Kiev Red Banner Military District

Киевский Краснознаменный военный округ

Military Unit: 00000

Commanders:

• Lieutenant-General Vladimir Vasilevich Kosyakin, 15.10.43 - 3.44
• Lieutenant-General Vasiliy Filippovich Gerasimenko, 3.44 - 8.7.45
• Colonel-General Andrey Antonovich Grechko, 9.7.45 - 25.5.53
• Marshal of the Soviet Union Vasiliy Ivanovich Chuykov, 26.5.53 - 6.4.60
• General of the Army Pyotr Kirillovich Koshevoy, 7.4.60 - 15.1.65
• General of the Army Ivan Ignatevich Yakubovskiy, 16.1.65 - 3.5.67
• Colonel-General Viktor Georgievich Kulikov, 4.5.67 - 29.9.69
• Colonel-General Grigoriy Ivanovich Salmanov, 28.11.69 - 25.6.75
• General of the Army Ivan Aleksandrovich Gerasimov, 26.6.75 - 22.8.84
• Colonel-General Vladimir Vasilevich Osipov, 23.8.84 - 4.1.89
• Colonel-General Boris Vsevolodovich Gromov, 5.1.89 - 8.1.90
• Colonel-General Viktor Stepanovich Chechevatov, 9.1.90 - 4.92

Activated 15.10.43 in Chernigov, Chernigov Oblast, from HQ Stalingrad Military District.

9.7.45 new HQ activated from the old HQ Kiev Military District and HQ 1st Guards Combined Arms Army.

6.46 united with the Kharkov Military District.

Organisation 1960:

• 6th Guards Tank Army (Dnepropetrovsk, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast)
• 1st Combined Arms Army (Chernigov, Chernigov Oblast)
• 63rd Guards Motorised Rifle Division (Lugansk, Lugansk Oblast)
• 112th Guards Motorised Rifle Division (Desna, Chernigov Oblast)
• 69th Air Army (Kiev, Kiev Oblast)

24.5.62 the 112th Guards Motorised Rifle Division was renamed 112th Guards Training Motorised Rifle Division.

In 6.66 the 36th Motorised Rifle Division was activated.

5.10.67 the 1st Combined Arms Army was renamed 1st Guards Combined Arms Army.

22.2.68 awarded the Red Banner.

1.6.68 the 112th Guards Training Motorised Rifle Division was renamed 48th Guards Training Tank Division.

Organisation 1970:

• 6th Guards Tank Army (Dnepropetrovsk, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast)
• 1st Guards Combined Arms Army (Chernigov, Chernigov Oblast)
• 4th Guards Motorised Rifle Division (Lugansk, Lugansk Oblast)
• 36th Motorised Rifle Division (Artemovsk, Donetsk Oblast)
• 48th Guards Training Tank Division (Desna, Chernigov Oblast)
• 17th Air Army (Kiev, Kiev Oblast)

In 2.80 the 4th Guards Motorised Rifle Division was transferred to Termez, Surkhandar'inskaya Oblast, and was replaced by the 46th Motorised Rifle Division.

Organisation 1980:

• 6th Guards Tank Army (Dnepropetrovsk, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast)
• 1st Guards Combined Arms Army (Chernigov, Chernigov Oblast)
• 36th Motorised Rifle Division (Artemovsk, Donetsk Oblast)
• 46th Motorised Rifle Division (Lugansk, Lugansk Oblast)
• 48th Guards Training Tank Division (Desna, Chernigov Oblast)
• 141st Anti-Aircraft Missile-Artillery Division (mobilisation) (Cherkassy, Cherkassy Oblast)
• 182nd Anti-Aircraft Missile-Artillery Division (mobilisation) (Krivoi Rog, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast)
• 17th Air Army (Kiev, Kiev Oblast)

In 6.82 the 46th Motorised Rifle Division and the 36th Motorised Rifle Division was transferred to the new 64th Army Corps.

In 1983 the 67th Artillery Division (mobilisation) was activated.

In 1984 the 73rd Artillery Division (mobilisation) was activated.

Organisation 1988:

• 6th Guards Tank Army (Dnepropetrovsk, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast)
• 1st Guards Combined Arms Army (Chernigov, Chernigov Oblast)
• 64th Army Corps (Artemovsk, Donetsk Oblast)
• 169th Guards District Training Center (Desna, Chernigov Oblast)
• 750th Territorial Training Center (Malinovka, Kharkov Oblast)
• 752nd Territorial Training Center (Devichki, Kiev Oblast)
• 1074th Territorial Training Center (Cherkassy, Cherkassy Oblast)
• 1075th Territorial Training Center (Krivoi Rog, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast)
• 17th Air Army (Kiev, Kiev Oblast)

In 7.89 the 64th Army Corps was disbanded.

1.92 taken over by Ukraine.

Territory:

• 7.45 - 6.46: Kiev Oblast, Chernigov Oblast, Sumskaya Oblast, Poltava Oblast and Kirovograd Oblast
• 6.46 - 1.92: Kiev Oblast, Chernigov Oblast, Sumskaya Oblast, Poltava Oblast, Kirovograd Oblast, Kharkov Oblast, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast, Stalino (1961 Donetsk) Oblast and Voroshilovgrad (1958 to 1970 and from 1990: Lugansk) Oblast

Headquarters:

• Chernigov, Chernigov Oblast, 15.10.43 - 1.44
• Kiev, Kiev Oblast, 1.44 - 4.92 [50 26 35N, 30 28 42E]

Subordination:

• General Staff RKKA, 10.43 - 2.46
• General Staff Armed Forces of the Soviet Union, 2.46 - 4.92