68th Army Corps (Russia)

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68th Army Corps
Active
  • 1993–2010
  • 2014–present
CountryRussia
BranchRussian Ground Forces
Part ofEastern Military District
Garrison/HQYuzhno-Sakhalinsk
Commanders
Current
commander		Major General
Notable
commanders		Major General Valery Asapov

The 68th Army Corps (Russian: 68-й армейский корпус) is an army corps of the Russian Ground Forces' Eastern Military District, stationed in Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands, with its headquarters at Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk. The corps was first formed in 1993 from the 51st Army and disbanded in 2010. It was reformed in 2014.

History[]

The 68th Army Corps was first formed on 11 October 1993 from the 51st Army at Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, part of the Far Eastern Military District.[1][2] It included the 33rd Motor Rifle Division at ,[3] the 18th Machine Gun Artillery Division at Goryachiye Klyuchi,[4] and the at Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk.[5] In 1997, its commander, Lieutenant General , died of heart failure on a plane flight just before he was scheduled to retire from active duty.[6] In 2002, the 31st Brigade was disbanded.[5] Sources differ on the date of the corps' disbandment. According to Aleksey Gayday, in Russia's New Army, the corps was disbanded on 1 December 2006.[7] A 2014 news report cited the date of the corps' disbandment as 2010.[8] On 1 June 2009, as part of the reform of the Russian Armed Forces, the 33rd Division was downsized into the 39th Separate Motor Rifle Brigade.[3]

A MT-LB of the 39th Motor Rifle Brigade during Exercise "Vostok-2014" on Sakhalin

In April 2014, the corps was reinstated on the basis the units already stationed in Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands: the 18th Machine Gun Artillery Division and the 39th Separate Motor Rifle Brigade,[8] under the command of Major General Valery Asapov. The 676th Separate Engineer Battalion was formed later that year.[9] In July 2015, Major General took command after Asapov transferred to the Southern Military District.[10] The corps moved to a full contract manning system from August 2016.[11] In February 2017, Major General became commander of the corps, replacing Peryazev, who became commander of the 20th Guards Army.[12]

Organisation[]

In 2019 the corps structure was altered into the following:[13]

References[]

Citations[]

  1. ^ Holm, Michael. "51st Combined Arms Army". www.ww2.dk. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
  2. ^ Feskov et al 2013, p. 131.
  3. ^ a b Holm, Michael. "33rd Motorised Rifle Division". www.ww2.dk. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
  4. ^ Holm, Michael. "18th Machine-Gun Artillery Division". www.ww2.dk. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
  5. ^ a b Holm, Michael. "31st Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade". www.ww2.dk. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
  6. ^ "Биографии". memoriesnorth.narod.ru. Retrieved 2017-03-18.
  7. ^ Barabanov, Mikhail, ed. (2011). Russia's New Army (PDF). Moscow: Centre for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies. p. 14. ISBN 978-5-9902620-3-4.
  8. ^ a b Mukhin, Vladimir (21 April 2014). "КАРТ-БЛАНШ. Курилам придают военно-стратегический облик" [Carte Blanche: Kuriles get strategic military character]. Nezavisimaya Gazeta (in Russian). Retrieved 18 March 2017.
  9. ^ "В российских инженерных войсках в 2015 году появятся роботы-саперы" [Robots to join Russian Engineering Troops in 2015]. TASS (in Russian). 22 December 2014. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
  10. ^ Semenova, Kseniya (31 July 2015). "В 68 армейском корпусе, дислоцированном в Сахалинской области, сменится командование" [68th Army Corps in Sakhalin Oblast changes command]. Sakhalin.info (in Russian). Retrieved 18 March 2017.
  11. ^ Gorbunov, Vadim (31 August 2016). "68-й армейский корпус перейдет на контрактную систему комплектования" [68th Army Corps to move to contract manning system]. Moskovsky Komsomolets (in Russian). Retrieved 18 March 2017.
  12. ^ Yasko, Kirill (3 February 2017). "Десантник Дмитрий Глушенков возглавит сахалинский 68-й армейский корпус" [Paratrooper Dmitry Glushenkov takes command of Sakhalin's 68th Army Corps]. Sakhalin.info (in Russian). Retrieved 18 March 2017.
  13. ^ "20th Army gains new commander". Коммерсантъ. Retrieved 2020-04-01.

Bibliography[]

  • Feskov, V.I.; Golikov, Valery; Kalashnikov, Konstantin; Slugin, Sergei (2013). Вооруженные силы СССР после Второй Мировой войны: от Красной Армии к Советской [The Armed Forces of the USSR after World War II: From the Red Army to the Soviet: Part 1 Land Forces] (in Russian). Tomsk: Scientific and Technical Literature Publishing. ISBN 9785895035306.
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