Siberian Military District The Siberian Military District was a Military district of the Russian Ground Forces . In 2010 it was divided between the two newly formed Central and Eastern Military Districts . History . In 1998 , seven years after the fall of the Soviet Union , the District as it is today was formed by the amalgamation of the previous Siberian and Transbaikal Military District s , and on their merger gave up the vast Sakha Republic ( or Yakutia ) to the expanded Far Eastern Military District . The Siberian Military District was originally formed in 1864 , being one of the ten original military districts of the Russian Empire . It was recreated in June 1924 with the consolidation of the Western , Central and Eastern Siberian Military Districts , which had become the Imperial Military Districts in the area . In June 1941 the District was host to the 24th Army , under Lieutenant General Stepan Kalinin , which comprised two Rifle Corps , the 52nd and 53rd . The 52nd , with its HQ in Novosibirsk along with the 133rd Rifle Division , additionally had the 166th Rifle Division at Barabinsk and the 178th Rifle Division at Omsk . The 53rd Rifle Corps at Krasnoyarsk , where the 119th Rifle Division was stationed , also included the 107th Rifle Division at Barnaul and the 91st Rifle Division at Achinsk . Among the many , many formations the district raised during the Second World War was the 75th Cavalry Division , formed in September and October 1941 . Immediately after the end of World War II , on July 9 , 1945 , to facilitate the demobilisation process , the Siberian Military District was divided into the Western and Eastern Siberian Military Districts . The Western Siberian Military District was headquartered at Novosibirsk , and created from HQ 8th Army , covered the Tyumen Oblast , the Omsk Oblast , Novosibirsk , the Tomsk Oblast , the Kemerovo Oblast and Altay . The Eastern Siberian District was located at Irkutsk and created from HQ 50th Army . The Eastern Siberian District was disbanded in 1953 with its region being split between the Western Siberian District and the Transbaikal Military District . In 1956 the Western Siberian Military District was again renamed the Siberian Military District . In 1974 for their great contributions to the cause of strengthening the defence of the Soviet State and its armed protection , successes in combat and political training , the Transbaikal Military District was rewarded with the Order of Lenin , and the Siberian Military District with the Order of the Red Banner . District forces c . 2009 – 2010 . The 41st Army was formed from the headquarters of the former Siberian Military District at Novosibirsk while the new district ’ s headquarters were established at Chita ( the former Trans - baikal HQ ) . It is likely safe to assume that the 41st Army controls all the field formations of the previous Siberian Military District . The IISS listed the district in 2006 as having a total of one tank , two motor - rifle and one machine - gun artillery divisions , two motor - rifle and one air assault brigades . The 2nd Guards Tank Division , previously active in the District having moved from the Leningrad Military District in the 1960s , disbanded in 2001 - 3 . Also , while the 21st Guards ' Tagenrog ' Motor Rifle Division , withdrawn from Germany to the former Siberian Military District , was apparently partially re - equipped with the T - 90 MBT in the mid - 1990s , in 2000 it was apparently disbanded . The 29th Army at Ulan - Ude was seemingly disbanded in the course of 2007 . Subordinate units . " Order of Lenin " Siberian Military District 2010 :