The 36th Combined Arms Army is a combined arms ( field) army of the

Russian Ground Forces The Russian Ground Forces (russian: Сухопутные войска �ВSukhoputnyye voyska V}), also known as the Russian Army (, ), are the land forces of the Russian Armed Forces. The primary responsibilities of the Russian Ground Force ...

, part of the

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(

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05776).

History

The army was formed in 1997 from the 55th Army Corps at

Borzya Borzya ( rus, Борзя, p=ˈborzʲə; bua, Бооржо, ''Boorjo''; mn, Боорж, ''Boorj'') is a town and the administrative center of Borzinsky District in Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia, located southeast of Chita, the administrative cente ...

in the

Siberian Military District The Siberian Military District was a Military district of the Russian Ground Forces. The district was originally formed as a military district of the Russian Empire in 1864. In 1924 it was reformed in the Red Army. After the end of World War II th ...

, which had been formed from the previous Soviet 36th Army. The army participated in exercises "Baikal-2006", "Vostok-2007", and "Vostok-2010". In February 2009, the army headquarters was relocated to

Ulan-Ude Ulan-Ude (; bua, Улаан-Үдэ, , ; russian: Улан-Удэ, p=ʊˈlan ʊˈdɛ; mn, Улаан-Үд, , ) is the capital city of the Republic of Buryatia, Russia, located about southeast of Lake Baikal on the Uda River at its confluence wi ...

Composition

* 5th Guards Tank Tatsinskaya Red Banner Order of Suvorov Brigade (Ulan Ude, Divisionnaya, MUN 46108) * 37th Guards Motor Rifle Don Budapest Red Banner Order of the Red Star Brigade (

Kyakhta Kyakhta (russian: Кя́хта, ; bua, Хяагта, Khiaagta, ; mn, Хиагт, Hiagt, ) is a town and the administrative center of Kyakhtinsky District in the Republic of Buryatia, Russia, located on the Kyakhta River near the Mongolia–Rus ...

, MUN 69647) * 30th Artillery Brigade (MUN 62048) * 103rd Rocket Brigade (Ulan-Ude, MUN 47130) * 1723rd Anti-Aircraft Rocket Regiment (Jida) * 26th NBC Protection Regiment (

Onokhoy Onokhoy (russian: Онохо́й; bua, Нохой, ''Nokhoi'') is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Zaigrayevsky District of the Republic of Buryatia, Russia. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 10,689. Administrative ...

, MUN 62563) * 75th Headquarters Brigade (Ulan-Ude, MUN 01229) * and others

Commanders

* Lieutenant General Aleksandr Petrovich Kolmakov (August 1998 – July 2000) * Lieutenant General Hakim Ismagilovich Mirzazyanov (July 2000 – November 2003) * Lieutenant General Vladimir Valentinovich Chirkin (November 2003 – February 2007) * Lieutenant General Vladimir Borisovich Zarudnitsky (February 2007 – April 2009) * Lieutenant General Vladimir Genrikhovich Tsilko (June 2009 – February 2012) * Lieutenant General Oleg Leontevich Makarevich (February 2012 – February 2013) * Major/Lieutenant General Mikhail Yurevich Teplinskiy (February 2013 – May 2015) * Major General

Dmitry Ivanovich Kovalenko Dmitri (russian: Дми́трий); Church Slavic form: Dimitry or Dimitri (); ancient Russian forms: D'mitriy or Dmitr ( or ) is a male given name common in Orthodox Christian culture, the Russian version of Greek Demetrios (Δημήτριο ...

(May 2015 – September 2017) * Lieutenant General Mikhail Yakovlevich Nosulev (October 2017 – January 2020) * Major/Lieutenant General Valery Nikolayevich Solodchuk (January 2020 – present)

Role in 2022 Invasion of Ukraine

In the context of the

2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine On 24 February 2022, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, which began in 2014. The invasion has resulted in tens of thousands of deaths on both sides. It has caused Europe's largest refugee crisis since World War II. A ...

, elements of the 36th Army (including units from the 5th Tank Brigade, 37th Motor Rifle Brigade and 103rd Rocket Brigade) had been deployed to

Belarus Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by ...

and were participating in active operations, mainly in the area West of Kyiv.

References

{{Armies of the Russian Armed Forces Armies of the Russian Federation Military units and formations established in 1997 Ulan-Ude