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| Southern Military District | |
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| Южный военный округ | |
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| Founded | 22 October 2010 |
| Country |  Russia |
| Type | Military district |
| Part of |  Russian Armed Forces |
| Headquarters | Budennovsky Prospekt 43, Rostov-on-Don[1] |
| Decorations | Order of the Red Banner Order of Suvorov |
| Website | Official website |
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| Current commander | Colonel General Sergey Kuzovlev |
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The Southern Military District (Russian: Южный военный округ, romanized: Yuzhnyy voyennyy okrug) is a military district of Russia.
It is one of the five military districts of the Russian Armed Forces, with its jurisdiction primarily within the North Caucasus region of the country, and Russian bases in South Caucasian post-Soviet states. The Southern Military District was created as part of the 2008 military reforms, and founded by Presidential Decree №1144 signed on September 20, 2010, to replace the North Caucasus Military District, and absorbing the military commands of the Black Sea Fleet and Caspian Flotilla.[2][3] The district began operation on October 22, 2010, under the command of Colonel-General Aleksandr Galkin.
The Southern Military District is the smallest military district in Russia by geographic size. The district contains 131 federal subjects of Russia: Adygea, Astrakhan Oblast, Chechnya, Dagestan, Ingushetia, Kabardino-Balkaria, Kalmykia, Karachay-Cherkessia, Krasnodar Krai, North Ossetia-Alania, Rostov Oblast, Stavropol Krai and Volgograd Oblast along with the six occupied Ukrainian oblasts consists of Crimea, Donetsk, Kherson, Lugansk, Sevastopol and Zaporozhye.[3][4]
The Southern Military District is headquartered in Rostov-on-Don, and its current district commander is Colonel General Sergey Kuzovlev, who has held the position since 23 January 2023.[5] It is considered to be the most effective and competent formation of the Russian military.[6]
- ^ "South Military District Informational Support Section". Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation. Archived from the original on 2011-11-11.
- ^ "Южный военный округ (ОСК "Юг") – "новейший" облик". Archived from the original on 2012-03-13. Retrieved 2010-12-27.
- ^ a b УКАЗ Президента РФ от 20.09.2010 N 1144 "О ВОЕННО – АДМИНИСТРАТИВНОМ ДЕЛЕНИИ РОССИЙСКОЙ ФЕДЕРАЦИИ" Archived 2012-03-31 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Russia includes occupied territories in its Southern Military District — UK intelligence". 4 February 2023.
- ^ Kanayev, Pyotr (23 January 2023). "В Западном и Южном военных округах сменили командующих" [Commanders changed in Western and Southern military districts] (in Russian). RBK Group. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
- ^ "Geopolitics Decanted by Silverado – the Long War: Analysis of the war in Ukraine (June 5, 2022)".