32nd Army Corps (Ukraine)
The 32nd Army Corps was an army corps of the Soviet Ground Forces and then the Ukrainian Ground Forces. Its Military Unit Number was a/h 44 690, and from 1994 – a/h A-1916.
Its headquarters was located at Simferopol. The corps was established in 1967 and became the Coastal Defence Forces Command in 2003. The Coastal Defence Forces Command was disbanded in 2004.
History
Reports disagree as to when the corps was established. Sammler.ru reports that the 32nd Army Corps was established on 1 October 1967. Narodnaya Armiya, the official newspaper of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defence, states that the corps was formed in 1967. Feskov et al. 2013, via Holm, reports 14 February 1967. Holm also states that it replaced the 45th Army Corps, which was transferred to the Far East.Initially, its units included Corps Headquarters, the 52nd, 126th and 157th Motor Rifle Divisions, 9th Separate Engineer-Sapper Battalion, 19 окр and the 909th Communications Battalion. In 1980, the 159th Motor Rifle Division was activated in Sovetskoye, Crimean Oblast, as a mobilisation division, and joined the corps. In 1982, the 784th Separate Chemical Defence Battalion was formed. In 1983, 301st Artillery Brigade at Simferopol joined the corps.
In 1987, the 157th Motor Rifle became the 710th Territorial Training Centre, and the 159th Motor Rifle Division became the 711th Territorial Training Centre. In 1989, more separate repair and recovery battalions were formed. Also in the same year, the 126th Motor Rifle Division was transferred to the Black Sea Fleet and the 711th Territorial Training Centre was disbanded. In 1990, the 157th Motor Rifle Division at Kerch became the 5378th Weapons and Equipment Storage Base. In 1991, an antiaircraft missile brigade became part of the corps.
From 1992 to 2004, the corps included the 84th and 127th Separate Mechanized Brigades, 501st Separate Mechanized Regiment and other units. In April 2003, parts of the 32nd Army Corps were transferred to the Ukrainian Navy. On 30 July, the 32nd Army Corps became the Coastal Defence Forces Command. On 30 December 2004, the Coastal Defence Forces Command was disbanded.
Corps units 2001
Corps headquarters was at Simferopol, responsible to Operation Command South and then HQ Ukrainian Ground Forces.| Unit | Base | Remarks |
| 84th Separate Mechanised Brigade | Perevalnoe | Crimean Oblast |
| 127th Separate Mechanised Brigade | Feodosiya | |
| 301st Artillery Brigade | Simferopol | |
| 3rd Separate Regiment of Special Designation | Pervomaiskyi | |
| 501st Separate Mechanised Regiment | Kerch | |
| 816th Rocket Artillery Regiment | Simferopol | |
| 1398th Anti-Tank Artillery Regiment | Simferopol | |
| 70th Engineer Regiment | Bakhchysarai | |
| 4th Separate Communications Regiment | Simferopol | |
| 287th Separate Radio Battalion | Simferopol | |
| 150th Separate Chemical Defence Battalion | Perevalnoe | |
| 858th Separate Repair and Recovery Battalion | Sovetsky |
Subordination
- 1967 – 1997 – Odessa Military District;
- to 03.01.1998, the – Shvd. OK NE Armed Forces of Ukraine ;
- From 22.04.2003. – Ukrainian Naval Forces ;
- 30.07.2003. – Transformed into a KVBO Navy APU ;
- 30.12.2004 – KVBO Navy APU disbanded.
Commanders
- Major General Vladimir Meretskov
- Major General Pyotr Shkidchenko
- Lieutenant General Dmitry Yazov
- Major General Anatoly Ryakhov
- Major General Vladimir Arkhipov
- Lieutenant General Alexander Kovtunov
- Major General Vladimir Shevtsov
- Lieutenant General Valentin Yakovlev
- Major General Valery Kuznetsov.
- Major General Viktor Paily.