8th Army Corps (Ukraine)

The 8th Army Corps was one of three army corps of the Ukrainian Ground Forces. The Corps was headquartered in Zhytomyr, Ukraine. In 2015 all army corps were dissolved and their units were transferred under jurisdiction of the operation command.

See also: 8th Tank Army
8th Army Corps
8-й армійський корпус
Patch of the 8th Army Corps
Active1 December 1993[1] – 15 March 2015
Country Ukraine
BranchUkrainian Ground Forces
TypeCorps
RoleRapid reaction[2]
Garrison/HQChernihiv Oblast
Kiev Oblast
Lviv Oblast
Zhytomyr Oblast[3]
Anniversaries6 June 1946[3]
DecorationsOrder of the Red Star
Commanders
Commanding officerLieutenant General Petro Lytvyn
Second-in-commandMajor General Victor Myzhenko[4]

On 1 December 1993, after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the 8th Army Corps was formed by the redesignation of the 8th Tank Army. The 23rd Tank Division at Ovruch became the 6065th Base for Storage of Weapons and Equipment and the 117th Training Tank Division later became the 119th District Training Centre. The 30th Tank Division became a Ukrainian mechanised brigade.

In March 2015, the 8th Army Corps was disbanded and its subordinate units transferred to other commands.[5]

Structure

Commanders
Rank Name Position held
Start End
Lieutenant General Oleh Romanenko[7] June 1993 January 1997
Major General Viacheslav Zabolotnyi[7] February 1997 May 2000
Lieutenant General Hryhoriy Pedchenko[7] May 2000 December 2002
Major General Anatoliy Pushniakov[7] December 2002 November 2004
Lieutenant General Serhiy Ostrovskyi[7] November 2004 May 2010
Major General Viktor Muzhenko May 2010 May 2012
Lieutenant General Petro Lytvyn May 2012 March 2015
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References
  1. Надруковано: 'Народна армія'. – 2009. – 30 квітня via http://sammler.ru/index.php?showtopic=65121
  2. Новини Управління Прес-служби МО
  3. Новини Управління Прес-служби МО Archived 18 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  4. Our Army Magazine
  5. "Новоград-Волинський: Коротко про головне" [Novohrad-Volynskyi: General News Summary]. vybory.osp-ua.info (in Ukrainian). Institute of Society Transformation. 20 March 2015. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
  6. The 117th TTD was succeeded by the 62nd mechanized brigade, based on which, in turn, was created 26th Artillery Brigade (based on the Directive of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine from 18.06.2004 № 312/1/014 year). Source Ruwiki 117 GRD.
  7. "Army Corps Commanders" (PDF). Viysko Ukrayiny (Army of Ukraine) (in Ukrainian). 12: 64. December 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2011.


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