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200px, Headquarters of the district at 53 Pushkinskaya Street / 43 Budenovsky avenue, Rostov-on-Don The Southern Military District (
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: Южный военный округ) is a
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of
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. It is one of the five
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s of the Russian Armed Forces, with its jurisdiction primarily within the
North Caucasus The North Caucasus, ( ady, Темыр Къафкъас, Temır Qafqas; kbd, Ишхъэрэ Къаукъаз, İṩxhərə Qauqaz; ce, Къилбаседа Кавказ, Q̇ilbaseda Kavkaz; , os, Цӕгат Кавказ, Cægat Kavkaz, inh, ...
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 The North Caucasus Military District was a military district of the Russian Armed Forces, which became in 2010 the Southern Military District and lately also included the Black Sea Fleet and Caspian Flotilla. It comprised the Republic of Adygeya, ...
, and absorbing the
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s of the Black Sea Fleet and
Caspian Flotilla Kaspiyskaya flotiliya , image = Great emblem of the Caspian Flotilla.svg , image_size = 150px , caption = Great emblem of the Caspian Flotilla , dates = No ...
.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 15
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of Russia: Adygea,
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Chechnya Chechnya ( rus, Чечня́, Chechnyá, p=tɕɪtɕˈnʲa; ce, Нохчийчоь, Noxçiyçö), officially the Chechen Republic,; ce, Нохчийн Республика, Noxçiyn Respublika is a republic of Russia. It is situated in the ...
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, Ingushetia,
Kabardino-Balkaria The Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (russian: Кабарди́но-Балка́рская Респу́блика, ''Kabardino-Balkarskaya Respublika''; kbd, Къэбэрдей-Балъкъэр Республикэ, ''Ķêbêrdej-Baĺķêr Respublik ...
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,
Krasnodar Krai Krasnodar Krai (russian: Краснода́рский край, r=Krasnodarsky kray, p=krəsnɐˈdarskʲɪj kraj) is a federal subject of Russia (a krai), located in the North Caucasus region in Southern Russia and administratively a part of t ...
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Rostov Oblast Rostov Oblast ( rus, Росто́вская о́бласть, r=Rostovskaya oblast, p=rɐˈstofskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast), located in the Southern Federal District. The oblast has an area of and a populati ...
,
Stavropol Krai Stavropol Krai (russian: Ставропо́льский край, r=Stavropolsky kray, p=stəvrɐˈpolʲskʲɪj kraj) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject (a Krais of Russia, krai) of Russia. It is geographically located in the North ...
,
Volgograd Oblast Volgograd Oblast (russian: Волгогра́дская о́бласть, ''Volgogradskaya oblast'') is a federal subject (an oblast) of Russia, located in the Volga region of Southern Russia. Its administrative center is Volgograd. The populat ...
, and since the annexation of Crimea in 2014,
Crimea Crimea, crh, Къырым, Qırım, grc, Κιμμερία / Ταυρική, translit=Kimmería / Taurikḗ ( ) is a peninsula in Ukraine, on the northern coast of the Black Sea, that has been occupied by Russia since 2014. It has a pop ...
and
Sevastopol Sevastopol (; uk, Севасто́поль, Sevastópolʹ, ; gkm, Σεβαστούπολις, Sevastoúpolis, ; crh, Акъя́р, Aqyár, ), sometimes written Sebastopol, is the largest city in Crimea, and a major port on the Black Sea ...
. The Southern Military District is headquartered in
Rostov-on-Don Rostov-on-Don ( rus, Ростов-на-Дону, r=Rostov-na-Donu, p=rɐˈstof nə dɐˈnu) is a port city and the administrative centre of Rostov Oblast and the Southern Federal District of Russia. It lies in the southeastern part of the East Eu ...
, and its current district commander is Colonel General (later Army General) Aleksandr Dvornikov, who has held the position since 20 September 2016. It is considered to be the most effective and competent formation of the Russian military.


History

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
Central Military District The Central Military District (Russian: Центральный военный округ) is a military district of Russia. It is one of the five military districts of the Russian Armed Forces, with its jurisdiction primarily within the ...
and the Eastern Military District. By order of then Russian Defense Minister
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, 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 The North Caucasus Military District was a military district of the Russian Armed Forces, which became in 2010 the Southern Military District and lately also included the Black Sea Fleet and Caspian Flotilla. It comprised the Republic of Adygeya, ...
, 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
Armenia Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Western Asia.The UNbr>classification of world regions places Armenia in Western Asia; the CIA World Factbook , , and ''Ox ...
: the 102nd Military Base in
Gyumri Gyumri ( hy, Գյումրի, ) is an urban municipal community and the second-largest city in Armenia, serving as the administrative center of Shirak Province in the northwestern part of the country. By the end of the 19th century, when the city w ...
, and the 3624th Air Base at the civil-military
Erebuni Airport Erebuni Airport ( hy, Էրեբունի օդանավակայան) is a military airport serving Yerevan and the country of Armenia. It is located south of the center of Yerevan. At present, the airport is mostly operated by the military and is ho ...
in the capital
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, under the joint control of Armenian and Russian authorities. In April 2014,
Crimea Crimea, crh, Къырым, Qırım, grc, Κιμμερία / Ταυρική, translit=Kimmería / Taurikḗ ( ) is a peninsula in Ukraine, on the northern coast of the Black Sea, that has been occupied by Russia since 2014. It has a pop ...
and
Sevastopol Sevastopol (; uk, Севасто́поль, Sevastópolʹ, ; gkm, Σεβαστούπολις, Sevastoúpolis, ; crh, Акъя́р, Aqyár, ), sometimes written Sebastopol, is the largest city in Crimea, and a major port on the Black Sea ...
were added to the Southern Military District following the
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in
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, when they were annexed by Russia. The legal status of Crimea (as the Autonomous Republic of Crimea) and the city of Sevastopol is 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 The federal subjects of Russia, also referred to as the subjects of the Russian Federation (russian: субъекты Российской Федерации, subyekty Rossiyskoy Federatsii) or simply as the subjects of the federation (russian ...
of Russian Federation. In 2016, the District was 98% staffed by contract servicemen. In November 2020, following the aftermath of the
2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war The Second Nagorno-Karabakh War was an armed conflict in 2020 that took place in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh and Armenian-occupied territories surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh, the surrounding territories. It was a major escalation of ...
, Russian military peacekeepers were deployed to
Nagorno-Karabakh Nagorno-Karabakh ( ) is a landlocked country, landlocked region in the Transcaucasia, South Caucasus, within the mountainous range of Karabakh, lying between Lower Karabakh and Syunik Province, Syunik, and covering the southeastern range o ...
for securing the
Lachin corridor The Lachin corridor ( hy, Լաչինի միջանցք, Lachini mijantsk; az, Laçın dəhlizi or ; ) is a mountain road that links Armenia and the enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh. Being the only road between these two territories, it is has been oft ...
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.


District organization

As part of the larger reorganisation, the 49th Army reformed with its headquarters seemingly in the former Institute of Communications of the
Strategic Rocket Forces The Strategic Rocket Forces of the Russian Federation or the Strategic Missile Forces of the Russian Federation (RVSN RF; russian: Ракетные войска стратегического назначения Российской Фед ...
at
Stavropol Stavropol (; rus, Ставрополь, p=ˈstavrəpəlʲ) is a city and the administrative centre of Stavropol Krai, Russia. As of the 2021 Census, its population was 547,820, making it one of Russia's fastest growing cities. It was known as ...
. According to warfare.ru, 49th Army (listed at Stavropol/Maikop) has under control the
7th Military Base The 7th Military Base (; ) is a sizable overseas military base of the Russian Armed Forces stationed in Bombora in the partially recognized Republic of Abkhazia. The base is subordinate to the command of the 49th Combined Arms Army and the Souther ...
(in
Abkhazia Abkhazia, ka, აფხაზეთი, tr, , xmf, აბჟუა, abzhua, or ( or ), officially the Republic of Abkhazia, is a partially recognised state in the South Caucasus, recognised by most countries as part of Georgia, which vi ...
) 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 three
Spetsnaz Spetsnaz are special forces in numerous post-Soviet states. (The term is borrowed from rus, спецназ, p=spʲɪtsˈnas; abbreviation for or 'Special Purpose Military Units'; or .) Historically, the term ''spetsnaz'' referred to the So ...
brigades (the 100th, 10th, and 22nd), plus one
Russian Airborne Troops The Russian Airborne Forces (russian: Воздушно-десантные войска России, ВДВ, Vozdushno-desantnye voyska Rossii, VDV) are the airborne forces branch of the Russian Armed Forces. It was formed in 1992 from units ...
unit also stationed in the district: the
7th Guards Mountain Air Assault Division , image = Great emblem of the 7th Guards Mountain Air Assault Division.svg , image_size = 200 , caption = 7th Guards Mountain Air Assault Division great emblem , dates ...
at
Novorossiysk Novorossiysk ( rus, Новоросси́йск, p=nəvərɐˈsʲijsk; ady, ЦIэмэз, translit=Chəməz, p=t͡sʼɜmɜz) is a city in Krasnodar Krai, Russia. It is one of the largest ports on the Black Sea. It is one of the few cities hono ...
(which, in 2021, absorbed the former 56th Guards Airborne Brigade). The Russian Air Force has the 4th Air and Air Defence Forces Army in the district. Also under the district's control are the Navy's Black Sea Fleet and
Caspian Flotilla Kaspiyskaya flotiliya , image = Great emblem of the Caspian Flotilla.svg , image_size = 150px , caption = Great emblem of the Caspian Flotilla , dates = No ...
, 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
Novocherkassk Novocherkassk (russian: Новочерка́сск, lit. ''New Cherkassk'') is a city in Rostov Oblast, Russia, located near the confluence of the Tuzlov and Aksay Rivers, the latter a distributary of the Don River. Novocherkassk is best known ...
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 Combined Arms Army The 58th Combined Arms Army (russian: 58-я общевойсковая армия) is an army of the Russian Ground Forces, headquartered at Vladikavkaz, North Ossetia-Alania, within Russia's Southern Military District. It was formed in 1941 as pa ...
comprising two further motorized rifle divisions, plus other army level units and the 4th Guards Military Base in
South Ossetia South Ossetia, ka, სამხრეთი ოსეთი, ( , ), officially the Republic of South Ossetia – the State of Alania, is a partially recognised landlocked state in the South Caucasus. It has an officially stated populat ...
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 Kamensk-Shakhtinsky (russian: Ка́менск-Ша́хтинский) is a town in Rostov Oblast, located on the Seversky Donets River. Population: History It was founded by Cossack settlers in 1686 and was granted town status in 1927. Ad ...
) * 28th NBC Defence Brigade (
Kamyshin Kamyshin (russian: Камы́шин) 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 Kamyshin include ...
) * 439th Rocket Artillery Brigade (
Znamensk Znamensk (russian: Знаменск) is the name of several inhabited localities in Russia. ;Urban localities * Znamensk, Astrakhan Oblast, a closed town in Astrakhan Oblast ;Rural localities *Znamensk, Kaliningrad Oblast, a settlement in Znamen ...
) * 1270th Electronic Warfare Center (Kovalevka) * 37th Railway Brigade (
Russian Railway Troops Railway Troops of the Russian Armed Forces (russian: Железнодорожные войска ВС РоссииСм. сведения о постоянных корреспондентах газеты « Красная звезда» в вых ...
) (
Volgograd Volgograd ( rus, Волгогра́д, a=ru-Volgograd.ogg, p=vəɫɡɐˈɡrat), geographical renaming, formerly Tsaritsyn (russian: Цари́цын, Tsarítsyn, label=none; ) (1589–1925), and Stalingrad (russian: Сталингра́д, Stal ...
) * 39th Railway Brigade (
Krasnodar Krasnodar (; rus, Краснода́р, p=krəsnɐˈdar; ady, Краснодар), formerly Yekaterinodar (until 1920), is the largest city and the administrative centre of Krasnodar Krai, Russia. The city stands on the Kuban River in southern ...
) * 333rd Railway Pontoon Bridge Battalion (Volgograd) * Mountain Training Center of the Armed Forces ( Baksan) * 54th Training Center of Intelligence Units (
Vladikavkaz Vladikavkaz (russian: Владикавка́з, , os, Дзæуджыхъæу, translit=Dzæwdžyqæw, ;), formerly known as Ordzhonikidze () and Dzaudzhikau (), is the capital city of the North Ossetia-Alania, Republic of North Ossetia-Alania, Ru ...
) * 27th Training Center of Railway Troops (Volgograd) * 102nd Military Base (
Gyumri Gyumri ( hy, Գյումրի, ) is an urban municipal community and the second-largest city in Armenia, serving as the administrative center of Shirak Province in the northwestern part of the country. By the end of the 19th century, when the city w ...
,
Armenia Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Western Asia.The UNbr>classification of world regions places Armenia in Western Asia; the CIA World Factbook , , and ''Ox ...
) **76th Motorized Brigade (
Gyumri Gyumri ( hy, Գյումրի, ) is an urban municipal community and the second-largest city in Armenia, serving as the administrative center of Shirak Province in the northwestern part of the country. By the end of the 19th century, when the city w ...
, Armenia) **73rd Motorized Brigade (
Yerevan Yerevan ( , , hy, Երևան , sometimes spelled Erevan) is the capital and largest city of Armenia and one of the world's List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest continuously inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Y ...
, Armenia) **988th Air Defense Regiment (Gyumri, Armenia) * Unnamed Military Base in (
Stepanakert / az, Xankəndi, italic=no , settlement_type = City , image_skyline = File:StepanakertCollage.jpg , imagesize = 300px , image_caption = From top left: Holy Mother ...
,
Nagorno-Karabakh Nagorno-Karabakh ( ) is a landlocked country, landlocked region in the Transcaucasia, South Caucasus, within the mountainous range of Karabakh, lying between Lower Karabakh and Syunik Province, Syunik, and covering the southeastern range o ...
,
Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of th ...
)
58th Army The 58th Combined Arms Army (russian: 58-я общевойсковая армия) is an army of the Russian Ground Forces, headquartered at Vladikavkaz, North Ossetia-Alania, within Russia's Southern Military District. It was formed in 1941 as pa ...
(Vladikavkaz) * 42nd Guards Motor Rifle Division ( Shali,
Khankala Khankala (russian: Ханкала, ce, Хан-ГӀала, translit=Ẋan-Ġala) is a settlement in Groznensky District of the Chechen Republic, Russia, located to the east of Grozny, the republic's capital. Population: The settlement is the lo ...
, 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 (
Buynaksk Buynaksk (russian: Буйна́кск; kum, Шура / Темирхан-Шура, ''Şura / Temirxan-Şura'') is a town in the Republic of Dagestan, Russia, located at the foothills of the Greater Caucasus on the Shura-Ozen River, southwest of ...
) *12th Rocket Brigade (
Mozdok Mozdok (russian: Моздо́к; os, Мæздæг, ''Mæzdæg''; Kabardian: Мэздэгу) is a town and the administrative center of Mozdoksky District of North Ossetia – Alania, Russia, located on the left shore of the Terek River, n ...
) *291st Artillery Brigade (Troitskaya) *
67th Anti-Aircraft Rocket Brigade 67 may refer to: * 67 (number) * one of the years 67 BC, AD 67, 1967, 2067 * ''67'', a 1992 song by Love Battery from the album ''Between the Eyes'' * 67 (rap group), a drill music group from London See also

* 67th Regiment (disambiguation) * ...
(Volgograd/Beketovskaya,
Volgograd Oblast Volgograd Oblast (russian: Волгогра́дская о́бласть, ''Volgogradskaya oblast'') is a federal subject (an oblast) of Russia, located in the Volga region of Southern Russia. Its administrative center is Volgograd. The populat ...
) *34th C3 Brigade (
Vladikavkaz Vladikavkaz (russian: Владикавка́з, , os, Дзæуджыхъæу, translit=Dzæwdžyqæw, ;), formerly known as Ordzhonikidze () and Dzaudzhikau (), is the capital city of the North Ossetia-Alania, Republic of North Ossetia-Alania, Ru ...
) * 4th Guards Military Base in (Dzhava-Tskhinval,
South Ossetia South Ossetia, ka, სამხრეთი ოსეთი, ( , ), officially the Republic of South Ossetia – the State of Alania, is a partially recognised landlocked state in the South Caucasus. It has an officially stated populat ...
,
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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 Combined Arms Army (
Novocherkassk Novocherkassk (russian: Новочерка́сск, lit. ''New Cherkassk'') is a city in Rostov Oblast, Russia, located near the confluence of the Tuzlov and Aksay Rivers, the latter a distributary of the Don River. Novocherkassk is best known ...
) * 150th 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
T-90 The T-90 is a third-generation Russian main battle tank. It uses a 125mm 2A46 smoothbore main gun, the 1A45T fire-control system, an upgraded engine, and gunner's thermal sight. Standard protective measures include a blend of steel and comp ...
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)Russian Monitor View
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Leadership


Commanders

*Colonel-General Aleksandr Galkin (10 December 2010 – June 2016) *Colonel-General (later Army General) Aleksandr Dvornikov (20 September 2016 – present)


Chiefs of Staff - First Deputy Commanders

*Major General Nikolai Pereslegin (April 2010 – October 2013) *Lieutenant General
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(October 2013 – December 2015) *Lieutenant General
Alexander Zhuravlyov Colonel General Alexander Alexandrovich Zhuravlyov (russian: Александр Александрович Журавлёв; born 5 December 1965) is a Russian Ground Forces officer who has commanded the military force in Syria during the Russ ...
(December 2015 – March 2017) *Lieutenant General Mikhail Teplinsky (March 2017 – February 2019) *Lieutenant General (later Colonel General) Sergei Kuzovlev (February 2019 – present)


Deputy Commanders

*Lieutenant General Andrey Serdyukov (February 2013 – October 2013) *Major General Viktor Astapov (December 2013 – June 2014) *Lieutenant General Andrey Gurulev (August 2016 – 2017) *Lieutenant General Alexander Romanchuk (2017 – 2018) *Lieutenant General Rustam Muradov (December 2018 – present) *Lieutenant General Alexey Avdeev (January 2019 – present)


Commanders of the Russian peacekeeping 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 – present)


Notes

* The federal subjects of Crimea and Sevastopol are
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'' administration of the Russian Federation.


See also

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List of military airbases in Russia This is a List of military airbases in Russia, including the airbases used by the Russian Air Force, Russian Naval Aviation, National Guard of Russia and aircraft repair depots. It can be compared with the List of Soviet Air Force bases; virtually ...


Notes

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References

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