50th Missile Army

50-я ракетная армия

Military Unit: 55135

Commanders:

• Colonel-General Fedor Ivanovich Dobysh, 22.11.60 - 5.7.72

• Colonel-General Konstantin Vasilevich Gerchik, 5.7.72 - 5.6.79

• General of the Army Yury Alekseevich Yashin, 5.6.79 - 8.4.81

• Colonel-General Nikolay Nikiforovich Kotlovtsev, 8.5.81 - 15.11.85

• Lieutenant-General Gennady Vasilevich Kozlov, 15.11.85 - 3.8.88

• Lieutenant-General Vladimir Alekseevich Mikhtyuk, 14.10.88 - 30.6.90

Activated 1.7.60 in Smolensk, Smolensk Oblast, from the 50th Air Army DA.

Organisation 1961:

• 23rd Guards Missile Division (Valga, Estonia)

• 24th Guards Missile Division (Gvardeisk, Kaliningrad Oblast)

• 29th Guards Missile Division (Shaulyay, Lithuania)

• 31st Guards Missile Division (Pinsk, Brest Oblast)

• 32nd Missile Division (Postavy, Vitebsk Oblast)

• 33rd Guards Missile Division (Mozyr, Gomel Oblast)

• 40th Missile Division (Ostrov, Pskov Oblast)

• 58th Missile Division (Kaunas, Lithuania)

The 49th Guards Missile Division joined the 50th Missile Army on 5.10.62.

19.3.70 the 33rd Guards Missile Division was transferred to the 43rd Missile Army.

From 8.6.70 the 7th Guards Missile Division was attached to the 50th Missile Army.

Organisation 1975:

• 7th Guards Missile Division (Vypolzovo, Tver Oblast)

• 23rd Guards Missile Division (Valga, Estonia)

• 24th Guards Missile Division (Gvardeisk, Kaliningrad Oblast)

• 29th Guards Missile Division (Shaulyay, Lithuania)

• 31st Guards Missile Division (Pruzhany, Brest Oblast)

• 32nd Missile Division (Postavy, Vitebsk Oblast)

• 40th Missile Division (Ostrov, Pskov Oblast)

• 49th Guards Missile Division (Lida, Grodno Oblast)

• 58th Missile Division (Karmelava, Lithuania)

In 1983 the 23rd Guards Missile Division left the Army, and was transferred to Kansk, Krasnoyarsk Kray.

In 1986 the 29th Guards Missile Division left the Army, and was transferred to Irkutsk, Irkutsk Oblast.

The 40th Missile Division was disbanded in 1989.

Organisation 1989:

• 7th Guards Missile Division (Vypolzovo, Tver Oblast)

• 24th Guards Missile Division (Gvardeisk, Kaliningrad Oblast)

• 31st Guards Missile Division (Pruzhany, Brest Oblast)

• 32nd Missile Division (Postavy, Vitebsk Oblast)

• 49th Guards Missile Division (Lida, Grodno Oblast)

• 58th Missile Division (Karmelava, Lithuania)

Disbanded 30.6.90.

Support Units:

• 44th independent Mixed Aviation Squadron

• 000 Communications Center