33rd Guards Missile Army
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33rd Guards Berislav Twice Red Banner Order of Suvorov Rocket Army is one of the three rocket armies that exist today within the Russian Strategic Rocket Forces
. It is headquartered at Omsk
in Southwestern Siberia
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The 33d Army was formed in April 1970 on the base of the 7th Separate Guards Berislav Twice Red Banner Order of Suvorov Rocket Corps.
(Uzhur, Krasnoyarsk Kray); the 93rd Rocket Brigade (Tyumen, Tyumen Oblast); the 97th Rocket Brigade (Itatka, Tomsk Oblast); and the 290th Independent Rocket Regiment (Omsk, Omsk Oblast). The 290th Independent Rocket Regiment and the 93rd Rocket Brigade were disbanded in 1976.
The 35th Missile Division became attached to the Army in 1981.
There are four rocket divisions that were in 2009 under command of the 33rd Army:
From 1993 to 1996 the 38th Rocket Division at Derzhavinsk, Turgay Oblast, Kazakhstan was under the control of the 33rd Guards Rocket Army.
From 16 September 2002 to 2007, the 23rd Guards Orlovsko-Berlinskaya order of Lenin Red Banner Missile Division (Military Unit number 21201) was under the command of the 33rd Army.
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Strategic Rocket Forces
The Strategic Missile Troops or Strategic Rocket Forces of the Russian Federation or RVSN RF , transliteration: Raketnye voyska strategicheskogo naznacheniya Rossiyskoy Federatsii, literally Missile Troops of Strategic Designation of the Russian Federation) are a military branch of the Russian...
. It is headquartered at Omsk
Omsk
-History:The wooden fort of Omsk was erected in 1716 to protect the expanding Russian frontier along the Ishim and the Irtysh rivers against the Kyrgyz nomads of the Steppes...
in Southwestern Siberia
Siberia
Siberia is an extensive region constituting almost all of Northern Asia. Comprising the central and eastern portion of the Russian Federation, it was part of the Soviet Union from its beginning, as its predecessor states, the Tsardom of Russia and the Russian Empire, conquered it during the 16th...
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The 33d Army was formed in April 1970 on the base of the 7th Separate Guards Berislav Twice Red Banner Order of Suvorov Rocket Corps.
Commanders
- June 27, 1970 - June 12, 1977: Lieutenant General Alexandr I. Khlopov
- June 12, 1977 - April 21, 1980: Major General Viktor M. Yegorov
- April 21, 1980 - June 12, 1984: Lieutenant General Stanislav G. Kochemasov
- June 12, 1984 - January 6, 1989: Lieutenant General Yuri I. Plotnikov
- January 6, 1989 - May 20, 1993: Major General Vitaly V. Moroz
- May 20, 1993 - August 14, 1995: Major General Alexey A. Kasyanov
- August 14, 1995 - May 14, 2002: Major General Alexandr L. Konarev
- May 14, 2002 - ?: Major General Andrey A. Shvaychenko
- Since ?: Lieutenant General Gennady Privalov
Composition
In 1971 the army comprised the 36th Guards Rocket Division (Krasnoyarsk, Krasnoyarsk Kray); the 39th Guards Rocket Division (Pashino, Novosibirsk Oblast); the 41st Guards Rocket Division (Aleysk, Altai Kray); the 57th Rocket Division (Zhangiz Tobe, Semipalatinsk Oblast); the 62nd Rocket Division62nd Rocket Division
The 62nd Red Banner Rocket Division is a formation of the 33rd Guards Rocket Army, Russian Strategic Rocket Forces, which is located in the area of the Closed city Uzhur, in Krasnoyarsk Krai....
(Uzhur, Krasnoyarsk Kray); the 93rd Rocket Brigade (Tyumen, Tyumen Oblast); the 97th Rocket Brigade (Itatka, Tomsk Oblast); and the 290th Independent Rocket Regiment (Omsk, Omsk Oblast). The 290th Independent Rocket Regiment and the 93rd Rocket Brigade were disbanded in 1976.
The 35th Missile Division became attached to the Army in 1981.
There are four rocket divisions that were in 2009 under command of the 33rd Army:
- 62nd Rocket Division62nd Rocket DivisionThe 62nd Red Banner Rocket Division is a formation of the 33rd Guards Rocket Army, Russian Strategic Rocket Forces, which is located in the area of the Closed city Uzhur, in Krasnoyarsk Krai....
- 39th Guards Missile Division
- 35th Rocket Division35th Rocket DivisionThe 35th Order of the Red Banner Kutuzov second degree, and Alexander Nevsky Rocket Division of the Russian Strategic Rocket Forces is located in the closed settlement of Sibirsky, near Barnaul, Altai Krai.-History:...
- 29th Guards Missile Division
From 1993 to 1996 the 38th Rocket Division at Derzhavinsk, Turgay Oblast, Kazakhstan was under the control of the 33rd Guards Rocket Army.
From 16 September 2002 to 2007, the 23rd Guards Orlovsko-Berlinskaya order of Lenin Red Banner Missile Division (Military Unit number 21201) was under the command of the 33rd Army.
Equipment
The 33rd Army is equipped with R-36M2 and RT-2PM Topol intercontinental ballistic missileIntercontinental ballistic missile
An intercontinental ballistic missile is a ballistic missile with a long range typically designed for nuclear weapons delivery...
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Further reading
- "Омская гвардейская ракетная Бориславско-Хинганская дважды Краснознаменная ордена Суворова армия 1959-2009" (Omskaya Borislavsko-Khinganskaya twice Red Banner order of Suvorov Missile Army 1959-2009) by M.V. Ermolaeva; Omsk, 2009; 372 pages.