54th Guards order of Kutuzov Missile Division

54-я гвардейская ракетная ордена Кутузова дивизия

Military Unit: 34048

Commanders:

• Major-General Boris Evgenevich Ebrailov, 3.60 - 9.65

• Major-General Anatoly Vasilevich Leshin, 9.65 - 9.69

• Major-General Vladimir Petrovich Shilovskiy, 9.69 - 6.74

• Major-General Igor Borisovich Urlin, 6.74 - 7.76

• Major-General Ivan Ivanovich Oleynik, 7.76 - 7.83

• Major-General Fedor Andriyanovich Byakov, 7.83 - 8.87

• Major-General Viktor Petrovich Cherenov, 8.87 - 6.92

• Major-General Vasily Stepanovich Pudenko, 6.92 - 11.94

• Major-General Leonid Evgenevich Sinyakovich, 11.94 - 9.97

• Major-General Pavel Alekseevich Chistopolskiy, 9.97 - 8.99

• Major-General Yury Aleksandrovich Pchelintsev, 8.99 - 5.07

• Colonel Igor Robertovich Fazletdinov, 5.07 - today

Activated 20.7.60 in Teykovo, Ivanovo Oblast, as the 197th Missile Brigade, from the 27th Guards Cannon Artillery Brigade. Initially under the 46th Artilley Range Administration, but from 10.3.61 under the 3rd Independent Guards Missile Corps.

Initial organisation:

• 594th Missile Regiment (Teykovo, Ivanovo Oblast)

• 602nd Missile Regiment (Teykovo, Ivanovo Oblast)

• 604th Missile Regiment (Teykovo, Ivanovo Oblast)

• 621st Missile Regiment (Teykovo, Ivanovo Oblast)

30.5.61 renamed 54th Guards Missile Division.

In March 1964 all R-16 battalions were upgraded to regiments:

• 594th Missile Regiment (Teykovo, Ivanovo Oblast) with 2 R-16 pads

• 602nd Missile Regiment (Teykovo, Ivanovo Oblast) with 2 R-16 pads

• 604th Missile Regiment (Teykovo, Ivanovo Oblast) with 2 R-16 pads

• 621st Missile Regiment (Teykovo, Ivanovo Oblast) with no missiles

• 771st Missile Regiment (Teykovo, Ivanovo Oblast) with 2 R-16 pads

• 127th Missile Regiment (Teykovo, Ivanovo Oblast) with 2 R-16 pads

• 285th Guards Missile Regiment (Teykovo, Ivanovo Oblast) with 2 R-16 pads

In 1965 the 621st Missile Regiment was transferred to Dombarovskiy, Orenburg Oblast (13th Missile Division).

1966 began conversion to the UR-100 (SS-11) missile.

In 1969 three regiments arrived at Teykovo:

• 640th Missile Regiment from Yurya, Kirov Oblast (8th Missile Division)

• 72nd Missile Regiment from Plesetsk, Arkhangelsk Oblast

• 593rd Missile Regiment from Plesetsk, Arkhangelsk Oblast

From 8.6.70 attached to the 27th Guards Missile Army.

In 1971 the 593rd Missile Regiment were transferred to Pervomaysk, Luhansk Oblast (46th Missile Division).

Organisation 1972 (60 UR-100 silos, 20 UR-100K silos and 12 R-16 pads):

• 604th Missile Regiment (Teykovo, Ivanovo Oblast) with 6 R-12 pads

• 771st Missile Regiment (Teykovo, Ivanovo Oblast) with 6 R-12 pads

• 285th Guards Missile Regiment (Teykovo, Ivanovo Oblast) with 10 UR-100 silos

• 234th Missile Regiment (Teykovo, Ivanovo Oblast) with 10 UR-100 silos

• 235th Guards Missile Regiment (Teykovo, Ivanovo Oblast) with 10 UR-100 silos

• 594th Missile Regiment (Teykovo, Ivanovo Oblast) with 10 UR-100 silos

• 602nd Missile Regiment (Teykovo, Ivanovo Oblast) with 10 UR-100 silos

• 127th Missile Regiment (Teykovo, Ivanovo Oblast) with 10 UR-100 silos

• 72nd Missile Regiment (Teykovo, Ivanovo Oblast) with 10 UR-100K silos

• 640th Missile Regiment (Teykovo, Ivanovo Oblast) with 10 UR-100K silos

The R-16 missile was phased out in 1976.

Organisation 1984 (80 UR-100K silos):

• 285th Guards Missile Regiment (Teykovo, Ivanovo Oblast) with 10 UR-100K silos

• 234th Missile Regiment (Teykovo, Ivanovo Oblast) with 10 UR-100K silos

• 235th Guards Missile Regiment (Teykovo, Ivanovo Oblast) with 10 UR-100K silos

• 594th Missile Regiment (Teykovo, Ivanovo Oblast) with 10 UR-100K silos

• 602nd Missile Regiment (Teykovo, Ivanovo Oblast) with 10 UR-100K silos

• 127th Missile Regiment (Teykovo, Ivanovo Oblast) with 10 UR-100K silos

• 72nd Missile Regiment (Teykovo, Ivanovo Oblast) with 10 UR-100K silos

• 640th Missile Regiment (Teykovo, Ivanovo Oblast) with 10 UR-100K silo

The UR-100K missile was phased out in 1988-1991, and the division converted to the RT-2PM mobile missile in 1988.

Organisation 1998:

• 285th Guards Missile Regiment (Teykovo, Ivanovo Oblast) with 9 RT-2PM missiles

• 235th Guards Missile Regiment (Teykovo, Ivanovo Oblast) with 9 RT-2PM missiles

• 321st Missile Regiment (Teykovo, Ivanovo Oblast) with 9 RT-2PM missiles

• 839th Missile Regiment (Teykovo, Ivanovo Oblast) with 9 RT-2PM missiles

Disbanded 1.12.2005.

Support Units:

• 60th independent Helicopter Squadron

• 1531st Repair-Technical Base

• 2426th Technical Missile Base

• 289th Communications Center

Teykovo ICBM complex coordinates (for Type IIID silos, see individual regiments):

• Teykovo ICBM Complex - 1964 map - 1968 map

• HQ Command & Control Facility (56 52 09N, 40 30 51E)

• Complex Support Facility (56 52 24N, 40 34 37E) - drawing (including rail-to-road point) (1964)

• Rail-to-Road Transfer Point (56 53 24N, 40 34 22E) - drawing (1964) - see above

• Alternate Command & Control Facility (56 25 14N, 39 52 24E)

• Training site - Type IIID training silo 61X (56 52 29N, 40 34 18E)