57th Missile Division

57-я ракетная дивизия

Commanders:

• Major-General Anatoly Dmitrievich Larichev, 7.64 - 8.9.69
• Colonel Yury Vitalevich Chernov, 8.9.69 - 28.11.72
• Major-General Stanislav Konstantinovich Krasnoschekov, 28.11.72 - 28.11.75
• Major-General Stanislav Nikolaevich Lapitskiy, 28.11.75 - 17.12.79
• Major-General Vladimir Ivanovich Tivanov, 17.12.79 - 26.7.84
• Colonel Vyacheslav Evgenevich Kulikov, 26.7.84 - 8.7.88
• Major-General Vitaly Vladimirovich Vishenkov, 8.7.88 - 23.6.92
• Major-General Oleg Ivanovich Karpov, 23.6.92 - 31.12.95

Activated 24.7.64 in Zhangiz-Tobe, Semipalatinsk Oblast, as Operation Group Zhangiz-Tobe - 4.65 renamed 57th Missile Division.

Organisation 1972:

• 734th Missile Regiment (Zhangiz-Tobe, Semipalatinsk Oblast) with 6 R-36 silos
• 553rd Missile Regiment (Zhangiz-Tobe, Semipalatinsk Oblast) with 6 R-36 silos
• 211th Missile Regiment (Zhangiz-Tobe, Semipalatinsk Oblast) with 6 R-36 silos
• 313th Missile Regiment (Zhangiz-Tobe, Semipalatinsk Oblast) with 6 R-36 silos
• 535th Missile Regiment (Zhangiz-Tobe, Semipalatinsk Oblast) with 6 R-36 silos
• 796th Missile Regiment (Zhangiz-Tobe, Semipalatinsk Oblast) with 6 R-36 silos
• 739th Missile Regiment (Zhangiz-Tobe, Semipalatinsk Oblast) with 6 R-36 silos
• 67th Missile Regiment (Zhangiz-Tobe, Semipalatinsk Oblast) with 6 R-36 silos

The first regiment was increased to 10 silos in 1975, with the introduction of the R-36M missile.

Organisation 1985:

• 734th Missile Regiment (Zhangiz-Tobe, Semipalatinsk Oblast) with 10 R-36MUTTKh silos
• 553rd Missile Regiment (Zhangiz-Tobe, Semipalatinsk Oblast) with 6 R-36MUTTKh silos
• 211th Missile Regiment (Zhangiz-Tobe, Semipalatinsk Oblast) with 6 R-36MUTTKh silos
• 313th Missile Regiment (Zhangiz-Tobe, Semipalatinsk Oblast) with 6 R-36MUTTKh silos
• 535th Missile Regiment (Zhangiz-Tobe, Semipalatinsk Oblast) with 6 R-36MUTTKh silos
• 796th Missile Regiment (Zhangiz-Tobe, Semipalatinsk Oblast) with 6 R-36MUTTKh silos
• 739th Missile Regiment (Zhangiz-Tobe, Semipalatinsk Oblast) with 6 R-36MUTTKh silos
• 67th Missile Regiment (Zhangiz-Tobe, Semipalatinsk Oblast) with 6 R-36MUTTKh silos

In 1992 the first missiles were removed from duty, and the division was disbanded 31.12.95.

Subordination:

• 7th independent Guards Missile Corps, 24.7.64 - 1.6.65
• 24th independent Missile Corps, 1.6.65 - 6.70
• 33rd Guards Missile Army, 8.6.70 - 12.95

Support Units:

• 138th independent Helicopter Squadron
• 0000 Repair-Technical Base
• 2900th Technical Missile Base
• 000 Communications Center

Divisional coordinates:

• Zhangiz-Tobe ICBM Complex (49 13 00N, 81 09 00E) - map (1968)
• Zhangiz-Tobe ICBM Complex Command Post Bunker (49 12 27N, 81 10 50E)
• Zhangiz-Tobe ICBM Complex Alternate Command Post Bunker (49 36 13N, 81 07 58E)
• Zhangiz-Tobe ICBM HQ Radcom Transmitter Northwest Bunkered (49 50 28N, 80 51 23E)
• Zhangiz-Tobe ICBM HQ Radcom Transmitter Southwest Bunkered (48 45 18N, 80 51 44E)
• Zhangiz-Tobe ICBM Complex Support Facilities (49 12 17N, 81 10 23E)
• Zhangiz-Tobe ICBM Complex Administration and Housing Area (49 12 17N, 81 10 23E)
• Zhangiz-Tobe ICBM Division Nuclear Payload Handling Facility (49 12 10N, 81 08 40E)
• Zhangiz-Tobe ICBM Division Technical Missile Base (49 11 59N, 81 08 12E)
• Zhangiz-Tobe ICBM Division Rail-to-Road transfer point (49 11 58N, 81 08 14E)
• Silo 22X (training silo) (49 12 06N, 81 07 43E)
• Helicopter Base (49 13 00N, 81 10 11E)

For launch silos, see individual regiments.