39th Guards Rocket Division explained

Unit Name:39th Guards Rocket Glukhovskaya, Order of Lenin, Red Banner, Orders of Suvorov, Kutuzov and Bogdan Khmelnitsky Division
Native Name:39-я гвардейская ракетная Глуховская ордена Ленина, Краснознамённая, орденов Суворова, Кутузова и Богдана Хмельницкого дивизия
Dates:1960 - present
Country: (1960–1991)
(1991-present)
Branch: Strategic Rocket Forces
Garrison:Pashino, Novosibirsk Oblast
Decorations:


Commander1:Colonel Aleksander V. Stenkin

The 39th Guards Rocket Glukhovskaya, Order of Lenin, Red Banner, Orders of Suvorov, Kutuzov and Bogdan Khmelnitsky Division (Russian: 39-я гвардейская ракетная Глуховская ордена Ленина, Краснознамённая, орденов Суворова, Кутузова и Богдана Хмельницкого дивизия) is a military formation of the Russian Federation. It is part of the 33rd Guards Rocket Army.[1] [2]

As part of the Strategic Rocket Forces, the unit currently operates RT-2PM Topol ballistic missiles. It is garrisoned in Pashino, Novosibirsk Oblast.

History

The division was formed as the successor to the 1st Guards Artillery Division in 1960, first as the 212th Rocket Brigade but later in 1961 reorganized as the 39th Guards Rocket Division.[3]

Since its formation the unit has operated multiple generations of missiles:

Commanders

Commanders of the 39th Guards Rocket Division[4] !No.!Name!From!To
1Major General Makar. Ye. ArtyukhJuly 1960April 1967
2Major General Anatoly A. AleshkinApril 1967March 1969
3Major General Nikolai N. OvchinnikovMarch 1969November 1975
4Major General Leonid S. PridatkoNovember 1975May 1983
5Major General Semen G. KuldykovMay 1983July 1987
6Major General Vladimir P. ChertkovJuly 1987July 1991
7Major General Nikolai P. OkhrimenkoJuly 1991November 1993
8Major General Karim Sh. KamalovNovember 1993October 1997
9Major General Valery M. MazurovOctober 1997June 2000
10Lietenant General Gennady N. PrivalovJune 2000June 2002
11Major General Ivan F. RevaJune 2002August 2004
12Major General Nikolai A. PustovalovAugust 2004May 2007
13Colonel Nikolai K. BratukhinMay 20072010?
14Colonel Aleksander V. Stenkin2010?Present

Structure

Structure as of 1995:

References

  1. Web site: 39-я гвардейская ракетная Глуховская ордена Ленина, Краснознамённая, орденов Суворова, Кутузова и Богдана Хмельницкого дивизия (в/ч 34148) . 2023-07-20 . rvsn.info . ru.
  2. Web site: 39-я гвардейская ракетная дивизия (в/ч 34148) . 2023-07-20 . armius.ru . ru.
  3. Web site: Новосибирское ракетное соединение (гвардейская Глуховская ордена Ленина, Краснознаменная орденов Суворова, Кутузова и Б.Хмельницкого ракетная дивизия) . 2023-07-20 . structure.mil.ru . ru.
  4. Web site: 39-я ракетная дивизия (г. Новосибирск) . 2023-07-20 . rvsn.ruzhany.info.