Soviet Military Districts
From OnAirpower.org
Soviet Military Districts
Contents |
[edit] Overview
Fronts are defined as: "the largest operational formation of armed forces in a continental theater of war. Intended for the execution of operational and operational-strategic tasks to accomplish a single strategic or a small number of operational objectives[1]".
[edit] Soviet Frontier Military Districts as of June, 1941
| District | Oblasts (Regions) in District |
|---|---|
| Leningrad | Leningrad, Pskov, Novgorod, Olonets, Cherepovets |
| Baltic Special | Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, and the western part of the Kalinin oblast |
| Western Special | Minks, Smolensk, Vitebsk, Mogilev |
| Kiev Special | Kiev, Chernigovsk, Podolsk, Volynsk, Khersonessk, Odessa |
| Odessa | Khersonsk, Tavrichesk, Bessarabia |
[edit] Military District/Front Air Force (VVS) Commanders, June 1941
| District | Commander[2] | Chief of Staff |
|---|---|---|
| Leningrad (Northern Front) | Maj. Gen. A. A. Novikov | Maj. Gen. A. P. Nekrasov |
| Baltic Special (Northwestern Front) | Maj. Gen. A. P. Ionov | Maj. Gen. S. P. Sinyakov |
| Western Special (Western Front) | Maj. Gen. I. I. Kopets | Col. S. A. Khudyakov |
| Kiev Special (Southwestern Front) | Lt. Gen. E. S. Ptukhin | Maj. Gen. N. A. Laskin |
| Odessa (Southern Front) | Maj. Gen. F. G. Michugin | Maj. Gen. A. Z. Ustinov |
| Moscow | Col. N. A. Sbytov | Col. A. N. Burtsev |
| Orel | Col. N. F. Naumenko | Col. A. F. Vanyushin |
| Kharkov | Maj. Gen. S. K. Goryunov | Col. M. A. Belishev |
| North Caucasus | Maj. Gen. Ye. M. Nikolayenko | Col. N. V. Korneyev |
| Transcaucasus | Lt. Gen. S. P. Densov | Brig. Cmdr. S. P. Lavrik |
| Far Eastern | Lt. Gen. K. M. Gusev | Maj. Gen. Ya. S. Shkurin |
| Northern Fleet | Maj. Gen. A. A. Kuznetsov | |
| Black Sea Fleet | Maj. Gen. N. A. Ostryakov | |
| Pacific Fleet | Maj. Gen. P. N. Lemeshko |
[edit] Soviet Military Districts Post-World War II
Post-World War II, the Soviet Union was divided up into sixteen military districts plus four groups of Soviet Forces outside the USSR[3]
| District Name | Notes |
|---|---|
| Baltic | |
| Belorussia | |
| Carpathian | |
| Central Asian | |
| Far Eastern | |
| Kiev | |
| Leningrad | |
| Moscow | |
| Northern Caucasus | |
| Odessa | |
| Siberian | |
| Trans-Baikal | |
| Trans-Caucasus | |
| Turkestan | |
| Urals | |
| Volga | |
| Western Group of Forces | a.k.a. Group of Soviet Forces Germany (GSFG) |
| Northern Group of Forces | Stationed in Poland |
| Southern Group of Forces | Stationed in Hungary |
| Central Group of Forces | Stationed in Czhechoslovakia |
[edit] Sources
- Documents on the Organization of Military Districts and Armies at rkka.ru (in Russian)
