39th Combined Arms Army

39-я общевойсковая армия

Military Unit: 05776

Commanders:

• Lieutenant-General Fedot Filippovich Krivda, 12.5.70 - 18.4.74
• Lieutenant-General Georgiy Semyonovich Petrovskiy, 19.4.74 - 26.12.77
• no data, 27.12.77 - 9.79
• Lieutenant-General Matvey Prokopevich Burlakov, 9.79 - 6.83
• Lieutenant-General Yuriy Ivanovich Momotov, 6.83 - 4.11.85
• Lieutenant-General Vladimir Tikhonovich Shevtsov, 5.11.85 - 2.88
• Lieutenant-General Leonid Sergeevich Mayorov, 2.88 - 12.89
• no data, 12.89 - 12.92

Activated 12.5.70 in Ulan-Bator, Mongolia, from parts of the HQ Transbaykal Military District.

Organisation 1971:

• 2nd Guards Tank Division (Choybalsan, Mongolia)
• 41st Motorised Rifle Division (Choyr, Mongolia)

In 6.74 the 51st Tank Division arrived in Mongolia.

In 3.79 the 12th and the 91st Motorised Rifle Divisions arrived in Mongolia.

Organisation 1980:

• 2nd Guards Tank Division (Choybalsan, Mongolia)
• 51st Tank Division (Bulgan, Mongolia)
• 12th Motorised Rifle Division (Boganur, Mongolia)
• 41st Motorised Rifle Division (Choyr, Mongolia)
• 91st Motorised Rifle Division (Shevi-Gobi, Mongolia)

In 2.87 the 91st Motorised Rifle Division left Mongolia.

Organisation 1988:

• 2nd Guards Tank Division (Choybalsan, Mongolia)
• 51st Tank Division (Bulgan, Mongolia)
• 12th Motorised Rifle Division (Boganur, Mongolia)
• 41st Motorised Rifle Division (Choyr, Mongolia)

Disbanded 12.92.

Headquarters:

• Ulan-Bator, Mongolia, 5.70 - 12.92 [47 55 36N, 106 58 28E]

Subordination:

• Transbaykal Military District, 5.70 - 12.92