After the withdrawal from Afghanistan in 1989, 40th Army was reduced to 59th Army Corps. The Army Headquarters was disbanded on 15 February 1989, but then reorganised as HQ 59th Army Corps (V/Ch 05865) at Samarkand on 1 March 1989.  40th Army was again reformed on June 4, 1991, at Semipalatinsk from HQ 32nd Army. Immediately prior to its dissolution in late 1992, the 40th Army consisted of the 78th Tank Division (Ayaguz); the 5202nd Base for Storage of Weapons and Equipment at Semipalatinsk (prior to 1989 – the 71st Motor Rifle Division); the 5203rd BKhVT Ust-Kamenogorsk (prior to 1989, the 155th Motor Rifle Division); the 5204th BKhVT at Karaganda (prior to 1989 – the 203rd Zaporozhye Khingan Motor Rifle Division), taken over by Kazakhstan on 7 May 1992, the 69th Tank Division (mobilisation) (Ust-Kamenogorsk), and the 10th Fortified Area. The 69th Tank Division and the 10th Fortified Area were both disbanded in 1992. With the dissolution of the Soviet Union the Army became part of the Military of Kazakhstan and was redesignated the 1st Army Corps. All veterans that participated in the Afghanistan campaign were known as the Warriors-Internationalists. The Army commander was reported as Lt-Gen Anatoliy Semenovich RYABTSEV by the Moscow ITAR-TASS World Service in Russian 0840 GMT 16 Apr 1992. He was born in Rostov Oblast. Graduated from the Ulyanovsk Tank School and the Armored Tank Troops and General Staff Military Academies. He has commanded a regiment, division, and, from 1989, an army. [The 40th Army] 'is now under the jurisdiction of Kazakhstan.'