The Order of the Red Banner Eastern Military District (Russian: Восточный военный округ) is amilitary district ofRussia.

Eastern Military District
Восточный военный округ
Emblem of the Eastern Military District
Founded	21 October 2010
Country	Russia
Branch	Russian Ground Forces
Type	Military district
Part of	Ministry of Defence
Headquarters	Ulitsa Serysheva 15,Khabarovsk
Engagements	Russo-Ukrainian War Invasion of Ukraine
Decorations	Order of the Red Banner (2)  Order of Lenin Order of Suvorov
Website	Official website
Commanders
Current commander	Lieutenant GeneralAndrey Ivanayev
Insignia
Flag

It is one of the fivemilitary districts of theRussian Armed Forces, with its jurisdiction within theFar Eastern Federal District of the country. The Eastern Military District was created as part of the2008 military reforms, and founded by Presidential Decree №1144 signed on September 20, 2010, to replace theFar East Military District with the addition of theTransbaikal section of theSiberian Military District.^[1] The district began operation on October 21, 2010, under the command of AdmiralKonstantin Sidenko.

The Eastern Military District is the second largest military district in Russia by geographic size at 7,000,000 square kilometers (2,700,000 sq mi). The district contains 11federal subjects of Russia:Amur Oblast,Buryatia,Chukotka Autonomous Okrug,Jewish Autonomous Oblast,Kamchatka Krai,Khabarovsk Krai,Magadan Oblast,Primorsky Krai,Sakha Republic,Sakhalin Oblast,Zabaykalsky Krai.^[1]

The district commander may direct all the formations of the Armed Forces within the district's territory, with the exception of theStrategic Rocket Forces andRussian Aerospace Forces. In addition, operational subordination of the formations of theNational Guard Troops, theBorder Service of the FSB, as well as units of theMinistry of Emergency Situations and other ministries and departments performing tasks in the district.^[2]

The Eastern Military District is headquartered inKhabarovsk, and its current district commander is Lieutenant GeneralAndrey Ivanayev, who has held the position since November 2024.^[3]

31 July 1918 is considered to be the date of foundation of the predecessor Far Eastern Military District. On this day, regular units of theRed Army defeated theWhite Army of theWhite Guards and interventionists in the area of the Kaul Heights, Shmakovka and Spassk. This date is widely celebrated by the military personnel of the Eastern Military District.

On 22 February 2018, at theNational Defense Management Center awarded the Eastern Military District a banner as symbols of honor, valor and military glory.^[4]

From 11 to 17 September 2018, theVostok 2018 military exercise took place in the district.

By the end of January 2022, the headquarters of the Eastern Military District reportedly deployed toBelarus as part of theprelude to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Combat units drawn from the district's5th Combined Arms Army,29th Combined Arms Army,35th Combined Arms Army,36th Combined Arms Army,68th Army Corps and thePacific Fleet's 155th Naval Infantry Brigade were also reported to have deployed to Belarus.^[5]

This listing of formation and units is not complete. ACommand, control, and communications (C3) brigade is synonymous with a headquarters brigade.

• 104th Cluj Headquarters Brigade (Khabarovsk)
• Honour Guard Company of theKhabarovsk Garrison (formed 14 December 1971 and is led by Lieutenant Colonel Dmitri Zielinski)^[6][7]
• 106th Communications Brigade (Territorial) (Dalnerechensk)
• 14th Separate Guards Baranovichi Red Banner Order of the Red Star Engineering Brigade (Vyatka,Khabarovsk Krai)
• 17th Separate Electronic Warfare Brigade (Khabarovsk)
• 7th Separate Red Banner Railway Brigade (Komsomolsk-on-Amur)
• 50th Separate Railway Brigade (Svobodny)
• 118th Separate Pontoon-Bridge Railway Battalion (Khabarovsk)
• 392nd District Training Center for Junior Specialists (Motor Rifle Troops) (Khabarovsk)
• 212th Guards Vienna Orders of Lenin and Kutuzov District Training Center for Junior Specialists (Tank Troops) (Chita)^[8]
• 51st Training Detachment of the Pacific Fleet (Vladivostok)
• 7th Regional Training Center for NCOs (Knyaz-Volkonskoye, Khabarovsk Krai)
• 338th Guards MRL Brigade (Novosysoevka) (rocket artillery;BM-27 Uragan)

29th Army (Chita)

• 101st Khingan Headquarters Brigade (Chita)
• 36th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade (Borzya)^[9]
• 200th Artillery Brigade (Gorny)^[10]
• 140th Anti-Aircraft Rocket Brigade (Domna, Zabaykalsky Krai)

5th Combined Arms Army (Ussuriysk)

• 57th Motor Rifle Brigade (Bikin)
• 127th Motor Rifle Division^[11]
• 60th Motor Rifle Brigade (Sibirtsevo and Lipovtsy)
• 20th Guards Rocket Brigade (Spassk-Dalny)^[12]
• 305th Artillery Brigade (Ussuriysk)
• 8th Anti-Aircraft Rocket Brigade (Razdolnoye,Primorsky Krai)
• 80th C3 Brigade (Ussuriysk)
• 16th Separate NBC Defence Brigade (Lesozavodsk)

68th Army Corps (Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk)^[13]

• 137th Separate Headquarters Battalion (Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk)
• 39th Separate Motor Rifle Brigade (Khomutovo)
• 312th Separate Multiple-Launch Artillery Battery (Dachnoye)
• 676th Separate Engineer Battalion (Dachnoye)
• 18th Machine Gun Artillery Division (Goryachie Klyuchi,Sakhalin Oblast)
  • 46th Machinegun Artillery Regiment (Lagunnoe)
  • 49th Machinegun Artillery Regiment

35th Army (Belogorsk)

• 38th Guards Motor Rifle Brigade (Belogorsk-Ekaterinoslavka)
• 64th Motor Rifle Brigade (Khabarovsk)
• 69th Covering Brigade in (Babstovo, Jewish Autonomous Oblast)
• 107th Rocket Brigade (Birobizhan)^[14]
• 165th Artillery Brigade (Belogorsk)
• 71st Anti-Aircraft Rocket Brigade (Srednebelaya, Amur Oblast)
• 54th C3 Brigade (Belogorsk)
• 37th Engineer Regiment (Berezovka, Amur Oblast)
• 135th Separate NBC Defence Battalion (Khabarovsk)

36th Army (Ulan Ude)

• 5th Separate Guards Tank Brigade (Ulan Ude)
• 37th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade (Kyakhta)
• 103rd Rocket Brigade (Ulan-Ude)
• 1723rd Anti-Aircraft Rocket Regiment (Jida)
• 75th C3 Brigade (Ulan Ude)

Airborne Troops

• 11th Guards Air Assault Brigade
• 83rd Guards Air Assault Brigade

• 11th Air and Air Defence Forces Army
• Aviation of the Pacific Fleet
• 326th Heavy Bomber Aviation Division

• Pacific Fleet
  • Primorskiy Flotilla
  • Kamchatka Flotilla/Northeastern Group of Troops and Forces
  • Other naval units, ships and submarines
  • 155th Guards Red Banner Naval Infantry Brigade
  • 40th Naval Infantry Brigade
  • 55th Air Defense Division (Coastal Operations)
  • 165th Separate Naval Infantry Brigade (to be raised in 2018)

• AdmiralKonstantin Sidenko (October 2010 – October 2013)
• Colonel-GeneralSergey Surovikin (October 2013 – November 2017)
• Lieutenant GeneralAleksandr Lapin (April – November 2017; acting)
• Colonel-GeneralAleksandr Zhuravlyov (November 2017 – November 2018)
• Colonel-GeneralGennady Zhidko (November 2018 – November 2021)
• Colonel-GeneralAleksandr Chaiko (November 2021^[15] – June 2022)
• Lieutenant GeneralRustam Muradov (October 2022 - 3 April 2023)^[16]
• Lieutenant GeneralMikhail Nosulev (acting) (6 April 2023 -20 April 2023)
• Lieutenant GeneralAndrey Kuzmenko (20 April 2023 - May 2024)
• Lieutenant GeneralAleksandr Sanchik (May 2024 - November 2024; acting)
• Colonel General^[17]Andrey Ivanayev (November 2024 - present)^[18]

• Lieutenant GeneralSergey Surovikin (October 2012 – 2013)
• Lieutenant GeneralAleksandr Lapin (2014 – April 2017)
• Lieutenant GeneralAleksandr Chaiko (April 2017 – November 2018)
• Colonel GeneralSergey Kuralenko (October 2018 – February 2020)
• Lieutenant GeneralYevgeny Nikiforov (February 2020 – December 2022) TheArmed Forces of Ukraine reported on December 26, 2022 that Nikiforov was appointed as commander,Western Military District, and commander of the Russian western grouping of forces in Ukraine.^[19]
• Lieutenant GeneralAleksandr Sanchik (May 2023 - May 2024)
• Major General Andrey Kozlov (May 2024 - present)

• Vice AdmiralSergei Alyokminsky (2014 – July 2019)
• Lieutenant General Sergei Sevryukov (July 2019 – present)
• Lieutenant GeneralMikhail Nosulev (January 2020 – May 2024)

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• Kuril Islands dispute

• Galeotti, Mark (2017).The Modern Russian Army 1992–2016. Elite 217. Oxford: Osprey.ISBN 978-1-47281-908-6. - page 31 has a district order of battle

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