Central Asian Military District
The Red Banner Central Asian Military District was a military district of the Soviet Armed Forces, which existed in 1926–1945 and 1969–1989, with its headquarters at Tashkent (1926–1945) and Almaty (1969–1989). By USSR Order No.304 of 4 June 1926, the Turkestan Front was renamed the Central Asian Military District. 1st Formation. On 22 June 1941 the Central Asian Military District included the 4th Cavalry Corps (18th, 20th, and 21st Mountain Cavalry Divisions), the 27th Mechanised Corps (9th and 53rd Tank Divisions and 221st Mechanised Division, the 58th Rifle Corps, and the independent 238th Polish Rifle Division , as well as the Air Forces of the Central Asian Military District (under General Major M.P. Kharitonov, including 4th Aviation Brigade with 34th Bomber Aviation Regt (SBs) (Tashkent) and 116th Regiment (I-153s) at Stalinabad) and district troops. The 74th and 75th (later to become the 27th Guards Rifle Division) Naval Rifle Brigades were formed in the district after a November-December 1941 People's Commissariat for Defence resolution. On 9 July 1945, the district was split into the Turkestan and Steppe Military Districts. 2nd Formation. The district was reformed in 1969, as the Chinese threat to the Soviet Union increased . In 1988 the CAMD included the 32nd Army and 17th Army Corps and troops directly subordinate to district command. Air support was carried out by the 73rd Air Army, and air defence by the 12th and 14th Air Defence Armies. The 32nd Army (headquartered in Semipalatinsk) includes a tank and three motor rifle divisions, anti-aircraft and missile brigades, artillery and rocket regiments, separate Flame-tank Regiment, and others. The 17th Army Corps (headquartered in Frunze) included the 8th Guards Motor Rifle Division (Frunze) and the 68th Motor Rifle Division (Sary Ozek) (the former 372nd Rifle Division, 68th Mountain Motor  Rifle Brigade (Osh), and the 30th independent Motor Rifle Regiment (Kurdai), plus a separate battalion. District units included the 80th Guards Training Motor Rifle Division and the 134th Motor Rifle Division (Dushanbe) (formed February 1980 to replace the 201st MRD which had been deployed to Afghanistan), two communications brigades, a chemical protection missile brigade, a separate air assault battalion, and the 23rd independent Helicopter Transport Regiment (Dushanbe). In addition, the 57th Air Assault Brigade was based at Aktogay. Air units of the district were deployed to Afghanistan. District forces in 1989. The district was disestablished and its territory incorporated into  the Turkestan Military District from 5 January 1989 on. At that time it had the following structure: Formations and units under direct district subordination. District Command and Headquarters ("Управление командующего и штаб") - Alma Ata, Kazakh SSR Ground Forces of the Central Asian Military District. The Ground Forces of the military district consisted of the 32nd CA Army and the 17th Army Corps. At the time of the fusion of the CAMD into the Turkestan Military District in 1989 they consisted of: 32nd Combined Arms Army. 32nd Combined Arms Army ("32-я общевойсковая армия") Army Command and Headquarters ("Управление командующего и  штаб") - Semipalatinsk 17th Army Corps. 17th Army Corps ("17-й армейский корпус") (after the disintegration of the USSR the remnants of the corps became the foundation for the Armed Forces of the Kyrgyz Republic) Corps Command and Headquarters ("Управление корпуса и штаб") - Frunze Air Forces of the Central Asian Military District. By Order of the Ministry of Defence of the Soviet Union ("Приказ МО СССР") dating from January 5, 1980 and calling for an increased co-operation between the land and air forces by bringing them together "under common banners" ("свести "под одни знамена" ВВС и сухопутные войска с целью  повышения их взаимодействия") the tactical air forces have effectively become army aviation in their entirety and the previous commanders of the air armies becoming deputy military district commanders in charge of aviation. Correspondingly the 73rd Air Army was transformed into the Air Forces of the Central Asian Military District. This military reform was reversed as counter-productive and in May of 1988 the AF CASM were reverted to the 73rd Air Army. It consisted of: 73rd Air Army ("73-я воздушная армия") - Alma Ata