List of Soviet Army divisions 1989–1991
This article is an listing of Soviet Ground Forces divisions in 1990, and corresponding information about their later status in 2006.
The Soviets maintained their units at varying degrees of readiness in peacetime, and divided their ground units into two broad readiness categories:
- Развернутая – Ready A unit was considered Ready, if it could conduct combat operations with little or no mobilisation.
- Неразвернутая – Not Ready
The abbreviation BKhVT means Weapons and Equipment Storage Base.
Motor rifle divisions
Mobilisation divisions
- 250th Reserve Motor Rifle Division
- 279th Reserve Motor Rifle Division
Tank divisions
Earlier designations of 1989 units include the 27th Guards Tank Division, 33rd Gds TD, and 35th Gds, 10th, 15th.Tank divisions later reorganised as motor rifle divisions include the 2nd/32nd/66th, which finally became the 277th Motor Rifle Division, and the 61st/13th, which became the 13th Motor Rifle Division in 1957.
Divisions active 1946–59 include the 1st Guards Tank Division, 3rd, and the 111th/16th, redesignated as the 16th in 1955 and disbanded in 1957. Heavy tank divisions active 1957–60 include the 5th, and the 17th. Divisions active 1945–47 include the 5th, the 11th Tank Division, the 18th, and the 19th (Ploesti, Romania, and Odesa).
| Division | Location, Status 1990 | Location, Status 2006 | Origins |
| 1st Tank Division | 11th Guards Army, Kaliningrad, Baltic MD | Reduced to Tank Brigade 1993; Storage Base 1998, disbanded 2008 | 1st Tank Corps |
| 2nd Guards Tank Division | 39th Army, Mongolia | Withdrawn to Siberia; Reduced to storage base 2001 and disbanded 2005 | 2nd Tatsinskaya Guards Tank Corps |
| 3rd Guards Tank Division | 7th Tank Army, Belorussian Military District, Zaslonovo | Reduced to storage base, disbanded 1989 | 3rd Guards Tank Corps |
| 3rd Tank Division | 25th Army, Far Eastern Military District, Pokrovka | Became 46th Tank Division 1957. | Formed 14 April 1946 from 300th Rifle Division. Disbanded by redesignation 30 April 1957 as 46th Tank Division. |
| 4th Guards Kantemirovskaya Tank Division | Moscow Military District, Naro-Fominsk | Became brigade 2009–2013 | 4th Guards Tank Corps |
| 5th Guards Tank Division | Transbaikal Military District, Kyakhta | Now part of Siberian Military District; became motor rifle brigade 2009 | 5th Guards Cavalry Corps |
| 6th Guards Tank Division | 28th Army, Belorussian Military District, Grodno | Reorganised as mechanised brigade, became part of the Armed Forces of Belarus | 6th Guards Tank Corps |
| 7th Guards Tank Division | 3rd Shock Army, Group of Soviet Forces in Germany, Dessau–Rosslau | Reduced to storage base 1990, became part of Armed Forces of Ukraine | 7th Guards Tank Corps |
| 8th Guards Tank Division | 5th Guards Tank Army, Belorussian Military District, Maryina Horka | Reduced to storage base 1990, became part of Armed Forces of Belarus | 8th Guards Tank Corps |
| 9th Tank Division | 1st Guards Tank Army, Group of Soviet Forces in Germany, Riesa/Zeithain | Withdrawn to Smolensk, Disbanded in 1992 | 9th Tank Corps |
| 10th Guards Uralsko-Lvovskaya Tank Division | 3rd Red Banner Army, Group of Soviet Forces in Germany, Altengrabow | Withdrawn to Boguchar, Moscow MD; storage base 2009. | 10th Guards Tank Corps |
| 11th Guards Tank Division | 1st Guards Tank Army, Group of Soviet Forces in Germany, Dresden | Withdrawn to Slonim, Belarus, became an Armed Forces of Belarus mechanised brigade | 11th Guards Tank Corps |
| 12th Guards Tank Division | 3rd Shock Army, Group of Soviet Forces in Germany, Neuruppin | Disbanded at Vladikavkaz in 1991 | 12th Guards Tank Corps |
| 13th Guards Tank Division | Southern Group of Forces, Veszprém, Hungary | Disbanded in 1989 | 13th Guards Rifle Division |
| 14th Tank Division | North Caucasian MD, Novocherkassk | Became 100th Division of Operational Designation of MVD 1 October 1989; Brigade 2007 | Formed 1974 |
| 15th Guards Tank Division | Central Group of Forces, Milovice, Czechoslovakia | Disbanded at Chebarkul, Volga-Ural Military District. | 15th Guards Cavalry Division |
| 16th Guards Tank Division | 2nd Guards Tank Army, Group of Soviet Forces in Germany, Neustrelitz | Withdrawn to Chaykovsky, Volga-Ural MD, reduced to storage base | 9th Guard Tank Corps |
| 17th Guards Tank Division | 6th Guards Tank Army, Kiev Military District, Krivoy Rog | Became Ukrainian 17th Guards Tank Brigade | 20th Guards Rifle Division 1945 |
| 19th Guards Tank Division | Southern Group of Forces, Hungary, Esztergom | Withdrawn to Belarus, reduced to storage base | 2nd Guards Mechanised Corps |
| 20th Zvenigorodskaya Tank Division | Northern Group of Forces, Żagań, Poland | Disbanded in 1991 | 20th Tank Corps |
| 21st Guards Tank Division | 35th Army, Far Eastern Military District, Belogorsk | probably disbanded 2009; one regiment became brigade | 31st Guards Rifle Division |
| 22nd Guards Tank Division | 6th Guards Tank Army, Kiev Military District, Cherkaske, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast | Disbanded 1990 to make room for the 93rd Guards Motor Rifle Division | 7th Guards Airborne Division became 115th Guards Rifle Division 1945 |
| 23rd Tank Division | 8th Tank Army, Carpathian Military District, Ovruch | Reduced to storage base 1990, became part of Ukrainian armed forces | 23rd Tank Corps |
| 24th Training Tank Division | Baltic MD, Dobele | Withdrawn to Strugi Krasne, Leningrad MD, as Motor Rifle Brigade | Formed 1957 |
| 25th Tank Division | 20th Guards Army, Group of Soviet Forces in Germany, Vogelsang | Disbanded 1989 | 25th Tank Corps |
| 26th Guards Tank Training Division | Moscow Military District, Kovrov | 26 GTTD Dec 1979; 467th Guards District Training Centre 14 September 1987 | 53rd Guards 'Tartus' Red Banner Rifle Division |
| 27th Tank Division | Far Eastern Military District, Zavitinsk | Reduced to storage base | Formed 1969 |
| 28th Tank Division | 28th Army, Belarus Military District, Slonim | Reduced to equipment base 1990, became part of Belarus armed forces | 8th Mechanised Corps |
| 29th Tank Division | 5th Guards Tank Army, Belarus Military District, Slutsk | Reduced to storage base 1990 | 29th Tank Corps |
| 30th Guards Tank Division | 8th Tank Army, Carpathian Military District, Novograd-Volinsky | Now 30th Mechanized Brigade (Ukraine) | 13th Guards Cavalry Division |
| 31st Tank Division | 28th Army Corps, Central Group of Forces, Bruntál | Withdrawn to Moscow MD, amalgamated with another division | 31st Tank Corps |
| 32nd Guards Tank Division | 20th Guards Army, Group of Soviet Forces in Germany, Jüterbog | Disbanded 1989 | 116th Guards Rifle Division |
| 34th Tank Division | 7th Tank Army, Belorussian Military District, Borisov | Reduced to storage base, became part of Belarus armed forces | 10th Tank Corps |
| 37th Guards Tank Division | 7th Tank Army, Belorussian Military District, Polotsk | Reduced to storage base, became part of Armed Forces of Belarus | Became 39th Guards Tank Division on 20 May 1957. Originally 37th Guards Rifle Division. |
| 40th Guards Tank Division | 11th Guards Army, Baltic Military District, Sovetsk | Reduced in status to become the 10th Guards Tank Brigade on 19 November 1993; renamed the 196th Guards Weapons and Equipment Storage Base in June 1997. The storage base was disbanded itself in 2008. | - |
| 41st Guards Tank Division | 1st Guards Army, Kiev Military District, Cherkasy | Reduced to equipment storage base 1990, became part of Ukrainian armed forces | 41st Guards Rifle Division |
| 42nd Guards Tank Division | 6th Guards Tank Army, Kiev Military District, Hvardiiske | Reduced to equipment storage base 1990, disbanded 1991 | 42nd Guards Rifle Division |
| 44th Tank Training Division | Ural Military District, Kamyshin | Reorganised as district training centre | 279th Rifle Division |
| 45th Guards Tank Division | Postavy, Belorussian Military District | Disbanded November 1959 | Former 69th Guards Rifle Division, became 70th Guards Mechanised Division after the war, 45 GTD May 1957; disbanded 1959. |
| 45th Guards Tank Training Division | Belorussian Military District, Pechi | Reorganised as 72nd Guards Training Centre, became part of Belarus armed forces | 6th Guards Rifle Division |
| 47th Guards Tank Division | 1st Guards Tank Army, Group of Soviet Forces in Germany, Hillersleben | Withdrawn to Moscow Military District, amalgamated | 47th Guards Rifle Division |
| 48th Guards Tank Training Division | Desna, Kiev Military District | Became 169th District Training Centre, Ukrainian Ground Forces | 5th Guards Airborne Division |
| 49th Tank Training Division | Transbaikal Military District, Chita | Became 212th District Training Center | Formed 1967 as 243rd MRD ; 1969 became 49th Tank Training Division |
| 50th Tank Division | 8th Tank Army, Carpathian Military District, Zhitomir | Territorial Training Center 1987, Reduced to storage base 1989, disbanded 1990 | Mobilization unit activated 1969 |
| 51st Tank Division | 39th Army, Bogandur, Mongolia | Withdrawn and disbanded 1989 | Formed 1968 |
| 52nd Tank Division | 6th Guards Tank Army, Kiev Military District, Zhdanovka | Territorial training center 1987, Storage base 1989, disbanded 1991 | Mobilization unit formed 1969 |
| 56th Tank Division | Far Eastern Military District, Zavitinsk | Disbanded 1989 | Mobilization unit activated 1971 |
| 57th Tank Division | Far Eastern Military District, Blagoveshchensk | Disbanded 1989 | Mobilization unit activated 1971 |
| 58th Tank Division | Krivoy Rog, 6th Guards Tank Army | Territorial Training Center 1987, Storage Base 1989, disbanded 1990 | Mobilization unit |
| 60th Tank Division | Dzerzhinsk, 13th Guards Army Corps, Moscow Military District | Disbanded 1990 as storage base | Formed from 60th Rifle Division as 43rd Tank Div 1957, 60th Tank Div 1965. Become 5409 BKhVT 1989, disbanded 1990. |
| 61st Tank Division | Ural Military District, Sverdlovsk | Disbanded 1989 | Mobilization unit activated 1972. Another source says that General Vladimir Avanesov commanded this division from July 1985 – November 1986 in the Belorussian Military District. While in this post General Avanesov trained and dispatched officers to help clean up the Chernobyl nuclear accident. |
| 62nd Tank Division | Carpathian Military District, Berdichev | Disbanded 1989 | Mobilization unit activated 1972 |
| 63rd Tank Division | Ural Military District, Verkhnyaya Pyshma, | Disbanded 1989 | Mobilization unit activated 1972 |
| 64th Tank Division | Kiev Military District, Chuguyev | Storage Base 1989; disbanded 1991 | Mobilization unit activated 1972 |
| 65th Tank Division | Moscow Military District, Ryazan | Disbanded 1989 | Mobilization unit activated 1972 |
| 67th Tank Division | Siberian Military District, Novosibirsk | Disbanded 1993 | Mobilization unit activated 1972 |
| 68th Tank Division | Siberian Military District; Biysk | Disbanded 1993 | Mobilization unit activated 1972 |
| 69th Tank Division | Turkestan Military District, Ust-Kamenogorsk | Storage Base 1989; Disbanded 1992 | Mobilization unit activated 1972 |
| 70th Tank Division | Kiev Military District, Desna | ||
| 72nd Tank Division | Far Eastern Military District, Varfolomeyevka | Disbanded 1989 | Mobilization unit activated 1972 |
| 75th Guards Tank Division | Kiev Military District, Chuguyev | Storage base 1989; Disbanded 1990 | 75th Guards Rifle Division, became 75th Guards Tank Division 1965 |
| 76th Tank Division | Belorussian Military District, Brest, 28th Army | Reduced to storage base, 1990 | Created 31 October 1968 as a mobilisation division. 1 December 1987 became 514th Territorial Training Centre, 15 August 1990 became 5356th BKhVT, taken over by Belarus 1993. |
| 77th Tank Division | Lyalichi, Primorskiy Krai, 5th Army, Far Eastern Military District | Reduced to storage base, 1989 | Created as 119th Motor Rifle Division, 1976, converted to tank division 20 January 1982, became 1008th Territorial Training Centre on 1 December 1987, became 5510 BKhVT 1 October 1989, disbanded 1993. |
| 78th Tank Division | Ayaguz, Turkestan Military District | Became part of Kazakh armed forces | 78th Rifle Division |
| 79th Guards Tank Division | 8th Guards Army, Group of Soviet Forces in Germany, Jena | Disbanded 1992 | 79th Guards Rifle Division |
| 90th Guards Tank Division | 20th Guards Army, Group of Soviet Forces in Germany, Bernau | Withdrawn to Soviet Union; Storage Base 1997; disbanded 2005 | 6th Guards Mechanised Corps |
| 117th Guards Tank Training Division | Carpathian Military District, Berdychiv | Became 119th District Training Centre of the Ukrainian Ground Forces | 111th Guards Rifle Division |
| 193rd Tank Division | Belorussian Military District, Bobruisk-25 | Reduced to storage base | 193rd Rifle Division, 36th Tank Div 1957–1965. |
Mobilisation tank divisions included the 69th, and the 70th–74th Reserve Tank Divisions.
Anti-aircraft rocket and artillery divisions
Divisions disbanded 1945–89
- Disbanded 1958← 1957 7th MRD<-7th Mech Div <-1946/55← 7th Mech Corps
- 343 Rifle Division 1946–55, 136 MRD 1957, disbanded 1958
- Disbanded 1958←137 MRD 1957 ←345 RD 1946–55
- Disbanded 1959←138 MRD 1957 ←358 RD 1946–55
- Disbanded 1960←139 MRD 1957 ←349 RD 1946–55
- Disbanded 1959←140 MRD 1957 ←374 RD 1946–55
- 34 Ind Motor Rifle Battalion 1962<-71 MRD ←427 MRR 1958 ←376th Mountain Rifle Division ← 48 Ind Rifle Brigade <- 376th Rifle Division
- Disbanded 1960←143 Gds MRD 1957←72G Mech Div 1946 ←110 GRD
- Disbanded 1958 < 144 MRD 1957 < 97th Rifle Division 1946
Divisions of the Air Forces
List of aviation divisions that existed in the Soviet Air Forces at the beginning of 1989. It includes military formations of the Long-Range Aviation, Military Transport Aviation, Fighter-Bomber Aviation and Fighter Aviation.- Notes:
- The list contains Second World War air divisions, which are the predecessors of the listed formations.
- The list does not include the 17th Fighter Aviation Division, which, according to some sources, is subordinate to the 73rd Air Army Turkestan Military District, and in others – 12th Independent Air Defence Army.
| Division | Location, Status 1989 | Location, Status 2006 | |
| 1st Guards Bomber Aviation Stalingrad Order of Lenin, twice Red Banner, Orders of Suvorov and Kutuzov Division | 26th Air Army BVO Lida Grodno Oblast Belarus | During WWII — 226th Assault Aviation Division and 1st Guards Assault Aviation Division. Moved to Yeysk, NCMD, became part of the Russian Air Force | |
| 3rd Guards Military Transport Aviation Division | VTA Polotsk Vitebsk Oblast BSSR | With the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1992 the 339th Military Transport Aviation Regiment was transferred to the Belarus Air Force and reorganized into the 50th Mixed Air Base at Machulishchi Minsk Oblast. The rest of the division was relocated to Krechevitsy Novgorod Oblast, and in 1996 to Smolensk North Airport. | |
| 4th Fighter Aviation Division | 14th Air Army PrikVO Ivano-Frankivsk and Mukachevo Transcarpathian region Ukrainian SSR | Formed in 1951. Became part of Armed Forces of Ukraine. The 114th and 145th Fighter Aviation Regiments were merged into the 114th Tactical Aviation Brigade stationed in Ivano-Frankivsk. The 92nd Fighter Aviation Regiment was relocated to Vasylkiv Air Base near Kyiv and reorganized into 40th Tactical Aviation Brigade. | |
| 6th Guards Fighter Aviation Donetsk-Segedskaya Red Banner, Order of Suvorov Division | 16th Air Red Banner Army GSVG Merseburg GDR | In 1991 was redeployed to the 14th Air Army (Soviet Union) in the Carpathian Military District. With the collapse of the USSR went to Ukrainian Armed Forces. Disbanded. | |
| 6th Guards Military Transport Aviation Zaporozhye Red Banner, Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky Division | Military Transport Aviation Kryvyi Rih, Artsyz, Zaporozhye airfields, Ukraine | After Operation Barbarossa — 6th Guards Assault Aviation Division. Taken over by Ukraine January 1992. | |
| 7th Military Transport Aviation Division | Military Transport Aviation Melitopol, Dzhankoy Ukrainian SSR | Post-war formation 1965. With the Collapse of the USSR in 1992, it became part of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The division was disbanded, and its 25th Guards Transport Aviation Regiment reorganized into the 25th Guards Transport Aviation Moscow Brigade in Melitopol. 175th and 369th Military Transport Aviation Regiments disbanded 1994. | |
| 8th Special Purpose Aviation Division | Military Transport Aviation Chkalovsky Moscow Oblast and Omsk RSFSR | During the years of WWII – 2nd Special Purpose Aviation Division. Intended to transport members of the government and leadership of the USSR Armed Forces. Location has not changed. | |
| 9th Fighter Aviation Division | Moscow Military District Kubinka Moscow Oblast and Migalovo Kalinin Oblast, RSFSR | Formed 1951. In 1989 the 234th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment was renamed 234th Guards Mixed Aviation Regiment. In 1992 the 234th Guards Regiment was renamed into the 237th Guards Proskurov Red Banner Order of Kutuzov and Alexander Nevsky Aviation Equipment Display Center. From this moment on, the 9th IAD was disbanded. | |
| 10th Fighter Aviation Division | 73rd Air Army TurkVO Ucharal Taldy-Kurgan Oblast Kazakh SSR | Formed 1970. In 1989, it was reorganized into the Training Aviation Centre on the basis of the 27th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment. At the same time, the 134th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment was transferred to the 24th Mixed Aviation Division. Became part of the Armed Forces of Kazakhstan. In 1992 the centre was disbanded. | |
| 11th Guards Fighter Aviation Division | 36th Air Army Sarmellek/Tököl, Hungary | Disbanded in 1990. Units of the division were withdrawn to different military districts in the USSR. | |
| 12th Military Transport Aviation Division | VTA Tver, Ivanovo RSFSR | During World War II – 12th Long Range Aviation Division and 12th Bomber Division. Location not changed. | |
| 13th Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Division | 46th Air Army Poltava Poltava Oblast Ukraine | 13th Guards Bomber Aviation Division during the Second World War. Became part of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The division was disbanded. | |
| 15th Guards Gomel Heavy Bomber Aviation Division | 46th Air Army of Long-Range Aviation Ozernoye Zhitomir Oblast Ukraine | After Operation Barbarossa – 15th Guards Bomber Aviation Division. Became part of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The division was disbanded. | |
| 16th Guards Fighter Aviation Division | 16th Air Red Banner Army GSVG Ribnitz-Damgarten GDR | During the years of WWII – 1st Guards Mixed Aviation Division and 16th Guards Fighter Aviation Division. In 1991 withdrawn to Russia airfield Grodno Oblast Belarus. Disbanded in 1992. | |
| 18th Guards Military Transport Aviation Taganrog Red Banner, Order of Suvorov and Kutuzov Division | VTA Panevėžys, Šiauliai Lithuanian SSR Tartu ESSR | During the Second World War – 270th Bomber Aviation Division and 6th Guards Bomber Aviation Division. With the Collapse of the USSR in 1992, the division's regiments were redeployed to Orenburg, Tver and Shadrinsk RF. | |
| 21st Bomber Aviation Division | 23rd Air Army ZabVO Dzhida Buryat ASSR, Bada, Borzya Chita Oblast RSFSR | Formed 1970. Disbanded in 1993. | |
| 22nd Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Division | 46th Air Army of Long-Range Aviation Bobruisk Mogilev Oblast Belarus | With the Collapse of the USSR redeployed to Engels air base Saratov Oblast. In 2009 the division was reorganized into the 6950th Guards Aviation Base. | |
| 24th Guards Mixed Aviation Dnepropetrovsk Red Banner, Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky Division | 73rd Air Army TurkVO Taldy-Kurgan Taldy-Kurgan Oblast and Nikolaevka Almaty Oblast Kazakh SSR | Formed 1970 during the re-creation of the Central Asian Military District. Honorary regalia and guards rank received in 1990 from the disbanded 11th Guards Fighter Aviation Division withdrawn from the territory of Hungary. After that, its name became 11th guards Mixed Aviation Dnepropetrovsk Red Banner, Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky division. It became part of the Armed Forces of Kazakhstan and was disbanded into two aviation bases with the same location. | |
| 28th Fighter Aviation Division | 1st Air Army Far Eastern Military District Kalinka Khabarovsk Krai RSFSR | Post-war formation 1980. Created on 1 May 1980 with the inclusion of the 41st, 60th, 301st and 302nd Fighter Aviation Regiments. The division was disbanded in 1998. | |
| 29th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Division | 23rd Air Army ZabVO Choibalsan Mongolia | Formed in 1968. In 1993 it was withdrawn and disbanded. | |
| 30th fighter-bomber aviation division | 23rd Air Army ZabVO Tin, Steppe, Chita Oblast RSFSR | Post-war formation 1968. Disbanded in 1990. | |
| 31st Heavy Bomber Aviation Division | 30th Air Army Long-Range Aviation USSR Air Force Belaya Irkutsk Oblast RSFSR | Post-war formation 1955. In 1994 the 200th Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Brest Regiment was redeployed from the 22nd Guards TBAD from Republic of Belarus to Belaya airfield. At the same time, both regiments, Odesa Oblast | After the German Operation Barbarossa – 265th Fighter Aviation Division. With the collapse of the USSR disbanded and regiments became part of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and Armed Forces of Moldova. In the mid-2000s, the Ukrainian remnant of the division ceased to exist. The Moldovan remnant is a mixed air base in Mărculești. |
| 125th Guards Fighter Aviation Division | 16th Air Army GSFG Rechlin-Lärz Airfield | In 1991 withdrawn to Millerovo Rostov Oblast, Russian Federation. The division was disbanded. | |
| 126th Fighter Aviation Red Banner Division | 16th Air Army GSFG Zerbst | Post-war formation 1959. In 1992 withdrawn to Shaykovka Kaluga Oblast Russian Federation. Disbanded in 1998. | |
| 131st Mixed Aviation Novgorod Red Banner Division | Air Forces of the Central Group of Forces Milovice Czechoslovakia | During the Second World War – 269th IAD. In 1989, the division was withdrawn to the USSR and disbanded. 114th IAP and 131st IAP were redeployed to Ivano-Frankovsk and together with the 145th IAP 4th Fighter Aviation Division withdrew to Ukrainian Armed Forces. Both regiments were reorganized into one 114th Tactical Aviation Brigade with a deployment in Ivano-Frankivsk. | |
| 132nd Bomber Aviation Sevastopol Red Banner Division | 4th Air Army Northern Group of Forces Chernyakhovsk Kaliningrad Oblast RSFSR, Tukums Latvian SSR | 132nd Bomber Aviation Division during the Second World War. The division, being on the territory of the USSR, was subordinate to the command of the Northern Group of Forces until 12 October 1989. Afterwards it was transferred to the Baltic Fleet Air Forces. With Collapse of the USSR in April 1993 the 688th Bomber Aviation Regiment from the airfield Tukums was withdrawn to Chernyakhovsk. The division was disbanded. | |
| 138th Fighter Aviation Pavlograd-Vienna Red Banner, Order of Suvorov Division | 24th Air Army RGK Mirgorod Poltava Oblast Ukrainian SSR | During the Second World Wart – 288th Fighter Aviation Division. Withdrawn to the Armed Forces of Ukraine and reorganized into the 831st Tactical Aviation Brigade with the same deployment. | |
| 149th Bomber Aviation Division | 4th Air Army Northern Group of Forces, Shprotava, Krzyva and Zagan, Poland | During the Second World War – 149th Fighter Aviation Division Air Defense. With the Collapse of the USSR withdrawn in 1992 to Russia and disbanded. | |
| 201st Heavy Bomber Aviation Division | 30th Air Army Long-Range Aviation Air Force Engels Saratov region and Mozdok North Ossetian ASSR RSFSR, Priluki Chernigov region Ukrainian SSR | Post-war formation 1954. With Collapse of the USSR went to Russian Air Force except for the 184th Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment which remained in Priluki. | |
| 239th Fighter Aviation Baranovichi Red Banner Division | 4th Air Army SGV Kluczewo Airfield, Chojna and Kołobrzeg Poland | During World War II – the 239th Fighter Aviation Division. With the Collapse of the USSR withdrawn in 1992 to Russia and disbanded. | |
| 283rd Fighter Aviation Kamyshin Red Banner, Order of Suvorov Division | 34th Air Army ZakVO Tskhakaya, Vaziani and Meria GSSR | During the years of WWII – 283rd IAD. During the Collapse of the USSR withdrawn to Russia and disbanded | |
| 289th Bomber Aviation Nikopol Red Banner Division | 14th Air Army PrikVO Lutsk Volyn region Ukrainian SSR | During the Second World War – 289th Assault Aviation Division. Withdrew to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Division disbanded | |
| 303rd Fighter-Bomber Aviation Smolensk Red Banner Division | 1st Air Army Far Eastern Military District Ussuriysk Primorsky Krai RSFSR | During the years of WWII – 303rd Fighter Aviation Division. Disbanded in the early 90s | |
| 326th Heavy Bomber Aviation Tarnopol Order of Kutuzov Division | - |
Divisions of the Internal Troops
Sources:| Division | Location, 1989 | Location, 2006 |
| Independent Motor Rifle Division of the orders of Lenin and the October Revolution, Red Banner Special Purpose Division named after F. E. Dzerzhinsky of the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs | Moscow, Reutov, Balashikha, Noginsk Moscow Oblast RSFSR | Transformed into ODON Location unchanged |
| 12th Convoy Division | Tula RSFSR | Location has not changed |
| 28th Special Units Division | Division with headquarters in Chelyabinske – deployed on the territory of 4 union republics: KazSSR ; UzSSR ; TaSSR and RSFSR Office of special units of the GUVV. The youngest unit of the Internal Troops of the Soviet Union, formed in 1990 | Disintegration of the USSR out of 17 brigades, regiments and battalions: 10 withdrew to RF, 2 withdrew to Uzbekistan, 1 withdrew to Tajikistan, 4 withdrew to Kazakhstan. |
| 42nd Convoy Division | Vilnius Lithuanian SSR | Disbanded |
| 43rd Convoy Division | Minsk Belarusian SSR | With the collapse of the USSR, of 15 regimentss and battalions: 13 went to Belarus, 2 went to Russia |
| 54th Convoy Division | Rostov-on-Don RSFSR | Reorganized in 1992 into the 54th Division VV MVD RF. |
| 67th Convoy Division | Arkhangelsk RSFSR | Established 1968. Disbanded |
| 78th Convoy Division | Tyumen RSFSR | Disbanded |
| 79th Convoy Division | Kirov Kirov region RSFSR | changed. Reorganized into a division of the Russian VV. |
| 80th Convoy Division | Kuibyshev Kuibyshev region RSFSR | Reorganized in 1999 into the 35th Independent Brigade of VV |
| 83rd Convoy Division | Syktyvkar Komi ASSR RSFSR | Reorganized in 1995 into the 105th Independent Brigade VV |
| 84th Convoy Division | Perm Perm Oblast RSFSR | Reorganized into the 104th Independent brigade of VV |
| 86th Convoy Division | Karaganda Kazakh SSR | With the Disintegration of the USSR 18 regiments and battalions: 2 withdrew to Kyrgyzstan, the rest of the units withdrew to Kazakhstan |
| 88th Convoy Division | Tashkent Uzbek SSR | With Disintegration of the USSR of 14 regiments and battalions: 8 withdrew to Uzbekistan, 1 withdrew to Kyrgyzstan, 2 Turkmenistan, 2 Tajikistan 1 regiment withdrew from Kazakhstan |
| 90th Convoy Division | Kemerovo RSFSR | Reorganized into the 41st Independent Brigade of VV |
| 91st Convoy Division | Irkutsk RSFSR | Reorganized in 1998 into the 42nd Separate Brigade of VV |
| 92nd Convoy Division | Khabarovsk RSFSR | Disbanded in 2003 |
| 93rd Division of the Order of the Red Star Special Forces Command | Ozersk Chelyabinsk Region RSFSR | Location has not changed. |
| 94th Order of the Red Star Division of the Special Forces | - | - |
| 95th Division of the Directorate of Special Forces | Moscow RSFSR | Location has not changed |
| 96th Division of the Directorate of Special Forces | Novouralsk Sverdlovsk Region RSFSR | Dislocation has not changed |
| 97th Division of the Directorate of Special Forces | Novosibirsk RSFSR | Dislocation has not changed |
| 98th division of the command of special units | Seversk Tomsk Region RSFSR | Dislocation has not changed |
| 100th Operational Division | Novocherkassk RSFSR. Created on the basis of the 14th Tank Division SKVO 1 October 1989. | In 2006, it was reorganized into the 50th Separate Operational Brigade. |
| 101st escort division | Chelyabinsk RSFSR | Reorganized in 1999 into the 36th separate brigade of VV |
| 102nd Convoy Division | Krasnoyarsk RSFSR | Disbanded in 1996 |
| 103rd Division of the Directorate of Special Forces | Khabarovsk RSFSR | Protection unit Transbaikal Railway and Far Eastern Railways. Disbanded in 1996 |
| 104th Division of the Directorate of Special Forces | Tynda Amur Region RSFSR | Protection unit Baikal-Amur Mainline. Reorganized in 1998 into the 43rd separate brigade of VV |
| 152nd Convoy Division | Sverdlovsk RSFSR | Disbanded |