Carpathian Red Banner Military District

Прикарпатский Краснознаменный военный округ

Military Unit: 00000

Commanders:

• General of the Army Andrey Ivanovich Eremenko, 9.7.45 - 7.10.46
• Colonel-General Kyzma Nikitovich Galitskiy, 7.10.46 - 29.11.51
• Marshal of the Soviet Union Ivan Stepanovich Konev, 29.11.51 - 11.3.55
• General of the Army Pavel Ivanovich Batov, 11.3.55 - 17.4.58
• General of the Army Andrey Lavrentevich Getman, 17.4.58 - 7.5.64
• Colonel-General Pyotr Nikolaevich Lashchenko, 7.5.64 - 10.8.67
• Colonel-General Vasiliy Zinovevich Bisyarin, 21.9.67 - 8.11.69
• Colonel-General Gennadiy Ivanovich Obaturov, 8.1.70 - 30.7.73
• General of the Army Valentin Ivanovich Varennikov, 30.7.73 - 29.8.79
• General of the Army Valeriy Aleksandrovich Belikov, 29.8.79 - 3.9.86
• Colonel-General Viktor Vasilevich Skokov, 3.9.86 - 12.91

Activated 9.7.45 in Chernovtsy, Chernovtsy Oblast, from the 4th Ukrainian Front.

5.3.46 united with the Lvov Military District.

Organisation 1960:

• 8th Tank Army (Zhitomir, Zhitomir Oblast)
• 13th Combined Arms Army (Rovno, Rovno Oblast)
• 38th Combined Arms Army (Ivano-Frankovsk, Ivano-Frankovsk Oblast)
• 24th Motorised Rifle Division (Yavorov, Lvov Oblast)
• 66th Guards Training Motorised Rifle Division (Chernovtsy, Chernovtsy Oblast)
• 26th Artillery Division (Ternopol, Ternopol Oblast)
• 81st Artillery Division (Vinogradov, Zarkapatskaya Oblast)
• 57th Air Army (Lvov, Lvov Oblast)

From 11.68 the 117th Guards Training Tank Division was attached to the district.

Organisation 1970:

• 8th Tank Army (Zhitomir, Zhitomir Oblast)
• 13th Combined Arms Army (Rovno, Rovno Oblast)
• 38th Combined Arms Army (Ivano-Frankovsk, Ivano-Frankovsk Oblast)
• 24th Motorised Rifle Division (Yavorov, Lvov Oblast)
• 66th Guards Training Motorised Rifle Division (Chernovtsy, Chernovtsy Oblast)
• 117th Guards Training Tank Division (Berdichev, Zhitomir Oblast)
• 26th Artillery Division (Ternopol, Ternopol Oblast)
• 81st Artillery Division (Vinogradov, Zarkapatskaya Oblast)
• 14th Air Army (Lvov, Lvov Oblast)

15.1.74 awarded the Red Banner.

Organisation 1980:

• 8th Tank Army (Zhitomir, Zhitomir Oblast)
• 13th Combined Arms Army (Rovno, Rovno Oblast)
• 38th Combined Arms Army (Ivano-Frankovsk, Ivano-Frankovsk Oblast)
• 24th Motorised Rifle Division (Yavorov, Lvov Oblast)
• 66th Guards Training Motorised Rifle Division (Chernovtsy, Chernovtsy Oblast)
• 117th Guards Training Tank Division (Berdichev, Zhitomir Oblast)
• 26th Artillery Division (Ternopol, Ternopol Oblast)
• 81st Artillery Division (Vinogradov, Zarkapatskaya Oblast)
• 61st Anti-Aircraft Missile-Artillery Division (mobilisation) (Dzigovka, Vinnitsa Oblast)
• 119th Anti-Aircraft Missile-Artillery Division (mobilisation) (Zhitomir, Zhitomir Oblast)
• 14th Air Army (Lvov, Lvov Oblast)

In 12.84 the 72nd Artillery Division (mobilisation) was activated - 12.87 renamed 701st Territorial Training Center.

Organisation 1988:

• 8th Tank Army (Zhitomir, Zhitomir Oblast)
• 13th Combined Arms Army (Rovno, Rovno Oblast)
• 38th Combined Arms Army (Ivano-Frankovsk, Ivano-Frankovsk Oblast)
• 24th Motorised Rifle Division (Yavorov, Lvov Oblast)
• 110th Guards District Training Center (Chernovtsy, Chernovtsy Oblast)
• 119th Guards District Training Center (Berdichev, Zhitomir Oblast)
• 26th Artillery Division (Ternopol, Ternopol Oblast)
• 81st Artillery Division (Vinogradov, Zarkapatskaya Oblast)
• 61st Anti-Aircraft Missile-Artillery Division (mobilisation) (Dzigovka, Vinnitsa Oblast)
• 701st Territorial Training Center (Zhmerinka, Vinnitsa Oblast)
• 1068th Territorial Training Center (mobilisation) (Zhitomir, Zhitomir Oblast)
• 14th Air Army (Lvov, Lvov Oblast)

12.91 taken over by Ukraine.

Territory:

• 7.45 - 3.46: Stanislav (from 1962 Ivano-Frankovsk) Oblast, Ternopol Oblast, Chernovtsy Oblast, Vinnitsa Oblast, Zakarpatskaya Oblast and Kamenetz-Podolsk (from 1954 Khmelnitskiy) Oblast (except for it's five northern regions (rayon): Slavuta, Iziaslav, Shepetovka, Polonskiy and Belogorskiy)
• 3.46 - 12.91: Volynskaya Oblast, Rovno Oblast, Zhitomir Oblast, Lvov Oblast, Stanislav (from 1962 Ivano-Frankovsk) Oblast, Ternopol Oblast, Chernovtsy Oblast, Vinnitsa Oblast, Zakarpatskaya Oblast and Kamenetz-Podolsk (from 1954 Khmelnitskiy) Oblast.

Headquarters:

• Chernovtsy, Chernovtsy Oblast, 9.7.45 - 5.3.46
• Lvov, Lvov Oblast, 5.3.46 - 12.91 [49 51 02N, 24 01 00E]

Subordination:

• General Staff RKKA, 7.45 - 2.46
• General Staff Armed Forces of the Soviet Union, 2.46 - 12.91