Belorussian Red Banner Military District

Белорусский Краснознаменный военный округ

Military Unit: 00000

Commanders:

• Marshal of the Soviet Union Semyon Konstantinovich Timoshenko, 4.2.46 - 7.6.46
• Colonel-General Sergey Georgievich Trofimenko, 6.46 - 3.49
• Marshal of the Soviet Union Semyon Konstantinovich Timoshenko, 3.49 - 18.4.60
• Colonel-General Vladimir Nikolaevich Komarov, 18.4.60 - 22.7.61
• General of the Army Valentin Antonovich Penkovskiy, 22.7.61 - 10.7.64
• Colonel-General Sergey Stepanovich Maryakhin, 10.7.64 - 21.9.67
• Colonel-General Ivan Moiseevich Tretyak, 21.9.67 - 28.5.76
• Colonel-General Mikhail Mitrofanovich Zaytsev, 28.5.76 - 25.11.80
• General of the Army Evgeniy Filippovich Ivanovskiy, 25.11.80 - 5.2.85
• Colonel-General Vladimir Mikhaylovich Shuralyov, 5.2.85 - 5.1.89
• Colonel-General Anatoliy Ivanovich Kostenko, 5.1.89 - 6.5.92

Activated 4.2.46 in Bobruisk, Mogilev Oblast, from the Baranovichi and Minsk Military Districts.

Organisation 1960:

• 5th Guards Tank Army (Bobruisk, Mogilev Oblast)
• 7th Tank Army (Borisov, Minsk Oblast)
• 28th Combined Arms Army (Grodno, Grodno Oblast)
• 120th Guards Motorised Rifle Division (Uruchye, Minsk Oblast)
• 26th Air Army (Minsk, Minsk Oblast)

From 8.65 the 47th Guards Training Tank Division was attached to the district (11.65 renamed 45th Guards Training Tank Division).

22.2.68 awarded the Red Banner.

Organisation 1970:

• 5th Guards Tank Army (Bobruisk, Mogilev Oblast)
• 7th Tank Army (Borisov, Minsk Oblast)
• 28th Combined Arms Army (Grodno, Grodno Oblast)
• 120th Guards Motorised Rifle Division (Uruchye, Minsk Oblast)
• 45th Guards Training Tank Division (Pechi (Borisov), Minsk Oblast)
• 26th Air Army (Minsk, Minsk Oblast)

In 8.72 the 51st Guards Artillery Division was activated.

Organisation 1980:

• 5th Guards Tank Army (Bobruisk, Mogilev Oblast)
• 7th Tank Army (Borisov, Minsk Oblast)
• 28th Combined Arms Army (Grodno, Grodno Oblast)
• 120th Guards Motorised Rifle Division (Uruchye, Minsk Oblast)
• 45th Guards Training Tank Division (Pechi (Borisov), Minsk Oblast)
• 51st Guards Artillery Division (Osipovichi, Mogilev Oblast)
• 26th Air Army (Minsk, Minsk Oblast)

In 6.82 the 120th Guards Motorised Rifle Division was renamed 5th independent Guards Army Corps.

In 1983 the 70th Artillery Division (mobilisation) was activated.

In 1984 the 80th Artillery Division (mobilisation) was activated.

Organisation 1988:

• 5th Guards Tank Army (Bobruisk, Mogilev Oblast)
• 7th Tank Army (Borisov, Minsk Oblast)
• 28th Combined Arms Army (Grodno, Grodno Oblast)
• 5th independent Guards Army Corps (Uruchye, Minsk Oblast)
• 72nd Guards District Training Center (Pechi (Borisov), Minsk Oblast)
• 51st Guards Artillery Division (Osipovichi, Mogilev Oblast)
• 70th Artillery Division (mobilisation) (Starye Dorogi, Minsk Oblast)
• 80th Artillery Division (mobilisation) (Krupki, Minsk Oblast)
• 26th Air Army (Minsk, Minsk Oblast)

In 6.89 the 5th independent Guards Army Corps was renamed 120th Guards Motorised Rifle Division.

In 10.89 the 70th Artillery Division (mobilisation) was disbanded, and the 80th Artillery Division (mobilisation) was reduced to an equipment storage base.

6.5.92 disbanded, and formed the basis of the Belarussian Ministry of Defence.

Territory:

• 2.46 - 5.92: Belorussian SSR

Headquarters:

• Bobruisk, Mogilev Oblast, 4.2.46 - 1.47
• Minsk, Minsk Oblast, 1.47 - 5.92 [53 54 37N, 27 33 59E]

Subordination:

• General Staff Armed Forces of the Soviet Union, 2.46 - 7.5.92