[1] The district began operation on October 21, 2010, under the command of Admiral Konstantin Sidenko.

In addition, operational subordination of the formations of the National Guard Troops, the Border Service of the FSB, as well as units of the Ministry of Emergency Situations and other ministries and departments performing tasks in the district.

[3] 31 July 1918 is considered to be the date of foundation of the predecessor Far Eastern Military District.

On this day, regular units of the Red Army defeated the White Army of the White Guards and interventionists in the area of the Kaul Heights, Shmakovka and Spassk.

By the end of January 2022, the headquarters of the Eastern Military District reportedly deployed to Belarus against the backdrop of a new flare-up of the crisis over Ukraine.