High Command of the Far East (GKVDV)

Главное Командование Войск Дальнего Востока (ГКВДВ)

Military Unit: 65285

Commanders:

• General of the Army Vasiliy Ivanovich Petrov, 8.2.79 - 1.12.80
• General of the Army Vladimir Leonidovich Govorov, 1.12.80 - 19.6.84
• General of the Army Ivan Moiseevich Tretyak, 19.6.84 - 11.7.86
• General of the Army Ivan Makarovich Voloshin, 11.7.86 - 5.1.89
• Colonel-General Aleksandr Vasilevich Kovtunov, 5.1.89 - 30.6.92

Activated 8.2.79 in Ulan-Ude, Buryatskaya ASSR.

Organisation 1980:

• 9th independent Communications Brigade (Ulan-Ude, Buryatskaya ASSR)
• 50th independent Communication Brigade (Chita, Chita Oblast)
• 20th independent Intelligence Brigade GRU (Arvay-Khere, Mongolia)
• 25th independent Intelligence Brigade GRU (Coybalsan, Mongolia)
• 150th independent Mixed Aviation Regiment (Ulan-Ude, Buryatskaya ASSR)
• Transbaykal Military District (Chita, Chita Oblast)
• Far Eastern Military District (Khabarovsk, Khabarovsk Kray)
• Pacific Fleet (Vladivostok, Primorskiy Kray)

In 10.86 the 130th independent Landing-Assault Brigade (mobilisation) joined the High-Command.

25.8.88 the 150th independent Mixed Aviation Regiment was transferred to 23rd Air Army control.

Organisation 1990:

• 130th independent Landing-Assault Brigade (mobilisation) (Abakan, Khakasskaya Autonomous Oblast)
• 9th independent Communications Brigade (Ulan-Ude, Buryatskaya ASSR)
• 50th independent Communication Brigade (Chita, Chita Oblast)
• 20th independent Intelligence Brigade GRU (Arvay-Khere, Mongolia)
• 25th independent Intelligence Brigade GRU (Coybalsan, Mongolia)
• Transbaykal Military District (Chita, Chita Oblast)
• Far Eastern Military District (Khabarovsk, Khabarovsk Kray)
• Pacific Fleet (Vladivostok, Primorskiy Kray)

In 5.90 the 130th independent Landing-Assault Brigade (mobilisation) was disbanded.

Disbanded 30.6.92.

GKVDV coordinates:

• Joint Command HQ Complex (51 51 07N, 107 53 27E)
• Joint Command Communications Receiver Facility/Bunker/Hardened (51 43 21N, 107 48 38E)
• Joint Command Communications Transmitter Facility/Bunker/Hardened (51 56 36N, 108 20 35E)

Headquarters:

• Ulan-Ude, Buryatskaya ASSR, 2.79 - 6.92 [51 51 07N, 107 53 27E]

Subordination:

• General Staff Armed Forces of the Soviet Union, 2.79 - 6.92