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TheVolga Military District (PriVO) was amilitary district of theSoviet Union and the Russian Federation that existed from 1918 to 1989 and 1992 to 2001.
The district headquarters was located atKazan,Saratov and Kuibyshev (Samara) at different points in time.
With the start of and duringWorld War II five armies, 132 divisions, 65 separate regiments, and 253 separate battalions were formed in the area. Polish and Czechoslovak military units were formed on the territory of the district.
In October 1945 the123rd Rifle Corps was at Kuibyshev. It became the40th Rifle Corps in 1955 and then the 40th Army Corps in 1957, before disbanding in 1960.[2]
By a decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet on 15 January 1974 for their contributions to strengthening the defence capability of the USSR and its armed defence, the Volga andUral Military Districts were awarded theOrder of the Red Banner.By 1983, the Volga Military District included the territory of the Kuibyshev, Saratov, Ulyanovsk,Penza andOrenburg Oblasts,Tatar,Bashkir,Chuvash,Mari, andMordovian ASSR. The district headquarters was located inKuibyshev.
754th separate chemical protection battalion (Penza);
1583rd separate EW battalion (Kuibyshev);
796th separate engineer-sapper battalion (villageTotskoye);
173rd separate air defense radio engineering battalion (city Marks);
5512th repair and restoration base (settlementKryazh);
In total, in 1990, in addition to about 90 thousand military personnel, there were still 400 tanks, 700 armored combat vehicles, 200 guns, mortars and MLRS, 200 combat and transport helicopters, including those under repair and storage.[8]
In 1989 the district was merged with the Ural Military District to become theVolga–Ural Military District (PURVO). It was split in 1992 and then the two districts were merged again in 2001.
^The South Urals Military District existed from 1 December 1941 to 15 January 1958. Order of the territorial structure of the military districts of the European part of the USSR number 0444, November 26, 1941.
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Order of the Red Banner