page_title: Vladimir Aleksandrovich Muravyov
section_title: Command postings
hierarchical_section_title: Vladimir Aleksandrovich Muravyov / Command postings
caption_attribution_description: English: The Soviets deployed hundreds of mobile, SS-20 intermediate force missile launchers in the 1980s--with three nuclear warheads on each missile and reloads for each launcher. These were targeted against Western Europe, China, and Japan. The highly accurate SS-20 had great mobility when field deployed to ensure survivability.
context_page_description: Vladimir Aleksandrovich Muravyov was a Soviet and Russian military officer who held a number of posts in the Soviet and later Russian Armed Forces, reaching the rank of colonel-general.
  Born in 1938, Muravyov entered the Soviet Armed Forces in 1955 and after his initial studies, began a career in the Strategic Missile Forces. He rose through the ranks and posts to serve as chief engineer and then deputy commander of a rocket regiment. After graduating from the F. E. Dzerzhinsky Military Academy he took command of a rocket regiment and was soon promoted to chief of staff and deputy commander of a rocket division. In 1978 he became commander of the 49th Guards Rocket Division and oversaw the introduction of the RSD-10 Pioneer intermediate-range ballistic missile system. In 1984 he was appointed first deputy commander of the 50th Rocket Army, and in 1987 commander of the 53rd Rocket Army. Muravyov continued to be heavily involved in the introduction of the latest missile technologies, with the deployment of the RT-2PM Topol mobile intercontinental ballistic missile system.
context_section_description: From August 1978 Muravyov was commander of the 49th Guards Rocket Division, at Lida, Grodno Region. During his time in command, the 49th Guards Rocket Division was equipped with the RSD-10 Pioneer intermediate-range ballistic missile system, replacing the R-12 Dvina. In October 1979 the division was inspected by Colonel General Mikhail Grigoryevich Grigoryev, the first deputy commander of the Strategic Missile Forces, and was rated as "good". In June 1984, after graduating from the Military Academy of the General Staff that year, he was appointed first deputy commander of the 50th Rocket Army at Smolensk, and on 10 December 1987 became commander of the 53rd Rocket Army, Chita. During this time he oversaw the deployment of the RT-2PM Topol mobile intercontinental ballistic missile system.
  In November 1992 Muravyov was appointed head of the Strategic Missile Forces Combat Training Directorate, and from 27 August 1993 served as deputy commander of the Strategic Missile Forces for Combat Training, in addition to his role as head of the Strategic Missile Forces Combat Training Directorate. He was promoted to colonel-general in 1994, and in September 1997 became First Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Strategic Missile Forces, and a regular deputy commander-in-chief from January 1998 onwards.  From 27 August 1993 until 30 May 2000 he was also a member of the Military Council of the Strategic Missile Forces. Muravyov reached the age limit for active service and retired on 30 May 2000, entering the reserves.
caption: Depiction of deployed RSD-10 Pioneer missile launchers. Muravyov oversaw the equipping of the 49th Guards Rocket Division [ru] with these units during his time in command.
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