[4][5] These territories are components of Ukraine which since early 2022 have been partially or fully militarily occupied by Russian military forces.

[3] By order of then Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov, on 22 July 2010, interim commanders were named for the new military districts.

In April 2014, Crimea and Sevastopol were added to the Southern Military District following the 2014 Crimean crisis in Ukraine, when they were annexed by Russia.

[8] He was replaced by Deputy military district commander Lieutenant General Alexey Avdeev on 13 May 2021.

[10] A storage base for missile and artillery weapons was formed and transferred to the direct subordination of the 1061 CMTO.

[13] As part of the larger reorganisation, the 49th Army reformed with its headquarters seemingly in the former Institute of Communications of the Strategic Rocket Forces at Stavropol.

Also under the district's control are the Navy's Black Sea Fleet and Caspian Flotilla, including their respective air and Naval Infantry components, including – in the case of the Black Sea Fleet – the 22nd Army Corps.