[5] In 1997, its commander, Lieutenant General Gennady Anoshin, died of heart failure on a plane flight just before he was scheduled to retire from active duty.

[8] On 1 June 2009, as part of the reform of the Russian Armed Forces, the 33rd Division was downsized into the 39th Separate Motor Rifle Brigade.

[3] In April 2014, the corps was reinstated on the basis the units already stationed in Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands: the 18th Machine Gun Artillery Division and the 39th Separate Motor Rifle Brigade,[8] under the command of Major General Valery Asapov.

[9] In July 2015, Major General Alexander Peryazev took command after Asapov transferred to the Southern Military District.

[14] In the context of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, elements of the 68th Army Corps (including units from the 18th Machine Gun Artillery Division and 39th Separate Red Banner Motor Rifle Brigade) had been deployed to Belarus and were participating in active combat operations.