The corps was disbanded in 1989 was a result of Soviet troop reductions at the end of the Cold War.

[1] The 137th Rifle Corps was formed on 5 December 1945 in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, part of the Far Eastern Military District, from the Kamchatka Defense Region.

After the 1953 disbandment of the 14th Assault Army in Chukotka its 3rd and 8th Separate Rifle Brigades became part of the corps.

At the time it included the 410th Separate Motor Rifle Regiment at Magadan and the 414th at Anadyr.

In May 1969, as a result of the Sino-Soviet border conflict, corps headquarters transferred to Birobidzhan.

Due to the Soviet troop reductions at the end of the Cold War, the corps disbanded on 10 October 1989.