The 36th Combined Arms Army is a combined arms ( field) army of the Russian Ground Forces, part of the Eastern Military District ( 05776).

History

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

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in the Siberian Military District, 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.

Units subordinate to 36th Army

* 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, MUN 69647) * 30th Artillery Brigade (MUN 62048) * 103rd Rocket Brigade (Ulan-Ude, MUN 47130) * 35th Guards Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade (в/ч 34696) * 1723rd Anti-Aircraft Rocket Regiment (Jida) * 26th NBC Protection Regiment ( Onokhoy, MUN 62563) * 75th Headquarters Brigade (Ulan-Ude, MUN 01229) * and others

Commanders

* Lieutenant General Aleksandr Petrovich Kolmakov (August 1998 – July 2000) * Lieutenant General (July 2000 – November 2003) * Lieutenant General Vladimir Valentinovich Chirkin (November 2003 – February 2007) * Lieutenant General Vladimir Borisovich Zarudnitsky (February 2007 – April 2009) * Lieutenant General (June 2009 – February 2012) * Lieutenant General Oleg Leontevich Makarevich (February 2012 – February 2013) * Major/Lieutenant General Mikhail Yurevich Teplinsky (February 2013 – May 2015) * Major General Dmitry Ivanovich Kovalenko (May 2015 – September 2017) * Lieutenant General Mikhail Yakovlevich Nosulev (October 2017 – January 2020) * Major/Lieutenant General Valery Nikolayevich Solodchuk (January 2020 – 2022) * Major General Vitaly Petrovich Gerasimov (2022 – 2024) * Major General Grigory Rostislavovich Tyurin (since 2024)

Russo-Ukrainian war

In the context of the

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

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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