12th Army Corps

12-й армейский корпус

Military Unit: 20650

Commanders:

• Major-General Georgiy Ivanovich Kuparadze, 13.10.42 - 6.46
• no data, 6.46 - 12.48
• Lieutenant-General Ivan Fyodorovich Fedyunkin, 30.12.48 - 28.7.49
• Lieutenant-General Mikhail Danilovich Panchenko, 28.7.49 - 15.12.50
• Major-General Aleksandr Ilich Shchagin, 11.1.51 - 18.5.53
• Lieutenant-General Sergey Vladimirovich Sokolov, 18.5.53 - 16.6.54
• Major-General Viktor Sergeevich Glebov, 17.6.54 - 11.6.56
• Lieutenant-General Nikolay Georgievich Lyashchenko, 12.6.56 - 2.58
• Major-General Gennadiy Ivanovich Obaturov, 2.58 - 6.60
• no data, 6.60 - 6.66
• Lieutenant-General Fyodor Ivanovich Rykalov, 27.6.66 - 3.2.70
• Lieutenant-General Ivan Ivanovich Kravchenko, 4.2.70 - 15.5.73
• Lieutenant-General Nikolay Aleksandrovich Stolyarov, 5.73 - 1975
• Major-General Vladlen Serafimovich Kolesov, 1975 - 1977
• Major-General Yuriy Viktorovich Petrov, 1977 - 1979
• Major-General Lev Mikhaylovich Zaytsev, 1979 - 1982
• Major-General Valentin Nikolaevich Pivovarov, 1982 - 1984
• Major-General Vilikiyan Yunusovich Radzhibaev, 1984 - 1986
• Major-General Igor Ivanovich Balashov, 1986 - 1988
• Major-General Valeriy Vladimirovich Lagoshin, 1988 - 1989
• Major-General Nikolay Vladimirovich Krutko, 1989 - 1990
• Lieutenant-General Igor Evgenevich Puzanov, 1990 - 5.92
• Lieutenant-General Yuriy Maksimovich Netkachev, 5.92 - 1995

Activated 13.10.42 as the 12th Rifle Corps.

Organisation 1.10.45:

• 296th Rifle Division (Poti, Georgian SSSR)

• 406th Rifle Division (Sukhumi, Abkhazskaya ASSR)

In 6.46 both divisions were disbanded, and was replaced by two independent Rifle Brigades.

Organisation 1.1.47:

• 3rd independent Guards Rifle Brigade (Ordzhonikidze, Severo-Osetinskaya ASSR)

• 11th independent Rifle Brigade (Groznyy, Checheno-Ingushskaya ASSR)

1.7.49 the 11th independent Rifle Brigade was renamed 19th Mountain Rifle Division.

23.7.49 the 3rd independent Guards Rifle Brigade was renamed 24th Guards Mountain Rifle Division.

28.7.49 to 9.54 known as the 12th Mountain Rifle Corps.

Organisation 1950:

• 24th Guards Mountain Rifle Division (Ordzhonikidze, Severo-Osetinskaya ASSR)

• 19th Mountain Rifle Division (Groznyy, Checheno-Ingushskaya ASSR)

In 9.54 both mountain rifle divisions became regular rifle divisions.

15.5.57 the 19th Rifle Division was renamed 92nd Motorised Rifle Division.

10.6.57 renamed 12th Army Corps - while the 24th Guards Mountain Rifle Division was renamed 42nd Guards Motorised Rifle Division.

Organisation 1960:

• 42nd Guards Motorised Rifle Division (Groznyy, Checheno-Ingushskaya ASSR)
• 92nd Motorised Rifle Division (Ordzhonikidze, Severo-Osetinskaya ASSR)

In 10.60 the 42nd Guards Motorised Rifle Division became a training division, and was transferred to district control.

In 7.69 transferred to Krasnodar, to replace the 29th Army Corps, which had moved to the Far East.

Organisation 1970:

• 9th Motorised Rifle Division (Maykop, Adygeyskaya Autonomous Oblast)
• 156th Motorised Rifle Division (mobilisation) (Novorossiysk, Krasnodar Kray)

In 1.72 the 62nd Motorised Rifle Division was activated in Maykop, but was transferred to Itatka, Tomsk Oblast, four months later.

In 1978 the 113th Motorised Rifle Division (mobilisation) was activated.

Organisation 1980:

• 9th Motorised Rifle Division (Maykop, Adygeyskaya Autonomous Oblast)
• 156th Motorised Rifle Division (mobilisation) (Novorossiysk, Krasnodar Kray)
• 113th Motorised Rifle Division (mobilisation) (Goryachiy Klyuch, Krasnodar Kray) - 1981 to Molkino, Krasnodar Kray

In 1987 the 113th Motorised Rifle Division (mobilisation) was disbanded.

Organisation 1988:

• 9th Motorised Rifle Division (Maykop, Adygeyskaya Autonomous Oblast)
• 880th Territorial Training Center (Novorossiysk, Krasnodar Kray)

In 5.92 renamed 49th Combined Arms Army.

1.10.94 renamed 67th Army Corps.

Disbanded 2001.

Headquarters:

• Sukhumi, Abkhazskaya ASSR, 5.45 - 6.46
• Ordzhonikidze, Severo-Osetinskaya ASSR, 6.46 - 7.69
• Krasnodar, Krasnodar Kray, 7.69 - 2001

Subordination:

• Transcaucsus Front, 5.45 - 7.45
• Tbilisi Military District, 7.45 - 9.45
• 18th Combined Arms Army, 9.45 - 6.46
• North Caucasus Military District, 1946 - 2001