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The '''53rd Rocket Army''' ([[Military Unit Number]] 74102) was an army of the Soviet, later Russian [[Strategic Rocket Forces]]. It was created on June 8, 1970 from the 8th Independent Missile Corps (established 1962), under Colonel-General [[Yury Zabegaylov]]. Its headquarters was located at [[Chita, Zabaykalsky Krai|Chita]], [[Transbaikal Military District]].
It initially included the [[45th Rocket Division]] which disbanded in 1970.
==Composition 1988==
In 1988 its units comprised:<ref name=Holm>Michael Holm, [http://bit.ly/2N29p8p 53rd Missile Army]</ref>
*[[4th Rocket Division]] ([[Drovyanaya]], [[Chita Oblast]])
*23rd Guards Rocket Division ([[Kansk]]) Assigned 1983–2002; last [[RSD-10 Pioneer]] (SS-20) regiment ceased active duties 15 December 1988, and the division began preparations to convert to the [[RT-2PM Topol]] (SS-25) [[intercontinental ballistic missile]]. Fully converted by 1994, with five regiments. In 2002 the division was reassigned to the [[33rd Guards Rocket Army]].
*27th Rocket Division ([[Svobodny Cosmodrome|Svobodnyy]], [[Amur Oblast]])(disbanded 1993)
*29th Rocket Division - On 1 February 1986, a Directive № 432/3/00846 RVSN Commander of 3 December 1985, the division moved to Irkutsk, in the 53rd Rocket Army area, comprising five missile regiments equipped with the [[SS-20|15P653 "Pioneer UTTH"]] [[MRBM]]. However, in connection with the [[INF Treaty]] between the USSR and the U.S., these missiles were not placed on alert. Began to convert to the [[RT-2PM Topol]] in 1988.
*36th Guards Rocket Division
*47th Rocket Division ([[Olovyannaya]], [[Chita Oblast]]) (disbanded 1991)<ref>http://bit.ly/2SNG6vy 47th Missile Division</ref>
The army was disbanded on September 16, 2002.
==References==
<references/>
[[Category:Missile armies of the Soviet Union and Russia]]
[[Category:Armies of the Russian Federation]]
[[Category:Military units and formations established in 1970]]
[[Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 2002]]
It initially included the [[45th Rocket Division]] which disbanded in 1970.
==Composition 1988==
In 1988 its units comprised:<ref name=Holm>Michael Holm, [http://bit.ly/2N29p8p 53rd Missile Army]</ref>
*[[4th Rocket Division]] ([[Drovyanaya]], [[Chita Oblast]])
*23rd Guards Rocket Division ([[Kansk]]) Assigned 1983–2002; last [[RSD-10 Pioneer]] (SS-20) regiment ceased active duties 15 December 1988, and the division began preparations to convert to the [[RT-2PM Topol]] (SS-25) [[intercontinental ballistic missile]]. Fully converted by 1994, with five regiments. In 2002 the division was reassigned to the [[33rd Guards Rocket Army]].
*27th Rocket Division ([[Svobodny Cosmodrome|Svobodnyy]], [[Amur Oblast]])(disbanded 1993)
*29th Rocket Division - On 1 February 1986, a Directive № 432/3/00846 RVSN Commander of 3 December 1985, the division moved to Irkutsk, in the 53rd Rocket Army area, comprising five missile regiments equipped with the [[SS-20|15P653 "Pioneer UTTH"]] [[MRBM]]. However, in connection with the [[INF Treaty]] between the USSR and the U.S., these missiles were not placed on alert. Began to convert to the [[RT-2PM Topol]] in 1988.
*36th Guards Rocket Division
*47th Rocket Division ([[Olovyannaya]], [[Chita Oblast]]) (disbanded 1991)<ref>http://bit.ly/2SNG6vy 47th Missile Division</ref>
The army was disbanded on September 16, 2002.
==References==
<references/>
[[Category:Missile armies of the Soviet Union and Russia]]
[[Category:Armies of the Russian Federation]]
[[Category:Military units and formations established in 1970]]
[[Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 2002]]
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