| Title: Name: | the Leningrad military district | Leningrad Military District |
| Original title: Original Name: | Ленинградский военный округ | |
| Date of creation: Raised/Formed: | 09.07.1945 | |
| Predecessor: Predecessor: | the Leningrad front | the Leningrad Front |
| Date of termination: Disbanded: | 31.12.1991 | |
| Successor: Successor: | the Leningrad military district | Leningrad Military District |
| Parent headquarters: Higher Command: | 09.07.1945-25.02.1946 the people's commissariat of defense 25.03.1946-15.03.1946 people's commissariat of the armed forces 15.03.1946-25.02.1950 the Ministry of the armed forces 25.02.1950-15.03.1953 the Ministry of military affairs 15.03.1953-31.12.1991 Ministry of defense | 09.07.1945-25.02.1946 the Peoples Commissariat for Defence 25.02.1946-15.03.1946 the Peoples Commissariat for the Armed Forces 15.03.1946-25.02.1950 Ministry of Armed Forces 25.02.1950-15.03.1953 the Ministry of Military Affairs 15.03.1953-31.12.1991 Ministry of Defence |
| Dislocation: Deployed: | 09.07.1945-06.09.1991 Leningrad, ? 06.09.1991-31.12.1991 Sankt-Peterburg, ? | |
| Commander: Commander: | 09.07.1945-27.04.1946 Govorov, Leonid Aleksandrovich (marshal of the Soviet union) 27.04.1946-26.09.1949 Gusev, Dmitry Nikolayevich (colonel-general) 26.09.1949-21.04.1953 Lučinskij, Alexandr Alexandrovich (colonel-general) 21.04.1953-16.11.1957 Zakharov, Matvej Vasilyevich (general of the army) 16.11.1957-26.10.1960 Krylov, Nikolai Ivanovich (general of the army) 26.10.1960-30.10.1965 Kazakov, Mikhail Ilyich (general of the army) 30.10.1965-12.04.1967 Sokolov, Sergey Leonidovich (colonel-general) 12.04.1967-07.05.1967 Sokolov, Sergey Leonidovich (general of the army) 07.05.1967-30.01.1973 Šavrov, Ivan Jegorovič (lieutenant general) 30.01.1973-27.09.1976 Gribkov, Anatoly Ivanovich (lieutenant general) 27.09.1976-30.10.1981 Sorokin, Mikhail Ivanovich (lieutenant general) 30.10.1981-07.05.1986 Snětkov, Boris Vasilyevich (lieutenant general) 07.05.1986-26.11.1987 Snětkov, Boris Vasilyevich (army general) 26.11.1987-05.07.1990 Jermakov, Viktor Fedorovich (lieutenant general) 05.07.1990-07.12.1991 Samsonov, Vladimir Nikolaevich (colonel-general) 07.12.1991-31.12.1991 Selezňov, Sergei Pavlovich (lieutenant general) | |
| Chief of staff: Chief of Staff: | DD.MM.YYYY-DD.MM.YYYY ? | |
| Subordinate units: Subordinated Units: | | |
| Honorary title: Honorary Name: | - | - |
| Honors: Decorations: | 22.02.1968 the Order of Lenin | |
| Note: Note: | - | - |
| Source: Sources: | Feskov, Vitaly Ivanovich - Golikov, Valery Ivanovich - the Kalashnikov, Konstantin Anatolyevich: Sovětskaja Armija in goda "Cholodnoj war" (1946-1991 gg.). Tomsk, ITGU 2004. Feskov, Vitaly Ivanovich - Golikov, Valery Ivanovich - the Kalashnikov, Konstantin Anatolyevich - Slugin, Sergey Anatolyevich: Vooružennyje Forces of the USSR messenger Velikoj Otěčestvennoj the army. No. 1. Tomsk, INTL 2013. | |