World War II Volga–Urals Military District



volga–ural military district



volga–ural military district headquarters


during world war ii 2 districts dispatched on 3 thousand units front, totaling 2 million men. 5 armies, 132 divisions, , on 300 regiments , battalions established.


in formation in volga military district alone on 1 september 1941 334, 336, 338, 340, 342, 344, 346, 348, 350, 352, 354, 356, 358, 360th rifle divisions, plus 46th, 89th, , 91st cavalry divisions. among formations formed during war 153rd ural rifle division, combat record in belorussia , smolensk ranked among guards on 18 september 1941 3rd guards rifle division. formed in ural district, tremendous effort of factory workers there, 30th ural tank corps, later become 10th urals-lvov tank corps, today 10th guards uralsko-lvovskaya tank division within moscow military district.


during war, city of kuybyshev (now samara) served alternate capital of soviet union, , urals area became biggest arsenal in country, many factories relocated west. 3rd guards army arrived germany , redesignated new volga md headquarters in late 1945. part of massive demobilisation exercise of 1945-6 kazan military district briefly reformed, encompassing tatar, udmurt, mari , chuvash assrs. disbanded in may 1946.


during cold war district s air forces included chelyabinsk higher military aviation school navigators.








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