36th Guards Combined Arms Army
The 36th Guards Combined Arms Army is a combined arms army of the Russian Ground Forces, part of the Eastern Military District.
History
The army was formed in 1997 from the 55th Army Corps at Borzya in the Siberian Military District, which had been formed from the previous Soviet 36th Army. The army participated in exercises "Baikal-2006", "Vostok-2007", and "Vostok-2010". In February 2009, the army headquarters was relocated to Ulan-Ude.During the Russian invasion of Ukraine, elements of the 36th Army had been deployed to Belarus and were participating in active operations, mainly in the area west of Kyiv.
On July 1, 2025, the army was awarded the Guards status.
Units subordinate to 36th Army
- 5th Guards Tank Tatsinskaya Red Banner Order of Suvorov Brigade
- 37th Guards Motor Rifle Don Budapest Red Banner Order of the Red Star Brigade
- 30th Artillery Brigade
- 103rd Rocket Brigade
- 35th Guards Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade
- 1723rd Anti-Aircraft Rocket Regiment
- 26th NBC Protection Regiment
- 75th Headquarters Brigade
Commanders
- Lieutenant General Aleksandr Petrovich Kolmakov
- Lieutenant General
- Lieutenant General Vladimir Valentinovich Chirkin
- Lieutenant General Vladimir Borisovich Zarudnitsky
- Lieutenant General
- Lieutenant General Oleg Leontevich Makarevich
- Major/Lieutenant General Mikhail Yurevich Teplinsky
- Major General Dmitry Ivanovich Kovalenko
- Lieutenant General Mikhail Yakovlevich Nosulev
- Major/Lieutenant General Valery Nikolayevich Solodchuk
- Major General Vitaly Petrovich Gerasimov
- Major General Grigory Rostislavovich Tyurin