In 2010 it became the Southern Military District and lately also included the Black Sea Fleet and Caspian Flotilla.

Following the conclusion of the Battle of the Caucasus, the North Caucasian Front and the headquarters of the 56th Army were disbanded in accordance with a Supreme Command directive of the 20 November 1943.

[4] Immediately following the war, to demobilize the force, on 9 July 1945 the territory was split into three military districts: Don, Stavropol, and the Kuban.

The official Russian military website notes the work of the soldiers of the district in helping repair the ravages of the war.

During the massacre, as the first deputy commander of the North Caucasian Military District, Lieutenant General Matvey Shaposhnikov refused to comply with the order to attack the demonstrators with tanks.

In August 1982 the 42nd Army Corps (ru:42-й армейский корпус (СССР)) was formed in Ordzhonikidze in North Ossetia.

[24] Later the 100th Division was reduced in status to the 50th Separate Brigade of Operational Designation MVD, now part of the National Guard of Russia.

The official website underlines the importance of the District as a border formation with the task of securing the southern boundary of the Russian Federation.

From late 1991 into 1992 the 173rd Guards District Training Centre suffered huge losses of equipment to Chechen militants as it was pillaged in the process of removal of weapons to the Russian Federation proper;[26] it was formally disbanded on 4 January 1992.

The former 8th Guards Army of Stalingrad fame, was withdrawn from East Germany to the site of its greatest victory, now named Volgograd, in May 1993.

The 58th Combined Arms Army's creation was announced on April 26, 1995; previously there had only been corps headquarters in the District.

In the first decade of the 21st century, the Armed Forces did not have the primary role in directing the anti-terrorist effort in the North Caucasus region.

It has also visited the Chechen Republic more than once, and in February 2002 attended a military parade of the United Group of Forces in Grozny.

[36] The Song and Dance Ensemble of the North Caucasian Military District was created in 1943 and has a permanent composition of 50 musicians.

Its main task is to help the commanders of units maintain the moral and psychological spirit of their personnel.

In the memorial hall of the new museum, there is a relief map of the former district, opposite to which there are marble pylons with the names of two and three time Heroes of the Soviet Union.

The Civil War hall reflects on the history of the creation and formation of the North Caucasian Military District.