8th Missile Division
Identification
Open sources identify military unit 44200 as the 8th Missile Division in the Pervomaysky/Yurya area of Yuryansky District, Kirov Oblast. The placemark’s unit number, 49567, matches specialist order-of-battle records for the 76th Missile Regiment after its transfer to Yurya, which is the clearest open-source corroboration of the regiment-to-division link. ([base.garant.ru](https://base.garant.ru/58055724/?utm_source=openai))
Current role
As of March 2025, leading open-source nuclear force assessments list Yurya with a single active regiment, the 76th Missile Regiment, equipped with nine Sirena-M/SS-27 Mod 2 TELs. Those same assessments judge the regiment to be non-nuclear and functioning as a backup ICBM launch-code transmitter; no reviewed source publicly confirmed a normal nuclear warhead deployment role at Yurya. ([tandfonline.com](https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/00963402.2025.2494386?download=true&utm_source=openai))
Infrastructure
Official and court reporting place the headquarters in the Yurya/Pervomaysky garrison while also referencing combat positions and a transmitting radio center elsewhere in Kirov Oblast. Russia’s federal prohibited-zones register lists multiple restricted airspace entries tied to military unit 44200 at Yurya, consistent with a dispersed headquarters, field-position, and communications footprint rather than a single compact site. ([perm.rbc.ru](https://perm.rbc.ru/perm/freenews/62174ba49a7947794ee0cdbf))
Evolution
The 76th Missile Regiment moved to Yurya in March 1981, stood up there with Pioneer-K missiles in June 1981, and converted to Topol by December 1985. Specialist order-of-battle histories report conversion to a Sirena command-missile role by 2005, and independent OSINT reported deployment of the newer Sirena-M system at Yurya in 2022; the 2025 Nuclear Notebook reflects that upgrade. ([ww2.dk](https://www.ww2.dk/new/rvsn/76mr.htm))
Command attribution
The site identity is clear, but the higher missile-army parent is not fully consistent across open sources. GlobalSecurity lists the 8th Missile Division under the 31st Missile Army, while specialist force-structure histories list it under the 27th Guards Missile Army, so current parent-army attribution should be treated as disputed unless confirmed by a primary official source. ([globalsecurity.org](https://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/world/russia/rvsn-orbat.htm?utm_source=openai))