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The Southern Military District (Russian: Южный военный округ, romanized: Yuzhnyy voyennyy okrug) is a military district of Russia.
It is one of the five
The district began operation on October 22, 2010, under the command of Colonel-General Aleksandr Galkin.The Southern Military District is the smallest military district in Russia by geographic size. The district contains 13North Ossetia-Alania, Rostov Oblast, Stavropol Krai and Volgograd Oblast along with the six occupied Ukrainian oblasts consists of Crimea, Donetsk, Kherson, Lugansk, Sevastopol and Zaporozhye.[3][4]
The Southern Military District is headquartered in Rostov-on-Don, and its current district commander is Colonel General Sergey Kuzovlev, who has held the position since 23 January 2023.[5] It is considered to be the most effective and competent formation of the Russian military.[6]
History
The Southern Military District was formed on 22 October 2010, according to Presidential Decree of 20 September 2010 № 1144 "On the Military Administrative Division Of the Russian Federation" the Southern Military District was created along with two other new larger military districts: the Central Military District and the Eastern Military District.[2] By order of then Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov, on 22 July 2010, interim commanders were named for the new military districts. Thus, the new position of commander of the Southern Military District, was Lieutenant-General Aleksandr Galkin, former Commander of the North Caucasus Military District, with Major-General Nikolai Pereslegin as the chief of staff for the district. Galkin was later promoted to Colonel General soon after his appointment as district commander.
The Southern Military District also directs two Russian military bases in Armenia: the 102nd Military Base in Gyumri, and the 3624th Air Base at the civil-military Erebuni Airport in the capital Yerevan, under the joint control of Armenian and Russian authorities.
In April 2014,
federal subjects of Russian Federation.[7]
In 2016, the District was 98% staffed by contract servicemen.[8]
In November 2020, following the aftermath of the
2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, Russian military peacekeepers were deployed to Nagorno-Karabakh for securing the Lachin corridor and along the line of contact for at least five years. A military base was set up with its headquarters at Stepanakert and is part of the Southern Military District commanded by First deputy commander of the military district Lieutenant General Rustam Muradov.[9] He was replaced by Deputy military district commander Lieutenant General Alexey Avdeev on 13 May 2021.[10]
In January–February 2021, the 1061st Centre for Material-Technical Support (1061 CMTO), the district's logistics command, was reorganised.[11] A storage base for missile and artillery weapons was formed and transferred to the direct subordination of the 1061 CMTO. The centre itself is located in the 4, 6 7 and 21 Military towns (военных городках) in Novocherkassk. One of the other units of the 1061 CMTO is the warehouse (for storing material and technical equipment of the clothing service) (Military Unit 57229-31) which has been headed by Stanislav Valerievich Yazykov 2011–2018 (in Stepnoy, Volgodonskoy District?).[12]
On 24 June 2023, the headquarters of the district was captured by Wagner Group during the Wagner Group rebellion.[13]
District organization
As part of the larger reorganisation, the
Taman Guards Motor Rifle Division), 33rd Mountain Motor Rifle and 34th separate Mountain Motor Rifle Brigades (Borzoi, Chechniya, Maikop, and Storozhevaya-2), as well as the 66th Communications Brigade.[15]
There are also two
Naval Infantry components, including – in the case of the Black Sea Fleet – the 22nd Army Corps
.
In early 2017, the reformation of the
150th Motor Rifle Division and the 20th Guards Motor Rifle Division. The first phase of its formation was completed in June 2017.[17]
The
58th Combined Arms Army comprising two further motorized rifle divisions, plus other army level units and the 4th Guards Military Base in South Ossetia
is the third army-level formation in the District.
Component units
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 IISS estimate of major unit dispositions in the Southern Military District, 20 March 2014 |
- 175th Luninets-Pinsk Order of Alexander Nevsky Twice Red Star Headquarters Brigade (Aksay)
- 176th Communications Brigade (Territorial) (Rassvet)
- 11th Guards Kingisepp Red Banner Order of Alexander Nevsky Engineering Brigade (Kamensk-Shakhtinsky)
- 28th NBC Defence Brigade (Kamyshin)
- 439th Rocket Artillery Brigade (Znamensk)
- 1270th Electronic Warfare Center (Kovalevka)
- 37th Railway Brigade (Russian Railway Troops) (Volgograd)
- 39th Railway Brigade (Krasnodar)
- 333rd Railway Pontoon Bridge Battalion (Volgograd)
- Mountain Training Center of the Armed Forces (Baksan)
- 54th Training Center of Intelligence Units (Vladikavkaz)
- 27th Training Center of Railway Troops (Volgograd)
- )
- Unnamed Military Base in (Stepanakert, Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijan)[citation needed]
58th Combined Arms Army (Vladikavkaz)[18]
- 42nd Guards Motor Rifle Division (Shali, Khankala, Borzoy)
- 19th Motor Rifle Division (Vladikavkaz) (expanded from Brigade to Division strength in 2020–22 period; planned to re-equip with T-90M main battle tanks)[19][20]
- 503rd Motorized Rifle Regiment (equipping with BTR-82A armored personnel carriers as of 2021)[21]
- 503rd Motorized Rifle Regiment (equipping with
- 136th Guards Motor Rifle Brigade (Buynaksk)
- 12th Rocket Brigade (Mozdok)[22]
- 291st Artillery Brigade (Troitskaya)
- 67th Anti-Aircraft Rocket Brigade (Volgograd/Beketovskaya, Volgograd Oblast)[23]
- 34th C3 Brigade (Vladikavkaz)
- 4th Guards Military Base in (Java-Tskhinvali, South Ossetia, Georgia)[24] Reported subordinate to 58th Army[25][26]
Note: the 42nd Guards Motor Rifle Division, reforming from late 2016 in Chechniya, is drawn from the 8th Guards, 17th, and 18th Guards Motor Rifle Brigades[27]
8th Combined Arms Army (Novocherkassk)
- 150th Motor Rifle Division(Novocherkassk)
- 103rd Motorized Rifle Regiment (Kadamovskiy and Kuzminka, Rostov Oblast)[28][25]
- 163rd Tank Regiment (Kuzminka, Rostov Oblast)[28][25]
- 102nd Motorized Rifle Regiment (Persianovskiy, Rostov Oblast)[28][25]
- 68th Tank Regiment (Persianovskiy, Rostov Oblast)[28][25]
- 174th Reconnaissance Battalion (Persianovskiy, Rostov Oblast)[25]
- 381st Artillery Regiment (Persianovskiy and Millerovo, Rostov Oblast)[28][25]
- Additional Motorized Rifle Regiment reported forming within the Division as of 2018[25]
- 933rd Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment (Millerovo)[28]
- 20th Guards Motor Rifle Division (Volgograd and Kamyshin regions; reconstituted from former 20th Motor Rifle Brigade starting in 2021; transformation to complete in 2022)[20]
- 242nd Guards Motor Rifle Regiment (Kamyshin, Volgograd Oblast);
- 255th Motor Rifle Regiment (Volgograd);
- 33rd Motor Rifle Regiment (Kamyshin);
- 944th Guards Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment;
- 358th Guards Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment;
- 428th Separate Tank Battalion (near Volgograd; planned to re-equip with T-90M main battle tanks)[29][30]
- 487th Separate Anti-Tank Artillery Battalion.[31]
- 464th Rocket Brigade
- 47th Missile Brigade (Korenovsk, Krasnodar Krai, established 2021; equipped with Iskander surface-to-surface missiles)[32][33]
- 238th Artillery Brigade (Korenovsk, Krasnodar Krai, established 2021; equipped with 2A65 Msta-B guns and 9K57 Uragan multiple launch rocket systems)[33]
- 77th Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade (Korenovsk; equipped with S-300V4 anti-aircraft missile system)[25]
- Additional SAM brigade reported forming in 2021/22 with Buk-M3 surface-to-air missile systems[32]
1st Army Corps (People's Militia of the Donetsk People's Republic: Народная милиция Донецкой Народной Республики):[a]
- 4 Motorized Rifle Brigades (1st, 3rd, 5th, 100th Motorized Rifle Brigades)
- 2 Motorized Rifle Regiments (9th and 11th Motorized Rifle Regiments)
- 2 special forces battalions (1st and 3rd SF Battalions)
- 1 tank battalion (2nd Battalion)
- 1 reconnaissance battalion (Sparta Separate Reconnaissance Battalion)
- 1 artillery brigade (Kalmius Artillery Brigade)[25]
2nd Guards Luhansk-Severodonetsk Army Corps (People's Militia of the Luhansk People's Republic: Народная милиция Луганской Народной Республики):
- 3 Motorized Rifle Brigades (2nd, 4th, 7th Motorized Rifle Brigades)
- 1 Motorized Rifle Regiment (6th Motorized Rifle Regiment)
- 1 tank battalion (Pantsir Special Mechanized Force)
- 1 reconnaissance battalion (Greka Separate Reconnaissance Battalion)
- 1 artillery brigade[25]
49th Combined Arms Army (Stavropol/Maykop)
- 205th Motor Rifle Brigade (Budennovsk)
- 34th Motorized Rifle Brigade (Mountain) (Storozhevaya-2)
- 66th C3 Brigade (Stavropol)
- 227th Artillery Brigade (Maykop)
- 1st Guards Rocket Brigade (Krasnodar)
- 439th Guards Perekop Order of Kurozov Rocket Artillery Brigade (Znamensk)
- 21st NBC Defense Brigade (Kamyshin)
- 175th C3 Brigade (Aksay)
- 176th Communications Brigade (Novocherkassk)
- 154th ECM Brigade OSN (Izobilny)
- Logistic Support Brigade in (Stavropol)
- 131st Motor Rifle Brigade)[35]
Airborne Troops
- 7th Guards Mountain Air Assault Division (at Novorossiysk)
Special forces/Reconnaissance
- 100th Reconnaissance Brigade (Experimental) (Mozdok-7)
- 10th Spetsnaz Brigade in (Krasnodar)
- 22nd Guards Spetsnaz Brigade in (Rostov-on-Don)
Aerospace Forces units
- 4th Air and Air Defence Forces Army
Naval Forces
- Black Sea Fleet
- 22nd Army Corps, HQ in Sevastopol
- 127th Separate Reconnaissance Brigade[36]
- 126th Gorlovskaya Separate Coastal Defence Brigade, in Perevalnoe[37]
- 8th Separate Coastal Artillery Regiment[38][39]
- Surface-to-surface missile battalion (Iskander surface-to-surface missiles) reportedly to be added in 2022[40][32]
- 1096th Separate Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment[38]
- 4th Separate CBRN Protection Regiment[36]
- 11th Coastal Defense Missile-Artillery Brigade (Utash, Krasnodar region)
- 810th Guards Naval Infantry Brigade[41]
- 382nd Naval Infantry Battalion
- 68th Fleet Naval Engineers Regiment
- 133rd Fleet Logistics and Materiel Regiment
- 4th Fleet NBC Regiment
- 22nd Army Corps, HQ in Sevastopol
- Caspian Flotilla
Leadership
Commanders
- Colonel-General Aleksandr Galkin (10 December 2010 – June 2016)
- Colonel-General (later Army General) Aleksandr Dvornikov (20 September 2016 – 23 January 2023)[44]
- Colonel-General Sergey Kuzovlev (23 January 2023 – present)
Chiefs of Staff – First Deputy Commanders
- Major General Nikolai Pereslegin (April 2010 – October 2013)
- Lieutenant General Andrey Serdyukov (October 2013 – December 2015)
- Lieutenant General Alexander Zhuravlyov (December 2015 – March 2017)
- Lieutenant General Mikhail Teplinsky (March 2017 – February 2019)
- Lieutenant General (later Colonel General) Sergey Kuzovlev (February 2019 – December 2022)
Deputy Commanders
- Lieutenant General Andrey Serdyukov (February 2013 – October 2013)
- Major General Viktor Astapov (December 2013 – June 2014)
- Lieutenant General Andrey Gurulyov (August 2016 – 2017)
- Lieutenant General Alexander Romanchuk (2017–2018)
- Lieutenant General Rustam Muradov (December 2018 – October 2022)
- Lieutenant General Alexey Avdeev (January 2019 – summer 2022)
- Lieutenant General Oleg Tsokov (summer 2022 – July 2023)
Commanders of the Russian peacekeeping contingent in Nagorno-Karabakh
- Lieutenant General Rustam Muradov (11 November 2020 – 9 September 2021)
- Major General Mikhail Kosobokov (9 September 2021 – 25 September 2021)
- Lieutenant General Gennady Anashkin (25 September 2021 – 12 January 2022)
- Major General Andrey Volkov (12 January 2022 – present)
Notes
- administration of the Russian Federation.
See also
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