Military pensioners stand for Russia and its armed forces. Southern Military District 8th Army of the Russian Armed Forces

Separate units of army subordination

• 33rd Rifle Corps:
  • Polyakov, Mikhail Pavlovich, private, gunner of an anti-tank rifle crew of the 453rd Infantry Regiment of the 78th Zaporozhye Infantry Division. Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of March 19, 1944. The title was awarded posthumously.
• 5th separate guards tank Zaporozhye breakthrough regiment :
  • Gretsky, Pyotr Petrovich, guard lieutenant colonel, regiment commander. Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of March 19, 1944.
• 34th separate guards heavy tank Red Banner Order of Alexander Nevsky breakthrough regiment:
  • Korneev, Vasily Klimovich, guard captain, commander of a tank company. Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of March 24, 1945;
  • Kuklev, Roman Pavlovich, guard foreman, senior tank driver. Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of March 24, 1945;
  • Shashkov, German Petrovich, guard sergeant, machine gunner. Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of March 24, 1945.
• 41 separate Prague backpack flamethrower battalion :
  • Popov Nikolai Ivanovich, private, flamethrower. Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of April 6, 1945;
  • Khitrov, Nikolai Dmitrievich, sergeant, assistant platoon commander of the 2nd company. Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of April 6, 1945.
• 65th separate tank Brest Red Banner Orders of Suvorov and Kutuzov Regiment :
  • Nortenko, Vasily Ivanovich, lieutenant, platoon commander of T-34 tanks. Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of March 24, 1945.
• 141st Army Mortar Zaporozhye Red Banner Order of Suvorov and Bogdan Khmelnitsky Regiment:
  • Senyushchenkov, Viktor Tikhonovich, private, mortar gunner of the 2nd division. Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of February 22, 1944.
• 266th Guards Army Fighter-Anti-Tank Artillery Nizhnedneprovsky Red Banner Regiment of the Orders of Suvorov and Bogdan Khmelnitsky Regiment:
  • Skvortsov, Kirill Fedotovich, guard lieutenant colonel, regiment commander. Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of March 24, 1945.
• 270 engineer-sapper Nikopol battalion:
  • Zavyalov, Sergei Alekseevich, sergeant major, squad leader. Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of March 24, 1945;
  • Kozlov, Fedor Andreevich, major, battalion commander. Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of March 24, 1945;
  • Popov, Ivan Stepanovich, senior sergeant, squad commander. Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of March 24, 1945;
  • Soldatov, Konstantin Spiridonovich, lieutenant, company commander. Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of March 24, 1945.

Covered the machine gun embrasure with his body.

Eternally included in the lists of unit personnel.

• Bukhtuev, Mikhail Artemyevich, guard sergeant, mechanic - driver of the T-34 tank of the 2nd tank battalion of the 15th Guards Tank Brigade, enlisted in the lists of the 585th Guards Motorized Rifle Regiment.
• Klimashkin, Alexey Fedotovich, guard private, commander of the heavy machine gun crew of the 174th Guards Rifle Regiment of the 57th Guards Rifle Division, enlisted in the lists of the 174th Guards Motorized Rifle Regiment of the 57th Guards Motorized Rifle Division.
• Turunov, Gennady Sergeevich, guard senior sergeant, crew commander of the machine gun company of the 1st rifle battalion of the 172nd Guards Rifle Regiment of the 57th Guards Rifle Division, enlisted in the lists of the 172nd Guards Motorized Rifle Regiment of the 39th Guards Motorized Rifle Division.
• Khimenko, Andrey Maksimovich, guard private, rifleman of the 117th Guards Rifle Regiment of the 39th Guards Rifle Division enlisted

", citing a high-ranking source in the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, as part of a closed decree, the country's president appointed command officers. Candidates were selected over several months, and organizational arrangements are expected to be fully completed by the end of 2017.

Previously, Major General Sergei Kuzovlev was placed at the head of this formation. A participant in two Chechen campaigns, in 2005–2008 he commanded the 18th separate guards motorized rifle brigade, in 2014–2015 he was chief of staff of the 58th army of the Southern Military District (Vladikavkaz), in 2015–2016 he headed the 20th guards combined arms army of the Western Military District (Voronezh), until January 2017 - led the 58th Army.

Major General Sergei Kuzovlev - Commander-8

Major General Oleg Tsekov was appointed chief of staff and first deputy. A graduate of the Chelyabinsk Higher Tank Command School, he served in the Turkestan, Transcaucasian, Transbaikal, Siberian and North Caucasian military districts, as well as in Mongolia. In 2007–2009, he commanded the 74th separate motorized rifle brigade (Yurga), after graduating from the military academy of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces in 2011, he was the commander of the 200th separate motorized rifle brigade (Pecheneg).

Major General Oleg Tsekov - Chief of Staff of the 8th Army

Major General Gennady Anashkin and Colonel Harutyun Darbinyan became deputy chiefs of staff.

The first participated in two Chechen campaigns, in 1999–2000 he commanded a parachute battalion as part of the peacekeeping forces in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and in August 2008, as commander of the 104th Guards Air Assault Regiment (76th Guards Air Assault Regiment division, Pskov), one of the first to take part in the “five-day war” with Georgia. For the battle with Georgian troops in the area of ​​the village of Khetagurovo, the destruction of a military warehouse near the village of Variani and the capture of a commanding height with a television tower, Gennady Anashkin was nominated for the title of Hero of Russia.

A. Darbinyan commanded the 76th division and 83rd brigade, and most recently headed the headquarters of the 68th Army Corps (Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk). Allegedly participated in the military campaign in Syria, where he assisted government forces in planning operations.

Major General Konstantin Kastornov became the second deputy army commander. In 2008, he commanded the 3rd Vistula Motorized Rifle Division (Novy, Nizhny Novgorod), then the 70th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade (Ussuriysk), and then was deputy commander of the 5th Combined Arms Army and acting commander of the 35th Combined Arms Army ( Belogorsk).

Major General Igor Krasin was appointed third deputy. Participated in hostilities in Chechnya. He served as chief of staff in the 20th Guards Combined Arms Army, where Kuzovlev was commander. Subsequently, he served as deputy commander of the 41st Combined Arms Army (Novosibirsk).

Major General Andrei Sychevoy, who previously commanded the 2nd Guards Motorized Rifle Taman Division, was confirmed as the fourth deputy. Colonel Vitaly Shelepeev took the post of deputy commander and chief of logistics of the 8th Army, Major General Alexander Khudyakov - deputy commander and chief of armaments.

According to the publication, the selection of these individuals was carried out with special care, with preference given to the presence of combat experience in the candidates being considered. This is due to the fact that the 8th Army, together with its 150th separate motorized rifle division (Novocherkassk), should become the basis for covering the entire southern part of the southwestern strategic direction. That is, along with the 49th and 58th combined arms armies (controls in Stavropol and Vladikavkaz, respectively), the new formation is designed to ensure security on the border with Ukraine.

Previously, Ukrainian special services pointed to the participation of Army Commander Kuzovlev, Chief of Staff Tsekov and Deputy Commander Khudyakov in the conflict in Donbass.

“, according to the decision of the leadership of the Russian Armed Forces, the formation of the 8th combined arms army began in the Southern Military District.

The army headquarters is supposed to be located in Novocherkassk. Units and divisions will be deployed in the Rostov and Volgograd regions. Apparently, the new formation will include the newly formed 150th Motorized Rifle Division from Novocherkassk and the 20th Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade from Volgograd. Additionally, a control brigade will be created to provide army command with communications with lower levels.

The task of creating self-sufficient combined arms interservice formations in all strategic directions was set not so long ago personally by Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu. In simple terms, combined arms armies are now being created in all strategic directions. In addition to motorized rifle and tank divisions and brigades, they will include artillery, engineering regiments and brigades, air defense, communications and radiation, chemical and biological defense units. The armies will be supported by fighters, bombers and attack aircraft of the Aerospace Forces, and in certain areas - ships and submarines of the Navy.

– explained the editor-in-chief of the Arsenal of the Fatherland magazine Viktor Murakhovsky.

As this military expert believes, the main task of the 8th Combined Arms Army is to cover the south-eastern strategic direction (the same article states that the south-west).

The 8th Combined Arms Army traces its origins to the 62nd Army, which was formed in 1942. For successful actions against the Nazi invaders in the battles for Stalingrad, the army was renamed the 8th Guards, and General Vasily Chuikov became its commander. In the summer of 1943, troops of the 8th Guards Army occupied defenses along the right bank of the Seversky Donets River north of Slavyansk, in July they participated in the Izyum-Barvenkovsky operation, and in August-September in the Donbass operation. Developing an offensive towards the Dnieper, army formations together with other troops of the Southwestern Front liberated the city of Zaporozhye on October 14, 1943, then crossed the Dnieper south of Dnepropetrovsk and captured a bridgehead on its right bank. In 1944, army units took part in the liberation of Odessa. As noted in the documents of the Supreme High Command headquarters, the 8th Army made an invaluable contribution to the liberation of Ukraine. In 1945, units of the 8th Army crossed the Vistula, stormed Poznan and Küstrin, and then took part in the Berlin operation.

After the war, the 8th Guards Army was stationed in the GDR. In 1968, the army was awarded the Order of Lenin “for great merit shown in battles to defend the Soviet Motherland, success in combat and political training, and in connection with the 50th anniversary of the Soviet Army and Navy.” In the same year, units and units of the 8th Guards. The OA took part in Operation Danube and restored constitutional order in Czechoslovakia. In 1992, the army was withdrawn to the North Caucasus Military District. The 8th Guards Army Corps was formed on the basis of the army command and headquarters of the 34th Army Corps. Its commander was Major General Lev Rokhlin. The corps operated successfully in the first Chechen campaign. But in 1998, after the death of the general, it was disbanded.

Lev Rokhlin, after refusing the title of Hero of Russia, said: “In a civil war, commanders cannot gain glory, and therefore receive awards.”

Military leaders who will ensure security on the border with Ukraine have been selected

Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, General of the Army Sergei Shoigu, during an inspection of the construction of facilities in the areas of deployment of the 150th motorized rifle division of the new 8th combined arms army of the Southern Military District. Rostov region, 01/19/2017 (c) Russian Ministry of Defense.
As Kommersant has learned, the Russian Ministry of Defense has completed the selection of personnel for the leadership of the 8th Combined Arms Army of the Southern Military District (SMD). The military says that the formation will play a key role in ensuring security in the southwestern strategic direction, primarily on the border with Ukraine. Many appointees have experience of the Chechen campaigns. Ukrainian intelligence accused at least half of the new command of the 8th Army of participating in hostilities on the side of the self-proclaimed republics in Lugansk and Donetsk. Moscow categorically denied these accusations.

A high-ranking source in the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces told Kommersant that President Vladimir Putin, by a closed decree, appointed officers to the command of the 8th Army. According to him, personnel selection was carried out over several months, and some of the military leaders took part in the Caucasus-2016 strategic command and staff exercises. All organizational measures are planned to be completed by the end of 2017, after which the 8th Army will begin to carry out its tasks in full, Kommersant’s interlocutor clarified. Let us recall that the commander of the 8th Army is Major General Sergei Kuzovlev. A participant in two Chechen campaigns, in 2005–2008 he headed the 18th separate guards motorized rifle brigade, in 2014–2015 he was chief of staff of the 58th army of the Southern Military District (Vladikavkaz), in 2015–2016 he commanded the 20th guards combined arms army of the Western military district (Voronezh), and until January 2017 - led the 58th Army.

His direct subordinates were identified last week. According to the presidential decree of July 5, Major General Oleg Tsekov was appointed chief of staff and first deputy of Sergei Kuzovlev. A graduate of the Chelyabinsk Higher Tank Command School, he served in the Turkestan, Transcaucasian, Transbaikal, Siberian and North Caucasian military districts, as well as in Mongolia. In 2007–2009, he commanded the 74th separate motorized rifle brigade (Yurga), after graduating from the military academy of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces in 2011, he was the commander of the 200th separate motorized rifle brigade (Pecheneg). Two of his deputies were also appointed: they were Major General Gennady Anashkin and Colonel Harutyun Darbinyan. The first participated in two Chechen campaigns, in 1999–2000 he commanded a parachute battalion as part of the peacekeeping forces in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and in August 2008, as commander of the 104th Guards Air Assault Regiment (76th Guards Air Assault Regiment division, Pskov), one of the first to take part in the “five-day war” with Georgia. For the battle with Georgian troops in the area of ​​the village of Khetagurovo, the destruction of a military warehouse near the village of Variani and the capture of a commanding height with a television tower, Gennady Anashkin was nominated for the title of Hero of Russia. Colonel Darbinyan’s career is connected with the Airborne Forces: he managed to command the 76th division and the 83rd brigade, and until the last moment headed the headquarters of the 68th Army Corps (Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk). According to Kommersant, he also had a business trip to Syria: there he helped plan operations for government troops fighting the militants of the Islamic State banned in the Russian Federation.
Major General Konstantin Kastornov was appointed another deputy to Sergei Kuzovlev. He is considered an experienced military leader: in 2008, he commanded the 3rd Vistula Motorized Rifle Division (Novy, Nizhny Novgorod), then the 70th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade (Ussuriysk), and then was deputy commander of the 5th Combined Arms Army (it was then headed by the current Commander of the Airborne Forces Andrei Serdyukov) and acting commander of the 35th Combined Arms Army (Belogorsk). During the “Indestructible Brotherhood 2013” ​​exercises, he commanded the collective peacekeeping forces of the CSTO. Major General Igor Krasin became the third deputy commander of the army. Like General Kuzovlev, he took part in the fighting in Chechnya, and they subsequently served together in the 20th Guards Combined Arms Army: General Kuzovlev as commander, and General Krasin as chief of staff (in 2015). Before this appointment, Igor Krasin was deputy commander of the 41st Combined Arms Army (Novosibirsk). Major General Andrei Sychevoy, who previously commanded the 2nd Guards Motorized Rifle Taman Division and even served as commander of the 5th Combined Arms Army (Ussuriysk) during the Russian-Indian exercises Indra-2016, became General Kuzovlev’s fourth deputy. Colonel Vitaly Shelepeev took the post of deputy commander and chief of logistics of the 8th Army, and Major General Alexander Khudyakov became deputy commander and chief of armaments.

According to a Kommersant source in the military administration, officers for the command of the 8th Army were selected with special care. In addition to recommendations from previous places of service, the General Staff of the RF Armed Forces paid attention to the practical experience of military leaders, giving preference to those who had proven themselves in combat. The fact is that the 8th Army, together with the 150th separate motorized rifle division (Novocherkassk), which is part of it, should become the basis for covering the entire southern part of the southwestern strategic direction. In other words, together with the 49th and 58th combined arms armies (controls in Stavropol and Vladikavkaz, respectively), the new formation should ensure security on the border with Ukraine.

Representatives of the Ukrainian special services brought charges against some of the appointed generals. In July 2015, their representatives stated that General Kuzovlev commands Russian regular troops in the Lugansk region, but he himself denied this information in a conversation with Kommersant: “It is not clear what we are talking about. This is a provocation that the Ukrainian and American media are trying to concoct” (see Kommersant, July 6, 2015). General Tsekov was accused of working in the Lugansk region under the pseudonym Oleg Turnov: he allegedly commanded the 2nd brigade of the people's militia of the self-proclaimed Lugansk People's Republic (LPR). General Khudyakov, according to Ukrainian intelligence, oversaw the supply of weapons to the Donbass, and General Krasin was called by the Ukrainian media the commander of the 2nd Army Corps of the LPR at the beginning of 2017. The Russian Ministry of Defense denied these data, saying that they do not correspond to reality and that no one is sending Russian officers to the southeast of Ukraine.

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The 8th Combined Arms Army (OA) will appear in the Southern Military District. The G8 headquarters is planned to be deployed in Novocherkassk, and units and units of the new association will be deployed in the Rostov and Volgograd regions. The 8th Army is the heir to the legendary 8th Guards Army Corps, commanded by Major General Lev Rokhlin. According to experts, the new army will become the most important element in ensuring Russia’s security in the southeastern strategic direction.

As Izvestia was told in the Southern Military District, the formation of the army has already begun. The first stage is planned to be completed in June 2017. During it, the G8 headquarters itself will be created, as well as a control brigade. It will provide army command with communications with units, subunits and formations.

The exact organizational and staffing structure of the new association is still unknown. But presumably the army will include the newly formed 150th Motorized Rifle Division, which is also based in Novocherkassk. Also, the 8th OA will most likely be replenished with the 20th Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade from Volgograd.

“The task of creating self-sufficient combined arms interservice formations in all strategic directions was set not so long ago by Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu personally,” says editor-in-chief of Arsenal of the Fatherland magazine Viktor Murakhovsky.

– In simple terms, combined arms armies are now being created in all strategic directions. In addition to motorized rifle and tank divisions and brigades, they will include artillery, engineering regiments and brigades, air defense, communications and radiation, chemical and biological defense units. The armies will be supported by fighters, bombers and attack aircraft of the Aerospace Forces, and in certain areas - ships and submarines of the Navy.

According to the expert, the newly formed 8th Army will become the most important element in ensuring Russia’s security in the southeastern strategic direction. Ukraine, increasingly becoming a hotbed of tension, state instability and uncontrollability, leaves no other choice but to deploy large military formations on its border.

The 8th Combined Arms Army traces its history back to the 62nd Army, which was formed in 1942. For successful actions against the Nazi invaders in the battles for Stalingrad, the army was renamed the 8th Guards, and General Vasily Chuikov became its commander.

In the summer of 1943, troops of the 8th Guards Army occupied defenses along the right bank of the Seversky Donets River north of Slavyansk, in July they participated in the Izyum-Barvenkovsky operation, and in August-September in the Donbass operation. Developing an offensive towards the Dnieper, army formations together with other troops of the Southwestern Front liberated the city of Zaporozhye on October 14, 1943, then crossed the Dnieper south of Dnepropetrovsk and captured a bridgehead on its right bank.

In 1944, army units took part in the liberation of Odessa. As noted in the documents of the Supreme High Command headquarters, the 8th Army made an invaluable contribution to the liberation of Ukraine. In 1945, units of the 8th Army crossed the Vistula, stormed Poznan and Küstrin, and then took part in the Berlin operation.