36th Guards Venskaya Red Banner Missile Division
36-я гвардейская ракетная Венская Краснознамённая дивизия
Military Unit: 34139
Commanders:
Major-General Vladimir Pavlovich Melnik, 6.60 - 8.65
Major-General Georgy Nikolaevich Malinovskiy, 8.65 - 1.69
Major-General Petr Petrovich Kruglov, 1.69 - 11.73
Major-General Vladimir Dmitrievich Mikhaylenko, 11.73 - 8.76
Major-General Vladimir Yakovlevich Ryazantsev, 8.76 - 9.80
Major-General Aleksandr Ivanovich Scherbatykh, 9.80 - 12.85
Major-General Viktor Nikolaevich Kozlov, 12.85 - 2.89
Major-General Oleg Gerasimovich Kruglikov, 2.89 - 6.91
Major-General Yury Anatolevich Doroshin, 6.91 - 7.98
Colonel Sergey Viktorovich Zolotopupov, 7.98 - 6.02
Activated 6.60 in Tomsk, Tomsk Oblast, as the 211th Missile Brigade, from the 11th Cannon Artillery Brigade and the 265th Guards Tank Regiment. Initially under the 27th Artilley Range Administration, and from 10.3.61 under the 7th Independent Guards Missile Corps.
Initial organisation:
735th Missile Regiment (Itatka, Tomsk Oblast)
739th Missile Regiment (Itatka, Tomsk Oblast)
746th Missile Regiment (Krasnoyarsk, Krasnoyarsk Kray)
755th Missile Regiment (Krasnoyarsk, Krasnoyarsk Kray)
30.5.61 renamed 36th Guards Missile Division.
In 6.61 HQ transferred to Krasnoyarsk, Krasnoyarsk Kray, and came under the 8th independent Missile Corps. The missile regiments in Itatka now became attached to the 39th Guards Missile Division.
In March 1964 all R-16 battalions were upgraded to regiments:
746th Missile Regiment (Krasnoyarsk, Krasnoyarsk Kray) with no missiles (two silos sites were abandoned)
755th Missile Regiment (Krasnoyarsk, Krasnoyarsk Kray) with 2 R-16 pads
000 Missile Regiment (Krasnoyarsk, Krasnoyarsk Kray) with 3 R-16 silos
790th Missile Regiment (Krasnoyarsk, Krasnoyarsk Kray) with 2 R-16 pads
1965 began conversion to the UR-100 (SS-11) missile.
In 1969 the 755th Missile Regiment were transferred to Derzhavinsk, Turgay Oblast (38th Missile Division) and the 790th Missile Regiment to Uzhur, Uzhur, Krasnoyarsk Kray (62nd Missile Division).
From 8.6.70 attached to the 33rd Guards Missile Army, and 1.74 under the 53rd Missile Army.
Organisation 1972 (60 UR-100 silos, 4 R-16 pads and 3 R-16 silos):
000 Missile Regiment (Krasnoyarsk, Krasnoyarsk Kray) with 4 R-16 pads and 3 R-16 silos
746th Missile Regiment (Krasnoyarsk, Krasnoyarsk Kray) with 10 UR-100 silos
876th Missile Regiment (Krasnoyarsk, Krasnoyarsk Kray) with 10 UR-100 silos
241st Missile Regiment (Krasnoyarsk, Krasnoyarsk Kray) with 10 UR-100 silos
259th Missile Regiment (Krasnoyarsk, Krasnoyarsk Kray) with 10 UR-100 silos
154th Missile Regiment (Krasnoyarsk, Krasnoyarsk Kray) with 10 UR-100 silos
266th Missile Regiment (Krasnoyarsk, Krasnoyarsk Kray) with 10 UR-100 silos
The R-16 missile was phased out in 1976.
Organisation 1984 (60 UR-100K silos):
746th Missile Regiment (Krasnoyarsk, Krasnoyarsk Kray) with 10 UR-100K silos
876th Missile Regiment (Krasnoyarsk, Krasnoyarsk Kray) with 10 UR-100K silos
241st Missile Regiment (Krasnoyarsk, Krasnoyarsk Kray) with 10 UR-100K silos
259th Missile Regiment (Krasnoyarsk, Krasnoyarsk Kray) with 10 UR-100K silos
154th Missile Regiment (Krasnoyarsk, Krasnoyarsk Kray) with 10 UR-100K silos
266th Missile Regiment (Krasnoyarsk, Krasnoyarsk Kray) with 10 UR-100K silos
The division began converting to the RT-23 (SS-24) rail-based missile in 1989.
Organisation 1992 (30 UR-100K silos and 12 RT-23UTTKh rail-mobile launchers):
876th Missile Regiment (Krasnoyarsk, Krasnoyarsk Kray) with 10 UR-100K silos
259th Missile Regiment (Krasnoyarsk, Krasnoyarsk Kray) with 10 UR-100K silos
154th Missile Regiment (Krasnoyarsk, Krasnoyarsk Kray) with 10 UR-100K silos
266th Missile Regiment (Krasnoyarsk, Krasnoyarsk Kray) with 3 RT-23UTTKh
226th Missile Regiment (Krasnoyarsk, Krasnoyarsk Kray) with 3 RT-23UTTKh
188th Missile Regiment (Krasnoyarsk, Krasnoyarsk Kray) with 3 RT-23UTTKh
202nd Missile Regiment (Krasnoyarsk, Krasnoyarsk Kray) with 3 RT-23UTTKh
Organisation 2000:
266th Missile Regiment (Krasnoyarsk, Krasnoyarsk Kray) with 3 RT-23UTTKh
226th Missile Regiment (Krasnoyarsk, Krasnoyarsk Kray) with 3 RT-23UTTKh
188th Missile Regiment (Krasnoyarsk, Krasnoyarsk Kray) with 3 RT-23UTTKh
202nd Missile Regiment (Krasnoyarsk, Krasnoyarsk Kray) with 3 RT-23UTTKh
Disbanded 2002.
Support Units:
0000 Technical Missile Base
000 Communications Center
Krasnoyarsk ICBM complex coordinates (for Type IIID silos, see individual regiments):
