Military districts of Russia

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Military districts of Russia since 2021
  Northern Military District
  Eastern Military District
  Central Military District
  Southern Military District
  Western Military District

The military districts in Russia serve as administrative divisions for the Russian Armed Forces. Each district features a geographical territory based on Russia's federal subjects, and a headquarters administering the military formations based in the respective territory.

There are currently five military districts in Russia: Western, Central, Eastern, Southern and Northern.

List of military districts[]

1998-07-27[]

Military districts of Russia according to Decree of the President of Russia № 900 on 27 July 1998.[1]

2001-09-01[]

Military districts of Russia in 2001—2010

Volga Military District and Urals Military District was merged into the Volga-Urals Military District according to Decree of the President of Russia № 337с on 24 March 2001.[2]

Decree of the President of Russia № 1764 (12 December 2008)[3] changed names of regions after federal subjects mergers.

2010-09-01[]

Military districts of Russia as of 2010-09-01

Leningrad Military District, Moscow Military District and Kaliningrad Special Region were merged to form the Western Military District.

2010-12-01[]

Military districts of Russia as of 2010-12-01

Since 1 December 2010, all military districts except the Western Military District had been replaced by three larger districts, based on recommendations of the 2008 Russian military reforms. The Central Military District was formed from a merger of the Volga-Urals Military District and most of the Siberian Military District, with the remainder (Buryatia and Zabaykalsky Krai) transferred to the Far East Military District to form the Eastern Military District. The North Caucasus Military District was replaced with the Southern Military District. The reform was according to Decree of the President of Russia № 1144 on 20 September 2010.[4][5]

2014-04-02[]

Military districts of Russia as of 2014-04-02

The Southern Military District was enlarged to include disputed territories of the Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol following the 2014 Russian annexation of Crimea.

2014-12-15[]

Military districts of Russia as of 2016

On December 15, 2014, the Northern Fleet of the Russian Navy was removed from Western Military District and the boundaries of it jurisdiction were expanded to form the Northern Fleet Joint Strategic Command. The new military command included Murmansk Oblast, Arkhangelsk Oblast, and numerous Russian islands in the Arctic Ocean.[6]

2021-01-01[]

The only military command, the Northern Fleet Joint Strategic Command which was planned for transformation into a fully fledged military district from 1 January 2021 onwards, according to a Decree of Russian Vladimir Putin on 5 June 2020[7] has become Northern Military District. Since 1 January 2021, the Northern Fleet has the status of military district.[8]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-05-24. Retrieved 2013-05-09.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ [1][permanent dead link]
  3. ^ [2][permanent dead link]
  4. ^ "Dmitry Medvedev signed Executive Order on reform of military administrative division of the Russian Federation and establishment of new military districts". President of Russia. Retrieved July 23, 2019.
  5. ^ [3]
  6. ^ "История : Министерство обороны Российской Федерации".
  7. ^ "Северный флот станет пятым военным округом России с 2021 года". armstrade.org. 2 September 2020.
  8. ^ "Северный флот России получил статус военного округа". Interfax (in Russian). 1 January 2021.

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