13th Red Banner Rocket Division

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13th Orenburg Red Banner Rocket Division
Active1964-present
CountryFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union (1964–1991)
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia (1991-present)
Branch Flag of the Strategic Missile Forces.png Strategic Rocket Forces
Garrison/HQ Yasny, Orenburg Oblast
Decorations Order of Red Banner.svg   Order of the Red Banner
Commanders
Current
commander
Colonel Yevgeny V. Konovalenkov

The 13th Orenburg Red Banner Rocket Division (Military Unit Number 68545) is a military formation of the 31st Rocket Army, Strategic Missile Forces, located in the closed city of Yasny, Komarovsky, Orenburg Oblast.

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The deployment site for the division was chosen specifically for the location of the R-36 intercontinental ballistic missile.

History

In 1964–1965 when the division began to form, the city of Yasny (transl: Clear) had not yet been formed. There was a small settlement builders of the future and Orenburgasbest. Next to it was district center Dombarovsky, where all mail, cargo, and so on were initially addressed. Therefore, in all the documents and V/Chs for the division it was written: Dombarovsky, Orenburg Oblast. A Military town divisions and the entire infrastructure were placed next to the plant under construction, as there was already a railway branch line, which greatly simplified all construction work. Over time, the village built up into the city of Yasny. Hence, some people get confused: either Dombarovsky or Yasny. Documents coming into the division sometimes have one and the other mailing address.

The SRF formation in Yasny began as Operation Group Dombarovskiy in May 1964. Headquarters 13th Rocket Division was formed in April 1965, [1] as part of the 5th Independent Rocket Corps. However the division was quickly (within two months) transferred to the 18th Independent Rocket Corps, and then in 1970 to the 31st Rocket Army. Major-General Dmitry Kharitonovich Chaplygin was the first division commander, from May 1964 until August 1970.

In 2004 the division gained the 'Orenburg' honorific. [1]

Commanders

Commanders of the 13th Rocket Division [2]
No.NameFromTo
1Major General Dimitry Kh. Chaplygin19641970
2Major General Yuri N. Sergunin19701974
3Major General Remus V. Markitan19741977
4Major General Tal-At A. Memyetov19771982
5Major General Igor N. Valynkin19821984
6Major General Vladimir I. Negashev19841989
7Major General Viktor A. Vakulenko19891991
8Major General Aleksander I. Voronin19911995
9Major General Vladimir I. Vigovskoy19951998
10Major General Vladimir A. Kirillov19982001
11Major General Yuri I. Sklyar20012004
12Major General Aleksei D. Konnov20042007
13Colonel Aleksander V. Kasyanenko20072010
14Colonel Yevgeny V. Konovalenkov2010present

Structure

Structure of the unit as of 2019: [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 Michael Holm, 13th Orenburgskaya Red Banner Missile Division – 13-я ракетная Оренбургская Краснознаменная дивизия
  2. "13-я ракетная дивизия (п. Домбаровский)". rvsn.ruzhany.info. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
  3. "13-я ракетная Оренбургская Краснознаменная дивизия (в/ч 68545)". rvsn.info (in Russian). Retrieved 27 July 2023.