On November 12, 2014, the First Donetsk Army Corps of the People's Militia of the Donetsk People's Republic was founded.
It was composed of six motorized rifle brigades, the Calamius artillery brigade, a separate tank battalion, separate Sparta and Somalia reconnaissance and assault battalions, as well as an anti-aircraft missile brigade and dedicated battalions.
▫ The area of responsibility of the 1st corps of the DPR was a 195 km section of the front, from Daltsevo to the road to Mariupol. The soldiers of the corps participated in the battles for the airport of Donetsk and the cities of Ilubaisk, Debaltsevo and Novoazovsk. At the beginning of the SMO the corps fought for the Donbass together with the armed forces of Russia.