Eastern Military District

The Eastern Military District (Russian: Восточный военный округ) is a military district of Russia.

Eastern Military District
Восточный военный округ
Emblem of the Eastern Military District
Founded21 October 2010
Country Russian Federation
TypeMilitary district
Part of Russian Armed Forces
HeadquartersUlitsa Serysheva 15, Khabarovsk
DecorationsOrder of the Red Banner
Order of Lenin
Order of Suvorov
Commanders
Current
commander		Colonel General Gennady Zhidko
Flag of Eastern Military District

It is one of the five military districts of the Russian Armed Forces, with its jurisdiction within the Far Eastern Federal District of the country. The Eastern Military District was created as part of the 2008 military reforms, and founded by Presidential Decree №1144 signed on September 20, 2010, to replace the Far East Military District with the addition of the Transbaikal section of the Siberian Military District.[1] The district began operation on October 21, 2010, under the command of Admiral Konstantin Sidenko.

The Eastern Military District is the second largest military district in Russia by geographic size at 7,000,000 square kilometers (2,700,000 sq mi). The district contains 12 federal subjects of Russia: Amur Oblast, Buryatia, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Kamchatka Krai, Khabarovsk Krai, Magadan Oblast, Primorsky Krai, Sakha Republic, Sakhalin Oblast, Zabaykalsky Krai.[1]

The Commander of the Air Defense Forces is subordinate to all formations of the Armed Forces and combat arms of the Armed Forces deployed on the territory of the district, with the exception of the Strategic Missile Forces and Aerospace Forces. In addition, operational subordination of the formations of the National Guard Troops, the Border Service of the FSB, as well as units of the Ministry of Emergency Situations and other ministries and departments performing tasks in the district.[2]

The Eastern Military District is headquartered in Khabarovsk, and its current district commander is Colonel General Gennady Zhidko, who has held the position since November 2018.

History

31 July 1918 is considered to be the date of foundation of the Far Eastern Military District. On this day, regular units of the Red Army defeated the troops of the White Guards and interventionists in the area of the Kaul Heights, Shmakovka and Spassk. This date is widely celebrated by the military personnel of the Eastern Military District.

On 22 February 2018, at the National Defense Management Center awarded the Eastern Military District a banner as symbols of honor, valor and military glory.[3]

From 11 to 17 September 2018, the Vostok 2018 military exercise took place in the district.

Component units
The Khabarovsk Honour Guard.
District Headquarters, 2013

This listing of formation and units is not complete. A Command, control, and communications (C3) brigade is synonymous with a headquarters brigade.

  • 104th Cluj Headquarters Brigade (Khabarovsk)
  • Honour Guard Company of the Khabarovsk Garrison (formed 14 December 1971 and is led by Lieutenant Colonel Dmitri Zielinski)[4][5]
  • 106th Communications Brigade (Territorial) (Dalnerechensk)
  • 14th Independent Guards Baranovichi Red Banner Order of the Red Star Engineering Brigade (Vyatka, Khabarovsk Krai)
  • 17th Independent Electronic Warfare Brigade (Khabarovsk)
  • 7th Independent Red Banner Railway Brigade (Komsomolsk-on-Amur)
  • 50th Independent Railway Brigade (Svobodny)
  • 118th Independent Pontoon-Bridge Railway Battalion (Khabarovsk)
  • 392nd District Training Center for Junior Specialists (Motor Rifle Troops) (Khabarovsk)
  • 212th Guards Vienna Orders of Lenin and Kutuzov District Training Center for Junior Specialists (Tank Troops) (Chita)[6]
  • 51st Training Detachment of the Pacific Fleet (Vladivostok)
  • 7th Regional Training Center for NCOs (Knyaz-Volkonskoye, Khabarovsk Krai)

29th Army (Chita)

5th Red Banner Army (Ussuriysk)

68th Army Corps (Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk)[11]

35th Army (Belogorsk)

36th Army (Ulan Ude)

Air and Air Defence Forces

Russian Naval Forces

Leadership

Commanders
Col Gen. Gennady Zhidko (2019)
  • Admiral Konstantin Sidenko (October 2010 – October 2013)
  • Colonel-General Sergey Surovikin (October 2013 – November 2017)
  • Lieutenant General Alexander Lapin (April – November 2017 (acting))
  • Colonel-General Aleksandr Zhuravlyov (November 2017 – November 2018)
  • Colonel-General Gennady Zhidko (November 2018 – present)

Chiefs of Staff - First Deputy Commanders
  • Lieutenant General Sergey Surovikin (October 2012 – 2013)
  • Lieutenant General Alexander Lapin (2014 – April 2017)
  • Lieutenant General Alexander Chaiko (April 2017 – November 2018)
  • Colonel General Sergey Kuralenko (October 2018 – February 2020)

Deputy Commanders
  • Vice Admiral Alekminsky Gavrilovich (2014 – July 2019)
  • Lieutenant General Sergei Sevryukov (July 2019 – present)

References
  1. Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 20 сентября 2010 года № 1144 «О военно-административном делении Российской Федерации» Archived 2012-03-31 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "Восточный военный округ". mil.ru. 31 March 2018.
  3. "В Москве состоялось заседание Коллегии Министерства обороны России". mil.ru. 24 September 2018.
  4. "Рота почетного караула | Лучшее в Хабаровске". www.bestmagazine.ru. Retrieved July 23, 2019.
  5. "Законодательство Хабаровского края: Постановление Администрации города Хабаровска от 09.10.2015 N 3490". mbpolyakov.ru. Retrieved July 23, 2019.
  6. Holm, Michael. "49th Training Tank Division". www.ww2.dk. Retrieved 2016-02-29.
  7. "38th Guards Motorised Rifle Division". www.ww2.dk. Retrieved 2017-06-18.
  8. Russian Soldier from the 200th Brigade Disclosed his Unit's Position in Syria, 7 March 2016, and Holm, 200th Artillery Brigade of High Power
  9. "В Приморье появилась новая мотострелковая дивизия". regnum.ru. Retrieved 2019-03-12.
  10. Holm, Michael. "20th Guards Missile Brigade". www.ww2.dk. Retrieved 2016-02-29.
  11. Mukhin, Oleg (3 February 2017). "20-я армия нашла командующего на Сахалине" [20th Army finds commander on Sakhalin]. Kommersant (in Russian). Retrieved 18 March 2017.
  12. "23rd Missile Brigade". www.ww2.dk. Retrieved 2017-06-13.

Further reading
  • Galeotti, Mark (2017). The Modern Russian Army 1992–2016. Elite 217. Oxford: Osprey. ISBN 978-1-47281-908-6. - page 31 has a district order of battle

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