Southern Group of Forces
The Southern Group of Forces (YUGV) was a
First Formation
On June 15, 1945, the
Second Formation
The Group was re-created for a second time with its staff in
Hungarian Revolution
On October 24, 1956 the
The 11th Guards Mechanised and 128th Guards Rifle Divisions returned to the
1957-1990
Later, either in 1957 or 1965, three of the four divisions in the Group were redesignated, and toward the end of the 1980s the Group comprised:
- Southern Group of Forces, in Budapest
- 13th Guards Tank Division, in Veszprém
- 19th Guards Tank Division, in Esztergom
- 93rd Guards Motor Rifle Division, in Kecskemét
- 254th Motor Rifle Division, in Székesfehérvár
- 22nd Missile Brigade, in Dombóvár
- 55th Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade, in Mór
- 70th Radio Engineering Brigade, in Budapest
- 127th Guards Brigade, in Budapest
- 297th Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade, in Dunaföldvár
- 459th Missile Brigade, in Tata
- 36th Air Army, in Budapest
- 11th Guards Fighter Aviation Division, in Tököl
Smaller units included the 327th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment (327 ZRP), headquartered at Szolnok and tasked with airfield defence.[4] In 1967, the 22nd Missile Brigade became part of the Southern Group of Forces at Dombóvár.[5]
The removal of Soviet troops from Hungary began during May 1989, with the withdrawal and disbandment of 13th Guards Tank Division. Later the 19th Guards Tank Division was withdrawn to the Belarusian Military District and the 254th Motor Rifle Division to the Kiev Military District. The 93rd Guards Motor Rifle Division was withdrawn in early 1991 to the Kiev Military District and the Group finally disbanded on 16 June 1991.
Commanders
- December 1956 - October 1960 - Army General Mikhail Kazakov
- October 1960 - August 1961 - Colonel General Matvei Nikitin
- August 1961 - September 1962 - Army General Pavel Batov
- September 1962 - October 1969 - Colonel General Konstantin Provalov
- October 1969 - December 1975 - Colonel General Boris Ivanov
- December 1975 - March 1979 - Colonel General Fedot Krivda
- March 1979 - August 1982 - Colonel General Vladimir Sivenok
- August 1982 - August 1985 - Colonel General Konstantin Kochetov
- August 1985 - June 1988 - Colonel General Alexey Demidov
- June 1988 - December 1990 - Colonel General Matvey Burlakov
- December 1990 - September 1992 - Lieutenant General Viktor Shilov
Air Forces of the Southern Group of Forces
- The following units were part of the Southern Group of Forces Air Forces, designated the 36th Air Army between 1967 and 1981.[6][7]
- 11th Guards Fighter Aviation Division (11 Guards IAD) (Tököl)
- 5th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment (Sármellék)
- 14th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment (Kiskunlacháza)
- 515th Fighter Aviation Regiment (Tököl)
- 1st Guards Fighter Bomber Aviation Regiment (Kunmadaras)
- 727th Guards Bomber Aviation Regiment (Debrecen)
- 328th Separate Guards Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment (Kunmadaras)
- 396th Separate Guards Helicopter Regiment (Kalocsa)
- 294th Separate Electronic Warfare Helicopter Squadron (Debrecen)
- 8th Separate Target-Towing Aviation Squadron (Sármellék, Kunmadaras, Debrecen)
- 201st Separate Mixed Aviation Squadron (Tököl)
- 37th Separate Helicopter Unit (Veszprém-Szentkirályszabadja)
- 38th Separate Helicopter Unit (Székesfehérvár)
- 72nd Separate Helicopter Unit (Kecskemét-Kadafalva)
- 74th Separate Helicopter Unit (Esztergom-Kertváros)
- 18th Separate Communications and Automated Control Regiment (Piliscsaba)
- 11th Guards Fighter Aviation Division (11 Guards IAD) (Tököl)
11th Guards Fighter Aviation Division
The 11th Guards Fighter Aviation Division (11 GvIAD) moved from Parndorf in Austria to Veszprém in Hungary in November 1945.[8]
The division was stationed at Veszprem until September 1949. It came under command of the 78th Guards Fighter Aviation Corps in January 1949. On 20 February 1949 it was renamed 195th Guards Dnepropetrovsk Red Banner Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky Fighter Aviation Division.
The 195th Guards Fighter Aviation Dnepropetrovsk Red Banner Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky Division was renamed by the Directive of the General Staff in April 1968 into the 11th Guards Fighter Aviation Dnepropetrovsk Red Banner Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky Division.
Structure 1970:
- 5th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment (Sármellék, Hungary) with Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21
- 14th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment (Kiskunlacháza, Hungary) with MiG-21
- 515th Fighter Aviation Regiment (Tököl, Hungary) with MiG-21
The 14th GvIAP was based in 1981 at Kiskunlachaza air base in Hungary. The 14th acquired
The 515th Fighter Aviation Regiment was disbanded at Tokol in August 1989. The 5th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment was disbanded in October 1990, with aircraft and crews being withdrawn to
Following these disbandments, the structure of the 36th Air Army on 1 January 1991 was:[11]
- HQ 36th Air Army, Budapest (Southern Group of Forces)
- 18th Separate Communications Regiment (Piliscsaba)
- 201st OSAE (Tököl) with 10 Mi-8 and a few transport aircraft
- 1st Guards Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment (Kunmadaras) with MiG-27 and MiG-23
- 328th Guards ORAP (Kunmadaras) with 12 Su-24 and 15 Su-17 – withdrawn to Ukraine and disbanded, April 1991
- Separate Helicopter Squadron for Electronic Warfare
- 11th Guards "Dnepropetrovsk" IAD (Tököl)
- 14th Guards "Leningrad" IAP (Kiskunlacháza) with 34 MiG-29 and 9 MiG-23
Two regiments of the 36th Air Army were returned to the Soviet Union in April 1991. On 21 April the 14th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment moved back to Zherdevka, Tambov Oblast, in the Moscow Military District. The next day (22 April 1991) the 1st Guards Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment was transferred back to the Soviet Union, being moved back to Lebyazhye in Volgograd Oblast.
The 11th Guards Fighter Aviation Division was disbanded in June 1991.[7]
See also
- Soviet occupation of Romania
- Central Group of Forces
- Northern Group of Forces
- Western Group of Forces
References
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- ^ "Цветаев Вячеслав Дмитриевич". www.warheroes.ru. Retrieved 2016-02-08.
- ^ See Michael Holm, 327th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment, accessed August 2012
- ^ Holm, Michael. "22nd Missile Brigade". www.ww2.dk. Retrieved 2016-02-16.
- ^ Holm, Michael. "36th Air Army". ww2.dk. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
- ^ a b c Vándor.
- ^ Michael Holm, 11th Guards Fighter Aviation Division, accessed October 2011
- ^ General Staff Directive dated 10 January 1949
- ^ Michael Holm, http://www.ww2.dk/new/air%20force/regiment/iap/5gviap.htm
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External links
- Soviet Southern Group of Forces in Hungary
- OKSNAR - Fully assembled state - Soviet nuclear weapons in Hungary 1961-1991; Type: Hardcover + dust cover; Publisher: Self-published by the authors - Laszlo Becz - Szabolcs Kizmus - Tamas Varhegyi; English; ISBN 978-615-00-5397-4; Weight: 1170g / 2.6lbs
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