Baku Air Defence Army
The Baku Air Defence Army (Russian: Бакинская армия ПВО) was a formation of the Soviet Air Defence Forces that existed in the Azerbaijan SSR from 1942 to 1945. == History == Soviet air defence in the Transcaucasus was provided by various bodies from 1918: Air defence of detachments of the Baku Commune (1918); Air Defence of the 11th Red Army of the Red Army (1920); 3rd Air Defence Corps (1935-1942); The Baku Air Defence Army was formed on the Eastern Front of World War II following the decree of the State Defence Committee of April 5, 1942.