The 39th Guards Rocket Glukhovskaya, Order of Lenin, Red Banner, Orders of Suvorov, Kutuzov and Bogdan Khmelnitsky Division (Russian: 39-я гвардейская ракетная Глуховская ордена Ленина, Краснознамённая, орденов Суворова, Кутузова и Богдана Хмельницкого дивизия) is a military formation of the Russian Federation. It is part of the 33rd Guards Rocket Army.
As part of the Strategic Rocket Forces, the unit currently operates RT-2PM Topol ballistic missiles. It is garrisoned in Pashino, Novosibirsk Oblast.
History The division was formed as the successor to the 1st Guards Artillery Division in 1960, first as the 212th Rocket Brigade but later in 1961 reorganized as the 39th Guards Rocket Division.
Since its formation the unit has operated multiple generations of missiles:
R-16 - 1963-1979 RSD-10 Pioneer - 1977-1989 RT-2PM Topol - 1989-present
Commanders +Commanders of the 39th Guards Rocket DivisionNo.NameFromTo1Major General Makar. Ye. ArtyukhJuly 1960April 19672Major General Anatoly A. AleshkinApril 1967March 19693Major General Nikolai N. OvchinnikovMarch 1969November 19754Major General Leonid S. PridatkoNovember 1975May 19835Major General Semen G. KuldykovMay 1983July 19876Major General Vladimir P. ChertkovJuly 1987July 19917Major General Nikolai P. OkhrimenkoJuly 1991November 19938Major General Karim Sh. KamalovNovember 1993October 19979Major General Valery M. MazurovOctober 1997June 200010Lieutenant General Gennady N. PrivalovJune 2000June 200211Major General Ivan F. RevaJune 2002August 200412Major General Nikolai A. PustovalovAugust 2004May 200713Colonel Nikolai K. BratukhinMay 20072010?14Colonel Aleksander V. Stenkin2010?Present
Structure Structure as of 1995:
357th Rocket Regiment 382nd Rocket Regiment 428th Rocket Regiment 773rd Rocket Regiment 826th Rocket Regiment
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