The Siberian Military District was a

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of the

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. The district was originally formed as a military district of the

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in 1864. In 1924 it was reformed in the

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. After the end of

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the district was split into the Western and Eastern Siberian Military Districts. In 1956 the district was reformed. In 2010 it was divided between the two newly formed

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and

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Military Districts.

History

The Siberian Military District was originally formed in 1864, as the Western Siberian Military District, being one of the ten original military districts of the

. It was renamed the Omsk Military District in 1882, until renamed again ''Western Siberian Military District'' in 1918-1919. The Siberian Military District was created in June 1924 with the consolidation of the Western, Central and Eastern Siberian Military Districts, which had become the Imperial Military Districts in the area. In June 1941 the District was host to the 24th Army, under Lieutenant General

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, which comprised two Rifle Corps, the 52nd and 53rd. The 52nd, with its headquarters in Novosibirsk along with the 133rd Rifle Division, additionally had the 166th Rifle Division at Barabinsk and the 178th Rifle Division at

Omsk Omsk (; rus, Омск, p=omsk) is the administrative center and largest city of Omsk Oblast, Russia. It is situated in southwestern Siberia, and has a population of over 1.1 million. Omsk is the third largest city in Siberia after Novosibirsk ...

. The 53rd Rifle Corps at

Krasnoyarsk Krasnoyarsk ( ; rus, Красноя́рск, a=Ru-Красноярск2.ogg, p=krəsnɐˈjarsk) (in semantic translation - Red Ravine City) is the largest city and administrative center of Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It is situated along the Yeni ...

, where the 119th Rifle Division was stationed, also included the 107th Rifle Division at

Barnaul Barnaul ( rus, Барнау́л, p=bərnɐˈul) is the largest types of inhabited localities in Russia, city and administrative centre of Altai Krai, Russia, located at the confluence of the Barnaulka and Ob Rivers in the West Siberian Plain. As ...

and the

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Achinsk Achinsk (russian: А́чинск) is a city in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia, located on the right bank of the Chulym River near its intersection with the Trans-Siberian Railway, west of Krasnoyarsk. It has a population of 109,155 as of the 2010 C ...

. Among the many, many formations the district raised during the

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was the

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, formed in September and October 1941. Immediately after the end of

, on July 9, 1945, to facilitate the demobilisation process, the Siberian Military District was divided into the Western and Eastern Siberian Military Districts.
*The Western Siberian Military District was headquartered at

Novosibirsk Novosibirsk (, also ; rus, Новосиби́рск, p=nəvəsʲɪˈbʲirsk, a=ru-Новосибирск.ogg) is the largest city and administrative centre of Novosibirsk Oblast and Siberian Federal District in Russia. As of the Russian Census ...

, and created from HQ 8th Army, covered the

Tyumen Oblast Tyumen Oblast (russian: Тюме́нская о́бласть, ''Tyumenskaya oblast'') is a federal subject (an oblast) of Russia. It is geographically located in the Western Siberia region of Siberia, and is administratively part of the Urals ...

, the

Omsk Oblast Omsk Oblast (russian: О́мская о́бласть, ''Omskaya oblast'') is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast), located in southwestern Siberia. The oblast has an area of . Its population is 1,977,665 ( 2010 Census) with the majority, 1.12 ...

, Novosibirsk, the

Tomsk Oblast Tomsk Oblast (russian: То́мская о́бласть, ''Tomskaya oblast'') is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). It lies in the southeastern West Siberian Plain, in the southwest of the Siberian Federal District. Its administrative cen ...

, the

Kemerovo Oblast Kemerovo Oblast — Kuzbass (russian: Ке́меровская о́бласть — Кузба́сс, translit=Kemerovskaya oblast — Kuzbass, ), also known simply as Kemerovo Oblast (russian: Ке́меровская о́бласть, label=non ...

and Altay. *The Eastern Siberian District was located at

Irkutsk Irkutsk ( ; rus, Иркутск, p=ɪrˈkutsk; Buryat language, Buryat and mn, Эрхүү, ''Erhüü'', ) is the largest city and administrative center of Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. With a population of 617,473 as of the 2010 Census, Irkutsk is ...

and created from HQ 50th Army. The Eastern Siberian District was disbanded in 1953 with its region being split between the Western Siberian District and the

Transbaikal Military District The Transbaikal Military District (russian: Забайкальский военный округ) was a military district of first the Soviet Armed Forces and then the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, formed on May 17, 1935 and included the ...

. On January 4, 1956 the Western Siberian Military District was again renamed the Siberian Military District. In 1968 the 33rd Army Corps was transferred into the district from 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 ...

, establishing its headquarters at

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. The 13th Motor Rifle Division at

Biysk Biysk ( rus, Бийск, p=bʲijsk) is a city in Altai Krai, Russia, located on the Biya River not far from its confluence with the Katun River. It is the second largest city of the krai (after Barnaul, the administrative center of the krai). Pop ...

was assigned to it. Among the mobilisation divisions formed in the district from the late 1970s was the 167th Motor Rifle Division, whose equipment storage area was co-located with the barracks of the 13th MRD. The 242nd Motor Rifle Division was established at

Abakan Abakan (russian: Абака́н, p=ɐbɐˈkan; Khakas: , ''Ağban''/, ''Abaxan'') is the capital city of the Republic of Khakassia, Russia, located in the central part of Minusinsk Depression, at the confluence of the Yenisei and Abakan Rivers. ...

in 1972. In 1974 for their great contributions to the cause of strengthening the defence of the Soviet State and its armed protection, successes in combat and political training, the

was rewarded with the Order of Lenin, and the Siberian Military District with the Order of the Red Banner. In August 1992, the 21st Motor Rifle Division, withdrawn from the 2nd Guards Tank Army in East Germany, was moved to

. In October 1992, the 300th Guards Parachute Regiment of the

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at Kishinev in the

Odessa Military District The Odesa Military District (russian: Одесский военный округ, ОВО; , abbreviated ) was a military administrative division of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In 1998 most of its territory was transformed into the Southern Operat ...

was split out of the division and sent to

. In the city of Abakan, four years later, the 300th Guards Parachute Regiment was reorganised as the 100th independent Guards Airborne Brigade, but was then disbanded circa 1998. In 1998, seven years after the fall of the Soviet Union, the District absorbed most of the territory and responsibilities of the former

, retaining the name Siberian Military District, but on their merger gave up the vast

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(also known as Yakutia) to the expanded

Far Eastern 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 ...

District forces in 1990

The Siberian Military District has traditionally been a source for creating new wartime reserves, as demonstrated by the crucial role the Siberian rifle divisions have played in the

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during the Second World War. For that reason by the end of the Cold War the Siberian MD's land forces were modest by Soviet standards and air forces were non-existent. The 33rd ''Guards Berlislavsko-Khinganskaya, twice awarded the Order of the Red Banner and awarded the Order of Suvorov'' Strategic Missile Army (''33-я гвардейская ракетная Бериславско-Хинганская дважды Краснознамённая, ордена Суворова армия'') of the

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with its HQ in Omsk and the 14th independent Red Banner Air Defence Army of the

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with its headquarters in Novosibirsk were based in the Siberian Military District's area of responsibility, but were independent operational formations.

Formations and units under direct district subordination

District Command and Headquarters (Управление командующего и штаб) -

* 373rd Separate Staff Security and Supply Battalion (''373-й отдельный батальон охраны и обеспечения штаба'') - Novosibirsk * 67th Separate

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Brigade (''67-я отдельная бригада специального назначения'') -

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(

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formation operationally attached to the district) * 172nd Radio-technical Brigade

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(''172-я радиотехническая бригада ОсНаз'') -

(

formation operationally attached to the district) * 233rd Radio-electronic Warfare Regiment (''233-й полк РЭБ'') - Shilovo village (EW Directorate of the

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's (''Управление РЭБ ГШ СССР'') unit operationally attached to the district) * 103rd Separate Signals Brigade (''103-я отдельная бригада связи'') - Yagunovo village * 135th Separate Tallinskaya, awarded the

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Signals Brigade (135-я отдельная Таллинская ордена Красной звезды бригада связи) -

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village * 1310th Separate

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Signals Battalion (''1310-й отдельный батальон тропосферной связи'') -

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* 130th Separate Landing Assault Brigade adred(''130-я отдельная десантно-штурмовая бригада (кадра)'') -

* 485th Separate Motor Rifle Regiment (''485-й отдельный мотострелковый полк'') - Aktash village * 6th ''Guards'' SSM Brigade (''6-я гвардейская ракетная бригада'') - Taksino village * 1168th Separate SSM (or possibly

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) Battalion (''1168-й отдельный ракетный дивизион'') - Pashino village * 351st High Power Artillery Brigade (''351-я артиллерийская бригада большой мощности'') - Shilovo village * 520th Gun Artillery Brigade (''520-я пушечная артиллерийская бригада'') -

* 314th Separate Radio-technical Regiment (''314-й отдельный радиотехнический полк'') - Krasnoyarsk * 247th Separate Radio-technical Battalion (''247-й отдельный радиотехнический батальон'') - Taskino village * 11th Chenical Defence Brigade (''11-я бригада химической защиты'') -

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village * 40th Chenical Defence Brigade (''40-я бригада химической защиты'') - Pospelikha village * 430th Separate Sapper Engineer Battalion (''430-й отдельный инженерно-сапёрный батальон'') - Pospelikha village * 309th Pontoon Bridging Regiment (''309-й понтонно-мостовой полк'') - Mochishte village * 587th Separate Pontoon Bridging Battalion (''587-й отдельный понтонно-мостовой батальон'') -

* 84th Separate Overhaul and Complex Repair and Maintenance Battalion (''84-й отдельный ремонтно-восстановительный батальон комплексного ремонта'') - Shilovo village * 12th Automobile ransportBrigade (

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) (''12-я автомобильная бригада'') - Mochishte village * 48th Automobile ransportBrigade (

)(''48-я автомобильная бригада'') - Biysk * Separate Heavy Vehicle Automobile ransportBattalion (

)(''Отдельный автомобильный батальон тяжёлых машин'') - Abakan * 51st Brigade for

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(''51-я бригада материального обеспечения'') -

* 121st Brigade for Material Support (''121-я бригада материального обеспечения'') - Shilovo village * 250th Pipeline Brigade (''250-я трубопроводная бригада'') - Kamarchaga village * 465th District Training Center (''465-й окружной учебный центр'') -

Divisions under direct district subordination

* 33rd Army Corps (''33-й армейский корпус'') -

** 5349th Weaponry and Equipment Storage Base (5352-я БХВТ) in Biysk since 1989. Previously the 1010th Territorial Training Center (''1010-й территориальный учебный центр'') itself formed on the base of the 167th Motor Rifle Division adred(''167-я мотострелковая дивизия (кадра)'') in 1987. ** 5351st Weaponry and Equipment Storage Base (5351-я БХВТ) in Biysk since 1989. Previously the 13th Motor Rifle Division (''13-я мотострелковая дивизия'') ** 5352nd Weaponry and Equipment Storage Base (5352-я БХВТ) in Omsk since 1989. Previously the 62nd Motor Rifle Division (''62-я мотострелковая дивизия'') - Itatka village * 85th ''Leningradsko-Pavlovskaya Red Banner'' Motor Rifle Division (''85-я мотострелковая Ленинградско-Павловская Краснознамённая дивизия'') - Novosibirsk (the sole active combat division in the district) * 5350th Weaponry and Equipment Storage Base (5350-я БХВТ) since Dec. 1, 1989. Previously the 242nd Motor Rifle Division in Abakan under the 33rd Army Corps * 74th '' Temryukskaya Red Banner'' Motor Rifle Division adred(''74-я мотострелковая Темрюкская Краснознамённая дивизия (кадра)'') - Zheleznogorsk * 95th Motor Rifle Division adred(''95-я мотострелковая дивизия (кадра)'') - Stepnoy village * 190th Motor Rifle Division adred(''190-я мотострелковая дивизия (кадра)'') -

* 218th Motor Rifle Division adred(''218-я мотострелковая дивизия (кадра)'') - Biysk * 227th Motor Rifle Division adred(''227-я мотострелковая дивизия (кадра)'') - Svetliy village * 261st Motor Rifle Division adred(''261-я мотострелковая дивизия (кадра)'') - Stepnoy village * 241st Rear Area Security Division adred(''241-я дивизия охраны тыла (кадра)'') - Novosibirsk * 84th Deep Reserve Artillery Division (''84-я артиллерийская запасная дивизия'') - Taskino village * 67th Deep Reserve Tank Division adred(''67-я запасная танковая дивизия (кадра)'') - Shilovo village * 68th Deep Reserve Tank Division adred(68-я запасная танковая дивизия (кадра)) - Topchikha village * 71st Deep Reserve Tank Division adred(71-я запасная танковая дивизия (кадра)) -

Air Forces of the Siberian Military District

Air Forces of the Siberian Military District (''ВВС Сибирского военного округа'') - Novosibirsk * 137th Separate Composite Aviation Squadron (''137-я отдельная смешанная авиационная эскадрилья'') -

Tolmachevo Airport Novosibirsk Tolmachevo Airport (russian: Аэропо́рт Толмачёво) is situated in the town of Ob, west of the center of Novosibirsk, an industrial and scientific center in Siberia and Russia's third-largest city. Overview There ...

, Novosibirsk (sometimes also listed as Tolmachevo - Ob) - Il-22,

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Mi-8 The Mil Mi-8 (russian: Ми-8, NATO reporting name: Hip) is a medium twin-turbine helicopter, originally designed by the Soviet Union in the 1960s and introduced into the Soviet Air Force in 1968. It is now produced by Russia. In addition to ...

(under direct district HQ control) *

Barnaul Higher Military Aviation School of Pilots The Barnaul Higher Military Aviation School for Pilots named after Chief Marshal of Aviation K. A. Vershinin (Barnaul VVAUL) (Барнаульское высшее военное авиационное училище летчиков им. Гла ...

named after

Chief marshal of aviation Chief marshal of the branch (russian: Главный маршал рода войск, Glavny marshal roda voysk) was a senior military rank of the Soviet Armed Forces. It was immediately above the rank of Marshal of the branch. Both ranks were ...

K. A. Vershinin (''Барнаульское высшее военное авиационное училище лётчиков имени Главного Маршала авиации К. А. Вершинина'') - Barnaul ** 96th Training Air Regiment (''96-й учебный авиационный полк'') -

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** 59th Training Air Regiment (''59-й учебный авиационный полк'') -

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, based at two airfields called

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(''Северный'') and South (''Южный'') - MiG-21, L-29 ** 44th Training Air Regiment (''44-й учебный авиационный полк'') - Panfilovo - Panfilovo - L-39, Mi-8 * ''Irkutsk'' Higher Engineer School of Military Aviation ''awarded the Order of the Red Star, named after the 50th Anniversary of the

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'' (''Иркутское высшее военное авиационное инженерное ордена Красной Звезды училище имени 50-летия ВЛКСМ'') - Irkutsk * Achinsk Military Aviation Technical School (Ачинское военное авиационно-техническое училище) -

* Krasnoyarsk Military Aviation School for Specialists (''Красноярская военно-авиационная школа специальных служб'') - Krasnoyarsk * ''Rubtsovsk'' Military Aviation School for Mechanics (Рубцовская военная авиационная школа механиков) -

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* ''Kansk'' School for On-Board Signals and Gunner Airmen (''Канская школа воздушных стрелков-радистов'') -

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District forces c. 2009–2010

Russian Ground Forces - Siberian Military District Map

The 41st Army was formed from the headquarters of the former Siberian Military District at

while the new district’s headquarters were established at Chita (the former Transbaikal MD HQ). It is likely safe to assume that the 41st Army controls all the field formations of the previous Siberian Military District. The

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listed the district in 2006 as having a total of one tank, two motor-rifle and one machine-gun artillery divisions, two motor-rifle and one air assault brigades. The 2nd Guards Tank Division, previously active in Mongolia with the 39th Army, disbanded in 2005 having been stationed at Strugi Mirnaya/ Bezrechnaya ( :ru:Безречная), 50 43 25N, 116 10 35E) in

Chita Oblast Chita Oblast ( rus, Чити́нская о́бласть, r=Čitínskaja óblastj, p=tɕɪˈtʲinskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ) was a federal subject of Russia (an oblast) in southeast Siberia, Russia. Its administrative center was the city of Chita. ...

. Also, while the 21st 'Tagenrog' Motor Rifle Division, withdrawn from Germany to the former Siberian Military District, was apparently partially re-equipped with the T-90 MBT in the mid-1990s, in 2000 it was apparently disbanded. The 29th Army at

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 at its confluence wi ...

was seemingly disbanded in the course of 2007. *District troops ** 11th Air Assault Brigade (498th, 499th Battalions, 500th Btn recently disbanded) **24th Spetsnaz Brigade (

; formerly at Kykhta / Ulan Ude) **120th Artillery Brigade (Chistye Klyuchi,

Shelekhov Shelekhov ( rus, Шелехов, p=ˈʂelʲɪxəf) is a town and the administrative center of Shelekhovsky District in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, located southwest of Irkutsk, the administrative center of the oblast. It is located on the plains b ...

) (8

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 ...

MRL, 18

152 mm howitzer 2A65 The 2A65 "Msta-B" is a Soviet towed 152.4 mm howitzer. The "B" in the designation is an abbreviation for ''Buksiruyemaya'', which means towed. This weapon has been fielded in Soviet and Russian forces since at least 1987 and as of 2022 is ...

) **232nd Multiple Rocket Launcher Brigade (Chistye Klyuchi,

)(18

MRL) **7018th Base for Storage of Rocket and Artillery Equipment (Drovyanaya) **7019th Base for Storage of Rocket and Artillery Equipment (Chistye Klyuchi,

) – former 12th Artillery Division **104th Base for Storage of Weapons and Equipment (VKhVT) (Aleysk) (85th MRB) **other units * 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 ...

(formerly

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 ...

, moved February 2009) ** 5th Separate Guards Tank Brigade (Divizionnaya, Ulan Ude region) (former 5th Guards Tank Division) ** 36th Guards Independent Motor Rifle Brigade (Borzya) (former 131st Motor Rifle Division, Sretensk) ** 37th Guards Independent Motor Rifle Brigade (Kyakhta) (former 6 VKhVT, and 245th Motor Rifle Division) **200th Artillery Brigade (Drovyanaya) (8

MRL, 18

, 6 100 mm МТ-12 anti-tank guns, 9P149 "Shturm-С" – 18) * 41st Army, Novosibirsk **32nd Independent Motor Rifle Brigade, (

) (former 85th Motor Rifle Division) **35th Guards Independent Motor Rifle Brigade (former 122nd MRD) (

Aleysk Aleysk (russian: Але́йск) is a town in Altai Krai, Russia, located on the Aley River ( Ob's tributary), southwest of Barnaul. Population: 32,000 (1968). Administrative and municipal status Within the framework of administrative divis ...

) (The 5th Guards Tank Corps was originally part of the USSR

6th Guards Tank Army The 6th Guards Order of Red Banner Tank Army was a tank army of the Soviet Union's Red Army, first formed in January 1944 as the 6th Tank Army,Glantz (Companion), p. 66. and disbanded in Ukraine in the 1990s after the dissolution of the Soviet Un ...

and was transferred as part of 6th Guards Tank Army to the

in preparation for the

Soviet invasion of Manchuria The Soviet invasion of Manchuria, formally known as the Manchurian strategic offensive operation (russian: Манчжурская стратегическая наступательная операция, Manchzhurskaya Strategicheskaya Nastu ...

in August 1945. The 5th Guards Tank Corps took part in this offensive and afterwards, soon after the

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on 2 September 1945, was reorganised as the 5th Guards Tank Division. In 1957, the 5th Guards Tank Division (first formation) was reorganised as the 122nd Guards Motor Rifle Division.) ** 74th Guards Motor Rifle Brigade,

Yurga Yurga (russian: Юрга́) is a town in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia, located on the Tom River and the Trans-Siberian Railway. Population: History It was founded in 1886. Work settlement status was granted to it in 1942; town status was granted ...

(Constant readiness) **103rd Base for Storage of Weapons and Equipment (Shilov,

Novosibirsk Oblast Novosibirsk Oblast (russian: Новосиби́рская о́бласть, ''Novosibirskaya oblast'') is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast) located in southwestern Siberia. Its administrative and economic center is the city of Novosibirsk ...

) (84th MR Bde; formed from former 85th MRD)

Subordinate units

Russian Ground Forces - Siberian Military District Structure

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'' Siberian Military District 2010: * Combat formations: ** 36th Army,

*** 5th Guards Independent Tank Brigade ''"Don-Budapest"'', in Divizionaya equipped with

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*** 36th Guards Independent Motor-Rifle Brigade ''"Lozovskaya"'', in

equipped with

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and

T-72 The T-72 is a family of Soviet/Russian main battle tanks that entered production in 1969. The T-72 was a development of the T-64, which was troubled by high costs and its reliance on immature developmental technology. About 25,000 T-72 tanks ha ...

*** 37th Guards Independent Motor-Rifle Brigade ''"Tachinskaya"'', in

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–Rus ...

equipped with BMP *** 187th Reserve Base (86th Independent Motor-Rifle Brigade) in

Nizhneudinsk Nizhneudinsk ( rus, Нижнеу́динск, p=nʲɪʐnʲɪˈudʲɪnsk; bua, Доодо-Үдэ, ''Doodo-Üde'') is a town and the administrative center of Nizhneudinsky District of Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Uda River (Yenisei's ba ...

*** 227th Reserve Base (87th Independent Motor-Rifle Brigade) in Divizionaya ** 41st Army,

*** 32nd Independent Motor-Rifle Brigade ''"Leningrad-Pavlovskaya"'', in Shilovo equipped with

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and T-90 *** 35th Independent Motor-Rifle Brigade ''"Volgograd-Kiev"'', in

equipped with

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and

*** 74th Guards Independent Motor-Rifle Brigade ''"Zvenigorod-Berlin"'', in

equipped with

and

*** 103rd Reserve Base (84th Independent Motor-Rifle Brigade), in Shilovo *** 104th Reserve Base (85th Independent Motor-Rifle Brigade), in Aleysk *** 225th Reserve Base (29th Independent Motor-Rifle Brigade), in Yasnaya ** 11th Independent Airborne Brigade, in Sosnovyy Bor,

– formed 1968 ** 24th Spetsnaz Brigade, in

** 212th Guards District Training Center, in Chita * Missile and Artillery formations: ** 103rd Rocket Brigade in Ulan-Ude (SSM) ** 232nd MLRS Brigade in

** 120th Artillery Brigade in Shelekhov ** 200th Artillery Brigade in Drovnaya ** 7018th Artillery Reserve Base in Drovnaya ** 7019th Artillery Reserve Base in Shelekhov * Air-defence formations: ** 36th Army *** 140th Air-defence Missile Brigade in Telemba *** 792nd Air-defence Command Center ** 41st Army *** 61st Air-defence Missile Brigade *** 868th Air-defence Command Center * Engineering formations: ** 27th Engineer Regiment in Yasnaya (36th Army) ** 60th Engineer Regiment in Novosibirsk (41st Army) ** 457th Independent Engineer Battalion * NBC-defence formations: ** 11th Independent Flamethrower Battalion in Drovyanaya ** 126th Independent NBC-defence Battalion in Borzya (36th Army) ** 254th Independent NBC-defence Battalion in Topchinkha (41st Army) * Signal formations: ** 50th (Territorial) Signal Brigade ** 101st (Communications Hub) Signal Brigade ''"Khinganskaya"'' in Chita ** 1271st Electronic Warfare Center in Divizionaya ** 175th Independent Signal Regiment in Borzya (36th Army) ** 235th Independent Signal Regiment in Kochenevo (41st Army) ** 154th Independent (Rear) Signal Battalion * Logistic formations: ** 53rd Material Support Regiment in Chita

Commanders

West Siberian MD

*Infantry General Alexander Osipovich Dyugamel; (April 1865 - October 1866) *Infantry General Alexander Petrovich Khrushchev; (October 1866 - January 1875) *Infantry General Nikolai Gennadievich Kaznakov; (January 1875 - February 1881) *Lieutenant General Grigory Vasilyevich Mescherinov (February 1881 - May 1882).

Omsk MD

*General of Infantry Kolpakovsky, Gerasim Alekseevich; (May 1882 - June 1889) *Lieutenant General Babkov, Ivan Fedorovich (temporarily acting); (June - October 1889) *General of the Cavalry Taube, Maxim Antonovich; (October 1889 - May 1899)

Siberian MD

*General of the Cavalry Taube, Maxim Antonovich; (May 1899 - July 1900) *Lieutenant General Aleksander F. Karpov (July 1900 - April 1901) *Lieutenant General Nikolay N. Sukhotin (April 1901 - April 1906)

Omsk MD

*Lieutenant General Ivan Nadarov; (April 1906 - June 1908) *General of the cavalry Schmitt, Evgeny Ottovich; (August 1908 - April 1916) *General of the Cavalry Nikolai Alexandrovich Sukhomlinov; (April 1916 - March 1917) *Major General Dumbadze, Samson Antonovich; (March 1917) *Major General G.V. Grigoriev; (March - July 1917) *Lieutenant General Taube, Alexander Alexandrovich; (July 1917) *Colonel MP Predinsky; (July - August 1917) - *Ensign P. N. Polovnikov; (August - November 1917) *Captain M. I. Telitsyn; (November 1917 - May 1918) *Major General Aleksei Matkovsky (December 1918 - 1919).

Siberian MD

Sergei Mrachkovsky Sergei Vitalevich Mrachkovsky (Russian: Сергеий Витальевич Мрачковский; 15 June 1888 – 24 August 1936) was a Russian revolutionary, Red Army commander, and supporter of Leon Trotsky, who was executed at the start of th ...

: 1922-1923 * Nikolay Petin: Jan-Nov 1923 *

Yan Gaylit Yan Petrovich Gaylit (russian: Ян Петро́вич Га́йлит, lv, Jānis Gailītis; May 25, 1894 – August 1, 1938) was a Soviet Komkor of Latvian ethnicity. He fought in the Imperial Russian Army in World War I before going over to the ...

: 1923-1924 *

Robert Eideman Roberts Eidemanis (russian: Ро́берт Петро́вич Эйдема́н, ''Robert Petrovich Eideman''; 1895 – June 12, 1937) was a Latvian Soviet Komkor, writer and poet. He was born in Lejasciems, Gulbene Municipality of Latvia as ...

: 1924-1925 *

Mikhail Lashevich Mikhail Mikhailovich Lashevich (russian: Михаил Михайлович Лашевич; 1884 in Odessa, Russian Empire – 30 August 1928 in Harbin, China), also known under the name ''Gaskovich'', was a Soviet military and party leader ...

: Feb-Nov 1925 *Nikolay Petin: 1925-1928 *

Nikolay Kuibyshev ) , image = , birth_date = 25 December 1893 , death_date = , birth_place = Kokshetau, Akmolinsk Oblast, Russian Empire , death_place =Moscow, Soviet Union , allegiance = Russian Empire Soviet Union , branch = Imperial Russian Army Red Arm ...

: 1928-1930 *

Mikhail Lewandowski Mikhail Karlovich Levandovsky (russian: Левандовский, Михаил Карлович; May 15, 1890 – July 29, 1938) was a Soviet Komandarm 2nd rank. He fought in World War I in the Imperial Russian Army and in the Russian Civil War i ...

: 1930-1933 *Komkor Yan Gaylit: 1933-1937 *Komandarm 2nd rank

Pavel Dybenko Pavel Efimovich Dybenko (russian: Павел Ефимович Дыбенко), (February 16, 1889 – July 29, 1938) was a Bolshevik revolutionary and a leading Soviet officer and military commander. Prior to military service Pavel Dybenko was b ...

(May 1937 - July 1937) *Komkor

Maksim Antoniuk Maksim Antanavich Antoniuk ( be, Максім Антонавіч Антанюк, russian: Максим Антонович Антонюк; 19 October 1895 – 30 July 1961) was a Belarusian military general, a World War II Army commander and a ...

(July 1937 - July 1938) *General Lieutenant

(July 1938 - July 1941) *General Lieutenant

Nikifor Medvedev Nikifor (21 May 1895, Krynica, Austria-Hungary – 10 October 1968, Folusz, Poland), also known as Nikifor Krynicki, born as Epifaniy Drovnyak (Epifaniusz Drowniak) 1, was a Lemko naïve painter. Nikifor painted over 40,000 pictures – on sh ...

(Jan 1942 - April 1944) (de facto since July 1941)

Eastern Siberian MD

*Colonel General

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(July 1945 - February 1947) *General of the Army Georgy Zakharov (February 1947 - April 1950) *Colonel-General Dmitry Gusev (April 1950 - March 1951) *Colonel General

Ivan Boldin Ivan Vasilievich Boldin (russian: Ива́н Васи́льевич Бо́лдин; in Vysokaya – March 28, 1965 in Kiev) was a senior Red Army general and war hero during the Second World War. Early military and political career A son of a la ...

(March 1951 - June 1953)

Western Siberian MD

*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 ...

(April 1944 – October 1946) *General of the Army

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(October 1946 – November 1953) *Colonel General Nikolai Pukhov (November 1953 – January 1956) (former commander of 13th Army)

Siberian MD

*Colonel General Nikolai Pukhov (January 1956 – July 1957) (district renamed) *Colonel General

Pyotr Koshevoy Pyotr Kirillovich Koshevoy ( ua, Петро Кирилович Кошовий; russian: Пётр Кириллович Кошевой; – 30 August 1976) was a Soviet military commander and a Marshal of the Soviet Union. Koshevoy was born to a ...

(July 1957 – April 1960) *Colonel General Gleb Baklonov (May 1960 – 1964) *Colonel General Semion Ivanov (1964 – 1968) *Colonel General Vladimir Tolubko (1968 – May 1969) *Colonel General Mikhail Homulo (May 1969 – December 1978) *Colonel General Boris Snetkov (January 1979 – November 1981) *Colonel General Nikolai Popov (November 1981 – September 1984) *Colonel General Vladimir Vostrov (September 1984 – February 1986) *Colonel General Nikolai Kalinin (February 1986 – August 1987) *Colonel General Boris Pyankov (April 1988 – August 1991) *Lieutenant General Viktor Koplov (с. September 1991 – 1997) *Colonel General Nikolai Kormiltsev (December 1998 – March 2001) *Colonel General

Vladimir Boldyrev General of the Army Vladimir Anatolyevich Boldyrev (Russian: Владимир Анатольевич Болдырев; born January 5, 1949) was Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Ground Forces (2008–2010). Biography Boldyrev was born on 5 J ...

(May 2001 – December 2002) *Colonel General Nikolai Makarov (December 2002 – April 2007) *Colonel General

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(April 2007 – January 2010) *Lieutenant General

Vladimir Chirkin Colonel General Vladimir Valentinovich Chirkin (russian: Владимир Валентинович Чиркин, born 12 October 1955 in Khasavyurt, Dagestan, Russia) is a Russian military officer and a former commander of Russian Ground Forces ...

(January – June 2010)

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Russia appoints new Ground Forces chief, other top commanders
13 January 2010

Notes

References

*Greg Austin and Alexey Muraviev, The Armed Forces of Russia in Asia, Tauris, 2000 *

External links

Official site of the Siberian Military District in Russian
{{coord missing, Russia Military districts of the Russian Federation Military districts of the Soviet Union Military districts of the Russian Empire Military units and formations established in 1864 Military units and formations disestablished in 2010 1864 establishments in the Russian Empire History of Siberia

History

District forces in 1990

Formations and units under direct district subordination

Divisions under direct district subordination

Air Forces of the Siberian Military District

District forces c. 2009–2010

Subordinate units

Commanders

West Siberian MD

Omsk MD

Siberian MD

Omsk MD

Siberian MD

Eastern Siberian MD

Western Siberian MD

Siberian MD

See also

Notes

References

Further reading

External links