29th Combined Arms Army

29-я общевойсковая армия

Military Unit: 26001

Commanders:

• Lieutenant-General Khariton Alekseevich Khudalov, 22.6.56 - 3.6.57
• Major-General Mikhail Ilich Duka, 4.6.57 - 16.3.58
• Major-General Nikolay Grigorevich Shtykov, 17.3.58 - 1.3.63
• Major-General Aleksey Nikolaevich Snegov, 2.3.63 - 7.67
• Lieutenant-General Aleksandr Mikhaylovich Zvartsev, 7.67 - 6.9.69
• Major-General Grigoriy Petrovich Yashkin, 14.10.69 - 12.5.70
• Major-General Stepan Markovich Bondarev, 13.5.70 - 12.6.72
• Major-General Vasiliy Aleksandrovich Gorchakov, 13.6.72 - 5.1.76
• Lieutenant-General Yuriy Vladimirovich Tukharinov, 5.1.76 - 9.79
• Lieutenant-General Viktor Ivanovich Grishin, 9.79 - 11.84
• Lieutenant-General Vladimir Magomedovich Semyonov, 11.84 - 10.86
• Lieutenant-General Anton Vladimirovich Terentev, 10.86 - 12.88
• no data after 12.88

Activated 22.6.56 in Arkhangelsk, Arkhangelsk Oblast, as the 44th Special Rifle Corps, from HQ Arkhangelsk Military District.

In 6.57 renamed 44th Special Army Corps.

Organisation 1960:

• 69th Motorised Rifle Division (Vologda, Vologda Oblast)
• 77th Guards Motorised Rifle Division (Arkhangelsk, Arkhangelsk Oblast)

29.8.61 renamed 44th Army Corps.

Organisation 1970:

• 5th Guards Tank Division (Kyakhta, Chita Oblast)
• 12th Motorised Rifle Division (Divizionnaya, Buryatskaya ASSR)
• 52nd Motorised Rifle Division (Nizhneudinsk, Irkutsk Oblast)
• 245th Motorised Rifle Division (Gusinoozersk, Buryatskaya ASSR)
• 12th Fortified Area (Blagoveshchensk, Amur Oblast)

12.5.70 renamed 29th Combined Army Army.

In 3.79 the 12th Motorised Rifle Division was transferred to Mongolia, and was replaced by the 198th Motorised Rifle Division.

Organisation 1980:

• 5th Guards Tank Division (Kyakhta, Chita Oblast)
• 52nd Motorised Rifle Division (Nizhneudinsk, Irkutsk Oblast)
• 198th Motorised Rifle Division (Divizionnaya, Buryatskaya ASSR)
• 245th Motorised Rifle Division (Gusinoozersk, Buryatskaya ASSR)
• 12th Fortified Area (Blagoveshchensk, Amur Oblast)

1.6.82 the 5th Guards Tank Division was detached, and was renamed 48th independent Guards Army Corps.

In 2.87 the 91st Motorised Rifle Division arrived from Mongolia.

Organisation 1988:

• 198th Motorised Rifle Division (Divizionnaya, Buryatskaya ASSR)
• 245th Motorised Rifle Division (Gusinoozersk, Buryatskaya ASSR)
• 497th Territorial Training Center (Nizhneudinsk, Irkutsk Oblast)
• 978th Territorial Training Center (Nizhneudinsk, Irkutsk Oblast)
• 12th Fortified Area (Blagoveshchensk, Amur Oblast)

28.2.88 renamed 57th Army Corps.

Disbanded 1993.

Headquarters:

• Arkhangelsk, Arkhangelsk Oblast, 6.56 - 6.67
• Ulan-Ude, Buryatskaya ASSR, 6.67 - 1993 [51 48 26N, 107 37 49E]

Subordination:

• Leningrad Military District, 6.56 - 6.67
• Transbaykal Military District, 6.67 - 1993