Map of Military Districts of Russian Empire 1913

The Kazan Military District 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

Russian Empire The Russian Empire was an empire and the final period of the Russian monarchy from 1721 to 1917, ruling across large parts of Eurasia. It succeeded the Tsardom of Russia following the Treaty of Nystad, which ended the Great Northern War. ...

and the

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, which existed between 1864—1918 and 1945–1946.

History

The Kazan Military District was originally formed as a military district of the

by a decree dated August 6, 1864. It included the territories of Kazan, Perm, Vyatka, Penza, Simbirsk, Saratov, Samara and Astrakhan provinces. Its headquarter was situated in

Kazan Kazan ( ; rus, Казань, p=kɐˈzanʲ; tt-Cyrl, Казан, ''Qazan'', IPA: ɑzan is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Tatarstan in Russia. The city lies at the confluence of the Volga and the Kazanka rivers, covering an ...

. In 1881, it included the territory of the abolished Orenburg military district. The Astrakhan, Ural and Orenburg Cossack troops were subordinate to the command of the district. By a decree of March 30, 1918, the district was disbanded (in fact, the disbandment process continued until May 1918). In accordance with the decree of the Council of People's Commissars of the RSFSR dated May 4, 1918, the territory of the former Kazan Military District was divided between two newly created districts: the

Volga Military District The Volga Military District (PriVO) was a military district of the Soviet Union and the Russian Federation that existed from 1918 to 1989 and 1992 to 2001. The district headquarters was located at Kazan, Saratov and Kuibyshev (Samara) at different ...

and the

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with headquarters in Samara and Yekaterinburg, respectively. The Kazan Military District was formed a second time directly after the Second World War on July 9, 1945. The territory of the district included the Kirov region, as well as the Tatar, Udmurt, Mari and Chuvash ASSRs. The district administration was formed on the basis of the field administration of the 48th Army. The headquarters of the district was also stationed in Kazan. By order of February 4, 1946, the district was reorganized into the Kazan territorial district, and the troops were transferred to the

. The Kazan Military district was again abolished on May 6, 1946.

Commanders

1864-1918

*Adjutant General, Lieutenant General Roman I. Knorrig (1864-1865) *General of Infantry Konstantin R. Semyakin (1865 - February 1867) *General of Infantry Boris G. Glinka-Mavrin (February 21, 1867 - April 16, 1872) *General of Infantry Andrei O. Brunner (1872 - May 25, 1882) *General of Infantry Gregory V. Mescherinov (May 25, 1882 - August 26, 1901) *General of Infantry Andrei I. Kosich (September 15, 1901 - October 25, 1905) *General of Infantry Ivan A. Karass (December 7, 1905 - September 23, 1907) *General of Infantry Aleksandr G. Sandetsky (September 24, 1907 - February 7, 1912) *General of Infantry Baron

Anton Yegorovich von Saltza Baron Anton Yegorovich Zaltsa (, tr. ; 22 October 18439 February 1916), better known as Baron Anton Yegorovich von Saltza, was a Russian general of Baltic German origin who was the commander of the Kazan Military District, he was also one of the ...

(February 7, 1912 - October 18, 1914) *General of Infantry Platon A. Geisman (January 6 - August 8, 1915) *General of Infantry Aleksandr G. Sandetsky (August 8, 1915 - March 1917) *General of Infantry Alexander Myshlayevsky (March - June 1917) *Colonel Pavel A. Korovichenko (July - October 1917) *Lieutenant General Filipp N. Dobryshin (October - November 1917) *Ensign Nikolai Ye. Ershov (November 1917 - May 1918)

1945-1946

*Colonel General Nikolai Gusev (July 1945 - June 1946) {{coord missing, Russia Military districts of the Russian Empire 1864 establishments in the Russian Empire Military units and formations established in 1864 Military units and formations disestablished in 1918 Military districts of the Soviet Union Military units and formations established in 1945 Military units and formations disestablished in 1946 Kazan