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28th Guards Rocket Division
| Field | Value | |
|---|---|---|
| unit_name | 28th Guards Red Banner Missile Division | |
| dates | May 3, 1961 | |
| image | 28_гвардейская_Козельская_рд.jpg | |
| country | Soviet Union (1961–1991) | |
| Russia (1991–present) | ||
| branch | [[File:Flag of the Strategic Missile Forces.png | 24px]] Strategic Rocket Forces |
| type | Missile division | |
| command_structure | [27th Guards Missile Army](27th-guards-missile-army) | |
| garrison | Kozelsk, Kaluga Oblast | |
| decorations | ||
| commander1 | Colonel Valeriy V. Kasyanov |
Russia (1991–present) 28th Guards Order of the Red Banner Missile Division () is a missile division under command of the 27th Guards Missile Army of the Strategic Rocket Forces of Russia headquartered at Kozelsk in Kaluga Oblast.
History
28th Guards Red Banner Missile Division was formed on May 3, 1961, on the base of 198th Engineer Missile Brigade. On August 4, the Division received its colors.
The first training launch (R-2 missile) was performed on August 18.
On May 30, 1964, two regiments armed with R-9 Desna ICBM were formed under command of the 28th Division. Between 1967 and 1969 eleven UR-100 regiments were formed.
On President's order one of the regiments received title Kaluga. On September 12, 2007, one of the regiments (07390) was disbanded.
There were plans to disband the entire division by 2010, but on November 5, 2008 President Dmitry Medvedev during his speech at the joint session of Russia's Parliament announced that the 28th Division will resume its mission.
In 2013, work began on the rearmament of 10 silos of the 28th Missile Division with the silo complex version of the RS-24 "Yars" which completed in 2018.
Commanders
| No. | Name | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Major General Mikhail S. Burmak | 1961 | 1967 |
| 2 | Major General Vasiliy M. Barabanshikov | 1967 | 1975 |
| 3 | Major General Vladimir A. Generalov | 1975 | 1977 |
| 4 | Major General Vladimir M. Timofeyev | 1977 | 1980 |
| 5 | Major General Vladimir I. Petrov | 1980 | 1986 |
| 6 | Major General Dmitry N. Bolshakov | 1986 | 1992 |
| 7 | Major General Boris A. Polyakov | 1992 | 1995 |
| 8 | Major General Vasiliy G. Karavaytsev | 1995 | 1998 |
| 9 | Major General Sergey V. Karakayev | 1998 | 2001 |
| 10 | Major General Victor A. Fyodorov | 2001 | 2004 |
| 11 | Major General Oleg G. Antsiferov | 2004 | 2009 |
| 12 | Colonel Edward E. Stefantsov | 2009 | 2013 |
| 13 | Colonel Valeriy V. Kasyanov | February 27 2013 | present |
Equipment
In 1961-1964, the 28th Division received 15 R-9 Desna ICBM launchers, including 6 silos.
In 1967, the first (out of 11) UR-100 regiment was formed.
By 1978, 6 out of 11 UR-100 regiments received modified UR-100N (US DOD: SS-19 Stiletto) missiles. As of 2010, UR-100N remained the only ICBM in service with the division.
Rearmament of the Division with 30 new RS-24 Yars missiles was completed in December 2025.
References
References
- "Первый полк ракетных комплексов Ярс в Козельском ракетном соединении заступил на боевое дежурство : Министерство обороны Российской Федерации".
- Podvig, Pavel. (2025-12-17). "Deployment of Yars missiles in Kozelsk completed". Russian Strategic Nuclear Forces.
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