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50-601: The base is home to the 33rd Independent Transport Composite Aviation Regiment which is part of the 6th Air and Air Defence Forces Army . This Russian military article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about an airport in Russia is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . 6th Air and Air Defence Forces Army The 6th Red Banner Leningrad Army of Air and Air Defence Forces ( Russian : 6-я Краснознамённая Ленинградская армия Военно-воздушных сил и противовоздушной обороны )

100-812: A class commander. Zherebin entered the engineering department of the Military-Technical Academy for advanced training in September 1931, but only completed a year before being transferred to the command department of the Military Engineering Academy in May 1932. Upon graduation from the latter in May 1936, he was appointed chief of staff of the Separate Sapper Battalion of the Moscow Proletarian Rifle Division . Zherebin

150-558: A coordinated missile defence system forming a ring around Leningrad, known as the System-100 Missile Zone. Additionally, the S-75s were to be bolstered by three regiments of long-range multi-target Dal missiles (see ru:Даль_(зенитный_ракетный_комплекс) ), whose formation began in the fall of 1960. The closed military town of Khvoyny was built to house the headquarters of the system. In April 1959 General-lieutenant Dmitry Zherebin

200-723: A special course at the Voroshilov Higher Military Academy between January 1947 and December 1948, he served as chief of the Operations Directorate and deputy chief of staff of the Moscow Military District from February 1949. Placed at the disposal of the 2nd Main Directorate of the Soviet General Staff in September 1950, he was dispatched a month later to serve as senior military adviser to

250-555: A strong offensive of superior enemy forces, knocking out and destroying up to 70 tanks without surrendering a step of its positions. During the period of the second operation, the corps took up to 2,000 enemy soldiers and officers prisoner. In the Berlin operation, the 32nd Rifle Corps operated even more finely. Breaking through several strong fortified lines, the units of the 32nd Rifle Corps burst into Berlin and after nine days of sustained fighting took its central part. In this operation

300-738: Is an Air Army of the Russian Aerospace Forces . The army was first active from 1998 to 2009, and was reformed in 2015. After the war, the Soviet Air Defence Forces ' main command in the Leningrad area from 1960 was the 6th Independent Air Defence Army. As of 2020 it is the principal frontal aviation formation within the Western Military District of the Russian Armed Forces. The army traces its lineage back to

350-767: The 1st Guards Army in the offensive in the Donbass . Zherebin was promoted to major general on 29 January. He served as deputy chief of staff of the Southwestern Front from 2 April. Zherebin took command of the 32nd Rifle Corps on 5 May 1943, commanding the formation for the rest of the war. He led the corps in the Donbass Strategic Offensive , the Nikopol–Krivoi Rog Offensive , the Uman–Botoșani offensive , Second Jassy–Kishinev offensive ,

400-520: The 21st Army . The Serafimovich bridgehead that the division fought for later became a vital jumping-off point for Operation Uranus . Zherebin was moved up to deputy chief of staff of the 21st Army for the auxiliary command post on 4 November. In this role, he took part in Operation Uranus and the destruction of the encircled German troops. Zherebin was appointed commander of the 58th Guards Rifle Division on 9 January 1943, which he led as part of

450-665: The 498th Anti-Aircraft Rocket Training Brigade at Opochka . In turn, the 27th Corps of the PVO consisted in 1988 of the: 54th Air Defence Corps included: The Army was reformed within the Russian Air Force on June 1, 1998, from the 76th Air Army of the VVS and the 6th Independent Air Defence Army, both headquartered in Saint Petersburg . Its new title was the 6th Army of Air Forces and Air Defence. The 6th Army had responsibility for

500-541: The 6th Separate Air Defense Army of the Soviet Air Defense Forces . Dmitry Sergeyevich Zherebin was born in a large peasant family on 23 February 1906 in the village of Izmaylovo, Pereslavsky Uyezd , Vladimir Governorate . His father was called up for military service during World War I and after a fire burned down their home, his mother was forced to move to her grandmother's home in Kirzhach to take care of

550-672: The 96th Rifle Division in early 1942. Zherebin led the division in the Battle of Stalingrad and the 58th Guards Rifle Division in early 1943. Zherebin commanded the 32nd Rifle Corps from May 1943 to the end of the war, during the Soviet advance through Ukraine and into Romania and the Vistula–Oder offensive , and was made a Hero of the Soviet Union for his leadership of the corps in the Battle of Berlin . Postwar, he rose to senior roles and commanded

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600-669: The Leningrad Air Defence Corps Region , but on 5 April 1942 it became the Leningrad Air Defence Army . During the Siege of Leningrad between 1941 and 1944, the air defence formations protecting the city claimed more than 1,500 German aircraft destroyed, and covered the Road of Life across Lake Ladoga . In the fall of 1945, after the end of the war, the army was reorganized into the 16th Special Air Defence Corps , which

650-484: The Leningrad Military District . General Lieutenant Gennadiy A. Torbov was appointed commander of the army by a presidential decree of 6 April 2000. He replaced Lt-Gen Anatoliy Basov, who retired due to age. Its commanding officer was General Lieutenant Vladimir Sviridov  [ ru ] from June 2005 until at least 2007. Economic stringency and the reduction of the threat led to drastic cuts in

700-720: The Warsaw–Poznan Offensive , the East Pomeranian Offensive , and the Berlin Offensive . During these operations the corps was assigned to the 3rd Guards Army , the 5th Guards Army , and the 5th Shock Army . For his performance in the Second Jassy–Kishinev offensive , Zherebin was awarded the Order of Kutuzov , 2nd class on 13 September 1944. The recommendation read: Major General Zherebin finely organized

750-593: The 2nd category, and in the spring of 1954 became 1st category, tasked with providing air defense for Leningrad and the Leningrad Military District . On 1 May 1953, it included four fighter aviation divisions part of the 25th Fighter Air Defence Army (the 20th, 41st, 44th, and the 50th), three anti-aircraft artillery divisions (the 25th, 29th, and the 42nd), a separate anti-aircraft artillery regiment, and seven separate anti-aircraft artillery battalions. These numbered 33,200 men, 256 fighter aircraft, 950 anti-aircraft guns (including 261 light guns), and 52 radars. In June 1954,

800-570: The 3rd Section of the 2nd Department. In July Zherebin was sent to the headquarters of the Far Eastern Front , serving as chief of the 9th (Engineer) Department. In this role, he took part in the Battle of Lake Khasan , receiving a second Order of the Red Banner for his performance in organizing engineer support. Zherebin was one of the Soviet commanders featured in Viktor Tyomin's photograph of

850-602: The 440th Independent Helicopter Regiment. The 52nd Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment (at Shaykovka air base equipped with Tupolev Tu-22M 3 "Backfire" bombers) is also based within the boundaries of the Western Military District but is subordinate to the 22nd Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Division of Russian Long Range Aviation . Dmitry Zherebin Dmitry Sergeyevich Zherebin ( Russian : Дмитрий Сергеевич Жеребин ; 23 February 1906 – 27 June 1982)

900-671: The Air Defense Forces in February 1957, serving as chief of the operational art and tactics department and then as first deputy chief for training and chief of the academy training department from September 1958. In April 1959 he was appointed commander of the Special Leningrad Air Defense Army, which he continued to command after its reorganization into the 6th Separate Air Defense Army in February 1961. Promoted to colonel general on 9 May 1961, Zherebin's last assignment

950-809: The Chief of the General Staff of the Czechoslovak People's Army . Returning to the Soviet Union, Zherebin served as chief of the 2nd Sector of the 10th Directorate of the General Staff from March 1955 and in May 1956 became assistant chief of the Staff of the Combined Armed Forces of the Warsaw Pact and assistant chief of the 10th Directorate. Zherebin was transferred to the Military Command Academy of

1000-717: The Far East, repeatedly requesting to be sent to the front. He was appointed deputy commander of the 12th Rifle Division of the 2nd Red Banner Army of the Far Eastern Front in December 1941, before rising to command the army's 96th Rifle Division in March 1942. The division was dispatched west to the Stalingrad Front in August, taking part in intense fighting for Serafimovich as part of

1050-579: The Magnuszew bridgehead and developing the success forced a crossing of the Pilica river, ensuring the timely commitment of the 2nd Guards Tank Army into the breakthrough. During ten days of offensive operations the corps of Comrade Zherebin advanced up to 250 kilometers in fighting, destroying and capturing a great quantity of soldiers, officers and enemy equipment. General Zherebin displayed great organizational abilities alongside personal courage and heroism during

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1100-724: The army was awarded the Order of the Red Banner in honor of the 50th anniversary of the Soviet Army . In early 1978, the 14th Division was transferred to the Baltic Military District , and in the spring of 1980 the army was reorganized into the 18th Air Defence Corps with the transfer of its fighter units to the Air Forces of the Leningrad Military District. The army was composed of regiments of interceptors and anti-aircraft missiles. It had two major tasks: to protect

1150-573: The aviation division headquarters were disbanded and their regiments directly subordinated to the army headquarters. The Dal missile program was cancelled in late 1962, and the SAM brigades instead equipped with the S-125 and S-200 missiles. In the spring of 1967, the System-100 Zone was abolished and its units directly subordinate to the army headquarters or the 14th Air Defence Division . On 22 February 1968,

1200-451: The capture of the city of Kustrin, Lieutenant General Zherebin rapidly and secretly crossed two divisions to the west bank of the Oder and with successful and decisive operations the corps expanded the bridgehead of the 5th Shock Army, linking it to the bridgehead of the 8th Guards Army, to create conditions for the offensive of major forces on Berlin. During two days the 32nd Rifle Corps beat back

1250-677: The corps in the battles for Kishinev, he is deserving of the award of the Order of Kutuzov, 2nd class. During the Warsaw–Poznan Offensive, the corps attacked out of the Magnuszew bridgehead on 14 January 1945 and broke through the German defenses, forcing a crossing of the Pilica . For his performance Zherebin was awarded the Order of Lenin on 25 March. The recommendation read: Comrade Zherebin, during

1300-414: The defense of the bridgehead in the region of Pugochen and Sherpen . During the period of its defense, he successfully repulsed a few attempts of the enemy to dislodge the corps from its bridgehead. He prepared the bridgehead in a through and detailed manner for the transition to the offensive. Operating swiftly and boldly on the night of 22–23 August the corps broke through the defenses of the enemy and by

1350-516: The end of the day, fighting their way up to 50 kilometers, the units of the corps entered Kishinev. Relentlessly developing the attack its forces joined battle to take Kishinev and persistently pursuing the enemy surrounded and wiped out his main forces on the east bank of the Prut. As a result, the corps destroyed and wounded more than 8,000 German soldiers and officers, taking up to 2,000 prisoner and capturing significant trophies. For successful leadership of

1400-459: The enemy group and cutting it off from the crossing, completely destroying and capturing it. In the fighting for the city of Kustrin the 32nd Rifle Corps destroyed up to 4,00 and captured 3,500 soldiers and officers of the enemy, in addition to rich trophies. Thanks to his bold maneuver and fine control of the battle a major group of the enemy, located in strongpoints (fortress) was eliminated with significantly few losses for our side. Right after

1450-406: The fighting, Zherebin was evaluated as follows: "he skillfully led the combat operations of the corps, maintained close cooperation of infantry with artillery, displayed courage and persistence, to fulfill the task to take Berlin." For his performance, Zherebin, promoted to lieutenant general on 20 April, received the title Hero of the Soviet Union on 29 May 1945. The recommendation read: During

1500-458: The flag raising on Zaozernaya Hill during the battle, published in the newspaper Pravda . After the end of hostilities, Zherebin served as chief of the 9th Department of the staff of the 1st Separate Red Banner Army from September 1938 and as chief of the Department of Fortified Regions of the front headquarters from November 1940. After Germany invaded the Soviet Union, Zherebin remained in

1550-608: The formation of the 2nd Air Defence Corps before Operation Barbarossa , the World War II German invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941. The corps provided direct cover for the city, and the Air Forces of the Leningrad Military District had two fighter aviation divisions for air defense, which became the 7th Fighter Aviation Corps in July. In November, the 2nd Corps was reorganized into

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1600-451: The formation, as previously the 6th and 10th Independent Air Defence Armies, which covered the area, had twelve fighter regiments between them. 10th Independent Air Defence Army appears to have disbanded on 1 December 1994. The 518th Fighter Aviation Regiment at Talagi Airport disbanded in 1998. The 174th and 470th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiments , at Monchegorsk and Afrikanda air base , both disbanded on September 1, 2001. There

1650-613: The four sons and a daughter in the family. Zherebin spent his childhood and youth in the city of Zagorsk . On a Komsomol direction , he was sent to the Moscow Military Engineering School, entering it on 15 September 1923. Upon graduation in September 1927, Zherebin was appointed a platoon commander in the 10th Railroad Regiment of the Separate Red Banner Caucasus Army . He returned to the Moscow Military Engineering School in December 1930 to serve as

1700-537: The headquarters of the army was reestablished in Leningrad at 16 Baskov Pereulok from the headquarters of the 18th Corps. The army included the 27th Air Defence Corps at Riga, the new 54th Air Defence Corps with headquarters at Khvoyny , the 14th Air Defence Division at Tallinn , which included the 425th Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO ( Haapsalu (Khaansalu), Estonian SSR), the 656th Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO at Tapa Airfield in Estonia with MiG-27MLDs from 1978 and

1750-622: The most industrialized European part of the Soviet Union against possible U.S. cruise missile attack from the north via the North Pole (using Mikoyan MiG-31 interceptors), and to protect the deployment of nuclear submarines stationed in the Kola Peninsula (using Su-27 fighters ). In early 1986, the PVO returned to the organization used during the 1960s and 1970s. As a result, in April 1986,

1800-452: The operation. He is worthy of the award of the Order of Lenin. Between 30 January and 30 March 1945 Zherebin was credited with skillfully organizing the operations of the corps to take and expand a bridgehead on the left bank of the Oder river and the capture of Kustrin . From 16 April to 2 May the corps broke through a series of German defense positions and took the central part of Berlin . In

1850-412: The period from 7 March to 29 March 1945, commander of the 32nd Rifle Corps Lieutenant General Zherebin conducted two brilliant operations: the first to capture the city of Kustrin and the second to expand the bridgehead on the west bank of the Oder, northwest of Kustrin. Comrade Zherebin thoroughly prepared the offensive on Kustrin, unexpectedly entering the city with the forces of five regiments, dividing

1900-482: The period of preparation for the Warsaw–Poznan operation, thoroughly and painstakingly prepared his corps for the breakthrough of the German defense. He personally organized cooperation between infantry and reinforcements attached to the corps, going to the observation post of every rifle regiment and battalion. On 14 January 1945, the corps of Comrade Zherebin broke through the strongly fortified enemy defense zone on

1950-498: The regalia of the 470th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment. In 2009, 9th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment was transferred from Karelia to the Besovets airbase, where it was merged with the 159th and 177th Fighter Regiment airfields Besovets and Lodeynoye Pole, respectively. In 2009 the army was disestablished and reorganised as the 1st Air and Air Defence Forces Command . Major General Alexander Duplinsky took command in February 2014; he

2000-607: The region was reorganized into the Special Leningrad Air Defence Army , and the 25th Fighter Army abolished with its divisions brought under the direct control of the new army. When surface-to-air missiles were introduced into the Air Defence Forces between 1958 and 1959, four Air Defence Brigades of Special Designation were formed in the army: the 82nd, 83rd, 84th, and 86th, equipped with S-75 Dvina missiles. These brigades were planned to be controlled by

2050-582: The skies of Leningrad, and given its merits in peacetime, the army was given the honorary name "Leningrad". The 1st Air and Air Defence Forces Command was only active from 2009 to 2015. 6th Air and Air Defence Forces Army HQ (St.Petersburg): Also seemingly part of the army are the 15th Brigade of Army Aviation at the former Russian Naval Aviation base at Ostrov , the 332nd Independent Guards Helicopter Regiment (332-й отдельный гвардейский вертолётный полк, V/Ch 12633 (Pushkin, St Petersburg, with 12 Mil Mi-28 N, 10 Mil Mi-35M , and 12 Mil Мi-8 MТV); and

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2100-449: The title Hero of the Soviet Union. After the end of the war, Zherebin continued to command the corps in the Group of Soviet Occupation Forces in Germany . He took a strict attitude towards breaches of discipline among his troops. In early 1946, Zherebin instituted patrols to arrest drunken soldiers in Ludwigslust in an attempt to curtail violence and public drunkenness among Soviet occupation troops in Germany. Graduating with honors from

2150-400: The units of the corps destroyed more than 5,500 and took 9,000 soldiers and officers prisoner. Comrade Zherebin was always personally in the thick of the fighting, where he decided the sectors of the battle to ensure the success of the corps. For taking Kustrin with small forces, creation of a powerful bridgehead on the Berlin axis and capturing the central part of Berlin, he is deserving of

2200-421: Was a Soviet colonel general and a Hero of the Soviet Union who held corps and divisional commands during World War II . An engineer officer, Zherebin took part in the Spanish Civil War as a military adviser and held senior staff positions in the prewar period, taking part in the Battle of Lake Khasan . After Germany invaded the Soviet Union, he continued to serve in the Soviet Far East and took command of

2250-457: Was also formerly the 72nd Fighter Regiment at Amderma and the 641st Fighter Aviation Regiment at Rogachevo ( Sukhoi Su-27s ). On 13 September 2005, the army was awarded the honorific Leningrad in honor of the actions of its predecessor units in the Siege of Leningrad. From 2001 to 2009, the Kilpyavr airfield was home to the 9th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment, created on the basis of 941st Fighter Aviation Regiment, which had received all

2300-459: Was appointed commander of the Special Leningrad Air Defence Army. He continued to command the army after its reorganization into the 6th Separate Air Defence Army in February 1961. In March 1960, the 6th Independent Air Defence Army (6-я отдельная армия ПВО) was formed from the Special Leningrad Air Defence Army. It controlled air defence units in Leningrad Oblast , Pskov Oblast , and the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic . Between 1961 and 1962,

2350-416: Was as representative of the Supreme Commander of the Unified Armed Forces of the Warsaw Treaty Organization to the Polish Armed Forces from January 1962. Transferred to the reserve on 21 December 1968, Zherebin lived in Moscow, and was active in the veterans' organization of the 5th Shock Army. In poor health for several years, he died on 27 June 1982. He was buried in the Kuntsevo Cemetery . Zherebin

2400-399: Was promoted to lieutenant general in February 2016. On 1 August 2015 the army was reformed from the 1st Air and Air Defence Forces Command as the 6th Leningrad Air and Air Defence Forces Army. By a Decree of the President of Russia dated September 13 , 2005 , for mass heroism and courage, fortitude and courage shown by the personnel of the army during the Great Patriotic War to protect

2450-400: Was redesignated the 16th Air Defence Corps in May 1946 and the 16th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Corps PVO in July 1947. In early 1949, the headquarters of the Leningrad Air Defence Region was formed from the corps headquarters. In August, its anti-aircraft artillery divisions conducted an exercise in which they practiced repelling a large enemy air raid. The region was an air defence region of

2500-400: Was sent as a military advisor to the Spanish Republican Army during the Spanish Civil War between April 1937 and May 1938. For his performance in organizing engineer support for Spanish Republican forces, he was decorated with the Order of the Red Banner and the Medal "For Courage" . On his return to the Soviet Union, he was posted to the Engineering Directorate of the Red Army as chief of

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