38th Missile Division
38-я ракетная дивизия
Military Unit: 33738
Commanders:
Major-General Vasily Fedorovich Paramonov, 11.64 - 1.69
Major-General Mikhail Fedorovich Sakharov, 1.69 - 9.73
Major-General Yury Ivanovich Plotnikov, 9.73 - 9.76
Major-General Valery Vasilevich Kirilin, 9.76 - 8.81
Major-General Aleksandr Ivanovich Nikolaev, 8.81 - 4.88
Major-General Yury Nikolaevich Norenko, 4.88 - 6.91
Colonel Yury Alekseevich Fedyaev, 6.91 - 11.93
Major-General Akhmet Mukharbekovich Khashegulgov, 11.93 - 2.96
Activated 5.64 in Derzhavinsk, Turgay Oblast, as Operation Group Derzhavinsk - 4.65 renamed 38th Missile Division.
Initially under the 7th independent Guards Missile Corps, and from 1.6.65 the 24th independent Missile Corps.
From 8.6.70 attached to the 31st Missile Army.
Organisation 1972:
412th Missile Regiment (Derzhavinsk, Turgay Oblast) with 6 R-36 (SS-9) silos
442nd Missile Regiment (Derzhavinsk, Turgay Oblast) with 6 R-36 (SS-9) silos
228th Missile Regiment (Derzhavinsk, Turgay Oblast) with 6 R-36 (SS-9) silos
311th Missile Regiment (Derzhavinsk, Turgay Oblast) with 6 R-36 (SS-9) silos
539th Missile Regiment (Derzhavinsk, Turgay Oblast) with 6 R-36 (SS-9) silos
523rd Missile Regiment (Derzhavinsk, Turgay Oblast) with 6 R-36 (SS-9) silos
595th Missile Regiment (Derzhavinsk, Turgay Oblast) with 6 R-36 (SS-9) silos
755th Missile Regiment (Derzhavinsk, Turgay Oblast) with 6 R-36 (SS-9) silos
The first regiment was increased to 10 silos in 1975, with the introduction of the R-36M missile.
The R-36M2 was introduced in 1989.
Organisation 1992 (four regiments with R-36M2, and four regiments with R-36MUTTKh):
412th Missile Regiment (Derzhavinsk, Turgay Oblast) with 10 R-36MUTTKh (SS-18) silos
442nd Missile Regiment (Derzhavinsk, Turgay Oblast) with 6 R-36M2 (SS-18) silos
228th Missile Regiment (Derzhavinsk, Turgay Oblast) with 6 R-36MUTTKh (SS-18) silos
311th Missile Regiment (Derzhavinsk, Turgay Oblast) with 6 R-36MUTTKh (SS-18) silos
539th Missile Regiment (Derzhavinsk, Turgay Oblast) with 6 R-36M2 (SS-18) silos
523rd Missile Regiment (Derzhavinsk, Turgay Oblast) with 6 R-36M2 (SS-18) silos
595th Missile Regiment (Derzhavinsk, Turgay Oblast) with 6 R-36MUTTKh (SS-18) silos
755th Missile Regiment (Derzhavinsk, Turgay Oblast) with 6 R-36M2 (SS-18) silos
From 8.4.93 attached to the 33rd Guards Missile Army.
The missiles were withdrawn from 1992 onwards, and the division was disbanded 30.9.96.
Support Units:
0000 Technical Missile Base
000 Communications Center
Divisional coordinates:
Imeni Gastello ICBM Complex (51 03 30N, 66 14 00E) - map (1968)
HQ Command & Control & Receiving facility (51 07 26N, 66 20 19E)
Alternate Command & Control facility (near silo 34F) (51 31 12N, 65 39 57E)
Transmitting Facility (51 51 26N, 66 13 25E)
Complex Support Facilities (51 06 49N, 66 17 56E)
Rail-to-Road transfer point (51 06 28N, 66 16 44E)
Silo 21X (training silo) (51 06 16N, 66 15 57E)
For launch silos, see individual regiments.
