14th Guards Combined Arms Army

The 14th Guards Combined Arms Army (Russian: 14-я гвардейская общевойсковая армия) was a field army of the Red Army, the Soviet Ground Forces, and the Russian Ground Forces, active from 1956 to 1995. By the 1990s, according to sources within the 14th Army, the majority of its troops came from what would become the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic, with 51% of officers and 79% of draftees coming from this region.

14th Guards Combined Arms Army
14-я гвардейская общевойсковая армия
Active1956–1995
Country Soviet Union→
/ Russia
TypeField army
Part ofOdessa Military District
Moscow Military District
HeadquartersChișinău (19561984)
Tiraspol (19841995)
Equipment
Engagements
Decorations Order of the Red Banner
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Alexander Lebed
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