41st Combined Arms Army
Identity
This record matches the headquarters of Russia’s 41st Combined Arms Army in Novosibirsk, subordinate to the Central Military District. ISW’s October 2023 ORBAT lists 41st CAA, military unit 64128, in Novosibirsk; an older Russian military reference likewise places the post-Soviet re-formed army HQ there. ([understandingwar.org](https://understandingwar.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/October20122C20202320Russian20Orbat_Final.pdf))
Role
This node is best understood as an operational army headquarters rather than a single maneuver garrison. CNA describes Russian combined-arms army staffs as the C4I core for operational groupings and notes that army-level assets normally include command, artillery, missile, air-defense, intelligence, and support formations. ([cna.org](https://www.cna.org/reports/2019/10/IOP-2019-U-021801-Final.pdf))
Disposition
Open-source ORBAT data show a geographically dispersed force set controlled from Novosibirsk. By October 2023, ISW listed under 41st CAA the 90th Guards Tank Division plus the 35th, 74th, and 55th motor rifle brigades, the 120th Artillery Brigade, and the 199th Missile Brigade; CNA separately noted that 41st CAA brigades had expanded beyond western Siberia into the Urals and Tuva. ([understandingwar.org](https://understandingwar.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/October20122C20202320Russian20Orbat_Final.pdf))
Operational use
Elements of the army have been repeatedly identified in Russia’s war against Ukraine. ISW assessed 41st CAA elements on the Chernihiv axis in 2022, later on the Svatove-Kreminna line in 2023, and around the Pokrovsk direction in 2024-2025, including units from the 35th, 55th, and 74th brigades and the 90th Tank Division. That pattern indicates the Novosibirsk HQ commands formations routinely deployable far outside Siberia. ([understandingwar.org](https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-april-23-2023?utm_source=openai))
Command
Sergey B. Ryzhkov is publicly documented as commander in the authoritative open sources I found from 2022: ISW listed him as commander in May 2022, and EU sanctions materials dated 6 October 2022 also identified him as commander of the 41st Combined Arms Army. I did not find a newer official confirmation in this review, so current command as of 2026 is not independently re-verified here. ([understandingwar.org](https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-general-officer-guide-may-11?utm_source=openai))
Verification note
One metadata point did not fully corroborate: in the reliable public ORBAT source reviewed, the formation under 41st CAA is the 199th Missile Brigade, not a 119th Missile Brigade. I did not find a comparably strong public source in this pass confirming a 119th Missile Brigade under this army. ([understandingwar.org](https://understandingwar.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/October20122C20202320Russian20Orbat_Final.pdf))