| Title: Name: | 8. tank army | 8th Tank Army |
| Original title: Original Name: | 8-я танковая aрмия | |
| Date of creation: Raised/Formed: | 01.05.1957 | |
| Predecessor: Predecessor: | 8. mechanized army | 8th Mechanised Army |
| Date of termination: Disbanded: | 31.12.1991 | |
| Successor: Successor: | 8. tank army | 8th Tank Army |
| Parent headquarters: Higher Command: | 01.05.1957-31.12.1991 Přikarpatský military district | 15.04.1957-31.12.1991 Carpathian Military District |
| Dislocation: Deployed: | 01.05.1957-31.12.1991 Zhytomyr | |
| Commander: Commander: | 01.05.1957-27.02.1958 Babadžaňan, Amazasp Chačaturovič (colonel-general) 27.02.1958-23.05.1960 Bělik, Pyotr Alexeyevich (lieutenant-general of tank troops) 23.05.1960-09.05.1961 Bisjarin, Vasily Zinovjevič (major general of tank troops) 09.05.1961-09.12.1964 Bisjarin, Vasily Zinovjevič (lieutenant-general of tank troops) 09.12.1964-31.01.1967 Kotov, Ivan Jakovlevič (lieutenant-general of tank troops) 31.01.1967-16.12.1969 Merminskij, Viktor Arkaďjevič (lieutenant general) 16.12.1969-24.05.1972 Jamščikov, Alexei Mikhailovich (lieutenant-general) 24.05.1972-04.12.1975 Ivanov, Vladimir Ivanovich (lieutenant-general of tank troops) 04.12.1975-27.10.1977 Mokropolov, Nikolai Mikhailovich (major general of tank troops) 27.10.1977-DD.01.1979 Mokropolov, Nikolai Mikhailovich (lieutenant-general of tank troops) DD.01.1979-DD.07.1980 Šuraljov, Vladimir Mikhailovich (major general of tank troops) DD.07.1980-16.12.1982 Surodějev, Sergei Alexeyevich (major general) 16.12.1982-DD.07.1983 Surodějev, Sergei Alexeyevich (lieutenant general) DD.07.1983-DD.07.1985 Sadovnikov, Valentin Pavlovich (major general) DD.07.1985-15.02.1988 Golovňov, Anatoly Andreevich (major general) 15.02.1988-DD.08.1988 Golovňov, Anatoly Andreevich (lieutenant general) DD.08.1988-30.10.1989 am zolotov, Leonid Sergeyevich (major general) 30.10.1989-DD.05.1990 am zolotov, Leonid Sergeyevich (lieutenant general) DD.05.1990-DD.12.1991 Toršin, Alexander Mikhailovich (lieutenant-general) | |
| Chief of staff: Chief of Staff: | 01.05.1957-DD.MM.YYYY | |
| Subordinate units: Subordinated Units: | | |
| Honorary title: Honorary Name: | - | - |
| Honors: Decorations: | 15.01.1974 the Order of the red star | |
| Note: Note: | 01.05.1957-31.12.1991 WOO 57949 | 01.05.1957-31.12.1991 HIM 57949 |
| Source: Sources: | Drogovoz Igor Grigorjevič: Tankovyj sword of the Party Rooms. Minsk, Charvest 2001. 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. | |