41st Guards Lvovsko-Berlinskaya orders of  Kutuzov and Bogdan Khmelnitskiy Missile Division

41-я гвардейская ракетная Львовско-Берлинская ордена Кутузова и Богдана Хмельницкого дивизия

Military Unit: 34159

Commanders:

• Major-General Konstantin Fedorovich Gluzhich, 4.8.60 - 25.10.69
• Major-General Mikhail Platonovich Danilchenko, 25.10.69 - 15.5.75
• Major-General Gennady Ivanovich Roschin, 15.5.75 - 3.12.77
• Major-General Dmitry Aleksandrovich Trobyuk, 3.12.77 - 5.2.82
• Colonel Grigory Karpovich Cherkesov, 5.2.82 - 18.1.86
• Major-General Valery Evgenevich Ivanov, 18.1.86 - 3.11.94
• Major-General Vladimir Nikolaevich Sadovskiy, 3.11.94 - 9.98
• Major-General Yury Petrovich Chernega, 9.98 - 12.01

Activated 11.6.60 in Tyumen, Tyumen Oblast, as the 216th Missile Brigade, from the 138th Guards Anti-Aircraft Artillery Brigade.

29.4.61 took over the honors and awards from the 138th Guards Anti-Aircraft Artillery Brigade.

30.5.61 renamed 41st Guards Missile Division.

Initial organisation:

• 390th Missile Regiment (Tyumen, Tyumen Oblast)
• 409th Missile Regiment (Tyumen, Tyumen Oblast)
• 412th Missile Regiment (Tyumen, Tyumen Oblast)
• 419th Guards Missile Regiment (Tyumen, Tyumen Oblast)

15.8.64 divisional HQ was transferred to Aleysk, Altai Kray, where construction of new silos for the R-36 (SS-9) missile would begin in 1965.

1.8.64 to 5.65 also controlled the 553rd Missile Regiment.

Organisation 1970:

• 367th Missile Regiment (Aleysk, Altai Kray) with 6 R-36 silos
• 300th Missile Regiment (Aleysk, Altai Kray) with 6 R-36 silos
• 375th Missile Regiment (Aleysk, Altai Kray) with 6 R-36 silos
• 268th Missile Regiment (Aleysk, Altai Kray) with 6 R-36 silos
• 73rd Missile Regiment (Aleysk, Altai Kray) with 6 R-36 silos

Only 30 silos constructed due to difficult terrain.

1976 began conversion to the R-36M (SS-18) missile.

Organisation 1983:

• 367th Missile Regiment (Aleysk, Altai Kray) with 6 R-36MUTTkh silos
• 300th Missile Regiment (Aleysk, Altai Kray) with 6 R-36MUTTkh silos
• 375th Missile Regiment (Aleysk, Altai Kray) with 6 R-36MUTTkh silos
• 268th Missile Regiment (Aleysk, Altai Kray) with 6 R-36MUTTkh silos
• 73rd Missile Regiment (Aleysk, Altai Kray) with 6 R-36MUTTkh silos

In January 2000 the first 12 missiles were removed from service, followed by the disbandment of the first regiment 4.5.01.

The final regiment went off duty 31.8.01, and the division was disbanded 1.12.2001.

Subordination:

• 24th Artilley Range Administration, 11.6.60 - 3.61
• 7th independent Guards Missile Corps, 10.3.61 - 1.6.65
• 24th independent Missile Corps, 1.6.65 - 8.6.70
• 33rd Guards Missile Army, 8.6.70 - 1.12.01

Support Units:

• 3rd independent Helicopter Squadron
• 0000 Repair-Technical Base
• 0000 Technical Missile Base
• 000 Communications Center

Divisional coordinates:

• Aleysk ICBM Complex (52 29 20N, 82 42 08E) - map (1968)
• Aleysk ICBM Complex Command Post Bunker (52 29 26N, 82 45 00E)
• Aleysk ICBM Complex Alternate Command Post Bunker (near silo 22D) (52 23 26N, 83 29 08E)
• Aleysk ICBM HQ Radcom Transmitter Station Northeast (52 51 15N, 83 06 28E)
• Aleysk ICBM HQ Radcom Transmitter Station Northwest (52 39 51N, 82 00 45E)
• Aleysk ICBM Complex Support Facilities (52 28 59N, 82 43 52E)
• Aleysk ICBM Division Nuclear Payload Handling Facility (52 28 39N, 82 42 40E)
• Aleysk ICBM Division Technical Missile Base (52 28 38N, 82 41 21E)
• Aleysk ICBM Division Rail-to-Road transfer point (52 28 44N, 82 41 49E)
• Silo 14X (training silo) (52 28 15N, 82 40 32E)
• Helicopter Base (52 29 02N, 82 42 12E)

For launch silos, see individual regiments.