Carpathian Military District

Carpathian Military District
ПрикВО / PrikVO
Location of the district in the Soviet Union
Active3 May 1946 – January 1998
CountrySoviet Union (to 1992)
Ukraine (1992–1998)
TypeMilitary district
HQLviv
EngagementsHungarian Uprising
Operation Danube
Decorations Order of the Red Banner
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The Red Banner Carpathian Military District (Russian: Краснознамённый Прикарпатский военный округ, romanizedKrasnoznamyonniy voyénnyy ókrug, Ukrainian: Червонопрапорний Прикарпатський військовий округ, romanizedChervonoprapornyi 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.