Transcaucasus Red Banner Military District

Закавказский Краснознаменный военный округ

Military Unit: 83204

Commanders:

• General of the Army Ivan Ivanovich Maslennikov, 3.5.46 - 16.1.47
• Marshal of the Soviet Union Fyodor Ivanovich Tolbukhin, 17.1.47 - 17.10.49
• General of the Army Aleksey Innokentevich Antonov, 1.1.50 - 14.4.54
• General of the Army Ivan Ivanovich Fedyuninskiy, 15.4.54 - 18.10.57
• Marshal of the Soviet Union Konstantin Konstantinovich Rokossovskiy, 19.10.57 - 31.12.57
• General of the Army Kyzma Nikitich Galitskiy, 4.1.58 - 4.6.61
• General of the Army Andrey Trofimovich Stuchenko, 5.6.61 - 22.4.68
• Colonel-General Semyon Konstantinovich Kurkotkin, 23.4.68 - 13.9.71
• Colonel-General Pavel Vasilevich Melnikov, 14.9.71 - 5.2.78
• Colonel-General Oleg Fyodorovich Kulishev, 6.2.78 - 13.8.83
• Colonel-General Vladimir Mikhaylovich Arkhipov, 14.8.83 - 6.7.85
• Colonel-General Konstantin Alekseevich Kochetov, 5.8.85 - 27.4.88
• Colonel-General Igor Nikolaevich Rodionov, 24.4.88 - 30.7.89
• Colonel-General Valeriy Anisimovich Patrikeev, 31.7.89 - 26.9.92

Activated 3.5.46 in Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, from the Baku and Tbilisi Military Districts.

Organisation 1960:

• 4th Combined Arms Army (Baku, Azerbaizhan SSR)
• 7th Guards Combined Arms Army (Yerevan, Armenian SSR)
• 31st Special Army Corps (Kutaisi, Georgian SSR)
• 34th Air Army (Tbilisi, Georgian SSR)

From 5.62 the 2nd Guards Training Motorised Rifle Division was attached to the district.

26.6.67 inherited the Red Banner of the old Caucasian Red Banner Army.

Organisation 1970:

• 4th Combined Arms Army (Baku, Azerbaizhan SSR)
• 7th Guards Combined Arms Army (Yerevan, Armenian SSR)
• 31st Army Corps (Kutaisi, Georgian SSR)
• 100th Guards Training Motorised Rifle Division (Tbilisi, Georgian SSR)
• 34th Air Army (Tbilisi, Georgian SSR)

Organisation 1980:

• 4th Combined Arms Army (Baku, Azerbaizhan SSR)
• 7th Guards Combined Arms Army (Yerevan, Armenian SSR)
• 31st Army Corps (Kutaisi, Georgian SSR)
• 100th Guards Training Motorised Rifle Division (Tbilisi, Georgian SSR)
• 34th Air Army (Tbilisi, Georgian SSR)

Organisation 1988:

• 4th Combined Arms Army (Baku, Azerbaizhan SSR)
• 7th Guards Combined Arms Army (Yerevan, Armenian SSR)
• 31st Army Corps (Kutaisi, Georgian SSR)
• 171st Guards District Training Center (Tbilisi, Georgian SSR)
• 34th Air Army (Tbilisi, Georgian SSR)

Disbanded 26.9.92.

Territory:

• 5.46 - 6.46 : Georgian SSR, Armenian SSR, Azerbaizhan SSR, Dagestan ASSR and Severo-Osetinskaya ASSR
• 6.46 - 9.92: Georgian SSR, Armenian SSR and Azerbaizhan SSR

Headquarters:

• Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, 5.46 - 9.92 [41 43 07N, 44 44 39E]

Subordination:

• General Staff Armed Forces of the Soviet Union, 5.46 - 7.5.92
• General Staff Armed Forces the Russian Federation, 7.5.92 - 26.9.92