13th Orenburgskaya Red Banner Missile Division
13-я ракетная Оренбургская Краснознаменная дивизия
Military Unit: 68545
Commanders:
Major-General Dmitry Kharitonovich Chaplygin, 5.64 - 8.70
Major-General Yury Nikolaevich Sergunin, 8.70 - 7.74
Major-General Remus Vasilevich Markitan, 7.74 - 12.77
Major-General Tal-At Ametovich Memetov, 12.77 - 4.82
Major-General Igor Nikolaevich Valynkin, 4.82 - 11.84
Major-General Vladimir Ivanovich Negashev, 11.84 - 3.89
Major-General Viktor Aleksandrovich Vakulenko, 3.89 - 6.91
Major-General Aleksandr Ivanovich Voronin, 7.91 - 9.95
Major-General Vladimir Iosifovich Vigovskiy, 9.95 - 9.98
Major-General Vladimir Aleksandrovich Kirillov, 9.98 - 1.01
Major-General Yury Ivanovich Sklyar, 1.01 - 8.04
Major-General Aleksey Dmitrievich Konnov, 8.04 - 8.07
Colonel Aleksandr Vladimirovich Kasyanenko, 8.07 - today
Activated 5.64 in Dombarovskiy, Orenburg Oblast, as Operation Group Dombarovskiy - 4.65 renamed 13th Missile Division.
Initially under the 5th independent Missile Corps, and from 1.6.65 the 18th independent Missile Corps.
Red Banner awarded 22.2.68.
From 8.6.70 attached to the 31st Missile Army.
Organisation 1972:
621st Missile Regiment (Dombarovskiy, Orenburg Oblast) with 6 R-36 (SS-9) silos
368th Missile Regiment (Dombarovskiy, Orenburg Oblast) with 6 R-36 (SS-9) silos
206th Missile Regiment (Dombarovskiy, Orenburg Oblast) with 6 R-36 (SS-9) silos
494th Missile Regiment (Dombarovskiy, Orenburg Oblast) with 6 R-36 (SS-9) silos
175th Missile Regiment (Dombarovskiy, Orenburg Oblast) with 6 R-36 (SS-9) silos
495th Missile Regiment (Dombarovskiy, Orenburg Oblast) with 6 R-36 (SS-9) silos
774th Missile Regiment (Dombarovskiy, Orenburg Oblast) with 6 R-36 (SS-9) silos
767th Missile Regiment (Dombarovskiy, Orenburg Oblast) with 6 R-36 (SS-9) silos
252nd Missile Regiment (Dombarovskiy, Orenburg Oblast) with 6 R-36 (SS-9) silos
565th Missile Regiment (Dombarovskiy, Orenburg Oblast) with 6 R-36 (SS-9) silos
1974 began conversion to the R-36M (SS-18) missile.
The first regiment was increased to 10 silos in 1974, with the introduction of the R-36M missile.
The R-36M2 was introduced in 1988.
Organisation 1992:
621st Missile Regiment (Dombarovskiy, Orenburg Oblast) with 10 R-36MUTTKh (SS-18) silos
368th Missile Regiment (Dombarovskiy, Orenburg Oblast) with 6 R-36M2 (SS-18) silos
206th Missile Regiment (Dombarovskiy, Orenburg Oblast) with 6 R-36M2 (SS-18) silos
494th Missile Regiment (Dombarovskiy, Orenburg Oblast) with 6 R-36M2 (SS-18) silos
175th Missile Regiment (Dombarovskiy, Orenburg Oblast) with 6 R-36M2 (SS-18) silos
495th Missile Regiment (Dombarovskiy, Orenburg Oblast) with 6 R-36M (SS-18) silos
774th Missile Regiment (Dombarovskiy, Orenburg Oblast) with 6 R-36MUTTKh (SS-18) silos
767th Missile Regiment (Dombarovskiy, Orenburg Oblast) with 6 R-36M2 (SS-18) silos
252nd Missile Regiment (Dombarovskiy, Orenburg Oblast) with 6 R-36M (SS-18) silos
565th Missile Regiment (Dombarovskiy, Orenburg Oblast) with 6 R-36MUTTKh (SS-18) silos
The first regiment was disbanded in 1995, followed by the second in 1996.
2004 named "Orenburgskaya", now 7 regiments with 46 missiles.
Support Units:
2859th Technical Missile Base
618th Communications Center
Divisional coordinates:
Dombarovskiy ICBM Complex (50 58 18N, 59 44 40E) - map (1968)
HQ Command & Control & Receiving facility (51 01 45N, 59 52 12E)
Alternate Command & Control facility (near silo 44G) (51 31 34N, 59 58 29E)
Transmitting Facility (50 46 44N, 59 29 30E)
Complex Support Facility (51 01 32N, 59 50 19E)
Rail-to-Road transfer point (51 01 09N, 59 48 23E)
Silo 33X (training silo) (51 01 31N, 59 48 15E)
For launch silos, see individual regiments.
