Transbaikal Military District

The Transbaikal Military District (ZabVO) of the 1st formation was formed by order of the Military Council of the People's Revolutionary Army of the Far Eastern Republic (NRA Far Eastern Democratic Republic) on November 3, 1921 on the basis of the East Transbaikal District Directorate and the 1st Transbaikal Army that existed since August 1921. The district included the territories of the Transbaikal and Primorsky regions of the Far Eastern Republic and united not only military units, but also partisan formations in these territories. The troops of the district were actively fighting during the Civil War in Russia , including against the Japanese invaders . The district was abolished by order of the Military Council of the NRA Far Eastern Democratic Republic on May 2, 1922 , the troops transferred to its direct subordination.

The 2nd Trans-Baikal Military District was formed on May 17, 1935 by order of the USSR People's Commissar of Defense on the basis of the Trans-Baikal Group of the Special Red Banner Far Eastern Army and included the territory of the East Siberian Territory and the Yakut Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic .

In 1937, the 25th armored brigade was formed in ZabVO, station No. 74 in the village of Yasnaya, Chita Region , stationed at the railway station. On May 1, 1938, the brigade was called the 25th Tank Brigade , and was subsequently reorganized into the 33rd Chemical Tank Brigade ^[1] , ^[2] .

In the prewar years, the troops of the district participated in the defeat of the Sino-Manchu and Japanese militarists who tried to invade the USSR ( Khasan fights (1938) ) and Mongolia ( Fights on Khalkhin-Gol (1939)) ^[3] .

In July 1940, the 16th Army was formed, covering the USSR state border in Transbaikalia . It included the 32nd rifle and 5th mechanized corps, the 126th corps artillery regiment and the 112th separate anti-aircraft artillery division .

On June 21, 1940, by order of the People's Commissar of Defense of the USSR, the 17th Army was formed on the basis of the 1st Army Group ^[4] .

On May 25, 1941, the 16th Army began its relocation to the Ukrainian SSR . The first echelons of the 16th army ( 109th motorized division of the 5th mechanized corps) were unloaded in the city of Berdichev on June 18.

On September 15, 1941, the Trans-Baikal Front was created on the basis of the district, and the district itself was disbanded. The 17th Army became part of the forces of the Transbaikal Front.

The 3rd Trans-Baikal Military District was formed by a resolution of the USSR Council of Ministers on May 25, 1947, when the Trans-Baikal-Amur Military District was divided. The command was formed partly on the basis of the management of this district, partly - on the basis of the 36th Army . The district included the territories of the Buryat-Mongol Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic , the Chita Region , as well as the Khabarovsk Territory (excluding the Kamchatka and Sakhalin Regions, which were part of this region at that time).

Until 1953, the district was subordinate to the High Command of the Far East . In 1953, after the abolition of the East Siberian Military District , the Irkutsk Region and the Yakut Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic were included in the ZabVO, and the Khabarovsk Territory became part of the Far Eastern Military District . Since that time, the territory of ZabVO remained unchanged. In his submission was a grouping of Soviet troops in Mongolia .

District troops covered the main strategic and operational directions of the Far Eastern theater of operations. A sharp increase in the number of troops of the district occurred after the aggravation of Soviet-Chinese relations . In 1969, parts of the district participated in a border conflict on Damansky Island . In 1974, the district was awarded the Order of Lenin .

In 1979-1992, the district was under the strategic leadership of the High Command of the Far East . On December 1, 1998, the Trans-Baikal Military District was merged with the Siberian Military District. The Chita Region, the Republic of Buryatia and the Irkutsk Region became part of the new Siberian Military District (which became the successor of the Siberian Military District and ZabVO), and the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) was transferred to the Far Eastern Military District.

In connection with the unification of the Siberian and Transbaikal military districts in 1998, the successor of the history of ZabVO, originating in 1935, according to the decision of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, became the new (unified) Siberian military district, and the historical path of the former Siberian Military District, the official date of formation of which is August 6 1865, - 41st Combined Arms Army , whose command was formed on the basis of the old Siberian Military District in Novosibirsk . The headquarters of the new Siberian Military District, like the former ZabVO, was located in Chita ( ).

On October 21, 2010, the Trans-Baikal Territory , as well as the Republic of Buryatia and Sakha (Yakutia) became part of the new Eastern Military District , and the Irkutsk Region was transferred to the subordination of the Central Military District . The headquarters of the Eastern Military District is located in Khabarovsk , the Central - in Yekaterinburg .

1937 year

• The 4th chemical battalion was transferred to the formation of the 25th armored brigade. ^[one]
• 25th Armored Brigade. ^[one]

1938 year

• 25th Armored Brigade. from May 1, 1938, the 25th tank brigade, which was reorganized into the 33rd chemical tank brigade. ^[one]
• 33rd chemical tank brigade . ^[one]

1939 year

• aviation unit and airfield (junction number 74, Yasnaya village). ^[2]
• 33rd Chemical Tank Brigade (Detachment No. 74, Yasnaya Village). ^[1] , ^[2]
• 13th Separate Mortar Battalion (Detachment No. 74, Yasnaya Village). ^[2]
• chemical test site between the 74th and 73rd detours (between the village of Yasnaya and Yasnogorsk ). ^[2]

1940 year

• 16th Army (since July).

• 32nd Rifle Corps .
• 5th mechanized corps (from July 1, 1940). ^[five]

• 13th Panzer Division .
• 17th Panzer Division .
• 109th Motorized Division .

• 126th corps artillery regiment .
• 112th separate anti-aircraft artillery division .

• 17th Army (from July 21).

On the territory of the okrug, including Mongolia, three combined arms armies were deployed (29th, 36th, 39th), and units of central and district subordination. The Air Force was supported by the 23rd Air Army , and air cover was provided by the 54th separate Guards Air Defense Corps and the Mukden Air Defense Corps (39th Mukden Air Defense Corps).

In 1990, the okrug had approximately 260 thousand people, 3.1 thousand tanks, 4 thousand armored vehicles and 3.9 thousand guns, mortars and MLRS, 200 helicopters ^{[6] [7]} .

Unions and units of district subordination

Division of District Subordination

• 49th Training Tank Division L.I. Brezhnev (headquarters - Chita ) - January 27, 1988 reorganized into the 212nd JCC;
• 150th training motorized rifle division (headquarters - Borzya ) - on January 27, 1988 was reorganized into the 213rd OTC;
• 12th Artillery Prague Red Banner Orders of the Suvorov and Kutuzov Division (headquarters - Shelekhov )
• 30th Artillery Division (cadre) (maintained by state "G") ( Art. Division );
• 57th Panzer Division (cadre) (Bratsk);
• 80th reserve tank division (cadre) (Nizhneudinsk) - 270 IS-3 M;
• 81st reserve tank division (cadres) (Nizhneudinsk) - 320 T-34-85 ;
• The 110th motorized rifle division (cadre) (Bratsk) - in 1987 was reorganized into the 976th TUC, and 09/01/1989 into the 5208th BHVT;
• 143rd motorized rifle division (frames) (Irkutsk);
• 195th motorized rifle division (cadre) ( Petrovsk-Zabaykalsky city);
• 202nd motorized rifle division (cadre) ( Shelekhov ) - in 1987 it was reorganized into the 977th TUC, on 09/01/1989 into the 5205th BHVT .;
• 247th motorized rifle division (shots) (village Drovyanaya );
• The 244th Division for the Protection of the Rear (Cadre) (Chita).

29th Combined Arms Army

• Office of the commander, headquarters and a separate battalion of protection and support ( Ulan-Ude );
• Units and units of army submission;
• 5th Guards Tank Don Cossack, Budapest Red Banner, Order of the Red Star Division named after E. A. Schadenko (headquarters - Kyakhta );
• 52nd motorized rifle Melitopol Red Banner Order of the Suvorov Division (headquarters - Nizhneudinsk );
• 198th Motor Rifle Division (disbanded in February 1987, the 91st Motor Rifle Division was withdrawn from Mongolia in its place) (headquarters: Padun - Bratsk);
• 245th Motor Rifle Division (headquarters - Gusinoozersk ).

36th Combined Arms Army

• Office of the commander, headquarters and a separate battalion of protection and support ( Borzya );
• Units and units of army submission;
• The 11th Guards Motorized Rifle Nezhinsko-Kuzbass Order of the Suvorov Division (headquarters - Bezrechnaya) - in 1990 reorganized into the 6052th BHVT;
• 38th Guards Motorized Rifle Lozovskaya Red Banner Division (headquarters - Sretensk ) - reorganized in 1989 into the 131st Guards machine gun and artillery division;
• The 122nd Guards Motorized Rifle Volgograd-Kiev Order of Lenin the Red Banner, the Orders of Suvorov and Kutuzov Division (headquarters - Dauria ) - in 1989 was reorganized into machine gun and artillery.

39th Combined Arms Army

• Office of the commander, headquarters and a separate battalion of protection and support ( Ulan Bator );
• Units and units of army submission;
• 2nd Guards Tank Tatsin Red Banner Order of the Suvorov Division ( Choibalsan );
• 51st Panzer Division ( Bulgan );
• 12th Motor Rifle Division ( Baganuur );
• 41st Motor Rifle Division ( Choir );
• 91st Motor Rifle Division (was in the process of withdrawing from Mongolia on the site of the disbanded 198th Motor Rifle Division) ( Shiveegov ).

Air Force and Air Defense

Strategic Rocket Forces

53rd Missile Red Banner Army:

• 4th missile division;
• 29th Guards Missile Division ;
• 47th missile division.

In connection with the change in the military-political situation in the region and the withdrawal of troops from Mongolia, the command of the 39th army was disbanded, the command of the 36th and 29th army was reorganized into the command of the 55th and 57th army corps on September 1, 1989. and 02.22.1988, respectively. The headquarters of the 57th Corps was disbanded in 1993.

Divisions subordinate to the armies were reorganized into brigades, storage bases, or disbanded. So, subordinates of the disbanded 36th Army, the 11th motorized rifle division in 1991 was reorganized into the 5890th BHVT (disbanded in 1992), the 38th became the 131st machine gun-artillery ("stationary") division, 122- I - also became a machine gun and artillery. Divisions of the disbanded 29th Army: The 52nd Motorized Rifle Division in 1991 was reorganized into the 169th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade (later reorganized into the 5208th BHVT), the 91st was reorganized into the 5209th BHVT (formerly part of the Army 198 The 1st motorized rifle division was disbanded in 1987). The URs that were part of the 36th Army were combined with the remaining army divisions.

Divisions withdrawn from Mongolia were also disbanded. The 12th Motor Rifle Division was reorganized into the 5517th BHVT (disbanded in 1993), the 41st Motor Rifle Division was disbanded in 1992, the 51st Panzer Division was redeployed to Naushki in 1989 and reorganized into the 6063rd BHVT .

Thus, in the mid-1990s. The district included the following compounds and units:

• 2nd Guards Tank Tatsinsky Red Banner, Order of the Suvorov Division (Mirnaya station) as a part of;
  • 4th Guards Tank Minsk Red Banner, Orders of Suvorov and Kutuzov Regiment named after the 50th anniversary of the USSR;
  • 90th Guards Tank Mitavsky Regiment;
  • 268th Guards Tank Elninsky Red Banner Regiment;
  • 272nd Guards Motorized Rifle Red Banner, Order of the Suvorov Regiment (p. Borzya );
  • 873th self-propelled artillery Minsk Order of Alexander Nevsky regiment;
  • 1106th Guards Anti-aircraft Missile Regiment;
• The 5th Guards Tank Budapest Red Banner Don Cossack Division ( Kyakhta ), which included:
  • 108th Guards Tank Regiment;
  • 140th Guards Tank Debrecen Red Banner, Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky Don Cossack Regiment;
  • 160th Guards Tank Volnovakhsky Red Banner, Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky Don Cossack Regiment (Gusinoozersk);
  • 311st Guards Motorized Rifle Korsunsky Red Banner, Order of Kutuzov Don Cossack Regiment;
  • 861th Guards Jet Artillery Regiment;
  • 940th Guards Anti-aircraft Missile Regiment (Gusinoozersk);
• 245th Motor Rifle Division (Gusinoozersk) (in the early 2000s, the division was reorganized into 6803th BHVT);
• 212nd district training center (reorganized 49th training tank division ( Chita );
• 213-й окружной учебный центр (переформированная 150-я учебная мотострелковая дивизия) ( Борзя ). На его базе в 1994 г. сформирована 168-я отдельная мотострелковая бригада (в 1998 г. бригада вошла в состав вновь сформированной 36-й армии );
• 11-я отдельная гвардейская десантно-штурмовая бригада (Улан-Удэ) (позднее бригада была подчинена штабу 57-го корпуса);
• 24-я отдельная бригада специального назначения (Улан-Удэ);
• 12-я артиллерийская дивизия (Шелехов) (позже переформирована в 3229-ю БХВТ);

в составе 55-го армейского корпуса (штаб — г. Борзя ) (на основе корпуса в марте 1998 г. вновь сформирована 36-я армия ) находились:

• 131-я гвардейская пулемётно-артиллерийская дивизия (Сретенск);
• 122-я пулемётно-артиллерийская дивизия (Даурия);
• части корпусного подчинения.

Численность вооружений на 1995 г. оценивалась в 3000 танков, 4000 единиц бронетехники, 4000 орудий и миномётов ^[8] .

Дальнейшую трансформацию округ претерпел при его соединении в 1998 г. с Сибирским военным округом .

• ноябрь — декабрь 1921 — С. М. Серышев ,
• декабрь 1921 — май 1922 — А. Я. Лапин ,
• май 1935 — июнь 1937 — комкор И. К. Грязнов ,
• июнь — декабрь 1937 — командарм 2 ранга М. Д. Великанов ,
• январь — апрель 1938 — комкор М. Г. Ефремов ,
• апрель — июль 1938 — комкор В. Ф. Яковлев ,
• июль 1938 — июнь 1940 — комкор Ф. Н. Ремезов ,
• июнь 1940 — январь 1941 —    генерал-лейтенант И. С. Конев ,
• февраль — июнь 1941 —   генерал-лейтенант П. А. Курочкин ,
• июнь — сентябрь 1941 — генерал-лейтенант М. П. Ковалёв
• июнь 1947 — март 1951 —   генерал-полковник К. А. Коротеев ,
• март 1951 — май 1953 —   генерал-полковник Д. Н. Гусев ,
• май 1953 — январь 1956 — генерал-лейтенант, с 1954 генерал-полковник Е. Г. Троценко ,
• январь 1956 — январь 1958 —    генерал-полковник Д. Д. Лелюшенко ,
• январь 1958 — июнь 1960 —   генерал-полковник Я. Г. Крейзер ,
• июль 1960 — август 1966 — генерал-полковник Д. Ф. Алексеев ,
• август 1966 — декабрь 1978 —   генерал-полковник, с февраля 1969 генерал армии П. А. Белик ,
• декабрь 1978 — январь 1984 — генерал-полковник, с октября 1979 генерал армии Г. И. Салманов ,
• январь 1984 — февраль 1987 — генерал-полковник, с ноября 1986 генерал армии С. И. Постников ,
• февраль 1987 — сентябрь 1988 — генерал-полковник А. А. Бетехтин ,
• сентябрь 1988 — сентябрь 1991 — генерал-лейтенант, с ноября 1988 генерал-полковник В. М. Семёнов ,
• сентябрь 1991 — июль 1996 — генерал-полковник В. С. Третьяков ,
• сентябрь 1996 — декабрь 1998 — генерал-полковник Н. В. Кормильцев .

• ноябрь 1921 — А. К. Флегонтов ,
• ноябрь 1921 — май 1922 — В. А. Бюллер ,
• май 1935 — июль 1937 — корпусной комиссар В. Н. Шестаков ,
• июль — декабрь 1937 — корпусной комиссар А. М. Битте ,
• декабрь 1937 — февраль 1939 — дивизионный комиссар Д. С. Леонов ,
• февраль 1939 — февраль 1940 — дивизионный комиссар, с июня 1940 корпусной комиссар Д. А. Гапанович ,
• февраль — сентябрь 1941 — корпусной комиссар К. Н. Зимин ,
• июнь 1947 — апрель 1950 — генерал-майор, с мая 1949 генерал-лейтенант В. К. Шманенко ,
• апрель — июль 1950 — генерал-лейтенант В. И. Уранов ,
• июль 1950 — февраль 1953 — генерал-майор Н. Г. Пономарёв ,
• февраль 1953 — сентябрь 1957 — генерал-майор, с августа 1955 генерал-лейтенант Н. А. Вишневский ,
• сентябрь 1957 — сентябрь 1958 — полковник, с февраля 1958 генерал-майор Г. Я. Марченко ,
• сентябрь 1958 — ноябрь 1960 — генерал-майор А. К. Плотников ,
• ноябрь 1960 — июнь 1962 — генерал-майор П. В. Вашура ,
• июнь 1962 — май 1967 — генерал-майор, с июня 1962 генерал-лейтенант И. Н. Лебедевич ,
• май 1967 — май 1975 — генерал-майор, с мая 1970 генерал-лейтенант В. А. Гончаров ,
• май 1975 — апрель 1980 — генерал-майор, с февраля 1976 генерал-лейтенант А. Д. Лизичев ,
• апрель 1980 — октябрь 1985 — генерал-лейтенант Ломов В. М. ,
• октябрь 1985 — декабрь 1988 — генерал-майор, с мая 1988 генерал-лейтенант И. Я. Солодилов ,
• декабрь 1988 — апрель 1991 — генерал-майор, с мая 1989 генерал-лейтенант И. Т. Рымарев .

• ноябрь 1921 — февраль 1922 — В. И. Серебров,
• февраль — апрель 1922 — Е. Д. Филаретов,
• апрель — май 1922 — Н. П. Фелицин,
• май 1935 — июнь 1937 — комдив Я. Г. Рубинов ,
• июнь 1937 — апрель 1938 — комдив М. Д. Великанов ,
• январь — апрель 1938 — комкор А. И. Тарасов ,
• апрель 1938 — июль 1940 — комдив П. К. Корытников ,
• июль 1940 — сентябрь 1941 — генерал-майор Е. Г. Троценко ,
• июнь 1947 — май 1953 — генерал-лейтенант Е. Г. Троценко ,
• июнь 1953 — сентябрь 1954 — генерал-лейтенант В. А. Пеньковский ,
• сентябрь 1954 — июль 1956 — генерал-майор, с августа 1955 генерал-лейтенант М. А. Вавилов ,
• июль 1956 — март 1963 — генерал-лейтенант В. А. Глуздовский ,
• март 1963 — май 1967 — генерал-лейтенант Н. П. Чунихин ,
• май 1967 — май 1968 — генерал-лейтенант М. М. Козлов ,
• май 1968 — сентябрь 1972 — генерал-лейтенант К. В. Югов ,
• октябрь 1972 — октябрь 1979 — генерал-лейтенант, с февраля 1978 генерал-полковник Н. И. Лапыгин ,
• октябрь 1979 — июнь 1983 — генерал-лейтенант, с ноября 1980 генерал-полковник В. Н. Верёвкин-Рахальский ,
• июнь 1983 — июль 1988 — генерал-лейтенант М. П. Бурлаков ,
• август 1988 — февраль 1993 — генерал-лейтенант А. В. Терентьев ,
• апрель 1993 — февраль 1996 — генерал-лейтенант В. Г. Казанцев ,
• апрель — декабрь 1998 — генерал-лейтенант В. А. Болдырев .

• апрель 1949 — сентябрь 1953 — генерал-лейтенант С. С. Фоменко ,
• сентябрь 1955 — октябрь 1961 —   генерал-лейтенант танковых войск В. И. Жданов ,
• сентябрь 1962 — декабрь 1969 —    генерал-лейтенант танковых войск М. Г. Фомичёв ,
• декабрь 1969 — август 1972 — генерал-майор, с апреля 1970 генерал-лейтенант Я. А. Гугняк ,
• август 1972—1979 — генерал-лейтенант, с февраля 1978 генерал-полковник С. К. Магометов ,
• декабрь 1979 — июль 1982 — генерал-лейтенант К. А. Кочетов ,
• июль 1982 — октябрь 1986 — генерал-лейтенант П. В. Ледяев ,
• октябрь 1986 — август 1988 — генерал-лейтенант В. М. Семёнов ,
• октябрь 1988 — август 1991 — генерал-лейтенант В. С. Третьяков ,
• сентябрь 1991 — август 1992 —   генерал-лейтенант Е. В. Высоцкий ,
• ноябрь 1994 — сентябрь 1996 — генерал-лейтенант Н. В. Кормильцев ,
• сентябрь 1996 — апрель 1998 — генерал-лейтенант В. А. Болдырев .

• Матыжонок, Сергей Иванович ,
• Номоконов, Семён Данилович .

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