| Title: Name: | Western special military district | Western Special Military District |
| Original title: Original Name: | Западный особый военный округ | |
| Date of creation: Raised/Formed: | 11.07.1940 | |
| Predecessor: Predecessor: | the Belarusian special military district | the Byelorussian Special Military District |
| Date of termination: Disbanded: | 21.06.1941 | |
| Successor: Successor: | Western front the Western military district | Western Front the Western Military District |
| Parent headquarters: Higher Command: | 11.07.1940-21.06.1941 the people's commissariat of defense | 11.07.1940-21.06.1941 the Peoples Commissariat for Defence |
| Dislocation: Deployed: | 11.07.1940-21.06.1941 , Minsk, ? | |
| Commander: Commander: | 11.07.1940-22.02.1941 Pavlov, Dmitry Grigorjevič (colonel-general of tank troops) 22.02.1941-21.06.1941 Pavlov, Dmitry Grigorjevič (army general) | |
| Chief of staff: Chief of Staff: | 11.07.1940-26.07.1940 Purkajev, Maxim Alexeyevich (lieutenant general) 26.07.1940-21.06.1941 Klimovskich Vladimir Jefimovič (major general) | |
| Subordinate units: Subordinated Units: | | |
| Honorary title: Honorary Name: | - | - |
| Honors: Decorations: | - | |
| Note: Note: | - | - |
| Source: Sources: | Bělorusskij Krasnoznaměnnyj vojennyj okrug. Red. And. To. Suljanov - In. D. Alexejenko - With. J. Baulin. 2. edition, Moscow, Vojenizdat 1983. Komandnyj even načalstvujuščij sostav Krasnoj Armii in 1940-1941 gg. Structure and kadry centralnogo apparat NKO of the USSR, vojennych okrugov i obščevojskovych armij. Dokuměnty even matěrialy. Moscow, Letnij sad 2005. Mělťuchov, Mikhail Ivanovich: Upuščennyj šans Stalin. Moscow, Věče 2000. | |