Southern Group of Forces

Южная группе войск

Military Unit: 32101

Commanders:

• General of the Army Mikhail Ilich Kazakov, 24.11.56 - 26.10.60
• Lieutenant-General Matvey Timofeevich Nikitin, 26.10.60 - 10.8.61
• General of the Army Pavel Ivanovich Batov, 10.8.61 - 5.9.62
• Colonel-General Konstantin Ivanovich Provalov, 5.9.62 - 14.10.69
• Colonel-General Boris Petrovich Ivanov, 14.10.69 - 18.12.75
• Colonel-General Fedot Filippovich Krivda, 18.12.75 - 3.79
• Colonel-General Vladimir Ivanovich Sivenok, 3.79 - 31.7.82
• Colonel-General Konstantin Alekseevich Kochetov, 31.7.82 - 5.8.85
• Colonel-General Aleksey Arsenevich Demidov, 5.8.85 - 20.6.88
• Colonel-General Matvey Prokopevich Burlakov, 21.6.88 - 28.12.90
• Lieutenant-General Viktor Egorovich Shilov, 29.12.90 - 16.6.91

Activated 24.11.56 in Budapest-Mátyásföld, Hungary.

Organisation 1960:

• 19th Guards Tank Division (Estergom, Hungary)
• 21st Guards Tank Division (Veszprém, Hungary)
• 35th Guards Motorised Rifle Division (Kecskemet, Hungary)
• 27th Motorised Rifle Division (Székesfehérvár, Hungary)

Organisation 1970:

• 13th Guards Tank Division (Veszprém, Hungary)
• 19th Guards Tank Division (Estergom, Hungary)
• 93rd Guards Motorised Rifle Division (Kecskemet, Hungary)
• 254th Motorised Rifle Division (Székesfehérvár, Hungary)

Organisation 1980:

• 13th Guards Tank Division (Veszprém, Hungary)
• 19th Guards Tank Division (Estergom, Hungary)
• 93rd Guards Motorised Rifle Division (Kecskemet, Hungary)
• 254th Motorised Rifle Division (Székesfehérvár, Hungary)

Organisation 1988:

• 13th Guards Tank Division (Veszprém, Hungary)
• 19th Guards Tank Division (Estergom, Hungary)
• 93rd Guards Motorised Rifle Division (Kecskemet, Hungary)
• 254th Motorised Rifle Division (Székesfehérvár, Hungary)

16.6.91 disbanded.

Headquarters:

• Budapest-Mátyásföld, Hungary, 24.11.56 - 16.6.91 [47 30 26N, 19 12 15E]

Subordination:

• General Staff Armed Forces of the Soviet Union, 11.56 - 9.91