The Order of the Red Banner Southern Military District () is a military district of

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. It is one of the five military districts of the

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, with its jurisdiction primarily within the

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region of the country, and Russian bases in South Caucasian

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. The Southern Military District was created as part of the 2008 military reforms, and founded by Presidential Decree №1144 signed on September 20, 2010, to replace the North Caucasus Military District, and absorbing the military commands of the

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and

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.УКАЗ Президента РФ от 20.09.2010 N 1144 "О ВОЕННО – АДМИНИСТРАТИВНОМ ДЕЛЕНИИ РОССИЙСКОЙ ФЕДЕРАЦИИ"
The district began operation on October 22, 2010, under the command of Colonel-General Aleksandr Galkin. The Southern Military District is the smallest military district in Russia by geographic size. The district contains 13 federal subjects of Russia:

Adygea Adygea ( ), officially the Republic of Adygea or the Adygean Republic, is a republics of Russia, republic of Russia. It is situated in the North Caucasus of Eastern Europe. The republic is a part of the Southern Federal District, and covers an a ...

Astrakhan Oblast Astrakhan Oblast (; ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast) located in southern Russia. Its administrative center is the city of Astrakhan. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 1,010,073. Geography Astrakhan's southern border is the ...

Chechnya Chechnya, officially the Chechen Republic, is a Republics of Russia, republic of Russia. It is situated in the North Caucasus of Eastern Europe, between the Caspian Sea and Black Sea. The republic forms a part of the North Caucasian Federa ...

Dagestan Dagestan ( ; ; ), officially the Republic of Dagestan, is a republic of Russia situated in the North Caucasus of Eastern Europe, along the Caspian Sea. It is located north of the Greater Caucasus, and is a part of the North Caucasian Fede ...

Ingushetia Ingushetia or Ingushetiya, officially the Republic of Ingushetia, is a republic of Russia located in the North Caucasus of Eastern Europe. The republic is part of the North Caucasian Federal District, and shares land borders with the country o ...

, Kabardino-Balkaria,

Kalmykia Kalmykia, officially the Republic of Kalmykia,; , ''Khalmg Tanghch'' is a republic of Russia, located in the Volga region of European Russia. The republic is part of the Southern Federal District, and borders Dagestan to the south and Stavr ...

, Karachay-Cherkessia,

Krasnodar Krai Krasnodar Krai (, ) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (a krai), located in the North Caucasus region in Southern Russia and is administratively a part of the Southern Federal District. Its administrative center is the t ...

, North Ossetia-Alania,

Rostov Oblast Rostov Oblast ( rus, Росто́вская о́бласть, r=Rostovskaya oblastʹ, p=rɐˈstofskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast), located in the Southern Federal District. The oblast ...

, Stavropol Krai and

Volgograd Oblast Volgograd Oblast ( rus, Волгоградская область, p=vəɫɡɐˈgratskəjə ˈobɫəsʲtʲ) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject (an oblast) of Russia, located in the Volga region, lower Volga region of Southern Russia ...

. After the full-scale

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was launched on 24 February 2022, six oblasts of Ukraine, partially occupied by Russia, were announced as being added to the district: the

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Donetsk Donetsk ( , ; ; ), formerly known as Aleksandrovka, Yuzivka (or Hughesovka), Stalin, and Stalino, is an industrial city in eastern Ukraine located on the Kalmius River in Donetsk Oblast, which is currently occupied by Russia as the capita ...

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, Lugansk,

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and Zaporozhye. These territories are components of

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which since early 2022 have been partially or fully militarily occupied by Russian military forces. The Southern Military District is headquartered in

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, and its acting district commander is Colonel General Aleksandr Sanchik, who has served since November 2024.

History

left, Headquarters of the district at 53 Pushkinskaya Street / 43 Budenovsky avenue, Rostov-on-Don The Southern Military District was formed on 22 October 2010, according to Presidential Decree of 20 September 2010 № 1144 "On the Military Administrative Division Of the Russian Federation" the Southern Military District was created along with two other new larger military districts: the

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and the Eastern Military District. By order of then Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov, on 22 July 2010, interim commanders were named for the new military districts. Thus, the new position of commander of the Southern Military District, was Lieutenant-General Aleksandr Galkin, former Commander of the North Caucasus Military District, with Major-General Nikolai Pereslegin as the chief of staff for the district. Galkin was later promoted to Colonel General soon after his appointment as district commander. The Southern Military District also directs two Russian military bases in

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: the 102nd Military Base in

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, and the 3624th Air Base at the civil-military Erebuni Airport in the capital

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, under the joint control of Armenian and Russian authorities. In April 2014,

and

were added to the Southern Military District following the

annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation In February and March 2014, Russia invaded the Crimea, Crimean Peninsula, part of Ukraine, and then annexed it. This took place in the relative power vacuum immediately following the Revolution of Dignity. It marked the beginning of the Russ ...

. The legal status of Crimea (as the

Autonomous Republic of Crimea The Autonomous Republic of Crimea is a ''de jure'' administrative division of Ukraine encompassing most of Crimea that was unilaterally annexed by Russia in 2014. The Autonomous Republic of Crimea occupies most of the peninsula,currently under dispute: Ukraine and the majority of the international community considers them an integral part of Ukraine, while Russia considers them an integral part of Russia, with Crimea (as the Republic of Crimea) and Sevastopol approved as federal subjects of Russian Federation. In 2016, the District was 98% staffed by contract servicemen. In November 2020, following the aftermath of the

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, Russian military peacekeepers were deployed to

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for securing the

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and along the line of contact for at least five years. A military base was set up with its headquarters at

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and is part of the Southern Military District commanded by First deputy commander of the military district Lieutenant General Rustam Muradov. He was replaced by Deputy military district commander Lieutenant General Alexey Avdeev on 13 May 2021. In January–February 2021, the 1061st Centre for Material-Technical Support (1061 CMTO), the district's logistics command, was reorganised. A storage base for missile and artillery weapons was formed and transferred to the direct subordination of the 1061 CMTO. The centre itself is located in the 4, 6 7 and 21

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s (''военных городках'') in Novocherkassk. One of the other units of the 1061 CMTO is the warehouse (for storing material and technical equipment of the clothing service) (Military Unit 57229-31) which has been headed by Stanislav Valerievich Yazykov 2011–2018 (in Stepnoy, Volgodonskoy District?). On 24 June 2023, the headquarters of the district was captured by

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during the Wagner Group rebellion. In April 2024, the Ukrainian Main Directorate of Intelligence claimed that some 18,000 Russian soldiers had deserted the Southern Military District, including 2,000 contract and 10,000 mobilised soldiers.

District organization

Branch of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation in the city of Simferopol

As part of the larger reorganisation, the

49th Army The 49th Combined Arms Army () is a combined arms ( field) army (CAA) of the Russian Ground Forces, formed in 2010 and headquartered in Stavropol. Military Unit в/ч 35181. Part of the Southern Military District, the army traces its heritage b ...

reformed with its headquarters seemingly in the former Institute of Communications of the

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. According to warfare.ru, 49th Army (listed at Stavropol/Maikop) has under control the 7th Military Base (in

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) and the 8th (former Taman Guards Motor Rifle Division), 33rd Mountain Motor Rifle and 34th separate Mountain Motor Rifle Brigades (Borzoi, Chechniya, Maikop, and Storozhevaya-2), as well as the 66th Communications Brigade. There are also two

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brigades (10th and 22nd) an experimental reconnaissance brigade (the 100th), plus one Russian Airborne Troops unit also stationed in the district: the 7th Guards Mountain Air Assault Division at

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(which, in 2021, absorbed the former 56th Guards Airborne Brigade). The Russian Aerospace Forces has the 4th Air and Air Defence Forces Army in the district. Also under the district's control are the Navy's

and

, including their respective air and Naval Infantry components, including – in the case of the Black Sea Fleet – the 22nd Army Corps. In early 2017, the reformation of the 8th Guards Combined Arms Army, successor to the Soviet 8th Guards Army, began within the Southern Military District. The army's headquarters is located at

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and it is to include the 150th Motor Rifle Division and the 20th Guards Motor Rifle Division. The first phase of its formation was completed in June 2017. The 58th Guards Combined Arms Army comprising two further motorized rifle divisions, plus other army level units and the 4th Guards Military Base in

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is the third army-level formation in the District.

Component units

* 175th Luninets-Pinsk Order of Alexander Nevsky Twice Red Star Headquarters Brigade ( Aksay) * 176th Communications Brigade (Territorial) ( Rassvet) * 11th Guards Kingisepp Red Banner Order of Alexander Nevsky Engineering Brigade ( Kamensk-Shakhtinsky) * 28th NBC Defence Brigade (

Kamyshin Kamyshin ( rus, Камышин, p=kɐˈmɨʂɨn) is a city in Volgograd Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Volgograd Reservoir of the Volga River, in the estuary of the Kamyshinka River. Its population was Past populations for Kam ...

) * 439th Rocket Artillery Brigade ( Znamensk) * 1270th Electronic Warfare Center (Kovalevka) * 37th Railway Brigade (

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) (

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) * 39th Railway Brigade (

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) * 333rd Railway Pontoon Bridge Battalion (Volgograd) * Mountain Training Center of the Armed Forces ( Baksan) * 54th Training Center of Intelligence Units (

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) * 27th Training Center of Railway Troops (Volgograd) * 102nd Military Base (

) **76th Motorized Brigade (

, Armenia) **73rd Motorized Brigade (

, Armenia) **988th Air Defense Regiment (Gyumri, Armenia) * Unnamed Military Base in (

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) 58th Combined Arms Army (Vladikavkaz) * 42nd Guards Motor Rifle Division ( Shali, Khankala, Borzoy) * 19th Motor Rifle Division (Vladikavkaz) (expanded from Brigade to Division strength in 2020–22 period; planned to re-equip with

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M main battle tanks) **503rd Motorized Rifle Regiment (equipping with BTR-82A armored personnel carriers as of 2021) *136th Guards Motor Rifle Brigade (

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) *12th Rocket Brigade ( Mozdok) *291st Artillery Brigade (Troitskaya) * 67th Anti-Aircraft Rocket Brigade (Volgograd/Beketovskaya,

) *34th C3 Brigade (

) * 4th Guards Military Base in (Java-Tskhinvali,

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) Reported subordinate to 58th Army ''Note: the 42nd Guards Motor Rifle Division, reforming from late 2016 in Chechniya, is drawn from the 8th Guards, 17th, and 18th Guards Motor Rifle Brigades'' 8th Guards Combined Arms Army (

) * 150th Guards Motor Rifle Division (Novocherkassk) ** 103rd Motorized Rifle Regiment (Kadamovskiy and Kuzminka, Rostov Oblast) ** 163rd Tank Regiment (Kuzminka, Rostov Oblast) ** 102nd Motorized Rifle Regiment (Persianovskiy, Rostov Oblast) ** 68th Tank Regiment (Persianovskiy, Rostov Oblast) ** 174th Reconnaissance Battalion (Persianovskiy, Rostov Oblast) ** 381st Artillery Regiment (Persianovskiy and Millerovo, Rostov Oblast) ** Additional Motorized Rifle Regiment reported forming within the Division as of 2018 ** 933rd Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment (Millerovo) * 20th Guards Motor Rifle Division (Volgograd and Kamyshin regions; reconstituted from former 20th Motor Rifle Brigade starting in 2021; transformation to complete in 2022) ** 242nd Guards Motor Rifle Regiment (Kamyshin, Volgograd Oblast); ** 255th Motor Rifle Regiment (Volgograd); ** 33rd Motor Rifle Regiment (Kamyshin); ** 944th Guards Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment; ** 358th Guards Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment; ** 428th Separate Tank Battalion (near Volgograd; planned to re-equip with

M main battle tanks) ** 487th Separate Anti-Tank Artillery Battalion. * 464th Rocket Brigade * 47th Missile Brigade (Korenovsk, Krasnodar Krai, established 2021; equipped with Iskander surface-to-surface missiles) * 238th Artillery Brigade (Korenovsk, Krasnodar Krai, established 2021; equipped with 2A65 Msta-B guns and 9K57 Uragan multiple launch rocket systems) * 77th Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade (Korenovsk; equipped with S-300V4 anti-aircraft missile system) * Additional SAM brigade reported forming in 2021/22 with Buk-M3 surface-to-air missile systems 51st Combined Arms Army (Former People's Militia of the

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: ''Народная милиция Донецкой Народной Республики)'': * 7 motorized rifle brigades (1st, 3rd, 5th, 9th, 110th, 114th and 132nd Motorized Rifle Brigades) * 9 rifle regiments (87th, 105th, 107th, 109th, 111th, 123rd, 125th, 127th Rifle Regiments) * 3 special forces battalions (1st, 3rd and Viking SF Battalions) * 1 tank regiment (10th Tank Regiment) * 1 tank battalion (2nd Tank Battalion) * 6 territorial defense battalion (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th Territorial Defense Battalions) * 1 reconnaissance battalion ( Sparta Separate Reconnaissance Battalion) * 1 artillery brigade (14th Artillery Brigade) 3rd Guards Luhansk-Severodonetsk Combined Arms Army (Former People's Militia of the

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: ''Народная милиция Луганской Народной Республики''): * 3 Motorized Rifle Brigades (2nd, 4th, 7th Motorized Rifle Brigades) * 1 Motorized Rifle Regiment (6th Motorized Rifle Regiment) * 1 tank battalion (Pantsir Special Mechanized Force) * 1 reconnaissance battalion (Greka Separate Reconnaissance Battalion) * 1 artillery brigade 18th Combined Arms Army (

) *70th Motor Rifle Division **24th Motor Rifle Regiment **26th Motor Rifle Regiment **28th Motor Rifle Regiment **17th Tank Regiment **81st Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment * 22nd Army Corps * 40th Army Corps **144th Motor Rifle Brigade **47th Motor Rifle Division *74th Artillery Brigade 49th Combined Arms Army (Stavropol/

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) * 205th Motor Rifle Brigade (Budennovsk) *34th Motorized Rifle Brigade (Mountain) (Storozhevaya-2) *66th C3 Brigade (Stavropol) *227th Artillery Brigade (Maykop) * 1st Guards Rocket Brigade (Krasnodar) *439th Guards Perekop Order of Kurozov Rocket Artillery Brigade (Znamensk) *21st NBC Defense Brigade (Kamyshin) *175th C3 Brigade (Aksay) *176th Communications Brigade (Novocherkassk) *154th ECM Brigade OSN ( Izobilny) *Logistic Support Brigade in (Stavropol) * 7th Military Base ( Gudauta,

, Georgia – subordinate to 49th Army HQ) 'Krasnodar Red Banner,

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' (former 131st Motor Rifle Brigade) Airborne Troops * 7th Guards Mountain Air Assault Division (at Novorossiysk) Special forces/Reconnaissance * 100th Reconnaissance Brigade (Experimental) (Mozdok-7) *10th Spetsnaz Brigade in (Krasnodar) * 22nd Guards Spetsnaz Brigade in (Rostov-on-Don) Aerospace Forces units * 4th Air and Air Defence Forces Army Naval Forces *

** 22nd Army Corps, HQ in Sevastopol *** 127th Separate Reconnaissance Brigade *** 126th Gorlovskaya Separate Coastal Defence Brigade, in Perevalnoe *** 8th Separate Coastal Artillery Regiment *** Surface-to-surface missile battalion ( Iskander surface-to-surface missiles) reportedly to be added in 2022 *** 1096th Separate Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment *** 4th Separate CBRN Protection Regiment **11th Coastal Defense Missile-Artillery Brigade (Utash, Krasnodar region) ** 810th Guards Naval Infantry Brigade ** 382nd Naval Infantry Battalion **68th Fleet Naval Engineers Regiment **133rd Fleet Logistics and Materiel Regiment **4th Fleet NBC Regiment *

** 177th Naval Infantry Regiment *** Regimental HQ *** 414th and 727th Naval Infantry Battalions *** Tank Battalion ** 46th Coastal Defense Missile Artillery Battalion (Surface to Air)

Leadership

Commanders

*Colonel-General Aleksandr Galkin (10 December 2010 – June 2016) *Colonel-General (later Army General)

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(20 September 2016 – 23 January 2023) *Colonel-General Sergey Kuzovlev (23 January 2023 – 15 May 2024) *Colonel-General Gennady Anashkin (15 May 2024 – November 2024; acting) *Colonel-General Aleksandr Sanchik (26 November 2024 – present)

Chiefs of Staff – First Deputy Commanders

*Major General Nikolai Pereslegin (April 2010 – October 2013) *Lieutenant General Andrey Serdyukov (October 2013 – December 2015) *Lieutenant General

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(December 2015 – March 2017) *Lieutenant General Mikhail Teplinsky (March 2017 – February 2019) *Lieutenant General (later Colonel General) Sergey Kuzovlev (February 2019 – December 2022)

Deputy Commanders

*Lieutenant General Andrey Serdyukov (February 2013 – October 2013) *Major General Viktor Astapov (December 2013 – June 2014) *Lieutenant General Andrey Gurulyov (August 2016 – 2017) *Lieutenant General Alexander Romanchuk (2017–2018) *Lieutenant General Rustam Muradov (December 2018 – October 2022) *Lieutenant General Alexey Avdeev (January 2019 – summer 2022) *Lieutenant General Oleg Tsokov (summer 2022 – July 2023) *Lieutenant General Vladimir Kochetkov (July 2023 - present)

Commanders of the Russian contingent in Nagorno-Karabakh

*Lieutenant General Rustam Muradov (11 November 2020 – 9 September 2021) *Major General Mikhail Kosobokov (9 September 2021 – 25 September 2021) *Lieutenant General Gennady Anashkin (25 September 2021 – 12 January 2022) *Major General Andrey Volkov (12 January 2022 – 25 April 2023) * Colonel General Alexander Lentsov (25 April 2023 - 3 September 2023) * Major General Kirill Kulakov (3 September 2023 - present)

Notes

References

* * {{coord missing, Russia 2010 establishments in Russia Military units and formations established in 2010 Military districts of the Russian Federation Rostov-on-Don

History

District organization

Component units

Leadership

Commanders

Chiefs of Staff – First Deputy Commanders

Deputy Commanders

Commanders of the Russian contingent in Nagorno-Karabakh

Notes

See also

References

References