Carpathian Military District
| Carpathian Military District | |
|---|---|
| Active | 3 May 1946 - January 1998 |
| Country |
Soviet Union Ukraine |
| Type | Military district |
| HQ | Lviv |
| Engagements | Operation Danube |
| Decorations |
 Order of the Red Banner
|
| Commanders | |
| Notable commanders |
Andrey Yeryomenko |
Andrey Yeryomenko
Kuzma Galitsky
Ivan Konev
Pavel Batov
Andrei Getman
Gennady Obaturov
The Carpathian Military District was a military district of the Soviet Armed Forces established on May 3, 1946 on the base of the 1st Ukrainian Front, 4th Ukrainian Front, and Lviv Military District. It became part of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in 1991 and was disbanded by being redesignated the Western Operational Command in January 1998.
Two districts were formed in what was to become the district's territory in 1944-45. During May 1944 in the freed territory of the West Ukraine the Lvov Military District was activated, headed by the former deputy commander of the 2nd Ukrainian Front. In July 1945 the Carpathian Military District (PriKVO) was created during from the staff of the 4th Ukrainian Front in Chernivtsi. The two districts were amalgamated on 3 May 1946 with the headquarters at Lviv. The District's territory included 10 regions of the Ukrainian SSR - Vinnytsia, Volyn, Zhytomyr, Transcarpathian, Ivano-Frankivsk, Lviv, Rivensku, Khmel'nytskiy, Ternopil, and Chernivetskyy.
The 3rd Mountain Rifle Corps was in the Lvov Military District in September 1945. It became part of the 38th Army in the Carpathian Military District, but disbanded by 1957.
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