The 60th Taiman Order of the October Revolution Red Banner Rocket Division named after the 60th anniversary of the USSR (Russian: 60-я ракетная Таманская ордена Октябрьской Революции Краснознамённая дивизия имени 60-летия СССР) (Military Unit Number 89553) is a military formation of the Russian Strategic Rocket Forces formed in 1961.
The unit operates a combination of UR-100NU and RT-2PM2 Topol-M intercontinental ballistic missiles depending on the regiment. They began to be replaced with RS-24 Yars missiles in 2025. It is garrisoned in the closed city of Svetly, Saratov Oblast.
History The 60th Rocket Division was formed in 1961 in Birobidzhan, Jewish Autonomous Oblast. In 1964 it was moved to Saratov Oblast.
Commanders +Commanders of the 60th Rocket DivisionNo.NameFromTo1Major General Leonid S. SeverovJuly 1961December 19632Major General Viktor L. KovalenkoDecember 1963December 19743Major General Nikolai Ya. LopatinDecember 1974September 19814Major General Aleksei A. KasyanovSeptember 1981July 19865Major General Yuri M. MakarovskyJuly 1986January 19896Major General Stanislav N. ChilikinJanuary 1989May 19917Major General Vladimir N. YakovlevMay 1991May 19938Major General Yuri E. KononovMay 1993April 19979Major General Yuri N. KavelinApril 1997January 18 200110Major General Vladimir A. KirillovJanuary 18 2001200911Colonel Aleksander V. Deryavko2009April 201112Colonel Andrei G. LoginovApril 2011201213Major General Leonid A. Mikholap2012December 201414Colonel Mikhail V. BaitovDecember 2014present
Structure Structure as of 2007:
31st Rocket Regiment 86th Rocket Regiment 104th Rocket Regiment 122nd Rocket Regiment 165th Rocket Regiment 203rd Rocket Regiment 271st Rocket Regiment 626th Rocket Regiment 649th Rocket Regiment 687th Rocket Regiment
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