Far East Military District

Far Eastern Military District Дальневосточный военный округ
Far Eastern Military District Coat of Arms
Active	May 17, 1935 - 1938; 1945 - 2010
Country	Soviet Union (1935 - 1991) Russia (1992 - December 1, 2010)
Branch	Soviet Armed Forces Armed Forces of the Russian Federation
Type	Military district
Part of	Ministry of Defence
Headquarters	Seryshev Street, Khabarovsk
Decorations	Order of the Red Banner
Commanders
Notable commanders	Vasily Blyukher Nikolay Ivanovich Krylov Rodion Malinovsky Dmitri Yazov

The Far Eastern Military District (Dalʹnevostochnyĭ voennyĭ okrug, Russian: Дальневосточный военный округ) was a military district of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. In 2010 it was merged with the Pacific Fleet and part of the Siberian Military District to form the new Eastern Military District.

The Far Eastern Military District traces its history originally to the Eastern Siberian Military District originally formed in 1918, during the Russian Civil War. Its headquarters were at Khabarovsk.

Following the Soviet victory in the Civil War the Soviet forces in the area became the Special Red Banner Far Eastern Army (OKDVA) of the Far Eastern Republic. The District was first briefly formed in 1935 from those forces, but then reverted to the title Special Red Banner Far Eastern Army, under Marshal of the Soviet Union Vasily Blyukher, while still functioning as a military district. The Army became the Soviet Far East Front in June 1938, after Blyukher's torture and death at the hands of the NKVD during the Great Purge.

In August 1941, the front commander, General of the Army I. R. Apanasenko () was tasked to send to the west several divisions, including tank formations. Almost at the same time in October - November, were sent to the West: the 58th Tank Division of General AA Kotljarova (1st Red Banner Army), 60th Tank Division - Major-General A. Popova and 112th Tank Division.