8th independent Missile Corps

8-й отдельный ракетный корпус

Military Unit: 74102

Commanders:

• Lieutenant-General Georgy Pavlovich Karikh, 8.4.61 - 7.8.65
• Lieutenant-General Aleksandr Nikolaevich Brovtsyn, 7.8.65 - 8.6.70

Activated 15.3.61 in Chita, Chita Oblast.

Organisation 1961:

• 4th Missile Division (Drovyanaya, Chita Oblast)
• 47th Missile Division (Olovyannaya, Chita Oblast)

The 36th Guards Missile Division was attached to the corps in 6.61.

Organisation 1966:

• 4th Missile Division (Drovyanaya)
• 36th Guards Missile Division (Krasnoyarsk, Krasnoyarsk Kray)
• 47th Missile Division (Olovyannaya)

8.6.70 renamed 53rd Missile Army.

Corps coordinates - see 53rd Missile Army.