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13th Orenburg Red Banner Rocket Division
Active	1964–present
Country	Soviet Union (1964–1991)  Russia (1991–present)
Branch	Strategic Rocket Forces
Garrison/HQ	Yasny, Orenburg Oblast
Decorations	Order of the Red Banner
Commanders
Current commander	Colonel Yevgeny V. Konovalenkov

The 13th Orenburg Red Banner Rocket Division (Military Unit Number 68545) is a military formation of the 31st Rocket Army, Strategic Missile Forces, located in the closed city of Yasny, Komarovsky, Orenburg Oblast.

The deployment site for the division was chosen specifically for the location of the R-36 intercontinental ballistic missile.

History

In 1964–1965 when the division began to form, the city of Yasny (transl: Clear) had not yet been formed. There was a small settlement builders of the future and Orenburgasbest. Next to it was district center Dombarovsky, where all mail, cargo, and so on were initially addressed. Therefore, in all the documents and V/Chs for the division it was written: Dombarovsky, Orenburg Oblast. A Military town divisions and the entire infrastructure were placed next to the plant under construction, as there was already a railway branch line, which greatly simplified all construction work. Over time, the village built up into the city of Yasny. Hence, some people get confused: either Dombarovsky or Yasny. Documents coming into the division sometimes have one and the other mailing address.

The SRF formation in Yasny began as Operation Group Dombarovskiy in May 1964. Headquarters 13th Rocket Division was formed in April 1965, as part of the 5th Independent Rocket Corps. However the division was quickly (within two months) transferred to the 18th Independent Rocket Corps, and then in 1970 to the 31st Rocket Army. Major-General Dmitry Kharitonovich Chaplygin was the first division commander, from May 1964 until August 1970.

In 2004 the division gained the 'Orenburg' honorific.

Commanders

Structure

Structure of the unit as of 2019:

• 175th Rocket Regiment (Military Unit No. 26164)
• 368th Rocket Regiment (Military Unit No. 07393)
• 494th Rocket Regiment (Military Unit No. 39986)
• 621st Rocket Regiment (Military Unit No. 34074)
• 767th Rocket Regiment (Military Unit No. 21424)

References

1. ^ Michael Holm, 13th Orenburgskaya Red Banner Missile Division – 13-я ракетная Оренбургская Краснознаменная дивизия
2. "13-я ракетная дивизия (п. Домбаровский)". rvsn.ruzhany.info. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
3. "13-я ракетная Оренбургская Краснознаменная дивизия (в/ч 68545)". rvsn.info (in Russian). Retrieved 27 July 2023.

Strategic Rocket Forces Rocket divisions
4th 7th Guards 8th 10th Guards 13th 14th 18th Guards 19th 23rd Guards 24th Guards 27th 28th Guards 29th Guards 31st Guards 32nd 33rd Guards 35th 36th Guards 37th Guards 38th 39th Guards 40th 41st Guards 42nd 43rd Guards 44th 45th 46th 47th 49th Guards 50th 51st 52nd 53rd 54th Guards 57th 58th 59th 60th 62nd
Bolded units are currently active in the Strategic Rocket Forces.

v t e Active divisions of the Russian Federation
Airborne	7 44 76 98 104 106
Tank	4 47 90
Motor rifle	2 3 6 18 19 20 27 42 47 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 127 144 150
Rocket	7 8 13 14 28 29 35 39 42 54 60 62
Aviation	1 4 8 12 18 21 22 27 34 105 303 326
Air defense	1 2 3 4 5 25 26 31 32 41 44 51 76 93
Unique	Separate Operational Purpose 18 Machine Gun Artillery 9 Missile Defense
Naval	Submarine 7 8 10 11 24 25 31 42 45 30 36 43
Naval aviation	2
Guards units marked in bold.

• Rocket divisions of the Soviet Union
• Rocket divisions of Russia
• Military units and formations established in 1965