31st Rocket Army () is one of the three rocket armies within

Russia Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the list of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the world, and extends across Time in Russia, eleven time zones, sharing Borders ...

Strategic Rocket Forces The Strategic Rocket Forces of the Russian Federation or the Strategic Missile Forces of the Russian Federation (RVSN RF; ) is a military branch, separate combat arm of the Russian Armed Forces that controls Russia's land-based intercontinenta ...

headquartered in

Orenburg Orenburg (, ), formerly known as Chkalov (1938–1957), is the administrative center of Orenburg Oblast, Russia. It lies in Eastern Europe, along the banks of the Ural River, being approximately southeast of Moscow. Orenburg is close to the ...

. The 31st Rocket Army was formed on 8 June 1970, on the base of the 18th Separate Rocket Corps. The 31st Army is equipped with R-36M and

RT-2PM Topol The RT-2PM Topol (; NATO reporting name SS-25 Sickle; GRAU designation: 15Ж58 ("15Zh58"); START I designation: RS-12M Topol) was a mobile intercontinental ballistic missile designed in the Soviet Union and in service with Russia's Strategic Miss ...

intercontinental ballistic missile An intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) is a ballistic missile with a range (aeronautics), range greater than , primarily designed for nuclear weapons delivery (delivering one or more Thermonuclear weapon, thermonuclear warheads). Conven ...

s. The (В/ч No. 44093) was formed November 15, 1964, in

Shadrinsk Shadrinsk () is a town in Kurgan Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Iset River ( Ob's basin) northwest of Kurgan. Population: History Shadrinsk was founded in 1662 as an agricultural and trade settlement. Shadrinsk hosted th ...

Kurgan Oblast Kurgan Oblast () is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Kurgan. According to the 2021 Census, the population was 776,661, down from 910,807 recorded in the 2010 Census. History Formed by De ...

, based on the 703rd Separate Rocket Regiment left after the dissolution of the 18th Rocket Division and the transfer of the 43rd Guards Missile Division (Romny Sumy region), as part of

Operation Anadyr Operation Anadyr () was the code name used by the Soviet Union for its Cold War secret operation in 1962 of deploying ballistic missiles, medium-range bombers, and a division of mechanized infantry to Cuba to create an army group that would be a ...

, the deployment of strategic missiles to

Cuba Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is an island country, comprising the island of Cuba (largest island), Isla de la Juventud, and List of islands of Cuba, 4,195 islands, islets and cays surrounding the main island. It is located where the ...

, three of its four missile regiments. Batteries of the 703rd Rocket Regiment were deployed in missile regiments in March 1964. Headquarters were in Shadrinsk on the 10th floor. To combat regiment led concrete road. The farthest regiment was 54 kilometers from the city. A cement plant was built to construct roads, buildings, and residential homes. In March 1970, became part of the formed 31st Rocket Army, headquartered in Orenburg. In connection with the activities resulting from the SALT-1 and SALT-2 treaties, up to December 1979 the 17th RBR was dismantled and all nine R-16U silos destroyed. In the same year the brigade was disbanded. A cadre strength motor rifle division was placed on its territory Lufia with a large database storage of weapons and military equipment (now disbanded). From 1970, a number of rocket divisions have been under the army's control: the 8th Rocket Division,

13th In music or music theory, a thirteenth is the Musical note, note thirteen scale degrees from the root (chord), root of a chord (music), chord and also the interval (music), interval between the root and the thirteenth. The thirteenth is m ...

, 14, (41), 42, 50, 52, (55), 59th. One of these previously active divisions was the 52nd Rocket Division ( RT-23UTTKh, SS-24 Scalpel) at Bershet,

Perm Oblast Until 1 December 2005, Perm Oblast () was a federal subject of Russia (an oblast) in Privolzhsky (Volga) Federal District. According to the results of the referendum held in October 2004, Perm Oblast was merged with Komi-Permyak Autonomous Okrug ...

. * 52nd Rocket Division joined the 31st Army in 1970 and was disbanded in 2002.http://www.ww2.dk/new/newindex.htm and Agentstvo Voyennykh Novostey, Feb 22, 2002 * 59th Rocket Division was disbanded in 2005. There are three rocket divisions that are under command of the 31st Army: * 8th Rocket Division at Pervomaysky, Kirov Oblast * 13th Red Banner Rocket Division at Dombarovsky,

Orenburg Oblast Orenburg Oblast (also Orenburzhye) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast), mainly located in Eastern Europe. Its administrative center is the city of Orenburg. From 1938 to 1957, it bore the name Chkalov Oblast in honor of Valery Chkal ...

* 42nd Rocket Division - at the

Urban-type settlement Urban-type settlement, abbreviated: ; , abbreviated: ; ; ; ; . is an official designation for lesser urbanized settlements, used in several Central and Eastern Europe, Central and Eastern European countries. The term was primarily used in the So ...

of Svobodny, Sverdlovsk Oblast with 36 mobile

(Svobodny is 35 km from Nizhniy Tagil and 15 km from

Verkhnyaya Salda Verkhnyaya Salda () is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, town in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Salda River (right tributary of the Tagil River, Tagil), north of Yekaterinburg. Population: History It was founded in 1778; ...

Commanders

* 27 June 1970 – 5 June 1979: Colonel General * 5 June 1979 – 8 November 1985: Colonel General Vladimir Ivanovich Gerasimov * 8 November 1985 – 17 August 1988: Major General * 17 August 1988 – 2 November 1993: Major General Igor Vasiliyevich Pustovoy * 4 November 1993 – 22 June 2002: Major General Anatoly Sergeyevich Borzenkov * 22 June 2002 - 12 October 2007: Lieutenant General Yuri Yevgenyevich Kononov * 12 October 2007 - 4 September 2010: Lieutenant General Ivan Fyodorovich Reva * 4 September 2010 - 30 June 2020: Lieutenant General * Since 30 June 2020: Major General Sergei Andreyevich Talatynnik

References

* Военный энциклопедический словарь ракетных войск стратегического назначения / Министерство обороны РФ.; Гл.ред.: И. Д. Сергеев, В. Н. Яковлев, Н. Е. Соловцов. — Москва: Большая Российская энциклопедия, 1999. — 632 с. — 8500 экз. — * * Стратеги Оренбургской ракетной / под общ.ред. И.Ф.Рева. — Оренбург: ООО "Печатный дом "Димур", 2009. — 232 с. — 1000 экз. * See also Agentstvo Voyennykh Novostey, Feb 22, 2002 (re 52 Rocket Division)

External links

*http://www.ww2.dk/new/rvsn/31ma.htm - 31st Rocket Army *http://russiandefpolicy.wordpress.com/2010/09/20/new-31st-missile-army-commander/ - new commander {{Armies of the Russian Armed Forces Military units and formations of the Strategic Rocket Forces Armies (military formations) of the Soviet Union Military units and formations established in 1970 Armies of the Russian Federation