Carpathian Military District

Carpathian Military District ПрикВО / PrikVO
Location of the district in the Soviet Union
Active	3 May 1946 – January 1998
Country	Soviet Union (to 1992) Ukraine (1992–1998)
Type	Military district
HQ	Lviv
Engagements	Hungarian Revolution of 1956 Operation Danube
Decorations	Order of the Red Banner
Commanders
Notable commanders	Andrey Yeryomenko Kuzma Galitsky Ivan Konev Pavel Batov Andrei Getman Gennady Obaturov Valentin Varennikov

The Red Banner Carpathian Military District (Russian: Краснознамённый Прикарпатский военный округ, romanized: Krasnoznamyonniy voyénnyy ókrug, Ukrainian: Червонопрапорний Прикарпатський військовий округ, romanized: Chervonoprapornyi Prykarpatskyi viyskovyi okruh) was a military district of the Soviet Armed Forces during the Cold War and subsequently of the Armed Forces of Ukraine during the early Post-Soviet period.

It was established on 3 May 1946 on the base of the 1st Ukrainian Front, 4th Ukrainian Front, and Lviv Military District. It became part of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in 1991 and was disbanded by being redesignated the Western Operational Command in January 1998.