List of Soviet Army divisions 1989–91

This article is an (incomplete) listing of Soviet Ground Forces divisions in 1990, and corresponding information about their later status in 2006. The primary source is Table 2.5, pages 104-106, V.I. Feskov, K.A. Kalashnikov, V.I. Golikov, The Soviet Army in the Years of the Cold War 1945–91, Tomsk University Publishing House, Tomsk, 2004. However, it is not totally accurate, as some other information from it has been shown to be incorrect. Alternate information and corrections are welcome. Some divisions are referred to as 'Spare'. Spare is the literal translation of the Russian zapas (reserve). It is not a status of the unit, but rather its personnel. The Soviet Union never had reserve units as such. The personnel just went on the reserve rolls, and for officers and NCOs this means they add 'v zapase' to their rank (e.g. kapitan v zapase). The unit itself changes readiness status from A, to either B (Б), V (В) or G (Г). This means a higher degree of equipment conservation, lower training and operational performance, etc.

Motor Rifle Divisions

 * 47th Motor Rifle Division first formed at Konotop
 * 48th Motor Rifle Division first formed at Vysoke Myto CGF
 * 49th Motor Rifle Division first formed at Saatly
 * 50th Guards Motor Rifle Division first formed at Brest
 * 51st Guards Motor Rifle Division first formed at Vladimir-Volynskiy
 * 52nd Motor Rifle Division first formed at Nizhneudinsk
 * 53rd Motor Rifle Division first formed at Piryatin
 * 54th Motor Rifle Division first formed at Alakurtti
 * 57th Guards Motor Rifle Division first formed at Naumburg GSFG
 * 58th Motor Rifle Division first formed at Kyzyl-Arvat
 * 59th Guards Motor Rifle Division first formed at Tiraspol
 * 60th Motor Rifle Division first formed at Lenkoran
 * 62nd Motor Rifle Division first formed at Itatka
 * 64th Guards Motor Rifle Division first formed at Sapernoye
 * 65th Motor Rifle Division first formed at Perm
 * 67th Motor Rifle Division first formed at Skovorodino
 * 68th Motor Rifle Division first formed at Sary-Ozek
 * 69th Motor Rifle Division first formed at Vologda
 * 70th Guards Motor Rifle Division first formed at Ivano-Frankovsk
 * 71st Motor Rifle Division first formed at Petrozavodsk
 * 72nd Guards Motor Rifle Division first formed at Belaya Tserkov
 * 73rd Motor Rifle Division first formed at Novoye
 * 75th Motor Rifle Division first formed at Nakhichevan
 * 77th Guards Motor Rifle Division first formed at Arkhangelsk
 * 79th Motor Rifle Division first formed at Poronaysk
 * 81st Guards Motor Rifle Division first formed at Bikin
 * 82nd Motor Rifle Division first formed at Volgograd
 * 83rd Guards Motor Rifle Division first formed at Rovno
 * 85th Motor Rifle Division first formed at Novosibirsk
 * 86th Guards Motor Rifle Division first formed at Beltsy
 * 87th Motor Rifle Division first formed at Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky
 * 88th Motor Rifle Division first formed at Kushka
 * 91st Motor Rifle Division first formed at Padun (Bratsk)
 * 93rd Guards Motor Rifle Division It first formed at Kecskemét SGF
 * 94th Guards Motor Rifle Division first formed at Schwerin GSFG
 * 96th Motor Rifle Division first formed at Kazan
 * 97th Guards Motor Rifle Division first formed at Slavuta
 * 99th Motor Rifle Division first formed at Anadyr
 * 107th Motor Rifle Division first formed at Vilnius
 * 108th Motor Rifle Division first formed at Bagram (Afghanistan)
 * 111th Motor Rifle Division first formed at Sortavala
 * 114th Motor Rifle Division first formed at Samarkand
 * 118th Motor Rifle Division first formed at Birobidzhan
 * 120th Guards Motor Rifle Division first formed at Uruche
 * 122nd Guards Motor Rifle Division first formed at Dauriya
 * 123rd Guards Motor Rifle Division first formed at Barabash
 * 126th Motor Rifle Division first formed at Simferopol
 * 127th Motor Rifle Division first formed at Leninakan
 * 128th Guards Motor Rifle Division first formed at Mukachevo
 * 131st Motor Rifle Division first formed at Pechenga
 * 132nd Motor Rifle Division first formed at Chiornaya Rechka
 * 134th Motor Rifle Division first formed at Dushanbe
 * 135th Motor Rifle Division first formed at Lesozavodsk
 * 144th Guards Motor Rifle Division first formed at Tallinn
 * 145th Motor Rifle Division first formed at Batumi
 * 146th Motor Rifle Division first formed at Yarmolintsy
 * 147th Motor Rifle Division first formed at Akhalkalaki
 * 149th Motor Rifle Division first formed at Erdenet
 * 152nd Motor Rifle Division first formed at Kutaisi
 * 156th Motor Rifle Division first formed at Novorossisk
 * 157th Motor Rifle Division first formed at Feodosiya
 * 161st Motor Rifle Division first formed at Izyaslav
 * 163rd Motor Rifle Division first formed at Sarapul
 * 164th Motor Rifle Division first formed at Yerevan
 * 166th Motor Rifle Division first formed at Belebey
 * 167th Motor Rifle Division first formed at Biysk
 * 180th Motor Rifle Division first formed at Belgorod-Dnestrovskyi
 * 192nd Motor Rifle Division first formed at Blagoveshchensk
 * 194th Motor Rifle Division first formed at Khabarovsk
 * 196th Motor Rifle Division first formed at Kursk
 * 198th Motor Rifle Division first formed at Petrovsk-Zabaikalsky
 * 199th Motor Rifle Division first formed at Krasny Kut
 * 203rd Motor Rifle Division first formed at Karaganda
 * 207th Motor Rifle Division first formed at Stendal GSFG
 * 213th Motor Rifle Division first formed at Totsk
 * 218th Motor Rifle Division first formed at Kyzyl
 * 219th Motor Rifle Division first formed at Zavitinsk
 * 225th Motor Rifle Division first formed at Mulino
 * 242nd Motor Rifle Division first formed at Abakan
 * 245th Motor Rifle Division first formed at Gusinoozersk
 * 254th Motor Rifle Division first formed at Székesfehérvár SGF
 * 258th Motor Rifle Division first formed at Fevralsk
 * 262nd Motor Rifle Division first formed at Vozzhaevka
 * 265th Motor Rifle Division first formed at Ekaterinovka
 * 266th Motor Rifle Division first formed at Raychikhinsk
 * 268th Motor Rifle Division first formed at Prokhladny
 * 270th Motor Rifle Division first formed at Komsomolsk-na-Amure
 * 272nd Motor Rifle Division first formed at Babstovo
 * 277th Motor Rifle Division first formed at Sergeevka
 * 295th Motor Rifle Division first formed at Baku-1
 * 297th Motor Rifle Division first formed at Krasnoyarsk
 * 95th Reserve Motor Rifle division
 * 227th Reserve Motor Rifle division
 * 249th Reserve Motor Rifle division
 * 250th Reserve Motor Rifle division
 * 251st Reserve Motor Rifle division
 * 252nd Reserve Motor Rifle division
 * 253rd Reserve Motor Rifle division
 * 255th Reserve Motor Rifle division
 * 256th Reserve Motor Rifle division
 * 257th Reserve Motor Rifle division
 * 259th Reserve Motor Rifle division
 * 260th Reserve Motor Rifle division
 * 261st Reserve Motor Rifle division
 * 263rd Reserve Motor Rifle division
 * 264th Reserve Motor Rifle division
 * 267th Reserve Motor Rifle division
 * 269th Reserve Motor Rifle division
 * 271st Reserve Motor Rifle division
 * 273rd Reserve Motor Rifle division
 * 274th Reserve Motor Rifle division
 * 275th Reserve Motor Rifle division
 * 276th Reserve Motor Rifle division
 * 278th Reserve Motor Rifle division
 * 279th Reserve Motor Rifle division

Artillery Divisions

 * 3rd Guards Artillery Division, Pushkin, Leningrad Military District (Feskov, 58)
 * 4th Guards Training Artillery Division/468th District Training Centre, Mulino, Moscow Military District
 * 12th Artillery Division, Шелехов/Shelekhov, Transbaikal Military District
 * 15th Guards Artillery Division, Красная Речка (Khabarovsk), Far East Military District
 * 26th Artillery Division, Ternopol, Carpathian Military District (66th Artillery Corps)
 * 34th Artillery Division, Potsdam, Group of Soviet Forces in Germany (formed 25 June 1945 to July 9, 1945 in Germany)
 * 51st Guards Artillery Division, Osipovichi, Belarussian Military District (Feskov et al. 2004, 53.)
 * 55th Artillery Division, Zaporozhia, Odessa Military District (Feskov, 57)
 * 81st Artillery Division, Виноградов/Vinogradov, Carpathian Military District (66th Artillery Corps)
 * 110th Guards Artillery District, Buinaksk, North Caucasus Military District
 * 149th Artillery Division, Kaliningrad, Baltic Military District (Feskov, 59)

Divisions of the Airborne Forces

 * 7th Guards Cherkassy Airborne Division (Kaunas, Lithuanian SSR)
 * 76th Guards Chernigov Airborne Division (Pskov, RSFSR)
 * 98th Guards Svir Airborne Division (Bolgrad & Kishinev, Moldovan SSR)
 * 103rd Guards Airborne Division (Vitebsk, Belorussian SSR)
 * 104th Guards Airborne Division (Kirovabad, Azerbaijan SSR)
 * 106th Guards Tula Airborne Division (Tula, RSFSR)
 * 242nd District Training Centre of the Airborne Forces (Gaižiūnai/Jonava, Lithuanian SSR) created from the 44th Training Airborne Division, 1987.

Divisions Disbanded 1945–89

 * Disbanded 1958(?)← 1957 7th MRD<-7th Mech Div <-1946/55← 7th Mech Corps
 * 343 (55) Rifle Division 1946–55, 136 MRD 1957, Disbanded 1958
 * Disbanded 1958←137 MRD 1957 ←345 (57) RD 1946–55
 * Disbanded 1959←138 MRD 1957 ←358 (59) RD 1946–55
 * Disbanded 1960←139 MRD 1957 ←349 (60) RD 1946–55
 * Disbanded 1959←140 MRD 1957 ←374 (70) RD 1946–55
 * Disbanded 1958←142 Mtn RD 1957 ←376 (72) RD 1955
 * Disbanded 1960←143 Gds MRD 1957←72G Mech Div 1946(1955) ←110 GRD
 * Disbanded 1958<144 MRD 1957<97 RD 1946 (1955)

Sources and references

 * V.I. Feskov, K.A. Kalashnikov, V.I. Golikov, The Soviet Army in the Years of the Cold War 1945–91, Tomsk University Publishing House, Tomsk, 2004
 * Note: this source is not totally accurate, as some other information from it has been shown to be incorrect. Alternate information is welcome!