38th Guards Venskiy Airborne Corps

38-й гвардейский воздушно-десантный Венский корпус

Military Unit: 93559

Commanders:

• Lieutenant-General Aleksandr Grigorevich Kapitokhin, 9.8.44 - 25.3.45
• Lieutenant-General Aleksandr Ivanovich Utvenko, 26.3.45 - 7.46
• Lieutenant-General  Stepan Ivanovich Povetkin, 7.46 - 8.46
• Lieutenant-General Erofey Vladimirovich Dobrovolskiy, 8.46 - 25.4.55

Activated 9.8.44 as the 38th Guards Airborne Corps.

5.1.45 renamed 38th Guards Rifle Corps.

10.6.46 renamed 38th Guards Airborne Corps.

Organisation 1947:

• 105th Guards Airborne Division (Kostroma, Kostroma Oblast)
• 106th Guards Airborne Division (Tula, Tula Oblast)

1.10.48 the 11th Guards Airborne Division was activated.

Organisation 1955:

• 11th Guards Airborne Division (Ryazan, Moscow Oblast)
• 105th Guards Airborne Division (Kostroma, Kostroma Oblast)
• 106th Guards Airborne Division (Tula, Tula Oblast)

Disbanded 25.4.55.

Headquarters:

• Tula, Tula Oblast, 7.45 - 4.55

Subordination:

• 9th Guards Combined Arms Army, 1.45 - 10.6.46
• HQ VDV, 10.6.46 - 25.4.55