first formed in July 1941 with the Far Eastern Front. After spending most of World War II guarding the border in Primorsky Krai, the army fought in t ...

36th Combined Arms Army The 36th Combined Arms Army is a combined arms (field army, field) army of the Russian Ground Forces, part of the Eastern Military District (Military Unit Number 05776). History The army was formed in 1997 from the 55th Army Corps (Russia), 55t ...

, 68th Army Corps and the Pacific Fleet's 155th Naval Infantry Brigade were also reported to have deployed to Belarus.

Component units

This listing of formation and units is not complete. A

Command, control, and communications Command and control (abbr. C2) is a "set of organizational and technical attributes and processes ...

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(C3) brigade is synonymous with a headquarters brigade. * 104th Cluj Headquarters Brigade (

) * Honour Guard Company of the

Garrison (formed 14 December 1971 and is led by Lieutenant Colonel Dmitri Zielinski) * 106th Communications Brigade (Territorial) (

Dalnerechensk Dalnerechensk (russian: Дальнере́ченск) is a town in Primorsky Krai, Russia. Population: It was previously known as ''Iman'' (until 1972). Names It was originally known as Iman (russian: Има́н; ), but its Russian name was c ...

) * 14th Independent Guards Baranovichi Red Banner Order of the Red Star Engineering Brigade (Vyatka,

) * 17th Independent Electronic Warfare Brigade (Khabarovsk) * 7th Independent Red Banner Railway Brigade (

Komsomolsk-on-Amur Komsomolsk-on-Amur ( rus, Комсомольск-на-Амуре, r=Komsomolsk-na-Amure, p=kəmsɐˈmolʲsk nɐɐˈmurʲə) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city in Khabarovsk Krai, Russia, located on the west bank of the Amur Rive ...

) * 50th Independent Railway Brigade ( Svobodny) * 118th Independent Pontoon-Bridge Railway Battalion (Khabarovsk) * 392nd District Training Center for Junior Specialists (Motor Rifle Troops) (Khabarovsk) * 212th Guards Vienna Orders of Lenin and Kutuzov District Training Center for Junior Specialists (Tank Troops) ( Chita) * 51st Training Detachment of the Pacific Fleet (

Vladivostok Vladivostok ( rus, Владивосто́к, a=Владивосток.ogg, p=vɫədʲɪvɐˈstok) is the largest city and the administrative center of Primorsky Krai, Russia. The city is located around the Zolotoy Rog, Golden Horn Bay on the Sea ...

) * 7th Regional Training Center for NCOs (Knyaz-Volkonskoye, Khabarovsk Krai) 29th Army (Chita) * 101st Khingan Headquarters Brigade (Chita) * 36th Independent Guards Motor Rifle Brigade (

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 ...

) * 200th Artillery Brigade ( Gorny) * 140th Anti-Aircraft Rocket Brigade (Domna, Zabaykalsky Krai) 5th Red Banner Army (

Ussuriysk Ussuriysk (russian: Уссури́йск) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city in Primorsky Krai, Russia, located in the fertile valley of the Razdolnaya River, north of Vladivostok, the administrative center of the krai, and about ...

) *57th Motor Rifle Brigade (

Bikin Bikin (russian: Бики́н) is a town in Khabarovsk Krai, Russia, located on the river Bikin (a tributary of the Ussuri) southwest of Khabarovsk. Population: 19,000 (1967). History It was founded in 1885 as Bikinskaya and was granted town s ...

) * 127th Motor Rifle Division *60th Motor Rifle Brigade (

Sibirtsevo Sibirtsevo (russian: Сиби́рцево) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Chernigovsky District of Primorsky Krai, Russia. Population: History It was originally named Manzovka () and was renamed after Vsevolod Sibirtsev, Ser ...

and Lipovtsy) * 20th Guards Rocket Brigade (

Spassk-Dalny Spassk-Dalny (russian: Спасск-Да́льний), sometimes called simply Spassk, is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, town in Primorsky Krai, Russia, situated on the Prikhankayskaya Flatland on the coast of Khanka Lake. Geography T ...

) * 338th Guards MRL Brigade (Novosysoevka) (rocket artillery;

BM-27 Uragan The BM-27 Uragan (russian: БМ-27 Ураган, lit=Hurricane; GRAU index 9P140) is a self-propelled 220 mm multiple rocket launcher designed in the Soviet Union. The system began its service with the Soviet Army in the late 1970s, and wa ...

) *305th Artillery Brigade (Ussuriysk) *8th Anti-Aircraft Rocket Brigade (Razdolnoye,

) *80th C3 Brigade (Ussuriysk) *16th Independent NBC Defence Brigade (

Lesozavodsk Lesozavodsk (russian: Лесозаво́дск) is a town in Primorsky Krai, Russia, located on the Ussuri River (Amur's tributary), from the Sino–Russian border and about north of Vladivostok, the administrative center of the krai. Populati ...

) 68th Army Corps (

Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk ( rus, Ю́жно-Сахали́нск, a=Ru-Южно-Сахалинск.ogg, p=ˈjuʐnə səxɐˈlʲinsk, literally "South Sakhalin City") is a city on Sakhalin island, and the administrative center of Sakhalin Oblast, Russia. I ...

) *137th Independent Headquarters Battalion (Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk) * 39th Independent Motor Rifle Brigade ( Khomutovo) *312th Independent Multiple-Launch Artillery Battery ( Dachnoye) *676th Independent Engineer Battalion (Dachnoye) *

18th Machine Gun Artillery Division The 18th Machine Gun Artillery Division is a division of the Russian Ground Forces stationed in the Sakhalin Oblast with administration over the Kuril Islands. It is currently deployed to Eastern Ukraine. First formation It was first formed as ...

(Goryachie Klyuchi,

) **46th Machinegun Artillery Regiment (Lagunnoe) **49th Machinegun Artillery Regiment 35th Army (

Belogorsk Belogorsk or Bilohirsk (russian: Белогорск; uk, Білогірськ) is the name of several inhabited localities in Russia and Ukraine. ;Urban localities *Belogorsk, Amur Oblast, a town in Amur Oblast; administratively incorporated as a ...

) * 38th Guards Motor Rifle Brigade (Belogorsk-Ekaterinoslavka) *

64th Motor Rifle Brigade The 64th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade (Military Unit Number 51460) is a motorized infantry brigade of the Russian Ground Forces, which may have been "destroyed in combat" after being deployed to eastern Ukraine in mid-2022. Based at Knyaze ...

(Khabarovsk) * 69th Covering Brigade in (

Babstovo Babstovo () is a Types of inhabited localities in Russia, rural locality (a ''Village#Russia, selo'') in Leninsky District, Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Leninsky District of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Russia. According to the Russian Census (2010) ...

, Jewish Autonomous Oblast) * 107th Rocket Brigade ( Birobizhan) *165th Artillery Brigade (Belogorsk) *71st Anti-Aircraft Rocket Brigade (Srednebelaya, Amur Oblast) *54th C3 Brigade (Belogorsk) *37th Engineer Regiment (Berezovka, Amur Oblast) *135th Independent NBC Defence Battalion (Khabarovsk) 36th Army (

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, Buryatia, Uda River ...

) * 5th Independent Guards Tank Brigade (Ulan Ude) * 37th Independent Guards Motor Rifle 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 ...

) *103rd Rocket Brigade (Ulan-Ude) *1723rd Anti-Aircraft Rocket Regiment (Jida) *75th C3 Brigade (Ulan Ude)

Air and Air Defence Forces

11th Air and Air Defence Forces Army The 11th Red Banner Air and Air Defence Forces Army () is a formation of the Russian Air Force, located in the Russian Far East, whose zone of responsibility covers the Eastern Military District. The 11th Army Air Force and Air Defense Army was r ...

* Aviation of the Pacific Fleet

Russian Naval Forces

* Pacific Fleet ** Primorskiy Flotilla **

Kamchatka Flotilla The Kamchatka Military Flotilla ( rus, Камчатская флотилия, r=Kamchatskaya flotiliya) is a flotilla of the Russian Navy. On December 14, 1849, in accordance with the Decree of Emperor Nicholas I, the Okhotsk military flotilla wa ...

/Northeastern Group of Troops and Forces ** Other naval units, ships and submarines ** 155th Guards Red Banner Naval Infantry Brigade ** 40th Naval Infantry Brigade ** 55th Air Defense Division (Coastal Operations) ** 165th Independent Naval Infantry Brigade (to be raised in 2018)

Leadership

Commanders

* Admiral

(October 2010 – October 2013) * Colonel-General Sergey Surovikin (October 2013 – November 2017) * Lieutenant General Aleksandr Lapin (April – November 2017 (acting)) * Colonel-General Aleksandr Zhuravlyov (November 2017 – November 2018) * Colonel-General

Gennady Zhidko Gennady Valeryevich Zhidko (russian: Геннадий Валериевич Жидко, links=no; born 12 September 1965) is a colonel general of the Russian Armed Forces. He was awarded the title Hero of the Russian Federation in 2017 for his se ...

(November 2018 – November 2021) * Colonel-General Aleksandr Chaiko (November 2021 – June 2022) * Lieutenant General Rustam Muradov (October 2022 - current)

Chiefs of Staff - First Deputy Commanders

* Lieutenant General Sergey Surovikin (October 2012 – 2013) * Lieutenant General Aleksandr Lapin (2014 – April 2017) * Lieutenant General Alexander Chaiko (April 2017 – November 2018) * Colonel General Sergey Kuralenko (October 2018 – February 2020) * Lieutenant General Evgeny Nikiforov (February 2020 – present)

Deputy Commanders

* Vice Admiral Alekminsky Gavrilovich (2014 – July 2019) * Lieutenant General Sergei Sevryukov (July 2019 – present) * Lieutenant General Mikhail Nosulev (January 2020 – present)

References

External links

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