The Eastern Military District ( Russian: Восточный военный округ) is a military district of Russia. It is one of the five military districts of the

Russian Armed Forces The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (, ), commonly referred to as the Russian Armed Forces, are the military forces of Russia. In terms of active-duty personnel, they are the world's fifth-largest military force, with at least two m ...

, with its jurisdiction within the Far Eastern Federal District 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 with the addition of the Transbaikal section of the

Siberian Military District The Siberian Military District was a Military district of the Russian Ground Forces. The district was originally formed as a military district of the Russian Empire in 1864. In 1924 it was reformed in the Red Army. After the end of World War II the ...

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The district began operation on October 21, 2010, under the command of Admiral Konstantin Sidenko. The Eastern Military District is the second largest military district in Russia by geographic size at . The district contains 11 federal subjects of Russia: Amur Oblast,

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,

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,

Sakha Republic Sakha, officially the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia),, is the largest republic of Russia, located in the Russian Far East, along the Arctic Ocean, with a population of roughly 1 million. Sakha comprises half of the area of its governing Far Eas ...

, Sakhalin Oblast, Zabaykalsky Krai. 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 and

Russian Aerospace Forces The Russian Aerospace Forces or Russian Air and Space Forces ( rus, Воздушно-космические силы, r=Vozdushno-kosmicheskiye sily) or VKS ( rus, ВКС}) comprise the air and space branch of the Armed Forces of the Russian Fe ...

. 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 Rustam Usmanovich Muradov (; born 21 March 1973) is a Russian military officer, serving as a lieutenant general in the Russian Armed Forces. He is the current Commander of the Eastern Military District since October 7, 2022. He was the Deputy Co ...

, who has held the position since October 5, 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 defeated the White Army 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 awarded the Eastern Military District a banner as symbols of honor, valor and military glory. From 11 to 17 September 2018, the Vostok 2018 military exercise took place in the district. By the end of January 2022, the headquarters of the Eastern Military District reportedly deployed to Belarus against the backdrop of a new flare-up of the crisis over Ukraine. Combat units drawn from the district's

5th Combined Arms Army The 5th Combined Arms Red Banner Army (5-я общевойсковая армия) is a Russian Ground Forces formation in the Eastern Military District. It was formed in 1939, served during the Soviet invasion of Poland that year, and was depl ...

29th Combined Arms Army The Soviet Red Army's 29th Army was a field army of the Red Army and it is presently part of 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 ...

, 35th Combined Arms Army,

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 (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) * 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) * 7th Regional Training Center for NCOs (Knyaz-Volkonskoye, Khabarovsk Krai) *

338th Guards MRL Brigade The 338th Guards Dvinsk Order of Alexander Nevsky Rocket Artillery Brigade ( Military Unit Number 57367, abbreviated in Russian as 338 ), is an artillery (Multiple rocket launcher) formation of the Russian Ground Forces. The brigade is based in U ...

(Novosysoevka) (rocket artillery; BM-27 Uragan) 29th Army (Chita) * 101st Khingan Headquarters Brigade (Chita) * 36th Independent Guards Motor Rifle Brigade ( Borzya) * 200th Artillery Brigade ( Gorny) *

140th Anti-Aircraft Rocket Brigade The 140th Borisov Order of Kutuzov Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade (; Military Unit Number 32390) is an air defense brigade of the Russian Ground Forces' 29th Army in the Eastern Military District, stationed at Domna in Zabaykalsky Krai. The bri ...

(Domna, Zabaykalsky Krai)

( Ussuriysk) * 57th Motor Rifle Brigade ( Bikin) * 127th Motor Rifle Division * 60th Motor Rifle Brigade ( Sibirtsevo and Lipovtsy) *

20th Guards Rocket Brigade The 20th Guards Berlin twice Red Banner Rocket Brigade ( Military Unit Number 92088) is a tactical ballistic missile formation of the Russian Ground Forces. The brigade is located in the city of Ussuriysk of Primorsky Krai. The brigade was est ...

( Spassk-Dalny) * 305th Artillery Brigade (Ussuriysk) * 8th Anti-Aircraft Rocket Brigade (Razdolnoye, Primorsky Krai) * 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. ...

) 68th Army Corps ( Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk) * 137th Independent Headquarters Battalion (Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk) * 39th Independent Motor Rifle Brigade (

Khomutovo Khomutovo (russian: Хомутово) is the name of several inhabited localities in Russia. ;Urban localities *Khomutovo, Novoderevenkovsky District, Oryol Oblast, an urban-type settlement in Novoderevenkovsky District of Oryol Oblast ;Rural loc ...

) * 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, Sakhalin Oblast) ** 46th Machinegun Artillery Regiment (Lagunnoe) ** 49th Machinegun Artillery Regiment 35th Army ( Belogorsk) * 38th Guards Motor Rifle Brigade (Belogorsk-Ekaterinoslavka) * 64th Motor Rifle Brigade (Khabarovsk) * 69th Covering Brigade in ( Babstovo, Jewish Autonomous Oblast) * 107th Rocket Brigade (

Birobizhan Birobidzhan ( rus, Биробиджа́н, p=bʲɪrəbʲɪˈdʐan; yi, ביראָבידזשאַן, ''Birobidzhan'') is a town and the administrative center of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Russia, located on the Trans-Siberian Railway, near th ...

) * 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) * 5th Independent Guards Tank Brigade (Ulan Ude) * 37th Independent Guards Motor Rifle Brigade ( Kyakhta) * 103rd Rocket Brigade (Ulan-Ude) * 1723rd Anti-Aircraft Rocket Regiment (Jida) * 75th C3 Brigade (Ulan Ude) Airborne Troops *

11th Guards Air Assault Brigade The 11th Guards Air Assault Brigade (Russian: 11-я отдельная гвардейская десантно-штурмовая бригада) is an airborne brigade of the Russian Airborne Troops, currently based at Sosnovy Bor near Ulan Ude in ...

* 83rd Guards Air Assault Brigade

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 *

326th Heavy Bomber Aviation Division 326th Tarnopolsky Order of Kutuzov Heavy Bomber Air Division (326 TBAD) is an Aviation Division of the Long Range Aviation of Russia. It was previously part of the 37th Air Army of the Supreme High Command. It was originally formed as the 326th Nig ...

Russian Naval Forces

* Pacific Fleet ** Primorskiy Flotilla ** Kamchatka Flotilla/Northeastern Group of Troops and Forces ** Other naval units, ships and submarines ** 155th Guards Red Banner Naval Infantry Brigade **

40th Naval Infantry Brigade The 40th Independent Krasnodarsko-Kharbinsky Twice Red Banner Naval Infantry Brigade is a brigade of the Russian Naval Infantry. It is based in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy in the Russian Far East and has the Military Unit Number (v/ch) 10103. It is ...

** 55th Air Defense Division (Coastal Operations) ** 165th Independent Naval Infantry Brigade (to be raised in 2018)

Leadership

Commanders

* Admiral Konstantin Sidenko (October 2010 – October 2013) * Colonel-General

Sergey Surovikin Sergey Vladimirovich Surovikin (Russian: Серге́й Влади́мирович Сурови́кин; born 11 October 1966) is a Russian Armed Forces army general and Commander of the Aerospace Forces. A veteran of the Soviet–Afghan War, ...

(October 2013 – November 2017) * Lieutenant General Aleksandr Lapin (April – November 2017 (acting)) * Colonel-General Aleksandr Zhuravlyov (November 2017 – November 2018) * Colonel-General Gennady Zhidko (November 2018 – November 2021) * Colonel-General

Aleksandr Chaiko Aleksandr Yuryevich Chaiko (Russian: Александр Юрьевич Чайко; born on 27 July 1971) is a Russian army officer and war criminal who was formerly the commander of the Eastern Military District from 12 November 2021 until he was ...

(November 2021 – June 2022) * Lieutenant General

(October 2022 - 3 April 2023) * Lieutenant General Mikhail Nosulev (acting) (6 April 2023 -)

Chiefs of Staff - First Deputy Commanders

* Lieutenant General

(October 2012 – 2013) * Lieutenant General Aleksandr Lapin (2014 – April 2017) * Lieutenant General

(April 2017 – November 2018) * Colonel General Sergey Kuralenko (October 2018 – February 2020) * Lieutenant General

Yevgeny Nikiforov Yevgeny Valeryevich Nikiforov (russian: Евгений Валерьевич Никифоров; born 1 January 1970), is a Russian military officer who is currently the commander of the Western Military District since 23 January 2023. He had prev ...

(February 2020 – December 2022) The

Armed Forces of Ukraine , imports = , exports = , history = , ranks = Military ranks of Ukraine , country=Ukraine The Armed Forces of Ukraine ( uk, Збро́йні си́ли Украї́ни), most commonly known ...

reported on December 26, 2022 that that Nikiforov was appointed as commander, Western Military District, and commander of the Russian western grouping of forces in Ukraine.

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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