58th Guards Combined Arms Army: Difference between revisions

{{Short description|Russian Ground Forces formation}}

| unit_name = 58th Army (I Formation) (Nov. 1941 – Aug. 1942)<br /> 58th Army (II Formation) (Aug. 1942 – Oct. 1943)<br />58th Army (III Formation) (1995–present)

| image = Great emblem of the 58th Combined Arms Army.svg

| image_size = 150

| caption = Emblem of the 58th Army

| dates = 1941–present

| country = [[Soviet Union]]<br />[[Russia]] (present)

| branch = [[Red Army]]<br />[[Russian Ground Forces]] (present)

| type = [[Field army]]

| size = several corps or divisions

| command_structure = [[North Caucasus Military District]] (1995–2010)<br />[[Southern Military District]] (2010–present)

| garrison = [[Vladikavkaz]]

| nickname =

| motto =

| colors =

| march =

| battles = [[World War II]]<br />[[1940-1944 Chechnya insurgency]]<br />[[Second Chechen War]]

*[[Beslan school siege]]

[[Russo-Georgian War]]<br />[[Russian military intervention in Ukraine]] <br />[[Russian invasion of Ukraine]]

*[[Battle of Hlukhiv]]

*[[2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive]]<ref name="ISW June 8">{{cite web |last1=Hird |first1=Karolina |last2=Barros |first2=George |last3=Mappes |first3=Grace |last4=Wolkov |first4=Nicole |last5=Clark |first5=Mason |last6=Kagan |first6=Fredrick W. |title=Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, June 8, 2023 |url=https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-june-8-2023 |access-date=June 9, 2023 |website=[[Institute for the Study of War]] |archive-date=June 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230609004240/https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-june-8-2023 |url-status=live }}</ref>

| commander1 = Lieutenant General [[Denis Lyamin]]

| notable_commanders = [[Vladimir Shamanov]]<br />[[Anatoly Khrulyov]]<br />[[Ivan Popov (Russian general)|Ivan Popov]]

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The '''58th Guards Combined Arms Army''' ({{lang-ru|58-я гвардейская общевойсковая армия}}) is an [[field army|army]] of the [[Russian Ground Forces]], headquartered at [[Vladikavkaz]], [[North Ossetia-Alania]], within Russia's [[Southern Military District]]. It was formed in 1941 as part of the [[Soviet Union]]'s [[Red Army]] and has been part of the Russian Army since 1995. It has the [[Military Unit Number]] (в/ч) is 47084.

The headquarters was reformed in 1995 in the [[North Caucasus Military District]] from the 42nd Army Corps at [[Vladikavkaz]]. The 42nd Army Corps had been formed in August 1982.{{sfn|Feskov et al|2013|pp=523}} During the [[Second Chechen War]], the Army was commanded by then Lieutenant General [[Vladimir Shamanov]],<ref>p.109, Murphy</ref> who was succeeded by army chief of staff and first deputy commander Major General [[Valery Gerasimov]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Из суворовцев – в стратеги |url=http://redstar.ru/iz-suvorovtsev-v-strategi/ |access-date=2022-05-13 |website=redstar.ru |archive-date=31 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031014213/http://redstar.ru/iz-suvorovtsev-v-strategi/ }}</ref>

In 2004, units from the 58th provided assistance with armoured vehicles to the forces involved storming the school on the third day of the [[Beslan school siege]].{{Cn|date=July 2023}}

==War in Donbas (2014–22)==

==Russian invasion of Ukraine (2022–present)==

{{Expand section|date=September 2023}}

On the eve of the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]], it was reported that the headquarters of the 58th Army had deployed to Crimea commanding between 12 and 17 battalion tactical groups.<ref>{{cite tweet|number=1495446742833283073|user=HN_Schlottman|title=Updated map of BTG deployments IVO #Ukraine. 110 to match released US intel assessments. ~90 are located on this ma…|date=20 February 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Batashvili |first=David |date=20 February 2022 |title=Rondeli Russian Military Digest: Issue 121, 14 February – 20 February 2022 |url=https://www.gfsis.org/russian-monitor/view/3133 |access-date=5 June 2022 |publisher=Georgian Foundation For Strategic and International Studies}}</ref> Once the invasion commenced, units of the 58th Army took part in hostilities on the [[Southern Ukraine campaign|southern front of the war]].

On 11 July 2023, the 58th Army headquarters in [[Berdiansk]], [[Zaporizhzhia Oblast]] was destroyed by a missile strike.<ref name="Popov"/><ref>{{cite news |url= https://kyivindependent.com/exiled-local-authorities-ukraine-reportedly-strikes-russian-makeshift-barracks-in-occupied-berdiansk/ |title= Exiled local authorities: Ukraine reportedly strikes Russian makeshift barracks in occupied Berdiansk|date=11 July 2023 |work=The Kyiv Independent}}</ref> Among those reportedly killed was Lieutenant-General [[Oleg Tsokov]], the deputy commander of the Russian [[Southern Military District]], making him the highest ranking Russian officer killed during the invasion.<ref>{{cite web |author=Richard Spencer |title=Ukrainians kill top Russian general with British-supplied missile|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/ukrainians-kill-top-russian-general-with-british-supplied-missile-dxfkc5cqw|date=12 July 2023 |website=[[The Times]] |access-date=12 July 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Another Russian General Killed in Occupied Ukraine|url=https://www.kyivpost.com/post/19340|date=11 July 2023 |website=[[The Kyiv Post]] |access-date=12 July 2023}}</ref>

On 12 July 2023, the army commander, Major General [[Ivan Popov (Russian general, born 1975)|Ivan Popov]], was removed from his post. In a Telegram message posted by a Russian MP, he claimed to have been fired by Defence Minister [[Sergei Shoigu]] after complaining about inadequacies in logistics that led to high casualties among his men and accusing his superiors of treason.<ref name="Popov">{{cite web |title= Russian general in Ukraine says he was fired after accusing defense minister of treachery |url= https://edition.cnn.com/2023/07/12/europe/russian-general-treachery-accusations-ukraine-intl-hnk/index.html|last1=Lister|first1=Tim|last2=Pavlova|first2= Uliana |date=12 July 2023 |website=CNN |access-date=13 July 2023}}</ref> Popov was replaced by Lieutenant General [[Denis Lyamin]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2023-07-13 |title=Депутат опубликовал заявление командующего 58-й армией об отстранении |url=https://www.rbc.ru/politics/13/07/2023/64af0ab19a7947aa682eda9c |access-date=2023-07-13 |website=РБК |language=ru}}</ref>

On 26 September 2023, the unit was awarded the "Guards" honorific for its defense of the southern front during the [[2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 26, 2023 |url=https://www.criticalthreats.org/analysis/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-september-26-2023 |access-date=2023-09-27 |website=Critical Threats}}</ref>

==Structure==

[[File:58th Army (Russia).png|thumb|right|320px|Structureof 58th Combined Arms Army in2003.]]

=== 2013 ===

v.1.0 1 December 2003, Colin Robinson (editing and some text), Vadim Teplitskiy(unit list), and Craig Crofoot (history text), via http://www.orbat.com {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116132914/http://www.orbat.com/ |date=16 November 2018 }}</ref>

=== 2016 ===

=== 2023 ===

* [[19th Motor Rifle Division]] (upgraded from brigade to division-level strength in 2020 [[Vladikavkaz]]) (в/ч 20634)

** 429th Motor Rifle Regiment (в/ч 01860)

** 503rd Motor Rifle Regiment (в/ч 75394)

* [[42nd Guards Motor Rifle Division]] ([[Khankala]], [[Shali, Chechen Republic|Shali]], [[Kalinovskaya]], [[Borzoy]] in Chechnya) (в/ч 27777)

:* 70th Motor Rifle Regiment (в/ч 71718)

:* 71st Motor Rifle Regiment (в/ч 16544)

:* 291st Motor Rifle Regiment (в/ч 65384)

::*Vostok-Akhmat battalion<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-july-14-2023 |title=Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, July 14, 2023 |last=Bailey |first=Riley |last2=Hird |first2=Karolina |last3=Mappes |first3=Grace |last4=Evans |last5=Angelica |last6=Harward |first6=Christina |last7=Clark |first7=Mason |date=14 July 2023 |website=[[Institute for the Study of War]] |access-date=15 July 2023 |quote=Chechen Republic Head Ramzan Kadyrov claimed that elements of the Chechen 'Vostok-Akhmat' battalion (291st Motorized Rifle Regiment, 58th Combined Arms Army, Southern Military District) are defending in the Orikhiv area.}}</ref>

** 50th Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment (в/ч 53185)

** 150th Separate Anti-Tank Artillery Battalion (в/ч 24566)

** 245th Separate Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (в/ч 81510)

* [[136th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade|136th Guards Motor Rifle Brigade]] ([[Buynaksk]] in [[Dagestan]]) (в/ч 63354)

* [[12th Rocket Brigade]] ([[Mozdok]]) (в/ч 25788)

* [[67th Anti-Aircraft Rocket Brigade]] ([[Vladikavkaz]]) (V/Ch 32383, formed 1967, [[:ru:67-я зенитная ракетная бригада]])

* 291st Artillery Brigade ([[Troitskaya, Republic of Ingushetia|Troitskaya]]) (в/ч 64670)

* [[100th Reconnaissance Brigade]] ([[Mozdok-7]]) (в/ч 23511)

* [[4th Guards Military Base]] ([[Java, South Ossetia|Java]] and [[Tskhinvali]] in [[South Ossetia]]) (в/ч 66431)

* 78th Logistic Support Brigade ([[Budyonnovsk]]) (в/ч 77192)

== Commanders ==

* Lieutenant General [[Gennady Troshev]] (May 1995–July 1997)

* Lieutenant General Anatoly Sidyakin (July 1997–August 1999)

* Lieutenant General [[Vladimir Shamanov]] (August 1999–December 2000)

* Major General [[Valery Gerasimov]] (February 2001–March 2003)

* Lieutenant General [[Viktor Sobolev (politician)|Viktor Sobolev]] (March 2003–April 2006)

* Lieutenant General [[Anatoly Khrulyov]] (4 April 2006–6 May 2010)

* Major General [[Andrey Kartapolov]] (7 May 2010–30 January 2012)

* Major General [[Andrey Gurulyov]] (30 January 2012–August 2016, lieutenant general 2014)

* Major General [[Sergey Kuzovlev]] (August 2016–January 2017)

* Major General [[Yevgeny Nikiforov]] (January 2017–February 2019, lieutenant general 12 December 2018)

* Major General Sergey Ryzhkov (February 2019–September 2020)

* Lieutenant General Mikhail Zusko (September 2020–2022)

* Major General [[Ivan Popov (Russian general)|Ivan Popov]] (2022–July 2023)

* Lieutenant General [[Denis Lyamin]] (July 2023–present)<ref name=":1" />

* {{cite book |author=V.I. Feskov |author2=Golikov V.I. |author3=K.A. Kalashnikov |author4=S.A. Slugin |trans-title=The Armed Forces of the USSR after World War II, from the Red Army to the Soviet (Part 1: Land Forces)|script-title=ru:Вооруженные силы СССР после Второй Мировой войны: от Красной Армии к Советской (часть 1: Сухопутные войска)|place=Tomsk|date=2013 |ref={{sfnref|Feskov et al|2013}} }} [https://shop.eastview.com/results/item?SKU=990862B] Improved version of 2004 work with many inaccuracies corrected.

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