Flashcards: Military districts of the Soviet Union

The Transcaucasian Military District, a military district of the Soviet Armed Forces, traces its history to May 1921 and the incorporation of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia into the USSR.

The Transbaikal Military District (Russian: Забайкальский военный округ) was a military district of first the Soviet Armed Forces and then the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, formed on May 17, 1935 and included the Buryat Republic, Chita Oblast, and Yakutia.

The Tauric Military District was a military district of the Soviet Union.

The Siberian Military District was a Military district of the Russian Ground Forces.

The Baltic Military District (Прибалтийский военный округ (ПБВО)) was a military district of the Soviet armed forces, formed briefly before the German invasion, and then reformed after World War II and disbanded after the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991.

The Odessa Military District (Russian: Одесский военный округ, ОВО) was a military administrative division of the Imperial Russian military, the Soviet Armed Forces and the Ukrainian Armed Forces and was known under such name from around 1862 to 1998.

The district headquarters was located at Kazan, Saratov and Kuibyshev (Samara) at different points in time.

The Primorskiy (Maritime Provinces) Military District was formed on September 30, 1945 on the territory of Primorsky Krai (territory of the former Ussuri Oblast), from HQ 1st Far East Front.

The South Ural Military District (YuUrVO(ЮУрВО)) was a military administrative division of the Soviet Armed Forces.

The Carpathian Military District was a military district of the Soviet Armed Forces established on May 3, 1946 on the base of the 1st Ukrainian Front, 4th Ukrainian Front, and Lviv Military District.

The North Caucasus Military District was a military district of the Russian Armed Forces, which became in 2010 the Southern Military District and lately also included the Black Sea Fleet and Caspian Flotilla.

The Leningrad Military District was a military district of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.

The Moscow Military District was a military district of the Soviet Armed Forces and the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.

The Volga–Ural Military District was a military district of the Russian Ground Forces, formed on 1 September 2001 by the amalgamation of the Volga Military District and the Ural Military District.

The District was formed by the decree of the Council of the Peoples Commissars in May 1918.

The Turkestan Military District (Russian: Туркестанский военный округ (ТуркВО), Turkestansky voyenyi okrug (TurkVO)) was a military district of both the Imperial Russian Army and the Soviet Armed Forces, with its headquarters at Tashkent.

The Kiev Military District (Киевский вое́нный о́круг) (KVO) was a Russian unit of military-administrative division (a military district) of the Imperial Russian Army and subsequently of the Ukrainian Army, Red Army, and Soviet Armed Forces.

The Far Eastern Military District (Dalʹnevostochnyĭ voennyĭ okrug, Russian: Дальневосточный военный округ) was a military district of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.