41st Guards Lvovsko-Berlinskaya orders of Kutuzov and Bogdan Khmelnitskiy Missile Division
41-я гвардейская ракетная Львовско-Берлинская ордена Кутузова и Богдана Хмельницкого дивизия
Military Unit: 34159
Commanders:
Major-General Konstantin Fedorovich Glushich, 6.60 - 10.69
Major-General Mikhail Platonovich Danilchenko, 10.69 - 5.75
Major-General Gennady Ivanovich Roschin, 5.75 - 12.76
Major-General Dmitry Aleksandrovich Trobyuk, 12.76 - 2.82
Colonel Grigory Karpovich Cherkesov, 2.82 - 1.86
Major-General Valery Evgenevich Ivanov, 1.86 - 11.94
Major-General Vladimir Nikolaevich Sadovskiy, 11.94 - 9.98
Major-General Yury Petrovich Chernega, 9.98 - 12.01
Activated 11.6.60 in Tyumen, Tyumen Oblast, as the 216th Missile Brigade, from the 138th Guards Anti-Aircraft Artillery Brigade.
Initially under the 24th Artilley Range Administration, and from 10.3.61 the 7th independent Guards Missile Corps.
30.5.61 renamed 41st Guards Missile Division. Honours and Awards from 21.12.61.
Initial organisation:
390th Missile Regiment (Tyumen, Tyumen Oblast)
412th Missile Regiment (Tyumen, Tyumen Oblast)
419th Guards Missile Regiment (Tyumen, Tyumen Oblast)
000 Missile Regiment (Tyumen, Tyumen Oblast) *
* The regiment is numbered within the sequence of 383rd to 427th Missile Regiment - activated 1960 & disbanded 1964.
15.8.64 divisional HQ was transferred to Aleysk, Altai Kray, where construction of new silos for the R-36 (SS-9) missile would begin in 1965 - still attached to the 7th independent Guards Missile Corps, and from 1.6.65 the 24th independent Missile Corps.
Organisation 1970:
367th Missile Regiment (Aleysk, Altai Kray) with 6 R-36 silos
300th Missile Regiment (Aleysk, Altai Kray) with 6 R-36 silos
375th Missile Regiment (Aleysk, Altai Kray) with 6 R-36 silos
268th Missile Regiment (Aleysk, Altai Kray) with 6 R-36 silos
73rd Missile Regiment (Aleysk, Altai Kray) with 6 R-36 silos
Only 30 silos constructed due to difficult terrain.
From 8.6.70 attached to the 33rd Guards Missile Army.
1976 began conversion to the R-36M (SS-18) missile.
Organisation 1983:
367th Missile Regiment (Aleysk, Altai Kray) with 6 R-36MUTTkh silos
300th Missile Regiment (Aleysk, Altai Kray) with 6 R-36MUTTkh silos
375th Missile Regiment (Aleysk, Altai Kray) with 6 R-36MUTTkh silos
268th Missile Regiment (Aleysk, Altai Kray) with 6 R-36MUTTkh silos
73rd Missile Regiment (Aleysk, Altai Kray) with 6 R-36MUTTkh silos
In January 2000 the first 12 missiles were removed from service, followed by the disbandment of the first regiment 4.5.01.
The final regiment went off duty 31.8.01, and the division was disbanded 1.12.01.
Support Units:
0000 Technical Missile Base
000 Communications Center
Divisional coordinates:
Aleysk ICBM Complex (52 29 20N, 82 42 08E) - map (1968)
HQ Command & Control facility (52 29 26N, 82 45 01E)
Alternate Command & Control facility (near silo 22D) (52 23 26N, 83 29 08E)
Transmitting Facility (52 39 51N, 82 00 45E)
Complex Support Facilities (52 28 59N, 82 43 52E)
Rail-to-Road transfer point (52 28 44N, 82 41 49E)
Silo 14X (training silo) (52 28 15N, 82 40 32E)
For launch silos, see individual regiments.
