Voronezh Military District

Воронежский военный округ

Military Unit: 00000

Commanders:

• Colonel General Vladimir Zakharovich Romanovskiy, 9.7.45 - 8.46
• Colonel General Mikhail Stepanovich Shumilov, 6.49 - 21.10.55
• Colonel General Afanasiy Pavlantevich Beloborodov, 22.10.55 - 17.5.57
• Colonel General Andrey Matveevich Andreev, 14.6.57 - 7.6.60

Activated 9.7.45 in Voronezh, Voronezh Oblast, from HQ Orel Military District and HQ 6th Combined Arms Army.

Disbanded 8.46.

Re-activated 6.49 in Voronezh, Voronezh Oblast.

Disbanded 7.6.60.

Area:

• 7.45 - 8.46: Voronezh Oblast, Kursk Oblast, Orel Oblast and Tambov Oblast
• 6.49 - 6.60: Voronezh Oblast, Kursk Oblast, Orel Oblast and Tambov Oblast - additional from 1953: Belgorod Oblast, Lipetsk Oblast and from 1954: Balashov Oblast*

* Balashov Oblast existed 1954 to 1957, and included regions of the Saratov, Stalingrad, Voronezh and Tambov Oblasts

Headquarters:

• Voronezh, Voronezh Oblast, 7.45 - 6.60

Subordination:

• General Staff RKKA, 7.45 - 2.46
• General Staff Armed Forces of the Soviet Union, 2.46 - 6.60