Moscow Military District

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Moscow Military District
Московский военный округ
Moscow Military District Coat of Arms
Founded	6 August 1864
Country	Russian Empire (1864–1917)  RSFSR (1918–1922) Soviet Union (1922–1991) Russian Federation (1991–2010; 1 March 2024–present)[1]
Branch	Russian Ground Forces
Type	Military district
Part of	Ministry of Defence
Headquarters	Moscow
Engagements	Russo-Turkish War of 1877–8 World War I October Revolution Russian Civil War World War II Russian Invasion of Ukraine
Decorations	Order of Lenin
Commanders
Current commander	Colonel General Sergey Kuzovlev

The Order of Lenin Moscow Military District (Russian: Московский военный округ) is a military district of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. Originally it was a district of the Imperial Russian Army until the Russian Empire's collapse in 1917. It was then part of the Soviet Armed Forces. The district was awarded the Order of Lenin in 1968. In 2010, it was merged with the Leningrad Military District to form the new Western Military District.

In December 2022, Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu proposed to reestablish it along with the Leningrad Military District,^[2] a decision confirmed in June 2023 by Deputy Chief of the General Staff Yevgeny Burdinsky.^[3] The district was formally reconstituted on 26 February 2024 by a Presidential Decree, after the Western Military District was split.^[4]