Russian Army Order of Battle 1996

Military District	Army	Division	Headquarters
Russian Army Order of Battle, circa 1996
Abbreviations AESB = Armament and Equipment Storage Base [ie, MR Brigade set with no troops] [aka Base for Storage and Repair of Weapons and Military Equipment (BHiRVT)] MRBde = Motorized Rifile Brigade MRD = Motorized Rifile Division
	Units that are shaded have been disbanded




Northwestern [Northern/Leningrad]			St. Petersburg
	6th Combined Arms Army
		2nd Spetsnaz Brigade	Pskov
		61st Guards Naval Infantry Brigade	Pechenga
		56th District Training Center	St Petersburg-Sertovolo (also Pargolova)
	30th Army Corps
		2nd Guards Tank Division
		45th Guards Motorized Rifle Division	Vyborg-Kamenka
		35th AESB	Alakurtti
		35th AESB	Kandalaksha
		42nd AESB	Vladimir Lager (Ivanteyevo)
		138th Motorized Rifle Brigade	Vyborg-Kamenka	[contract]
		54th Motorized Rifle Division	St Petersburg-Chernaya Rechka	[later 3807.BXVT]
		200th Motorized Rifle Brigade	Murmansk-Pechenga	[contract]
		64th Guards Motorized Rifle Division
		30th Motorized Rifle Brigade	Petrozavodsk	[later 5186.BXVT ]
		36th AESB	Sapernoye-Priozorsk
		69th Motorized Rifle Division	Vologda	1994 [coastal division]
		77th Guards Motorized Rifle Division	Archangelsk	1997 [coastal division]
		111th Guards Motorized Rifle Division	Sortavala
		20th Motorized Rifle Brigade	Sortavala
		131st Motorized Rifle Division	Murmansk-Pechenga
		200th Motorized Rifle Brigade	Murmansk-Pechenga	[contract]
	Interior Troops
		33rd Spetsnaz Brigade

Western [Moscow ]			Moscow
	20th Army Corps
		16th Spetsnaz Brigade	Chulkovo	Recon commando
		23rd Special Security Brigade	Moscow
		45th Spetsnaz Brigade	Kubinka
		218th Special Operations Battalion	Moscow
		U/I Anti-tank Regiment
		U/I Anti-tank Regiment
		U/I Anti-tank Regiment
		U/I Anti-tank Regiment
		U/I Anti-tank Regiment
		U/I Air Defence Missile Brigade
		U/I Air Defence Missile Brigade
		U/I Independent Motor Rifle Regiment
		U/I Independent Motor Rifle Regiment
		U/I Attack helicopter Regiment
		1st Guards Artillery Division	Kalinin	(Cat A)
		4th Guards Artillery Division	Skopin	(Cat B)
		U/I Independent Artillery Brigade
	1st Combined Arms Army / 1st Guards Army		Moscow
		2nd Guards Motorized Rifle Division	Alabino / Golitsyno	Taman
		4th Guards Tank Division	Schibankovo / Naro-Fominsk	Kantemir [Cat B]
		4th Guards Motorized Rifle Division		Tambov
		15th Guards Tank Regiment	Nizhny Novgorod
		27th Motorized Rifle Brigade	Mosregen
	22d Combined Arms Army / 2nd Guards Army		Kursk
		5th Guards Tank Division	Gorki	(Cat B)
		13th Motorized Rifle Division	Kovrov	(Cat C)
		32nd Guards Motorized Rifle Division	Kursk	(Cat C)
		53rd Guards Motorized Rifle Division	Voronez	(Cat A)

Southwestern [North Caucasus]			Rostov-na-Donu
	58th Combined Arms Army		Vladikavkaz
	8th Army Corps
		322nd Spetsnaz Brigade	Aksai
		74th Motorized Rifle Brigade	Yurga
		U/I Motorized Rifle Brigade
		U/I Anti-tank Regiment
		U/I Anti-tank Regiment
		U/I Anti-tank Regiment
		U/I Air Defense Regiment		missile brigade
		U/I Air Defense Regiment
		U/I Air Defense Regiment
		U/I Air Defense Regiment
		U/I Air Defense Regiment
		U/I Artillery Brigade
		U/I Artillery Brigade
		U/I Artillery Brigade
		U/I Artillery Division
		U/I Artillery Brigade
		U/I Artillery Brigade
		U/I Artillery Brigade
		U/I Artillery Division
		U/I Artillery Brigade
		U/I Artillery Brigade
		19th Motorized Rifle Division	Elista
		U/I Motorized Rifle Division
	67th Army Corps
		reserves
	U/I Army Corps
	Joint Groups of Forces North Caucasus		Chechnya
		102nd Interior Troops Brigade	Makhachala
		234th Paratroop Battalion
		205th Motor-Rifle Brigade	Roston-na-Donu
		487th Independent Helicopter Regiment	Makhachala
		20th Guards Motor-Rifle Division	Volgograd
		42nd Motorized Division	Khankaly, Grozny
		76th Guards Air Assault Division	Pskov

Central Asian [Volga & Urals]			Yekaterinburg
	2d Combined Arms Army
	U/I Army Corps
		U/I Artillery Brigade
		U/I Artillery Brigade
		U/I Anti-tank Regiment
		469th District Training Center
		16th Tank Division
		90th Tank Division
		U/I Tank Division
		U/I Tank Division (training)
		20th Guards Motorized Rifle Division	Volgograd
		27th Guards Motorized Rifle Division	Totskoye
		34th Motorized Rifle Division
		U/I Motorized Rifle Division

Siberian [ex Siberian + Transbaikal]			Novosibirsk
		24th Spetsnaz Brigade
		67th Spetsnaz Brigade
		45th Motorized Rifle Brigade	Chita
		U/I Motorized Rifle Brigade
		U/I Motorized Rifle Brigade
		U/I Infantry Brigade
		U/I Infantry Brigade
		U/I Infantry Brigade
		U/I Infantry Brigade
		U/I Infantry Brigade
		U/I Infantry Brigade
		U/I Infantry Brigade
		U/I Infantry Brigade
		U/I Infantry Brigade
		U/I Infantry Brigade
		U/I Infantry Brigade
		U/I Infantry Brigade
		U/I Infantry Brigade
		U/I Air Defense Regiment
		U/I Air Defense Regiment
		U/I Air Defense Regiment
		U/I Air Defense Regiment
		U/I Air Defense Regiment
		U/I Anti-tank Regiment
		U/I Anti-tank Regiment
		U/I Anti-tank Regiment
		5th Separate Railway Brigade	Abakan
	U/I Combined Arms Army
	U/I Combined Arms Army
	U/I Combined Arms Army
	U/I Army Corps
		U/I Tank Division
		U/I Tank Division
		U/I Tank Division
		U/I Tank Division (training)
		U/I Motorized Rifle Division
		U/I Motorized Rifle Division
		U/I Motorized Rifle Division
		U/I Motorized Rifle Division
		U/I Motorized Rifle Division
		U/I Motorized Rifle Division
		U/I Motorized Rifle Division
		U/I Motorized Rifle Division
		U/I Motorized Rifle Division
		U/I Motorized Rifle Division (training)
		U/I Artillery Division
		U/I Artillery Regiment
		U/I Machine Gun-Artillery Division
		U/I Machine Gun-Artillery Division

Far Eastern			Khabarovsk
		14th Spetsnaz Brigade
		U/I Airborne Brigade
		U/I Artillery Brigade
		U/I Artillery Brigade
		U/I Artillery Brigade
		U/I Artillery Brigade
		U/I Artillery Brigade
		U/I Artillery Brigade
		U/I Artillery Brigade
		U/I Artillery Brigade
		U/I Artillery Brigade
		U/I Artillery Brigade
		U/I Artillery Brigade
		U/I Artillery Brigade
		U/I Artillery Brigade
		U/I Artillery Brigade
		U/I Artillery Brigade
		U/I Artillery Brigade
		U/I Air Defense Regiment
		U/I Air Defense Regiment
		U/I Air Defense Regiment
		U/I Air Defense Regiment
		U/I Air Defense Regiment
		U/I Air Defense Regiment
		U/I Air Defense Regiment
		U/I Anti-tank Regiment
		U/I Anti-tank Regiment
		U/I Anti-tank Regiment
	U/I Combined Arms Army
	U/I Combined Arms Army
	U/I Combined Arms Army
	U/I Combined Arms Army
	U/I Army Corps
	U/I Army Corps
		U/I Tank Division
		U/I Tank Division
		U/I Tank Division (training)
		U/I Motorized Rifle Division
		U/I Motorized Rifle Division
		U/I Motorized Rifle Division
		U/I Motorized Rifle Division
		U/I Motorized Rifle Division
		U/I Motorized Rifle Division
		U/I Motorized Rifle Division
		U/I Motorized Rifle Division
		U/I Motorized Rifle Division
		U/I Motorized Rifle Division
		U/I Motorized Rifle Division
		U/I Motorized Rifle Division (training)
		U/I Motorized Rifle Division (training)
		U/I Artillery Division
		U/I Machine Gun-Artillery Division
		U/I Machine Gun-Artillery Division
		U/I Machine Gun-Artillery Division
		U/I Machine Gun-Artillery Division
		U/I Machine Gun-Artillery Division


Operational Groups of Forces
Tajikistan
		201st Motorized Rifle Division	Dushanbe

Transcaucasus
		128th Motorized Rifle Division	Akhalkalaki
		145th Motorized Rifle Division	Batumi

Northwest			Kaliningrad
	11th Independent Army
		U/I Anti-tank Regiment
		U/I Artillery Brigade
		U/I Artillery Brigade
		U/I Artillery Brigade
		U/I Air Defense Regiment
		U/I Tank Division
		U/I Motorized Rifle Division
		U/I Motorized Rifle Division

Turkmenistan
	U/I Army Corps
		U/I Motorized Rifle Division
		U/I Motorized Rifle Division
		U/I Motorized Rifle Division (training)

Dnestr Region
	14th Combined Arms Army
		180th Motor Rifle Division	Belgorod
Airborne Troops
Transbaikal		11th Airborne Brigade	Ulan-Ude
N.Caucasus		21st Airborne Brigade	Stavropol	Cossack
N.Caucasus		56th Guards Airborne Brigade	Volgodonsk	Assault Landing Brigade
Far Eastern		83rd Airborne Brigade	Ussuriysk
Siberian		100th Airborne Brigade	Abakan
N. Caucasus		7th Guards Airborne Division	Novorossiysk
N. Caucasus		36th Guards Airborne Division
Northern		76th Guards Airborne Division	Pskov	Chernigovskaya
Moscow		98th Guards Airborne Division	Ivanovo
Moscow		119th Air Assault Regiment	Naro-Fominsk
Volga		104th Guards Airborne Division	Ulyanovsk	Scorpion
Volga		31st Airborne Brigade	Ulyanovsk
Moscow		106th Guards Airborne Division	Tula
Moscow		51st Air Assault Regiment	Naro-Fominsk
Moscow		137th Air Assault Regiment	Naro-Fominsk
Moscow		317th Air Assault Regiment	Naro-Fominsk

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Russian Army Order of Battle, circa 1996