| 9th Separate Army | 22 June 1941 |
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| 9th Separate Army | 22 June 1941 |
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Commander: General-Colonel Ya. T. Cherevichenko Member of the Military Soviet: Corps Commissar A. F. Kolobyakov Chief of Staff: General-Major M. V. Zakharov |
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General-Colonel |
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Ya. T. Cherevichenko |
| 14th Rifle Corps: | 35th Rifle Corps: | 48th Rifle Corps: |
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25th Rifle Division |
95th Rifle Division |
30th Mountain Rifle Division |
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51st Rifle Division |
176th Rifle Division |
74th Rifle Division |
| 2nd Cavalry Corps: | 2nd Mechanized Corps: | 18th Mechanized Corps: |
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5th Cavalry Division |
11th Tank Division |
44th Tank Division |
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9th Cavalry Division |
16th Tank Division |
47th Tank Division |
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15th Mechanized Division |
218th Mechanized Division |
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6th Motorcycle Regiment |
26th Motorcycle Regiment |
Army Ground Assets:
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150th Rifle Division |
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80th (Rybnitskii)[Rybnitsa] Fortified Region |
81st (Dunaiskii)[Danube] Fortified Region |
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82nd (Tiraspol’skii)[Tiraspol’] Fortified Region |
84th (Verkhne-Prutskii)[Verkhne-Prut] Fortified Region |
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86th (Nikhne-Prutskii)[Nizhne-Prut] Fortified Region |
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320th Gun Artillery Regiment RGK |
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430th High-powered Howitzer Artillery Regiment |
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265th Corps Artillery Regiment |
266th Corps Artillery Regiment |
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374th Corps Artillery Regiment |
648th Corps Artillery Regiment |
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317th Separate Special-powered Artillery Battalion RGK |
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26th Separate Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion |
268th Separate Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion |
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8th Separate Engineer Battalion |
16th Separate Engineer Battalion |
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121st Motorized Engineer Battalion |
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Army Air Defense Assets:
Kishinevskii [Kishinev] PVO Brigade Region
131st Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO
Army Aviation Assets:
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20th Mixed Aviation Division |
21st Mixed Aviation Division |
45th Mixed Aviation Division |
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65th Fighter Aviation Division (Forming) |
66th Fighter Aviation Division (Forming) |
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317th Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment
Note:
The 9th Army was formed in September 1940 in the Odessa Military District. It participated in the occupation of Bessarabia in September 1940 and has remained ever since. Sometime between September 1940 and June 1941, it was removed from assignment to the Odessa Military District and place directly under the command of Stavka. The command positions for 9th Army will come from the Headquarters of the Odessa Military District. Although the artillery, armor and aircraft readiness totals for the Army are unavailable, please consult the totals for the Odessa Military District. In addition, the NKVD did operate some forces in the rear area of 9th Army, please consult the Odessa Military District for those forces. There were some Border Guards Detachements that were in the 9th Army area. They included: the 2nd (Kalarash), 23rd (Lipkany), 24th (Bel’tsy), 25th (Kagul) and 79th (Izmail) Detachments.
Manpower, Small-Arms and Transportation Totals
In the 9th Separate Army
1 June 1941
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Manpower: |
On Rolls: |
171,570 |
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In Training Courses: |
3,050 |
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Total: |
174,620 |
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Small-Arms: |
Rifles and Carbines: |
149,433 |
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Sub-machineguns: |
3,293 |
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Crew-served machineguns: |
6,381 |
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Anti-Aircraft machineguns (12.7mm): |
118 |
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Transport Means: |
Vehicles (total) |
10,041 |
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Of which Cargo Trucks |
7,821 |
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Tractors |
1,471 |
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Horses |
31,701 |
