The Special Military District (Special Military District) is the operational-territorial association of the USSR Armed Forces in 1945-1946 [1] .
| Special Military District | |
|---|---|
| Years of existence | July 9, 1945 - February 27, 1946 |
| A country |  the USSR |
| Subordination | USSR Ministry of Defense |
| Included in | Armed forces of the USSR |
| Type of | military district |
| Dislocation | East Prussia , USSR |
| Commanders | |
| Famous commanders | K. N. Galitsky |
A special military district was formed by order of the People's Commissar of Defense of the USSR of July 9, 1945. The territory of the okrug included the northern part of East Prussia , which went to the USSR at the end of the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 . The district administration was formed on the basis of the field administration of the 11th Guards Army and was deployed in the city of Konigsberg (now the city of Kaliningrad ).
Based on the Decree of the Council of People's Commissars of the USSR of January 29, 1946, the Special Military District was merged with the Baltic Military District into one - the Baltic Military District. On 27 February 1946, the Directorate of the Special Military District was reorganized into the field command of the 11th Guards Army .
County Command
- The commander of the districtβs troops is Colonel General K. N. Galitsky .
- Member of the Military Council - Major General of the Tank Forces P.N. Kulikov .
- The chief of staff is Lieutenant General I. I. Semenov .
Notes
- β 2. Special Military District // Military Encyclopedic Dictionary. - Moscow: Military Publishing House of the Ministry of Defense of the USSR Union, 1986. - S. 525. - 863 p. - 150,000 copies.
Literature
Military Encyclopedia: In 8 volumes / Chairman of the Main Editorial Commission, Ivanov S. B. - M .: Military Publishing, 2002. - T. 6: Ogarkov - "Progress". - S. 174. - 639 p. - ISBN 5-203-01873-1 .