47th Missile Division

47-я ракетная дивизия

Military Unit: 33967

Commanders:

• Major-General Nikolay Ivanovich Dryakhlykh, 5.60 - 29.10.66
• Colonel Valentin Petrovich Ermoshkin, 29.10.66 - 13.3.69
• Major-General Ivan Maksimovich Eremeev, 13.3.69 - 1.2.74
• Major-General Viktor Nikolaevich Ivanov, 1.2.74 - 30.11.76
• Major-General Gennady Vasilevich Kozlov, 30.11.76 - 2.7.81
• Major-General Georgy Fedorovich Lysenko, 2.7.81 - 26.1.85
• Major-General Nikolay Vikentevich Elobin, 26.1.85 - 21.1.89
• Major-General Vladimir Igorevich Mikhaylov, 21.1.89 - 7.1.91

Activated 5.60 in Yasnaya (Olovyannaya), Chita Oblast, as the 124th Missile Brigade.

30.5.61 renamed 47th Missile Division.

Organisation 1963:

• 542nd Missile Regiment (Yasnaya, Chita Oblast)
• 544th Missile Regiment (Yasnaya, Chita Oblast)
• 548th Missile Regiment (Yasnaya, Chita Oblast)
• 551st Missile Regiment (Yasnaya, Chita Oblast)

In 3.64 all battalions were upgraded to regiments.

Organisation 1965:

• 542nd Missile Regiment (Yasnaya, Chita Oblast) with 3 R-16 silos
• 544th Missile Regiment (Yasnaya, Chita Oblast) with no missiles
• 548th Missile Regiment (Yasnaya, Chita Oblast) with no missiles
• 551st Missile Regiment (Yasnaya, Chita Oblast) with 3 R-16 silos
• 698th Missile Regiment (Yasnaya, Chita Oblast) with 3 R-16 silos

In 1966 the first UR-100 silos were constructed.

Organisation 1970:

• 542nd Missile Regiment (Yasnaya, Chita Oblast) with 3 R-16 silos
• 551st Missile Regiment (Yasnaya, Chita Oblast) with 3 R-16 silos
• 698th Missile Regiment (Yasnaya, Chita Oblast) with 3 R-16 silos
• 544th Missile Regiment (Yasnaya, Chita Oblast) with 10 UR-100 silos
• 548th Missile Regiment (Yasnaya, Chita Oblast) with 10 UR-100 silos
• 78th Missile Regiment (Yasnaya, Chita Oblast) with 10 UR-100 silos
• 498th Missile Regiment (Yasnaya, Chita Oblast) with 10 UR-100 silos
• 695th Missile Regiment (Yasnaya, Chita Oblast) with 10 UR-100 silos
• 255th Missile Regiment (Yasnaya, Chita Oblast) with 10 UR-100 silos
• 100th Missile Regiment (Yasnaya, Chita Oblast) with 10 UR-100 silos
• 82nd Missile Regiment (Yasnaya, Chita Oblast) with 10 UR-100 silos
• 265th Missile Regiment (Yasnaya, Chita Oblast) with 10 UR-100 silos

The R-16 missile was withdrawn in 1977.

7.79 to 11.81 also controlled the 434th Missile Regiment.

Organisation 1985:

• 544th Missile Regiment (Yasnaya, Chita Oblast) with 10 UR-100K silos
• 548th Missile Regiment (Yasnaya, Chita Oblast) with 10 UR-100K silos
• 78th Missile Regiment (Yasnaya, Chita Oblast) with 10 UR-100K silos
• 498th Missile Regiment (Yasnaya, Chita Oblast) with 10 UR-100K silos
• 695th Missile Regiment (Yasnaya, Chita Oblast) with 10 UR-100K silos
• 255th Missile Regiment (Yasnaya, Chita Oblast) with 10 UR-100K silos
• 100th Missile Regiment (Yasnaya, Chita Oblast) with 10 UR-100K silos
• 82nd Missile Regiment (Yasnaya, Chita Oblast) with 10 UR-100K silos
• 265th Missile Regiment (Yasnaya, Chita Oblast) with 10 UR-100K silos

Disbanded 1991.

Subordination:

• 57th Artilley Range Administration, 5.60 - 3.61
• 8th independent Missile Corps, 3.61 - 6.70
• 53rd Missile Army, 8.6.70 - 1991

Support Units:

• 139th independent Helicopter Squadron
• 1527th Repair-Technical Base
• 2513th Technical Missile Base
• 273rd Communications Center

Divisional coordinates:

• Olovyannaya ICBM Complex (50 48 46N, 115 54 40E) - map (1964)
• Olovyannaya ICBM Division Command Post Bunker (50 49 35N, 115 48 13E)
• Olovyannaya ICBM Division Alternate Command Post Bunker (50 58 08N, 116 11 37E)
• Olovyannaya ICBM Division Radcom Transmitter Station (51 04 09N, 116 21 19E)
• Olovyannaya ICBM Division Support Facility (50 49 44N, 115 48 13E) - drawing - drawing (1964)
• Olovyannaya ICBM Division Nuclear Payload Handling Facility (50 51 27N, 115 51 23E)
• Olovyannaya ICBM Division Technical Missile Base (50 51 00N, 115 51 49E)
• Olovyannaya ICBM Division Rail-to-Road transfer point (50 49 39N, 115 50 47E) - drawing (1964)
• Silo 24X (training silo) (50 51 26N, 115 50 51E)
• Helicopter Base (50 50 35N, 115 48 18E)

For launch silos, see individual regiments.