29th Guards Rocket Division

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29th Guards Rocket Division
29-ia gvardeiskaia raketnaia Vitebskaia ordena Lenina Krasnoznamionnaia diviziia 1.655x459.jpg
Active1960-present
CountryFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union (1960–1991)
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia (1991-present)
Branch Flag of the Strategic Missile Forces.png Strategic Rocket Forces
Part of 33rd Guards Rocket Army
Garrison/HQ Irkutsk, Irkutsk Oblast
Decorations Order of Red Banner.svg   Order of the Red Banner
Order of Lenin
Commanders
Current
commander
Colonel Yuri M. Sytnik

The 29th Guards Vitebsk Order of Lenin Red Banner Rocket Division is an intercontinental ballistic missile division of the Russian Strategic Rocket Forces. The division was formerly part of the Soviet Strategic Rocket Forces and has been active since 1960. Originally based in Latvia and Lithuania, the division has been stationed at Irkutsk since 1986. Its Military Unit Number is 59968 (42341 while stationed in the baltics) [1]

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History

It was part of the 50th Rocket Army from 1960 to 1986, and included the Plokštinė missile base, operated by the 79th Guards Missile Regiment. [2] The division inherited its honours and awards from the disbanding 51st Guards Motor Rifle Division.

The division was established on the basis of the 85th Engineer Brigade RVGK (established in 1951 as a 54th Brigade of Special Designation RVGK) and the personnel of the 51st Guards Motor Rifle Vitebsk Division of the Order of Lenin Red, which was disbanded in accordance with the directive of the Commander of the Baltic Military District No. 006471 dated May 5, 1960.

In July 1960, RVGK engineer brigades were reformed into missile divisions, and engineering regiments became missile regiments.

On October 17, 1961, the 29th RD was given the fighting banner of the 51st Guards Rifle Division, and the division received the name "29th Guards Missile Vitebsk Division of the Order of the Red Banner of Lenin."

Date of the annual holiday - July 1 (last day of the formation of 54th Brigade Special Purpose RVGK in 1952).

In September 1960 the division became part of the 50th Rocket Army, formed on the basis of the 50th Air Army, Long Range Aviation, of the Soviet Air Force.

Division Headquarters was deployed from July 1960 to September–October 1961 in Taurage, Lithuanian SSR, and then from September–October 1961 to December 1985 in the city of Siauliai, Lithuanian SSR.

On 1 February 1986, a Directive No. 432/3/00846 RVSN Commander of 3 December 1985, the division moved to Irkutsk, in the 53rd Rocket Army, comprising five missile regiments equipped with the 15P653 "Pioneer UTTH" MRBM. However, in connection with the INF Treaty between the USSR and the U.S., these missiles were not placed on alert. In May 1988, for duty in the division atonement first missile regiment with RT-2PM Topol intercontinental ballistic missiles.

On September 16, 2002, after the dissolution of the 53rd Rocket Army, the division was transferred to the 33rd Guards Rocket Army.

Commanders

Commanders of the 29th Guards Rocket Division [3]
No.NameFromTo
1Major General Aleksander A. Kolesov19601963
2Major General Leonid I. Kokich19631970
3Major General Vilhelm P. Glukhovsky19701975
4Major General Gennady F. Yergiskovsky19751983
5Major General Vyacheslav K. Tonkikh19831987
6Colonel Viktor N. Lazarev19871990
7Major General Viktor V. Dremov19901994
8Major General Vladimir N. Gontarenko19941999
9Major General Vladimir V. Antsiferov19992004
10Major General Sergei V. Siver20042006
11Major General Anatoly G. Kulay20062010
12Colonel Stenkin20102010
13Major General Vitaly V. Golovach20102015
14Colonel Yuri M. Sytnik2015present

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References

  1. "29-я гвардейская ракетная Витебская ордена Ленина Краснознаменная дивизия (в/ч 42341, с 01.01.86 в/ч 59968)". rvsn.info (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-07-27.
  2. Michael Holm, 29th Guards Missile Division, accessed January 2013.
  3. "29-я ракетная дивизия (г. Иркутск)". rvsn.ruzhany.info (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-07-27.