Belomorsk Military District

Беломорский военный округ

Military Unit: 00000

Commanders:

• Colonel General Valerian Aleksandrovich Frolov, 15.12.44 - 4.48
• Colonel General Mikhail Stepanovich Shumilov, 4.48 - 6.49
• Marshal of the Soviet Union Kirill Afanasevich Meretskov, 6.49 - 5.54
• Colonel General Vladimir Yakovlevich Kolpakchi, 5.54 - 4.4.56
• Colonel General Andrey Trofimovich Stuchenko, 4.4.56 - 18.3.60

Activated 15.12.44 in Kemi, Karelian ASSR, from the old HQ Arkhangelsk Military District.

9.7.45 new HQ activated from the old HQ Belomorsk Military District and HQ 14th Combined Arms Army.

1.7.51 renamed Northern Military District.

Disbanded 18.3.60 - four months later (23.7.60), the HQ became HQ 6th Combined Arms Army

Territory:

• 12.44 - 1.46: Murmansk Oblast, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Vologda Oblast, Karelian ASSR, Komi ASSR and Nenetskiy Autonomous Okrug
• 1.46 - 4.56: Murmansk Oblast and Karelian ASSR
• 4.56 - 3.60: Murmansk Oblast, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Vologda Oblast, Karelian ASSR, Komi ASSR and Nenetskiy Autonomous Okrug

Headquarters:

• Kemi, Karelian ASSR, 12.44 - 1.46
• Petrozavodsk, Karelian ASSR, 1.46 - 3.60

Subordination:

• General Staff RKKA, 12.44 - 2.46
• General Staff Armed Forces of the Soviet Union, 2.46 - 3.60