High Command of the Western Direction (GKVZH)

Главное Командование Войск Западного Направления (ГКВЗН)

Military Unit: 30172

Commanders:

• Marshal of the Soviet Union Nikolay Vasilevich Ogarkov, 5.9.84 - 31.8.88
• General of the Army Stanislav Ivanovich Postnikov, 31.8.88 - 30.6.92

Activated 5.9.84 in Legnica, Poland.

Organisation 1984:

• 3rd independent Communications Brigade (Kenshitsa, Poland)
• 134th independent Communications Brigade (Legnica, Poland)
• 1367th independent Guard and Service Battalion (Legnica, Poland)
• 25th independent Mixed Aviation Squadron (Kshiva, Poland)
• 4th Air Army VGK ON (Legnica, Poland)
• Group of Soviet Forces in Germany (Wünsdorf, East Germany)
• Northern Group of Forces (Legnica, Poland)
• Central Group of Forces (Milovitse, Czechoslovakia)
• Belorussian Military District (Minsk, Minsk Oblast)
• Carpathian Military District (Lvov, Lvov Oblast)
• Baltic Fleet (Baltiysk, Kaliningrad Oblast)

In 5.86 the 83rd independent Landing-Assault Brigade joined the High-Command.

Organisation 1990:

• 83rd independent Landing-Assault Brigade (Byalograd, Poland)
• 3rd independent Communications Brigade (Kenshitsa, Poland)
• 134th independent Communications Brigade (Legnica, Poland)
• 1367th independent Guard and Service Battalion (Legnica, Poland)
• 25th independent Mixed Aviation Squadron (Kshiva, Poland)
• 4th Air Army VGK ON (Legnica, Poland)
• Western Group of Forces (Wünsdorf, East Germany)
• Northern Group of Forces (Legnica, Poland)
• Central Group of Forces (Milovitse, Czechoslovakia)
• Belorussian Military District (Minsk, Minsk Oblast)
• Carpathian Military District (Lvov, Lvov Oblast)
• Baltic Fleet (Baltiysk, Kaliningrad Oblast)

Disbanded 30.6.92.

Headquarters:

• Legnica, Poland, 9.84 - 6.92 [51 12 17N, 16 08 55E]

Subordination:

• General Staff Armed Forces of the Soviet Union, 9.84 - 6.92