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35-577: The new merged district draws upon the history of the former Ural, Volga, and Kazan Military Districts. The Kazan Military District was first to be formed in the Volga province of the Russian Empire, by order of the Defence Minister of 6 August 1864, as one of fifteen military districts being formed. Each district was intended to command combat formations, as well as act as a military-administrative organ on

70-552: A 'ragged' attack by 11th Tank and 6th Guards Mechanised Corps by 4th Tank Army on 26 July 1943, during which both corps were heavily battered by concealed German tanks and assault guns. The next day, the 30th Tank Corps 'pushed in with a fierce attack' but the tank army 'covered only about one mile in all'. On 25 October 1943 it was honoured and renamed the 10th Guards Uralsky Voluntary Tank Corps . The corps then fought in battles at Bryansk , Lower Silesia, Upper Silesia , Proskurovo - Kamenetc - Podolsk , Lvov-Sandomir and during

105-732: A regional scale - 'the War Ministry on a local level'. The Kazan Military District, with its headquarters in Kazan , took in the Orenburg , Kazan , and Ufa Governorates , part of the Perm Governorate , and the Ural and Turgay regions. In 1911, the 16th and 24th Army Corps were formed in the district, and just before the First World War , the district's staff was reorganised as the 4th Army . Following

140-681: Is headquartered and based at Boguchar , 160 kilometres south of Voronezh , Voronezh Oblast . Its complete formal designation is: "The 10th Guards Tank Ural- L'vov the Order of October Revolution Red Banner , the Order of Suvorov and the Order of Kutuzov Volunteer division in the name of Marshal of the Soviet Union R.A. Malinovsky " (Russian: 10 гвардейская танковая Уральско-Львовская ордена Октябрьской революции Краснознаменная орденов Суворова и Кутузова добровольческая дивизия имени Маршала Советского Союза Р. А. Малиновского). Reports indicate that

175-530: The 10th Rifle Corps ( 91st Rifle Division ( Sarapul ), 194th Rifle Division ( Kirov ) and 65th Mechanised Division (Perm)), and the 63rd Rifle Corps (77th Rifle Division (Sverdlovsk) and 417th Rifle Division ( Chebarkul ), 61st Mechanised Division ( Kamyshlov ). In June 1957 the 4th Rifle Division at Buzuluk (at that time in the South Urals MD) was converted into the 4th Motor Rifle Division, but along with numerous other new motor rifle divisions, it

210-539: The 43rd Motor Rifle Division (Kuybyshev, Kuybyshev Oblast) and the 110th Motor. Rifle Division (Shikhany, Saratov Oblast). It became the 40th Army Corps that year also, but was disbanded in 1960. By a Decree of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of 15 January 1974, for their large contributions to the strengthening the defence power of the state and its armed protection both the Volga and Ural military districts were rewarded with

245-464: The 448th Missile Brigade in September 1987. In June 1990, the division's 7th Separate Guards Reconnaissance Battalion was transferred to the 47th Guards Tank Division . The 47th's 112th Separate Reconnaissance Battalion replaced the 7th. At the time of its withdrawal from Germany in 1990 the division was equipped with 316 T-64 BM tanks and 12 T-80 B tanks. The division was moved back to Boguchar in

280-541: The Moscow Military District . The 6th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade was withdrawn from Berlin, reorganised as a motor rifle regiment and was garrisoned at Kursk. The 63rd Guards Tank Regiment was combined with the 6th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade combining with the tank regiment to form the 6th Guards Motor Rifle Regiment in 1997. In 2009-2010 the division was reduced to a weapons and equipment storage site and mobilization tank brigade. Most recently

315-601: The North Caucasus Military District ). see : Volga Military District The following officers commanded the district during its existence: Kazan Military District The Kazan Military District was a Military district of the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union , which existed between 1864—1918 and 1945–1946. The Kazan Military District was originally formed as a military district of

350-781: The Order of the Red Banner . In 1979 Scott and Scott reported the HQ address of the Ural Military District as Sverdlovsk, K-75, Ulitsa Pervomayskaya, Dom 27, which also housed the officers' club. On 1 September 1989 the Districts were merged with the new headquarters in Kuibyshev (Samara). Colonel General Albert Makashov was appointed commander of the district. However, in July 1992 the Ural District

385-415: The Russian Empire by a decree dated August 6, 1864. It included the territories of Kazan, Perm, Vyatka, Penza, Simbirsk, Saratov, Samara and Astrakhan provinces. Its headquarter was situated in Kazan . In 1881, it included the territory of the abolished Orenburg military district. The Astrakhan, Ural and Orenburg Cossack troops were subordinate to the command of the district. By a decree of March 30, 1918,

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420-742: The Second Guards Tank Army , and the 16th and 90th Guards Tank Divisions from the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany ) and the ex-Soviet republics, the reception of which required enormous effort on behalf of the District HQs and the regional administrations. Many of these units were subsequently disbanded, including the 15th Guards Tank Division , withdrawn from the Central Group of Forces , which appears to have disbanded at Chebarkul in 1999. In 2009,

455-531: The Ulyanovsk arms depot explosion happened just before a visit from President Dmitry Medvedev . Four military officers, including the deputy commander of the Volga–Ural Military District for armaments, General Major V. G. Khalitov, were dismissed for 'lack of control' and 'criminal negligence.' In 2006-07 the district's troops comprised: Red Banner Volga–Ural Military District 2010: Today

490-626: The Vistula-Oder , Berlin and Prague Offensives . On 16 March 1944, Major General Yevtikhy Belov became the corps commander. On 22 October 1944, Belov became deputy commander of the 4th Tank Army and Colonel Nil Chuprov replaced him in command. Chuprov was wounded on 10 February 1945 and replaced by Belov. The corps was awarded the Order of the Red Banner , the Order of Suvorov and the Order of Kutuzov . The 62nd Guards Perm-Keletcky Tank Brigade , which had earlier received an honorific named for Kielce ,

525-725: The District comprises the Republic of Bashkortostan , the Republic of Mari El , the Republic of Mordovia , the Republic of Tatarstan , the Udmurt Republic , the Chuvash Republic , Kirov , Kurgan , Orenburg , Penza , Perm , Samara , Sverdlovsk , Tyumen , Ulyanovsk , and Chelyabinsk Oblasts , and the Komi-Permyak , Khanty-Mansiysk , and Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrugs. In 2009, on

560-647: The Division has been reduced in status to a mobilisable base for the storage of weapons and equipment, (which in wartime would become a tank brigade), during the 2009 Russian Ground Forces reorganisation. The people of the Ural districts took the initiative to create the Urals voluntary tank corps which became an elite formation. Three tank brigades (including one from Perm ) and one motor-rifle brigade and other military units were included in its structure. Colonel Vadim Sokolov oversaw

595-760: The Kazan territorial district, and the troops were transferred to the Volga Military District . The Kazan Military district was again abolished on May 6, 1946. 10th Guards Uralsko-Lvovskaya Tank Division The 10th Guards Uralsko-Lvovskaya Volunteer Tank Division , also known as the Ural-Lvov Tank Division , is a tank division of the Russian Ground Forces and part of the Moscow Military District 's 20th Guards Army . The division traces its heritage back to 1943, during World War II . It

630-522: The October Revolution, the staff of the old imperial military districts hindered the creation of the new Soviet Red Army , and to surmount this, a new structure was established on 31 March 1918, including the creation of the new Volga and Ural Military Districts. Much of the fighting in the Russian Civil War took place on the districts' territory. The official Russian Defence Ministry site notes

665-552: The Soviet Union Р.Я. Малиновского (отбр) (п. Богучар Воронежской области, 1-я отбр) . In 2015 the Russian Ministry of Defence announced that the traditions of the division would be continued by a reformed 1st Separate Ural-Lvov Tank Brigade as part of the 20th Guards Army , still based in Boguchar. Sources however disagree as to whether the brigade was reformed; in any case the 3rd Motor Rifle Division ended up at Boguchar before

700-654: The Urals factories. 23 March 1943 is considered the "birthday" of the 243rd Perm Tank Brigade. On 1 June 1943, units of the corps were despatched to the front line for the first time. The first action for the Urals Volunteer Tank Corps was at Oryol, the counterattack ( Operation Kutuzov ) on the northern side of the Kursk salient after the German defeat at the Battle of Kursk proper. Historian John Erickson wrote that, following

735-556: The basis of the 295th Guards Motorized Rifle Regiment, the 7th Independent Guards Tank Brigade was created. It was reported that the District was dissolved on September 1, 2010, with most of its area of responsibility combined with the Siberian Military District as part of the new Central Operational-Strategic Command, while its western part joined the Southern Operational-Strategic Command (formerly

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770-556: The combat actions of the 20th , 21st , 24th , 25th , 26th , and 27th Rifle Divisions which took place on the eastern front of the war, as well as other formations and units. After the end of the Civil War the armed forces were reduced and the Ural Military District disbanded, on 21 April 1922. Its territory and troops were transferred to the West Siberian, Volga, Moscow and Petrograd military districts. The Ural Military District

805-653: The district was disbanded (in fact, the disbandment process continued until May 1918). In accordance with the decree of the Council of People's Commissars of the RSFSR dated May 4, 1918, the territory of the former Kazan Military District was divided between two newly created districts: the Volga Military District and the Ural Military District with headquarters in Samara and Yekaterinburg, respectively. The Kazan Military District

840-514: The formation of the unit. On 28 March 1943, Major General Georgy Rodin took command. The formation was initially known as the 30th Uralsky Voluntary Tank Corps and was formed in April 1943 in the Ural Military District . Workers from the Ural tank factories were among its initial recruits. The Corps has the distinction of being entirely paid-for by the donations of the population of the Urals. This included its entire complement of T-34 tanks built by

875-548: The formations formed during the war was the 153rd Ural Rifle Division , which for its combat record in Belorussia and Smolensk was ranked among the Guards ' on 18 September 1941 as the 3rd Guards Rifle Division . Also formed in the Ural District, with the tremendous effort of factory workers there, was the 30th Ural Tank Corps, later to become the 10th Urals-Lvov Tank Corps, today the 10th Guards Uralsko-Lvovskaya Tank Division . During

910-474: The front, totaling two million men. Five armies, 132 divisions, and over 300 regiments and battalions were established. In formation in the Volga Military District alone on 1 September 1941 were the 334th , 336th , 338th , 340th , 342nd , 344th , 346th , 348th , 350th , 352nd , 354th , 356th , 358th , and 360th Rifle Divisions , plus the 46th , 89th , and 91st Cavalry Divisions . Among

945-491: The new formation has been named as the 262nd Guards Ural-Lvov Order of the October Revolution Red Banner Orders of Suvorov and Kutuzov Weapons and Equipment Storage Base named for Marshal of the Soviet Union R.I. Malinovsky (Russian: 262-я гвардейская Уральско-Львовская ордена Октябрьской Революции Краснознаменная орденов Суворова и Кутузова база хранения и ремонта вооружения и техники named for Marshal of

980-638: The regiment moved to Krampnitz , German Democratic Republic , and became a division again in March 1950. The division was one of the formations used to suppress the East German uprising of 1953 . For good results in combat training on 16 June 1967 the division was named after Marshal of the Soviet Union Rodion Malinovsky and on 21 February 1978 it was awarded the Order of the October Revolution . The 697th Separate Missile Battalion became part of

1015-467: The war, the city of Kuybyshev (now Samara ) served as the alternate capital of the Soviet Union, and the Urals area became the biggest arsenal in the country, with many factories relocated from the west. The 3rd Guards Army arrived from Germany and was redesignated as the new Volga MD headquarters in late 1945. As part of the massive demobilisation exercise of 1945-6 the Kazan Military District

1050-692: Was briefly reformed, encompassing the Tatar , Udmurt , Mari and Chuvash ASSRs . It was disbanded in May 1946. During the Cold War the district's air forces included the Chelyabinsk Higher Military Aviation School for Navigators . The Ural Military District was commanded between 1948 and 1953 by Marshal Georgi Zhukov , effectively 'exiled' from more important commands. In 1954 the Ural MD controlled

1085-412: Was disbanded later, in 1959. That same month the 44th Tank Division was formed from the 61st Mechanised Division at Kamyshlov in the Ural Military District. In 1962 the 44th Tank Division became the 44th Tank Training Division . Meanwhile, in the Volga Military District, the 123rd Rifle Corps had been redesignated the 40th Army Corps in 1955. After the rifle to motor rifle changes of 1957, it included

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1120-571: Was formed a second time directly after the Second World War on July 9, 1945. The territory of the district included the Kirov region, as well as the Tatar, Udmurt, Mari and Chuvash ASSRs. The district administration was formed on the basis of the field administration of the 48th Army . The headquarters of the district was also stationed in Kazan. By order of February 4, 1946, the district was reorganized into

1155-483: Was in addition awarded the Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky for heroism shown in battle. The corps finished the war in what is now Poland , and briefly became part of the Northern Group of Forces . On 28 June 1945, the corps became a division at Chrudim . The brigades became regiments. On 31 October 1946, the division was reduced to a mobilization tank regiment. All attached units remained but were downsized. In 1947,

1190-636: Was recreated on 17 May 1935 with its staff located at Sverdlovsk , amid the international tensions caused by the Nazis' rise to power in Germany and the Japanese occupation of Manchuria. The 57th Rifle Division of the Volga District and the 82nd Rifle Division from the Urals were involved in the Battle of Khalkhin Gol with the Japanese in 1939. During World War II the two districts dispatched over three thousand units to

1225-545: Was reformed, as the region had become a near-boundary area with the new states of Central Asia. The decision on restoration of the two separate Volga and Ural military districts was promulgated in Presidential Decree No. 757 of 7 July 1992 and the Order of the Minister of Defence of 25 July 1992. From 1992 the two districts received large numbers of units and formations returning from the former groups of forces (including

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