59th Missile Division

59th Missile Division

59-я ракетная дивизия

Commanders:

• Major-General Anatoly Timofeevich Kharchenko, 5.8.64 - 25.7.70
• Major-General Vasily Timofeevich Shirshov, 25.7.70 - 13.9.72
• Major-General Radmir Mikhaylovich Khlopyachy, 13.9.72 - 4.7.76
• Major-General Vladimir Aleksandrovich Kondratev, 4.7.76 - 12.7.82
• Major-General Gennady Ivanovich Bobin, 12.7.82 - 19.9.85
• Major-General Yury Aleksandrovich Merkulov, 19.9.85 - 30.12.87
• Major-General Aleksandr Lavrentevich Konarev, 30.12.87 - 7.11.92
• Major-General Viktor Petrovich Alekseev, 7.11.92 - 6.9.94
• Major-General Anatoly Aleksandrovich Lokotko, 6.9.94 - 20.11.96
• Colonel Aleksandr Valentimovich Plakidin, 20.11.96 - 4.98
• Colonel Sergey Vasilevich Bondarenko, 4.98 - 2004
• Colonel Aleksey Dmitrievich Konnov, 2004 - 2005
• Colonel Leonid Aleksandrovich Mikholap, 2005 - 2005

Activated 7.64 in Kartaly, Chelyabinsk Oblast, as Operation Group Kartaly - 1.6.65 renamed 59th Missile Division.

Organisation 1972:

• 419th Guards Missile Regiment (Kartaly, Chelyabinsk Oblast) with 6 R-36 (SS-9) silos
• 489th Missile Regiment (Kartaly, Chelyabinsk Oblast) with 6 R-36 (SS-9) silos
• 496th Missile Regiment (Kartaly, Chelyabinsk Oblast) with 6 R-36 (SS-9) silos
• 520th Missile Regiment (Kartaly, Chelyabinsk Oblast) with 6 R-36 (SS-9) silos
• 225th Missile Regiment (Kartaly, Chelyabinsk Oblast) with 6 R-36 (SS-9) silos
• 797th Missile Regiment (Kartaly, Chelyabinsk Oblast) with 6 R-36 (SS-9) silos
• 601st Missile Regiment (Kartaly, Chelyabinsk Oblast) with 6 R-36 (SS-9) silos

The first regiment was increased to 10 silos in 1975, with the introduction of the R-36M missile.

Organisation 1985:

• 419th Guards Missile Regiment (Kartaly, Chelyabinsk Oblast) with 10 R-36MUTTKh (SS-18) silos
• 489th Missile Regiment (Kartaly, Chelyabinsk Oblast) with 6 R-36MUTTKh (SS-18) silos
• 496th Missile Regiment (Kartaly, Chelyabinsk Oblast) with 6 R-36MUTTKh (SS-18) silos
• 520th Missile Regiment (Kartaly, Chelyabinsk Oblast) with 6 R-36MUTTKh (SS-18) silos
• 225th Missile Regiment (Kartaly, Chelyabinsk Oblast) with 6 R-36MUTTKh (SS-18) silos
• 797th Missile Regiment (Kartaly, Chelyabinsk Oblast) with 6 R-36MUTTKh (SS-18) silos
• 601st Missile Regiment (Kartaly, Chelyabinsk Oblast) with 6 R-36MUTTKh (SS-18) silos

The first regiment was disbanded in 2001, followed by another in 2002.

Three regiments were disbanded 2003, one in 2004 and the last in 2005.

The division was disbanded 24.5.05.

Subordination:

• 5th independent Missile Corps, 7.64 - 6.65
• 18th independent Missile Corps, 1.6.65 - 6.70
• 31st Missile Army, 8.6.70 - 5.05

Support Units:

• 80th independent Helicopter Squadron
• 0000 Repair-Technical Base
• 3006th Technical Missile Base
• 631st Communications Center

Divisional coordinates:

• Kartaly ICBM Complex (52 59 20N, 60 31 40E) - map (1968)
• Kartaly ICBM Complex Command Post Bunker (53 02 23N, 60 36 29E)
• Kartaly ICBM Complex Alternate Command Post Bunker (near silo 32E) (52 42 28N, 60 24 49E)
• Kartaly ICBM HQ Radcom Transmitter Station Northeast Bunkered (53 23 33N, 60 57 40E)
• Kartaly ICBM HQ Radcom Transmitter South Bunkered (52 23 53N, 60 19 24E)
• Kartaly ICBM Complex Administration and Housing Area (53 02 39N, 60 36 34E)
• Kartaly ICBM Division Nuclear Payload Handling Facility (53 00 40N, 60 34 19E)
• Kartaly ICBM Division Technical Missile Base (53 00 34N, 60 33 55E)
• Kartaly ICBM Division Rail-to-Road transfer point (53 00 31N, 60 33 13E)
• Silo 27X (training silo) (53 00 52N, 60 33 52E)
• Helicopter Base (53 00 34N, 60 31 32E)

For launch silos, see individual regiments.