<sod>The Primorskiy (Maritime Provinces) Military District was formed on [[September 30]] [[1945]] on the the territory of [[Primorsky Krai]] (territory of the former [[Ussuri Oblast]]), from HQ [[1st Far East Front]].<ref>Directive Stavka on September 10, 1945 № 11128.</ref>. Under its comtrol also were the troops stationed on the territory of North Korea and the [[Kwantung Peninsula]]. The district headquarters was in the city of Voroshilov ([[Ussuriisk]]).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ww2.dk/new/army/gkv/primvo.htm|title=Primorskiy Military District|last=Holm|first=Michael|website=www.ww2.dk|access-date=2016-03-20}}</ref><eod>
<sod>The Primorskiy (Maritime Provinces) Military District was formed on [[September 30]] [[1945]] on the the territory of [[Primorsky Krai]] (territory of the former [[Ussuri Oblast]]), from HQ [[1st Far East Front]]. <ref>Directive Stavka on September 10, 1945 № 11128.</ref>Under its control also were the troops stationed on the territory of North Korea (25th Army) and the [[Kwantung Peninsula]] (39th Army). The district headquarters was in the city of Voroshilov ([[Ussuriisk]]).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ww2.dk/new/army/gkv/primvo.htm|title=Primorskiy Military District|last=Holm|first=Michael|website=www.ww2.dk|access-date=2016-03-20}}</ref> Troops stationed in Primorsky Krai were the 5th and 35th Armies. Air support was provided by the 9th Air Army. The 35th Army, the [[17th Rifle Corps]] and the [[105th Rifle Division (Soviet Union)|105th]], [[187th Rifle Division (Soviet Union)|187th]], [[190th Rifle Division (Soviet Union)|190th]], [[231st Rifle Division (Soviet Union)|231st]], [[235th Rifle Division (Soviet Union)|235th]], [[335th Rifle Division (Soviet Union)|335th]], [[345th Rifle Division (Soviet Union)|345th]], [[363rd Rifle Division (Soviet Union)|363rd]], [[365th Rifle Division (Soviet Union)|365th]] and [[366th Rifle Division (Soviet Union)|366th Rifle Divisions]] were disbanded. The 5th Army's two tank divsions, the 2nd and 3rd, were the only Soviet tank divisions in the Far East. The 25th Army's [[39th Rifle Corps|39th]] and [[88th Rifle Corps]] were disbanded in August 1946. 39th Army's [[113th Rifle Corps]]2disbanded in January 1947.5th Army pulled out of North Korea in 1948 and was stationed in southern Primorsky Krai on Sino-North Korean border and on the coast of the [[Peter the Great Gulf]]. By 1948, the army only included the 10th Mechanized and 40th Rifle Divisions, as its other units had all disbanded before 1948. <ref>Feskov et al 2013, pp. 576-577</ref><eod>