40th Krasnoselskaya Red Banner order of Suvorov Missile Division

40-я ракетная Красносельская Краснознаменная ордена Суворова дивизия

Military Unit: 14297

Commanders:

• Major-General Aleksandr Dmitrievich Kolchanov, 1.9.60 - 22.7.61
• Major-General Aleksandr Nikolaevich Brovtsin, 22.7.61 - 7.8.65
• Major-General Akop Stepanovich Dadayan, 7.8.65 - 19.4.73
• Major-General Boris Konstantinovich Tyrtsev, 19.4.73 - 4.7.76
• Major-General Igor Leonidovich Shatalov, 4.7.76 - 26.11.83
• Colonel Yury Mikhaylovich Sokolykh, 26.11.83 - 6.8.87
• Colonel Viktor Anatolevich Kovalev, 6.8.87 - 31.7.90

Activated 1.9.60 in Kingisepp, Leningrad Oblast, as the 8th Missile Brigade.

In 1961 the HQ moved to Ostrov, Pskov Oblast.

30.5.61 renamed 40th Missile Division.

Honours and awards were transferred from the 51st Cannon Artillery Brigade.

Initial organisation 1962:

• 24th Missile Regiment (Taybola, Murmansk Oblast) with R-14 missiles
• 303rd Missile Regiment (Kingisepp, Leningrad Oblast) with R-12 missiles
• 647th Missile Regiment (Ostrov, Pskov Oblast) with R-12 missiles

In 1982 the 303rd Missile Regiment was disbanded.

In 1984 the 24th Missile Regiment was transferred to Kansk, while two regiments was added from the 23rd Guards Missile Division in 1982.

Organisation 1983:

• 30th Guards Missile Regiment (Aluksne, Latvia) with R-12 missiles
• 305th Guards Missile Regiment (Vyry, Estonia) with R-12 missiles
• 647th Missile Regiment (Ostrov, Pskov Oblast) with R-12 missiles

Disbanded 31.7.90.

Subordination:

• 50th Missile Army, 1.9.60 - 31.7.90

Support Units:

• 1052nd Repair-Technical Base (attached to the 647th Missile Regiment)
• 1607th Repair-Technical Base (attached to the 305th Guards Missile Regiment)
• 1502nd Repair-Technical Base (attached to the 303rd Missile Regiment)
• 1605th Repair-Technical Base (attached to the 24th Missile Regiment)
• 1606th Repair-Technical Base (attached to the 30th Guards Missile Regiment)
• 0000 Technical Missile Base
• 730th Communications Center

Headquarters:

• Ostrov, Pskov Oblast, 9.60 - 1990

Divisional coordinates:

• Ostrov IR/MRBM Division HQ (57 21 34N, 28 18 39E)
• Ostrov IR/MRBM Division Command Post & Radcom Receiver Bunker (57 21 41N, 28 18 40E)
• Ostrov IR/MRBM Division Support Facility (57 21 38N, 28 18 25E)