Belomorsky Military District
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| Belomorsky Military District | |
|---|---|
| Active | 1918 1920-1921 1944-1951 1951-1956 |
| Country |  Soviet Union |
| Type | Military district |
| Commanders | |
| Notable commanders | Kirill Meretskov |
The Belomorsky Military District (
The District was formed by the decree of the Council of the Peoples Commissars in May 1918. It existed: from May 4 to August 15, 1918; from March 20, 1920, to May 17, 1921; from 15 December 1944 year (note 1 January 1945 according to the Encyclopedia "Second World War") to June 29, 1951.
First Formation
Formed on 4 May 1918 initially the Belomorsky Military District included the territories of the
Second Formation
Reformed on 20 March 1920 after the Western military's and White Guards defeat it included the Arkhangelsk, Volgdo, North-Divinsky and Murmansk regions. The district headquarters was located in Arkhangelsk. Disbanded on 17 May 1921, the troops and territory were transferred to the Moscow and Ural Military Districts.
Command of the Military District was located in Arkhangelsk, and later in Vologda, Kem' and Petrozavodsk.
Third Formation
On 15 December 1944, the Belomorsky Military District was reestablished from the
Simultaneously the Belomorsky Military District executed formation and preparation of reserve formations and units for the active army. Just after the war, the district included under its command the
It was reorganized after the war. In January 1946 HQ 2nd Shock Army arrived and took over the Arkhangelsk Oblast, Vologda Oblast, Komi Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic and Nenets Autonomous Okrug from the Belomorsky Military District, becoming the Arkhangelsk Military District.[2]
The
In March 1960 the Northern Military District was disbanded and its territory transferred to the
Fourth Formation
On 1 July 1951 the Arkhangelsk Military District was renamed the Belomorsky Military District with headquarters at Arkhangelsk. The new Belomorsky Military District controlled troops in the territory of Arkhangelsk Oblast, Vologda Oblast, the Komi Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic and the Nenets Autonomous Okrug. In April 1956 it was disbanded and headquarters became 44th Special Rifle Corps.[1][6]
Commanding officers
- Ogorodnikov Fedor Evlampievich (26 May 1918 - 15 August 1918)
- Kraevskiy Bronislaw Ignatevich (9 April 1920 - 27 August 1920)
- Dudnikov (28 August 1920 - 18 September 1920)
- Shipov M. (19 September 1920 - 10 November 1920)
- Natsarenus Sergey Petrovich (November 1920 - April 1921)
- Shevaldin Trifon Ivanovich (1944–1945)
- Colonel General Valerian Alexandrovich Frolov(15 December 1944 - April 1948)
- Colonel General Mikhail Stepanovich Shumilov (1948–1949)
- Kirill Meretskov (1949 - 29 June 1951)
- Colonel General V A Frolov (29 June 1951 – 4 April 1956)[5]
Sources and references
- ^ a b c Feskov et al 2013, 429.
- ^ Feskov et al 2013, 419, and Arkhangelsk Military District
- ^ "Severní vojenský okruh [1951-1960] : Military Districts".
- ^ Michael Holm, 16 Guards Fighter Aviation Division Archived April 1, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, accessed September 2011
- ^ a b Feskov et al 2013, p. 430
- ^ Holm, Michael. "Arkhangelsk Military District". www.ww2.dk. Retrieved 2016-04-01.
- Feskov, V.I.; Golikov, V.I.; Kalashnikov, K.A.; Slugin, S.A. (2013). Вооруженные силы СССР после Второй Мировой войны: от Красной Армии к Советской [The Armed Forces of the USSR after World War II: From the Red Army to the Soviet] (in Russian). Vol. 1 Land Forces. Tomsk: Tomsk University Press. ISBN 9785895035306.
- Source is translation of http://samsv.narod.ru/Okr/bmvo.html
- History of the Red Sixth Army
- See also https://web.archive.org/web/20101019235144/http://bdsa.ru/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=736&Itemid=30