35th Combined Arms Army
Identification
This record matches the headquarters of Russia’s 35th Combined Arms Army in Belogorsk, Amur Oblast. TASS identifies the 35th Army as the Belogorsk-based army of the Ground Forces, and ISW’s 2023 Russian ORBAT lists the formation as military unit 02492 in Belogorsk; Russian civil-registry data gives v/ch 02492 the address 24 Blagoveshchenskaya Street, Belogorsk. ([tass.ru](https://tass.ru/info/2303642?utm_source=openai)) A 2023 Belogorsk election-commission document still referred to service personnel from v/ch 02492, indicating that the unit designation remained in active local use even though the legacy civilian legal entity had been removed from the registry in 2017. ([vestnik-ikao.ru](https://vestnik-ikao.ru/official-reports/2023/UIK-2023-2028/02%20%D0%A2%D0%98%D0%9A%20%D0%B3%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA%2055-274-8%20%D0%BE%D1%82%2025-05-2023%20%D0%9E%20%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B8%20%D0%A3%D0%98%D0%9A.pdf))
Force structure
Open-source ORBAT references consistently place the army’s core subordinate formations under this headquarters: the 38th Guards Motor Rifle Brigade, 64th Motor Rifle Brigade, 69th Covering Brigade, 165th Artillery Brigade, 107th Missile Brigade, 71st Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade, 35th CBRN Regiment, and 54th Command Brigade. Several army-level support formations are also placed in Belogorsk itself, indicating that this is a full army command-and-support hub rather than a purely administrative HQ. ([understandingwar.org](https://understandingwar.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/October20122C20202320Russian20Orbat_Final.pdf?utm_source=openai)) TASS reported on 3 March 2025 that the 35th CBRN Regiment received Guards status, which is a public indicator that at least one Belogorsk-based army-support regiment has seen recognized combat service. ([tass.ru](https://tass.ru/politika/23291889?utm_source=openai))
Logistics relevance
Belogorsk is a major transport node on the Trans-Siberian Railway; official local and regional material describes it as a large rail junction, including the southbound line to Blagoveshchensk. City authorities are also building a new overpass across the Trans-Siberian main line, underscoring the volume and importance of the rail corridor running through the city. ([tor.belogorck.ru](https://tor.belogorck.ru/?utm_source=openai)) For an army headquarters, that location is well suited to rail-based movement and sustainment across Amur Oblast and toward other Eastern Military District axes. ([tor.belogorck.ru](https://tor.belogorck.ru/?utm_source=openai))
Wartime employment
35th Combined Arms Army elements deployed from the Eastern Military District into the war against Ukraine. ISW assessed that elements of the 35th CAA withdrew from positions northwest of Kyiv into Belarus by 31 March 2022, and later ISW reporting placed elements of its 38th, 64th, and 69th brigades on the Zaporizhia axis in 2024. ([understandingwar.org](https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-march-31?utm_source=openai)) Russian MoD/TASS reporting through late 2025 continued to describe 35th Army artillery and communications elements operating in Zaporizhia Oblast under the Vostok grouping, including near Hulyaipole. ([tass.ru](https://tass.ru/armiya-i-opk/25454027?utm_source=openai))
Command note
Public, up-to-date command attribution for the Belogorsk headquarters is limited. Ukrainian documentation projects identify Maj. Gen. Sergey Nyrkov as commander from 20 April 2023, but I did not locate a current official Russian announcement confirming his continued tenure as of 12 March 2026. ([t4pua.org](https://t4pua.org/files/doc/1604923587.pdf)) The last clearly corroborated senior-staff reference I found is the reported June 2023 death of Maj. Gen. Sergey Goryachev, chief of staff of the 35th Army, in southern Ukraine. ([pravda.com.ua](https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/06/16/7407101/?utm_source=openai))