Far Eastern Military District
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The Far Eastern Military District was a military district
of the Russian Ground Forces
. In 2010 it was merged with the Pacific Fleet
and part of the Siberian Military District
to form the new Eastern Military District
.
The Far Eastern Military District traces its history originally to the East Siberian Military District originally formed in 1918, during the Russian Civil War
. Its headquarters were at Khabarovsk
. Current Commander of the Far Eastern Military District is Colonel General Oleg Saljukov since December 2008.
Following the Soviet victory in the Civil War the Soviet forces in the area became the Special Red Banner Far Eastern Army (OKDVA) of the Far Eastern Republic
. The District was first briefly formed in 1935 from those forces, but then reverted to the title Special Red Banner Far Eastern Army, under Marshal of the Soviet Union
Vasily Blyukher
, while still functioning as a military district. The Army became the Soviet Far East Front
in June 1938, after Blyukher's torture and death at the hands of the NKVD
during the Great Purge
. The Soviet invasion of Manchuria was launched against the Japanese held region of Manchukuo
, the Japanese protectorates of Inner Mongolia and Korea, and several Japanese-claimed islands from the Soviet Far East by the Far Eastern Direction, with the two Far East Fronts under its command, under Marshal Vasilevsky in the last days of the Second World War.
On September 10, 1945, the 1st Far Eastern Front was disbanded by being redesignated the Primorskoe (Maritime) Military District, controlling the Primorye Territory, and the 2nd Far Eastern Front
was redesignated the Far East Military District controlling Kamchatka, Sakhalin and the Kurile Islands.
In 1947 the Khabarovsk territory and the Amur area were added to the Far Eastern Military District.
Six years later on April 23, 1953, the two districts were reunified as the Far Eastern Military District, with its headquarters staff in Khabarovsk, the staff being drawn from the former Commander-in-Chief of Forces of the Far East's staff.
There were originally a corps headquarters and three divisions of the Soviet Airborne Forces (VDV), active in the district after the war. 37th Guards Airborne Corps had the 13th, 98th
, and 99th Guards Airborne Divisions, but the 13th was disbanded in 1959 and the other divisions disbanded by the end of the 1970s, leaving air assault brigades as the only Airborne Forces present.
Toward the end of the 1980s the District included the 5th Army (HQ Ussuriysk, seven divisions), the 15th Army (HQ Khabarovsk, four divisions), the 35th Army (HQ Belogorsk, six divisions), and the 51st Army (HQ Yuzho-Sakhalinsk, including 25th Army Corps with the 87th and 99th MRDs, and four other divisions).
The District gained the vast Sakha Republic from the disbanding Transbaikal Military District
following reorganisation in the late 1990s, which also saw the disbandment of the 15th and 51st
Armies. Forces within the District now include the 14th Separate Brigade of Special Designation (Spetsnaz
) at Ussuriysk
, the 5th Army, the 35th Army
, HQ 68th Corps (the former 51st Army), four Motor Rifle Divisions, and four Machine-Gun/Artillery Divisions. The structure of the 83rd Airborne Brigade at Ussuriysk
is unclear; it has incorporated a tank battalion is in the past. With the brigade for certain at present are the 635/654 or 954/598 Separate Airborne Battalions (опдб), a Guards artillery battalion, and support units. Ten units in the DVVO are now manned by contract servicemen.
Under naval command is the North Eastern Group of Troops and Forces (Ru: Группировки войск и сил на Северо-Востоке России (ВССВ)), formed in 1998 and incorporating troops of the former 25th Army Corps. The North-Eastern Group was established in Kamchatka in 1998 "primarily because of the remoteness of the zone of responsibility in the North-East from the controlling structures, the Far East Military District, and the Pacific Fleet". It includes the 40th Motor Rifle Brigade on the Kamchatka peninsula, which appears to be at Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky
and includes the 59th Separate Tank Battalion and 385th Separate Motor Rifle Battalion. In August 2007 the 40th Brigade become a Naval Infantry brigade.
Far Eastern Military District 2010:
Military district
Military districts are formations of a state's armed forces which are responsible for a certain area of territory. They are often more responsible for administrative than operational matters, and in countries with conscript forces, often handle parts of the conscription cycle.Navies have also used...
of the Russian Ground Forces
Russian Ground Forces
The Russian Ground Forces are the land forces of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, formed from parts of the collapsing Soviet Army in 1992. The formation of these forces posed economic challenges after the collapse of the Soviet Union, and required reforms to professionalize the force...
. In 2010 it was merged with the Pacific Fleet
Pacific Fleet (Russia)
The Pacific Fleet is the part of the Russian Navy that is stationed in the Pacific Ocean, which formerly secured the Far Eastern borders of the Soviet Union. The fleet headquarters is located at Vladivostok and a number of fleet bases are located in the Vladivostok area...
and part of the Siberian Military District
Siberian Military District
The Siberian Military District was a Military district of the Russian Ground Forces. In 2010 it was divided between the two newly formed Central and Eastern Military Districts.- History :...
to form the new Eastern Military District
Eastern Military District
The Eastern Military District is one of the four operational strategic commands of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. The district was formed in Presidential Decree № 1144 signed on September 20, 2010...
.
The Far Eastern Military District traces its history originally to the East Siberian Military District originally formed in 1918, during the Russian Civil War
Russian Civil War
The Russian Civil War was a multi-party war that occurred within the former Russian Empire after the Russian provisional government collapsed to the Soviets, under the domination of the Bolshevik party. Soviet forces first assumed power in Petrograd The Russian Civil War (1917–1923) was a...
. Its headquarters were at Khabarovsk
Khabarovsk
Khabarovsk is the largest city and the administrative center of Khabarovsk Krai, Russia. It is located some from the Chinese border. It is the second largest city in the Russian Far East, after Vladivostok. The city became the administrative center of the Far Eastern Federal District of Russia...
. Current Commander of the Far Eastern Military District is Colonel General Oleg Saljukov since December 2008.
Following the Soviet victory in the Civil War the Soviet forces in the area became the Special Red Banner Far Eastern Army (OKDVA) of the Far Eastern Republic
Far Eastern Republic
The Far Eastern Republic , sometimes called the Chita Republic, was a nominally independent state that existed from April 1920 to November 1922 in the easternmost part of the Russian Far East...
. The District was first briefly formed in 1935 from those forces, but then reverted to the title Special Red Banner Far Eastern Army, under Marshal of the Soviet Union
Marshal of the Soviet Union
Marshal of the Soviet Union was the de facto highest military rank of the Soviet Union. ....
Vasily Blyukher
Vasily Blyukher
Vasily Konstantinovich Blyukher Vasily Konstantinovich Blyukher Vasily Konstantinovich Blyukher (also spelled Bliukher, Blücher, etc., , Soviet military commander, was among the prominent victims of Joseph Stalin's Great Purge of the late 1930s....
, while still functioning as a military district. The Army became the Soviet Far East Front
Soviet Far East Front
The Far Eastern Front was a Front — a formation equivalent to a Western Army Group — of the Soviet Army during the Russian Civil War and the Second World War....
in June 1938, after Blyukher's torture and death at the hands of the NKVD
NKVD
The People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs was the public and secret police organization of the Soviet Union that directly executed the rule of power of the Soviets, including political repression, during the era of Joseph Stalin....
during the Great Purge
Great Purge
The Great Purge was a series of campaigns of political repression and persecution in the Soviet Union orchestrated by Joseph Stalin from 1936 to 1938...
. The Soviet invasion of Manchuria was launched against the Japanese held region of Manchukuo
Manchukuo
Manchukuo or Manshū-koku was a puppet state in Manchuria and eastern Inner Mongolia, governed under a form of constitutional monarchy. The region was the historical homeland of the Manchus, who founded the Qing Empire in China...
, the Japanese protectorates of Inner Mongolia and Korea, and several Japanese-claimed islands from the Soviet Far East by the Far Eastern Direction, with the two Far East Fronts under its command, under Marshal Vasilevsky in the last days of the Second World War.
On September 10, 1945, the 1st Far Eastern Front was disbanded by being redesignated the Primorskoe (Maritime) Military District, controlling the Primorye Territory, and the 2nd Far Eastern Front
2nd Far Eastern Front
The 2nd Far Eastern Front was a Front — a formation equivalent to a Western Army Group — of the Soviet Army. It was formed just prior to the Soviet invasion of Manchuria and was active from August 5, 1945 until October 1, 1945.-History:...
was redesignated the Far East Military District controlling Kamchatka, Sakhalin and the Kurile Islands.
In 1947 the Khabarovsk territory and the Amur area were added to the Far Eastern Military District.
Six years later on April 23, 1953, the two districts were reunified as the Far Eastern Military District, with its headquarters staff in Khabarovsk, the staff being drawn from the former Commander-in-Chief of Forces of the Far East's staff.
There were originally a corps headquarters and three divisions of the Soviet Airborne Forces (VDV), active in the district after the war. 37th Guards Airborne Corps had the 13th, 98th
98th Guards Airborne Division
The 98th Guards Airborne Division is an airborne division of the Russian Airborne Troops, stationed in Ivanovo. It took part in the 2008 South Ossetian War....
, and 99th Guards Airborne Divisions, but the 13th was disbanded in 1959 and the other divisions disbanded by the end of the 1970s, leaving air assault brigades as the only Airborne Forces present.
Toward the end of the 1980s the District included the 5th Army (HQ Ussuriysk, seven divisions), the 15th Army (HQ Khabarovsk, four divisions), the 35th Army (HQ Belogorsk, six divisions), and the 51st Army (HQ Yuzho-Sakhalinsk, including 25th Army Corps with the 87th and 99th MRDs, and four other divisions).
The District gained the vast Sakha Republic from the disbanding Transbaikal Military District
Transbaikal Military District
The Transbaikal Military District was a military district of first the Military of the Soviet Union and then the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, formed on May 17, 1935 and included the Buryat Republic, Chita Oblast, and Yakutia. Chita was the headquarters of the district...
following reorganisation in the late 1990s, which also saw the disbandment of the 15th and 51st
51st Army (Soviet Union)
The 51st Army was a field army of the Red Army that saw action against the Germans in World War II on both the southern and northern sectors of the front. In particular, it was involved in the Crimean debacle of May 1942, and the final cutting-off of German forces in the Courland area next to the...
Armies. Forces within the District now include the 14th Separate Brigade of Special Designation (Spetsnaz
Spetsnaz
Spetsnaz, Specnaz tr: Voyska specialnogo naznacheniya; ) is an umbrella term for any special forces in Russian, literally "force of special purpose"...
) at Ussuriysk
Ussuriysk
Ussuriysk is a city in Primorsky Krai, Russia, located in the fertile valley of the Razdolnaya River, north of Vladivostok and about from both the Chinese border and the Pacific Ocean. Population: -Medieval history:...
, the 5th Army, the 35th Army
35th Army (Soviet Union)
The 35th Red Banner Army is a field army of the Russian Ground Forces.The 35th Army was originally formed within the Soviet Red Army in July 1941 on the basis of 18th Rifle Corps, and joined the Far Eastern Front. Within Far Eastern Front it comprised 35th, 66th, 78th Rifle Divisions, the 109th...
, HQ 68th Corps (the former 51st Army), four Motor Rifle Divisions, and four Machine-Gun/Artillery Divisions. The structure of the 83rd Airborne Brigade at Ussuriysk
Ussuriysk
Ussuriysk is a city in Primorsky Krai, Russia, located in the fertile valley of the Razdolnaya River, north of Vladivostok and about from both the Chinese border and the Pacific Ocean. Population: -Medieval history:...
is unclear; it has incorporated a tank battalion is in the past. With the brigade for certain at present are the 635/654 or 954/598 Separate Airborne Battalions (опдб), a Guards artillery battalion, and support units. Ten units in the DVVO are now manned by contract servicemen.
Under naval command is the North Eastern Group of Troops and Forces (Ru: Группировки войск и сил на Северо-Востоке России (ВССВ)), formed in 1998 and incorporating troops of the former 25th Army Corps. The North-Eastern Group was established in Kamchatka in 1998 "primarily because of the remoteness of the zone of responsibility in the North-East from the controlling structures, the Far East Military District, and the Pacific Fleet". It includes the 40th Motor Rifle Brigade on the Kamchatka peninsula, which appears to be at Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky is the main city and the administrative, industrial, scientific, and cultural center of Kamchatka Krai, Russia. Population: .-History:It was founded by Danish navigator Vitus Bering, in the service of the Russian Navy...
and includes the 59th Separate Tank Battalion and 385th Separate Motor Rifle Battalion. In August 2007 the 40th Brigade become a Naval Infantry brigade.
Commanders Since World War II
| September 1945 - January 1947 |
| January 1947 - April 1953 |
| April 1953 - March 1956 |
| March 1956 - July 1961 |
| August 1961 - December 1963 |
| December 1963 - April 1967 |
| April 5, 1967 - May 1969 |
| May 1969 - April 1972 |
| April 1972 - May 1976 |
| June 1976 - July 1984 |
| July 1984 - January 1987 |
| January 1987 - December 1988 |
| January 1989 - 1992 |
| 1992–1999 |
| 1999 - September 2006 |
| September 2006 - 2009 |
| 2009–Present |
Former Structure c. 2008
- 5th Army
- 81st Krasnograd Order of the Red BannerOrder of the Red BannerThe Soviet government of Russia established the Order of the Red Banner , a military decoration, on September 16, 1918 during the Russian Civil War...
Guards Order of SuvorovOrder of SuvorovThe Order of Suvorov is a Soviet award, named after Aleksandr Suvorov , that was established on July 29, 1942 by a decision of the Presidium of Supreme Soviet of the USSR. This decoration was created to award senior army personnel for exceptional leadership in combat operations...
Motor Rifle Division (Bikin)(81 Guards Rifle Division was ex 422nd Rifle Division March 1943). Fought at Krasnograd, Iasi, and Pressburg. With 53rd Army of the 2nd Ukrainian Front 5.45. Became 81st Guards Motor Rifle Division in 1957 or 1965. - 121st Order of Red Banner Motor Rifle Division (originally 10th Mechanised Corps)
- 127th 'Roslavl' Machine-Gun Artillery Division127th Machine Gun Artillery DivisionThe 127th Order of Kutuzov Second Degree Machine-Gun Artillery Division was a division of the Russian Ground Forces, which traced its history to the 66th Rifle Division of World War II....
(ex 277 MRD, originally 66th Rifle Division) - 129th Machine-Gun Arty Division (former 123 Guards MRD, former 17th Guards Rifle Division)
- 130th Machine-Gun Arty Division39th Rifle Division (Soviet Union)The 39th Pacific Ocean Red Banner Rifle Division was an infantry division of the Soviet Union's Red Army, formed in 1922, which fought in the Soviet invasion of Manchuria against the Japanese in 1945, and became a motor rifle division in 1957. It later became a machine-gun artillery division,...
(LesozavodskLesozavodskLesozavodsk is a town in Primorsky Krai, Russia, located on the Ussuri River , about north of Vladivostok. Population: 37,000...
)
- 81st Krasnograd Order of the Red Banner
- 35th Army35th Army (Soviet Union)The 35th Red Banner Army is a field army of the Russian Ground Forces.The 35th Army was originally formed within the Soviet Red Army in July 1941 on the basis of 18th Rifle Corps, and joined the Far Eastern Front. Within Far Eastern Front it comprised 35th, 66th, 78th Rifle Divisions, the 109th...
- 21st Guards Motor Rifle Division31st Guards Rifle DivisionThe 21st Guards Motor Rifle Division is a unit of the Russian Ground Forces, within the Far East Military District, formed from the Red Army 31st Guards Rifle Division, an infantry division of World War II which subsequently became a motor-rifle, and ultimately a tank division.-Overview:The...
- 128th Machine Gun Arty Division (former 272nd Motor Rifle Division and 272nd Rifle Division)
- 270th Motor Rifle Division270th Rifle DivisionThe 270th Rifle Division was a Red Army infantry division formed twice during World War II, in 1941 and 1942. After World War II it became a motor rifle division and became part of the Russian Ground Forces after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991....
- 21st Guards Motor Rifle Division
- 68th Corps (reported to have disbanded December 2006)
- 18th Machine Gun Arty Division (see Defence of the Kuril IslandsDefence of the Kuril IslandsDefence of the Kuril Islands is for the most part the responsibility of the Russian 18th Artillery Division, which is stationed on the islands. Substantial improvements of the Kuril defences were announced by President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev in February 2011 as a deterrent against Japanese action...
) - 33rd Motor Rifle Division33rd Motor Rifle DivisionOriginally formed as a fortified region, the 33rd Motor-Rifle Order of the Red Banner Division was a rifle division of the Soviet Union's Red Army...
- 18th Machine Gun Arty Division (see Defence of the Kuril Islands
- 392nd District Training Centre (former 129th Training MRD, split from 135th MRD 1969)
- other smaller units, including 83rd Airborne Brigade and 14th Spetsnaz Brigade
Subordinate units
Order of the Red StarOrder of the Red Star
Established on 6 April 1930, the Order of the Red Star was an order of the Soviet Union, given to Red Army and Soviet Navy personnel for "exceptional service in the cause of the defense of the Soviet Union in both war and peace". It was established by Resolution of the Presidium of the CEC of the...
Far Eastern Military District 2010:
- Combat formations:
- 5th Army, in UssuriyskUssuriyskUssuriysk is a city in Primorsky Krai, Russia, located in the fertile valley of the Razdolnaya River, north of Vladivostok and about from both the Chinese border and the Pacific Ocean. Population: -Medieval history:...
- 57th Guards Independent Motor-Rifle Brigade "Krasnodar", in Bikin equipped with BMPBMP-In computing:* BMP file format, the file name extension for the Bitmap image file format.* Basic Multilingual Plane, related to the Unicode character set.* Beep Media Player, a multimedia player.-Biology:...
- 59th Independent Motor-Rifle Brigade, in Sergeyevka equipped with BMP
- 60th Independent Motor-Rifle Brigade, in Kamen-RybolovKamen-RybolovKamen-Rybolov is a village on the shore of Khanka Lake, and the administrative center of Khankaysky District, Primorsky Krai, Russia. It was founded by peasants who migrated from the Western areas of Russia and by the Cossacks in 1865. Population: 11,769 ....
equipped with BMP - 70th Guards Independent Motor-Rifle Brigade "Dukhovshchino-Khinganskaya", in Barabash equipped with MT-LBVMT-LBThe MT-LB is a Soviet multi-purpose fully amphibious auxiliary armoured vehicle which was first introduced in the late 1960s...
- 237th Reserve Base (89th Independent Motor-Rifle Brigade), in Bikin
- 245th Reserve Base (93rd Independent Motor-Rifle Brigade), in LesozavodskLesozavodskLesozavodsk is a town in Primorsky Krai, Russia, located on the Ussuri River , about north of Vladivostok. Population: 37,000...
- 247th Reserve Base (94th Independent Motor-Rifle Brigade), in SibirtsevoSibirtsevoSibirtsevo is an urban locality in Chernigovsky District of Primorsky Krai, Russia. Population: It is the second most populated settlement in the district after Chernigovka, the district's administrative center....
- 57th Guards Independent Motor-Rifle Brigade "Krasnodar", in Bikin equipped with BMP
- 35th Army, in BelogorskBelogorskBelogorsk may refer to:*Belogorsk, Amur Oblast, a town in Amur Oblast, Russia*Belogorsk, Kemerovo Oblast, an urban-type settlement in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia*Bilohirsk , also known as Belogorsk, a town in Crimea, Ukraine...
- 38th Guards Independent Motor-Rifle Brigade, in YekaterinoslavkaYekaterinoslavkaYekaterinoslavka is the name of several rural localities in Russia:*Yekaterinoslavka, Amur Oblast, a selo in Yekaterinoslavsky Rural Settlement of Oktyabrsky District of Amur Oblast...
equipped with BMP - 64th Independent Motor-Rifle Brigade, in KhabarovskKhabarovskKhabarovsk is the largest city and the administrative center of Khabarovsk Krai, Russia. It is located some from the Chinese border. It is the second largest city in the Russian Far East, after Vladivostok. The city became the administrative center of the Far Eastern Federal District of Russia...
equipped with BMP - 69th Independent Brigade "Svir-Pomerania", in Babstovo
- 240th Reserve Base (90th Independent Motor-Rifle Brigade), in BelogorskBelogorskBelogorsk may refer to:*Belogorsk, Amur Oblast, a town in Amur Oblast, Russia*Belogorsk, Kemerovo Oblast, an urban-type settlement in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia*Bilohirsk , also known as Belogorsk, a town in Crimea, Ukraine...
- 243rd Reserve Base (92nd Independent Motor-Rifle Brigade), in Khabarovsk
- 261st Reserve Base (95th Independent Motor-Rifle Brigade), in Mokhovaya Pad
- 38th Guards Independent Motor-Rifle Brigade, in Yekaterinoslavka
- 18th Machine Gun-Artillery Division, in Goryachie Klyuchi
- 46th Machine Gun-Artillery Regiment
- 49th Machine Gun-Artillery Regiment
- 14th Independent SpetsnazSpetsnazSpetsnaz, Specnaz tr: Voyska specialnogo naznacheniya; ) is an umbrella term for any special forces in Russian, literally "force of special purpose"...
Brigade, in UssuriyskUssuriyskUssuriysk is a city in Primorsky Krai, Russia, located in the fertile valley of the Razdolnaya River, north of Vladivostok and about from both the Chinese border and the Pacific Ocean. Population: -Medieval history:... - 39th Independent Motor-Rifle Brigade, in Khomutovo equipped with MT-LBV
- 83rd Independent Airborne Brigade, in Ussuriysk
- 230th Reserve Base (88th Independent Motor-Rifle Brigade), in DachnoyeDachnoyeDachnoye was a temporary station on the Kirovsko-Vyborgskaya Line of the Saint Petersburg Metro. It was designed by architect Kseniya Afonskaya and opened on June 1, 1966. The station was created to serve the translation needs of nearby neighborhoods until the Leninisky Prospekt-Prospekt Veteranov...
- 392nd District Training Center, in Knyaze-Volkonskoye
- 5th Army, in Ussuriysk
- Missile and Artillery formations:
- 20th Guards Missile Brigade "Berlin", in Spassk-DalnySpassk-DalnySpassk-Dalny , sometimes called Spassk, is a town in Primorsky Krai, Russia, situated on the Prikhankayskaya Flatland on the coast of Khanka Lake. Population:...
- 107th Missile Brigade "Mozir", in BirobidzhanBirobidzhanBirobidzhan is a town and the administrative center of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Russia. It is located on the Trans-Siberian railway, close to the border with the People's Republic of China....
- 165th Artillery Brigade "Prague", in Nikolskoye
- 305th Artillery Brigade, in Ussuriysk
- 338th Guards MLRS Brigade "Nevsko-Dvinskaya", Novosisoyevka
- 7020th Artillery Reserve Base "Kharbin", in Ussuriysk
- 7021st Artillery Reserve Base, in Nikolskoye
- 20th Guards Missile Brigade "Berlin", in Spassk-Dalny
- Air-defence formations:
- 5th Army
- 8th Air-defence Missile Brigade "Shavlinskaya" equipped with the Buk missile system
- 641st Air-defence Command Center
- 35th Army
- 71st Air-defence Missile Brigade equipped with the Buk missile system
- 643rd Air-defence Command Center
- 5th Army
- Radar formations:
- 76th Independent Radio Technical Brigade, in Vyatskoye
- 94th Independent Radio Technical Battalion, in Ussuriysk (5th Army)
- 1889th Independent Radio Technical Battalion, in Belogorsk (35th Army)
- Engineering formations:
- 37th Engineer Regiment (35th Army)
- 58th Engineer Regiment (5th Army)
- 2463rd Independent Engineer Battalion, in Ussuriysk
- 7027th Engineer Reserve Base
- NBC-defence formations:
- 16th Independent NBC-defence Brigade, in Galkino
- 70th Independent Flamethrower Battalion, in Razdolnoye
- 122nd Independent NBC-defence Battalion, in Ussuriysk (5th Army)
- 135th Independent NBC-defence Battalion, in Khabarovsk (35th Army)
- Signal formations:
- 17th Independent Electronic Warfare Brigade
- 104th (Communications Hub) Signal Brigade "Kluzh", in Khabarovsk
- 106th (Territorial) Signal Brigade
- 54th Signal Regiment (35th Army)
- 86th Signal Regiment (5th Army)
- 156th Independent (Rear) Signal Battalion
See also
- Korean Air Lines Flight 007 for role of FEMD in the shootdown
- Anatoly KornukovAnatoly KornukovArmy General Anatoly Kornukov is a Russian general, and former fighter pilot in the Soviet Air Defence Forces.A pilot under his command, Victor Belenko, defected to Japan in an advanced MIG-25 fighter.On Sept...
External links
- http://warfare.ru/?linkid=2224&catid=321
- Vladivostok Times