33rd Army Corps

33-й армейский корпус

Military Unit: 48985; from 1968: 71086

Commanders:

• Lieutenant-General Nikolay Nikolaevich Nikishin, 5.8.44 - 17.8.49
• Major-General Sergey Mikhaylovich Bushev, 17.8.49 - 10.50
• Lieutenant-General Aleksandr Fyodorovich Chudesov, 10.1.51 - 4.8.55
• Major-General Vasiliy Yakovlevich Petrenko, 4.8.55 - 4.6.57
• Lieutenant-General Mikhail Vasilevich Turchaninov, 4.6.57 - 13.9.62
• Lieutenant-General Ivan Grigorevich Bichenko, 13.9.62 - 20.12.65
• Lieutenant-General Ivan Makarovich Dudura, 20.12.65 - 7.8.67
• no data, 8.67 - 1974
• Major-General Boris Vasilevich Komarov, 1974 - 1977
• Lieutenant-General Boris Petrovich Shein, 1977 - 1981
• Major-General Anatoliy Pavlovich Antonov, 1981 - 1983
• Lieutenant-General Viktor Afanasevich Semyonov, 1983 - 1985
• Major-General Vladimir Aleksandrovich Ignatov, 1985 - 1986
• no data, 1986 - 1991
• Major-General Nikolay Igorevich Loktionov, 6.91 - 7.91

Activated 16.12.43 as the 119th Rifle Corps.

Organisation 10.5.45:

• 201st Rifle Division
• 360th Rifle Division
• 374th Rifle Division

Organisation 1.10.45:

• 201st Rifle Division (Dushanbe, Dushanbe Oblast)
• 360th Rifle Division (Termez, Surkhandar'inskaya Oblast)
• 374th Rifle Division (Chardzhou, Chardzhou Oblast)

30.10.45 the 374th Rifle Division was replaced by the 306th Rifle Division.

In 5.46 the 306th Rifle Division was disbanded.

Organisation 1.4.47:

• 201st Rifle Division (Dushanbe, Dushanbe Oblast)
• 306th Rifle Division (Samarkand, Samarkand Oblast)
• 360th Rifle Division (Termez, Surkhandar'inskaya Oblast)

In 7.48 the 201st Rifle Division was renamed 53rd independent Rifle Brigade.

16.3.49 the 53rd independent Rifle Brigade was renamed 201st Mountain Rifle Division.

In 6.49 the 48th independent Rifle Brigade arrived from Serdobsk, Penza Oblast, and joined the corps.

23.7.49 the 48th independent Rifle Brigade was renamed 376th Mountain Rifle Division.

In 9.49 the 360th Rifle Division was transferred to the new 17th Rifle Corps.

Organisation 1950:

• 201st Mountain Rifle Division (Dushanbe, Dushanbe Oblast)
• 376th Mountain Rifle Division (Osh, Osh Oblast)

13.6.55 renamed 33rd Rifle Corps - and the 201st and 376th Mountain Rifle Divisions was renamed 27th and 71st Mountain Rifle Divisions.

27.3.57 the 27th Mountain Rifle Division was renamed 124th Mountain Rifle Division.

4.6.57 renamed 33rd Army Corps.

25.3.58 the 71st and 124th Mountain Rifle Divisions were renamed 427th and 451st independent Motorised Rifle Regiments.

In 4.60 the 451st independent Motorised Rifle Regiment was expanded, and renamed 124th Motorised Rifle Division.

Organisation 1960:

• 124th Motorised Rifle Division (Dushanbe, Dushanbe Oblast)
• 427th independent Motorised Rifle Regiment (Osh, Osh Oblast)

Organisation 1970:

• 13th Motorised Rifle Division (Biysk, Altay Kray)

In 1972 the 62nd Motorised Rifle Division arrived in Itatka, Tomsk Oblast.

In 1978 the 167th Motorised Rifle Division (mobilisation) was activated.

Organisation 1980:

• 13th Motorised Rifle Division (Biysk, Altay Kray)
• 62nd Motorised Rifle Division (Itatka, Tomsk Oblast)
• 167th Motorised Rifle Division (mobilisation) (Biysk, Altay Kray)

Organisation 1988:

• 13th Motorised Rifle Division (Biysk, Altay Kray)
• 62nd Motorised Rifle Division (Itatka, Tomsk Oblast)
• 1010th Territorial Training Center (Biysk, Altay Kray)

Disbanded 7.91, and was absorbed by the arriving 28th Army Corps.

Headquarters:

• Lielvirbi, Latvian SSR, 10.5.45 - 12.5.45
• Stende, Latvian SSR, 12.5.45 - 13.5.45
• Mezamuiza, Latvian SSR, 13.5.45 - 17.5.45
• Spare, Latvian SSR, 17.5.45 - 7.45
• Dushanbe, Dushanbe Oblast, 8.45 - 4.68
• Kemerovo, Kemerovo Oblast, 4.68 - 7.91

Subordination:

• 1st Shock Army, 5.45 - 7.45
• Turkestan Military District, 8.45 - 4.68
• Siberian Military District, 4.68 - 7.91