Moscow order of Lenin Military District
Московский ордена Ленина военный округ
Military Unit: 00000
Commanders:
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Colonel-General Pavel Artemevich Artemev, 21.6.41 - 5.47
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Marshal of the Soviet Union Kirill Afanasevich Meretskov, 5.47 - 16.5.49
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Colonel-General Pavel Artemevich Artemev, 17.5.49 - 25.6.53
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Marshal of the Soviet Union Kirill Semyonovich Moskalenko, 26.6.53 -
25.10.60
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Marshal of the Soviet Union Nikolay Ivanovich Krylov, 25.10.60 - 13.3.63
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General of the Army Afanasiy Pavlantevich Beloborodov, 14.3.63 - 15.5.68
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Colonel-General Evgeniy Fyodorovich Ivanovskiy, 16.5.68 - 16.7.72
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General of the Army Vladimir Leonidovich Govorov, 17.7.72 - 26.11.80
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General of the Army Pyotr Georgievich Lushev, 27.11.80 - 5.7.85
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General of the Army Vladimir Mikhaylovich Arkhipov, 6.7.85 - 3.5.88
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General of the Army Konstantin Alekseevich Kochetov, 4.5.88 - 23.1.89
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Colonel-General Nikolay Vasilevich Kalinin, 24.1.89 - 23.8.91
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Colonel-General Vladimir Mikhaylovich Toporov, 31.8.91 - 16.5.92
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Colonel-General Leontiy Vasilevich Kuznetsov, 16.7.92 - 20.4.99
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Colonel-General Igor Evgenevich Puzanov, 20.4.99 - 20.3.01
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General of the Army Ivan Ivanovich Efremov, 12.7.01 - 6.6.05
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General of the Army Vladimir Yurevich Bakin, 6.6.05 - 5.2.09
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Colonel-General Valeriy Vasilevich Gerasimov, 5.2.09 - 20.9.10
Activated 4.5.1918 in Moscow, Moscow Oblast.
9.7.45 divided into:
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Moscow Military District - new HQ activated from HQ of the old Moscow
Military District and HQ 2nd Guards Combined Arms Army
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Smolensk Military District (disbanded 5.2.46)
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Gorkiy Military District (disbanded 21.4.53)
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Voronezh Military District (disbanded 7.6.60)
Organisation 1960:
22.2.68 awarded the order of Lenin.
Organisation 1970:
In 5.75 the 20th Training Artillery Division
was activated.
In 1978 the 149th Motorised Rifle Division
(mobilisation) was activated.
In 1979 the 196th Motorised Rifle Division
(mobilisation) was activated.
29.12.79 the 53rd Guards Training Motorised
Rifle Division was renamed 26th Guards Training Tank Division,
Organisation 1980:
In 5.82 the 16th and
17th Artillery Divisions (mobilisation) were
activated.
Organisation 1988:
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13th Guards Army Corps (Gorkiy, Gorkiy
Oblast)
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2nd Guards Motorised Rifle Division
(Kalininets, Moscow Oblast)
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32nd Guards Motorised Rifle Division
(Kalinin, Kalinin Oblast)
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4th Guards Tank Division (Naro-Fominsk, Moscow
Oblast)
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5346th Equipment Storage Base (Klintsy,
Bryansk Oblast)
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1874th Weapons and Equipment Storage Base
(Artillery) (Kalinin, Kalinin Oblast)
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1875th Weapons and Equipment Storage Base
(Artillery) (Tambov, Tambov Oblast)
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1045th Territorial Training Center (Kursk,
Kursk Oblast)
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467th Guards District Training Center
(Kovrov, Vladimir Oblast)
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468th District Training Center (Mulino,
Gorkiy Oblast)
20.9.2010 united with the Leningrad Military
District, and renamed Western Military District.
Territory:
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7.45 - 2.46: Moscow Oblast, Kalinin (from 1990: Tver) Oblast, Yaroslavl
Oblast, Vladimir Oblast, Tula Oblast and Ryazan Oblast
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2.46 - 4.53: Moscow Oblast, Kaluga Oblast, Kalinin (from 1990: Tver) Oblast,
Yaroslavl Oblast, Vladimir Oblast, Tula Oblast and Ryazan Oblast
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4.53 - 6.60: Moscow Oblast, Kaluga Oblast, Smolensk Oblast, Bryansk Oblast,
Kalinin (from 1990: Tver) Oblast, Yaroslavl Oblast, Vladimir Oblast, Tula
Oblast, Ryazan Oblast, Gorkiy Oblast, Kostroma Oblast, Ivanovo Oblast and
Mordovskaya ASSR
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6.60 - 9.10: Moscow Oblast, Belgorod Oblast, Bryansk Oblast, Vladimir
Oblast, Voronezh Oblast, Gorkiy Oblast, Ivanovo Oblast, Kalinin Oblast,
Kaluga Oblast, Kostroma Oblast, Kursk Oblast, Lipetsk Oblast, Orel Oblast,
Ryazan Oblast, Smolensk Oblast, Tambov Oblast, Tula Oblast and Yaroslavl
Oblast
Headquarters:
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Moscow, Moscow Oblast, 5.18 - today [55 44 32N, 37 38 29E]
Subordination:
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General Staff RKKA, 6.41 - 2.46
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General Staff Armed Forces of the Soviet Union, 2.46 - 7.5.92
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General Staff Armed Forces the Russian Federation, 7.5.92 - 20.9.10