36th Guards Venskaya Red Banner Missile Division

36-я гвардейская ракетная Венская Краснознамённая дивизия

Military Unit: 34139

Commanders:

• Major-General Vladimir Pavlovich Melnik, 27.8.60 - 7.8.65
• Major-General Georgy Nikolaevich Malinovskiy, 7.8.65 - 14.6.69
• Major-General Petr Petrovich Kruglov, 14.6.69 - 31.10.73
• Major-General Vladimir Dmitrievich Mikhaylenko, 31.10.73 - 30.8.76
• Major-General Vladimir Yakovlevich Ryazantsev, 30.8.76 - 26.9.80
• Major-General Aleksandr Ivanovich Scherbatykh, 26.9.80 - 1.12.85
• Major-General Viktor Nikolaevich Kozlov, 1.12.85 - 11.2.89
• Major-General Oleg Gerasimovich Kruglikov, 11.2.89 - 24.6.91
• Major-General Yury Anatolevich Doroshin, 24.6.91 - 7.98
• Colonel Sergey Viktorovich Zolotopupov, 7.98 - 6.2002
• Colonel Aleksandr Vladimirovich Bakharev, 6.2002 - 2004

Activated 6.60 in Itatka, Tomsk Oblast, as the 211th Missile Brigade, from the 11th Cannon Artillery Brigade and the 265th Guards Tank Regiment.

Initial organisation:

• 735th Missile Regiment (Itatka, Tomsk Oblast)
• 739th Missile Regiment (Itatka, Tomsk Oblast)
• 746th Missile Regiment (Krasnoyarsk, Krasnoyarsk Kray)
• 755th Missile Regiment (Krasnoyarsk, Krasnoyarsk Kray)

30.5.61 renamed 36th Missile Division.

15.2.62 HQ transferred to Krasnoyarsk, Krasnoyarsk Kray, and the missile regiments in Itatka now became attached to the 39th Guards Missile Division.

In March 1964 all R-16 battalions were upgraded to regiments:

• 746th Missile Regiment (Krasnoyarsk, Krasnoyarsk Kray) with no missiles (two silos sites were abandoned)
• 755th Missile Regiment (Krasnoyarsk, Krasnoyarsk Kray) with 2 R-16 pads
• 741st Missile Regiment (Krasnoyarsk, Krasnoyarsk Kray) with 3 R-16 silos
• 790th Missile Regiment (Krasnoyarsk, Krasnoyarsk Kray) with 2 R-16 pads

1965 began conversion to the UR-100 (SS-11) missile.

30.6.65 renamed 36th Guards Missile Division, when it inherited the awards from the 265th Guards Tank Regiment.

In 1969 the 755th Missile Regiment were transferred to Derzhavinsk, Turgay Oblast (38th Missile Division) and the 790th Missile Regiment to Uzhur, Uzhur, Krasnoyarsk Kray (62nd Missile Division).

Organisation 1972 (60 UR-100 silos, 4 R-16 pads and 3 R-16 silos):

• 741st Missile Regiment (Krasnoyarsk, Krasnoyarsk Kray) with 4 R-16 pads and 3 R-16 silos
• 746th Missile Regiment (Krasnoyarsk, Krasnoyarsk Kray) with 10 UR-100 silos
• 876th Missile Regiment (Krasnoyarsk, Krasnoyarsk Kray) with 10 UR-100 silos
• 241st Missile Regiment (Krasnoyarsk, Krasnoyarsk Kray) with 10 UR-100 silos
• 259th Missile Regiment (Krasnoyarsk, Krasnoyarsk Kray) with 10 UR-100 silos
• 154th Missile Regiment (Krasnoyarsk, Krasnoyarsk Kray) with 10 UR-100 silos
• 266th Missile Regiment (Krasnoyarsk, Krasnoyarsk Kray) with 10 UR-100 silos

The R-16 missile was phased out in 1976.

Organisation 1984 (60 UR-100K silos):

• 746th Missile Regiment (Krasnoyarsk, Krasnoyarsk Kray) with 10 UR-100K silos
• 876th Missile Regiment (Krasnoyarsk, Krasnoyarsk Kray) with 10 UR-100K silos
• 241st Missile Regiment (Krasnoyarsk, Krasnoyarsk Kray) with 10 UR-100K silos
• 259th Missile Regiment (Krasnoyarsk, Krasnoyarsk Kray) with 10 UR-100K silos
• 154th Missile Regiment (Krasnoyarsk, Krasnoyarsk Kray) with 10 UR-100K silos
• 266th Missile Regiment (Krasnoyarsk, Krasnoyarsk Kray) with 10 UR-100K silos

The division began converting to the RT-23 (SS-24) rail-based missile in 1989.

Organisation 1992 (30 UR-100K silos and 12 RT-23UTTKh rail-mobile launchers):

• 876th Missile Regiment (Krasnoyarsk, Krasnoyarsk Kray) with 10 UR-100K silos
• 259th Missile Regiment (Krasnoyarsk, Krasnoyarsk Kray) with 10 UR-100K silos
• 154th Missile Regiment (Krasnoyarsk, Krasnoyarsk Kray) with 10 UR-100K silos
• 266th Missile Regiment (Krasnoyarsk, Krasnoyarsk Kray) with 3 RT-23UTTKh
• 226th Missile Regiment (Krasnoyarsk, Krasnoyarsk Kray) with 3 RT-23UTTKh
• 188th Missile Regiment (Krasnoyarsk, Krasnoyarsk Kray) with 3 RT-23UTTKh
• 202nd Missile Regiment (Krasnoyarsk, Krasnoyarsk Kray) with 3 RT-23UTTKh

Organisation 2000:

• 266th Missile Regiment (Krasnoyarsk, Krasnoyarsk Kray) with 3 RT-23UTTKh
• 226th Missile Regiment (Krasnoyarsk, Krasnoyarsk Kray) with 3 RT-23UTTKh
• 188th Missile Regiment (Krasnoyarsk, Krasnoyarsk Kray) with 3 RT-23UTTKh
• 202nd Missile Regiment (Krasnoyarsk, Krasnoyarsk Kray) with 3 RT-23UTTKh

1.7.2002 renamed 1330th Equipment and Weapons Storage.

Disbanded 2004.

Subordination:

• 27th Artilley Range Administration, 6.60 - 3.61
• 7th Independent Guards Missile Corps, 10.3.61 - 15.2.62
• 8th independent Missile Corps, 15.2.62 - 8.6.70
• 33rd Guards Missile Army, 8.6.70 - 1.74
• 53rd Missile Army, 1.74 - 7.02
• 33rd Guards Missile Army, 1.7.02 - 2004

Support Units:

• 140th independent Helicopter Squadron
• 1540th Repair-Technical Base
• 2507th Technical Missile Base
• 299th Communications Center

Krasnoyarsk ICBM complex coordinates (for Type IIID silos, see individual regiments):

• Krasnoyarsk ICBM Complex - 1964 map - 1968 map
• Gladkaya ICBM Division Command Post & Radcom Bunker (56 14 23N, 92 19 27E)
• Gladkaya ICBM Division Alternate Command Post Bunker (56 36 53N, 93 06 56E) - co-located with silo 60K
• Gladkaya ICBM HQ Radcom Transmitter Station/Bunker (56 09 30N, 93 00 42E)
• Gladkaya ICBM HQ Radcom Receiver Station (56 15 44N, 92 17 02E)
• Gladkaya ICBM Complex Support Facility (56 06 37N, 92 14 27E) - drawing (1964)
• Gladkaya ICBM Complex Administration and Housing area (56 14 05N, 92 19 45E)
• New Complex Support Facility (RT-23UTTKh) (56 08 39N, 92 14 44E)
• Gladkaya ICBM Division Nuclear Payload Handling Facility (56 08 47N, 92 14 59E)
• Gladkaya ICBM Division Technical Missile Base (56 08 49N, 92 14 37E)
• Gladkaya ICBM Division Rail-to-Road Transfer Point (56 08 40N, 92 14 46E) - drawing (1964)
• Training site - Type IIID training silo 59X (56 08 57N, 92 14 18E)
• Helicopter Base (Krasnoyarsk airfield) (56 10 55N, 92 27 45E)