Southern Military District: headquarters, command, troops. Military districts of Russia Head of the armored service of the Southern Military District

Southern Military District (SMD) - military-administrative unit of the Armed Forces in the southwest of Russia

The district headquarters is located in Rostov-on-Don.

The district is intended for the defense of the south of the country.

The Southern Military District (SMD) was formed on October 4, 2010 during the military reform of 2008-2010 on the basis of the Red Banner North Caucasus Military District (SKVO). It also included the Red Banner Black Sea Fleet, the Red Banner Caspian Flotilla and the 4th Red Banner Air Force and Air Defense Command.

Southern Military District troops are deployed within the administrative boundaries of two federal districts (Southern and North Caucasian) on the territory of the following constituent entities of the Russian Federation: Republic of Adygea, Republic of Dagestan, Republic of Ingushetia, Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, Republic of Kalmykia, Karachay-Cherkess Republic, Republic of Crimea, Republic of North Ossetia - Alania, Chechen Republic, Krasnodar, Stavropol territories, Astrakhan, Volgograd and Rostov regions, the city of Sevastopol.

In addition, in accordance with international treaties, three military bases in the district are located outside Russia: in Abkhazia, Armenia and South Ossetia.

All military formations of types and branches of troops stationed in the territory of the district are subordinate to the commander of the Southern Military District, with the exception of the Strategic Missile Forces, Airborne Forces, and other units of central subordination. In addition, under its operational subordination are military formations of the Federal Service of the National Guard Troops, the Border Service of the FSB, as well as units of the Ministry of Emergency Situations and other ministries and departments of Russia performing tasks in the territory of the district

The Southern Military District was significantly strengthened between 2013 and 2016. Four new divisions and nine brigades, twenty-two regiments were created, including two missile brigades equipped with Iskander-M complexes. In 2016, the formation of the promising 150th motorized rifle Idritsk-Berlin Order of Kutuzov division with headquarters in Novocherkassk began. An opinion was also expressed on the need to recreate the previously existing 42nd Guards Motorized Rifle Evpatoria Red Banner Division on the basis of the 17th, 18th and 19th motorized rifle brigades.

Composition of troops of the Southern Military District

• Ground Forces / Airborne Forces / Marine Corps
• formations and units of district subordination:
• 175th Luninets-Pinsk Order of Alexander Nevsky and twice Red Star control brigade (Aksai, Rostov region)
• 176th separate communications brigade (territorial) (p., Rassvet, Rostov region)
• 439th Guards Rocket Artillery Perekop Order of Kutuzov Brigade (Znamensk, Astrakhan region, 12 9A52 “Smerch”)
• 11th Separate Guards Engineering Kingisepp Red Banner, Order of Alexander Nevsky Brigade (Kamensk-Shakhtinsky, Rostov region)
• 28th separate brigade of radiation, chemical and biological protection, Kamyshin, Volgograd region.
• 19th separate electronic warfare brigade, Rassvet village, Rostov region.
• 37th separate railway brigade, Tsaritsyn (Volgograd)
• 39th Separate Railway Order of Zhukov Brigade (Timashevsk)
• 333rd separate pontoon-bridge railway battalion, Tsaritsyn (Volgograd)
• Mountain training and survival center "Terskol" (Kabardino-Balkarian Republic)
• 54th training center for intelligence units (Vladikavkaz)
• 27th Training Center of Railway Troops (Tsaritsyn (Volgograd))
• 49th Combined Arms Army (Stavropol):
• 150th Motorized Rifle Idritsko-Berlin Order of Kutuzov Division (Novocherkassk)
• 1st Guards Missile Orsha Orders of Suvorov and Kutuzov Brigade (My Separate Regiment of Radiation, Chemical and Bacteriological Protection Lkin, Goryachiy-Klyuch, Krasnodar Territory)
• 34th separate motorized rifle brigade (mountain) (Storozhevaya-2 station, Karachay-Cherkess Republic)
• 20th Separate Guards Motorized Rifle Carpathian-Berlin Red Banner, Order of Suvorov Brigade (Volgograd)
• 77th Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade (Korenovsk)
• 90th Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade (Krasnodar)
• 227th Tallinn Red Banner Order of Suvorov Artillery Brigade (Maikop, 2A65, 9K57)
• 66th Odessa Red Banner, Order of Alexander Nevsky control brigade (Stavropol)
• 95th separate electronic warfare battalion (Mozdok)
• 99th separate logistics brigade (Maykop)
• 39th separate regiment of radiation, chemical and bacteriological protection (Oktyabrsky village, Volgograd region)
• 58th Combined Arms Army (Vladikavkaz):
• 19th separate motorized rifle Voronezh-Shumlinskaya Red Banner, Order of Suvorov and Order of the Red Banner of Labor (Sputnik village, Vladikavkaz)
• 42nd Guards Motorized Rifle Evpatoria Red Banner Division (Khankala, Kalinovskaya, Shali, Borzoi, Chechen Republic)
• 205th separate motorized rifle Cossack brigade (city of Holy Cross, Stavropol Territory)
• 136th Separate Guards Motorized Rifle Uman-Berlin Red Banner Order of Suvorov, Kutuzov and Bogdan Khmelnitsky Brigade (Buinaksk, Republic of Dagestan)
• 12th Missile Brigade (Mozdok)
• 291st Artillery Order of Suvorov Brigade (Troitskaya station, Republic of Ingushetia)
• 40th separate regiment of radiation, chemical and bacteriological protection (Troitskaya Ingushetia station)
• 943rd Rocket Artillery Regiment (Krasnooktyabrsky village, Republic of Adygea)
• 573rd separate reconnaissance artillery division (Krasnooktyabrsky village, Adygea)
• 67th Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade (Sputnik village, Vladikavkaz)
• 34th control brigade (Vladikavkaz)
• 31st Engineer Regiment (Prokhladny, Kabardino-Balkarian Republic)
• 97th separate electronic warfare battalion (Vladikavkaz)
• 78th separate logistics brigade (Prokhladny, Kabardino-Balkarian Republic)
• military bases abroad:
• 4th Guards Military Vapnyarsko-Berlin Red Banner, Orders of Suvorov and Kutuzov base (Tskhinvali, South Ossetia)
• 102nd military base (Gyumri, Armenia)
• 7th military Krasnodar Red Banner, Order of Kutuzov and Red Star base (Gudauta, Abkhazia)
• airborne troops:
• 7th Guards Air Assault (Mountain) Red Banner Division, Orders of Suvorov and Kutuzov (Novorossiysk).
• 56th Separate Guards Air Assault Red Banner, Order of Kutuzov and Order of the Patriotic War Don Cossack Brigade (Kamyshin).
• reconnaissance units and military units:
• 10th Separate Order of Zhukov Special Purpose Brigade (Molkin, Goryachy Klyuch, Krasnodar Territory)
• 22nd separate guards special purpose brigade (Stepnoy village, Rostov region)
• 346th separate special purpose brigade (Prokhladny, Kabardino-Balkarian Republic)
• 25th separate special purpose regiment (Stavropol)
• 100th separate reconnaissance brigade (Mozdok-7)
• 154th separate radio technical brigade for special purposes (Izobilny, Stavropol Territory)
• 74th separate radio technical regiment for special purposes (Vladikavkaz)
• Marine and coastal defense units:
• 810th Separate Order of Zhukov Marine Brigade named after the 60th anniversary of the formation of the USSR (Sevastopol)
• 8th separate artillery regiment (Simferopol, Republic of Crimea)
• 126th separate Gorlovka Red Banner, Order of Suvorov coastal defense brigade (Perevalnoye village, Republic of Crimea)
• 127th separate reconnaissance brigade (Sevastopol)
• 382nd Separate Marine Battalion (Temryuk, Krasnodar Territory)
• 11th separate coastal missile and artillery brigade (Utash village, Krasnodar region)
• 15th separate missile coastal brigade (Sevastopol)
• 133rd Logistics Brigade (Bakhchisarai, Republic of Crimea)
• 1096th separate anti-aircraft missile regiment (Sevastopol)
• 4th separate regiment of radiation, chemical and bacteriological protection (Sevastopol)
• 475th separate electronic warfare center (Sevastopol)
• 529th Red Banner Communications Center (Sevastopol)
• 137th reconnaissance point (Tuapse, Krasnodar region)
• 102nd special forces detachment for combating underwater sabotage forces and means (Sevastopol)
• 136th special forces detachment for combating underwater sabotage forces and means (Novorossiysk)
• 414th Separate Marine Battalion (Kaspiysk, Republic of Dagestan)
• 727th Separate Marine Battalion (Astrakhan)
• 46th separate coastal missile division (Kaspiysk, Republic of Dagestan)
• 68th separate marine engineering regiment (military unit 86863, Evpatoria, Republic of Crimea)
• 137th special forces detachment for combating underwater sabotage forces and means (Makhachkala, Republic of Dagestan)
• Air Force and Air Defense
• 4th Red Banner Air Force and Air Defense Army.
• Red Banner Black Sea Fleet (Sevastopol)
• Crimean naval base (Sevastopol)
• Novorossiysk naval base (Novorossiysk)
• Red Banner Caspian Flotilla (Astrakhan, Kaspiysk, Makhachkala)

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Russian Ministry of Defense

Armed Forces of the Russian Federation

Joint Strategic Command\Military District

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Rostov-on-Don Rostov-on-Don

Colonel General Alexander Galkin

Southern Military District (SMD)- a military-administrative unit of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (Russian Armed Forces) in the southwest of the country, intended for the defense of southern Russia (primarily the North Caucasus). The district administration is located in Rostov-on-Don.

• 1. History
• 2 Composition, organization and strength of troops of the Southern Military District
  • 2.1 Ground Forces / Airborne Forces / Marine Corps
  • 2.2 Air Force and Air Defense
  • 2.3 Navy
• 3 Command of the Southern Military District (USC "South")
• 4 Notes
• 5 Links

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The Southern Military District (SMD) was formed on October 4, 2010 during the military reform of 2008-2010 on the basis of the North Caucasus Military District (NCMD). it also included the Black Sea Fleet, the Caspian Flotilla and the 4th Air Force and Air Defense Command.

Troops and forces of the Southern Military District are deployed within the administrative boundaries of three federal districts (Southern, North Caucasian and Crimean) on the territory of the following constituent entities of the Russian Federation: Republic of Adygea, Republic of Dagestan, Republic of Ingushetia, Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, Republic of Kalmykia, Karachay-Cherkess Republic, Republic of Crimea , Republic of North Ossetia - Alania, Chechen Republic, Krasnodar, Stavropol territories, Astrakhan, Volgograd and Rostov regions, the city of Sevastopol.

In addition, in accordance with international treaties, three military bases of the district are located outside Russia: in South Ossetia, Abkhazia (formed on February 1, 2009) and Armenia.

All military formations of types and branches of troops stationed in the territory of the district are subordinate to the commander of the Southern Military District, with the exception of the Strategic Missile Forces, Aerospace Defense Forces, and other units of central subordination. In addition, military formations of the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Border Service of the FSB, as well as units of the Ministry of Emergency Situations and other ministries and departments of Russia that perform tasks in the district are under its operational subordination.

The main task of the troops and forces of the Southern Military District is to ensure the military security of the southern borders.

Composition, organization and strength of troops of the Southern Military District

Ground Forces / Airborne Forces / Marine Corps

• formations and units of district subordination:
  • 175th Luninets-Pinsk Order of Alexander Nevsky and twice Red Star control brigade (Aksai, Rostov region)
  • 176th separate communications brigade (territorial) (p., Rassvet, Rostov region)
  • 100th separate reconnaissance brigade (experimental) (Mozdok-7)
  • 439th Guards Rocket Artillery Perekop Order of Kutuzov Brigade (Znamensk, Astrakhan region, 12 9A52 "Smerch")
  • 11th Separate Guards Engineering Kingisepp Red Banner, Order of Alexander Nevsky Brigade (Kamensk-Shakhtinsky, Rostov region)
  • 28th separate brigade of radiation, chemical and biological protection (Kamyshin, Volgograd region)
  • 1270th separate electronic warfare center (Kovalevka village, Rostov region)
  • 37th separate railway brigade (Volgograd)
  • 39th separate railway brigade (Krasnodar)
  • 333rd separate pontoon-bridge railway battalion (Volgograd)
  • Mountain training center for the armed forces (Baksan Gorge, Kabardino-Balkarian Republic)
  • 54th training center for intelligence units (Vladikavkaz)
  • 27th Training Center of Railway Troops (Volgograd)

• 49th Combined Arms Army (Stavropol):
  • 33rd separate motorized rifle brigade (mountain) (Maykop)
  • 34th separate motorized rifle brigade (mountain) (Zelenchukskaya station, Karachay-Cherkess Republic)
  • 205th separate motorized rifle Cossack brigade (Budennovsk, Stavropol Territory)
  • 7th military Krasnodar Red Banner, Order of Kutuzov and Red Star base (Gudauta, Republic of Abkhazia)
  • 7016th storage and repair base for weapons and equipment (Maykop, Republic of Adygea, 24 9P140 "Hurricane", 36 152mm 2A65 "Msta-B", 12 100mm MT-12, 36 9P149 "Sturm-S")
  • 66th Odessa Red Banner, Order of Alexander Nevsky control brigade (Stavropol)
  • 95th separate electronic warfare battalion (Mozdok)
  • 99th separate logistics brigade (Maykop)

• 58th Combined Arms Army (Vladikavkaz):
  • 8th separate guards motorized rifle Chertkovskaya twice Order of Lenin Red Banner orders of Suvorov, Kutuzov and Bogdan Khmelnitsky brigade (mountain) named after Marshal of Armored Forces M.E. Katukov (village of Borzoi, Chechen Republic)
  • 17th separate guards motorized rifle brigade (Shali, Chechen Republic)
  • 18th Separate Guards Motorized Rifle Evpatoria Red Banner Brigade (Khankala village, Chechen Republic)
  • 19th separate motorized rifle Voronezh-Shumlinskaya Red Banner Order of Suvorov and Red Banner of Labor Brigade (Sputnik village, Vladikavkaz)
  • 20th Guards Separate Motorized Rifle Carpathian-Berlin Red Banner Order of Suvorov Brigade (Volgograd)
  • 136th Separate Guards Motorized Rifle Uman-Berlin Red Banner Order of Suvorov, Kutuzov and Bogdan Khmelnitsky Brigade (Buinaksk, Republic of Dagestan)
  • 1st Guards Missile Brigade (Krasnodar)
  • 291st Artillery Brigade (Troitskaya station, Republic of Ingushetia)
  • 943rd Rocket Artillery Regiment (Krasnooktyabrsky village, Republic of Adygea)
  • 573rd separate reconnaissance artillery division (Krasnooktyabrsky village, Republic of Adygea)
  • 67th Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade (Sputnik village, Vladikavkaz)
  • 234th control brigade (Vladikavkaz)
  • 31st Engineer Regiment (Prokhladny, Kabardino-Balkarian Republic)
  • 97th separate electronic warfare battalion (Vladikavkaz)
  • 78th separate logistics brigade (Prokhladny, Kabardino-Balkarian Republic)
• Russian military bases abroad:
  • 4th Guards Military Vapnyarsko-Berlin Red Banner, Orders of Suvorov and Kutuzov base (Tskhinvali, Republic of South Ossetia)
  • 102nd military base (Gyumri, Republic of Armenia)
  • 7th Krasnodar Red Banner Order of Kutuzov and Red Star military base (Gudauta, Republic of Abkhazia)

• airborne troops:
  • 7th Guards Air Assault (Mountain) Division (Novorossiysk)
  • 56th Separate Guards Air Assault Brigade of the Order of the Patriotic War (Kamyshin)
• reconnaissance units and military units:
  • 10th Separate Order of Zhukov Special Purpose Brigade (Molkino village, Goryachy Klyuch, Krasnodar Territory)
  • 22nd separate guards special purpose brigade (Stepnoy village, Rostov region)
  • 346th separate special purpose brigade (Prokhladny, Kabardino-Balkarian Republic)
  • 25th separate special purpose regiment (Stavropol)
  • 154th separate radio technical brigade for special purposes (Izobilny, Stavropol Territory)
  • 74th separate radio technical regiment for special purposes (Vladikavkaz)

• Marines of the Southern Military District at the exercises "Caucasus-2012", 2012 units of the marine corps and coastal defense:
  • 810th Separate Marine Brigade (Sevastopol)
  • 8th separate artillery regiment (Simferopol, Republic of Crimea)
  • 126th separate Gorlovka Red Banner, Order of Suvorov coastal defense brigade (Perevalnoye village, Republic of Crimea)
  • 382nd Separate Marine Battalion (Temryuk, Krasnodar Territory)
  • 11th separate coastal missile and artillery brigade (Utash village, Krasnodar region)
  • 1096th separate anti-aircraft missile regiment (Sevastopol)
  • 475th separate electronic warfare center (Sevastopol)
  • 529th Red Banner Communications Center (Sevastopol)
  • 137th reconnaissance point (Tuapse, Krasnodar region)
  • 102nd special forces detachment for combating anti-sabotage forces and means (Sevastopol)
  • 136th special forces detachment for combating anti-sabotage forces and means (Novorossiysk)
  • 414th Separate Marine Battalion (Kaspiysk, Republic of Dagestan)
  • 727th Separate Marine Battalion (Astrakhan)
  • 46th separate coastal missile division (Kaspiysk, Republic of Dagestan)
  • 137th special forces detachment for combating anti-sabotage forces and means (Makhachkala, Republic of Dagestan)

The troops of the Southern Military District are armed with approximately 400 tanks (equally T-72 and T-90); about 1 thousand infantry fighting vehicles and infantry fighting vehicles, approximately 250 wheeled (mainly BTR-80) and up to 800 tracked (MTLB and BTR-D) armored personnel carriers; up to 450 self-propelled guns, approximately 250 towed guns, more than 200 mortars, more than 250 MLRS (including the most powerful MLRS “Smerch” and the only newest MLRS “Tornado” in the Russian Armed Forces); more than 150 ATGMs; more than 200 military air defense missile launchers (S-300V, Buk, Tor, Osa, Strela-10), more than 50 Tunguska air defense missile systems.

The ground-based air defense grouping on the territory of the Southern Military District includes only 3 anti-aircraft missile regiments, and one of them is, in fact, similar to the only anti-aircraft missile brigade of ground forces in the district with the Buk air defense system. This air defense system is not suitable for solving the country's air defense problems. On the other hand, one of the two “real” anti-aircraft missile regiments of the Southern Military District (near Novorossiysk) received the S-400 air defense system. In addition, in the Southern Military District (in the Astrakhan region) there is an air defense combat training center in Ashuluk, where there are two combat-ready S-300P divisions.

The Southern Military District Air Force includes 100 Su-24 front-line bombers, more than 80 Su-25 attack aircraft, and about 100 fighters (MiG-29, Su-27, Su-30). There is a very powerful group of army aviation, which includes more than 100 combat helicopters (at least 10 Ka-52, more than 30 Mi-28N, at least 50 Mi-24/35), 12 heavy transport Mi-26, more than 60 multi-purpose Mi-8 /17.

The Black Sea Fleet includes two submarines (one each, Project 877 and 641B), the flagship guards missile cruiser "Moscow" Project 1164, the large anti-submarine ship "Kerch" Project 1134B, three patrol ships (one each Project 01090, 1135 and 1135M), five small anti-submarine ships (MPK Project 1124M and one Project 1124), four small missile ships (two each Project 1239 and 12341), five missile boats (one Project 12417, four Project 12411), eleven minesweepers, seven large landing ships (three Project 1171, four Project 775).

The Caspian flotilla includes two patrol ships of Project 1661 (the second of them, Dagestan, is armed with the Kalibr-NK missile system capable of striking surface and ground targets), three small artillery ships of Project 21630, one missile boat Project 12412, three missile boats Project 206MR and two Project 1241 (one of which was converted into an artillery boat), four armored boats Project 1204, seven minesweepers, six landing boats.

Air Force and Air Defense

• 4th Air Force and Air Defense Command

Navy

• Black Sea Fleet. Sevastopol
  • Crimean naval base (Sevastopol)
  • Novorossiysk naval base (Novorossiysk)
• Caspian Flotilla (Astrakhan, Kaspiysk, Makhachkala)

Command of the Southern Military District (USC "South")

• Colonel General Galkin, Alexander Viktorovich - commander of the troops of the Southern Military District (since December 10, 2010).
• Lieutenant General Serdyukov, Andrei Nikolaevich - chief of staff - first deputy commander of the district troops (since October 2013).
• Lieutenant General Turchenyuk, Igor Nikolaevich - deputy commander of the district troops (since March 29, 2011).

Notes

1. 1 2 Decree of the President of the Russian Federation dated September 20, 2010 No. 1144 “On the military-administrative division of the Russian Federation”
2. Southern Military District
3. The 8th coastal defense artillery regiment appeared in Crimea
4. More than seven billion will be spent on stationing troops in Crimea
5. Southern Military District (USC "Yug") - "newest" look
6. The Southern Military District has an abundance of forces for defense, but not enough for an offensive - Russian Planet
7. Galkin Alexander Viktorovich
8. http://okp.mil.ru/separated_commandant_regiment/honour_book/ _Employee

Links

• http://vz.ru/politics/2010/10/22/441797.html
• http://milkavkaz.net/?q=node/44
• http://161.ru/news/324779.html
• http://www.newsru.com/russia/03dec2010/dagarmy.html

Southern Military District (Russia) Information About

A military administrative unit of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (Russian Armed Forces) in the southwest of the country, intended for the defense of southern Russia (primarily the North Caucasus). The headquarters is located in Rostov-on-Don.

150th Idritsa-Berlin Order of Kutuzov, second degree motorized rifle division, military unit 22265

102nd Motorized Rifle Regiment, military unit 91706 (Republic of Adygea, Maykop, redeployment to Rostov region, Novocherkassk, Kadamovsky village)

Nth Motorized Rifle Regiment (Rostov region, Novocherkassk, Kadamovsky village), deployment in 2017.

Nth Motorized Rifle Regiment (Rostov region, Kuzminki village)

68th Tank Regiment, military unit 91714 (Novocherkassk, Kadamovsky village)

N-th self-propelled artillery regiment

933rd Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment (Rostov region, Millerovo)

174th separate reconnaissance battalion (Rostov region, Novocherkassk, Kadamovsky village).

539th separate engineer battalion

Nth separate communications battalion (Rostov region, Novocherkassk, Kadamovsky village).

293rd separate logistics battalion, military unit 98591 (Rostov region, Novocherkassk, Kadamovsky village).

Nth separate medical battalion

Separate UAV company

Separate electronic warfare company

Separate company of the Russian Chemical Defense Plant

N-I anti-aircraft missile brigade on the 9K317M Buk-M3 air defense system (Rostov region)

49th Combined Arms Army, military unit 35181 (Stavropol):

20th Separate Guards Carpathian-Berlin Red Banner Order of Suvorov Motorized Rifle Brigade, military unit 69670 (Volgograd)

205th separate motorized rifle brigade, military unit 74814 (Budennovsk, Stavropol Territory)

34th separate motorized rifle brigade (mountain), military unit 01485 (Karachay-Cherkess Republic, Zelenchuk district, Storozhevaya-2)

7th Krasnodar Red Banner Order of Kutuzov and Red Star military base, military unit 09332 (Georgia, Abkhazia, Gudauta)

In addition, in accordance with the “agreement between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Abkhazia on the Joint Group of Troops (Forces) of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and the Armed Forces of the Republic of Abkhazia” signed in Moscow on November 21, 2015, the 7th WB was assigned from the Armed Forces of Abkhazia two separate motorized rifle battalions, artillery and aviation groups, as well as a separate special forces detachment.

102nd Red Banner Military Base, military unit 04436 (Yerevan and Gyumri, Armenia)

3624th aviation base, military unit 63530 (Yerevan, Erebuni airport).

Rocket artillery battery MLRS 9K58 "Smerch" (439th REABr)

Reconnaissance control company (servicemen of the 10th and 22nd Special Forces brigades).

Military hospital (Yerevan).

Military hospital (Gyumri).

1st Guards Rocket Orsha Brigade of the Orders of Suvorov and Kutuzov, military unit 31853 (Molkino village, Krasnodar Territory)

227th Artillery Tallinn Red Banner Order of Suvorov Brigade, military unit 21797 (Republic of Adygea, Maykop district, Krasnooktyabrsky village)

90th Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade, military unit 54821 (Relocation from Rostov-on-Don to Krasnodar Territory, Afipsky village)

25th separate special purpose regiment, military unit 05525 (Stavropol Territory, Stavropol).

66th command brigade, military unit 41600 (Stavropol, planned relocation to Krasnodar region, Afipsky village?).

32nd Engineer Regiment, military unit 23094

39th RKhBZ regiment, military unit 16390 (Volgograd region, Oktyabrsky)

58th Combined Arms Army, military unit 47084 (Republic of North Ossetia - Alania, Vladikavkaz):

42nd Guards Evpatoria Red Banner Motorized Rifle Division

291st Guards Motorized Rifle Regiment, military unit 65384 (Chechen Republic, Borzoi village)

70th Guards Motorized Rifle Regiment, military unit 71718 (Chechen Republic, Shali village)

71st Guards Motorized Rifle Red Banner, Order of Kutuzov Regiment, military unit 16544 (Chechen Republic, Kalinovskaya village)

Nth separate tank battalion (Chechen Republic)

50th Guards Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment (Chechen Republic, Shali)

1203(?) Anti-aircraft missile regiment on the 9K330 Tor air defense system (Chechen Republic)

417(?) separate reconnaissance battalion

Nth separate anti-tank artillery division

478(?) Separate Signal Battalion

539(?) Separate Engineer Battalion

474(?) Separate Logistics Battalion

106(?) Separate Medical Battalion

Separate UAV company

Separate electronic warfare company

Separate company of the Russian Chemical Defense Plant

19th separate Voronezh-Shumlinskaya Red Banner Order of Suvorov and Red Banner of Labor motorized rifle brigade, military unit 20634 (Sputnik village, Vladikavkaz)

136th Guards Uman-Berlin Red Banner Orders of Suvorov, Kutuzov and Bogdan Khmelnitsky motorized rifle brigade, military unit 63354 (Buinaksk, Republic of Dagestan)

4th Guards Vapnyarsko-Berlin Red Banner Orders of Suvorov and Bogdan Khmelnitsky military base, military unit 66431 (Georgia, South Ossetia, Tskhinvali and Java)

40th Regiment of the Russian Chemical Defense Plant, military unit 16383 (Ingushetia, Troitskaya station)

34th control brigade, military unit 29202 (Vladikavkaz)

78th separate logistics brigade (MTO), military unit 11384 (Stavropol Territory, Budennovsk).

31st Engineer Regiment, military unit 31777 (Prokhladny)

Other parts, connections and associations of the district:

4th Red Banner Air Force and Air Defense Army, military unit 40911 (Southern Military District, Rostov-on-Don).

Red Banner Black Sea Fleet (Southern Military District, Sevastopol).

Caspian Flotilla (Southern Military District, Astrakhan).

7th Guards Red Banner Order of Kutuzov III degree Airborne Assault Division (mountain), military unit 61756 (Southern Military District, Novorossiysk).

56th Separate Guards Air Assault Red Banner, Order of Kutuzov and Order of the Patriotic War Don Cossack Brigade (light), military unit 74507 (Southern Military District, Kamyshin).

10th Separate Order of Zhukov Special Purpose Brigade, military unit 51532 (Molkino village, Krasnodar Territory)

22nd separate guards special purpose brigade, military unit 11659 (Bataysk and Stepnoy village, Rostov region)

346th separate special purpose brigade, military unit 31681 (Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria, Prokhladnensky district, Prokhladny)

439th Guards Rocket Artillery Perekop Order of Kutuzov Brigade, military unit 48315

77th Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade with S-300V4 air defense system, military unit 33742 (Krasnodar Territory, Korenovsk)

28th separate brigade of the Russian Chemical Defense Plant, military unit 65363 (Kamyshin)

11th Separate Guards Engineering Kingisepp Red Banner Order of Alexander Nevsky Brigade, military unit 45767 (Rostov region, Kamensk-Shakhtinsky)

175th Luninets-Pinsk Order of Alexander Nevsky and twice Red Star control brigade, military unit 01957 (Rostov region, Aksai).

176th separate communications brigade, military unit 71609 (Rostov region, Novocherkassk).

154th separate radio engineering brigade, military unit 13204 (Stavropol Territory, Izobilny).

74th separate radio engineering regiment of the Special Forces, military unit 68889 (Vladikavkaz).

305th separate radio engineering center, military unit 74315 (Republic of Dagestan, Kaspiysk).

903rd separate radio engineering center, military unit 30232 (Krasnodar region, Sochi).

Separate radio direction finding center, military unit 53058 (Rostov region, Taganrog).

Electronic intelligence center mobile, military unit 87530 (Stavropol Territory, Stavropol).

19th separate electronic warfare brigade, military unit 62829 (Rostov region, Aksai district, Rassvet village).

362nd Command Intelligence Center, military unit 47187 (Rostov-on-Don).

1020th Command Intelligence Center, military unit 30656 (Vladikavkaz).

Center for Information Warfare of the Southern Military District (Rostov Region, Novocherkassk)

2140th group of information and psychological operations, military unit 03128 (Rostov-on-Don).

1061st logistics center of the Southern Military District, military unit 57229 (Rostov region, Rostov-on-Don).

744th artillery weapons base, military unit 42286 (Novocherkassk).

719th artillery ammunition base, military unit 01704 (Krasnodar region, Tikhoretsk, actually the village of Tikhonky).

430th Central Small Arms Arsenal (Armavir).

1103rd engineering ammunition base, military unit 55453 (Stavropol Territory, Kirov district, Komsomolets village).

7024th military equipment storage and repair base, military unit 45278 (Rostov region, Kamensk-Shakhtinsky).

3791st integrated logistics base, military unit 96132 (Rostov region, Bataysk).

91st Base for Repair and Storage of Communication Equipment, military unit 69674 (Krasnodar Territory, Kropotkin).

7029th military equipment storage and repair base (Volzhsky, Volgograd).

2728th weapons and equipment storage base (RKhBZ), military unit 42751 (Volgograd region, Frolovo).

670th warehouse of armored equipment, military unit 52205 (Krasnodar region, Kushchevskaya station).

2699th automobile base, military unit 63652 (Rostov-on-Don).

54th Center for Training Intelligence Units, military unit 90091 (Republic of North Ossetia-Alania, Vladikavkaz).

Railway Department (Volgograd).

37th separate railway brigade, military unit 51473 (Stavropol Territory, Nevinnomyssk and Georgievsk)

39th separate railway brigade, military unit 01228 (Krasnodar).

333rd separate pontoon-bridge railway battalion, military unit 21483 (Volgograd).

529th Special Purpose Medical Detachment, military unit 40880 (Rostov-on-Don).

6167th medical/military-technical equipment storage base, military unit 08376 (Krasnodar).

14th topographic and geodetic detachment, military unit 17908 (Krasnodar region, Korenovsk)

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In 2014, Crimea was annexed by Russia. The tense truce in the Donbass, constantly on the verge of breakdown due to incessant provocations, constantly forces the Armed Forces, including the Southern Military District, to be on high alert. The article describes the current state of this district, its command and composition.

History of the Southern Military District

In 1918, the North Caucasus Military District was established, and the Army of the North Caucasus became known as the Eleventh Army. The following year, it was created here and headed by S.M. Budyonny.

In the twenties, military educational institutions were created on this territory. The district was replenished with new weapons and equipment and by the beginning of the war it had become one of the most advanced districts of the Soviet Union.

In 1942, the district was abolished, and the department was transformed into the department of the Transcaucasian Front.

In peacetime, the Don, Stavropol and Kuban military districts were created on the territory of the abolished North Caucasus Military District. The Don District began to be called in its old way - North Caucasus, with headquarters located in Rostov-on-Don.

The troops of this military district played a major role in the counter-terrorist operation in the North Caucasus. Forty-three military personnel then became Heroes of the Russian Federation.

In 2008, the North Caucasus Military District conducted an operation to force Georgia to peace. It lasted five days. As a result, the people were saved and the aggressor was defeated. Many were then awarded orders and insignia, and Major D.V. Vetchinov (posthumously), Lieutenant Colonel K.A. Terman, captain Yu.P. Yakovlev and Sergeant S.A. Mylnikov were awarded the title of Hero of the Russian Federation.

In 2009, Russia was formed in Abkhazia and South Ossetia and became part of the military district.

Military reform

At the end of 2010, four military districts were formed instead of six - Central, Western, Eastern and Southern. The latter is located within the boundaries of the North Caucasus Military District, which includes the Black Sea Fleet and the Caspian Flotilla, the Fourth Air Force Command and Air Defense, the 49th and 58th Armies.

Location of the Southern Military District

At the moment, the troops of the Southern Military District are located on the territory of the Southern, North Caucasian and fourteen constituent entities of the Russian Federation. Outside Russia - in Armenia, Abkhazia and South Ossetia - there are military bases that are also part of the Southern Military District. The headquarters of the Southern Military District is located in Rostov-on-Don.

Southern Military District today

The Southern Military District is the smallest in size compared to other military districts of Russia. But at the same time, the most located on Russian territory are Chechnya and Ingushetia, and abroad - Georgia, Nagorno-Karabakh and Ukraine.

And if in Chechnya and Ingushetia, within the country, and in Georgia and Nagorno-Karabakh, the conflicts have now practically ceased, then in Ukraine the situation is only getting worse.

In 2014, Crimea became part of Russia, and since then tensions from NATO and the United States have been particularly acute. They have conducted exercises in the Black Sea more than once, but each time they received worthy responses from Russian troops.

The main function performed by the troops of this military district is maintaining security on the southern borders of Russia.

Lieutenant General A.V. Galkin commands the troops. After graduating from command school, he served in Germany and the Far East, rising to the position of commander of a motorized rifle battalion. He reached the rank of commander of the 41st Army in the city of Novosibirsk. Since 2010, he has been the commander of the Southern Military District. Lieutenant General A.V. Galkin is subordinate to all troops on the territory of the district, except for the aerospace defense forces and the police, units of the Ministry of Emergency Situations and the FSB and other departments that perform tasks in the territory of the district are also subordinate to him.

Structure of the Armed Forces

The Southern Military District includes ground forces, marines, airborne forces, navy, air force and air defense.

The Army has the largest number of soldiers. They operate independently or interact with other units of the Armed Forces. SV consist of several including special ones.

1. Motorized rifles are a branch of troops designed to break through defenses, advance and hold occupied territory.
2. Tank is a type of troops for solving the most important combat missions.
3. Artillery and missiles are the type of troops for fire and nuclear destruction.
4. Air defense (air defense) is a branch of the military that is one of the main means of defeating the enemy in the air.

The special forces of the ground forces consist of:

• signal troops;
• intelligence;
• engineering;
• nuclear technical;
• automobile;
• electronic warfare troops;
• biological, chemical and radiation protection;
• technical support;
• rear security.

The Air Force (AF) is the most maneuverable type of aircraft, which is designed to;

• ensuring the security and protection of Russia's interests in the airspace of the state;
• ensuring combat operations of the Army, Navy and other units of the Armed Forces;
• various special missions and air strikes against the enemy.

The Navy (Navy) is a type of armed forces designed to ensure the security and protection of Russia's interests in the seas and oceans.
The Navy consists of 4 fleets and a flotilla:

• Northern;
• Black Sea;
• Pacific;
• Baltic;
• Caspian flotilla.

The Black Sea Fleet and the Caspian Flotilla, respectively, are part of the Southern Military District. Its address is the city of Rostov-on-Don, Budennovsky Avenue, building 43.

Composition of the Southern Military District. Number of armies

The Southern Military District includes two armies, which include:

• motorized rifle brigades (seven);
• reconnaissance brigade;
• air assault brigade;
• mountain brigades (two);
• military bases (three);
• Marines.

The Navy consists of:

• Caspian Flotilla;
• Black Sea Fleet.

Air Force and Air Defense include:

• fourth command;
• Fleet Aviation;
• Flotilla aviation.

Military doctrine

According to the military doctrine approved by the President of the Russian Federation, NATO’s approach to the state’s border, the creation and deployment of missile defense systems, non-nuclear precision weapon systems, as well as the intention to deploy weapons in space are the main external threats to the state.

In addition, external threats are hotbeds of interethnic and interfaith tension, the activities of radicals and in the territory adjacent to the border of Russia and its allies.

Thus, the Southern Military District becomes one of the strategically most important districts ensuring the preservation of peace in the country.

Russian military exercises

The Ministry of Defense reports that in 2015 about four thousand exercises will be carried out by Russian troops.

International exercises are also planned. Among them are the Russian-Belarusian “Union Shield 2015”, the international games “Tank Biathlon 2015”, competitions for different branches of the Armed Forces.

The ground forces will conduct up to one hundred and fifty exercises, and the missile forces will conduct up to one hundred maneuvers.

In addition, the troops will continue to receive modern weapons and equipment.

Exercises in the Southern Military District

The exercises conducted in the Southern Military District each time confirm excellent preparation to repel an attack, if necessary. The Southern Military District Directorate plans to conduct more than twenty domestic exercises, as well as ten international exercises, in 2015.

In 2014, the intensity of practical training increased significantly; over thirty training grounds were involved.

Troops of the Southern Military District participated in a joint Russian-Indian exercise.

Over 370 exercises and 150 training sessions were conducted by the missile forces and artillery.

The Black Sea Fleet and the Caspian Flotilla carried out about 300 combat exercises.

Aviation training has also been significantly enhanced. In total, the pilots flew over 47 thousand hours.

Military engineers cleared mines over three thousand hectares of agricultural land in Chechnya and Ingushetia, and cleared more than three thousand shells and mines. Their annual plan was exceeded by 22%.

The headquarters of the Southern Military District reports that in 2015 the intensity of the exercises is expected to be no less, and the number of international exercises will increase. Therefore, the southern border of Russia will be reliably guarded.