Kyrgyz Army

In April 1992, Kyrgyzstan formed a State Committee for Defense Affairs, and in June the republic took control of all troops on its soil (meaning remaining units of the stationed in Kyrgyzstan).

[1] In 1994, 30 percent of the officer corps were ethnic Russians.

[2] The first commander was General Valentin Luk'yanov [ru], an ethnic Ukrainian.

[3] In Russian sources Luk'yanov is listed as the commander of the 8th Guards Motor Rifle Division from 1985-91.

[4] On January 25, 2017, President Almazbek Atambayev officially founded the Kyrgyz Army, with Colonel Erlis Terdikbayev acting as its first commander.

The parade contingent from the Panfilov Division during the 2010 Moscow Victory Day Parade on Red Square in 2010.