27th Guards Vitebskaya Red Banner Missile Army
27-я гвардейская ракетная Витебская Краснознаменная армия
Military Unit: 43176
Commanders:
Colonel-General Vladimir Mikhaylovich Vishenkov, 8.6.70 - 20.9.76
Colonel-General Vladimir Petrovich Shilovksiy, 20.9.76 - 15.11.85
Colonel-General Gennady Alekseevich Kolesnikov, 15.11.85 - 26.12.88
Lieutenant-General Ivan Vasilevich Vershkov, 6.1.89 - 28.6.94
General of the Army Vladimir Nikolaevich Yakovlev, 28.6.94 - 21.12.96
Colonel-General Yury Fedorovich Kirillov, 21.12.96 - 9.6.01
Lieutenant-General Viktor Petrovich Alekseev, 13.6.01 - 16.9.02
Lieutenant-General Vladimir Grigorevich Gagarin, 16.9.02 - 1.4.06
Lieutenant-General Sergey Viktorovich Karakaev, 1.4.06 - today
Activated 8.6.70 in Vladimir, Vladimir Oblast, from the 3rd Independent Guards Missile Corps.
Organisation 8.6.70:
8th Missile Division (Yurya, Kirov Oblast)
10th Guards Missile Division (Kostroma, Kostroma Oblast)
14th Missile Division (Yoshkar-Ola, Mari-El Republic)
28th Guards Missile Division (Kozelsk, Kaluga Oblast)
54th Guards Missile Division (Teykovo, Ivanovo Oblast)
60th Missile Division (Tatischevo, Saratov Oblast)
30.6.90 the 7th Guards Missile Division (Vypolzovo, Tver Oblast) was added, when the 50th Missile Army was disbanded.
In March 1993 three divisions were added (32nd, 33rd Guards and 49th Guards) from the 43rd Missile Army, while the 14th Missile Division was transferred to the 31st Missile Army.
Organisation 1993:
7th Guards Missile Division (Vypolzovo, Tver Oblast)
8th Missile Division (Yurya, Kirov Oblast)
10th Guards Missile Division (Kostroma, Kostroma Oblast)
28th Guards Missile Division (Kozelsk, Kaluga Oblast)
32nd Missile Division (Postavy, Vitebsk Oblast; disbanded 1.12.93)
33rd Guards Missile Division (Mozyr, Gomel Oblast)
49th Guards Missile Division (Lida, Grodno Oblast)
54th Guards Missile Division (Teykovo, Ivanovo Oblast)
60th Missile Division (Tatischevo, Saratov Oblast)
The 33rd Guards Missile Division and the 49th Guards Missile Division were disbanded in 1997.
The 14th Missile Division returned in July 2002, while the 10th Guards Missile Division were disbanded in 2005.
Organisation 2006:
7th Guards Missile Division (Vypolzovo, Tver Oblast)
8th Missile Division (Yurya, Kirov Oblast)
14th Missile Division (Yoshkar-Ola, Mari-El Republic)
28th Guards Missile Division (Kozelsk, Kaluga Oblast)
54th Guards Missile Division (Teykovo, Ivanovo Oblast)
60th Missile Division (Tatischevo, Saratov Oblast)
Support Units:
65th Communications Center