22nd Guards Combined Arms Army

22nd Guards Combined Arms Army
Great emblem
Active1990 – c. July 2009
CountrySoviet Union, Russian Federation
BranchSoviet Army, Russian Ground Forces
Sizeone Motor Rifle division, two Artillery/Missile brigades, one MLRS regiment and other auxiliary brigades/regiments
Part ofMoscow Military District
Garrison/HQNizhny Novgorod
DecorationsOrder of the Red Banner Order of the Red Banner
Battle honoursKönigsberg

The 22nd Guards Army was a field army of the Russian Ground Forces, part of the Moscow Military District. It was active from 1990 to 2009. The order for the formation's dissolution was signed by the Minister of Defence on 1 June 2009.[1]

It was formed in 1990 as the 22nd Guards Army from an army corps.

  1. ^ "Штаб 20-ой армии в августе будет перебазирован из Воронежа в Нижегородскую область - газета | ИА "НТА Приволжье" Новости Нижнего Новгорода".