Southern Military District
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HQ: Rostov-on-Don, Commander: Colonel General Sergei Kuzovlev
Site Identification
This record corresponds to the Southern Military District headquarters complex in central Rostov-on-Don. Russian reporting consistently places the district HQ in Rostov; open-source reporting on the September 7, 2023 drone incident identifies the headquarters at Budennovsky Prospekt 43. ([tass.ru](https://tass.ru/obschestvo/25106117?utm_source=openai))
District Scope
The Southern Military District was formed in 2010 from the North Caucasus Military District as one of Russia’s operational-strategic territorial commands. A presidential decree dated February 26, 2024 placed the Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions within the district’s formal military-administrative boundaries, effective March 1, 2024. ([tass.ru](https://tass.ru/armiya-i-opk/5174097?utm_source=openai))
Operational Relevance
Kremlin and TASS reporting show Vladimir Putin using the Rostov command site for war-related consultations in August, October and November 2023, including briefings on the special military operation; this supports the assessment that the site functions as a key command-and-control node for Russia’s southern theater. Rostov’s transport geography also matters: TASS described the city and region as a logistics hub linking central Russia with the North Caucasus, Crimea, Donbas/Novorossiya and the South Caucasus/Central Asia axes. ([kremlin.ru](https://www.kremlin.ru/catalog/persons/426/events?utm_source=openai))
Security Exposure
The headquarters has been directly exposed to both internal-security and air-threat events. Wagner forces occupied the Southern Military District HQ in Rostov-on-Don on June 24, 2023 before withdrawing later that day, and on September 7, 2023 Russian authorities reported UAV activity over Rostov with emergency services responding near the SMD headquarters after impacts/debris damaged nearby buildings. ([reutersconnect.com](https://www.reutersconnect.com/item/russian-wagner-fighters-pull-out-of-rostov-on-don/dGFnOnJldXRlcnMuY29tLDIwMjM6bmV3c21sX1JDMldQMUFIRTRQRQ%3D%3D/?utm_source=openai))
Command Status
The metadata line naming Colonel General Sergei Kuzovlev as district commander appears outdated. TASS identified Kuzovlev as Southern Military District commander in June 2023, Kremlin materials named Gennady Anashkin acting commander in May 2024, and TASS reported Kuzovlev commanding Russia’s West grouping in February 2025; the current Southern Military District commander was not publicly confirmed in the authoritative sources reviewed as of March 12, 2026. ([tass.ru](https://tass.ru/armiya-i-opk/18051911?utm_source=openai))
Subordinates
8th Guards Combined Arms Army
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military unit 33744, HQ: Rostov Oblast, Novocherkassk, Commander: Lieutenant General Gennady Anashkin
47th Missile Brigade
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military unit 33166
238th Artillery Brigade
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2A65 Msta-B
39th NBC Protection Regiment
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military unit 16390
8th Guards Combined Arms Army HQ
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military unit 33744
49th Combined Arms Army
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military unit 35181, HQ: Stavropol, Commander: Lieutenant General Yakov Rezantsev
34th Separate Motor Rifle Brigade (mountain)
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military unit 01485, Commander: Colonel Andrei Smirnov, (MT-LBM 6MB & MT-LB VMK, BTR-80, 2S1 Gvozdika, 2S12 Sani)
205th Separate Motor Rifle Brigade
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military unit 74814, Commander: Lieutenant Colonel Eduard Shandura, (T-72B3, MT-LB, 2S3 Akatsya & 2S19SM2 Msta-S, 9K331 Tor-M1)
227th Artillery Brigade
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military unit 13714, (2S19SM1 Msta-S, BM-27 Uragan, 2A65 Msta-B, MT-12 Rapira)
1st Guards Missile Brigade
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military unit 31853, 9K720 Iskander-M
573rd Separate Reconnaissance Artillery Battalion
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military unit 55030, (AZK-7, PRP-4M, 1L219 Zoopark)
90th Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade
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military unit 54821, 9K317 Buk-M2
66th Command and Control Brigade
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military unit 41600
217th Separate Special Purpose Electronic Intelligence Battalion GRU
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military unit 87530
99th Separate Logistics Brigade
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military unit 72153
99th Separate Logistics Brigade
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military unit 72153
32nd Engineer-Sapper Regiment
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military unit 23094
689th Command Intelligence Center GRU
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military unit 87528
49th Combined Arms Army HQ
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military unit 35181
58th Combined Arms Army
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military unit 47084, Commander: Lieutenant General Denis Lyamin
136th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade
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military unit 63354, (T-90A, BMP-3, 2S3 Akatsiya, 9A331 Tor-M1)
12th Missile Brigade
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military unit 25788, 9K720 Iskander-M
291st Artillery Brigade
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military unit 64670, (2S19 Msta-S, BM-27 Uragan, 2S7M Malka, 2S4 Tyulpan, 2A65 Msta-B, MT-12 Rapira, 9K123 Khrizantema-S)
67th Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade
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military unit 32383, 9K37 Buk-M1
100th Separate Reconnaissance Brigade
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military unit 23511, GAZ-2975 Tigr
40th NBC Protection Regiment
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military unit 16383
34th Command and Control Brigade
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military unit 29202
31st Engineer-Sapper Regiment
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military unit 31777
1020th Command Intelligence Center GRU
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military unit 30656
58th Combined Arms Army HQ
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military unit 47084
102nd Military Base
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military unit 04436, HQ: Gyumri, Armenia, Commander: Colonel Konstantin Gaponenko
102nd Military Base
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military unit 04436, (T-72B, BMP-2, BM-21 Grad, 2S5 Giatsint-S, 2S1 Gvozdika, BTR-70/80)
102nd Military Base
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military unit 04436, (T-72B, BMP-2, BM-21 Grad, 2S5 Giatsint-S, 2S1 Gvozdika, BTR-70/80)
988th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment
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military unit 81594, (S-300V4, 9K37M1-2 Buk-M1-2)
3624th Air Base
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military unit 63530, (9x MiG-29, 1x MiG-29A, 1x MiG-29S, 2x MiG-29UB, 4x Mi-24P, 5x Mi-8, 2x Mi-8MTPR-1, 1x Mi-8MSV)
102nd Military Base HQ
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military unit 04436
7th Guards Air Assault Division (mountain)
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military unit 61756, Commander: Colonel Alexander Kornev
56th Guards Air Assault Regiment
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108th Guards Air Assault Regiment
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military unit 42091, (BMD-2, BTR-D, BTR-ZD Skrezhet, 2S9 Nona-S)
247th Guards Air Assault Regiment
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military unit 54801, (BMD-2, BTR-D, BTR-ZD Skrezhet, 2S9 Nona-S)
171st Separate Air Assault Battalion
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military unit 81505
1141st Guards Artillery Regiment
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military unit 40515, (D-30, 2S9 Nona-S)
3rd Separate Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment
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military unit 94021, (9K35 Strela-10, BTR-ZD Skrezhet)
7th Guards Air Assault Division HQ
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military unit 61756
4th Air and Air Defense Forces Army
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military unit 40911, HQ: Rostov-on-Don, Commander: Major General Vladimir Kutsenko
30th Separate Transport Mixed Aviation Regiment
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military unit 41497, (1x An-148, 7x An-12BK, 6x An-26, 2x Il-20M, 1x Mi-24V, 9x Mi-24P, 1x Mi-26T3, 2x Mi-26T, 5x Mi-26)
55th Separate Helicopter Regiment
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military unit 35666, (4x Ka-52, 10x Mi-35M, 12x Mi-28N, 17x Mi-8AMTSh)
16th Army Aviation Brigade
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military unit 41767, (9x Mi-8AMTSh, 21x Mi-28N, 3x Mi-8PP)
487th Separate Helicopter Regiment
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military unit 44936, (17x Mi-35M, 17x Mi-28N, 4x Mi-8AMTSh, 4x Mi-8MTV-5, 12x Mi-8MTV-5-1, 2x Forpost UAV)
3661st Air Base
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military unit 62467, Being used jointly by the Aerospace Forces (helicopters and UAVs of the 487th Separate Helicopter Regiment and other units), aviation of the Rosgvardia and the FSB.
214th Command and Control Center
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military unit 65246
4th Air and Air Defense Forces Army HQ
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military unit 83477
Vehicle Park of the 4th Air and Air Defense Forces Army HQ
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military unit 83477
8th Railway Troops Territorial Command
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HQ: Volgograd
37th Separate Railway Brigade
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military unit 51473
39th Separate Railway Brigade
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military unit 01228
39th Separate Railway Brigade
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military unit 01228
333rd Separate Pontoon-Bridge Railway Battalion
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military unit 21483
8th Separate Bridge Railway Battalion
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military unit 98539
1061st Logistics Center
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military unit 57229
Fuel Depot
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military unit 57229-3
Warehouses
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military unit 57229-6
Warehouses
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military unit 57229-9
Fuel Depot
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military unit 57229-14
Vehicle Storage
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military unit 57229-16
1061st Logistics Center
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military unit 57229-17/18
Fuel Depot
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military unit 57229-19
Vehicle Storage
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military unit 57229-21
Fuel Depot
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military unit 57229-25
Fuel Depot
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military unit 57229-27
1061st Logistics Center
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military unit 57229-31
Fuel Depot
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military unit 57229-32
Air Force Depot
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military unit 57229-38
Warehouses/Fuel Truck Storage Base
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military unit 57229-40
Navy Storage Base
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military unit 57229-43
Arsenal
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military unit 57229-44
Arsenal
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military unit 57229-51
Places
78th Separate Logistics Brigade
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military unit 11384
78th Separate Logistics Brigade
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military unit 11384
10th Separate Spetsnaz Brigade
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military unit 51532, (BTR-80, GAZ-233014 STS Tigr, Ural-63095 Typhoon-U)
22nd Separate Guards Spetsnaz Brigade
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military unit 11659, (BTR-80, GAZ-233014 STS Tigr, KamAZ-63968 Typhoon)
22nd Separate Guards Spetsnaz Brigade
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military unit 11659, (BTR-80, GAZ-233014 STS Tigr, KamAZ-63968 Typhoon)
25th Separate Spetsnaz Regiment
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military unit 05525, (GAZ-233014 STS Tigr)
346th Separate Spetsnaz Brigade
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military unit 31681, (GAZ-233014 STS Tigr, Ural-63095 Typhoon-U)
439th Guards Rocket Artillery Brigade
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military unit 48315, (9K58 Smerch/9K515 Tornado-S)
77th Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade
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military unit 33742, (S-300V4)
543rd Geospatial Information and Navigation Center
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military unit 25688
28th Separate NBC Protection Brigade
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military unit 65363
11th Separate Guards Engineer Brigade
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military unit 45767
10th Separate Repair and Evacuation Regiment
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military unit 25356
175th Command and Control Brigade
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military unit 01957
176th Communications Brigade
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military unit 71609
362nd Command Intelligence Center GRU
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military unit 47187
154th Separate Radio-Technical Brigade
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military unit 13204
74th Separate Special Purpose Radio-Technical Regiment
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military unit 68889
19th Separate EW Brigade
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military unit 62829
719th Artillery Ammunition Base
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military unit 01704
54th Intelligence Training Center
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military unit 90091
670th Armored Equipment Warehouse
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military unit 52205
2728th NBC Weapons and Equipment Storage Base
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military unit 42751
187th Interspecific Junior Specialists Training Center (Engineer Troops)
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military unit 73420
91st Communications Equipment Repair and Storage Base
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military unit 69674
744th Artillery Armament Base
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military unit 42286
744th Artillery Armament Base
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military unit 42286
293rd Separate Automobile Battalion
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military unit 46027
7024th Military Equipment Storage and Repair Base
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military unit 45278
529th Special Purpose Medical Unit
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military unit 40880
711th Information Countermeasures Center GRU
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military unit 76853
2140th Psychological Operations Group GRU
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military unit 03128
82nd Engineer Base
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military unit 29235
Radio Transmitting Center of the Southern Military District HQ (?)
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Southern Military District HQ
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