Carpathian Military District
The Red Banner Carpathian Military District (Russian: Краснознамённый Прикарпатский военный округ, romanized: Krasnoznamyonniy voyénnyy ókrug, Ukrainian: Червонопрапорний Прикарпатський військовий округ, romanized: Chervonoprapornyi Prykarpatskyi viyskovyi okruh) was a military district of the Soviet Armed Forces during the Cold War and subsequently of the Armed Forces of Ukraine during the early Post-Soviet period.
| Carpathian Military District ПрикВО / PrikVO | |
|---|---|
Location of the district in the Soviet Union | |
| Active | 3 May 1946 – January 1998 |
| Country | Soviet Union (to 1992) Ukraine (1992–1998) |
| Type | Military district |
| HQ | Lviv |
| Engagements | Hungarian Revolution of 1956 Operation Danube |
| Decorations | Order of the Red Banner |
| Commanders | |
| Notable commanders | Andrey Yeryomenko Kuzma Galitsky |
It was established on 3 May 1946 on the base of the 1st Ukrainian Front, 4th Ukrainian Front, and Lviv Military District. It became part of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in 1991 and was disbanded by being redesignated the Western Operational Command in January 1998.