This article is an (incomplete) listing of Soviet Ground Forces divisions in 1990, and corresponding information about their later status in 2006.
The Soviets maintained their units at varying degrees of readiness in peacetime, and divided their ground units into two broad readiness categories:
Some divisions are referred to as 'Reserve' (there is a Russian article for reserve unit at). The Russian word for reserve literally translates as 'Spare'. The personnel went on the reserve rolls, and for officers and NCOs this means they add 'v zapase' to their rank (e.g. kapitan v zapase). The unit itself changes readiness status from A, to either B (Б), V (В) or G (Г). This means a higher degree of equipment conservation, lower training and operational performance, etc.
The abbreviation BKhVT means Weapons and Equipment Storage Base.
| Division | Location, Status 1990 | Location, Status 2006 | Origin | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11th Guards Army, Kaliningrad, Baltic MD | Reduced to a brigade 2002, regiment in 2009 | 1st Guards Rifle Division (second formation) | ||
| 2nd Guards Motor Rifle Division | No change; brigade 2009–2013 | 2nd Guards Rifle Division. 1957–64 23 Guards MRD. | ||
| Disbanded 1 September 1993. | 3rd Guards Rifle Division, to MRD June 1957. October 1989 transferred to Baltic Fleet. | |||
| Disbanded 1989 | 4th Guards Mechanised Corps, Kiev Military District, then 4th Guards Mech Div, then 63rd Guards MRD, 4 Gds MRD 1964. Moved from Lugansk to Termez in February 1980.[2] | |||
| 4th Motor Rifle Division | Disbanded July 1959 | 4th Rifle Division, formed June 1957. | ||
| 40th Army, Shindand, Afghanistan, 1989 | 5th Guards Mechanized Corps, 53rd Guards Motor Rifle Division 1957, 1965 became 5th Guards Motor Rifle Division | |||
| 6th Guards Motor Rifle Division (I) | Bernau, East Germany, 20th Guards Army | Redesignated 90th Guards Tank Division, February 1985.[3] | Formed Bernau, East Germany, from 6th Guards Mechanised Division, May 1957. | |
| 6th Guards "Vitebsko-Novgorodskaya" Motor Rifle Division(II) | Northern Group of Forces, Borne Sulinowo, Poland | Activated 25 June 1957 in Borne Sulinovo, Poland, as the 38th Guards Tank Division, from the 26th Guards Mechanised Division. | ||
| 8th Guards Motor Rifle Division (I) | Haapsalu, Estonia | Disbanded March 1960 | Formed June 1957 from 8th Guards Rifle Division. Disbanded March 1960, with 2–3 regiments transferred to 36th Guards Motor Rifle Division. 36 GMRD renamed 8 GMRD (II) in May 1960. | |
| 8th Guards Panfilovtsy Motor Rifle Division (II) | Part of Kyrgyz armed forces | Formed Klooga, Estonia, as 36 GMRD, from 36 Gds Mech Div, June 1957. Renamed 8 GMRD (II) May 1960. In May 1967 moved to Frunze. Taken over by Kyrgyzstan, June 1992.[4] Not Ready Division – Cadre High Strength. | ||
| Sayn-Shand, Mongolia, 6th Guards Tank Army, Transbaikal Military District | Disbanded 1958 | 9th Guards Mechanised Corps Formed from 9th Guards Mech Division, June 1957. | ||
| 1992 became 131 MRB, now 7th Military Base, Gudauta | 9th Infantry Division | |||
| 31st Army Corps, TCMD, Akhaltsikhe, Georgia | Disbanded March 1992 | 10th Guards Rifle Division. Not Ready Division – Reduced Strength II | ||
| 11th Guards Motor Rifle Division | Transbaikal Military District (Bezrechnaya), 55th Army Corps | Became 5890 BKhVT 1 December 1989, disbanded 1992 | 7th Guards Mechanised Corps (WW2) | |
| 12th Motor Rifle Division (I) | Belogorsk, Far Eastern Military District | Disbanded 1958 | 12th Amurskaya Rifle Division | |
| 12th Motor Rifle Division (II) | Boganuur, Mongolia (1979–1992), 39th Army | 5517 BKhVT 1992, disbanded 1993. | Formed 1960 (Holm/Feskov 2015) | |
| 13th Motor Rifle Division (I) | Disbanded 1958 | Established 1957 from 13 TD, originally 61 TD (Second World War)(Holm/Feskov 2015) | ||
| 13th Motor Rifle Division (II) | 5351 BKhVT 1989, 13 Gds MRD, July 1992, 5349 Guards BKhVT 1998 | Activated 1 September 1960.[5] | ||
| Juterbog, East Germany, 20th Guards Army, 1957–82 | Became 32nd GTD | |||
| Disbanded 1992, some equipment handed over to Armenia. | 15th Rifle Division. Previously 26th Mech Div and 100th MRD. Became 15th MRD 1965. | |||
| 1957–1960 | 16th Guards Rifle Division[6] | |||
| Khmelnitskiy, Carpathian Military District, 13th Army | 40th Guards Rifle Division, World War II | |||
| Mladá Boleslav CGF, Czechoslovakia | Baltic Fleet Ground Forces, Kaliningrad | 18th Guards Rifle Division. 30 Guards MRD 1957–64. | ||
| Resubordinated to 58th Army, 1995 | 19th MRD 1965 ← 92nd MRD 1957 <- 19th Rifle Division | |||
| 1st Guards Tank Army, Grimma, Group of Soviet Forces in Germany, | Withdrawn to Volgograd, North Caucasus MD, June 1993. | 8th Guards Mechanised Corps, 8th Guards Mechanised Division. Became 20 Gds MRD May 1957.[7] | ||
| 2nd Guards Tank Army, Group of Soviet Forces in Germany, Perleberg | Omsk, Siberian Military District? | 416th Rifle Division (World War II). 416 RD (II) became 18 Mech Div -> 18 MRD (1957) -> 21 MRD 1965, went back to Omsk, became 180 MRB, and finally became a storage site in 1997, and then disbanded only in 2007. | ||
| Became 40th independent Motor Rifle Brigade, 1 June 2002, Naval Infantry 2007. | 22nd Rifle Division | |||
| Disbanded July 1992, all weapons to Azerbaijan armed forces | 14th Guards Cavalry Division and 16th Guards Cavalry Division, then 31st Guards Mechanised Division. 23 Guards MRD 17 November 1964 (25 Guards MRD June 1957).[8] | |||
| 24th Rifle Division | ||||
| Lubny, 1st Guards Army, Kiev Military District | 25th Guards Rifle Division. 115 Guards 1957–64. | |||
| Disbanded 1991 | 26th Guards Rifle Division | |||
| 27th Guards Rifle Division. 1957–64 21st Guards MRD. | ||||
| 28th Guards Motor Rifle Division | Chernomorskoye, Odessa Military District[9] | Became 28th Mechanized Brigade (Ukraine) circa 2001 | 28th Guards Rifle Division | |
| 29th Guards Motor Rifle Division | Kaunas, Baltic Military District, 10th Army Corps | Redesignated 31 Guards MRD 1965 | From 29 Guards Mech Div[10] 31 Guards MRD 1965; 21 Guards TD May 1977. | |
| Kamen-Rybolov, Far Eastern Military District, 5th Army | Disbanded 1994. | 29th Rifle Division (63 Mech Div; 110 MRD 1957). Moved from Shikhany to Far East in 1968.[11] | ||
| Disbanded at Marina Gorka, Belarus | 55th Guards Rifle Division | |||
| 1989 BKhVT, disbanded 1993. | 32nd Guards Rifle Division. 1975-64 11 Guards MRD. | |||
| Disbanded 1960 | 33 Guards Mech Division | |||
| Now storage base | 342nd Rifle Division | |||
| 34 MRD 1965 < 126th MRD 1957 < 1955 77th Rifle Division | ||||
| 20th Guards Army, Group of Soviet Forces in Germany, Krampnitz (Potsdam) | Disbanded 1992 | 35 MRD 1965, 19th MRD 1957, by 1955 1st Mech Div from 1st Mechanised Corps | ||
| 36th Guards Motor Rifle Division | Klooga, Estonia, 4th Guards Army Corps | Disbanded May 1960 | 36 Guards Mechanised Division | |
| Artemovsk, 64th Army Corps, Kiev Military District[12] | Disbanded 1990 | Formed 1966 | ||
| MG Artillery Division | 38th Guards Rifle Division, 38 Guards MRD 1965; 131 MGAD 1989. | |||
| Disbanded 1992 | 39th Guards Rifle Division | |||
| To Pacific Ocean Fleet as coastal defence division | 40th Rifle Division | |||
| 41st Motor Rifle Division | 39th Army, Mongolia, Choir | Disbanded 1992 | Formed 1967 from elements of 52nd MRD | |
| Became 173rd Training Centre, then disbanded 1992 | 24th Guards Rifle Division | |||
| Became 469th District Training Centre | 43 RD (WW2), 130 MRD 1957, 43 MRD 1965 | |||
| 45th Guards Rifle Division, World War II, to MRD 1957 | ||||
| 46th Motor Rifle Division | Disbanded 1989 | Formed 1980 | ||
| 47th Motor Rifle Division | 1st Guards Army, Konotop | Became storage base 1989, combined with 39th Guards Motor Rifle Division 1991 to form 5001st Guards Weapons and Equipment Storage Base | ||
| 47th Guards Motor Rifle Division | Dalnerechensk, Primorskiy Kray, 5th Army, Far Eastern Military District | Disbanded November 1959 | 3rd Guards Mechanized Corps[13] | |
| Central Group of Forces, Vysoké Mýto, Czechoslovakia | Withdrawn to Chuguev, under KGB control, later disbanded | 48th Rifle Division,[14] 118 MRD 1957 – November 1964. | ||
| Belorussian Military District, Brest[15] | Part of Armed Forces of Belarus | 50th Guards Rifle Division | ||
| 51st Guards Motor Rifle Division (I) | 10th Army Corps, Baltic Military District, Ventspils | Disbanded January 1959 | 76th Rifle Division, which became 51st Guards Rifle Division (51 GRD) (Feskov et al. 2013, 162) | |
| 51st Guards Motor Rifle Division (II) | 13th Army, Carpathian Military District, Vladimir-Volynskiy | Became Ukrainian Ground Forces' 51st Mechanized Brigade | 15th Guards Rifle Division | |
| Storage base, later disbanded | 347th Rifle Division | |||
| Kovrov, Moscow Military District | Became 26 GTTD 1979 | 62 Gds Mech Div; 1957 62 Gds MRD; 1960 62 Gds Training MRD; 1964 53 Gds Training MRD. | ||
| Reduced to storage base | 341st Rifle Division | |||
| Reorganised as District Training Centre, later disbanded | 67th Mechanised Division, 56th Motor Rifle Division (Second Formation) 1964–65. | |||
| 57th Guards Rifle Division | ||||
| Formed 1957 Kyzyl-Arvat, became part of Turkmenistan armed forces | 344th Rifle Division | |||
| Became 8th Motor Rifle Brigade, later disbanded | 59th Guards Rifle Division, World War II | |||
| 60th Motor Rifle Division | 6th Rifle Division[16] | |||
| Part of Turkmenistan armed forces | 357th Rifle Division | |||
| 33rd Army Corps, Siberian Military District, Itatka | Disbanded 1994 Omsk | Formed 1972 at Maykop, effectively as a mobilisation division. Upgraded to a regular division May 1972 and moved to Itatka. Reduced to storage base 1989, moved to Omsk. Disbanded 1994.[17] | ||
| Became 56th District Training Centre | 63rd Guards Rifle Division | |||
| 30th Guards Army Corps, Leningrad Military District (Sapernoye) | Reduced to 36 BKhVT 1997,[18] disbanded 2007. | 64th Guards Rifle Division | ||
| 65th Motor Rifle Division (I) | Kungar, Perm Oblast, Ural Military District. | Formed June 1957, disbanded January 1959.[19] | ||
| Carpathian Military District, Chernovtsy[20] | 110th Guards DTC 1987, then Ukrainian armed forces | 66th Guards Rifle Division | ||
| 1957–65[21] | From 67 Mechanised Division; became 56 TMRD. 1980 mobilisation division at Vologda, formed 1970, reorganised as regular division and moved to Skovorodino in Far East.[22] Became 115 Gds MRD 1992, and a BKhVT in 2002. | |||
| Turkestan Military District, Sary Ozek | Former 372nd Rifle Division | |||
| Reduced to storage base | 69th "Sevskaya" Rifle Division; became MR formation at Vologda. | |||
| 1991 857th Military Equipment Storage Base | 70th Guards Rifle Division | |||
| Taken over by Kazakhstan 3.1992. | Formed 1984 from parts of 155 MRD. | |||
| Became Ukrainian 72nd Mechanised Division | 72nd Guards Rifle Division | |||
| Far Eastern Military District, Novoe | Disbanded 1989 | 73rd Rifle Division. Formed Novorossiysk 1957, to Far East 1968.[23] | ||
| 74th Motor Rifle Division | Disbanded 1959 | Formed 1957. | ||
| 75th Motor Rifle Division | 7th Guards Army, Transcaucasian Military District, Nakhichevan | KGB control 1989–91, disbanded 1992 | 75th Rifle Division | |
| 1989, converted to coastal defence division, 1991 disbanded | 77th Guards Rifle Division, June 1957[24] | |||
| Converted to District Training Centre, then reduced to storage base | 417th Rifle Division | |||
| 51st Army, Far Eastern Military District, Leonidovo | Disbanded 1994. | |||
| Turkestan Military District, Otar | 80th Guards Rifle Division (WW2). 90 Gds MRD 1957 (16 Gds MD); 1962 90 Gds Training MRD; 1965 80 Gds Training MRD. | |||
| Reduced to brigade 2009 | 81st Guards Rifle Division, converted to MRD in Bucharest, 1957.[25] | |||
| Storage Base 1990; upgraded to division 1992; Disbanded 1993 | Formed 1969 from 266 MRD cadres at Volgograd | |||
| Disbanded 1959 | 8th Guards Cavalry Division (10 Gds MD) | |||
| 84th Motor Rifle Division | Became part of Turkmenistan's armed forces | Formed 1981 from 58 MRD cadre | ||
| Brigade 2009 | 85th MRD 1957 < to 1955 85th Rifle Division. Formed Novosibirsk 1957. | |||
| 1.12.89 renamed 5381st Equipment Storage Base. | 86th Guards Rifle Division. Formed Beltsy 1957. | |||
| Became part of Turkmenistan's armed forces | Formed 1980 from elements of 5 GMRD | |||
| 497 TTC 1987; BKhVT 1989. | Shevi-Gobi, Mongolia, 1979–87;[26] | |||
| 150th Guards District Training Center, then Became Ukrainian 92nd District Training Centre | 92nd Guards Rifle Division. 34 Guards MRD 1957–60; 34 Guards Training MRD 1960–65. | |||
| Southern Group of Forces, Kecskemét, Hungary | 93rd GRD | |||
| 2nd Guards Tank Army, Group of Soviet Forces in Germany, Schwerin | Formed Schwerin 1957 from 94th GRD. | |||
| Became storage base, later disbanded | 96th Rifle Division | |||
| Became Ukrainian 97th Mechanized Brigade | 97th Guards Rifle Division | |||
| 99th Motor Rifle Division | Reduced to 3840 Storage Base, 1990 or 1999, storage base disbanded, 2002 | Formed 1983–84[27] from 23 Ind MR Bde. | ||
| 100th Guards Training Motor Rifle Division | Transcaucasian Military District, Tbilisi | Became 171st District Training Centre in September 1987 | Disbanded June 1992. Holm/Feskov 2015 | |
| Became 18 MRB 1993 | Formed 1968 from cadres of 265th MRD | |||
| 40th Army, Bagram, Afghanistan | Withdrawn to Termez, became part of Uzbek armed forces | 360th Rifle Division | ||
| Became 23rd Base for Storage of Weapons and Equipment 1997 | 367th Rifle Division | |||
| Belorussian Military District, Minsk (Uruchcha)[28] | Became Belarus 120th Guards Mechanised Brigade | 120th Guards Rifle Division, September 1943; | ||
| 5th Army, Far Eastern Military District, Monastyrishche | Became District Training Centre | Formed 1970 | ||
| 122nd Guards Motor Rifle Division | Machine-Gun Artillery Division 1989, Motor Rifle Division 2001; 35th Guards Motor Rifle Brigade 2009 | From 5th Guards Tank Corps->Division (I), 29 June 1957.[29] | ||
| 5th Army, Far Eastern Military District, Barabash | Became 129 Gds MG Artillery Division 1989; 17 Gds MRD 2001; brigade 2009.[30] | 17th Guards Rifle Division | ||
| Became Ukrainian coastal defence formation (36th Brigade) | 126th Rifle Division. Formed 17 April 1957 in Simferopol, Crimean Oblast, as the 101st Motor Rifle Division, from the 28th Mechanised Division.[31] From December 2014 the formation's heritage was taken up by the newly formed Russian 126th Coastal Defence Brigade. | |||
| 127th Motor Rifle Division | 261st Rifle Division | |||
| 128th Guards Motor Rifle Division | Now 128th Mechanized Brigade, part of Ukrainian Ground Forces | 128th Guards Mtn Rifle Division | ||
| 129th Motor Rifle Division | Far Eastern Military District, Knyaz-Volkonka | Became 392 District Training Centre 1 December 1987 | 39th Rifle Division | |
| By 2005 had become 200th Motor Rifle Brigade | 45th Rifle Division (Soviet Union) | |||
| Disbanded 1989 | Formed 1980 at Dushanbe | |||
| Became Machine-Gun Artillery Division | Formed 1960 as mobilisation division at Lugansk, Kiev MD; became a line division 1968 and moved to Far East. | |||
| Withdrawn to Yelnya, Moscow Military District, reduced to storage base | 29th Guards Rifle Division | |||
| 145th Motor Rifle Division | Soviet 89th "Tamanyan" Rifle Division | |||
| 147th Motor Rifle Division | Formed from 147 RD at Akhalkalaki 1957. Became 62nd Military Base | |||
| Transbaikal Military District, Borzya | Became 213th District Training Centre. Reorganised as the 168th Motor Rifle Brigade September 1994, dsbanded 6/1998. | First formed 1973. | ||
| 155th Motor Rifle Division | 32nd Army, Turkestan Military District, Ust-Kamenogorsk | Became part of Kazakh Armed Forces 1992. Activated at Semipalatinsk 1970, to Ust-Kamenogorsk 1984[32] | ||
| 157th Motor Rifle Division | 32nd Army Corps, Odessa Military District, Feodosiya | Reduced to territorial training centre and then to storage base | ||
| 161st Motor Rifle Division | 13th Army, Carpathian Military District, Izyaslav | 161st Rifle Division, briefly 24th Mech Div and 99th MRD until 1965. Formed Izyaslav 1965. Later 161st Mechanised Brigade (Ukraine). | ||
| 164th Motor Rifle Division | 7th Guards Army, Transcaucasian Military District, Yerevan | Some equipment went to Armed Forces of Armenia.[33] | 164th Rifle Division, then reorganized as 73rd Mechanised Division and thereafter 121st MRD June 1957 – November 1964. | |
| 180th Motor Rifle Division | Became Ukrainian 27th Mechanised Brigade after 1992 | 180th 'Kievskaya' Rifle Division, Second World War | ||
| 192nd Motor Rifle Division | 35th Army, Far Eastern Military District, Blagoveshchensk | Reduced to Motor Rifle Brigade | ||
| Uryupinsk, Volgograd Oblast, North Caucasus Military District | 1987 reduced to territorial training centre, then road construction training brigade | Formed June 1966 | ||
| 198th Motor Rifle Division | 29th Army, Divizionnaya, Buryat ASSR | Disbanded 1992 | First formed 1979 | |
| 199th Motor Rifle Division | 5th Army, Far Eastern Military District, Krasny Kut | Reduced to storage base 1989 | Formed 1970 | |
| 201st Motor Rifle Division | 40th Army, Kunduz, Afghanistan | Dushanbe, Tajikistan | Formed 1960 as 124th MRD from an independent mountain rifle regiment, became 201 MRD 1965. | |
| 203rd Motor Rifle Division | 32nd Army, Turkestan Military District, Karaganda | Reduced to storage base, became part of Kazakh Armed Forces | 102nd Motor Rifle Division (1957–1965) was originally formed at Semipalatinsk.[34] | |
| 207th Motor Rifle Division | 2nd Guards Tank Army, Group of Soviet Forces in Germany, Stendal | Storage Base 1991, Disbanded 1992 | 207th Rifle Division, formed 1942 | |
| 213th Motor Rifle Division | Volga Military District, Totskoye | Merged with 27th Guards Motor Rifle Division 1991 | Formed 1968 | |
| 242nd Motor Rifle Division | 33rd Army Corps, Siberian Military District, Abakan | Reduced to storage base 1989, disbanded 2009 | First Formed Abakan 1972. Reportedly disbanded 1 June 2009, with base area handed over to civilian officials.[35] | |
| 245th Motor Rifle Division | 29th Army, Transbaikal Military District, Gusinoozyorsk | Storage Base 1997; Guards Motor Rifle Division 2001; disbanded 2005; reformed 2006 as storage base | First formed 1967 | |
| 254th Motor Rifle Division | Southern Group of Forces, Székesfehérvár, Hungary | Withdrawn to Artemovsk, Ukraine, became Ukrainian Ground Forces mechanised division | 254th Rifle Division | |
| 265th Motor Rifle Division | Far Eastern Military District, Vozzhaevka | Reduced to storage base 1989, disbanded 1993 | 265th Rifle Division, 119 MRD 1957 – January 1965. Moved from Vilnius, Lithuanian SSR, in 1968, to Vozzhaevka (Belogorsk-15). | |
| 266th Motor Rifle Division | 35th Army, Far Eastern Military District, Raychikhinsk/Raichikhinsk | Reduced to storage base 1989, disbanded 1993 | 266th Rifle Division. 117 MRD 1957 – February 1965. | |
| 270th Motor Rifle Division | 15th Army, Far Eastern Military District, Komsomolsk-na-Amure | Storage Base 2010 | 270th Rifle Division | |
| 272nd Motor Rifle Division | 43rd Army Corps, Far Eastern Military District, Babstovo | Became MG Artillery division 1989; Brigade 1993; MG Artillery division 1997; Brigade 2009 | 272nd Rifle Division | |
| 277th Motor Rifle Division | 5th Army, Far Eastern Military District, Sergeyevka | Became 127th MG Artillery Division 1990; Brigade 2009 | 66th Rifle Division | |
| 295th Motor Rifle Division | 4th Army, Transcaucasian Military District, Baku (Baku-1?) | 295th Rifle Division to 1955; 49th RD 1955; 49th Motor Rifle Division 25 June 1957; 295th Motor Rifle Division (November 1964). |
| Division | Location, Status 1990 | Location, Status 2006 | Origin | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16th Motor Rifle Division (mobilisation) | 6th Army, Leningrad Military District, Petrozavodsk(Vilga) | Storage Base 1989; Disbanded 1993[36] | Formed 1968 | |
| 37th Motor Rifle Division | Disbanded | Activated 1969, disbanded 1993.[37] | ||
| 49th Motor Rifle Division | Disbanded 1987 | Disbanded | Activated 1978 as mobilization division in 4th Army, Baku, disbanded 1987.[38] | |
| 65th Motor Rifle Division (II) | Volga–Urals Military District, Perm | Disbanded | Activated 1967 as mobilization division, became 5078th BKhVT 1989, disbanded 1990[39] | |
| 74th Motor Rifle Division | Disbanded 1987 | Activated 1968 as mobilization division, Siberian MD, Zheleznogorsk, Krasnoyarsk Krai, disbanded 1987[40] | ||
| 83rd Motor Rifle Division | 13th Army, Lutsk, Carpathian Military District | |||
| 84th Motor Rifle Division | Disbanded 1987 | Activated 1968 as mobilization division, 28th Army, Grodno, transferred to Maryina Horka with 5th Guards Tank Army 1979,[41] disbanded 1987 | ||
| 87th Motor Rifle Division (mobilisation) | Disbanded 1989 Formed 1968 from elements of 22 MRD | |||
| 89th Motor Rifle Division | 13th Guards Army Corps, Tambov | Territorial Training Center 1987, Storage Base 1987, disbanded 1996 | activated 1966 as mobilization division[42] | |
| 95th Motor Rifle Division | Siberian Military District, Omsk (Stepnoy), Omsk Oblast | Tank storage base 1991, Disbanded 1997 | 1968–91 as mobilisation division, 1991–1997 as 6295th Central Tank Reserve Base[43] | |
| 114th Motor Rifle Division | Disbanded 1987 | Activated 1978 | ||
| 115th Motor Rifle Division | 26th Army Corps, Leningrad Military District, Ivanteevo | Storage Base 1989, disbanded 1993 | Activated 1968 | |
| 118th Motor Rifle Division | Disbanded 1987 | Formed 1970 | ||
| 146th Motor Rifle Division | Territorial Training Center 1987, Storage Base 1989, absorbed 1991 by 6242nd BKhVT | Activated 1981 | ||
| 149th Motor Rifle Division | Moscow Military District, Klintsy | Territorial Training Center 1987, Storage Base 1987, disbanded 1993 | Activated 1979[44] | |
| 152nd Motor Rifle Division | 31st Army Corps, Transcaucasian Military District, Kutaisi | Storage Base 1989, disbanded 1992 | Activated 1972 | |
| 153rd Motor Rifle Division | Baltic Military District, Pabradė | Storage Base 1989, disbanded 1992 | Activated 1972 at Vilnius from 597th Motor Rifle Regiment of 107th Motor Rifle Division, moved to Pabradė 1981 | |
| 156th Motor Rifle Division | 12th Army Corps, Novorossiysk | Territorial Training Center 1987, Storage Base 1989, Disbanded 1992 | Activated 1968 to replace 73rd Motor Rifle Division, which was transferred to the Far East | |
| 163rd Motor Rifle Division | Ural Military District, Belebey | Disbanded 1987 | Activated 1975 | |
| 166th Motor Rifle Division | Volga-Ural Military District, Alkino | Territorial Training Center 1987, disbanded 1989 | Activated 1978 | |
| 167th Motor Rifle Division[45] | 33rd Army Corps, Biysk | Territorial Training Center 1987, Storage Base 1989, Disbanded 1992 | Activated 1978 | |
| 168th Motor Rifle Division | Carpathian Military District, Berdychiv | Storage Base 1989, disbanded 1991 | Activated 1981 | |
| 194th Motor Rifle Division | Far Eastern Military District, Svobodny, Amur Oblast | Disbanded 1987 | Activated 1976 | |
| 196th Motor Rifle Division | Moscow Military District, Kursk | Disbanded 1987 | Activated 1978 | |
| 200th Motor Rifle Division | 1st Guards Army, Pyriatyn | Territorial Training Center 1987, Weapons and Equipment Storage Base 1989, combined with 7th Guards Tank Division to form 4214th Guards Weapons and Equipment Storage Base | ||
| 204th Motor Rifle Division | 1st Guards Army, Uman | Territorial Training Center 1987, Weapons and Equipment Storage Base 1989 | ||
| 208th Motor Rifle Division | 14th Guards Army, Beltsy, Moldavian SSR | Disbanded 1987 | Activated 1980 | |
| 209th Motor Rifle Division | Turkestan Military District, Azadbash[46] | Disbanded 1987 | Activated 1980[47] | |
| 218th Motor Rifle Division | Siberian Military District, Kyzyl | Became BKhVT 1989, disbanded 1993 | Activated 1978 | |
| 225th Motor Rifle Division | 13th Guards Army Corps, Mulino | Disbanded 1987 | Activated 1978 | |
| 227th Motor Rifle Division | Siberian Military District, Svetly, Omsk | Disbanded 1987 | Activated 1978 | |
| 248th Motor Rifle Division | Volga-Ural Military District, Sarapul | Territorial Training Center 1987, disbanded 1989 | Activated 1978 | |
| 249th Motor Rifle Division (Reserve) | Volga Military District, Yoshkar-Ola | Disbanded 1987 | Activated 1979 | |
| 251st Motor Rifle Division (Reserve) | Carpathian Military District, Chernivtsi | Disbanded 1987 | Activated 1979 | |
| 252nd Motor Rifle Division (Reserve) | Odessa Military District, Nikolayev | Disbanded 1987 | Activated 1979 | |
| 253rd Motor Rifle Division (Reserve) | Transcaucasus Military District, Tbilisi | Disbanded 1987 | Activated 1979 | |
| 255th Motor Rifle Division (Reserve) | Moscow Military District, Kursk | Disbanded 1987 | Activated 1979 | |
| 256th Motor Rifle Division (Reserve) | Volga Military District, Orenburg | Disbanded 1987 | Activated 1979 | |
| 257th Motor Rifle Division (Reserve) | Ural Military District, Chebarkul | Disbanded 1987 | Activated 1979 | |
| 258th Motor Rifle Division (Reserve) | Belorussian Military District, Grodno | Disbanded 1987 | Activated 1979 | |
| 259th Motor Rifle Division (Reserve) | North Caucasus Military District, Grozny | Disbanded 1987 | Activated 1979 | |
| 260th Motor Rifle Division (Reserve) | Volga-Ural Military District, Shadrinsk | Storage Base 1989, disbanded 1993 | Activated 1979 | |
| 261st Motor Rifle Division (Reserve) | Volga Military District, Omsk | Disbanded 1987 | Activated 1980 | |
| 262nd Motor Rifle Division (Reserve) | Far Eastern Military District, Svobodny | Disbanded 1987 | Activated 1981 | |
| 263rd Motor Rifle Division (Reserve) | Far Eastern Military District, Knyaze-Volkonskoye | Disbanded 1987 | Activated 1981 | |
| 264th Motor Rifle Division (Reserve) | Far Eastern Military District, Ussuriysk | Disbanded 1987 | Activated 1981 | |
| 267th Motor Rifle Division | 7th Tank Army, Borisov[48] | Disbanded 1987 | Activated 1968 | |
| 268th Motor Rifle Division | 1987 territorial training centre; storage base 1989, disbanded 1992 | Mobilisation division formed 1978 | ||
| 269th Motor Rifle Division | Central Asian Military District, Gvardeysky | Disbanded 1987 | Activated 1978 | |
| 271st Motor Rifle Division | Far Eastern Military District, Belogorsk | 5230 VKhVT in 1989, disbanded 1992. | Activated 1978. Military Unit Number 11177. | |
| 274th Motor Rifle Division | Volga Military District, Kryazh | Disbanded 1987 | Activated 1970 | |
| 275th Motor Rifle Division | 13th Army, Isyaslav | Disbanded 1987 | Activated 1970. Military Unit Number 20651. | |
| 276th Motor Rifle Division | 38th Army, Uzhhorod | Disbanded 1987 | Activated 1970. Military Unit Number 47113. | |
| 278th Motor Rifle Division | Far Eastern Military District, Fevralsk, Amur Oblast | Disbanded 1987 | Activated 1981 |
Earlier designations of 1989 units include the 27th Guards Tank Division (79 GTD), 33rd Gds TD (15 GTD), and 35th Gds (41st), 10th (1945–57 designation of 34th Tank Division), 15th (later 78th Tank Division).[49]
Tank divisions later reorganised as motor rifle divisions include the 2nd/32nd/66th, which finally became the 277th Motor Rifle Division, and the 61st/13th, which became the 13th Motor Rifle Division in 1957.
Divisions active 1946–59 include the 1st Guards Tank Division (1945–47), 3rd, and the 111th/16th, redesignated as the 16th in 1955 and disbanded in 1957. Heavy tank divisions active 1957–60 include the 5th,[50] and the 17th (1956–60). Divisions active 1945–47 include the 5th (ex 5th Tank Corps), the 11th Tank Division (Gusev, Kaliningrad Oblast), the 18th (1945–47, Gaysin), and the 19th (Ploesti, Romania, and Odesa).
| Division | Location, Status 1990 | Location, Status 2006 | Origins | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11th Guards Army, Kaliningrad, Baltic MD | Reduced to Tank Brigade 1993; Storage Base 1998, disbanded 2008 | 1st Tank Corps | ||
| 39th Army, Mongolia | Withdrawn to Siberia; Reduced to storage base 2001 and disbanded 2005 | 2nd Tatsinskaya Guards Tank Corps | ||
| 7th Tank Army, Belorussian Military District, Zaslonovo | Reduced to storage base, disbanded 1989[51] | 3rd Guards Tank Corps | ||
| Became 46th Tank Division 1957. | Formed 14 April 1946 from 300th Rifle Division. Disbanded by redesignation 30 April 1957 as 46th Tank Division.[52] | |||
| Moscow Military District, Naro-Fominsk | Became brigade 2009–2013 | 4th Guards Tank Corps | ||
| Transbaikal Military District, Kyakhta | Now part of Siberian Military District; became motor rifle brigade 2009 | 5th Guards Cavalry Corps | ||
| 28th Army, Belorussian Military District, Grodno | Reorganised as mechanised brigade, became part of the Armed Forces of Belarus | 6th Guards Tank Corps | ||
| 3rd Shock Army, Group of Soviet Forces in Germany, Dessau–Rosslau | Reduced to storage base 1990, became part of Armed Forces of Ukraine | 7th Guards Tank Corps | ||
| 8th Guards Tank Division | 5th Guards Tank Army, Belorussian Military District, Maryina Horka (Pukhovichi) | Reduced to storage base 1990, became part of Armed Forces of Belarus | 8th Guards Tank Corps | |
| 1st Guards Tank Army, Group of Soviet Forces in Germany, Riesa/Zeithain | Withdrawn to Smolensk, Disbanded in 1992 | 9th Tank Corps | ||
| 10th Guards Uralsko-Lvovskaya Tank Division(Volunteers) | 3rd Red Banner Army, Group of Soviet Forces in Germany, Altengrabow | Withdrawn to Boguchar, Moscow MD; storage base 2009. | 10th Guards Tank Corps | |
| 1st Guards Tank Army, Group of Soviet Forces in Germany, Dresden | Withdrawn to Slonim, Belarus, became an Armed Forces of Belarus mechanised brigade | 11th Guards Tank Corps | ||
| 3rd Shock Army, Group of Soviet Forces in Germany, Neuruppin | Disbanded at Vladikavkaz in 1991 | 12th Guards Tank Corps | ||
| Southern Group of Forces, Veszprém, Hungary | Disbanded in 1989 | 13th Guards Rifle Division | ||
| North Caucasian MD, Novocherkassk | Became 100th Division of Operational Designation of MVD 1 October 1989;[53] Brigade 2007[54] | Formed 1974 | ||
| Central Group of Forces, Milovice, Czechoslovakia | Disbanded at Chebarkul, Volga-Ural Military District.[55] | 15th Guards Cavalry Division | ||
| 2nd Guards Tank Army, Group of Soviet Forces in Germany, Neustrelitz | Withdrawn to Chaykovsky, Volga-Ural MD, reduced to storage base | 9th Guard Tank Corps | ||
| 6th Guards Tank Army, Kiev Military District, Krivoy Rog[56] | 20th Guards Rifle Division 1945 | |||
| Southern Group of Forces, Hungary, Esztergom | Withdrawn to Belarus, reduced to storage base | 2nd Guards Mechanised Corps | ||
| 20th Zvenigorodskaya Tank Division | Northern Group of Forces, Żagań, Poland | Disbanded in 1991 | 20th Tank Corps | |
| 35th Army, Far Eastern Military District, Belogorsk | probably disbanded 2009; one regiment became brigade | 31st Guards Rifle Division | ||
| 6th Guards Tank Army, Kiev Military District, Cherkaske, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast | Disbanded 1990 to make room for the 93rd Guards Motor Rifle Division | 7th Guards Airborne Division became 115th Guards Rifle Division 1945 (Feskov et al. 2013) | ||
| 23rd Tank Division | 8th Tank Army, Carpathian Military District, Ovruch | Reduced to storage base 1990,[57] became part of Ukrainian armed forces | 23rd Tank Corps | |
| Baltic MD, Dobele | Withdrawn to Strugi Krasne, Leningrad MD, as Motor Rifle Brigade | Formed 1957 | ||
| 25th Tank Division | 20th Guards Army, Group of Soviet Forces in Germany, Vogelsang | Disbanded 1989 | 25th Tank Corps | |
| Moscow Military District, Kovrov | 26 GTTD Dec 1979; 467th Guards District Training Centre 14 September 1987[58] | 53rd Guards 'Tartus' Red Banner Rifle Division | ||
| 27th Tank Division | Far Eastern Military District, Zavitinsk | Reduced to storage base | Formed 1969[59] | |
| 28th Tank Division | 28th Army, Belarus Military District, Slonim | Reduced to equipment base 1990, became part of Belarus armed forces | 8th Mechanised Corps | |
| 29th Tank Division | 5th Guards Tank Army, Belarus Military District, Slutsk | Reduced to storage base 1990 | 29th Tank Corps | |
| 30th Guards Tank Division | 8th Tank Army, Carpathian Military District, Novograd-Volinsky | 13th Guards Cavalry Division | ||
| 31st Tank Division | 28th Army Corps, Central Group of Forces, Bruntál | Withdrawn to Moscow MD, amalgamated with another division | 31st Tank Corps | |
| 20th Guards Army, Group of Soviet Forces in Germany, Jüterbog | Disbanded 1989 | 116th Guards Rifle Division | ||
| 7th Tank Army, Belorussian Military District, Borisov | Reduced to storage base, became part of Belarus armed forces | 10th Tank Corps | ||
| 37th Guards Tank Division | 7th Tank Army, Belorussian Military District, Polotsk | Reduced to storage base, became part of Armed Forces of Belarus | Became 39th Guards Tank Division on 20 May 1957.[60] Originally 37th Guards Rifle Division. | |
| 40th Guards Tank Division | 11th Guards Army, Baltic Military District, Sovetsk | Reduced in status to become the 10th Guards Tank Brigade on 19 November 1993; renamed the 196th Guards Weapons and Equipment Storage Base in June 1997.[61] The storage base was disbanded itself in 2008. | ||
| 1st Guards Army, Kiev Military District, Cherkasy | Reduced to equipment storage base 1990, became part of Ukrainian armed forces | 41st Guards Rifle Division | ||
| 6th Guards Tank Army, Kiev Military District, Hvardiiske | Reduced to equipment storage base 1990, disbanded 1991 | 42nd Guards Rifle Division | ||
| Ural Military District, Kamyshin | Reorganised as district training centre | 279th Rifle Division | ||
| 45th Guards Tank Division | Postavy, Belorussian Military District | Disbanded November 1959 | Former 69th Guards Rifle Division, became 70th Guards Mechanised Division after the war, 45 GTD (I Formation) May 1957; disbanded 1959.[62] | |
| 45th Guards Tank Training Division | Belorussian Military District, Pechi | Reorganised as 72nd Guards Training Centre, became part of Belarus armed forces | 6th Guards Rifle Division | |
| 1st Guards Tank Army, Group of Soviet Forces in Germany, Hillersleben | Withdrawn to Moscow Military District, amalgamated | 47th Guards Rifle Division | ||
| 48th Guards Tank Training Division | Desna, Kiev Military District[63] | Became 169th District Training Centre, Ukrainian Ground Forces | 5th Guards Airborne Division | |
| 49th Tank Training Division | Transbaikal Military District, Chita | Became 212th District Training Center | Formed 1967 as 243rd MRD (mobilisation); 1969 became 49th Tank Training Division[64] | |
| 50th Tank Division | 8th Tank Army, Carpathian Military District, Zhitomir | Territorial Training Center 1987, Reduced to storage base 1989, disbanded 1990 | Mobilization unit activated 1969 | |
| 51st Tank Division | 39th Army, Bogandur, Mongolia | Withdrawn and disbanded 1989 | Formed 1968 | |
| 52nd Tank Division | 6th Guards Tank Army, Kiev Military District, Zhdanovka | Territorial training center 1987, Storage base 1989, disbanded 1991 | Mobilization unit formed 1969 | |
| 56th Tank Division (Reserve) | Far Eastern Military District, Zavitinsk | Disbanded 1989 | Mobilization unit activated 1971 | |
| 57th Tank Division (Reserve) | Far Eastern Military District, Blagoveshchensk | Disbanded 1989 | Mobilization unit activated 1971 | |
| 58th Tank Division | Krivoy Rog, 6th Guards Tank Army | Territorial Training Center 1987, Storage Base 1989, disbanded 1990 | Mobilization unit | |
| Dzerzhinsk, 13th Guards Army Corps, Moscow Military District | Disbanded 1990 as storage base | Formed from 60th Rifle Division as 43rd Tank Div 1957, 60th Tank Div 1965.[65] Become 5409 BKhVT 1989, disbanded 1990. | ||
| 61st Tank Division (Reserve) | Ural Military District, Sverdlovsk | Disbanded 1989 | Mobilization unit activated 1972. Another source says that General Vladimir Avanesov commanded this division from July 1985 – November 1986 in the Belorussian Military District. While in this post General Avanesov trained and dispatched officers to help clean up the Chernobyl nuclear accident.[66] | |
| 62nd Tank Division (Reserve) | Carpathian Military District, Berdichev | Disbanded 1989 | Mobilization unit activated 1972 | |
| 63rd Tank Division (Reserve) | Ural Military District, Verkhnyaya Pyshma, | Disbanded 1989 | Mobilization unit activated 1972 | |
| 64th Tank Division (Reserve) | Kiev Military District, Chuguyev | Storage Base 1989; disbanded 1991 | Mobilization unit activated 1972 | |
| 65th Tank Division (Reserve) | Moscow Military District, Ryazan | Disbanded 1989 | Mobilization unit activated 1972 | |
| 67th Tank Division(Reserve) | Siberian Military District, Novosibirsk | Disbanded 1993 | Mobilization unit activated 1972 | |
| 68th Tank Division (Reserve) | Siberian Military District
| Disbanded 1993 | Mobilization unit activated 1972 | |
| 69th Tank Division | Turkestan Military District, Ust-Kamenogorsk | Storage Base 1989; Disbanded 1992 | Mobilization unit activated 1972 | |
| 70th Tank Division (Reserve) | Kiev Military District, Desna (Oster) | |||
| 72nd Tank Division | Disbanded 1989 | Mobilization unit activated 1972 | ||
| Kiev Military District, Chuguyev | Storage base 1989; Disbanded 1990 | 75th Guards Rifle Division, became 75th Guards Tank Division 1965 | ||
| Reduced to storage base, 1990 | Created 31 October 1968 as a mobilisation division (parent division 50th Guards Motor Rifle Division). 1 December 1987 became 514th Territorial Training Centre, 15 August 1990 became 5356th BKhVT, taken over by Belarus 1993.[67] | |||
| Reduced to storage base, 1989 | Created as 119th Motor Rifle Division (mobilisation), 1976, converted to tank division (mobilisation) 20 January 1982, became 1008th Territorial Training Centre on 1 December 1987, became 5510 BKhVT 1 October 1989, disbanded 1993.[68] | |||
| 78th Rifle Division | ||||
| 8th Guards Army, Group of Soviet Forces in Germany, Jena | Disbanded 1992 | 79th Guards Rifle Division | ||
| 90th Guards Tank Division | 20th Guards Army, Group of Soviet Forces in Germany, Bernau | Withdrawn to Soviet Union; Storage Base 1997; disbanded 2005 | 6th Guards Mechanised Corps | |
| Carpathian Military District, Berdychiv | 111th Guards Rifle Division | |||
| 193rd Tank Division | Belorussian Military District, Bobruisk-25 (Kiselevich) | Reduced to storage base | 193rd Rifle Division, 36th Tank Div 1957–1965. |
Mobilisation tank divisions included the 69th (Ust-Kamenogorsk), and the 70th–74th Reserve ("Spare") Tank Divisions.
List of aviation divisions that existed in the Soviet Air Forces at the beginning of 1989. It includes military formations of the Long-Range Aviation, Military Transport Aviation, Fighter-Bomber Aviation and Fighter Aviation.[78]
| Division (full name) | Location, Status 1989 | Location, Status 2006 |
|---|---|---|
| 1st Guards Bomber Aviation Stalingrad Order of Lenin, twice Red Banner, Orders of Suvorov and Kutuzov Division | 26th Air Army BVO Lida Grodno Oblast Belarus | During WWII — 226th Assault Aviation Division and 1st Guards Assault Aviation Division. Moved to Yeysk, NCMD, became part of the Russian Air Force |
| 3rd Guards Military Transport Aviation Division[79] | VTA Polotsk Vitebsk Oblast BSSR | With the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1992 the 339th Military Transport Aviation Regiment was transferred to the Belarus Air Force and reorganized into the 50th Mixed Air Base at Machulishchi Minsk Oblast. The rest of the division was relocated to Krechevitsy Novgorod Oblast, and in 1996 to Smolensk North Airport. |
| 4th Fighter Aviation Division | 14th Air Army PrikVO Ivano-Frankivsk and Mukachevo Transcarpathian region Ukrainian SSR | Formed in 1951. Became part of Armed Forces of Ukraine. The 114th and 145th Fighter Aviation Regiments were merged into the 114th Tactical Aviation Brigade stationed in Ivano-Frankivsk. The 92nd Fighter Aviation Regiment was relocated to Vasylkiv Air Base near Kyiv and reorganized into 40th Tactical Aviation Brigade. |
| 6th Guards Fighter Aviation Donetsk-Segedskaya Red Banner, Order of Suvorov Division | 16th Air Red Banner Army GSVG Merseburg GDR | In 1991 was redeployed to the 14th Air Army (Soviet Union) in the Carpathian Military District. With the collapse of the USSR went to Ukrainian Armed Forces. Disbanded. |
| 6th Guards Military Transport Aviation Zaporozhye Red Banner, Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky Division | Military Transport Aviation Kryvyi Rih, Artsyz, Zaporozhye airfields, Ukraine | After Operation Barbarossa — 6th Guards Assault Aviation Division. Taken over by Ukraine January 1992.[80] |
| 7th Military Transport Aviation Division | Military Transport Aviation Melitopol, Dzhankoy Ukrainian SSR | Post-war formation 1965. With the Collapse of the USSR in 1992, it became part of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The division was disbanded, and its 25th Guards Transport Aviation Regiment reorganized into the 25th Guards Transport Aviation Moscow Brigade in Melitopol.[81] 175th (Melitopol) and 369th (Dzhankoy) Military Transport Aviation Regiments disbanded 1994.[82] [83] |
| 8th Special Purpose Aviation Division | Military Transport Aviation Chkalovsky Moscow Oblast and Omsk RSFSR | During the years of WWII – 2nd Special Purpose Aviation Division.[84] Intended to transport members of the government and leadership of the USSR Armed Forces. Location has not changed. |
| 9th Fighter Aviation Division | Moscow Military District Kubinka Moscow Oblast and Migalovo Kalinin Oblast, RSFSR | Formed 1951. In 1989 the 234th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment was renamed 234th Guards Mixed Aviation Regiment (parade, ceremonial). In 1992 the 234th Guards Regiment was renamed into the 237th Guards Proskurov Red Banner Order of Kutuzov and Alexander Nevsky Aviation Equipment Display Center. From this moment on, the 9th IAD was disbanded.[85] |
| 10th Fighter Aviation Division | 73rd Air Army TurkVO Ucharal Taldy-Kurgan Oblast Kazakh SSR | Formed 1970. In 1989, it was reorganized into the Training Aviation Centre (TAC) on the basis of the 27th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment. At the same time, the 134th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment was transferred to the 24th Mixed Aviation Division. Became part of the Armed Forces of Kazakhstan. In 1992 the centre was disbanded.[86] |
| 11th Guards Fighter Aviation Division | 36th Air Army Sarmellek/Tököl, Hungary | Disbanded in 1990. Units of the division were withdrawn to different military districts in the USSR.[87] |
| 12th Military Transport Aviation Division | VTA Tver, Ivanovo RSFSR | During World War II – 12th Long Range Aviation Division and 12th Bomber Division. Location not changed. |
| 13th Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Division | 46th Air Army Poltava Poltava Oblast Ukraine | 13th Guards Bomber Aviation Division during the Second World War. Became part of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The division was disbanded. |
| 15th Guards Gomel Heavy Bomber Aviation Division | 46th Air Army of Long-Range Aviation Ozernoye Zhitomir Oblast Ukraine | After Operation Barbarossa – 15th Guards Bomber Aviation Division. Became part of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The division was disbanded. |
| 16th Guards Fighter Aviation Division | 16th Air Red Banner Army GSVG Ribnitz-Damgarten GDR | During the years of WWII – 1st Guards Mixed Aviation Division and 16th Guards Fighter Aviation Division. In 1991 withdrawn to Russia airfield Grodno Oblast Belarus. Disbanded in 1992. |
| 18th Guards Military Transport Aviation Taganrog Red Banner, Order of Suvorov and Kutuzov Division | VTA Panevėžys, Šiauliai Lithuanian SSR Tartu ESSR | During the Second World War – 270th Bomber Aviation Division and 6th Guards Bomber Aviation Division. With the Collapse of the USSR in 1992, the division's regiments were redeployed to Orenburg, Tver and Shadrinsk RF. |
| 21st Bomber Aviation Division | Formed 1970. Disbanded in 1993(?). | |
| 22nd Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Division | 46th Air Army of Long-Range Aviation Bobruisk Mogilev Oblast Belarus | With the Collapse of the USSR redeployed to Engels air base Saratov Oblast. In 2009 the division was reorganized into the 6950th Guards Aviation Base. |
| 24th Guards Mixed Aviation Dnepropetrovsk Red Banner, Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky Division | 73rd Air Army TurkVO Taldy-Kurgan Taldy-Kurgan Oblast and Nikolaevka Almaty Oblast Kazakh SSR | Formed 1970 during the re-creation of the Central Asian Military District. Honorary regalia and guards rank received in 1990 from the disbanded 11th Guards Fighter Aviation Division withdrawn from the territory of Hungary. After that, its name became 11th guards Mixed Aviation Dnepropetrovsk Red Banner, Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky division. It became part of the Armed Forces of Kazakhstan and was disbanded into two aviation bases with the same location (600th ab in Nikolaevka and 604th ab in Taldykorgan).[88] |
| 28th Fighter Aviation Division | 1st Air Army Far Eastern Military District Kalinka Khabarovsk Krai RSFSR | Post-war formation 1980. Created on 1 May 1980 with the inclusion of the 41st, 60th, 301st and 302nd Fighter Aviation Regiments. The division was disbanded in 1998. |
| 29th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Division | 23rd Air Army ZabVO Choibalsan Mongolia | Formed in 1968. In 1993 it was withdrawn and disbanded. |
| 30th fighter-bomber aviation division | 23rd Air Army ZabVO Tin, Steppe, Chita Oblast RSFSR | Post-war formation 1968. Disbanded in 1990. |
| 31st Heavy Bomber Aviation Division | 30th Air Army Long-Range Aviation USSR Air Force Belaya Irkutsk Oblast RSFSR | Post-war formation 1955. In 1994 the 200th Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Brest Regiment was redeployed from the 22nd Guards TBAD from Republic of Belarus to Belaya airfield. At the same time, both regiments (1225th Heavy Bomber Regt and 1229th Regt) were disbanded within the 31st TBAD itself. Those regiments' personnel were included in the 200th Guards TBAP, which was reorganized in 2009 into the 6953rd Guards Aviation Brest Red Banner Base..[89] Dislocation has not changed. |
| 32nd Bomber Aviation Red Banner Division | 24th Air Army RGK Starokonstantinov Khmelnitsky Oblast Ukraine | During World War II – 32nd IAD. Became part of Armed Forces of Ukraine and reorganized into the 7th Tactical Aviation Brigade with the same deployment. |
| 33rd Fighter-Bomber Aviation Khingan Red Banner Division | 1st Air Army Far Eastern Military District Pereyaslavka Khabarovsk Krai RSFSR | Formed in 1982. In 1989 it was disbanded. |
| 34th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Division | 73rd Air Army TurkVO Chirchik UzbSSR Kizyl-Arvat and Mary TurkSSR | Post-war formed 1951. Became part of Armed Forces of Turkmenistan and Armed Forces of Uzbekistan. |
| 36th Bomber Aviation Division | 34th Air Army ZakVO Didi-Shiraki and Kopitnari Georgian SSR Kirovabad and Kurdamir Azerbaijan SSR | Post-war formed 1951. With the Collapse of the Soviet Union withdrawn to Russia and disbanded. |
| 39th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Division | 15th Air Army Baltic Military District Baltic States | Post-war formation 1978]. With the Collapse of the Soviet Union withdrawn to Russia and disbanded. |
| 55th Heavy Bomber Aviation Division | 30th Air Army Long-Range Aviation n.p. Vozdvizhenka Primorsky Krai RSFSR | In 1997 the division was reduced and reorganized into the 444th Heavy Bomber Aviation Berlin Order of Kutuzov and Alexander Nevsky Regiment. In 2009 the regiment was finally disbanded. |
| 56th Bomber Aviation Breslav Red Banner Division | 24th Air Army RGK Cherlyany Lviv Oblast Ukraine | After the German Operation Barbarossa – 56th Long-Range Fighter Aviation Division. Became part of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Division disbanded |
| 73rd Heavy Bomber Aviation Division | 30th Air Army Long-Range Aviation Ukrainka Amur Oblast RSFSR | Post-war formation 1955. In 1991 reduced to the 79th Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment and became part of the 326th Heavy Bomber Aviation Tarnopol Order of Kutuzov Division, redeployed from the territory of Estonia. |
| 79th Heavy Bomber Aviation Division | 30th Air Army Long-Range Aviation Soviet Air Forces Chagan Semipalatinsk Oblast Kazakh SSR | Post-war formation 1960. Disbanded in 1995. |
| 119th Fighter Aviation Melitopol Order of Suvorov Division | 5th Air Army Odesa Military District Tiraspol and Marculesti Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic), Odesa Oblast (Ukraine) | After the German Operation Barbarossa – 265th Fighter Aviation Division. With the collapse of the USSR disbanded and regiments became part of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and Armed Forces of Moldova. In the mid-2000s, the Ukrainian remnant of the division ceased to exist. The Moldovan remnant is a mixed air base in Mărculești.[90] |
| 125th Guards Fighter Aviation Division | In 1991 withdrawn to Millerovo Rostov Oblast, Russian Federation. The division was disbanded. | |
| 126th Fighter Aviation Red Banner Division | Post-war formation 1959.[91] In 1992 withdrawn to Shaykovka Kaluga Oblast Russian Federation. Disbanded in 1998. | |
| 131st Mixed Aviation Novgorod Red Banner Division | Air Forces of the Central Group of Forces Milovice Czechoslovakia | During the Second World War – 269th IAD. In 1989, the division was withdrawn to the USSR and disbanded.[92] 114th IAP and 131st IAP were redeployed to Ivano-Frankovsk and together with the 145th IAP 4th Fighter Aviation Division withdrew to Ukrainian Armed Forces. Both regiments were reorganized into one 114th Tactical Aviation Brigade with a deployment in Ivano-Frankivsk. |
| 132nd Bomber Aviation Sevastopol Red Banner Division | 4th Air Army Northern Group of Forces Chernyakhovsk Kaliningrad Oblast RSFSR, Tukums Latvian SSR | 132nd Bomber Aviation Division during the Second World War. The division, being on the territory of the USSR, was subordinate to the command of the Northern Group of Forces until 12 October 1989. Afterwards it was transferred to the Baltic Fleet Air Forces. With Collapse of the USSR in April 1993 the 688th Bomber Aviation Regiment from the airfield Tukums was withdrawn to Chernyakhovsk. The division was disbanded. |
| 138th Fighter Aviation Pavlograd-Vienna Red Banner, Order of Suvorov Division | 24th Air Army RGK Mirgorod Poltava Oblast Ukrainian SSR | During the Second World Wart – 288th Fighter Aviation Division. Withdrawn to the Armed Forces of Ukraine and reorganized into the 831st Tactical Aviation Brigade with the same deployment. |
| 149th Bomber Aviation Division | 4th Air Army Northern Group of Forces, Shprotava, Krzyva and Zagan, Poland | During the Second World War – 149th Fighter Aviation Division Air Defense. With the Collapse of the USSR withdrawn in 1992 to Russia and disbanded. |
| 201st Heavy Bomber Aviation Division | 30th Air Army Long-Range Aviation Air Force Engels Saratov region and Mozdok North Ossetian ASSR RSFSR, Priluki Chernigov region Ukrainian SSR | Post-war formation 1954[93] . With Collapse of the USSR went to Russian Air Force except for the 184th Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment which remained in Priluki. |
| 239th Fighter Aviation Baranovichi Red Banner Division | 4th Air Army SGV Kluczewo Airfield, Chojna and Kołobrzeg Poland | During World War II – the 239th Fighter Aviation Division. With the Collapse of the USSR withdrawn in 1992 to Russia and disbanded. |
| 283rd Fighter Aviation Kamyshin Red Banner, Order of Suvorov Division | 34th Air Army ZakVO Tskhakaya, Vaziani and Meria GSSR | During the years of WWII – 283rd IAD. During the Collapse of the USSR withdrawn to Russia and disbanded |
| 289th Bomber Aviation Nikopol Red Banner Division | 14th Air Army PrikVO Lutsk Volyn region Ukrainian SSR | During the Second World War – 289th Assault Aviation Division. Withdrew to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Division disbanded |
| 303rd Fighter-Bomber Aviation Smolensk Red Banner Division | 1st Air Army Far Eastern Military District Ussuriysk Primorsky Krai RSFSR | During the years of WWII – 303rd Fighter Aviation Division. Disbanded in the early 90s |
| Division (full name) | Location, 1989 | Location, 2006 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Independent Motor Rifle Division of the orders of Lenin and the October Revolution, Red Banner Special Purpose Division named after F. E. Dzerzhinsky of the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs | Moscow, Reutov, Balashikha, Noginsk Moscow Oblast RSFSR (the oldest unit of the Internal Troops of the Soviet Union formed on 17 June 1924) | Transformed into ODON Location unchanged | |
| 12th Convoy Division | Tula RSFSR (GUVV) | Location has not changed | |
| 28th Special Units Division | Division with headquarters in Chelyabinske – deployed on the territory of 4 union republics: KazSSR (Kulsary, Shevchenko, Ust-Kamenogorsk, Semipalatinsk); UzSSR (Zarafshan, Mubarek); TaSSR (Taboshar) and RSFSR (Astrakhan, Cheboksary, Orenburg, Chapaevsk) Office of special units of the GUVV. The youngest unit of the Internal Troops of the Soviet Union, formed in 1990 | Disintegration of the USSR out of 17 brigades, regiments and battalions: 10 withdrew to RF, 2 withdrew to Uzbekistany, 1 withdrew to Tajikistany, 4 withdrew to Kazakhstany. | |
| 42nd Convoy Division | Vilnius Lithuanian SSR (North-Western Internal Affairs) | Disbanded | |
| 43rd Convoy Division | Minsk Belarusian SSR (GUVV) | With the collapse of the USSR, of 15 regimentss and battalions: 13 went to Belarus, 2 went to Russia | |
| 54th Convoy Division | Rostov-on-Don RSFSR (UVV for the North Caucasus and Transcaucasia) | Reorganized in 1992 into the 54th Division VV MVD RF.[96] | |
| 67th Convoy Division | Arkhangelsk RSFSR (UVV MVD for the North-Western Zone) | Established 1968.[97] Disbanded | |
| 78th Convoy Division | Tyumen RSFSR (UVV MVD for the Urals) | Disbanded | |
| 79th Convoy Division | Kirov Kirov region RSFSR (UVV MVD for the Volga-Vyatka zone) | changed. Reorganized into a division of the Russian VV. | |
| 80th Convoy Division | Kuibyshev Kuibyshev region RSFSR (UVV MIA for the Volga-Vyatka zone) | Reorganized in 1999 into the 35th Independent Brigade of VV | |
| 83rd Convoy Division | Syktyvkar Komi ASSR RSFSR (UVV MVD for the North-West zone) | Reorganized in 1995 into the 105th Independent Brigade VV | |
| 84th Convoy Division | Perm Perm Oblast RSFSR (UVV MVD for the Urals) | Reorganized into the 104th Independent brigade of VV | |
| 86th Convoy Division | Karaganda Kazakh SSR (UVV in Central Asia and Kazakhstan) | With the Disintegration of the USSR 18 regiments and battalions: 2 withdrew to Kyrgyzstany, the rest of the units withdrew to Kazakhstan | |
| 88th Convoy Division | Tashkent Uzbek SSR (UVV in Central Asia and Kazakhstan) | With Disintegration of the USSR of 14 regiments and battalions: 8 withdrew to Uzbekistany, 1 withdrew to Kyrgyzstany, 2 Turkmenistan, 2 Tajikistanat 1 regiment withdrew from Kazakhstan | |
| 90th Convoy Division | Kemerovo RSFSR (UVV MVD for Western Siberia) | Reorganized into the 41st Independent Brigade of VV | |
| 91st Convoy Division | Irkutsk RSFSR (UVV for the Far East and Eastern Siberia) | Reorganized in 1998 into the 42nd Separate Brigade of VV | |
| 92nd Convoy Division | Khabarovsk RSFSR (UVV for the Far East and Eastern Siberia) | Disbanded in 2003 | |
| 93rd Division of the Order of the Red Star Special Forces Command | Ozersk Chelyabinsk Region RSFSR (UCH GUVV) | Location has not changed. | |
| 94th Order of the Red Star Division of the Special Forces | Sarov Gorky Region RSFSR (USCH GUVV) | Location has not changed | |
| 95th Division of the Directorate of Special Forces | Moscow RSFSR (USCH GUVV) | Location has not changed | |
| 96th Division of the Directorate of Special Forces | Novouralsk Sverdlovsk Region RSFSR (UCH GUVV) | Dislocation has not changed | |
| 97th Division of the Directorate of Special Forces | Novosibirsk RSFSR (USCH GUVV) | Dislocation has not changed | |
| 98th division of the command of special units | Seversk Tomsk Region RSFSR (USCH GUVV) | Dislocation has not changed | |
| Novocherkassk RSFSR (UVV in the North Caucasus and Transcaucasia). Created on the basis of the 14th Tank Division (1974 formation) SKVO 1 October 1989. | In 2006, it was reorganized into the 50th Separate Operational Brigade. | ||
| 101st escort division | Chelyabinsk RSFSR (UVV MVD for the Urals) | Reorganized in 1999 into the 36th separate brigade of VV | |
| 102nd Convoy Division | Krasnoyarsk RSFSR (UVV MVD for Western Siberia) | Disbanded in 1996 | |
| 103rd Division of the Directorate of Special Forces | Khabarovsk RSFSR (UVV MVD for the Far East and Eastern Siberia) | Protection unit Transbaikal Railway and Far Eastern Railways. Disbanded in 1996 | |
| 104th Division of the Directorate of Special Forces | Tynda Amur Region RSFSR (UVV MVD for the Far East and Eastern Siberia) | Protection unit Baikal-Amur Mainline. Reorganized in 1998 into the 43rd separate brigade of VV | |
| 152nd Convoy Division | Sverdlovsk RSFSR (UVV MVD for the Urals) | Disbanded |