Military districts of Russia

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.

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

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

List of military districts

1991-12-26

After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Russia maintained a diminishing number of former Soviet Armed Forces military districts.

Military districts of Russia, 1992-1998

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, 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Since 1 December 2010, all military districts except the Western Military District had been replaced by three larger districts, based on recommendations of the 2008 Russian military reforms.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 the Western Military District and the boundaries of its jurisdiction 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 Northern Fleet Joint Strategic Command was the only military command to be transformed into a fully fledged military district, according to President Vladimir Putin's Decree of 5 June 2020.[7] Since 1 January 2021, the Northern Fleet has held the status of a military district, and its joint strategic command has become the Northern Military District.[8]

See also

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-05-24. Retrieved 2013-05-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (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. "Archived copy". graph.document.kremlin.ru. Archived from the original on 16 June 2013. Retrieved 2 February 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  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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