Volga Red Banner Military District

Приволжский Краснознаменный военный округ

Military Unit: 22223

Commanders:

• Colonel-General Mikhail Stepanovich Khozin, 3.44 - 9.7.45
• Colonel-General Vasiliy Nikolaevich Grodov, 9.7.45 - 28.6.46
• Colonel-General Vasiliy Aleksandrovich Yushkevich, 7.46 - 11.50
• Lieutenant-General Grigoriy Nikiforovich Perekryostov, 11.50 - 11.10.53
• Colonel-General Vasiliy Ivanovich Kuznetsov, 12.10.53 - 2.6.57
• Colonel-General Vladimir Nikolaevich Komarov, 3.6.57 - 17.4.60
• Colonel-General Andrey Trofimovich Stuchenko, 18.4.60 - 6.61
• Colonel-General Ivan Grigorevich Pavlovskiy, 6.61 - 25.11.63
• Colonel-General Nikolay Grigorevich Lyashchenko, 26.11.63 - 3.12.65
• Colonel-General Nikolay Vasilevich Ogarkov, 4.12.65 - 22.4.68
• Colonel-General Aleksey Mikhaylovich Parshikov, 23.4.68 - 13.10.71
• Colonel-General Yuriy Andreevich Naumenko, 14.10.71 - 25.6.75
• Colonel-General Pyotr Georgievich Lushev, 26.6.75 - 23.11.77
• Colonel-General Vladimir Nikolaevich Konchits, 24.11.77 - 11.6.81
• Colonel-General Anatoliy Yakovlevich Ryakhov, 12.6.81 - 12.6.85
• Colonel-General Valeriy Anisimovich Patrikeev, 13.6.85 - 10.8.89
• Colonel-General Albert Mikhaylovich Makashov, 11.8.89 - 30.8.91
• Colonel-General Anatoliy Ipatovich Sergeev, 31.8.91 - 24.3.01

Activated 4.5.1918 in Kuybyshev, Kuybyshev Oblast.

9.7.45 new HQ activated from the old HQ Volga Military District and HQ 3rd Guards Combined Arms Army.

Organisation 1960:

• 40th Army Corps (Kuybyshev, Kuybyshev Oblast)
  • 43rd Motorised Rifle Division (Kuybyshev, Kuybyshev Oblast)
  • 110th Motorised Rifle Division (Shikhany, Saratov Oblast)
• 96th Motorised Rifle Division (Kazan, Tatarskaya ASSR)
• VVS Volga Military District (Kuybyshev, Kuybyshev Oblast)

In 10.60 the 40th Army Corps was disbanded.

24.5.62 the 43rd Motorised Rifle Division was renamed 43rd Training Motorised Rifle Division.

In 4.68 the 29th Motorised Rifle Division was transferred to the Far East, and was replaced by the 213th Motorised Rifle Division.

Organisation 1970:

• 43rd Training Motorised Rifle Division (Kuybyshev, Kuybyshev Oblast)
• 96th Motorised Rifle Division (Kazan, Tatarskaya ASSR)
• 213th Motorised Rifle Division (Totskoye, Orenburg Oblast)
• VVS Volga Military District (Kuybyshev, Kuybyshev Oblast)

15.1.74 awarded the Red Banner.

Organisation 1980:

• 43rd Training Motorised Rifle Division (Kuybyshev, Kuybyshev Oblast)
• 96th Motorised Rifle Division (Kazan, Tatarskaya ASSR)
• 213th Motorised Rifle Division (Totskoye, Orenburg Oblast)
• 112th Anti-Aircraft Missile-Artillery Division (Donguz, Saratov Oblast)
• VVS Volga Military District (Kuybyshev, Kuybyshev Oblast)

In 1987 the 130th and 274th Motorised Rifle Divisions (mobilisation) and the 249th and 256th Reserve Motorised Rifle Divisions were disbanded.

Organisation 1988:

• 96th Motorised Rifle Division (Kazan, Tatarskaya ASSR)
• 213th Motorised Rifle Division (Totskoye, Orenburg Oblast)
• 469th District Training Center (Kuybyshev, Kuybyshev Oblast)
• 000 Territorial Training Center (Donguz, Saratov Oblast)
• VVS Volga Military District (Kuybyshev, Kuybyshev Oblast)

1.9.89 united with the Ural Military District, and renamed Volga-Ural Military District.

7.7.92 again divided, and renamed Volga Military District.

24.3.01 again united with the Ural Military District, and renamed Volga-Ural Military District.

Territory:

• 7.45 - 5.46: Ulyanovsk Oblast, Penza Oblast and Kuybyshev Oblast
• 5.46 - 6.49: Ulyanovsk Oblast, Penza Oblast, Kuybyshev Oblast, Kirov Oblast, Tatarskaya ASSR, Udmurtskaya ASSR, Mariyskaya ASSR and Chuvashskaya ASSR
• 6.49 - 4.53: Ulyanovsk Oblast, Penza Oblast, Kuybyshev Oblast, Tatarskaya ASSR and Udmurtskaya ASSR
• 4.53 - 1.58:Ulyanovsk Oblast, Penza Oblast, Kuybyshev Oblast, Kirov Oblast, Tatarskaya ASSR, Udmurtskaya ASSR, Mariyskaya ASSR and Chuvashskaya ASSR
• 1.58 - 9.89 and 7.92 - 3.2001: Ulyanovsk Oblast, Penza Oblast, Kuybyshev Oblast, Orenburg Oblast, Kirov Oblast, Tatarskaya ASSR, Udmurtskaya ASSR, Mariyskaya ASSR and Chuvashskaya ASSR
• 9.89 - 7.92: Ulyanovsk Oblast, Penza Oblast, Kuybyshev Oblast, Orenburg Oblast, Kirov Oblast, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Perm Oblast, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Kurgan Oblast, Tatarskaya ASSR, Udmurtskaya ASSR, Mariyskaya ASSR, Bashkirskaya ASSR, Chuvashskaya ASSR, Komi ASSR and Nenetskiy Autonomous Okrug

Headquarters:

• Kuybyshev, Kuybyshev Oblast, 4.5.1918 - 24.3.01 [53 11 45N, 50 05 51E] - 1992 renamed Samara, Samara Oblast

Subordination:

• General Staff RKKA, 6.41 - 2.46
• General Staff Armed Forces of the Soviet Union, 2.46 - 7.5.92
• General Staff Armed Forces the Russian Federation, 7.5.92 - 20.9.10