Army |
Year of creation |
Predecessor |
Higher Headquarters, Location 1989–1991 |
Divisions and fortified areas |
1992 Transition under jurisdiction |
Reformation, change of control location, state on 2018 |
1st Guards Combined Arms Red Banner Army | 1968 | 1st Separate Combined Arms Army | KVO, Chernihiv, Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine | Six divisions | Ukraine | HQ 1st Guards Combined Arms Army was reorganized in 1992 into HQ 1st Army Corps. In 1996 the corps was disbanded. |
3rd Combined Arms Red Banner Army | 1954 | 3rd Shock Army | GSFG, Magdeburg, East Germany | Four tank divisions | — | The Army HQ was relocated to Khabarovsk and disbanded in March 1992. |
4th Combined Arms Red Banner Army | 1944 | 34th Army | Transcaucasus Military District, Baku, AzSSR | Five MRDs (one mobilization) | — | In August 1992, the Army Headquarters was disbanded. |
5th Combined Arms Red Banner Army | 1941 | — | Far Eastern Military District, Ussuriysk, Primorsky Krai, RSFSR | Five divisions, five fortified regions | Russia | The command location has not changed. |
6th Combined Arms Red Banner Army | 1952 | 31st Rifle Corps | LenVO Petrozavodsk | Six motor rifle divisions (three mobilization) | Russia | In 1998, the Army was disbanded. |
7th Guards Combined Arms Red Banner Army | 1943 | 64th Army | Yerevan, Transcaucasus Military District | Three motor rifle divisions, two fortified regions | — | In August 1992 HQ 7th Guards Army was disbanded. |
8th Guards Combined Arms Army of the Order of Lenin | 1943 | 62nd Army | GSFG, Nohra, Germany | Three motor rifle divisions, one tank division | Russia | HQ 8th Guards Army was moved in 1993 to Volgograd and reorganized into the 8th Army Corps. |
11th Guards Combined Arms Red Banner Army | 1943 | 16th Army | PribVO , Kaliningrad, RSFSR | Five divisions | Russia | In 1997, the army was reorganized into the Ground and Coastal Forces of the Baltic Fleet. In April 2016, 11th Army Corps was created as part of the Baltic Fleet. Location has not changed. |
13th Combined Arms Red Banner Army | 1941 | — | Rivne, Rivne Oblast, Ukraine, Carpathian Military District | Five motor rifle divisions | Ukraine | Reduced to an army corps. In November 2013, the Corps HQ was reorganized into Operational Command West. The location has not changed |
14th Guards Combined Arms Red Banner Army | 1956 | 10th Guards Rifle Corps | Tiraspol, Molova | Five divisions (some mobilisation) | Russia[2] | In April 1995, the Army HQ was reorganized into the Operational Group of Russian Forces in Transnistria. Location has not changed. |
15th Combined Arms Army | April 1953 | HQ Far Eastern Military District (I) | Khabarovsk, Khabarovsk Territory, RSFSR | Four Motor Rifle Divisions, two Fortified Regions | Russia | In the early 1990s, the 15th Army was reduced into the 43rd Army Corps. |
20th Guards Combined Arms Red Banner Army | 1957 | 4th Guards Mechanized Army | GSFG, Eberswalde, Germany | Three tank divisions, one motor rifle division | Russia | HQ 20th Guards Combined Arms Army was relocated in 1993 to Voronezh. |
22nd Guards Combined Arms Army | 1990 | 13th Guards Army Corps | Moscow Military District, Nizhny Novgorod, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast , RSFSR | Three divisions | Russia | In June 2009, HQ 22nd Army was disbanded. |
28th Combined Arms Red Banner Army | 1942 | — | BelVO, Grodno, Grodno Oblast | 6th Guards TD 28th TD 76th TD 50th Guards MRD | Belarus | In June 1993, HQ 28th Combined Arms Army was reorganized into the 28th Army Corps. In December 2002, the corps was reorganized into the Western Operational Command. |
32nd Combined Arms Army | 1971 | 1st Army Corps | Central Asian -> Turkestan MDs, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan | Three motor rifle divisions; 78th Tank Division 10th Fortified Region | Kazakhstan | In June 1991, the 32nd Combined Arms Army was renamed the 40th Combined Arms Army. On the basis of HQ 40th Army, in April 1993, HQ Kazakh Ground Forces was formed. |
35th Combined Arms Army | 1969 | 29th Army Corps | Far Eastern MD, Belogorsk, Amur Region, RSFSR | Five motor rifle divisions One fortified region | Russia | In the early 1990s HQ 35th Army was reorganized into HQ 43rd Army Corps. |
36th Combined Arms Army | 1976 | 86th Army Corps | Transbaikal Military District, Borzya, Chita Oblast, RSFSR | Three motor rifle divisions, five fortified regions. | Russia | In June 1989 HQ 36th Army was reorganized into HQ 55th Army Corps, which was disbanded in 1994. |
38th Combined Arms Red Banner Army | 1942 | 4th Reserve Army | Carpathian Military District Ivano-Frankivsk, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine | Five motor rifle divisions | Ukraine | In January 1992, HQ 38th Combined Arms Army was reorganized into HQ 38th Army Corps. The corps was disbanded in 2003. |
39th Combined Arms Army | 1970 | — | Transbaikal Military District, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia | Two tank divisions, three motor rifle divisions | Russia | The Army was disbanded in December 1992.[3] |
40th Combined Arms Army | 1979 | — | Turkestan Military District, Kabul, Afghanistan | Three motor rifle divisions 103rd Guards Airborne Division | — | In March 1989, HQ 40th Army was reorganized into HQ 59th Army Corps in Samarkand, which was disbanded in 1992. |
51st Combined Arms Army | 1977 | 2nd Army Corps | Far Eastern Military District, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Sakhalin Oblast, RSFSR | 18th Machine Gun Artillery Division 33rd Motor Rifle Division 79th Motor Rifle Division | Russia | In the early 1990s, the 51st Army was reorganized into 68th Army Corps (Russia). |