Administrative-territorial grouping of the Soviet and Russian military
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Leningrad Military District
Ленинградский военный округ
Great emblem of the Leningrad Military District
Founded
August 6, 1864
Country
Russian Empire (1864–1918) Soviet Union (1924–1991) Russian Federation (1991–2010; 2024-Present)
Branch
Imperial Russian Army Soviet Armed Forces Russian Armed Forces
Type
Military district
Part of
Ministry of Defence
Headquarters
Saint Petersburg
Decorations
Order of Lenin
Military unit
The Leningrad Military District (Russian: Ленингра́дский вое́нный о́круг) is a military district of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. In 2010 it was merged with the Moscow Military District, the Northern Fleet and the Baltic Fleet to form the new Western Military District. In December 2022, Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu proposed to reestablish it along with the Moscow Military District,[1] a decision confirmed in June 2023 by Deputy Chief of the General Staff Yevgeny Burdinsky.[2] On December 17, 2023 Vladimir Putin announced plans to recreate the Leningrad Military District as a reaction to Finland joining NATO.[3] The district was formally reconstituted on February 26, 2024 by a Presidential Decree.[4]
General-polkovnik (Colonel General) Aleksandr Lapin was reported as the new district's commander in March 2024.[5]
The LeningradMilitaryDistrict (Russian: Ленингра́дский вое́нный о́круг) is a militarydistrict of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. In 2010...
Forces militarydistricts. LeningradMilitaryDistrict Moscow MilitaryDistrict North Caucasus MilitaryDistrict Volga MilitaryDistrict Urals Military District...
unitary military command on February 26, 2024, succeeded by the newly reconstituted Moscow MilitaryDistrict and LeningradMilitaryDistrict. It was one...
Western districts Arkhangel MilitaryDistrict Belomorsky MilitaryDistrictLeningradMilitaryDistrict Baltic special militarydistrict Kalinin Military District...
June 24, 1945, the Leningrad front was reorganized into the LeningradMilitaryDistrict. Upon its creation in August 1941, the Leningrad front included:...
reestablish these units later in the war. The Leningrad Front (initially the LeningradMilitaryDistrict) was commanded by Marshal Kliment Voroshilov....
the District's control in 1946, and the territory of Estonia was transferred back to the Baltic MilitaryDistrict from the LeningradMilitaryDistrict in...
Training of the LeningradMilitaryDistrict, Head of the Combat Training Department of the 58th Army of the North Caucasus MilitaryDistrict, Deputy Commander...
status as a militarydistrict. In early 2024, it was announced that be subsumed into the wider, newly reconstituted LeningradMilitaryDistrict. On 26 February...
the Leningradmilitarydistrict commander after Iona Yakir's downfall. The Leningradmilitarydistrict was always one of the most important districts, second...
goal was purely to secure Leningrad. The official Soviet figure, with reference to the command of the LeningradMilitaryDistrict, was published at a session...
Ural MilitaryDistrict from 1992 to 1999. Yury Grekov was born on 13 September 1943. He joined the Soviet Army in 1962. He graduated from the Leningrad Higher...
'commander-commissar'. During the critical period of the military purge, Stalin had used Timoshenko as a militarydistrict commander who could hold key appointments...
Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict. In 1990 appointed commander of the LeningradMilitaryDistrict. A member of the Communist Party from 1960 until the termination...
LeningradMilitaryDistrict from 1997 to 2005. He was last ranked the General of the Army in 2003. Valentin Bobryshev on 5 March 1945 to a military family...
under the LeningradMilitaryDistrict. Invasion preparations were by now nearing completion. On 26 September the LeningradMilitaryDistrict was ordered...
the LeningradMilitaryDistrict (36 Akatsiya) 138th separate motor rifle brigade from Kamenka (near Vyborg) which is a part of the LeningradMilitary District...
provided direct cover for the city, and the Air Forces of the LeningradMilitaryDistrict had two fighter aviation divisions for air defense, which became...
1925. He was appointed commander of the LeningradMilitaryDistrict in 1925 and then of the Moscow MilitaryDistrict in 1927. From 1928 to 1931 he served...
was reformed in Alma Ata to provide air support for the Turkestan MilitaryDistrict, under the command of Lieutenant General of Aviation Vladimir Izotov...
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