39th Guards Missile Division
Identification
This record is consistent with the 39th Guards Missile Division, military unit 34148, in the Pashino/Gvardeyskiy military area north of Novosibirsk. A Novosibirsk municipal document explicitly labels the 39th Guards Missile Division as unit 34148, a Russian aviation restricted-zone document lists unit 34148 at Novosibirsk-95 on Ul. Solidarnosti, and open-source force directories place the division at Pashino (Gvardeyskiy) under the 33rd Guards Missile Army. Open sources corroborate the unit and garrison area, though they do not specifically identify the exact headquarters building at the supplied coordinate. ([novosib-sport.ru](https://novosib-sport.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/PR23_09_2023.pdf))
Regimental layout
A 2022 external force survey listed three active Novosibirsk regiments in this division: the 357th, 382nd, and 428th missile regiments. Historical unit pages identify them as military units 54097, 44238, and 44197 (later 73727) respectively, and their published Pashino launch-site coordinates closely match the supplied placemarks for the 357th, 382nd, and 428th sites. ([frstrategie.org](https://www.frstrategie.org/web/documents/programmes/observatoire-de-la-dissuasion/bulletins/2022/99.pdf))
Missile system
The division historically transitioned from R-16 to RSD-10 Pioner and then RT-2PM Topol. Interfax reported that a Novosibirsk regiment equipped with RS-24 Yars entered experimental combat duty on 25 December 2013; by 2022, external force assessments listed all three active Novosibirsk regiments as operational with RS-24 Yars. ([ww2.dk](https://www.ww2.dk/new/rvsn/39gvmd.htm))
Infrastructure
Open-source imagery analysis indicates a dispersed road-mobile ICBM layout around the Pashino complex rather than a single launcher park. FAS assessed in 2019 that the 382nd regiment was likely using a temporary base while its original site was rebuilt with new shelters and support buildings, and earlier OSINT identified the 428th site as the first Novosibirsk regiment clearly rebuilt for Yars conversion. ([fas.org](https://fas.org/publication/a-rare-look-inside-a-russian-icbm-base/))
Recent activity
The formation remains active in Strategic Missile Forces field training and manning cycles. Interfax reported on 7 October 2024, citing the Russian Defense Ministry, that Novosibirsk Yars launchers were deployed onto combat-patrol routes and practiced maneuver, field-position engineering, camouflage, and security over marches of up to 100 km; TASS reported on 27 October 2025 that new SRF graduates arrived in the Novosibirsk formation for Yars combat-duty assignments. ([interfax.ru](https://www.interfax.ru/russia/985506))