58th Melitopolskaya Red Banner order of Suvorov Missile Division

58-я ракетная Мелитопольская Краснознаменная ордена Суворова дивизия

Military Unit: 83463

Commanders:

• Major-General Nikolay Ivanovich Bereznyak, 22.7.61 - 30.12.67
• Major-General Vladimir Aleksandrovich Abrashkevich, 30.12.67 - 28.11.75
• Major-General Viktor Egorovich Skvortsov, 28.11.75 - 30.8.79
• Major-General Stanislav Nikolaevich Ermak, 30.8.79 - 23.9.83
• Major-General Nikolay Mikhaylovich Khokhlachev, 23.9.83 - 6.8.87
• Major-General Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Erokhin, 6.8.87 - 31.8.90

Activated 30.5.61 in Kaunas, Lithuanian SSR, from the 175th Fighter Aviation Division.

Organisation 1963:

• 637th Guards Missile Regiment (Taurage, Lithuanian SSR) with R-12 missiles
• 324th Missile Regiment (Ukmerge, Lithuanian SSR) with R-12 missiles
• 42nd Missile Regiment (Karmelava, Lithuanian SSR) with R-12 missiles

30.6.64 divisional HQ transferred to Karmelava, Lithuanian SSR.

Disbanded 31.8.90.

Subordination:

• 50th Missile Army, 30.5.61 - 31.8.90

Support Units:

• 87th Repair-Technical Base (attached to the 637th Guards Missile Regiment)
• 866th Repair-Technical Base (attached to the 324th Missile Regiment)
• 1640th Repair-Technical Base (attached to the 42nd Missile Regiment)
• 0000 Technical Missile Base
• 728th Communications Center

Headquarters:

• Karmelava, Lithuanian SSR, 6.64 - 8.90

Divisional coordinates:

• Jonava MRBM Division Command Post Bunker (54 58 16N, 24 04 40E)
• Jonava MRBM Division Support Facility (54 58 19N, 24 04 38E)