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List of armies of the Soviet Union 1991

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List of armies of the Armed Forces of the USSR (1989–1991) – list of armies part of Soviet Armed Forces as of 1989–1991 and their status in the Former Soviet Union as of 2018.

  • Note:
  1. Due to inconsistencies in various sources, the list may contain inaccuracies;
  2. A dash in the column "Predecessor" means that the army was a newly created formation;
  3. A dash in the column "1992 Transfer to jurisdiction" means that the army was disbanded without being under the jurisdiction of any of the former USSR states;
  4. In all sections in the column "Year of creation" the year in which the formation received the given full name is indicated;

Soviet Ground Forces

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Conventional flag Ground Forces USSR Armed Forces

This section includes armies subordinated to the Commander-in-Chief of the Ground Forces.

Combined arms armies

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Complete list of the combined arms armies (21 formations) that existed in the Ground Forces in the period from 1989 to 1991.[1]

  • Note:
  1. GuardsGuards;
  2. MSDmotorized rifle division;
  3. puladmachine gun-artillery division;
  4. tdtank division;
  5. URfortified area.
Army Year of creation Predecessor Higher Headquarters, Location
1989–1991
Divisions and fortified areas 1992
Transition
under
jurisdiction
Reformation,
change of control location,
state on 2018
1st Guards Combined Arms Red Banner Army 1968 1st Separate Combined Arms Army KVO,
Chernihiv, Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine
Six divisions Ukraine HQ 1st Guards Combined Arms Army was reorganized in 1992 into HQ 1st Army Corps. In 1996 the corps was disbanded.
3rd Combined Arms Red Banner Army 1954 3rd Shock Army GSFG,
Magdeburg, East Germany
Four tank divisions The Army HQ was relocated to Khabarovsk and disbanded in March 1992.
4th Combined Arms Red Banner Army 1944 34th Army Transcaucasus Military District,
Baku, AzSSR
Five MRDs (one mobilization) In August 1992, the Army Headquarters was disbanded.
5th Combined Arms Red Banner Army 1941 Far Eastern Military District,
Ussuriysk, Primorsky Krai, RSFSR
Five divisions, five fortified regions Russia The command location has not changed.
6th Combined Arms Red Banner Army 1952 31st Rifle Corps LenVO
Petrozavodsk
Six motor rifle divisions (three mobilization) Russia In 1998, the Army was disbanded.
7th Guards Combined Arms Red Banner Army 1943 64th Army Yerevan, Transcaucasus Military District Three motor rifle divisions, two fortified regions In August 1992 HQ 7th Guards Army was disbanded.
8th Guards Combined Arms Army of the Order of Lenin 1943 62nd Army GSFG,
Nohra, Germany
Three motor rifle divisions, one tank division Russia HQ 8th Guards Army was moved in 1993 to Volgograd and reorganized into the 8th Army Corps.
11th Guards Combined Arms Red Banner Army 1943 16th Army PribVO ,
Kaliningrad, RSFSR
Five divisions Russia In 1997, the army was reorganized into the Ground and Coastal Forces of the Baltic Fleet.
In April 2016, 11th Army Corps was created as part of the Baltic Fleet.
Location has not changed.
13th Combined Arms Red Banner Army 1941 Rivne, Rivne Oblast, Ukraine, Carpathian Military District Five motor rifle divisions Ukraine Reduced to an army corps.
In November 2013, the Corps HQ was reorganized into Operational Command West. The location has not changed
14th Guards Combined Arms Red Banner Army 1956 10th Guards Rifle Corps Tiraspol, Molova Five divisions (some mobilisation) Russia[2] In April 1995, the Army HQ was reorganized into the Operational Group of Russian Forces in Transnistria.
Location has not changed.
15th Combined Arms Army April 1953 HQ Far Eastern Military District (I) Khabarovsk, Khabarovsk Territory, RSFSR Four Motor Rifle Divisions, two Fortified Regions Russia In the early 1990s, the 15th Army was reduced into the 43rd Army Corps.
20th Guards Combined Arms Red Banner Army 1957 4th Guards Mechanized Army GSFG,
Eberswalde, Germany
Three tank divisions, one motor rifle division Russia HQ 20th Guards Combined Arms Army was relocated in 1993 to Voronezh.
22nd Guards Combined Arms Army 1990 13th Guards Army Corps Moscow Military District,
Nizhny Novgorod, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, RSFSR
Three divisions Russia In June 2009, HQ 22nd Army was disbanded.
28th Combined Arms Red Banner Army 1942 BelVO,
Grodno, Grodno Oblast
6th Guards TD
28th TD
76th TD
50th Guards MRD
Belarus In June 1993, HQ 28th Combined Arms Army was reorganized into the 28th Army Corps.
In December 2002, the corps was reorganized into the Western Operational Command.
32nd Combined Arms Army 1971 1st Army Corps Central Asian -> Turkestan MDs,
Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan
Three motor rifle divisions; 78th Tank Division
10th Fortified Region
Kazakhstan In June 1991, the 32nd Combined Arms Army was renamed the 40th Combined Arms Army.
On the basis of HQ 40th Army, in April 1993, HQ Kazakh Ground Forces was formed.
35th Combined Arms Army 1969 29th Army Corps Far Eastern MD,
Belogorsk, Amur Region, RSFSR
Five motor rifle divisions
One fortified region
Russia In the early 1990s HQ 35th Army was reorganized into HQ 43rd Army Corps.
36th Combined Arms Army 1976 86th Army Corps Transbaikal Military District,
Borzya, Chita Oblast, RSFSR
Three motor rifle divisions, five fortified regions. Russia In June 1989 HQ 36th Army was reorganized into HQ 55th Army Corps, which was disbanded in 1994.
38th Combined Arms Red Banner Army 1942 4th Reserve Army Carpathian Military District
Ivano-Frankivsk, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine
Five motor rifle divisions Ukraine In January 1992, HQ 38th Combined Arms Army was reorganized into HQ 38th Army Corps.
The corps was disbanded in 2003.
39th Combined Arms Army 1970 Transbaikal Military District,
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Two tank divisions, three motor rifle divisions Russia The Army was disbanded in December 1992.[3]
40th Combined Arms Army 1979 Turkestan Military District,
Kabul, Afghanistan
Three motor rifle divisions
103rd Guards Airborne Division
In March 1989, HQ 40th Army was reorganized into HQ 59th Army Corps in Samarkand, which was disbanded in 1992.
51st Combined Arms Army 1977 2nd Army Corps Far Eastern Military District,
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Sakhalin Oblast, RSFSR
18th Machine Gun Artillery Division
33rd Motor Rifle Division
79th Motor Rifle Division
Russia In the early 1990s, the 51st Army was reorganized into 68th Army Corps (Russia).

Tank and mechanised armies 1945–91

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Initially a list of tank armies that existed in the Ground Forces in the period from 1989 to 1991.[1]

Tank army
(full name)
Year of creation Predecessor Higher headquarters
1989–1991
Divisions in the army 1992
Transition
under
jurisdiction
Reformation,
change of control location,
state on 2018
1st Guards Tank Red Banner Army 1944 1st Tank Army GSFG,
Dresden, East Germany
Two tank divisions, one motor rifle division Russia HQ 1st Guards Tank Army was relocated to Smolensk in 1994 and reorganized into HQ 1st Combined Arms Army. In 2014, the army was recreated in Odintsovo, Moscow Oblast.
2nd Guards Tank Red Banner Army 1944 2nd Tank Army GSVG,
Fürstenberg, East Germany
One tank division, three motor rifle divisions Russia The army headquarters was relocated to Samara in 1993 and reorganized as HQ 2nd Guards Combined Arms Army.
3rd Guards Tank Army May 1943 3rd Tank Army Luckenwalde, East Germany Three divisions Redesignated 3rd Guards Tank Army on 14 May 1945. Known as 3rd Guards Red Banner Mechanized Army in 1946. Redesignated 18th Guards Army in 1957. Moved to Almaty 1964 as an operations group, briefly reformed as an army 1969, but then used as the basis of HQ SAVO.
5th Guards Tank Red Banner Army 1957 5th Guards Mechanized Army BelVO,
Bobruisk, Mogilev Oblast, BSSR
Three tank divisions, one motor rifle division Belarus Became an army corps.
Disbanded in 2001
6th Guards Tank Red Banner Army 1957 6th Guards Mechanized Army KVO,
Dnepropetrovsk, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine
Seven tank divisions, several mobilisation Ukraine Became an army corps.
In November 2013, the Corps Directorate was reorganized into Operational Command "South".
The deployment has not changed.
7th Tank Red Banner Army 1957 7th Mechanized Army Belorussian Military District,
Borisov, Minsk Oblast, BSSR
Three tank divisions, one motor rifle division (mobilisation) Belarus In August 1993, HQ 7th Tank Army was reduced in status to 7th Army Corps.
In 1994, the corps was renamed 65th Army Corps.
In December 2001, the 65th Army Corps was reorganized into the North-Western Operational Command.
The deployment has not changed.
8th Tank Army of the Red Banner 1957 8th Mechanized Army PrikVO,
Zhytomyr, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukrainian SSR
23rd TD
30th Guards. TD
50th TD
Ukraine In December 1993, HQ 8th Tank Army was reorganized into the HQ 8th Army Corps.
The corps was disbanded in 2015.

Soviet Air Forces

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Air armies (18 formations) that existed in the Soviet Air Forces in the period from 1989 to 1991.[4]

  • Note: abbreviations
  1. adib/apibfighter-bomber aviation division / fighter-bomber aviation regiment;
  2. bad/bapbomber aviation division / bomber aviation regiment;
  3. VVSair force (as applied to a military district or group of troops);
  4. vtapmilitary transport aviation regiment;
  5. tbadheavy bomber aviation division.
  6. uaptraining aviation regiment;
Air Army
(full name)
Year of creation Predecessor High headquarters Divisions and separate regiments 1992
Transition
under
jurisdiction
Reformation,
change of control location,
State on 2018
1st Red Banner Air Army 1957 29th and 54th Air Army Far Eastern Military District,
Khabarovsk, RSFSR
Four aviation divisions, seven separate regiments Russia In May in 1998, the 1st Air Army was reorganized into the 11th Air Force and Air Defense Army.
The location has not changed
4th Air Army of the Supreme High Command 1968 Air Force Central Group of Forces Supreme High Command Headquarters,
Legnica, Poland
Three divisions, three smaller units Russia In August 1992, the 4th Air Army was relocated to Rostov-on-Don.
In June 1997, the 4th Air Army was reorganized into the 4th Air and Air Defence Forces Army.
5th Air Army 1988 Air Forces of the Odesa Military District Odesa Military District,
Odesa, Ukraine
119th IAD
Three separate regiments
In August 1992, HQ 5th Air Army department was reorganized into the 5th Aviation Corps department.
In 2004, by the merger of 5th Aviation Corps and 60th Air Defense Corps, Air Command South was created.
The location has not changed[5]
14th Air Army 1988 VVS PrikVO PrikVO,
Lviv, Ukraine
289th bad
533 -ya iad
48th guards. orap
452nd oshap
Ukraine In August 1992, the 14th Air Army was reorganized into the 14th Aviation Corps.
16th Red Banner Air Army 1988 Air Force GSFG GSFG,
Wünsdorf, Germany
6th Guards. Iad
16th Guards. iad
126th iad
105th adib
125th adib
357th oap
368th oap
11th orap
931st guards . detachment
226th sap
239th guards. ovp
Russia Management of the 16th Air Army in November 1993 was relocated to the settlement. Kubinka of the Moscow Region.
In November 1998, it was reorganized into the Directorate of the 16th Combined Aviation Corps.
In February 2002, the Directorate of the 16th Corps was reorganized into Directorate of the 16th Air Army.
In August 2009, the Directorate of the 16th Air Army was disbanded
17th Air Army 1988 VVS KVO KVO,
Kiev, Ukrainian SSR
105th UAP
702 th uap
703rd uap
130th uap
288th uap
Ukraine Disbanded in 1992
23rd Air Army 1988 Air Force of the Transbaikal Military District ZabVO,
Chita, RSFSR
30th adib
246th IAD
120th IAP
101st Regt
125th unit
193rd unit
68th unit
Russia
24th Air Army of the Reserve of the Main Operational Command 1980 2nd Separate Heavy Bomber Aviation Corps Long-Range Aviation,
Vinnitsa, Ukraine
Two bomber aviation divisions
138th IAD
Three separate brigades/regiments
Ukraine In March 1992, HQ 24th Air Army was reorganized into HQ Ukrainian Air Force.
The location has not changed

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Feskov et al 2013, p. 640.
  2. ^ After the collapse of the USSR, HQ 14th Guards Army and the 59th Guards MRD went to Russia. The rest of the formations are divided between Ukraine and Moldova
  3. ^ "39th Combined Arms Army".
  4. ^ Drogovoz 2007, pp. 166, 448, 532–541.
  5. ^ Alexander Dmitriev (5 August 2018). "Who guards the sky over Odessa?". www.odessa-life.od.ua. Retrieved 11 March 2019.