45th Army Corps

45-й армейский корпус

Military Unit: 00000

Commanders:

• Lieutenant-General Ivan Prokofevich Kalyuzhnyy, 18.5.56 - 16.5.57
• Lieutenant-General Vasiliy Akimovich Gorishnyy, 16.5.57 - 21.12.61
• Lieutenant-General Vasiliy Ivanovich Bulgakov, 21.12.61 - 27.7.68
• Major-General Stanislav Antonovich Rzhechitskiy, 27.7.68 - 25.4.70
• Major-General Vasiliy Fyodorovich Bukharenko, 25.4.70 - 2.11.72

Activated 4.4.56 in Simferopol, Crimean Oblast, as the 45th Special Rifle Corps, from parts of HQ Tauride Military District.

16.5.57 renamed 45th Army Corps.

Organisation 1960:

• 52nd Motorised Rifle Division (Kerch, Crimean Oblast)
• 101st Motorised Rifle Division (Simferopol, Crimean Oblast)

Organisation 1970:

• 81st Guards Motorised Rifle Division (Bikin, Khabarovsk Kray)
• 135th Motorised Rifle Division (Lesozavodsk, Primorskiy Kray)

Disbanded 2.11.72.

Headquarters:

• Simferopol, Crimean Oblast, 4.56 - 3.67
• Bikin, Khabarovsk Kray, 3.67 - 11.72

Subordination:

• Odessa Military District, 4.56 - 3.67
• Far Eastern Military District, 3.67 - 11.72