Russiyanov continued in command of the corps after it was reorganized as the 1st Guards Mechanized Division in September 1945. He led the 1st Guards Mechanized Division when it entered Iran for several months during the Iran crisis of 1946. Russiyanov became the deputy commander of the 4th Guards Tank Army of the Group of Soviet Occupation Forces in Germany in June 1946 and continued in that position when the army was reduced to the 4th Guards Cadre Tank Division in January 1947. He studied at the Higher Academic Courses of the Voroshilov Higher Military Academy between April and September 1948, then transferred as a student of the special course. After graduating, Russiyanov was appointed deputy chief of the Directorate of Higher Educational Institutions of the Armored and Mechanized Forces on 27 December 1949. He retired on 13 April 1953 and lived in Moscow. Russiyanov was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union and a third Order of Lenin on 21 February 1978 for his "personal courage and heroism" in World War II. He died in Moscow on 21 March 1984 and was buried at the Khimki cemetery.