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[[File:Military districts of Russia 2016.svg|thumb|300px|right|The Eastern Military District, shown in yellow, on a map of the five Russian military districts.]]
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The '''Eastern Military District''' ([[Russian language|Russian]]: Восточный военный округ) is a [[Military districts of Russia|military district]] of [[Russia]].
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It is one of the five [[military district]]s of the [[Russian Armed Forces]], with its jurisdiction within the [[Far Eastern Federal District]] of the country. The Eastern Military District was created as part of the [[2008 Russian military reform|2008 military reforms]], and founded by Presidential Decree №1144 signed on September 20, 2010, to replace the [[Far East Military District]] with the addition of the [[Transbaikal]] section of the [[Siberian Military District]].<ref name="autogenerated1">[http://graph.document.kremlin.ru/page.aspx?1;1298267 Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 20 сентября 2010 года № 1144 «О военно-административном делении Российской Федерации»] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120331181836/http://graph.document.kremlin.ru/page.aspx?1%3B1298267 |date=2012-03-31 }}</ref> The district began operation on October 21, 2010, under the command of Admiral [[Konstantin Sidenko]].
 
The Eastern Military District is the second largest military district in Russia by geographic size at {{convert|7000000|km2|sp=us}}. The district contains 1211 [[federal subjects]] of Russia: [[Amur Oblast]], [[Buryatia]], [[Chukotka Autonomous Okrug]], [[Jewish Autonomous Oblast]], [[Kamchatka Krai]], [[Khabarovsk Krai]], [[Magadan Oblast]], [[Primorsky Krai]], [[Sakha Republic]], [[Sakhalin Oblast]], [[Zabaykalsky Krai]].<ref name=autogenerated1 />
 
The Commanderdistrict ofcommander themay Airdirect Defenseall Forces is subordinate to allthe formations of the Armed Forces and combat arms ofwithin the Armed Forces deployed on thedistrict's territory of the district, with the exception of the [[Strategic MissileRocket Forces]] and [[Russian Aerospace Forces|Aerospace Forces]]. In addition, operational subordination of the formations of the [[National Guard of Russia|National Guard Troops]], the [[Border Service of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation|Border Service of the FSB]], as well as units of the [[Ministry of Emergency Situations (Russia)|Ministry of Emergency Situations]] and other ministries and departments performing tasks in the district.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://structure.mil.ru/structure/okruga/east/history.htm|title=Восточный военный округ|publisher=mil.ru|date=31 March 2018}}</ref>
 
The Eastern Military District is headquartered in [[Khabarovsk]], and its current district commander is Colonel General [[AleksandrRustam ChaikoMuradov]], who has held the position since NovemberOctober 20215, 2022.<ref>{{cite web|title=ВHero Восточномof военномRussia округеRustam сменилсяMuradov командующийappointed Commander of Eastern Military District|url=httphttps://wwwtass.debri-dv.ru/articlecom/29453defense/v_vostochnom_voennom_okruge_smenilsya_komanduyushchiy1519217|access-date=167 NovemberOctober 20212022}}</ref>
 
== History ==
31 July 1918 is considered to be the date of foundation of the predecessor Far Eastern Military District. On this day, regular units of the [[Red Army]] defeated the [[White Army|troops]] of the [[White movement|White Guards and interventionists]] in the area of the Kaul Heights, Shmakovka and Spassk. This date is widely celebrated by the military personnel of the Eastern Military District.
 
On 22 February 2018, at the [[National Defense Management Center]] awarded the Eastern Military District a banner as symbols of honor, valor and military glory.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://function.mil.ru/news_page/country/more.htm?id=12164444@egNews|title=В Москве состоялось заседание Коллегии Министерства обороны России|publisher=mil.ru|date=24 September 2018}}</ref>
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From 11 to 17 September 2018, the [[Vostok 2018]] military exercise took place in the district.
 
By the end of January 2022, the headquarters of the Eastern Military District reportedly deployed to [[Belarus]] against the backdrop of a [[2021–2022 Russo-Ukrainian crisis|new flare-up of the crisis over Ukraine]]. Combat units drawn from the district's [[5th Combined Arms Army]], [[29th Combined Arms Army]], [[35th Combined Arms Army]], [[36th Combined Arms Army]], [[68th Army Corps (Russia)|68th Army Corps]] and the [[Pacific Fleet (Russia)|Pacific Fleet's]] 155th Naval Infantry Brigade were also reported to have deployed to Belarus.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.gfsis.org/russian-monitor/view/3121 |title=Rondeli Russian Military Digest: Issue 118, 24 January – 30 January 2022|publisher=[[Georgian Foundation for Strategic and International Studies|Rondeli Foundation]] |date=30 January 2022|access-date=11 February 2022|archive-date= |archive-url=|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
== Component units ==
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* 51st Training Detachment of the Pacific Fleet ([[Vladivostok]])
* 7th Regional Training Center for NCOs (Knyaz-Volkonskoye, Khabarovsk Krai)
* [[338th Guards MRL Brigade]] (Novosysoevka) (rocket artillery; [[BM-27 Uragan]])
 
'''[[29th ArmyCombined (SovietArms Union)Army|'''29th Army]]''']] (Chita)
* 101st Khingan Headquarters Brigade (Chita)
* [[36th Guards Motor Rifle Brigade|36th Independent Guards Motor Rifle Brigade]] ([[Borzya]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ww2.dk/new/army/msd/38gvmsd.htm|title=38th Guards Motorised Rifle Division|website=www.ww2.dk|access-date=2017-06-18}}</ref>
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* [[140th Anti-Aircraft Rocket Brigade]] (Domna, Zabaykalsky Krai)
 
'''[[5th RedCombined BannerArms Army]]''' ([[Ussuriysk]])
* 57th Motor Rifle Brigade ([[Bikin]])
* [[127th Motor Rifle Division (Russia)|127th Motor Rifle Division]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://regnum.ru/news/society/2589136.html|title=В Приморье появилась новая мотострелковая дивизия|website=regnum.ru|access-date=2019-03-12}}</ref>
* 60th Motor Rifle Brigade ([[Sibirtsevo]] and Lipovtsy)
* [[20th Guards Rocket Brigade]] ([[Spassk-Dalny]])<ref>{{Cite web
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* 305th Artillery Brigade (Ussuriysk)
*[[338th Guards MRL Brigade]] (Novosysoevka) (rocket artillery; [[BM-27 Uragan]])
* 8th Anti-Aircraft Rocket Brigade (Razdolnoye, [[Primorsky Krai]])
*305th Artillery Brigade (Ussuriysk)
*8th Anti-Aircraft80th RocketC3 Brigade (Razdolnoye, [[Primorsky Krai]]Ussuriysk)
*80th C316th Independent NBC Defence Brigade (Ussuriysk[[Lesozavodsk]])
*16th Independent NBC Defence Brigade ([[Lesozavodsk]])
 
'''[[68th Army Corps (Russia)|68th Army Corps]]''' ([[Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk]])<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.kommersant.ru/doc/3207955|title=20-я армия нашла командующего на Сахалине|last=Mukhin|first=Oleg|date=3 February 2017|work=Kommersant|access-date=18 March 2017|language=ru|trans-title=20th Army finds commander on Sakhalin}}</ref>
* 137th Independent Headquarters Battalion (Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk)
* [[39th Motor Rifle Brigade|39th Independent Motor Rifle Brigade]] ([[Khomutovo]])
* 312th Independent Multiple-Launch Artillery Battery ([[Dachnoye, Sakhalin Oblast|Dachnoye]])
* 676th Independent Engineer Battalion (Dachnoye)
* [[18th Machine Gun Artillery Division]] (Goryachie Klyuchi, [[Sakhalin Oblast]])
** 46th Machinegun Artillery Regiment (Lagunnoe)
** 49th Machinegun Artillery Regiment
 
'''[[35th Army (Soviet Union)|35th Army]]''' ([[Belogorsk, Amur Oblast|Belogorsk]])
* [[38th Guards Motor Rifle Brigade]] (Belogorsk-Ekaterinoslavka)
* [[64th Motor Rifle Brigade]] (Khabarovsk)
* [[69th Covering Brigade (Russia)|69th Covering Brigade]] in ([[Babstovo]], Jewish Autonomous Oblast)
* [[107th Rocket Brigade (Russia)|107th Rocket Brigade]] ([[Birobizhan]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ww2.dk/new/army/rbr/23rbr.htm|title=23rd Missile Brigade|website=www.ww2.dk|access-date=2017-06-13}}</ref>
* 165th Artillery Brigade (Belogorsk)
* 71st Anti-Aircraft Rocket Brigade (Srednebelaya, Amur Oblast)
* 54th C3 Brigade (Belogorsk)
* 37th Engineer Regiment (Berezovka, Amur Oblast)
* 135th Independent NBC Defence Battalion (Khabarovsk)
 
'''[[36th Combined Arms Army|36th Army]]''' ([[Ulan Ude]])
* [[5th Separate Guards Tank Brigade|5th Independent Guards Tank Brigade]] (Ulan Ude)
* [[37th Guards Motor Rifle Brigade|37th Independent Guards Motor Rifle Brigade]] ([[Kyakhta]])
* 103rd Rocket Brigade (Ulan-Ude)
* 1723rd Anti-Aircraft Rocket Regiment (Jida)
* 75th C3 Brigade (Ulan Ude)
 
'''Airborne Troops'''
* [[11th Guards Air Assault Brigade]]
* [[83rd Guards Air Assault Brigade]]
 
=== Air and Air Defence Forces ===
* [[11th Air and Air Defence Forces Army]]
* [[Pacific Fleet (Russia)#Naval Aviation|Aviation of the Pacific Fleet]]
* [[326th Heavy Bomber Aviation Division]]
 
=== Russian Naval Forces ===
* [[Pacific Fleet (Russia)|Pacific Fleet]]
** Pacific CoastPrimorskiy Flotilla
** [[Kamchatka Flotilla]]/Northeastern Group of Troops and Forces
** Other naval units, ships and submarines
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==Leadership==
[[File:AlexanderКузьменко ChaykoАВ.jpgpng|thumb|Lt Gen. AlexanderAndrey Chaiko (2019)Kuzmenko]]
===Commanders===
* Admiral [[Konstantin Sidenko]] (October 2010 – October 2013)
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* Colonel-General [[Alexander Zhuravlyov|Aleksandr Zhuravlyov]] (November 2017 – November 2018)
* Colonel-General [[Gennady Zhidko]] (November 2018 – November 2021)
* Colonel-General [[Aleksandr Chaiko]] (November 2021<ref>{{cite web|title=В Восточном военном округе сменился командующий|url=http://www.debri-dv.ru/article/29453/v_vostochnom_voennom_okruge_smenilsya_komanduyushchiy|access-date=16 November 2021}}</ref> – June 2022)
* Lieutenant General [[Rustam Muradov]] (October 2022 - 3 April 2023)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Times |first=The Moscow |date=2023-04-03 |title=Top Russian General Dismissed After Vuhledar Defeat |url=https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/04/03/top-russian-general-dismissed-after-vuhledar-defeat-a80690 |access-date=2023-04-19 |website=The Moscow Times |language=en}}</ref>
* Lieutenant General [[RustamMikhail MuradovNosulev]] (Octoberacting) 2022(6 April 2023 -20 April current2023)
* Lieutenant General [[Andrey Kuzmenko (general)|Andrey Kuzmenko]] (20 April 2023 - )
 
===Chiefs of Staff - First Deputy Commanders===
* Lieutenant General [[Sergey Surovikin]] (October 2012 – 2013)
* Lieutenant General [[Aleksandr Lapin (general)|Aleksandr Lapin]] (2014 – April 2017)
* Lieutenant General Alexander[[Aleksandr Chaiko]] (April 2017 – November 2018)
* Colonel General Sergey Kuralenko (October 2018 – February 2020)
* Lieutenant General [[Yevgeny Nikiforov]] (February 2020 – December 2022) The [[Armed Forces of Ukraine]] reported on December 26, 2022 that that Nikiforov was appointed as commander, [[Western Military District]], and commander of the Russian western grouping of forces in Ukraine.<ref>{{cite web|author1=Kateryna Stepanenko |author2=Karolina Hird |author3=George Barros |author4=Frederick W. Kagan | title=Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 26|url=https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-december-26}}</ref>
* Lieutenant General Evgeny Nikiforov (February 2020 – present)
 
===Deputy Commanders===
* Vice Admiral Alekminsky Gavrilovich (2014 – July 2019)
* Lieutenant General Sergei Sevryukov (July 2019 – present)
* Lieutenant General [[Mikhail Nosulev]] (January 2020 – present)
 
==See also==
* [[List of military airbases in Russia]]
* [[Z (military symbol)]]
* [[Kuril Islands dispute]]
 
==References==