and the Division was still serving with the Army in May 1945, along with the 17th Rifle Corps (8th and 138th Rifle Divisions) and a Fortified Region. After World War II, the 18th Army was transformed into a Mountain Army in the territory of the Carpathian Military District and Northern Bukovina. This army was disbanded in May 1946. Some of its elements, along with parts of the 52nd Army were used to form the 8th Mechanised Army. Commanders Andrey Smirnov (June - October 1941), Lieutenant General, killed in action Vladimir Kolpakchi (October - November 1941), Major General Fyodor Kamkov (November 1941 - February 1942 and April - October, 19th 1942), Major General Ilya Smirnov (February - April 1942), Lieutenant General Andrei Grechko (October 1942 - January, 5th 1943), Major General Aleksandr Ryzhov (January - February, 11th 1943), Major General Konstantin Koroteyev (February - March, 16th 1943), Major General Konstantin Leselidze (March 1943 - on February, 6th 1944), Lieutenant General promoted to Colonel General in October 1943 Yevgeny Zhuravlev (February - November 1944), Lieutenant General Anton Gastilovich (November 1944 - May 1945), Major General, since January 1945 Lieutenant General Sources and references http://samsv.narod.ru/Arm/a18/arm.html Feskov et al., The Soviet Army in the Period of Cold War, 2004, Tomsk University Press, Tomsk Ukrainian Book of Memory, Vol VIII, http://memory.dag.com.ua/browse?1270 Victory site https://web.archive.org/web/20160521225208/http://victory.mil.ru/ by the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation 018 Military units and formations established in 1941 Military units and formations disestablished in 1946