19th Zaporozhskaya Red Banner order of Suvorov and Kutuzov Missile Division

19-я ракетная Запорожская Краснознаменная орденов Суворова и Кутузова дивизия

Military Unit: 33874

Commanders:

• Major-General Dmitri Aleksandrovich Kovzar, 27.8.60 - 22.3.63
• Major-General Aleksandr Trofimovich Krasnoschek, 22.3.63 - 5.8.70
• Major-General Vyacheslav Fedorovich Egorov, 5.8.70 - 1.9.75
• Major-General Valentin Vasilevich Arkhipov, 1.9.75 - 21.9.78
• Major-General Ivan Ivanovich Altashin, 21.9.78 - 26.2.85
• Major-General Gennady Ivanovich Pronin, 26.2.85 - 23.5.90
• Major-General Rustam Bakievich Karimov, 23.5.90 - 14.3.94
• Major-General Viktor Vladimirovich Shvets, 14.3.94 - 10.97
• Major-General Yuriy Arsentevich Spodaruk, 10.97 - 10.99

Activated 1.12.60 in Gaisin, Vinnitsa Oblast, from the 7th Artillery Division RVGK.

Organisation 1961:

• 433rd Guards Missile Regiment (Gaisin, Vinnitsa Oblast) with R-14 missiles
• 429th Missile Regiment (Starokonstantinov, Khmelnitskiy Oblast) with R-12 missiles
• 430th Missile Regiment (Yarmolintsy, Khmelnitskiy Oblast) with R-12 missiles
• 431st Guards Missile Regiment (Berdichev, Zhitomir Oblast) with R-12 missiles

In 1961 the 431st Guards Missile Regiment was transferred to the 50th Missile Division.

The 60th Missile Regiment was activated 1.9.61 at Pultovtsy, Vinnitsa Oblast.

Divisional HQ transferred to Rakovo, near Khmelnitskiy in 1964.

In 1967 it is decided to rearm the division with the UR-100, and the first silo construction takes place in 1968 in the Khmelnitskiy region [US designation: Derazhnya ICBM complex - Type IIID silos]. Initially 60 silos, but by 1970 it has been decided to expand the divison to 90 silos.

On 25.5.72 the 433rd Guards Missile Regiment were transferred to the 43rd Guards Missile Division.

Organisation 1972 (60 UR-100 silos in 6 launch groups):

• 97th Missile Regiment (BRK-5) with 10 UR-100 silos
• 541st Missile Regiment (BRK-1) with 10 UR-100 silos
• 543rd Missile Regiment (BRK-2) with 10 UR-100 silos
• 429th Missile Regiment (BRK-3) with 10 UR-100 silos
• 430th Missile Regiment (BRK-4) with 10 UR-100 silos
• 545th Missile Regiment (BRK-6) with 10 UR-100 silos

Three more regiments became operational in 1973/1974 with the UR-100U (SS-11 Mod.4) (regiments arrives 1970/71 from the Far East and from Yurya, Kirov Oblast).

The division converted to the new UR-100N (SS-19) 1973-1975, with the first regiment becoming operational 25.12.73.

Organisation 1979 (90 UR-100U/N silos in 9 launch groups):

• 97th Missile Regiment (BRK-5) with 10 UR-100U silos
• 541st Missile Regiment (BRK-1) with 10 UR-100U silos
• 543rd Missile Regiment (BRK-2) with 10 UR-100U silos
• 429th Missile Regiment (BRK-3) with 10 UR-100N silos
• 430th Missile Regiment (BRK-4) with 10 UR-100N silos
• 545th Missile Regiment (BRK-6) with 10 UR-100N silos
• 571st Missile Regiment (BRK-7) with 10 UR-100U silos
• 299th Missile Regiment (BRK-8) with 10 UR-100U silos
• 700th Missile Regiment (BRK-10) with 10 UR-100U silos

The division converted to the UR-100NU (SS-19 Mod.3) 1979-1983, with the first regiment becoming operational 6.11.79.

Organisation 1991 (90 UR-100N/NU silos in 9 launch groups):

• 97th Missile Regiment (BRK-5) with 10 UR-100NU silos
• 541st Missile Regiment (BRK-1) with 10 UR-100NU silos
• 543rd Missile Regiment (BRK-2) with 10 UR-100NU silos
• 429th Missile Regiment (BRK-3) with 10 UR-100N silos
• 430th Missile Regiment (BRK-4) with 10 UR-100N silos
• 545th Missile Regiment (BRK-6) with 10 UR-100N silos
• 571st Missile Regiment (BRK-7) with 10 UR-100NU silos
• 299th Missile Regiment (BRK-8) with 10 UR-100NU silos
• 700th Missile Regiment (BRK-10) with 10 UR-100NU silos

Disbanded 1.12.99.

Subordination:

• 43rd Missile Army, 1.12.60 - 5.96
• HQ RVSN, 5.96 - 12.99

Support Units:

• 109th independent Helicopter Squadron
• 1409th Repair-Technical Base (attached to the 429th Missile Regiment; from 1969 under the 19th Missile Division)
• 1520th Repair-Technical Base (433rd Missile Regiment)
• 1517th Repair-Technical Base (431st Missile Regiment)
• 1544th Repair-Technical Base (attached to the 430th Missile Regiment) - disbanded 1.12.69
• 1696th Repair-Technical Base (attached to the 60th Missile Regiment)
• 70th Technical Missile Base
• 736th Communications Center

Divisional coordinates:

• Khmelnitskiy ICBM Division Control Post & Receiving Bunker (49 23 30N, 27 04 00E)
• Khmelnitskiy ICBM Division Alternate Control Post Bunker (48 53 20N, 26 53 59E)
• Khmelnitskiy ICBM Division Radcom Transmitter Station (49 09 39N, 26 47 25E)
• Khmelnitskiy ICBM Division Support Facility (49 23 39N, 27 04 02E)
• Khmelnitskiy ICBM Division Nuclear Payload Handling Facility (49 21 03N, 27 10 06E)
• Khmelnitskiy ICBM Division Technical Missile Base (49 24 13N, 27 08 47E)
• Khmelnitskiy ICBM Division Rail-to-Road Transfer Point (49 22 04N, 27 08 54E)
• Silo 64X (training silo) (49 24 38N, 27 09 12E)
• Helicopter base (49 25 15N, 27 08 52E)

For launch silos, see individual regiments.