13th Orenburgskaya Red Banner Missile Division

13-я ракетная Оренбургская Краснознаменная дивизия

Military Unit: 68545

Commanders:

• Major-General Dmitry Kharitonovich Chaplygin, 9.64 - 5.8.70
• Major-General Yury Nikolaevich Sergunin, 5.8.70 - 15.7.74
• Major-General Remus Vasilevich Markitan, 15.7.74 - 3.12.77
• Major-General Tal-At Ametovich Memetov, 3.12.77 - 12.4.82
• Major-General Igor Nikolaevich Valynkin, 12.4.82 - 6.11.84
• Major-General Vladimir Ivanovich Negashev, 6.11.84 - 31.3.89
• Major-General Viktor Aleksandrovich Vakulenko, 31.3.89 - 12.7.91
• Major-General Aleksandr Ivanovich Voronin, 12.7.91 - 20.4.95
• Major-General Vladimir Iosifovich Vigovskiy, 20.4.95 - 22.9.98
• Major-General Vladimir Aleksandrovich Kirillov, 22.9.98 - 1.01
• Major-General Yury Ivanovich Sklyar, 1.01 - 8.04
• Major-General Aleksey Dmitrievich Konnov, 8.04 - 9.06
• Colonel Aleksandr Vladimirovich Kasyanenko, 9.06 - 4.10
• Colonel Evgeniy Vladimirovich Konovalenkov, 4.10 - today

Activated 15.9.64 in Dombarovskiy, Orenburg Oblast, as Operation Group Dombarovskiy - 1.10.65 renamed 13th Missile Division.

Red Banner awarded 22.2.68.

Organisation 1972:

• 621st Missile Regiment (Dombarovskiy, Orenburg Oblast) with 6 R-36 (SS-9) silos
• 368th Missile Regiment (Dombarovskiy, Orenburg Oblast) with 6 R-36 (SS-9) silos
• 206th Missile Regiment (Dombarovskiy, Orenburg Oblast) with 6 R-36 (SS-9) silos
• 494th Missile Regiment (Dombarovskiy, Orenburg Oblast) with 6 R-36 (SS-9) silos
• 175th Missile Regiment (Dombarovskiy, Orenburg Oblast) with 6 R-36 (SS-9) silos
• 495th Missile Regiment (Dombarovskiy, Orenburg Oblast) with 6 R-36 (SS-9) silos
• 774th Missile Regiment (Dombarovskiy, Orenburg Oblast) with 6 R-36 (SS-9) silos
• 767th Missile Regiment (Dombarovskiy, Orenburg Oblast) with 6 R-36 (SS-9) silos
• 252nd Missile Regiment (Dombarovskiy, Orenburg Oblast) with 6 R-36 (SS-9) silos
• 565th Missile Regiment (Dombarovskiy, Orenburg Oblast) with 6 R-36 (SS-9) silos

1974 began conversion to the R-36M (SS-18) missile.

The first regiment was increased to 10 silos in 1974, with the introduction of the R-36M missile.

The R-36M2 was introduced in 1988.

Organisation 1992:

• 621st Missile Regiment (Dombarovskiy, Orenburg Oblast) with 10 R-36MUTTKh (SS-18) silos
• 368th Missile Regiment (Dombarovskiy, Orenburg Oblast) with 6 R-36M2 (SS-18) silos
• 206th Missile Regiment (Dombarovskiy, Orenburg Oblast) with 6 R-36M2 (SS-18) silos
• 494th Missile Regiment (Dombarovskiy, Orenburg Oblast) with 6 R-36M2 (SS-18) silos
• 175th Missile Regiment (Dombarovskiy, Orenburg Oblast) with 6 R-36M2 (SS-18) silos
• 495th Missile Regiment (Dombarovskiy, Orenburg Oblast) with 6 R-36M (SS-18) silos
• 774th Missile Regiment (Dombarovskiy, Orenburg Oblast) with 6 R-36MUTTKh (SS-18) silos
• 767th Missile Regiment (Dombarovskiy, Orenburg Oblast) with 6 R-36M2 (SS-18) silos
• 252nd Missile Regiment (Dombarovskiy, Orenburg Oblast) with 6 R-36M (SS-18) silos
• 565th Missile Regiment (Dombarovskiy, Orenburg Oblast) with 6 R-36MUTTKh (SS-18) silos

The first regiment was disbanded in 1995, followed by the second in 1996.

1999 named "Orenburgskaya".

Organisation 2015:

• 368th Missile Regiment (Dombarovskiy, Orenburg Oblast) with 6 R-36M2 (SS-18) silos
• 206th Missile Regiment (Dombarovskiy, Orenburg Oblast) with 6 R-36M2 (SS-18) silos
• 494th Missile Regiment (Dombarovskiy, Orenburg Oblast) with 6 R-36M2 (SS-18) silos
• 175th Missile Regiment (Dombarovskiy, Orenburg Oblast) with 6 R-36M2 (SS-18) silos
• 767th Missile Regiment (Dombarovskiy, Orenburg Oblast) with 6 R-36M2 (SS-18) silos

Subordination:

• 5th independent Missile Corps, 15.9.64 - 1.6.65
• 18th independent Missile Corps, 1.6.65 - 8.6.70
• 31st Missile Army, 8.6.70 - today

Support Units:

• 84th independent Helicopter Squadron
• 3002nd Repair-Technical Base
• 2859th Technical Missile Base
• 618th Communications Center

Divisional coordinates:

• Dombarovskiy ICBM Complex (50 58 18N, 59 44 40E) - map (1968)
• Dombarovskiy ICBM Complex Command Post Bunker (51 01 37N, 59 52 09E)
• Dombarovskiy ICBM Complex Alternate Command Post Bunker (near silo 44G) (51 31 21N, 59 58 33E)
• Dombarovskiy Radcom Station North-Northeast (50 47 22N, 59 32 21E)
• Dombarovskiy ICBM HQ Radcom Transmitter Station Bunkered (50 46 44N, 59 29 28E)
• Dombarovskiy ICBM Complex Support Facility (51 01 32N, 59 50 19E)
• Dombarovskiy ICBM Division Nuclear Payload Handling Facility (51 01 39N, 59 48 14E)
• Dombarovskiy ICBM Division Technical Missile Base (51 01 31N, 59 47 52E)
• Dombarovskiy ICBM Complex Rail-to-Road transfer point (51 00 58N, 59 48 28E)
• Silo 33X (training silo) (51 01 31N, 59 48 15E)
• Helicopter Base (51 02 56N, 59 51 14E)

For launch silos, see individual regiments.