The Smolensk Military District is the operational-strategic territorial association of the Armed Forces of the USSR , which existed in 1945-1946.
| Smolensk Military District | |
|---|---|
| Years of existence | July 9, 1945 - May 6, 1946 |
| A country |  USSR 1945-1946 |
| Subordination | People's Commissariat of Defense of the USSR |
| Included in | Ground troops |
| Type of | military district |
| Function | protection |
| Number | an association |
History
The Smolensk Military District was formed by order of the People's Commissar of Defense of the USSR of July 9, 1945 by separation from the Moscow Military District . It included the territories of Smolensk , Bryansk , Kaluga and Velikiye Luki regions. The district administration is formed on the basis of the field administration of the 33rd Army .
By a directive of the General Staff of the Red Army of February 5, 1946, the okrug was transformed into a territorial okrug and included in the Moscow military okrug . After completion of the process of transfer of troops, by directive of May 6, 1946, the district was disbanded.
The district office is in Smolensk .
Command
Force Commanders
- August 1945 - Lieutenant General I.E. Davidovsky (interim)
- August 1945 - May 1946 - Lieutenant General F.P. Ozerov
Member of the Military Council
- July 1945 - May 1946 - Major General R.P. Babiichuk
Chiefs of Staff
- August 1945 - Major General V.P. Orleans (interim)
- August 1945 - April 1946 - Colonel J. A. Gritsman
- April 1946 - Major General A. S. Anikeev
- April 1946 - May 1946 - Lt. Col. N.K. Bolshakov (interim)
- May 1946 - Lt. Col. I.N. Pashchenko (interim)
Literature
- Military Encyclopedia in 8 volumes. Volume 7: “Prod” - “Tajikistan” / Ch. ed. Commission S. B. Ivanov and others. - M., 2003. - P.529. - 10,000 copies. - ISBN 5-203-01874-X .
- Military Encyclopedic Dictionary. Moscow-2002.
- Feskov V.I., Golikov V.I., Kalashnikov K.A., Slugin S.A. Armed forces of the USSR after the Second World War: from the Red Army to the Soviet (part 1: Ground Forces) / under scientific. ed. V.I. Golikova. - Tomsk: NTL Publishing House, 2013 .-- 640 p.