 From June 1, 1989, the Central Asian Military District was dissolved and its territory again incorporated into the Turkestan Military District, as part of the unilateral reductions which Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev had announced at the United Nations on 7 December 1988.After the withdrawal from Afghanistan the 40th Army was disbanded.But in June 1991 it was reformed at Semipalatinsk from 32nd Army.