1st Guards Tank Army
Identified site
The location matches the headquarters of the Russian 1st Guards Tank Army, military unit 73621, at Bakovka in Odintsovo, Moscow Oblast. Open-source reporting repeatedly names Bakovka as the army HQ, and public civilian records still place v/ch 73621 facilities in Bakovka as of 2025. ([interfax-russia.ru](https://www.interfax-russia.ru/military/news_eng/373142?utm_source=openai))
Status
The current headquarters was re-formed in Moscow Oblast in 2014–2015. After Russia abolished the Western Military District, the 1st Guards Tank Army was reported under the restored Moscow Military District from 2024; analytical sources through 2025 still describe it as the Russian Ground Forces’ only tank army. ([globalsecurity.org](https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/russia/1-army.htm?utm_source=openai))
HQ role
This Bakovka site should be assessed as an army-level command and administrative node rather than the main parking area for the army’s armored mass. Open-source OOBs place major subordinate formations at other garrisons, including the 2nd Guards Motor Rifle Division and 4th Guards Tank Division in the Moscow Oblast belt, the 27th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade at Mosrentgen, the 112th Missile Brigade at Shuya, the 288th Artillery Brigade at Mulino, and the 69th Logistics Brigade at Dzerzhinsk. The placemark label "112nd Guards Missile Division" is not supported by these OOBs, which identify a brigade. ([rand.org](https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/research_reports/RR2500/RR2563/RAND_RR2563.pdf?utm_source=openai))
Wartime posture
Ukrainian military intelligence states that the army command directed subordinate forces on the Sumy and Kharkiv axes in early 2022. Later ISW reporting places 1st Guards Tank Army elements under the Moscow Military District in the Vovchansk, Kupyansk-Oskil, and Kursk sectors during 2024–2025, indicating that the Bakovka headquarters remained the parent command for formations repeatedly committed to northeastern operations. ([gur.gov.ua](https://gur.gov.ua/content/kysel-serhei-aleksandrovych.html?utm_source=openai))
Command certainty
Sergey Kisel is firmly tied to this headquarters in 2018–2022, but the current command is not publicly confirmed in the reviewed sources. UK sanctions material last updated in March 2023 still listed Kisel as commander, whereas Ukrainian GUR and later Reuters reporting describe him as the former or previous commander. As of 12 March 2026, open-source reporting reviewed here leaves the current commander of the Bakovka headquarters unclear. ([assets.publishing.service.gov.uk](https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/666c1d75ec5cf999b09d9682/CONSOLIDATED_LIST_OF_FINANCIAL_SANCTIONS_TARGETS_IN_THE_UK.pdf?utm_source=openai))