Ural Military District

Ural Military District
Ural Military District on 1 January 1989
Active1918–1922, 1935–1989, 1992–2001
CountrySoviet Union (Until 1991)
Russia
AllegianceCommander of the Troops
BranchSoviet Armed Forces
Russian Armed Forces
TypeMilitary district
HeadquartersSverdlovsk, now Yekaterinberg
DecorationsOrder of the Red Banner
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Marshal of the Soviet Union Georgy Zhukov
The building of the Headquarters of the Ural Military District in the city of Yekaterinburg

The Red Banner Ural Military District[1] was an operational–strategic territorial association of the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union and the Russian Federation, which existed in 1918–1922, 1935–1989 and 1992–2001.

The district headquarters was located in Sverdlovsk (Yekaterinburg). From 1919 to 1922, it was called the Priuralsky Military District.

  1. ^ History of the Ural Military District / Edited by Alexander Egorovsky, Ivan Tutarinov – 1 – Moscow: Military Publishing House of the Ministry of Defense of the Soviet Union, 1970 – 352 Pages – 11,500 Copies

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