The South Ural Military District (YuUrVO(ЮУрВО)) was a military administrative division 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 ...
. It existed from 1 December 1941 to 15 January 1958.
History
According to the directive No. 0444 of People's Commissar of Defense of the USSR
Josef Stalin
Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin (born Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili; – 5 March 1953) was a Georgian revolutionary and Soviet political leader who led the Soviet Union from 1924 until his death in 1953. He held power as General Secretar ...
on November 26, 1941, established the South Ural Military District in
Bashkir, Headquarters of the Military District was in
Chkalov
Valery Pavlovich Chkalov ( rus, Валерий Павлович Чкалов, p=vɐˈlʲerʲɪj ˈpavləvʲɪtɕ ˈtɕkaləf; – 15 December 1938) was a test pilot awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union (1936).
Early life
Chkalov was bo ...
, appointed Lieutenant General
Vladimir Nikolaevich Kurdyumov as commander. The management of YuUrVO was formed on the basis of Headquarters
Orel Military District
The Orel Military District ( rus, Орловский военный округ (ОрВО), r=Orlovskiy voyennyy okrug (OrVO), p=) was a military district of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and the Soviet Union. Established in 1918 ...
. The district included the territory of
Chkalov Oblast,
Bashkir ASSR
The Bashkir Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic ( ba, Башҡорт Автономиялы Совет Социалистик Республикаhы; russian: Башкирская Автономная Советская Социалистиче ...
and
West Kazakh (Uralsk Oblast, Guryev Oblast, and Akhtyubinsk Oblast).
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South Ural Military District
2015.
The
193rd Rifle Division
The 193rd Tank Division was originally a Red Army infantry division that was reorganised after World War II as a mechanised and then a tank division of the Soviet Army.
1st Formation
The original 193rd Rifle Division was established in the Kha ...
was reformed at
Sorochinsk
Sorochinsk (russian: Соро́чинск) is a town in Orenburg Oblast, Russia, located on the Samara River (Volga's tributary), northwest of Orenburg, the administrative center of the oblast. As of the 2010 Census, its population was ...
, within the District's boundaries, from December 1941 to 3 January 1942.
During the
Khrushchev reduction of 1958, the South Ural Military District was disbanded, and its territory was assigned to the
Volga
The Volga (; russian: Во́лга, a=Ru-Волга.ogg, p=ˈvoɫɡə) is the List of rivers of Europe#Rivers of Europe by length, longest river in Europe. Situated in Russia, it flows through Central Russia to Southern Russia and into the Cas ...
and the
Turkestan Military District
The Turkestan Military District (russian: Туркестанский военный округ (ТуркВО), ''Turkestansky voyenyi okrug (TurkVO)'') was a military district of both the Imperial Russian Army and the Soviet Armed Forces, with it ...
.
Commanders
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Vladimir Nikolaevich Kurdyumov, Lieutenant-General (November 1941 - January 1942)
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Fedor Nikititch Remezov, Lieutenant-General (January - April 1942)
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Matvei Timofeevich Popov, Major-General (April 1942 - August 1943)
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Nikolai Ivanovich Dementyev, Major-General (August - September 1943)
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Max Reyter
Max Andreyevich Reyter (russian: Макс Андреевич Рейтер, link=no, lv, Mārtiņš Reiters; – 6 April 1950)Alternative transliterations found in English-language sources include Reiter and Reuter. was an Russian Empire, I ...
, Colonel-General (September 1943 - July 1945)
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Georgiy Zakharov
Georgiy Fedorovich Zakharov (23 April 1897 – 26 January 1957) () was a Soviet general officer, mainly notable for his service in World War II.
Early life
Zakharov was born on April 23, 1897 in the village of Shilov, Russia (now in the ...
, General of the Army (July 1945 - April 1946)
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Semyon Timoshenko
Semyon Konstantinovich Timoshenko (russian: link=no, Семён Константи́нович Тимоше́нко, ''Semyon Konstantinovich Timoshenko''; uk, Семе́н Костянти́нович Тимоше́нко, ''Semen Kostiantyno ...
,
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 ...
(April 1946 - March 1949)
*
Pavel Alekseevich Belov, Colonel-General (March 1949 - May 1955)
*
Yakov Kreizer
Yakov Grigorevich Kreizer (russian: Яков Григорьевич Крейзер; 4 November 1905, Voronezh – 29 November 1969, Moscow) was a Soviet field commander.
Before the war
Kreizer's Jewish parents were granted permission to liv ...
, Colonel-General (May 1955 - January 1958)
Notes
Further reading
* Приказ о территориальном составе военных округов Европейской части СССР № 0444, 26 ноября 1941 г.
* Сборник указов, постановлений, решений, распоряжений и приказов военного времени. 1944 г. Л.: Газетно-журнальное и книжное издательство, 1945. 78 с.
* Приказы Верховного Главнокомандующего в период Великой Отечественной войны Светского Союза. М., 1975. 598 с.
* «50 лет Вооруженным Силам СССР», М., 1968
* Великая Отечественная война Советского Союза. 1941—1945. Краткая история. М., 1970. 640 с.
* История Уральского военного округа / под ред. А.А. Егоровского,
И.В. Тутаринова. — 1. — Москва:
Воениздат, 1970. — 352 с. —
* «Краснознаменный Приволжский. Исторический очерк»
* «Великая Отечественная война. 1941—1945» четыре тома
* Великая Отечественная война: цифры и факты. Москва, 1995. 321 с.
*
Великая Отечественная война, 1941—1945nbsp;: энциклопедия / под ред.
М. М. Козлова. — Москва :
Советская энциклопедия, 1985. — 832 с. —
* П. Г. Агарышев (под редакцией), сборник-справочник, «Урал ковал победу»
External links
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Сайт Наши песни.*
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Military units and formations established in 1941
Military districts of the Soviet Union
Military units and formations disestablished in 1958