Central Military District

Central Military District
Центральный военный округ
Emblem of the Central Military District
Founded21 October 2010
Country Russian Federation
Branch Russian Ground Forces
TypeMilitary district
Part ofMinistry of Defence
HeadquartersLenin Avenue 71, Yekaterinburg
Engagements
DecorationsOrder of the Red Banner Order of the Red Banner
WebsiteOfficial website
Commanders
Current
commander
Colonel General Andrey Mordvichev
Insignia
Flag
Military districts of Russia. The Central Military District is shown in green.

The Order of the Red Banner Central Military District Russian: Центральный военный округ, romanizedTsentral'nyy voyennyy okrug is a military district of Russia.

It is one of the five military districts of the Russian Armed Forces, with its jurisdiction primarily within the central Volga, Ural and Siberia regions of the country and Russian bases in Central Asian post-Soviet states. The Central Military District was created as part of the 2008 military reforms, and founded by Presidential Decree No.1144 signed on September 20, 2010, as an amalgamation of the Volga–Urals Military District and a majority of the Siberian Military District. The district began operation on October 21, 2010, under the command of Lieutenant-General Vladimir Chirkin.[1]

The Central Military District is the largest military district in Russia by geographic size at 7,060,000 square kilometers (2,730,000 sq mi) (40% of Russian territory) and population at 54.9 million people (39%). The district contains 29 of the 85 federal subjects of Russia: Altai Krai, Altai Republic, Bashkortostan, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Chuvashia, Irkutsk Oblast, Kemerovo Oblast, Khakassia, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Kirov Oblast, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Kurgan Oblast, Mari El, Mordovia, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Novosibirsk Oblast, Omsk Oblast, Orenburg Oblast, Penza Oblast, Perm Krai, Samara Oblast, Saratov Oblast, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Tatarstan, Tomsk Oblast, Tuva, Tyumen Oblast, Udmurtia, Ulyanovsk Oblast.

The Central Military District is headquartered in Yekaterinburg, and its current district commander is Lieutenant-General Andrey Mordvichev, who has held the position since 17 February 2023.[2]

  1. ^ Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 20 сентября 2010 года № 1144 «О военно-административном делении Российской Федерации» Archived 2012-03-31 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Major General Linkov appointed interim commander of Russian army's 'Center' grouping in Ukraine". www.meduza.io. 3 November 2022. Retrieved 11 January 2023.