The Russian Third Army was a World War I Russian field army that fought on the Eastern theatre of war .
21-643: Field management was established in July 1914 at the headquarters of the Kiev Military District . The unit was disbanded in the beginning of 1918. At the beginning of the war the 3rd Army was composed of the IX, X, XI, XXI Army Corps. A detachment of two aircraft "Ilya Muromets" was based at the Bereza airfield, from the 4th aviation company based at the airfield Lida . The detachment operated jointly with
42-686: The 24th mechanized Corps (which had 56 tanks), the 15th mechanized Corps (which had 707 tanks), and the 19th Mechanized Corps (had 274 tanks ) in the reserve of the district. Air-defence forces within the District included the 36th Fighter Aviation Division of the PVO located at Vasylkiv . When the German Operation Barbarossa began on 22 June 1941, on the basis of the Kiev Special Military District
63-623: The Kiev Governorate , Podolia Governorate (less Balta County), and Volhynia Governorate . Assigned formations included the 10th Army . In 1888, the Kharkov Military District was merged into the Kiev Military District. With the start of World War I the district was transformed into the 3rd Army . In April 1917, Poltava and Kursk governorates were transferred under the administration of
84-914: The Moscow Military District . After the October Revolution in Petrograd , the district came under jurisdiction of the Ukrainian People's Republic and existed until the early February 1918 advance of the Petrograd-Moscow Russian Red Guards forces of the Antonov's Task Force that was charged by Vladimir Lenin to "fight counter-revolution in the Southern Russia", but was in fact invading Ukraine in what would become known as
105-526: The Ukrainian–Soviet War . The district was not reinstated during the brief Bolshevik period in 1918 nor after the establishment of the independent Ukrainian State . The district was reinstated on March 12, 1919, and then again disbanded on August 23, 1919, with the advance of Denikin's forces. The Kiev Military Region (oblast) was formed by Denikin's forces on August 31, 1919, but already on December 14, 1919, its forces were retrieved and merged with
126-529: The 3rd Army from February 1915 and, in addition to Bereza, was also based at airfields in Brest-Litovsk and Slutsk. The Third Army was originally based in Dubno . It comprised four Army Corps and three cavalry divisions, with the 3rd Caucasian Division joining them later. They were part of the invasion of Galicia , with the first stop for the staff officers was at Penyaki where they were made welcome by
147-577: The 60th Air Defence Corps of the 8th Air Defence Army ( Soviet Air Defence Forces ). Among the district's air force units were the Chernihiv Higher Military Aviation School of Pilots at Chernihiv . Also located within the district's boundaries but responsible to HQ South-Western Strategic Direction was the 23rd independent Landing-Assault Brigade (effectively an airmobile brigade), at Kremenchuk , Poltava Oblast . In 1991, Colonel General Viktor S. Chechevatov
168-502: The District were the 1st Guards Army and 6th Guards Tank Army . 69th Air Army was active from the early 1950s to at least 1964 in the district (see ru:Колесник, Василий Артёмович ). In 1959, the 17th Air Army was relocated to the District from Mongolia to provide air support. The 60th Corps of the 8th Air Defense Army provided air defence for the District. The 43rd Rocket Army of the Strategic Rocket Forces
189-754: The Forces of Novorossiysk Region. Commander of the military district was Abram Dragomirov . The District was formed again in January 1920 as part of the Russian SFSR Armed Forces stationed in Ukraine. In the early 1920s, the District included the following divisions: In April 1922 the Kiev Military District was merged with the Kharkov Military District into the South-Western Military District. In June 1922 it
210-698: The War at the head of the 2nd Cavalry brigade and in December 1914 became as a General head of the 16th Cavalry Division . He led the 9th Army Corps in 1915–1916, the 5th Army between August 1916 and April 1917 and the Northern Front until June 1917. According to Peter Kenez , "Before coming to the Kuban , General Dragomirov had been working with Shulgin in various anti-Bolshevik activities in Kiev ." He became
231-791: The accident, dropping tonnes of sand and lead onto the exposed reactor core. He was quickly promoted to general-mayor (one star) rank, and awarded the Hero of the Soviet Union . In 1991 the district included the 6th Guards Tank Army (at Dnipropetrovsk ), 1st Guards Army ( Chernihiv ), 36th Motor Rifle Division (Artemivsk [ Bakhmut ]), 48th Motor Rifle Division ( Chuhuiv ), 48th Guards Tank Training Division (Desna), 9th independent Special Forces Brigade GRU (activated 15 October 1962 in Kirovohrad [ Kropyvnytsnkyi ], formed up 31 December 1962, remaining in Ukraine in 1992), 17th Air Army , and
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#1732772237903252-437: The district by a District order of December 1936, and its headquarters was established at Bila Tserkva . On July 26, 1939, the district was renamed into the Kiev Special Military District. On February 20, 1941, the district formed the 22nd Mechanized Corps (which had 527 tanks) in the 5th Army (Soviet Union) , the 16th Mechanized Corps (which had 372 tanks) in the 12th Army , and the 9th mechanized Corps (had 94 tanks),
273-863: The servants of a house owned by a major in the Austrian Army . The building was set on fire by unknown people following their departure for Zolochev . Here the Army HQ was accommodated in a three-storey stone building which had previously been a bank. This article about a specific military unit is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Kiev Military District The Kiev Military District ( Russian : Киевский военный округ (КВО) , romanized : Kiyevskiy voyennyy okrug (KVO) ; Ukrainian : Червонопрапорний Київський військовий округ , romanized : Chervonoprapornyi Kyivskyi viiskovyi okruh , lit. 'Red Banner Kyiv Military District', abbreviated КВО , KVO )
294-670: The third most powerful man in the Volunteer Army after Denikin and Mikhail Alekseyev . In October 1918, he became the chairman of the Special Council. After the defeat of the White Army, he was evacuated to Constantinople. He moved to Serbia and in 1931 to France. Dragomirov joined Andrey Vlasov 's pro- German Russian Liberation Army during World War II . He lived the last 10 years of his life in France and
315-656: Was a military district of the Imperial Russian Army and subsequently of the Red Army and Soviet Armed Forces . It was first formed in 1862, and was headquartered in Kiev ( Kyiv ) for most of its existence. The Kiev Military District was an imperial military district , a territorial division type utilised to provide more efficient management of army units, their training and other operations activities related to combat readiness . The district originally covered
336-532: Was a General in the Imperial Russian Army . Following the Russian Revolution he joined Anton Denikin in the Volunteer Army . He was the son of Russian General Mikhail Dragomirov and brother of Vladimir Dragomirov . In 1902–1903, he was chief of staff of the 7th Cavalry Division, and later of the 10th Cavalry Division. In 1912 he became commander of the Kaunas Fortress . He started
357-705: Was created the Soviet Southwestern Front that completely integrated the district on September 10, 1941. The District was formed again on 25 October 1943, with the Headquarters in Kiev . In June 1946, seven oblasts of the disbanded Kharkov Military District were added to the Kiev Military District. The district now included the oblasts (provinces) of Kiev , Cherkasy , Uman , Voroshilovgrad (historically and now Luhansk) , Dnipropetrovsk (now Dnipro ), Poltava , Stalino (now Donetsk) , Sumy , Kharkiv and Chernihiv . Units stationed in
378-557: Was dismissed as District commander for refusing to take an oath of loyalty to Ukraine . The District was disbanded after the dissolution of the Soviet Union , by 1 November 1992, and its structure utilized as the basis for the new Ukrainian Ministry of Defense and General Staff . Abram Dragomirov Abram Mikhailovich Dragomirov ( Russian : Абра́м Миха́йлович Драгоми́ров , tr. Abrám Michájlovič Dragomírov ; Ukrainian : Абрам Михайлович Драгомиров ; 21 April [ O.S. 9] 1868 – 9 December 1955)
399-685: Was finally disbanded. Also in the district in 1988 was the 72nd Central Artillery Weapons Base (Центральная артиллерийская база вооружения (средств управления)) at Krasnograd . From 1980 to 1988 the 17th Air Army was known as the Air Forces of the Kyiv Military District (VVS KVO). Then-Colonel Nikolay Antoshkin was chief of staff of the VVS KVO at the time of the Chernobyl disaster , and led helicopter operations to respond to
420-466: Was formed at Vinnytsia within the District's boundaries in 1960. It comprised the 19th Rocket Division ( Khmelnytskyi ), 37th Guards Rocket Division ( Lutsk ), 43rd Rocket Division ( Kremenchuk ), 44th Rocket Division ( Kolomyia , Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast), and the 46th Rocket Division ( Pervomaisk, Mykolaiv Oblast ). The 43rd Rocket Army's last commander was Colonel-General Vladimir Alekseevich Mikhtyuk, who served from 10 January 1991 to 8 May 1996, when it
441-603: Was renamed Ukrainian Military District. The 6th Rifle Corps was formed on the orders of the Commander of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and Crimea number 627/162 from May 23, 1922, in Kiev, part of Kiev and Kharkov Military District. On May 17, 1935 the Ukrainian Military District was split between the Kharkov Military District and the Kiev Military District. 13th Rifle Corps was reformed in
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