51st Missile Division
51-я ракетная дивизия
Military Unit: 74345
Commanders:
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Major-General Igor Demyanovich Statsenko, 1.7.62 - 4.1.63
Activated 1.7.62 in Romny, Sumy Oblast, from the
43rd Missile
Division.
Major-General Statsenko and parts of the HQ arrived in Cuba 12.7.62. HQ was
based near Santiago de las Vegas, Cuba.
4.1.63 united with the 43rd Guards Missile Division,
and disbanded.
Organisation 10.62:
Subordination:
Support Units:
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9th Mobile Repair-Technical Base (attached to the 514th
Missile Regiment)
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187th Mobile Repair-Technical Base (attached to the 539th
Missile Regiment)
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208th Mobile Repair-Technical Base (attached to the 546th
Missile Regiment)
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350th Mobile Repair-Technical Base (attached to the 564th
Missile Regiment)
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484th Mobile Repair-Technical Base (attached to the 657th
Missile Regiment)
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1048th independent Communications Battalion
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000 independent Engineer Battalion
Important dates:
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1.7.62: division activated at Romny, Sumy Oblast
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12.7.62: Statsenko and parts of the HQ arrived in Cuba
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19.7.62: advance parties of the five regiments arrived in
Cuba, to begin scouting positions
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10.8.62: the first regiment arrives in Cuba
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9.9.62: the first 8 R-12 missiles arrives in Cuba on
motorship "Omsk" - a total of 36 combat and 6 training missiles would arrive
in Cuba
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16.9.62: first nuclear warheads leaves Severomorsk, Soviet
Union, on the motorship "Indigirka" - arrives Mariel, Cuba, 4.10.62 (all
R-12 warheads delivered by 15.10.62)
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20.10.62: 514th Missile Regiment goes on alert duty
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23.10.62: motorship "Aleksandrovsk" arrives with the first
R-14 warheads at La Isabela, Cuba
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25.10.62: 539th Missile Regiment and the 2nd Battalion of
the 546th Missile Regiment goes on alert duty
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27.10.62: the 1st Battalion of the 546th Missile Regiment
goes on alert duty
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28.10.62: all missiles and positions ordered dismantled
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29.10.62: dismantling begun
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1.11.62: motorship "Aleksandrovsk" leaves for the Soviet
Union with the R-14 warheads
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5.11.62: motorship "Divnogorsk" leaves for the Soviet Union
with the first four R-12 missiles
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9.11.62: motorship "Leninskiy Komsomol" leaves for the
Soviet Union with the last eight R-12 missiles
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12.12.62: the last RVSN personnel leaves Cuba
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4.1.63 all units disbanded, and absorbed by their
replacement units