The 4th Rocket Division was a division of the Soviet and Russian
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� ...
.
It was established in May 1960 in Nerchinsk, Chita Oblast as the 119th Missile Brigade, from the 116th Artillery Brigade. Later redesignated as a Rocket Division.
Initially under the 57th Artillery Range Administration, it became part of the 8th Independent Missile Corps in March 1961, and in 1965 moved its headquarters to Gorny (
Drovyanaya
Gorny (russian: Го́рный), formerly known as Chita-46 (), is a closed urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Ulyotovsky District of Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia. Population:
Up until 2002 the 4th Rocket Division of the 53rd Rocket Ar ...
) in
Chita Oblast
Chita Oblast ( rus, Чити́нская о́бласть, r=Čitínskaja óblastj, p=tɕɪˈtʲinskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ) was a federal subject of Russia (an oblast) in southeast Siberia, Russia. Its administrative center was the city of Chita. ...
. In June 1970 it became part of the
53rd Rocket Army.
In October 1961 it gained the honorific 'Harbin', drawn from the 46th Tank Division, originally the
300th Rifle Division (II).
In 1988-9 it gave up its last
RSD-10 Pioneer
The RSD-10 ''Pioneer'' (russian: ракета средней дальности (РСД) «Пионер» tr.: ''raketa sredney dalnosti (RSD) "Pioner"''; en, Medium-Range Missile "Pioneer") was an intermediate-range ballistic missile with a ...
mobile ICBMs, and by 1990 it had 50
UR-100
The UR-100 (russian: УР-100) was an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) developed and deployed by the Soviet Union from 1966 to 1996. UR () in its designation stood for Universal Rocket (russian: links=no, Универсальная Р� ...
K silos divided among five regiments.
In 1995 it reportedly had two regiments each with nine
RT-2PM Topol
The RT-2PM Topol (russian: РТ-2ПМ Тополь ("Poplar"); NATO reporting name SS-25 Sickle; GRAU designation: 15Ж58 ("15Zh58"); START I designation: RS-12M Topol) is a mobile intercontinental ballistic missile designed in the Soviet Union ...
missiles.
It was finally disbanded in October 2002.
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References
Rocket divisions of the Soviet Union
Rocket divisions of Russia
Military units and formations established in 1960
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