29th Combined Arms Army

1st formation (1941-1943)

For the first time, the 29th Combined Arms Army was deployed on the basis of the 30th Rifle Corps, which became the basis of command and formation units in July 1941 in the Moscow Military District . The army included management, the 245th Infantry Division , the 252nd Infantry Division , the 254th Infantry Division and the 256th Infantry Division , as well as a number of military units .

1. To cover the direction to Bologoe, form the management of the 29th army .
Commander of the 29th Army appoint Lieutenant General Comrade Maslennikova . To appoint Major General Comrade Commander-in- Chief of the Army Sharapova .
On the formation of the army control draw control 30th Rifle Corps.
Army headquarters from the end of 07/12/1941 - Bologoe .
2. To include in the army : four rifle divisions ( 256 , 252 , 254 and 245th ), one (69th) motorized division, two corps artillery regiments (264th and 644th), three artillery regiments of anti-terrorist operation (171, 753 and 759th), one fighter regiment, one bomber regiment and one Il-2 squadron.
3. To deploy the army at the turn of Staraya Russa , Ostashkov with the task of covering the directions of Staraya Russa, Bologoe; Hill , Bologoe; Ostashkov, Vyshny Volochek .
District Valdai , Ostashkov, Bologoe cover fighter aircraft. Reserves have in the area of ​​Valdai, Bologoe, Vyshny Volochek.
The border of the army on the right is Lake. Ilmen , p. Volkhov .
The border of the army on the left is (suit.) Selizharovo, Vyshny Volochek.
4. The second line of defense to prepare for the river. Msta .
By the advanced units of the army by the morning of July 13, go to the front of Staraya Russa, Ostashkov.
5. Execution to convey.

By order of the Headquarters of the High Command of Beetles

- VK Bet Headquarters Order No. 00293, dated July 12, 1941, on the formation of the 29th Army and its occupation of the defensive line. TsAMO . F. 48a. Op. 3408. D. 4, L. 26, 27. The original.

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After formation, the army was transferred to the Front of the Reserve Armies and took up defense at the line of Staraya Russa - Demyansk - Ostashkov - Selizharovo . Since July 21, 1941, the army as part of the Western Front participated in the Battle of Smolensk , defensive battles south of the city of Toropets and on the left bank of the Volga River in the section Rzhev - Staritsa . Since October 29 And as part of the Kalinin Front , took part in the defense of Kalinin , Vyazma in the battles near Rzhev . In early February 1943, the formation of the 29th Army was transferred to the 5th and 20th Armies , and the command was reorganized into the command of the 1st Tank Army on February 10, 1943, having received formations and units, it was included in the troops of the special group of General M. S Khozina .

2nd formation (1968-1988)

In the post-war period, during the period of tense relations between the Union and the PRC , the 29th combined-arms army was again deployed by order of May 12, 1970, already on the basis of the 44th Army Corps redeployed from Arkhangelsk to Transbaikalia .

After stabilizing relations with China, on February 28, 1988, the army was transformed into the 57th Army Corps.

3rd formation (2003 - 2007)

In 2003-2007 The army is deployed on the basis of 57 army corps.

4th formation (since 2010)

The third formation of the 29th combined arms army took place between 2010 and 2011 ^[2] . The 29th Combined Arms Army was formed in accordance with the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of July 6, 2010 “On the composition of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation”, and the directive of the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation of July 18, 2010 “On organizational measures held in the Ground Forces in 2010 "And instructions of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation of July 24, 2010 ^[3]

Units and military units of the 29th combined arms army are deployed in the Trans-Baikal Territory with an administrative center in the city of Chita. Organizationally, the 29th Combined Arms Army is part of the Eastern Military District, the army headquarters is in Chita. The day of formation of the 29th combined arms army is considered August 23, 2010 ^[3]

1941

In October 1941, the army included:

• management ( headquarters )
• 174th Infantry Division
• 178th Infantry Division
• 243rd Infantry Division
• 246th Infantry Division
• 252nd Infantry Division
• army units

1988

Units and units of army submission ^[4]

Army submission divisions

• 5th Guards Tank Don Don Budapest Red Banner, Order of the Red Star Division named after E. A. Schadenko
• 52nd motorized rifle Melitopol Red Banner, Order of the Suvorov Division ( Nizhneudinsk ) - on December 1, 1987, was reorganized into the 978th ​​TUC, and on July 1, 1990 into the 5208th BHVT;
• 91st Motor Rifle Division - arrived in May 1987 from Mongolia, but was already disbanded in December of the same year;
• 198th motorized rifle division (post-war formation) ( division microdistrict) - disbanded when the 12th motorized division was withdrawn in its place;
• 245th Motor Rifle Division ( Gusinoozersk )

2013

For 2013, the structure included: ^[5]

• 36th Separate Guards Motorized Rifle Lozovskaya Red Banner Brigade , military unit 06705 ( Borzya )
• 200th artillery brigade, military unit 48271 (p. Gorny );
• 3rd Missile Brigade (Gorny settlement) (OTRK 9K720 Iskander ^[6] );
• 140th separate anti-aircraft missile missile Borisov Order of Kutuzov brigade , military unit 32390 (village Domna );
• 19th Separate Regiment of the Russian Chemical Forces Defense, military unit 56313 (p. Gorny);
• 101st Khingan management team ( Chita );
• 104th separate MTO brigade, military unit 11387 ( Chita );
• 225th base for storage and repair of weapons and equipment (p. Yasnaya ).

1st Army commanders:

• Lieutenant General I.I. Maslennikov (July - December 1941)
• Major General V.I. Shvetsov (December 1941 - September 1942)
• Major General E.P. Zhuravlev (September 1942 - January 1943)

The chiefs of staff of the army of the 1st formation:

• Major General Sharapov, Vladimir Maksimovich
• Colonel Vishnevsky, Mikhail Ivanovich
• Colonel Lozhkin, Nikolai Nikolaevich
• Major General Sharapov, Vladimir Maksimovich
• Colonel Vishnevsky, Mikhail Ivanovich
• Major General Dronov, Nikolai Sergeevich

Members of the Military Council of the army of the 1st formation:

• Division Commissioner Gurov, Kuzma Akimovich
• Brigadier Commissar Savkov, Nikolai Nikiforovich

2nd Army commanders:

• Major General of the Tank Forces S. M. Bondarev (May 1970 - June 1972)
• Major General Gorchakov, Vasily Alexandrovich (June 1972 - January 1976)
• Major General Yu. V. Tukharinov (January 1976 - September 1979)
• Major General, since December 1982, Lieutenant General V.I. Grishin (September 1979 - November 1984)
• Lieutenant General V. M. Semenov (November 1984 - October 1986)
• Major General Terentyev, Anton Vladimirovich (October 1986 - February 1988)

Army commanders of the 3rd formation:

• Major General Gritskov, Igor Filippovich (May 2003 - August 2006) ^[7]

4th Army commanders:

• Lieutenant General Romanchuk Alexander Vladimirovich (from August 2010 - VRIO, January 9, 2011 - 2014) ^[2]
• Lieutenant General Avdeev, Alexey Yuryevich (July 2014 - April 2017)
• Major General Poplavsky, Evgeny Valentinovich (April 2017 - November 2018)
• Major General Berdnikov, Roman Borisovich (November 2018 - p.t.)

•   Gabaydulin, Gennady Gabaidulovich , guard sergeant, commander of the reconnaissance section of the 24th separate guards mortar division of rocket artillery.

• Battle for Moscow
• Battle of stalingrad

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• N.V. Ogarkov. Twenty-Ninth Army // Soviet Military Encyclopedia. - Moscow: Military Publishing House, 1977. - T. 3. - S. 105-106. - 672 p. - 105,000 copies.
• 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 the scientific. ed. V.I. Golikova. - Tomsk: NTL Publishing House, 2013 .-- 640 p.

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• The combat structure of the Soviet Army on January 1, 1943.
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