Editing Soviet Air Defence Forces (section)

==Structure==
{{See also|List of Corps & Divisions of the Russian Air Force}}
The PVO structure during the Cold War and in Russia until 1998 consisted of three specialized branches: the Radiotechnical Troops ({{Langx|ru|радиотехнические войска|radiotekhnicheskie voyska}}), Surface-to-Air Missile Troops ({{Langx|ru|зенитно-ракетные войска|zenitno-raketnye voyska}}), and Fighter Aviation ({{Langx|ru|истребительная авиация|istrebitel'naya aviatsiya}}; '''IA-PVO''').<ref name=Suvorov>[[Viktor Suvorov]], [[Inside the Soviet Army]], Hamish Hamilton, 1982, {{ISBN|0-241-10889-6}}</ref> Armies, corps, and divisions of the PVO were made up of units from all three branches.<ref>This army, corps, and division data is drawn from Feskov et al. 2004, pp. 151–152. Corrections where necessary have been made from Michael Holm's site, http://www.ww2.dk/new {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101201025125/http://www.ww2.dk/new/ |date=2010-12-01 }}</ref>
* [[Moscow Air Defence District]] (now the Russian [[Special Purpose Command]])<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ww2.dk/new/pvo/mopvo.htm |title=Moscow Air Defence District |publisher=Ww2.dk |access-date=2013-10-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005044315/http://www.ww2.dk/new/pvo/mopvo.htm |archive-date=2013-10-05 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[2nd Air Defence Army]] ([[Belorussian Military District]])
* [[4th Independent Air Defence Army]] (HQ Sverdlovsk)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://russianarms.mybb.ru/viewtopic.php?id=1166 |title=4-я отдельная Краснознамённая армия ПВО, в/ч 10866 (г. Свердловск) |publisher=Russianarms.mybb.ru |access-date=2013-10-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004231029/http://russianarms.mybb.ru/viewtopic.php?id=1166 |archive-date=2013-10-04 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
** [[5th Air Defence Corps]]
** [[19th Air Defence Corps]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ww2.dk/new/pvo/19kpvo.htm |title=19th Air Defence Corps |publisher=Ww2.dk |access-date=2013-10-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005022901/http://www.ww2.dk/new/pvo/19kpvo.htm |archive-date=2013-10-05 |url-status=live }}</ref>
** [[20th Air Defence Corps]] (Perm, Perm Oblast)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ww2.dk/new/pvo/20kpvo.htm |title=20th Air Defence Corps |publisher=Ww2.dk |access-date=2013-10-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005042112/http://www.ww2.dk/new/pvo/20kpvo.htm |archive-date=2013-10-05 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*** [[763rd Fighter Aviation Regiment]]
*** [[764th Fighter Aviation Regiment]]
*** [[765th Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO]]
* [[6th Independent Air Defence Army]] ([[Leningrad Military District]])
** [[27th Air Defence Corps]], [[Riga]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ww2.dk/new/pvo/27kpvo.htm |title=27th Air Defence Corps |publisher=Ww2.dk |access-date=2013-10-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004233955/http://www.ww2.dk/new/pvo/27kpvo.htm |archive-date=2013-10-04 |url-status=live }}</ref>
** [[54th Air Defence Corps]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ww2.dk/new/pvo/54kpvo.htm |title=54th Air Defence Corps |publisher=Ww2.dk |access-date=2013-10-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004223159/http://www.ww2.dk/new/pvo/54kpvo.htm |archive-date=2013-10-04 |url-status=live }}</ref>
** [[14th Air Defence Division]], [[Tallinn]]
* [[8th Air Defence Army]] (HQ Kiev)
** [[49th Air Defence Corps]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ww2.dk/new/pvo/49kpvo.htm |title=49th Air Defence Corps |publisher=Ww2.dk |access-date=2013-10-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131003001347/http://www.ww2.dk/new/pvo/49kpvo.htm |archive-date=2013-10-03 |url-status=live }}</ref>
** [[60th Air Defence Corps]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ww2.dk/new/pvo/60kpvo.htm |title=60th Air Defence Corps |publisher=Ww2.dk |access-date=2013-10-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130429112014/http://www.ww2.dk/new/pvo/60kpvo.htm |archive-date=2013-04-29 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[10th Independent Air Defence Army]] (HQ [[Arkhangelsk]])
* [[11th Independent Air Defence Army|11th Red Banner Army of the PVO]] ([[Far East Military District]])
** [[8th Air Defence Corps]]
** [[23rd Air Defence Corps]]
** [[6th Air Defence Division]]
** [[24th Air Defence Division]] and 29th Divisions of the PVO
* [[12th Independent Air Defense Army|12th Independent Air Defence Army]] (HQ Tashkent)
** 24th and 37th Corps of the PVO
* [[14th Independent Air Defence Army]] ([[Siberian Military District]])
** [[38th Air Defence Corps]]
** 39th Air Defence Corps (Irkutsk) ([[:ru:Мукденское соединение ПВО]])
** 50th Air Defence Corps
** 56th Air Defence Corps (Semipalatinsk)
** [[41st Air Defence Division]]
* [[19th Air Defence Army|19th Independent Air Defence Army]] (19th Army of the PVO) ([[Transcaucasus Military District]]) - listing for 1988<ref>{{Cite web |last=Holm |first=Michael |date=2013-02-17 |title=19th independent Red Banner Air Defence Army - 19-я отдельная Краснознамённая армия ПВО |url=http://www.ww2.dk/new/pvo/19oapvo.htm |access-date=2022-05-25 |website=Soviet Armed Forces 1945-1991: Organisation and order of battle}}</ref>
**Communications Center (Novosibirsk, Novosibirsk Oblast)
**12th Air Defence Corps (Rostov-na-Don, Rostov Oblast) (became [[51st Air Defence Corps]] in 1998)
**14th Air Defence Corps (Tbilisi, Georgian SSR)
**15th "Lvov [[Order of the Red Banner|Red Banner]]" Air Defence Corps (Alyaty (Baku), [[Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic]])
**10th Air Defence Division ([[Volgograd]], Volgograd Oblast)