68th Army Corps (Russia) explained

Unit Name:68th Army Corps
Dates:
  • 19932010
  • 2014present
Country:Russia
Branch:Russian Ground Forces
Command Structure:Eastern Military District
Garrison:Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
Commander1:Lieutenant General Dmitry Glushenkov
Notable Commanders:Major General Valery Asapov

The 68th Army Corps is an army corps of the Russian Ground Forces' Eastern Military District, stationed in Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands, with its headquarters at Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk. The corps was first formed in 1993 from the 51st Army and disbanded in 2010. It was reformed in 2014.

History

The 68th Army Corps was first formed on 11 October 1993 from the 51st Army at Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, part of the Far Eastern Military District.[1] It included the 33rd Motor Rifle Division at Khomutovo,[2] the 18th Machine Gun Artillery Division at Goryachiye Klyuchi,[3] and the 31st Anti-Aircraft Rocket Brigade at Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk.[4] In 1997, its commander, Lieutenant General Gennady Anoshin, died of heart failure on a plane flight just before he was scheduled to retire from active duty.[5] In 2002, the 31st Brigade was disbanded. Sources differ on the date of the corps' disbandment. According to Aleksey Gayday, in Russia's New Army, the corps was disbanded on 1 December 2006.[6] A 2014 news report cited the date of the corps' disbandment as 2010.[7] On 1 June 2009, as part of the reform of the Russian Armed Forces, the 33rd Division was downsized into the 39th Separate Motor Rifle Brigade.In April 2014, the corps was reinstated on the basis the units already stationed in Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands: the 18th Machine Gun Artillery Division and the 39th Separate Motor Rifle Brigade, under the command of Major General Valery Asapov. The 676th Separate Engineer Battalion was formed later that year.[8] In July 2015, Major General Alexander Peryazev took command after Asapov transferred to the Southern Military District.[9] and, according to Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine as well as other sources, under the alias of "Primakov" participated in the Russian military intervention in Ukraine as commander of the Donetsk People's Republic's 1st Army Corps.[10] [11] The corps moved to a full contract manning system from August 2016.[12] In February 2017, Major General Dmitry Glushenkov became commander of the corps, replacing Peryazev, who became commander of the 20th Guards Army.[13]

Role in 2022 invasion of Ukraine

In the context of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, elements of the 68th Army Corps (including units from the 18th Machine Gun Artillery Division and 39th Separate Red Banner Motor Rifle Brigade) had been deployed to Belarus and were participating in active combat operations.[14] [15]

Organisation

In 2019 the corps structure was altered into the following:[16] [17]

Commanders

References

Citations

  1. Web site: 51st Combined Arms Army. Holm. Michael. www.ww2.dk. 18 March 2017.
  2. Web site: 33rd Motorised Rifle Division. Holm. Michael. www.ww2.dk. 18 March 2017.
  3. Web site: 18th Machine-Gun Artillery Division. Holm. Michael. www.ww2.dk. 18 March 2017.
  4. Web site: 31st Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade. Holm. Michael. www.ww2.dk. 18 March 2017.
  5. Web site: Биографии. memoriesnorth.narod.ru. 2017-03-18.
  6. Book: Russia's New Army. Centre for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies. 2011. 978-5-9902620-3-4. Barabanov. Mikhail. Moscow. 14. 2017-03-18. 2017-02-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20170212161254/http://www.cast.ru/files/book/NewArmy_sm.pdf. dead.
  7. News: КАРТ-БЛАНШ. Курилам придают военно-стратегический облик. Mukhin. Vladimir. 21 April 2014. Nezavisimaya Gazeta. 18 March 2017. ru. Carte Blanche: Kuriles get strategic military character.
  8. News: В российских инженерных войсках в 2015 году появятся роботы-саперы. 22 December 2014. TASS. 18 March 2017. ru. Robots to join Russian Engineering Troops in 2015.
  9. News: В 68 армейском корпусе, дислоцированном в Сахалинской области, сменится командование. Semenova. Kseniya. 31 July 2015. Sakhalin.info. 18 March 2017. ru. 68th Army Corps in Sakhalin Oblast changes command.
  10. News: War criminal, Major General of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation ASAPOV Valerii Hryhorovych (undercover name – Prymakov). The Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine. 25 September 2017. en. War criminal, lieutenant general of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation Asapov Valery Grigorievich (name of the cover - Primakov).
  11. Maria Tsvetkova. 'Fog' of Ukraine's war: Russian's death in Syria sheds light on secret mission Reuters, 29 January 2018.
  12. News: 68-й армейский корпус перейдет на контрактную систему комплектования. Gorbunov. Vadim. 31 August 2016. Moskovsky Komsomolets. 18 March 2017. ru. 68th Army Corps to move to contract manning system.
  13. News: Десантник Дмитрий Глушенков возглавит сахалинский 68-й армейский корпус. Yasko. Kirill. 3 February 2017. Sakhalin.info. 18 March 2017. ru. Paratrooper Dmitry Glushenkov takes command of Sakhalin's 68th Army Corps.
  14. Web site: Institute for the Study of War .
  15. Web site: Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment . 24 April 2022.
  16. News: 20th Army gains new commander. Коммерсантъ. 2020-04-01.
  17. Web site: RUSSIAN REGULAR GROUND FORCES ORDER OF BATTLE . October 2023.

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