36th Army (Soviet Union)

36th Army
Active	1 August 1941 – 1992
Country	USSR, Russian Federation
Allegiance	Soviet Armed Forces, Armed Forces of the Russian Federation
Branch	Soviet Ground Forces, Russian Ground Forces
Type	Field Army
Part of	Trans-Baikal Military District Transbaikal Front Zabaikalsk-Amur Military District
Battle honours	Soviet-Japanese War Khingan-Mukden operation
Commanders
Notable commanders	Colonel-General A.A.Luchinsky

The 36th Army was a military formation of the Red Army and Soviet Ground Forces. It participated in the protection of the state border of the USSR Trans-Baikal and Soviet-Japanese War.

History

Formed in July 1941 and Transbaikal Military District based on 12th Rifle Corps. Originally it consisted of the following military units:

• 65th Rifle Division
• 93rd Rifle Division
• 94th Rifle Division
• 114th Rifle Division
• 31st Fortified Region
• 32nd Fortified Region
• Number of artillery and other units

In September 1941 it was included in the Transbaikal Front, and it includes defending the USSR state border in Baikal. In August e 1945 and participated in Mukden Khingan-operation, as follows:

• 2nd Rifle Corps
• 86th Rifle Corps
• 293rd Infantry Division
• 298th Infantry Division
• 31st Fortified Region
• 32nd Fortified Region
• Number of tanks, artillery and other units and units

It was disbanded in 1992.

Command

• 'Command:'
  • Major-General, the October 1943 Lieutenant General Fomenko SS (June 1941 – June 1945);
  • Lieutenant General, from September 1945 Colonel-General A.A.Luchinsky (June 1945 – to the end of Soviet-Japanese War).

References

• 36th Army (Russian)
• entry lists and units of the Red Army in the active army in 1939–45. (Russian)
• Battle of the troops of the Far East on 1 August 1945
• Battle of the troops of the Far East on 3 September 1945
• defeat of the Kwantung Army

References

• The Great Patriotic War of the Soviet Union, 1941–1945: A Brief History. – Moscow: Military Publishing, 1984.
• Lucinschi AA, "Zabaykaltsy on the Hills of Manchuria", "AUIAB" 1971, № 8.