47th Missile Division
47-я ракетная дивизия
Military Unit: 33967
Commanders:
Major-General Nikolay Ivanovich Dryakhlykh, 5.60 - 29.10.66
Colonel Valentin Petrovich Ermoshkin, 29.10.66 - 13.3.69
Major-General Ivan Maksimovich Eremeev, 13.3.69 - 1.2.74
Major-General Viktor Nikolaevich Ivanov, 1.2.74 - 30.11.76
Major-General Gennady Vasilevich Kozlov, 30.11.76 - 2.7.81
Major-General Georgy Fedorovich Lysenko, 2.7.81 - 26.1.85
Major-General Nikolay Vikentevich Elobin, 26.1.85 - 21.1.89
Major-General Vladimir Igorevich Mikhaylov, 21.1.89 - 7.1.91
Activated 5.60 in Yasnaya (Olovyannaya), Chita Oblast, as the 124th Missile Brigade.
Initially under the 57th Artilley Range Administration, and from 3.61 the 8th independent Missile Corps.
May 1961 renamed 47th Missile Division.
Organisation 1963:
542nd Missile Regiment (Yasnaya, Chita Oblast)
544th Missile Regiment (Yasnaya, Chita Oblast)
548th Missile Regiment (Yasnaya, Chita Oblast)
551st Missile Regiment (Yasnaya, Chita Oblast)
In 3.64 all battalions were upgraded to regiments.
Organisation 1965:
542nd Missile Regiment (Yasnaya, Chita Oblast) with 3 R-16 silos
544th Missile Regiment (Yasnaya, Chita Oblast) with no missiles
548th Missile Regiment (Yasnaya, Chita Oblast) with no missiles
551st Missile Regiment (Yasnaya, Chita Oblast) with 3 R-16 silos
698th Missile Regiment (Yasnaya, Chita Oblast) with 3 R-16 silos
In 1966 the first UR-100 silos were constructed.
Organisation 1970:
542nd Missile Regiment (Yasnaya, Chita Oblast) with 3 R-16 silos
551st Missile Regiment (Yasnaya, Chita Oblast) with 3 R-16 silos
698th Missile Regiment (Yasnaya, Chita Oblast) with 3 R-16 silos
544th Missile Regiment (Yasnaya, Chita Oblast) with 10 UR-100 silos
548th Missile Regiment (Yasnaya, Chita Oblast) with 10 UR-100 silos
78th Missile Regiment (Yasnaya, Chita Oblast) with 10 UR-100 silos
498th Missile Regiment (Yasnaya, Chita Oblast) with 10 UR-100 silos
695th Missile Regiment (Yasnaya, Chita Oblast) with 10 UR-100 silos
255th Missile Regiment (Yasnaya, Chita Oblast) with 10 UR-100 silos
100th Missile Regiment (Yasnaya, Chita Oblast) with 10 UR-100 silos
82nd Missile Regiment (Yasnaya, Chita Oblast) with 10 UR-100 silos
265th Missile Regiment (Yasnaya, Chita Oblast) with 10 UR-100 silos
From 8.6.70 attached to the 53rd Missile Army.
The R-16 missile was withdrawn in 1977.
Organisation 1985:
544th Missile Regiment (Yasnaya, Chita Oblast) with 10 UR-100K silos
548th Missile Regiment (Yasnaya, Chita Oblast) with 10 UR-100K silos
78th Missile Regiment (Yasnaya, Chita Oblast) with 10 UR-100K silos
498th Missile Regiment (Yasnaya, Chita Oblast) with 10 UR-100K silos
695th Missile Regiment (Yasnaya, Chita Oblast) with 10 UR-100K silos
255th Missile Regiment (Yasnaya, Chita Oblast) with 10 UR-100K silos
100th Missile Regiment (Yasnaya, Chita Oblast) with 10 UR-100K silos
82nd Missile Regiment (Yasnaya, Chita Oblast) with 10 UR-100K silos
265th Missile Regiment (Yasnaya, Chita Oblast) with 10 UR-100K silos
Disbanded 1991.
Support Units:
0000 Technical Missile Base
000 Communications Center
Divisional coordinates:
Olovyannaya ICBM Complex (50 48 46N, 115 54 40E) - map (1964)
HQ Command & Control & Receiving facility (50 49 59N, 115 48 02E)
Transmitting Facility (50 51 44N, 115 50 06E)
Complex Support Facilities (50 51 28N, 115 51 21E) - drawing - drawing (1964)
Rail-to-Road transfer point (50 49 39N, 115 50 47E) - drawing (1964)
Silo 24X (training silo) (50 51 26N, 115 50 51E)
For launch silos, see individual regiments.
