| Title: Name: | Southern group of forces | Southern Group of Forces |
| Original title: Original Name: | Южная группа войск | |
| Date of creation: Raised/Formed: | 10.06.1945 | |
| Predecessor: Predecessor: | 3. Ukrainian front | 3rd Ukrainian Front |
| Date of termination: Disbanded: | 20.12.1947 | |
| Successor: Successor: | Separate mechanized army | Independent Mechanised Army |
| Parent headquarters: Higher Command: | 10.06.1945-03.08.1945 headquarters of the supreme command 03.08.1945-25.02.1946 the people's commissariat of defense 25.02.1946-15.03.1946 people's commissariat of the armed forces 15.03.1946-20.12.1947 the Ministry of the armed forces | 10.06.1945-03.08.1945 the Supreme Main Command of the Armed Forces 03.08.1945-25.02.1946 the Peoples Commissariat for Defence 25.02.1946-15.03.1946 the Peoples Commissariat for the Armed Forces 15.03.1946-20.12.1947 Ministry of Armed Forces |
| Dislocation: Deployed: | 10.06.1945-DD.MM.1945 Budapest, ? DD.MM.1945-20.12.1947 Bucharest, ? | |
| Commander: Commander: | 10.06.1945-17.01.1947 Tolbuchin, Fyodor Ivanovich (Marshal sovětskovo sojuza / Маршал Советского Союза) 17.01.1947-20.12.1947 Cvetajev, Vyacheslav Dmitrievich (Geněral-polkovnik / Генерал-полковник ) | |
| Chief of staff: Chief of Staff: | 10.06.1945-20.12.1947 Šljomin, Ivan Timofejevič (Geněral-lejtěnant / Генерал-лейтенант) | |
| Subordinate units: Subordinated Units: | | |
| Honorary title: Honorary Name: | - | - |
| Honors: Decorations: | - | |
| Note: Note: | WOO | - |
| Source: Sources: | Feskov, Vitaly Ivanovich - Kalashnikov, Konstantin Anatolyevich - Golikov, Valery Ivanovich: Sovětskaja Armija in goda "Cholodnoj war" (1946-1991 gg.). Tomsk, ITGU 2004. | |