List of armies of the Soviet Union 1991

List of armies of the Armed Forces of the USSR (1989–1991) – list of armies part of Soviet Armed Forces as of 1989–1991 and their status in the Former Soviet Union as of 2018.

Note: Due to inconsistencies in various sources, the list may contain inaccuracies; A dash in the column "Predecessor" means that the army was a newly created formation; A dash in the column "1992 Transfer to jurisdiction" means that the army was disbanded without being under the jurisdiction of any of the former USSR states; In all sections in the column "Year of creation" the year in which the formation received the given full name is indicated;

Soviet Ground Forces

This section includes armies subordinated to the Commander-in-Chief of the Ground Forces.

Combined arms armies Complete list of the combined arms armies (21 formations) that existed in the Ground Forces in the period from 1989 to 1991.

Note: Guards – Guards; MSD – motorized rifle division; pulad – machine gun-artillery division; td – tank division; UR – fortified area. ArmyYear of creationPredecessorHigher Headquarters, Location1989–1991Divisions and fortified areas1992TransitionunderjurisdictionReformation,change of control location,state on 20181st Guards Combined Arms Red Banner Army19681st Separate Combined Arms ArmyKVO,Chernihiv, Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine Six divisions Ukraine HQ 1st Guards Combined Arms Army was reorganized in 1992 into HQ 1st Army Corps. In 1996 the corps was disbanded.3rd Combined Arms Red Banner Army19543rd Shock ArmyGSFG,Magdeburg, East Germany Four tank divisions — The Army HQ was relocated to Khabarovsk and disbanded in March 1992.4th Combined Arms Red Banner Army 1944 34th ArmyTranscaucasus Military District,Baku, AzSSRFive MRDs (one mobilization) — In August 1992, the Army Headquarters was disbanded.5th Combined Arms Red Banner Army1941—Far Eastern Military District,Ussuriysk, Primorsky Krai, RSFSR Five divisions, five fortified regions Russia The command location has not changed.6th Combined Arms Red Banner Army195231st Rifle CorpsLenVOPetrozavodskSix motor rifle divisions (three mobilization) Russia In 1998, the Army was disbanded.7th Guards Combined Arms Red Banner Army194364th ArmyYerevan, Transcaucasus Military DistrictThree motor rifle divisions, two fortified regions — In August 1992 HQ 7th Guards Army was disbanded.8th Guards Combined Arms Army of the Order of Lenin194362nd ArmyGSFG,Nohra, GermanyThree motor rifle divisions, one tank divisionRussiaHQ 8th Guards Army was moved in 1993 to Volgograd and reorganized into the 8th Army Corps.11th Guards Combined Arms Red Banner Army194316th ArmyPribVO ,Kaliningrad, RSFSR Five divisions RussiaIn 1997, the army was reorganized into the Ground and Coastal Forces of the Baltic Fleet.In April 2016, 11th Army Corps was created as part of the Baltic Fleet.Location has not changed.13th Combined Arms Red Banner Army1941—Rivne, Rivne Oblast, Ukraine, Carpathian Military District Five motor rifle divisions Ukraine Reduced to an army corps. In November 2013, the Corps HQ was reorganized into Operational Command West. The location has not changed14th Guards Combined Arms Red Banner Army195610th Guards Rifle Corps Tiraspol, Molova Five divisions (some mobilisation) RussiaAfter the collapse of the USSR, HQ 14th Guards Army and the 59th Guards MRD went to Russia. The rest of the formations are divided between Ukraine and Moldova In April 1995, the Army HQ was reorganized into the Operational Group of Russian Forces in Transnistria. Location has not changed.15th Combined Arms ArmyApril 1953HQ Far Eastern Military District (I) Khabarovsk, Khabarovsk Territory, RSFSRFour Motor Rifle Divisions, two Fortified Regions Russia In the early 1990s, the 15th Army was reduced into the 43rd Army Corps.20th Guards Combined Arms Red Banner Army 1957 4th Guards Mechanized ArmyGSFG,Eberswalde, GermanyThree tank divisions, one motor rifle division Russia HQ 20th Guards Combined Arms Army was relocated in 1993 to Voronezh.22nd Guards Combined Arms Army1990 13th Guards Army Corps Moscow Military District,Nizhny Novgorod, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, RSFSR Three divisions RussiaIn June 2009, HQ 22nd Army was disbanded.28th Combined Arms Red Banner Army1942—BelVO,Grodno, Grodno Oblast 6th Guards TD28th TD76th TD50th Guards MRD Belarus In June 1993, HQ 28th Combined Arms Army was reorganized into the 28th Army Corps. In December 2002, the corps was reorganized into the Western Operational Command.32nd Combined Arms Army19711st Army CorpsCentral Asian -> Turkestan MDs,Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan Three motor rifle divisions; 78th Tank Division10th Fortified RegionKazakhstanIn June 1991, the 32nd Combined Arms Army was renamed the 40th Combined Arms Army. On the basis of HQ 40th Army, in April 1993, HQ Kazakh Ground Forces was formed.35th Combined Arms Army196929th Army CorpsFar Eastern MD,Belogorsk, Amur Region, RSFSRFive motor rifle divisionsOne fortified regionRussiaIn the early 1990s HQ 35th Army was reorganized into HQ 43rd Army Corps.36th Combined Arms Army 1976 86th Army Corps Transbaikal Military District,Borzya, Chita Oblast, RSFSRThree motor rifle divisions, five fortified regions.RussiaIn June 1989 HQ 36th Army was reorganized into HQ 55th Army Corps, which was disbanded in 1994.38th Combined Arms Red Banner Army19424th Reserve ArmyCarpathian Military DistrictIvano-Frankivsk, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, UkraineFive motor rifle divisions UkraineIn January 1992, HQ 38th Combined Arms Army was reorganized into HQ 38th Army Corps.The corps was disbanded in 2003.39th Combined Arms Army 1970 — Transbaikal Military District,Ulaanbaatar, MongoliaTwo tank divisions, three motor rifle divisions Russia The Army was disbanded in December 1992.40th Combined Arms Army1979 — Turkestan Military District,Kabul, AfghanistanThree motor rifle divisions103rd Guards Airborne Division — In March 1989, HQ 40th Army was reorganized into HQ 59th Army Corps in Samarkand, which was disbanded in 1992.51st Combined Arms Army19772nd Army CorpsFar Eastern Military District,Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Sakhalin Oblast, RSFSR18th Machine Gun Artillery Division33rd Motor Rifle Division79th Motor Rifle DivisionRussiaIn the early 1990s, the 51st Army was reorganized into 68th Army Corps (Russia).

Tank and mechanised armies 1945–91 Initially a list of tank armies that existed in the Ground Forces in the period from 1989 to 1991.

Tank army(full name)Year of creationPredecessorHigher headquarters1989–1991Divisions in the army1992TransitionunderjurisdictionReformation,change of control location,state on 20181st Guards Tank Red Banner Army19441st Tank ArmyGSFG,Dresden, East Germany Two tank divisions, one motor rifle division RussiaHQ 1st Guards Tank Army was relocated to Smolensk in 1994 and reorganized into HQ 1st Combined Arms Army. In 2014, the army was recreated in Odintsovo, Moscow Oblast.2nd Guards Tank Red Banner Army19442nd Tank ArmyGSVG,Fürstenberg, East GermanyOne tank division, three motor rifle divisionsRussiaThe army headquarters was relocated to Samara in 1993 and reorganized as HQ 2nd Guards Combined Arms Army.3rd Guards Tank Army May 1943 3rd Tank Army Luckenwalde, East Germany Three divisions – Redesignated 3rd Guards Tank Army on 14 May 1945. Known as 3rd Guards Red Banner Mechanized Army in 1946. Redesignated 18th Guards Army in 1957. Moved to Almaty 1964 as an operations group, briefly reformed as an army 1969, but then used as the basis of HQ SAVO.5th Guards Tank Red Banner Army19575th Guards Mechanized ArmyBelVO,Bobruisk, Mogilev Oblast, BSSR Three tank divisions, one motor rifle division BelarusBecame an army corps. Disbanded in 20016th Guards Tank Red Banner Army19576th Guards Mechanized ArmyKVO,Dnepropetrovsk, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, UkraineSeven tank divisions, several mobilisationUkraineBecame an army corps. In November 2013, the Corps Directorate was reorganized into Operational Command "South".The deployment has not changed.7th Tank Red Banner Army19577th Mechanized ArmyBelorussian Military District,Borisov, Minsk Oblast, BSSR Three tank divisions, one motor rifle division (mobilisation)BelarusIn August 1993, HQ 7th Tank Army was reduced in status to 7th Army Corps.In 1994, the corps was renamed 65th Army Corps.In December 2001, the 65th Army Corps was reorganized into the North-Western Operational Command.The deployment has not changed.8th Tank Army of the Red Banner19578th Mechanized ArmyPrikVO,Zhytomyr, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukrainian SSR 23rd TD30th Guards. TD50th TDUkraineIn December 1993, HQ 8th Tank Army was reorganized into the HQ 8th Army Corps. The corps was disbanded in 2015.

Soviet Air Forces Air armies (18 formations) that existed in the Soviet Air Forces in the period from 1989 to 1991.

Note: abbreviations adib/apib – fighter-bomber aviation division / fighter-bomber aviation regiment; bad/bap – bomber aviation division / bomber aviation regiment; VVS – air force (as applied to a military district or group of troops); vtap – military transport aviation regiment; tbad – heavy bomber aviation division. uap – training aviation regiment;

Air Army(full name)Year of creationPredecessorHigh headquartersDivisions and separate regiments 1992TransitionunderjurisdictionReformation,change of control location,State on 20181st Red Banner Air Army195729th and 54th Air ArmyFar Eastern Military District,Khabarovsk, RSFSRFour aviation divisions, seven separate regimentsRussiaIn May in 1998, the 1st Air Army was reorganized into the 11th Air Force and Air Defense Army.The location has not changed4th Air Army of the Supreme High Command1968Air Force Central Group of Forces Supreme High Command Headquarters,Legnica, PolandThree divisions, three smaller units RussiaIn August 1992, the 4th Air Army was relocated to Rostov-on-Don.In June 1997, the 4th Air Army was reorganized into the 4th Air and Air Defence Forces Army.5th Air Army1988Air Forces of the Odesa Military DistrictOdesa Military District,Odesa, Ukraine119th IADThree separate regiments In August 1992, HQ 5th Air Army department was reorganized into the 5th Aviation Corps department.In 2004, by the merger of 5th Aviation Corps and 60th Air Defense Corps, Air Command South was created.The location has not changed14th Air Army1988VVS PrikVOPrikVO,Lviv, Ukraine289th bad533 -ya iad48th guards. orap452nd oshapUkraineIn August 1992, the 14th Air Army was reorganized into the 14th Aviation Corps.16th Red Banner Air Army1988Air Force GSFGGSFG,Wünsdorf, Germany6th Guards. Iad16th Guards. iad126th iad105th adib125th adib357th oap368th oap11th orap931st guards . detachment226th sap239th guards. ovpRussiaManagement of the 16th Air Army in November 1993 was relocated to the settlement. Kubinka of the Moscow Region.In November 1998, it was reorganized into the Directorate of the 16th Combined Aviation Corps.In February 2002, the Directorate of the 16th Corps was reorganized into Directorate of the 16th Air Army.In August 2009, the Directorate of the 16th Air Army was disbanded17th Air Army1988VVS KVOKVO,Kiev, Ukrainian SSR105th UAP702 th uap703rd uap130th uap288th uapUkraineDisbanded in 199223rd Air Army1988Air Force of the Transbaikal Military DistrictZabVO,Chita, RSFSR30th adib246th IAD120th IAP101st Regt125th unit193rd unit68th unitRussia24th Air Army of the Reserve of the Main Operational Command19802nd Separate Heavy Bomber Aviation CorpsLong-Range Aviation,Vinnitsa, UkraineTwo bomber aviation divisions138th IADThree separate brigades/regimentsUkraineIn March 1992, HQ 24th Air Army was reorganized into HQ Ukrainian Air Force. The location has not changed

See also List of Soviet Army divisions 1989–1991 :ru:Список армий Вооружённых Сил СССР (1989—1991)

References

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