SUMMARY OF SOVIET TROOP STRENGTH AND DISPOSITIONS

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• Publication Date: November 23, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL IN LLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT NO.
INFORMATION REPORT CD NO..
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military' districts of th USSR:
Headquarters: Arkhangel
Commander: Lt. Gen. Shcherbakov (April 1.946)
1 corps
1. division
White Sea IM
Headquarters: P?trozavodek
Corsxaander: Col. Gen. Shumilov
1 am r
1. corps
6-7 divisions
Leningrad MD
Headquarters: Leningrad
Cosvnander: Col. Gen. D. N.
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1 corps
9610 divisions
Baltic MD
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Headauartersg Riga
Corn hander: Arrw Gen. I. Kh. Bagramvn?
4 corps
9'w10 divisions
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Belorussian HD
Headquarters: Minsk
Oouur-aader: Col. Gen. S. G. Trofimenko
l army
2 corps
8-9 divisions
Carpathian MD
Headq crters: Lvov
Commander: Col. Gen. E. Galitkd
1 army
3 corps
8.9 divisions
Odessa MD
Headquarters: Odessa
Commander: Col. Gen. M. Pa1d ov (June 1949
1 army
2 corps
6 divisions
Tauric MD
Headquarterss Simferopol
Commanders Col. Gen. Popov
1 corps
2 divisions
.Kiev MD
Headquarters: BUT
Commanders Col. Gen. A. A. G.rechko
farm
2 corps
9-10 divisions
Moscow MD
Headquarters: Moscow
Commander: Marshal R. Xoretakov
1 army
3 corps
8.9 divisions
Trauscaucasus MD
Headquarteret Tbilisi
Commander: Army Gen. Kurasov*
3 armies
17-18 divisions
North Caucasus ND
Headquarters; Rostov
Commanders Col. Gen. Helov or Col. Gen. Homanoveki
1 corps
4-5 divisions
Volga MD
Headquarters: Kuibyshev
Commanders Col. Gen. Yuchkevich
1 corps
4-5 divisions
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Turkestan ND
Headquarters& Tashkent
Commander: Arn Gen. Petrov
1 are'
2 corps
4-5 divisions
South Ural MD
$eadquartere: Chkalov
1 corps
2 divisions
Ural MD
aA.quarters: Sverdlovsk
Commander: Col. Gen. F. I. Kuznotsov
1 corps
2 divisions
West Siberian, HD
Headquarters: Novosibirsk
Commander: Arn r Gen. Teremenko
I corps-
3 divisions
East Siberian ADD
Headquarters: Irkutsk or Yakutsk
Commander: Aran' Gen. Za1d arov
Transbaikal N)
Headquarters: Chita
Commander: ' Col. Gen. Norotev (Uarch 1948) )
Yar Bast MD
Headcwrterss $haparovsk
Commander: Gen. Porkaiyev**
Headquarters: Yoroehilov
Commander: Col. Gen. Biryuzov
TOTAL: 128 to 141 divisions, not counting units
areas of Buropo.
- 16-17 divisions
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-- 10-11 divisions
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stationed in the occupied
Prob ble operational rearm=at of forces:
A o th2 Lost (E eve AU621 i)
Headquarters: probably Minsk
Commander: probably Marshal S. Timoshenko
Components:
Arkhangel MD 1 division 15,000 men ) 1 *o"uably regrouped under
'White Sea MD 6-7 divisions 751000 mn ) the Northv 1. a-mand
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Northern Group of Forces ()attic Sea)
Headquarters; probably Kaliningrad
Leningrad M) 9-10 divisions 130,000 men
Baltic MD 9-10 divisions 135,000 men
Central Group of Forces
Headquarters: Minsk
Belorussian M 8-9 divisions 120,000 men
Carpathian HD 8-9 divisions 120,000 men
Troops in Austria, Hungary,
Ozechoslovakia 4 divisions 65,000 men
(including ome AAA division)
Southern Group of Fo:ces
Headquarters: Odessa
Odessa MD 6 divisions 850000 men
Tauxic HD 2 divisions 25,000 meu
Kiev MD 9-10 divisions 130,000 men
Troops in Rumania 3 divisions. 40,000 men
(including one AAA division)
Elements in Albania & Bulgaria
Group at occupation Forces in Germany and Poland
Headquarters: probably Leczyca (north of Lodz)
ComrmeAder: Marshal. aokoesovski
Troops in German - 26 divisions 350,000 men
(including 2 artillery and I AAA divisions)
Troops in Poland 3-6 divisions 60,000 men
Moscow MD (probably reserve for Arnr of the West)
8-.9 divisions 120.000 men
Armes of %e ,e Ugl
Commanders Marshal Tolbukhin***
Transcaucaeus MD 17-18 divisions 300,000 men
North Caucasus HD 4-5 divisions 70,000 men
Turkestan MD 4-5 divisions 70,000 man
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Headquarterst Chita
Oommaud.ert Marshal Malinovski
West Siberian 19D 3 divisions
Fast Siberian RD )_-?16.1? divisions
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Maritime )4D '"--10-11 divisions
40,000 men
18-20 divisions
265,000 men
20-22 divisions
305,000 men
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20-21 divisions
270,000 men
29-32 divisions
410,000 men
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25-28 divisions
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440,000 men
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260,000 men 29-31 divisions
150,000 men 450, ono men
General r eit9
Headquarters: Ohkallov
Commander: Marshal Zhukov
Volga MD 4-5 divisions )
Ural MA 2 divisions ) 8-9 divisions
South Ural MA 2 divisions ) 1200000 men
TOTAT4 **** Men 2.470,000
Divisions (exclusive
of artillery and AAA) 157-173
Composed of approximatelyt
Infantry divisions 4o-65
Motorized infantry divisions 50
Mechanized divisions 30
Armored divisions 30
Cavalry divisions 7-8
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3. estimate of Qorces loaeted en A111a -t hg SSRt
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Motor.
Inf Div
Koch
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Armored Arty
Div Div
AAA
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Germany
350.000
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Austria-Hungary
65,000
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Rumania
40, 000
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Poland
6o,ooo
1-2
1-2
1-2
Czechoslovakia )
Bulgaria )--
9.000
Albania )
524, ooo
6-7
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30-33
IInferred on the basis of the supposition that six armies would normally
carry a total of six artillery divisions.
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Col. Gen. F. F. 8uznetsov - Chief of the Main Administration
Lt. Gen. S. S. Shatilov - Vice Chief
Vice Adm. A. A. 3ik;olaiyev*** - Vice Chief
Lt. On. V. Z. Makarov - Vice Chief
Lt. Gen. M. M. Pronin - Vice Chief
Political Adm+n $3gn 21 Land I
Lt. Gen. S. F. Galatsev - Chief of the Political Administration
M4. Gen. V. V. Danilov - Vice Chief
Pot { ti -mj Amin str~stipn o f arT P rc, es
Maj? Gen. A. A. Moravlyee - Chief
Vice Adm. N. M. Hulakov - Vice Chief
Politic t m4nistrati,~? on of Air ?oras~e
Lt. Gen. Lukashin - Chief
Lt. tea. V. Ta. glokov. . - Vice Chief
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*Although not previously reported, this assignment of $urosov seems
possible. guraeov, former Soviet High Commissioner in Austria,
returned to Moscow for reassignment in Mey 1949. In June 1949,
Aran Gaza. Antonov signed an article as acting commander of troops
in the Transcaucaus MD, indicating the illness or incapacity of
Tolbukhin, former 00 of the Tranacancasus M3 who died recently.
**Reportedly replaced in June 1948.
***Died since date of information of this report.
**$$As received. The figures in the breakdown total 157 - 183 divisions
while the divisions listed in paraz. 1 and 3 total 164 - 180. The
figures .in para. 2 total 2,350,000 men and 156 - 171 divisions.
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