8th Guard Army (Russian Armed Forces)

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8th Guard Army
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Large emblem of the 8th Guard Army
Lineup May 5, 1943
Country Flag of the Soviet Union.svg USSR Russia
Flag of Russia.svg
Armed forces RA 1943–1946
CA 1946–1992
Russian Armed Forces 2017
Armed forces army
Type Large association
structure See outline
Subordinate troops

4 divisions, various independent brigades, regiments and battalions

HQ Nohra (1945 to 1991)
Tradition 62nd Army (predecessor)
Trunk number 61877
Awards Order of Red Banner.svg Order of Lenin.svg
commander
Important
commanders

see list

WGT armies stationed in 1991

The 8th Guard Army (short: 8th GA / Troop Unit №: 61877) was part of the Soviet and Russian land forces . It was subordinate to the Group of the Soviet Armed Forces in Germany or the Western Group of Troops (GSSD / WGT) and was withdrawn to Russia until October 1992 and then dissolved. The headquarters of the army was in Nohra . The major association has been renamed several times since it was set up in World War II . The name at the time of the dissolution was 8th Guard Army ( Russian 8-ja gwardeiskaja ordena Lenina armija )

history

The major association has had the following names since it was set up:

  • 62nd Army 1942 to 1943 (July 10, 1942, first formation from the 7th Reserve Army )
  • 8th Guard Army 1943 to 1991 (April 16, 1943, renamed)
  • 8th Guard Army Corps 1992 (reorganization and reorganization)
  • 8th Guard Army 2017 (Renaissance using the traditional name)

Second World War

The first formation of the 62nd Army took place in accordance with the directive of the Headquarters of the Command of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief № 170465 Red Army of July 9, 1942, on the basis of the 7th Reserve Army with direct subordination to HQ. The initial inventory of the 62nd A included five rifle divisions, a tank brigade, several artillery and other troops and units.

On April 16, 1943, the 62nd Army was renamed the 8th Guard Army and in May was assigned to the Southwest Front under General Malinowski . Initially formed from the 28th and 29th Guards Rifle Corps, the army took up defensive positions north of Slavyansk along the right bank of the Upper Donets . This was followed by the breakthrough in the Barwenkowo area (July 17–27 ) and participation in the Donets Basin operation (August 13– September 22, 1943). During the Battle of the Dnieper Line on October 14, the army, in conjunction with other forces, succeeded in liberating Zaporozhye . South of Dnepropetrovsk the Dnieper was crossed and a bridgehead was built on the right bank. From this time on, the 8th Guards Army was assigned to the 28th and 29th as well as the 4th Guards Rifle Corps. From October 20, 1943, the army operated as part of the 3rd Ukrainian Front and opened its offensive in November, the attack on Krivoy Rog , followed by trench warfare north of the German bridgehead at Nikopol . In March and April 1944, the army took part in the fighting around Odessa part and then led trench warfare on the Dniester -Mündung. On July 8, 1944, the army entered the Stavka reserve and in August 1944 was transferred to the Vistula on the 1st Belarusian Front . There, together with the 5th Shock Army, they built a bridgehead at Magnuszew . On January 12, 1945, the Red Army launched a major offensive in the Vistula-Oder operation from the Vistula front. The 8th Guard Army broke through the German front on both sides of the Pilica and advanced in the direction of Tomaszów . At the beginning of February, the first bridgeheads were successfully erected on the western bank of the Oder .

Structure on April 16, 1945

4th Guards Rifle Corps Lieutenant General Vasili Afanasjewitsch Glasunow

  • 35th Guards Rifle Division, Colonel Nikolai Petrovich Grigoryev
  • 47th Guards Rifle Division, Lieutenant General Vasily M. Tschugejew
  • 57th Guards Rifle Division, Major General Pyotr Josifowitsch Salisjuk

28th Guards Rifle Corps Lieutenant General Alexander Ivanovich Ryschow

  • 39th Guards Rifle Division, Colonel Yefim Timofayevich Marschenko
  • 79th Guards Rifle Division, Major General Leonid Ivanovich Bagin
  • 88th Guards Rifle Division, Major General Boris Nikiforewitsch Pankow

29th Guards Rifle Corps Lieutenant General Afanasi Dmitrievich Shemenkov

  • 27th Guards Rifle Division, Major General Viktor S. Glebow
  • 74th Guards Rifle Division, Major General Dmitri I. Bakanov
  • 82nd Guards Rifle Division, Major General Georgi I. Khetargurov

In April 1945 the army was assembled in the Küstriner bridgehead on the western bank and, together with the 1st Guards Armored Army, achieved the operational breakthrough in the Battle of the Oder . The army troops played a decisive role in the battle for Berlin that followed .

Post-war period

After the end of the war in 1945, the 8th Guard Army belonged to the group of the Soviet armed forces in Germany and was mainly stationed in the south of the GDR (districts of Halle, Leipzig and Erfurt). Here, too, she referred to herself as the "Stalingrad Army". It was dissolved in the course of the withdrawal of the Russian armed forces from Germany in July 1992.

The 8th Guard Army retained its name until it was regrouped and dissolved in 1992. However, the 8th Guard Army Corps (also known as the “Volgograd Corps”) was formed from the units, troops and associations. In 2017, a large association was set up again using the designation 8th Guard Army.

After the war, the army was subordinated to the GSSD / WGT, with the army's headquarters being set up in Nohra near Weimar , which remained here until the withdrawal in 1992.

Army Commander

During the Second World War
1945 to 1992
  • Tschuikow, Wassili I. (until July 1946) - two-time Hero of the Soviet Union and Colonel of the Guard
  • Boldin, Iwan W. (July 1946 - March 1951) - Guard GenOberst
  • Goryachev, Sergei Georgievich (March 1951 - December 1953) - Colonel of the Guard
  • Tschistjakow, Ivan M. (December 1953 - September 1954) - two-time Hero of the Soviet Union and Colonel of the Guard
  • Chetagurow, Georgi I (September 1954 - April 1958) - Hero of the Soviet Union and Guard GenLt
  • Schawrow, Iwan Yegorowitsch (April 1958 - March 1960) - GenLt
  • Tolubko, Wladimir F. (March 1960 - October 1963) - Hero of the Soviet Union and Guard GenLt
  • Schawrow, Iwan Yegorowitsch (April 1958 - March 1960) - Guard GenLt
  • ? (March 1960 - April 1964)
  • Schurupow, Alexander Georgievich (October 1964 - April 1968) - Guard GenLt
  • Jurpolski, Iwan Iwanowitsch (April 1968 - December 1969) - Guard GenLt
  • Viktorov, Viktor Viktorovich (December 1969 - July 1972) - Guard GenLt of the armored forces
  • Matvijenko, Andrei Michailowitsch (August 1972 - December 1975) - Guard GenLt
  • Volkonsky, Ivan Petrovich (December 1975 - March 1978) - Guard-GenLt
  • Betechtin, Anatoli Wladimirowitsch (March 1978 - June 1981) - Garde-GenLt
  • Kowtunow, Alexander Wassiljewitsch (June 1981 - August 1983) - Garde-GenLt
  • Krylow, Yevgeny Ivanovich (August 1983 - July 1985) - Garde-GenLt
  • Achalov, Wladislaw Alexejewitsch (July 1985 - December 1987) - Guard-GenLt
  • Kowen, Nikolai Adamowitsch (1987–1989) - Garde-GenLt (died in a fatal car accident)
  • Kowaljow, Leonid Illarionowitsch (October 1989 - December 1990) - Garde-GenLt
  • Issajew, Wassili Iwanowitsch (December 1990-1992) - Guard-GenLt
  • Sossedow, Wassili Petrovich (1992 - June 1993) - Guard-GenLt

The army

In 1991 (WGT)

The 8th Guard Army belonged to the western group of troops until the withdrawal (1992 withdrawal to the Volgograd area , reclassification to the Army Corps , reorganization in 1993) and had the following existence (divisions incomplete):

Direct subordinates

designation Location Cover name Troop № comment
Army headquarters Nohra "Oktawka" 61877 also staff of the army ; 1992 moved to Volgograd and reorganized
   227th Independent Guard and Security Battalion Nohra 66017
119th Independent Panzer Regiment Bad Langensalza «Pila»
  • 55140
  • 75099
 Printed in 1990
336th Independent Combat Helicopter Regiment Nohra "Galja, Nagar" 06944 40 x Mi-24 , 9 x Mi-8 ; Withdrawal to Vorotynsk , Moscow Military District
486th Independent Combat Helicopter Regiment «Turnirnyi» 40816 45 × Мi-24, 34 × Мi-8, withdrawal to Kursk Oblast, reclassification 2001
298. Independent helicopter squadron Haßleben camp "Mucha, Uksus" 13797 3 × Мi-8, 2 × Mi-6 , 2 × Мi-24K, 2 × Мi-24
11th missile brigade Weissenfels « Buntar » 57574
449th Missile Brigade Arnstadt «Teiwo» 93861 SS-21 Scarab (9К79 "Точка"), 10 × R-145BM ; relocated to Yasnaya (Transbaikalia ( Olowjannaja 4)
18th anti-aircraft missile brigade Gotha 64490 Withdrawal to Priosersk
390th Artillery Brigade Ohrdruf «Litan» 17439 2 × 2S5 , 5 × PRP-3 , 12 × 1W18 , 4 × 1W19 , 1 × R-145BM, 2 × BTR-60
519. Independent anti-aircraft missile division Meiningen 65453
943. Independent anti-tank division Altenburg 50400 in the sense of Panzerjägerabteilung
194th Independent Radio Regiment Weimar «Deschnik» 38769 Withdrawal to Alakurtti
46th Independent Radio Technology Battalion Nohra "Sharon" 35142 1 × R-145BM
687th Independent EloKa Battalion Frankendorf
91st Independent Telecommunications Regiment Weimar 66670 7 x R-145BM, 1 x R-156BTR , 3 x P-240BT ; Withdrawal to Krasnodar as part of the 67th Army Corps in the North Caucasian Military District
446th Independent Radio Link Cable Battalion Naumburg (Saale) «Gridlik» 67275
325th Independent Engineer Battalion Gera 43505
722nd Independent Tugboat Engineer Battalion Halle (Saale) 97903
65th Independent Pontoon Bridge Regiment Merseburg 17064 according to another source: Kochstedt near Dessau; Withdrawal to Dalnerechensk
134th Independent Battalion Chemical Reconnaissance Gera 17451
116th Logistics Brigade Altenburg 25730
173. Independent Repair and Reconditioning Battalion Chemnitz-Markersdorf 41485
202. Independent Repair and Reconditioning Battalion Oberlungwitz "Efiroplast" 71238 Withdrawal to Slavyansk on the Kuban
900th Independent Air Storm Battalion Leipzig-Schönau 60370 according to other sources: Haßleben
794. Independent Spetsnaz Reconnaissance Company Nohra 30229 relocated to Isjaslav (Ukrainian SSR) in Nov. 1990
Vocal and dance ensemble Nohra «Pajalnik» 62930

27th Guards-Mot rifle division

designation Location Cover name Troop № comment
27th Guards-Mot rifle division Halle (Saale) «Kaluga» 35100
Leadership of the division 1x PRP-3 , 1x R-145BM , 1xR-156BTR, 1xMT-LB
68th Guards Mot Rifle Regiment Halle (Saale) «Bankog» 35075
243rd Guards Mot Rifle Regiment Halle (Saale) «Tekstowik» 47290
244th Guards Mot Rifle Regiment Schlotheim «Gwostika» 58464
28th Panzer Regiment Halle (Saale) «Biometrija» 58616
54th Guards Panzer Artillery Regiment Halle (Saale) "Olchowyi" 58871
286th Guards Air Defense Missile Regiment Halle (Saale) "Astrograph" 60835
31st Independent Tank Battalion Halle (Saale) "Akzentolg" 42242 Reclassification 1986
480. Independent anti-tank artillery division Halle (Saale) 06208 in the sense of Panzerjägerabteilung
5th Independent Reconnaissance Battalion Mulhouse "Pereselenez" 60495 14x BMP-1 , 8xBMP-1K, 11x BTR-60 , 3x R-145BM , 2xМТ-LB
35th Independent Guards Telecommunications Battalion Halle (Saale) «Naftol» 61159
29th Independent Grade Engineer Battalion Halle (Saale) «Originalnyi» 61119
367th Independent Battalion Chemical Defense Halle (Saale) "Accentology" 25476 Listed in 1986
1126. Independent logistics battalion Teutschenthal «Adaptiwyi» 61164
44th Independent Repair and Reconditioning Battalion «Aggregate» 24562
21. Independent Medical Battalion «Gambusija» 60497
Total stock

Main battle tank = 225; Infantry fighting vehicle = 343 (BMP); Armored personnel carrier = 147 (BTR); Tank artillery = 108 (SAU) and anti-tank guns = 18; Mortar = 54; Multiple rocket launcher = 18 (RSSO)

39th GMSD, 57th GMSD and 79th GPD

The divisions were incomplete.

  • 39th Guard Mot. Rifle Division ( Ohrdruf )
    A Progress 30 bus in the 39th Garde Mot. Rifle division in Ohrdruf
    • 117th Guards Mot Rifle Regiment ( Meiningen )
    • 120th Guards Mot Rifle Regiment (Ohrdruf)
    • 172nd Guards Mot Rifle Regiment ( Gotha )
    • 15th Guards Panzer Regiment (Ohrdruf)
    • 87th Guards Tank Artillery Regiment (Gotha)
  • 57th Guards Mot Rifle Division ( Naumburg )
    A UAZ-469 of the GSSD 1991 in Naumburg
    • 170th Guards Mot Rifle Regiment (Naumburg)
    • 174th Guards Mot Rifle Regiment ( Weißenfels )
    • 241st Guards Mot Rifle Regiment ( Leipzig )
    • 57th Guards Panzer Regiment ( Zeitz )
    • 128th Guards Tank Artillery Regiment (Zeitz)
  • 79th Guards Panzer Division ( Jena )
    • 17th Guard Panzer Regiment ( Saalfeld )
    • 45th Guards Panzer Regiment (Weimar)
    • 211th Panzer Regiment (Jena)
    • 247th Guards Mot Rifle Regiment (Weimar)
    • 172nd Guards Tank Artillery Regiment ( Rudolstadt )

See also

literature

  • Wassili Tschuikow : Guardsmen on the way to Berlin. Military publishing house of the German Democratic Republic, Berlin 1980.
  • Soviet troops in Germany 1945 to 1994. «Junge Garde» publishing house, Moscow 1994, ISBN 5-235-02221-1 .

Web links

Commons : Group of the Soviet Armed Forces in Germany  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Soviet troops in Germany 1945 to 1994, memorial album, edition Moscow, published by "Jang Guard", 1994; ISBN 5-235-02221-1 , pages 15-22.