51st Air Defence Division
The 51st Air Defense Division, abbreviated 51 dpvo, (
History
It traces its history to the formation of a divisional region of air defence first established in December 1941.[1] By April 1, 1942, the 1077th Anti-Aircraft Regiment was part of the Stalingrad Divisional Region of Air Defence,[2] and by 1 October 1942, the formation had been elevated to the Stalingrad Corps Region of Air Defence. December 25, 1941 is considered the official day of the formation of the formation.[1] On December 6, 1943, the formation was awarded the Order of the Red Banner, for the feats shown by personnel in the defence of Stalingrad.
In 1942 and 1943 the Stalingrad Corps Region formed part of the Don Front, the Southern Front, and by December 1943 the Eastern Air Defence Front (ru:Восточный фронт ПВО).[3] The Stalingrad Corps Region became the 9th Air Defence Corps on 21 April 1944, and the 9 Stalingrad Red Banner Air Defence Corps by 07/28/1944.[4]
During the
Dnepropetrovsk [now Dnipro].[1]
The 45th Stalingrad Red Banner dpvo was at Rostov-on-Don under the Southwestern Air Defence District (ru:Юго-Западный округ ПВО) by August 1946.[5] The 45th Division of PVO came under the command of the SW Air Defence District.[6]
Today's antecedent 12th Air Defence Corps was established in March 1960 in Rostov-on-Don, part of the
After the fall of the Soviet Union the formation came under the control of the
Today it appears to include the 1536th Anti-Aircraft Rocket Regiment (Rostov-na-Don, Rostov Oblast); the 1537th Anti-Aircraft Rocket Regiment (Novorossiysk, Krasnodar Kray); the 1721st Anti-Aircraft Rocket Regiment; and two radar ("radio-technical") units.[7]
References
Citations
- ^ a b c d "Клирики Новочеркасского округа приняли участие в торжественном собрании по случаю юбилея 51-й дивизии ПВО ЮВО". rostovnadonu.bezformata.com.
- ^ "Боевой состав Советской Армии на 1 апреля 1942 г." www.teatrskazka.com.
- ^ "Боевой состав Советской Армии на 1 декабря 1943 г. [Combat composition of the Soviet Army for 1 December 1943]". Retrieved May 26, 2022.
- ^ "9 корпус ПВО". Указатель частей и соединений РККА 1941-1945. December 9, 2018.
- ^ Golotyuk & Tsapayev 2012, p. 213.
- ^ А.Г.Ленский, М.М.Цыбин. Часть I // Советские Войска ПВО в последние годы Союза ССР. Справочник». — СПб,: ИНФО ОЛ, 2013. — 164 с. (с илл.) с. — (Организация войск).
- ^ a b c Holm 2012.
Bibliography
- Golotyuk, Vasily; Tsapayev, Dmitry (2012). Командный состав Войск ПВО Красной Армии в годы Великой Отечественной и советско-японской войн 1941-1945 гг [Command structure of the Red Army Air Defense Troops in the years of the Great Patriotic and Soviet-Japanese wars of 1941-1945] (in Russian). Moscow: ARTKRAS. ISBN 978-5-9903475-2-6.
- Holm, Michael (June 1, 2012). "12-й Краснознаменный корпус ПВО [12th Red Banner Air Defence Corps]".
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