The North-Western District of Air Defense is an operational-strategic territorial association of the Air Defense Forces of the Armed Forces of the USSR, and then the Armed Forces of Russia, which existed from 1946 to 1948, to perform the tasks of anti-aircraft defense of administrative and economic facilities.
| Northwest District Air Defense | |
|---|---|
| Years of existence | May 23, 1946 - August 14, 1948 |
| A country |  the USSR |
| Enters into | Air Defense Forces |
| Type of | military district |
| Function | Air defense of administrative and economic objects |
| Dislocation | Northern, Central, Central Black Earth, Volgo-Vyatka Northwestern economic areas |
Organizational History
- Air Defense Directorate of Moscow (since April 25, 1918);
- 1st Separate Territorial Positioning Anti-aircraft Artillery Division (1924)
- The 31st separate anti-aircraft artillery division (1924–1929);
- 1st Air Defense Brigade (since 09/21/1929);
- 1st Air Defense Division (since August 17, 1931);
- 1st Air Defense Corps (since January 11, 1938);
- Moscow air defense zone (since June 1941);
- The Moscow Corps Air Defense District (December 27, 1941) [1] as part of the Moscow Military District;
- Moscow Air Defense Front (from April 5, 1942) [2] [3]
- Special Moscow Army Air Defense (from June 29, 1943) [4] ;
- Moscow Air Defense Group of the Central Air Defense Front (since December 24, 1945) [5] ;
- The Moscow Air Defense Forces of the Central Air Defense Front (since March 1945) [5] ;
- The Moscow Air Defense Forces of the Central District [6] (since October 25, 1945);
- Moscow Air Defense Forces of the Northwest District Air Defense [7] (since May 23, 1946);
- Moscow air defense region [8] (from August 14, 1948);
- Moscow District Air Defense [9] (from August 20, 1954);
- Moscow District Air Force and Air Defense (since 1998);
- Special Command (since September 1, 2002);
- Joint Strategic Command of Aerospace Defense (since July 1, 2009);
- Air and Missile Defense Command (since December 1, 2011);
- 1st Army Air Defense and Missile Defense (since 2015).
District Formation
The North-Western District of Air Defense was formed on May 23, 1946 on the basis of the Central Air Defense District in connection with the further improvement of the country's air defense system on the basis of the Directive of the General Staff of the USSR Armed Forces [10] .
Reshaping the District
On August 14, 1948, the Directorate of the North-Western District of Air Defense, in accordance with the Directive of the General Staff of the USSR Armed Forces [11], was reorganized into the Office of the Moscow Air Defense District, Category I.
Commanders
- Lieutenant-General Gudymenko Peter Yemelyanovich , from 05/23/1946 to 01.1948;
- Colonel-General of Artillery Zhuravlev Daniil Arsen'evich , from 01.1948 to 14.08.1948.
District Battle
The district includes:
- Moscow Fighter Aviation Corps of Air Defense - 19th Air Fighter Army Air Defense ;
- Leningrad Guards Fighter Aviation Corps of Air Defense (Leningrad);
- 5th Air Defense Corps (Moscow);
- The 16th Special Air Defense Corps (Leningrad);
- 15th Air Defense Division (Riga, Vilnius, Kaunas));
- 19th Air Defense Division (Minsk, Gomel));
- 106th Air Defense Fighter Division (Riga);
- The 122nd Air Force Fighter Division (Murmansk);
- 125th Air Defense Fighter Division (Kaunas);
- The 142nd Air Force Fighter Division (Gorky);
- 144th Air Defense Fighter Division (Minsk, Gomel);
- The 328th Fighter Division Air Defense (Smolensk, Bryansk);
- a separate anti-aircraft artillery regiment (Smolensk);
- separate anti-aircraft artillery regiment (Gorky);
- separate anti-aircraft artillery regiment (Murmansk);
- a separate anti-aircraft artillery division (Bryansk);
- a separate anti-aircraft artillery division (Tula);
- separate anti-aircraft artillery division (Yaroslavl);
- a separate anti-aircraft artillery division (Voronezh);
- parts and subdivisions of VNOS ;
- 1st Anti-Aircraft Search Division ;
- 2nd Anti-Aircraft Air Defense Division ;
- 3rd Anti-Aircraft Air Defense Division ;
- 4th Anti-Aircraft Air Defense Division ;
- parts of the collateral.
Armament
A total of 1,392 fighter aircraft, 791 anti-aircraft guns and 28 radars in the VNOS,
Basing the headquarters
| Period | City |
|---|---|
| 05/23/1946 - 08/18/1948 | Moscow |
Notes
- ↑ The team of authors. The combat composition of the Soviet Army. Part I (June - December 1941) / Grylev A.N. - Military Scientific Directorate of the General Staff. - M .: Military publishing house of the Ministry of Defense of the USSR. - 84 s.
- ↑ Regulation. State Defense Committee. GKO-1541ss number of April 5, 1942. "On strengthening the air defense of Moscow"
- ↑ The team of authors. The combat composition of the Soviet Army. Part II. (January - December 1942) / Grylev A.N. - Military-Scientific Directorate of the General Staff. - M .: Military publishing house of the Ministry of Defense of the USSR, 1966. - 266 p.
- ↑ The team of authors. The combat composition of the Soviet Army. Part III. (January - December 1943) / G.T. The vision. - Military Scientific Department of the General Staff. - Moscow: Order of the Red Banner of Labor Military publishing house of the USSR Ministry of Defense, 1972. - 336 p.
- ↑ 1 2 Team of authors. The combat composition of the Soviet Army. Part V. (January - September 1945) / M.A. Gareev. - USSR Ministry of Defense. Historical archive department of the General Staff. - M .: Military publishing house, 1990. - 216 p.
- ↑ Directive of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of October 25, 1945
- ↑ Directive of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of May 23, 1946
- ↑ Directive of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of August 14, 1948
- ↑ Order of the Minister of Defense of the USSR of August 20, 1954
- ↑ Directive of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the USSR dated May 23, 1946.
- ↑ Directive of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the USSR of August 14, 1948.
Literature
- Andrey Demin. [www.vpk-news.ru/articles/21473 The Sky Shield of Central Russia For the 60th Anniversary of the Order of Lenin of the Moscow District Air Defense] . "Military Industrial Courier" (08/19/2014). The appeal date is February 19, 2016.
- A.G.Lensky, M.M.Tsybin. Part I // Soviet Air Defense Forces in the Last Years of the USSR. Directory". - SPb, INFO OL, 2013. - 164 p. (with ill.) with. - (Organization of troops). - 500 copies