Foreword by Veremeev Yu.G.
People who are quite far (and not very) from, as it has become fashionable to call it in the press now, power structures, do not particularly distinguish and do not see a significant difference between the Russian Army and the Russian Internal Troops. As before, they did not see the difference between the military formations of the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR. Moreover, in the nineties of the 20th century and at the beginning of the 21st century, in armed conflicts within the country, units and formations of the RA and explosives often performed the same military tasks in the same areas. And often the police (OMON, SOBR) and even units of the Ministry of Justice (Special Forces GUFSIN) were also involved here.
So who and why needed such a division of the armed forces, especially since this did not go to the benefit of the cause? Army divisions and regiments are subordinate to the Ministry of Defense, divisions, regiments and battalions of the Internal Troops to the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The subordination of units to various departments in itself creates conditions for mutual misunderstanding, makes it difficult to control combat operations and coordinate efforts, and even gives rise to certain frictions.

Moreover, war is not at all the sphere of activity that the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and even more so the Ministry of Justice, should deal with. War is the destiny of the Army. Any war. And what happened (and has not ended to this day) in Chechnya, Ingushetia, Dagestan can only be called a war. Although the Russian leadership came up with elegant names for what was happening. Either "restoring constitutional order", or "counter-terrorist operation". If only not to admit to ourselves that there is a war going on in the country. A kind of ostrich politics. Like, we do not see any war. Although all citizens and all abroad openly call what is happening a war.

All this confusion with the explosives began in the early nineties, when everyone's so "beloved first president of Russia, Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin," for the sake of the stupid Russian intelligentsia, solemnly and loudly proclaimed that "... from now on, the Army will never be used against its citizens," although even it was already clear to ordinary but thinking citizens that this was just a shameless attempt by the Kremlin inmates to deceive the country. After all, it is enough to announce that since yesterday the N division has been subordinated not to the Ministry of Defense, but to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, in order to legally leave it to suppress unrest in any region of the country.

Today, the Internal Troops outnumber the Russian Army. They are better organized, equipped, trained, armed, including heavy weapons(except for strategic missiles and heavy aircraft).

This gives rise to certain thoughts that the current democratic leadership of Russia is not at all afraid of an external enemy, and is not going to defend the country and fellow citizens from an attack from outside, but is extremely worried about the "internal enemy", i.e. robbed and robbed by the new authorities by their compatriots.
Still, foreign banks and governments, where the modern Russian aristocracy keeps their money, their deposits are not threatened (as long as they obediently follow the instructions of the US State Department). But the indignant "rabble" inside the country may try to call the gentlemen who promised universal prosperity to account. And from here it is clear that in such a case, an internal army is needed, which will suppress any rebellion and protect the villas, estates, Mercedes and yachts of the new Russian landowners. And if someone attacks from outside, and the question of the existence of the Russian state itself arises, then the gentlemen will jump into their personal liners and leave for the "beautiful far away", from where it is very sweet to grieve about the fate of Russia and tell how much they did for the prosperity of the Motherland, which they did not understand and did not appreciate.
And we can only hope that the Internal Troops will be able to do what the now destroyed Russian Army should have done, i.e. protect the country.

So where did the explosives come from, and what did they do during the existence of the Soviet Union, and Valery Timofeevich Vlasenko, a veteran of the Internal Troops, is trying to tell. This will help readers understand the place and role of the VV in the past, their difference from the Soviet Army, before they were transformed into what we have today.

In no way do I want to say that VV is the support and hope of today's democratic regime, that it is faithful dogs Russian oligarchs, deputies and other rich people (which they would very much like). I have the same respect for the soldiers and officers of the VV, as for the army, and I flatter myself with the hope that in the event of a threat to the country, both of them will defend Russia shoulder to shoulder, without thinking about departmental affiliation.

End of preface.

Few people really know anything about such, as it is now customary to write in the press, "power structure", like internal troops, what they are intended for and what they do.

In glorious times, in the bose of the deceased USSR, there were internal troops (VV), which did not belong to the internal affairs bodies, but existed on their own. Although they were subordinate to the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD), and not to the Ministry of Defense (MO).

The tasks of the explosives in the Soviet Union were:

1. Security public order in large cities (cities with a population of more than 1 million people, as well as the capitals of the union republics).
2. Protection of places of detention (corrective labor institutions). Convoying persons under investigation, defendants, as well as convicts on their way to places of deprivation of liberty.
3. Protection of especially important state facilities (nuclear power plants, defense plants, bridges over large rivers, important tunnels, dams, etc.).
4. Protection of especially important state cargo during their transportation.

Usually, the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs are known from numerous books, films, songs, etc., incredibly bred during the years of "perestroika", as about troops that exclusively mocked innocent "convicts". What these troops really were, few know.

In fact, the role of these troops in the Soviet state was quite significant, although not particularly honorable. The functions performed by the BB were vital to the state.

From the author. After reading the list of tasks of the explosives, you will agree that in a modern state, these functions must be performed by someone. Indeed, in addition to the bank manager and office managers, the staff also has a cleaning lady and a janitor, which are necessary for the normal functioning of this bank. These are the realities of life.

The internal troops, although they were directly part of the USSR Ministry of Internal Affairs, existed separately. So, for example, units of explosives deployed in any area were not subordinate to the head of the local ATC (Department of Internal Affairs).

The Internal Troops, like the Soviet Army, were recruited exclusively by conscription, the command staff was trained in the military schools of the Ministry of Internal Affairs according to programs close to the programs of combined arms schools (with its own specifics, of course), the structure of the troops was of the army type. Armament - light small arms (up to a hand grenade launcher).
Equipment such as armored personnel carriers was available in single copies, and even then - only when necessary. For example, the operational regiment of explosives stationed in Grozny during the Soviet era was armed with armored personnel carriers of old models of the BTR-152 type, although even twenty years after the end of the Great Patriotic War, in 1965-68, this regiment had to catch armed gangs hiding in the mountains.

Task 1."Protection of public order in large cities (cities with a population of more than 1 million people, as well as the capitals of the Union republics)".
This means that military patrols were allocated from the explosives to help the territorial police. What were the parts of the explosives that performed this task? It was by no means riot police in the modern sense. This is SMCHM - specialized motorized police units. Let's see what it is.

Specialized motorized police unit (SMCHM).

Organization

A specialized motorized police unit (SMCHM) is a battalion of approximately army staff (350-400 people), but with its own variations.
There were two types of battalions - the so-called "company" and "platoon". The difference was in the number of personnel and organization.
Usually the need for the number of personnel was justified by the country's top party leadership. So, for example, in the cities of Kyiv and Leningrad - a whole regiment. In Moscow, of course, a little more - the famous division of them. Dzerzhinsky (OMSDON).

The company battalion was usually stationed in a large city, where the population exceeded 1.5 million people. It consisted of two to three patrol companies of a three-platoon composition and an automobile company (two or three automobile platoons and an economic platoon).

The platoon battalion was stationed in a large city - "millionaire". It consisted of 4-5 patrol platoons and one or two automobile platoons.

The private and junior command staff of such battalions was completed in the same way as ordinary army units - by conscription.
The officers were trained in the military command schools of the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR and the Kharkov Higher Military School of Logistics.
There were other schools in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, not entirely military, but rather paramilitary. For example - fire-technical.

But the Internal Troops were recruited only from their military schools, although signalmen and chemists were also sent from the schools of the USSR Ministry of Defense.

Officers and ensigns, in addition to the usual army identity cards, additionally had identity cards of police officers.

Schedule

In the battalion for military personnel, there were three options for the daily routine.

The usual daily routine is patrol duty.

The daily routine on weekends is patrol duty on Saturday and Sunday.

Weekend Schedule - Monday. On this day, the battalion did not go out to serve.

A typical day in the battalion began with the rise of personnel at 8.30 in the morning. Therefore, all officers and ensigns arrived in the battalion by the same time.
Further, as usual - physical exercises, washing, dressing beds and breakfast. After breakfast - a divorce for classes and classes in combat and political training according to the schedule. Then - lunch, half an hour of personal time, changing clothes.
Divorce for service at 15.00. All personnel are present at the divorce for the service. The appearance and equipment of patrols, knowledge of the Charter of the Combat Service of the BB and the procedure for the use of physical force and special equipment are carefully checked.
After that, the personnel board the cars (foot patrols - for trucks, auto-patrols - for cars) and the columns of cars each move to the city police department where they are to serve today.
Estimated time of arrival at the ROVD - 16.00. Service - until 23.30-00.00.
Dinner, evening verification, lights out at 00.30 (but not later than 01.00).
Naturally, the rise the next day in the morning at 08.30.

Service.

Let me remind you that the military units of the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR were not directly subordinate to the local head of the Internal Affairs Directorate. Subordination was only operational. This means that on certain days and hours, a certain number of patrols were put up for service in the city. During their service, military detachments were subordinate to the duty officer for the ATC, and at the end of the service, the patrols were no longer subordinate to the duty officer.

The main activity is patrolling the streets of cities by pair patrols (patrol - two people, one of them is the head of the patrol, the second is a patrol). Patrol equipment - standard police - a portable radio station at the head of the patrol and a Cheryomukha-10 spray can (not always issued, but only on special instructions), the patrolman has a field bag-tablet, everyone has a whistle.

In the early 90s, rubber batons made of white soft rubber, more like whips, entered service. They were issued for service by special order. Only officers and warrant officers had weapons - pistols in the service.

Note by Veremev Yu.G. Even strange somehow. The totalitarian regime, judging by the numerous writings of the modern democratic press, is passionately hated by all citizens - and at the same time there are no riot police or special forces in the country, explosive patrols are armed with a maximum of gas canisters. And the number of explosive troops is very, very small. Imagine - for a city with 1.5 million inhabitants - 400 patrolmen. Today, in democratic Russia, a regime that is “approved” and “loved” by literally everyone, explosives outnumber the army, are equipped with all types of weapons, except perhaps for strategic missiles and strategic bombers.

Who and from whom intends to defend themselves?

Then the patrols disperse to patrol areas. If the patrol station is far away - (15-20 minutes on foot) they are transported by ha cars.
Previously, even at the location of the unit, each patrol is assigned a patrol section, instructed about the features of service, hot spots, and locations of district police officers.

For every 5-8 patrols, the head of the patrol section is appointed from among the ensigns (on a patrol car). For all patrols operating in the area - a duty officer for military outfits (an officer or ensign in a patrol car).
Usually the patrol site was a quarter of residential buildings, which can be bypassed at a leisurely pace in 1 hour. Each patrol leader had a map of the patrol area on his tablet. The route of the patrol was laid in such a way that the patrolled quarter was inside the route.

On each patrol route there was a point (the so-called "strong point"), at which (and only there) the patrol registered the detainees.

In addition, there were four "checkpoints" along the route. This meant that when going around the route, the patrol should be at the first CT at 15 minutes of every hour, at the second - at 30 minutes, at the third - at 45 minutes, "by zeros" - at the fourth CT. The patrol had to stay at the control point for 3-5 minutes, then continue patrolling along the route. Any deviation from the route was prohibited, except in cases of detention of a violator of public order. But at the same time, the patrol had to immediately report on the radio station where and why it was leaving the route. Naturally, when the patrol "left" the route, a car immediately left either with the head of the patrol section (NPU) or with the duty officer for military orders (DVN).
In the normal mode of service, both the NPU and the DVN had to check all subordinate patrols with a mark on the patrol checklist within an hour, that is, for seven hours of service, each patrol must be checked 7-14 times. The account of the checked patrols was kept by a special patrolman who worked according to a special technique in the car of the corresponding chief (usually the company clerk). He also monitored the departure of patrols from the route by radio exchange. The check was carried out by a detour of patrol sites at control points.
The absence of a patrol at the CT without a good reason was considered the gravest violation of the rules of service, a thorough investigation was carried out with the punishment of the perpetrators, usually the head of the patrol.
If the DVN drove along the route of the patrol section and did not detect a patrol, it requested the location of the patrol by radio. The very fact of requesting the whereabouts of the patrol was the basis for the punishment of the patrol by the respective commander.
Entering shops and cafes in order to purchase something was also a violation of the service, however, if the patrolmen kept to the time schedule, they looked at it "through the fingers".

There was another type of service check, the most unpleasant for patrolmen - the so-called "secret". During a covert inspection of the service, the supervision of the patrol service (or two adjacent ones) was carried out by an officer or ensign in civilian clothes. At the same time, he, of course, tried to be unnoticed by the patrol.
All actions of the patrol were recorded with further "debriefing". Silence was used quite often, where and when it would be carried out - only the chief of staff of the battalion knew.

Encouragement and punishment was applied only after the end of the service and the return to the location of the unit. The DVN did not have the right to punish patrolmen, especially since the DVN was often not their direct superior.

When detaining an intruder, the head of the patrol immediately informed the central radio station of his call sign that he had taken off the route with the detainee to such and such a point (address). For example: "Riga-2, I'm 704 on foot, filmed with the detainee in the Lenin Palace of Culture."
If needed, he asked for help. Usually, an auto patrol from the DVN or NPU arrived at the same point, which controlled the actions of the patrol, checked the protocol drawn up and delivered the detainee with accompanying documents to the police department. When asking for help, nearby patrols usually came running.

After handing over the detainee to the auto patrol, the foot patrol returned to its route according to the time schedule. Patrols served on the street; for burglaries, domestic hooliganism were usually not involved, except in cases when citizens directly applied to them. In this case, the algorithm of actions was standard - a report on the radio, advancement to the scene, if possible - the detention of the perpetrators, the protection of the scene until the arrival of the operational group from the police department. Then - a detailed written report to the head of the police department.

Patrolmen were specially trained in the procedure for dealing with citizens, how to introduce themselves, what questions to ask, etc.

At the end of the service (23.00), the patrols returned to the ROVD, where the results of the service were summed up (5-10 minutes). Then the column of vehicles returned to the unit, the direct commanders summed up the results of the service.

Armament.

The armament of personnel is standard for army motorized rifle units, with the exception of heavy weapons:

Officers - PM pistols.

Personnel - AK-74 assault rifle (for the RPK light machine gun squad).

The battalion had several RPG-7 hand-held anti-tank grenade launchers.

Transport.

There was quite a lot of transport in the battalion, usually 30-40 patrol cars, in this regard, the battalion commander (lieutenant colonel) had a deputy for the technical unit (major).
* Patrol cars - UAZ-469, with special signals "flashing beacon" and "siren". They had a special police color (in police jargon - "canary").
* Trucks GAZ-53 (the so-called "combat vehicles") for the transportation of personnel.

In addition to them, there were several "household" vehicles such as refrigerators, bread carts, etc.

All cars had regular civilian license plates. Without exception, all cars had radio stations. Every day, 98% of patrol cars were supposed to go into service. , If the machine failed due to a malfunction, then after 16 hours it should be on the move. Only 1 patrol car could be repaired for more than a day (engine repair, etc.).

Connection.

The battalion had about 150-200 radio stations. These were portable radio stations at the rate of one radio station per patrol plus backups.
In addition, each car had a car radio station.
When serving in the duty unit of the Internal Affairs Directorate for the city (service 02), an operator was posted to the central radio station, who conducted a radio exchange with all military patrols. All conversations were recorded by sound recording and in the radio log.

Wearable radio stations provided communication between foot patrols within a radius of 1-2 km, between foot and auto patrols - up to 5 km.

The central radio station had the power to communicate with all portable and car radios.

Usually there were radio silence zones in the city, which was associated with the peculiarities of urban conditions. But usually patrols were not posted in these places, or measures were taken to ensure stable communications.

Upon entering the service, each patrol received a radio station in the unit and a fully charged battery for it. Naturally, all personnel knew how to use radio stations, because. one of the first classes with recruits was a lesson on radio (including the rules of radio exchange). The radio traffic was carried out according to a simplified scheme, and the radio traffic rules differed significantly from the army rules.
Example: "Riga-2, I'm 704, for communication", "704, I'm Riga-2 for communication." Numerical data on the radio was pronounced like this - "seven zero four." If necessary, transmit, for example, the number of the violating car 29-32 GOSH - "two nine three two Grigory Olga Shura". To acknowledge the message, they usually answered "accepted". Violation of the rules of radio exchange was punished in a disciplinary manner.

Outfit.

All personnel of the specialized motorized militia battalions of the VV were dressed in police uniforms, and not in army-type uniforms, which were worn in other parts of the Internal Troops.

The soldiers had a field uniform cut of an army sample, but made of gray-blue cotton fabric. This form was used only inside the unit, in the classroom, maintenance of equipment and chores, as well as when leaving for field exercises (fire training, tactics, etc.).

Uniforms were issued at the rate of 4 sets for 2 years of service. Since the soldiers wore this uniform only about 30% of their service time, the field uniform was in good condition.
Boots - an analogue of tarpaulin, but completely leather (yuft). In the capitals of the Union republics and hero cities - officer chrome.

Basically, in specialized motorized police battalions, explosives wore everyday uniforms. The casual uniform consisted of loose trousers and chrome boots or breeches and boots (according to the weather). Police tunic, shirt, tie. When wearing boots - an officer's harness.
Everyday uniform was issued for a period of a year, and everyone was supposed to have two casual shirts. Front - the same as everyday, but with a white shirt, gold shoulder straps and front metallic buttonholes.
Ceremonial belt of militia (type of an officer's army sample).
Shirt - always with shoulder straps.
In winter - a police coat or a police sheepskin coat, as well as boots or felt boots (according to the weather).

From the author. Outwardly, the BB patrol differed from the usual police in smartness, age, cleanliness and elegance of uniforms (this was monitored very strictly). It is impossible to imagine that a serviceman was sent to serve without a haircut, in unironed uniforms, uncleaned shoes, etc. Naturally, the fitting of uniforms to the figure of a patrolman was carried out very carefully, even sometimes it was necessary to alter the uniforms to fit the figure of an ordinary patrolman in a military trade studio. By the way, the tailoring of uniforms was carried out not according to army patterns, but according to police ones - the uniform on the figure of a soldier sat much better than the army one.

Nutrition.

The food norm differed from the general army No. 1 by an increased amount of meat (by 50g.), Butter, sugar.
Food was prepared by civilian cooks, but there were also soldier cooks. The head of the dining room (he is also a chef) is an ensign.
The outfit for the dining room from among the soldiers of the battalion was appointed for a day.

From the author. The food was usually prepared very tasty, but there were certain difficulties that no one paid attention to in the army units of the MO, but which had to be taken into account in the Internal Troops.
The fact is that according to the supply standards in the part of the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, as well as in the part of the Moscow Region, a certain assortment of cereals was supplied, including the little-popular pearl barley, oatmeal, and millet. But if the soldiers ate buckwheat, rice porridge with pleasure, then barley, oatmeal, millet - alas!
Seeing barley or oatmeal on the table, the soldiers will simply drink tea with bread and butter, and will not touch the porridge. Therefore, the rear services had to go to various tricks. For example, pearl barley went well in pickle, millet in soup. The chefs prepared the pea soup in such a way that almost everyone ate it with great pleasure. Oatmeal, on the other hand, usually had to be used on the farm as feed for pigs. Otherwise, a soldier on patrol will easily violate the order of service and find an opportunity to go to a store or cafe.

A feature of the SMFM was that the soldiers in them were selected according to special criteria.
The first is nationality. Mostly there were Russians, Ukrainians and Belarusians, a small number of Balts, nationalities of the Volga region - Chuvash, Mordvins, Mari, Tatars. There were no Caucasians and Central Asians at all.

Second, everyone was talking Russian language and without an accent.

Third - education not lower than 10 classes (complete secondary). The fact is that the patrolman had to be able to competently draw up a report to the police department about the incident. By the way, special classes were held with the personnel on compiling a report.

The fourth is physical training. The conscript had to be at least 170 cm tall with an appropriate build. Imagine a policeman with a height of "a meter with a cap" who is trying to detain a drunken tall hooligan with a height of 180 (the exception is drivers and cooks, i.e. those who did not directly patrol the service).
By the way, there is still a similar height qualification in the selection of candidates for service in the police, especially in patrol units.

Fifth - the lack of drives to the police before the call, as well as convicted relatives.

Such selection criteria for recruits meant that the soldiers were really selected. In addition, compassionate fathers and mothers, by hook or by crook, sought to arrange their overage children in a "warm place". Therefore, there were a lot of so-called "sons". True, the attitude towards the "sons" on the part of the commanders was even tougher than towards all other soldiers.

Parents usually asked the commanders to bring up the children harder, especially the unlucky ones. There were calls when "sons" made up almost the entire call.

The discipline was tough, but not cruel. Officers and ensigns in the ranks addressed each other by rank, in accordance with the Charter of the Internal Service. However, out of order - by name and patronymic. But if at a meeting the battalion commander addressed someone by rank, expect trouble. Soldiers naturally addressed their superiors by rank. Let me remind you that the officers were almost constantly and around the clock with the soldiers. Much in the battalion was unusual from the point of view of a person who arrived in the battalion from the usual parts of the explosives.
So, for example, for a month a schedule was drawn up for the service of officers and ensigns, which indicated the duty of the unit and the performance of patrol service, as well as days off. If, for some reason, an officer or warrant officer was involved in the service on his day off according to the schedule, the issue of transferring the day off to a specific day was immediately resolved. Moreover, at the initiative of the boss, not the subordinate.

On Saturday and Sunday, officers and ensigns entering the patrol service arrived at the unit by 15.00. After the end of their service, officers and warrant officers were transported home in a specially dedicated car.
The next day after the service, they arrived at the unit not by 8.30, but by 11.00.

At the end of the service, a duty officer or ensign remained in each unit until the company commander arrived, after which he went home to rest until the morning of the next day.

The daily outfit partly entered the service in the morning at 09.00, and before that the personnel were not involved in the service, they rested from 22.00 to 07.00.

The duty officer after the shift from duty went home to rest until the morning of the next day, the rest of the personnel of the changed outfit rested (went to bed) until 14.00, after which he took up patrol service.

The outfit for the unit usually consisted of a duty officer (an officer or an experienced warrant officer), an assistant on duty (a conscript sergeant), guard guards for the protection of a military camp, internal outfits for companies, an outfit for a fleet of vehicles and an outfit for a dining room. The peculiarity was that all outfits had radio stations.

The duty officer was not required to be constantly at the checkpoint in the duty unit. Taking the radio station, the duty officer constantly walked around the territory of the unit, checking the service of the outfit. If necessary, the assistant could find the duty officer at any time.

From the moment they arrived at the unit, the personnel were accustomed to the order in the battalion, they considered the order and traditions to be completely natural.

By the way, strict discipline was organically combined with concern for personnel.

For example, if a mother came to visit a soldier, then the soldier was given a dismissal for this period, and if the mother wishes, after a meeting with her son, she will be taken to the station to the train.

There was a saying in the battalion - the soldier had just thought of doing something, but the commanders already knew.
The authority of the sergeants was very high. The fact is that there was order in the battalion - soldiers who had served half a year in the battalion and were selected for their business and command qualities were sent to the sergeant's "training school".

For various sins in the course of patrolling, the punishment was practically standard - after arriving at the unit, the patrol leader cleaned the company's bathroom, the patrolman washed the barracks stairs with soap.

There were practically no unauthorized absences. If a soldier had to go to the city for some reason, the commanders usually resolved this issue in the affirmative.

Drunkenness among the personnel was generally beyond comprehension. This was usually followed by a transfer from the battalion "to the tower", that is, to the escort unit for the protection of the ITK (corrective labor colonies). But in the two and a half years of my service in the battalion, there were no such cases.

An interesting point - in the army there were the ranks of "ensign" and "senior warrant officer", in the police there were no such ranks yet (they were introduced only in 1994). Therefore, former army warrant officers and senior warrant officers who transferred to serve in the SMChM battalion wore shoulder straps of a police foreman. But in the unit everyone knew who of them was just an ensign, and who was the senior ensign.
Also in the army there was the rank of "corporal". Naturally, there were corporals in the battalion, but they did not wear the insignia of a corporal, because. there were no such ranks in the militia.

Performance results.

Usually, military outfits, by decision of the head of the Department of Internal Affairs, were put up in those areas of the city where the criminal situation was aggravated. The high density of coverage of the territory by patrols made it possible to control the city well. The very presence of a police squad on the street already has a rather sobering effect on violators of public order. At the same time, the patrol units of the VV fought quite effectively against street crime, drunkenness and hooliganism on the streets. There were cases of disclosure of street robberies, and the soldiers were encouraged by the leadership of the Internal Affairs Directorate with cash bonuses.

When our battalion left for a business trip to Nagorno-Karabakh in February 1988, according to statistics, the number of offenses on the streets of the city increased by a third.

Task 2."Protection of places of detention (corrective labor institutions). Escort of persons under investigation, defendants, as well as convicts on their way to places of deprivation of liberty."

This task was carried out by the escort units of the explosives.

Convoy part.

These are military units of the internal troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, organized approximately like military units of the Moscow Region, i.e. shelves. The regiments had an army structure: battalion-company-platoon-squad.

However, the specific state, location and number of personnel depended on the specific tasks performed by the escort unit, i.e. regiment.

Usually, the regiment's headquarters was located in a large settlement, and around the city (depending on the number and location of the Correctional Labor Institutions (ITU)) at some distance from it, there were several separately deployed units (ODP), which could be up to 20.

These units carried out the protection of the Correctional Labor Institutions (ITU). The removal of these units from the regiment's command could be up to 300 km.

Several of these separate units could be reduced to a battalion, or they could be directly subordinate to the command of the regiment. There were many variations, as well as variations in the size of a particular unit.

Separately deployed unit (ODP).

The structure and number of the CPD depended on the size of the protected object (protected perimeter).
The fact is that along the perimeter of the protected object, at certain intervals (about 200 meters), observation towers were installed, on which sentries served.

Here, based on the number of towers, the required number of personnel of such a separately deployed unit was calculated. Usually it was called the escort company.

Most often, the escort company had a strength that allowed it to have two full-fledged guards. The guards served every other day, i.e. today, one guard takes over the service, the second - rests: goes about daily activities, studies.

In addition, the internal outfit was exhibited daily in the company. There was also a service department (drivers, cooks, radio operators).

Typically, a company consisted of two or three platoons and a service section.

One of the platoons was the Supervisor Platoon. This platoon consisted of ensigns.
If the soldiers served along the perimeter of the protected facility and did not have access inside, then the controllers, on the contrary, performed their official duties inside the facility, and during the service were in direct operational subordination of the DPNK (on-duty assistant to the head of the colony).

DPNK is the main duty officer inside the protected facility. He is not a member of the escort company, but belongs to the correctional system of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, i.e. has a different official subordination.

The escort company could have a strength of up to 100 or more people.

To protect objects with a particularly long perimeter, which required a large number of personnel, escort battalions were created, which were immediately divided into platoons, bypassing the company level. Usually in such a escort battalion there were from 4 to 7 platoons.

Separately deployed units formed the basis of the escort units. In essence, they were a small military unit, with their own barracks, canteen, club, parade ground, vehicle fleet.

The escort company was commanded by a captain. In addition to the company commander, the company management staff included a deputy for political affairs (senior lieutenant) and platoon commanders (senior lieutenants).
In the late 80s, the position of deputy company commander for general issues was introduced (though later reduced). The foreman of the company dealt with all matters of the rear.

Author's note. In the early 1990s, there was a massive reduction in the size of the "special contingent". Many convicts were amnestied. Correctional labor institutions began to empty rapidly. The leadership of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, obviously not realizing that the escort units guard not the number of convicts, but the perimeter of the object, began to reduce the number of escort units of the explosives, although the guard does not care how many this moment located inside the object of convicts - that is one and a half thousand, that is one hundred people - the number of posts does not change, since it depends on the length of the perimeter of the object. The reduction in the number of personnel of the escort units led to a sharp decrease in the reliability of protection.
And if we take into account that mostly those convicted of serious crimes (murder, robbery, robbery, etc.) fled, one can imagine what the reduction in the number of escort units of explosives turned out to be for the citizens of the country. And the "dashing nineties" began.

The difference between the escort unit and the administration of the ITU.

Representatives of the ITU administration worked directly with the convicts. Usually these are officers of the so-called "internal service", who belonged to the penitentiary system of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and reported to the head of the local police department. They were semi-civilian employees, but in army-style uniforms with maroon buttonholes. They had no direct relation to the internal troops, although they cooperated during their service.

The administration of the ITU included: - Head of the colony, deputy head of the colony, employees of the operational part of the colony, heads of detachments of convicts, production workers: heads of workshops, site foremen, etc.
daily life The ITU was led by the on-duty assistant to the head of the colony (DPNK), in whose operational subordination a squad of ensigns - the so-called supervisors for supervision - was allocated from the escort unit of the explosives.

Placement of the escort company.

Usually the companies were located close to the protected object (at a distance of up to 1 km), but there were cases when the distance from the company to the object was more significant - up to 5-10 km.
The fact is that usually the object consisted of two zones - a residential zone and an industrial one. Sometimes the industrial area was at a considerable distance from the residential area. For example, the construction of any industrial premises.
In this case, the company constantly guarded the residential area and, in addition, daily escorted convicts to the construction site, guarded them at the place of work, and then escorted them back.

The company premises itself did not belong to the troops, but to a protected facility. That is, if repairs were necessary, money and materials were allocated by the guarded facility, the administration of the escort unit did not allocate any funds for these purposes.

Armament.

The escort companies were armed like ordinary motorized rifle units - all soldiers were armed with AK-74 assault rifles, in addition, there were two or three RPK light machine guns per company. There were no heavier weapons.

From the author. So idle fantasies about how poor, unfortunate prisoners were shot from machine guns from towers are complete nonsense of writers and directors. At a distance of about 100-200 meters, a conventional machine gun is no less effective than a light machine gun. In addition, it was strictly forbidden to fire inside the zone by the Charter of the Combat Service of the Internal Troops.

For service, soldiers were usually armed with AK-74 assault rifles with an ammunition load of 2 full magazines of cartridges (60 rounds). In the early 90s, 20 rounds of ammunition were issued for service in 2 stores (10 rounds in each). In addition, in the weapons storage room (CCL) of the company, each soldier in the cell had 2 fully equipped magazines in case of an alarm.

Particular attention was paid to the fact that during the service the soldiers did not send a cartridge into the chamber, since in this case the possibility of an accidental shot increased many times over. When a cartridge is sent into the chamber, a trace of the drummer remains on the cartridge primer, the so-called "prick". For control after changing the guard and handing over weapons and cartridges to the CWC (weapon storage room), each soldier put his cartridges in a special block. The duty officer inspected the cartridges and if he noticed a trace from the drummer ("pricked"), he immediately reported to the responsible officer. Naturally, measures of influence were immediately taken - moral and in the form of a disciplinary sanction.

Transport.

In a separately deployed unit, there were usually 2-3 transport units. This is a vehicle for transporting convicts (paddy wagon), a truck for transporting personnel and goods, sometimes a passenger car of the UAZ-469 type.

It was strictly forbidden to transport personnel or cargo in paddy wagons. The vehicles were supplied with fuel and lubricants from the regiment's administration (vouchers for gasoline and oil were allocated), Maintenance and repairs were carried out by drivers.
Once every six months, the repair department from the regiment's administration drove around the separately deployed units by car and carried out seasonal maintenance. The rest of the time, maintaining transport in good condition was the task of the commander and foreman of separately deployed units.

Outfit.

All military personnel were provided with the same uniforms and according to the same supply standards as the military units of the Ministry of Defense.
The difference is in the color of shoulder straps and buttonholes (maroon, not scarlet, like those of army motorized riflemen) and on the shoulder straps of conscripts - the letters BB. Field (khaki) shoulder straps were not worn, only colored ones.
In winter, in severe cold, sheepskin coats (sometimes sheepskin coats) and felt boots were issued for posts. Quilted cotton trousers were used.
Sometimes in units, by forces of military workshops, masks were sewn from flannelette fabric, which soldiers put on to protect their faces in severe frosts and wind.

Deviating from the topic. Where did the maroon color come from among the internal troops.
Reference.
October 2, 1829. The Minister of War assigned to the ranks of the Separate Corps of the Internal Guard edging (kants) of maroon color.

Nutrition.

Food supply norms were similar to those of the army.
Each separately deployed unit had a catering department. Since the food was prepared for a small number of personnel, the prepared dishes were always of good quality, the food was delicious.
The cooks were mostly conscripts, but sometimes - civilian women from the civilian population.
Food was delivered to the guard in thermoses, and they were delivered either manually (if the distance was short) or by transport. In many departments, especially in rural areas, there were horses for household needs (not riding).
At night, the guard received the so-called additional rations - usually sandwiches made from bread with lard and hot tea.
In addition, bread and onions were always on guard on the table for eating (especially in winter). Products for the day were received from the ITU food warehouse, which was always outside the protected area. Practically in each separately deployed unit there was a subsidiary farm, on which there were 1-2 cows, pigs, sometimes chickens and rabbits. Almost everywhere there were greenhouses, which were mainly grown green onion, sometimes - greens for seasoning food. This depended on the economic abilities of the foreman of the company.

Internal order and discipline.

A feature of the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs was that they were completed according to the residual principle. When called to Armed forces the best contingent went to army units, for example, to missile, tank, etc. troops.
The contingent is worse - in the explosives, the only selection criterion for which was - the conscript should not have a criminal record (and not have a criminal record) and not have drives to the police. Therefore, there were a lot of soldiers from Central Asia and the Caucasus, mostly Uzbeks and Azerbaijanis. Sometimes all the soldiers, without exception, were from Central Asia or the Caucasus. This created certain difficulties. First, the language barrier. Many conscripts understood Russian very poorly. The political department of the VV even published a special book like a primer for training such soldiers. Secondly, the difference in culture. Many soldiers only realized during their service that there are such things as a sheet and a pillowcase. Thirdly, the difference in food. When they learned that pork food was prepared for them, many soldiers simply refused to eat. In the first weeks upon arrival at the unit, many soldiers suffered from stomach pains due to unaccustomed food. By the way, by the end of military service, many soldiers quite normally ate salted lard with black bread (night extra rations on guard).

The biggest problem was the national strife between Central Asians and Caucasians that they brought from civilian life. Therefore, sometimes there were fights between soldiers of different nationalities.

Note by Veremeev Yu.G. The scale of ethnic hatred and intolerance that existed in the Caucasian and Central Asian republics (for example, between Uzbeks and Turkmens) was carefully hushed up by the authorities and the press of the Soviet Union. It was not particularly difficult, since, as a rule, people of the same nationality usually lived in one settlement, and in cities residents of one nationality lived on one street and another on another (for example, in Grozny, Russians lived in one area, and Chechens in another ). But in the army, where one way or another in one unit there were young people of nations antagonistic to each other (for example, Armenians and Azerbaijanis), this problem arose before the officers in all its ugliness. Mutual hostility and barracks hooliganism (completely incorrectly called "hazing" in the press) was mainly dictated by nationality, and by no means by length of service. It all depended on which soldier of what nationality was more in the barracks.

Schedule.

6.00 - rise,
6.10 - 6.40 - physical exercises,
6.40 - 7.10 - toilet, refilling beds,
7.10 - 7.20 - morning review (check appearance soldier),
7.30 - 7.50 - breakfast,
8.00 - 8.30 - divorce for classes or household work,
8.30 - 13.00 - training sessions, work,
13.00-13.30 - lunch,
14.00 - 16.00 rest (sleep),
16.00 -16.30 - preparation for entry into service and divorce for service,
17.00 - 18.00 - arrival at the guardhouse, receiving guards, posting sentries,
18.00 - 19.00 - arrival of the changing guard to the unit, surrender of weapons,
19.00 - 19.30 - dinner,
19.30 - 20.00 - political information,
20.00 - 21.00 - personal time,
21.00 - 21.30 - watching the TV program "Time",
21.30 - 21.50 - evening walk,
21.50 - 22.00 - evening verification, combat crew and lights out.

In the classroom, according to the Charter of the combat service of the Internal Troops, they studied the duties of a sentry, the features of serving at specific posts (towers), the order of actions of a sentry when a convict escapes from guard, and the procedure for using weapons.

Organization and service.

The guard for the protection of the residential and adjacent industrial zone of the facility usually entered service at 17.00. The guardroom was usually located in the administrative building of the institution, next to the checkpoint (checkpoint).

The composition of the guard:

*Chief of the guard (conscript sergeant, from the beginning of the 90s - ensign)
*Assistant Chief of the Guard - Sergeant of military service.
* Breeding - sergeant or corporal (with a large perimeter of the object).
* Guards - two or three soldiers for each post.
* Sentry checkpoints - sergeants (later - female military personnel).
*Operators of engineering and technical security equipment (ITSO) - two or three.
* Instructor of service-search dog breeding (SRS) - sergeant of military service.

With a considerable remoteness of the guardhouse from the location of the company, the guard included a cook who prepared food in the guard.

With three guards on the post, the change of sentries was carried out after two hours, with two - after four. There was an option when five people were appointed to two posts. In this case, the fifth sentry was used to replace sentries at two posts in turn according to the schedule.

It was especially difficult to organize a service with a shortage of personnel during the period of dismissal of old-timers and training of soldiers of a new conscription. Some companies switched to a service regime in which the guard did not change for a month.

The guards who were replaced from their posts usually unloaded their weapons, handed them over to the head of the guard in the pyramid, ate food and went to rest in a specially equipped sleeping room. The sleeping quarters of the guard was a separate room, usually with darkened windows, in which there were ordinary soldier's bunks.
The guards were allowed to sleep taking off their shoes (boots or felt boots). At each change of soldiers at the posts, the assistant chief changed the pillowcases on the pillows. Sheets were changed once a week.
The common room had a TV, a table for eating. There was various literature, books, newspapers, dominoes, checkers, backgammon.
Classes were held with the guard - political training, service training, the study of the Charters, the special duties of sentries at specific posts.
In the guard yard there was a smoking room, a mini-sports ground, a place for loading and unloading weapons, as well as an aviary for a service dog.
The ITSO operator was usually located in a room on the top floor of the administrative building.

Restricted area equipment. Along the perimeter, the object was surrounded by a fence 3-5 meters high (the main fence), which was called the guard line.

Reference. The guard line is a conditional line, the crossing of which by the convict is considered an escape from guard. Each facility has its own security line.

On top, the fence is equipped with barbed wire obstacles, including a visor, as well as service lighting.
On both sides of the fence there are two restricted areas 10-15 meters wide, inner and outer. They also have barbed wire fencing. The inner and outer exclusion zones have a control-trace strip (CSP), representing plowed land without any vegetation.
The outer restricted lane has two trails - the patrol trail, along which the shift of sentries passes and the inspector passes, and the ITSO trail, which is used to maintain security systems, repair fence posts, etc.
It is forbidden to walk along the control-trace strip, except for cases of maintenance of the strip itself (weeding, loosening the earth). In any case, after passing through the KSP, the traces behind themselves are processed with a rake.

Watch tower. Towers could have a different design - wooden, metal, sometimes stone. Usually the towers were located so that the sentry was directly above the line of protection. The tower usually had glazing on the sides, sometimes on the front side. If possible, in severe frosts, various kinds of electric heaters were installed. The tower had a telephone connection with the ITSO operator (central console). The door of the tower was locked from the inside with a bolt.

Checking the service of sentries. Produced once an hour by the chief of the guard, assistant chief or breeders. When approaching the inspector, the sentry 50 meters from the tower must stop with the command "Stop, who's coming?" The inspector must name his position. The sentry asked for a password, naming any number, for example - three. The verifier was required to name another number, which in total gave the required numeric password. In addition, the sentry could demand to illuminate the face. The sentries once every half an hour had to report on the service by telephone to the central console. All telephone conversations were recorded on a tape recorder, which turned on automatically when the ITSO operator picked up the phone. Time binding was carried out by the operator, who at the beginning of the conversation said the time, after which the conversation took place. The unit commander regularly listened to the tapes.

The actions of the sentry during the escape of the guarded.

Escape from security was an emergency.

Reference. An escape is a crossing of the guard line by a protected person in any way.

The sentry was obliged to cross the escape from the guard by using weapons. The order of use of weapons and cases when weapons are prohibited to use, each soldier knew by heart. Any use of weapons by sentries entailed an investigation by the Prosecutor's Office, which gave an opinion whether the weapon was used lawfully or unlawfully. In case of unlawful use of weapons, a serviceman was held criminally liable. In addition, any case of escape threatened with a lengthy official investigation by the command of the unit, the search for the perpetrators and punishment. For the suppression of the escape, a conscript was encouraged to leave for 10 days with a trip to his homeland. In any case, a soldier who killed or wounded a convicted person was immediately transferred to another unit.

Convoy.

This is the protection of persons under investigation, defendants, as well as convicts on their way somewhere. For example, transportation of defendants from a pre-trial detention center (detention center) to court, transportation from a pre-trial detention center to a place of serving a sentence, etc.

There is transportation by car, rail, river and air transport. Most often - by road and rail. Transportation is carried out in a specially equipped car (paddy wagon), special wagon (common name "Stolypin").

A standard paddy wagon is a van-type body on a truck chassis. Inside it has a common cell, several single cells and a place for guards. Equipped with lighting, ventilation, has an alarm in the driver's cab. There is only one window, only for the guard. A special requirement is that the exhaust pipe of the car must extend beyond the body of at least 15-20 cm. Otherwise, the body of the paddy wagon may turn into a gas chamber. An ordinary body on the GAZ-53 chassis has a landing rate of 16 people.

The railway special car is a compartment car, which has a room and a mini-dining room for guards. The coupe is of an open type, all are open towards the corridor and are separated from it by bars. There are no windows in the compartment, only in the corridor where the sentry is serving.
The guard of the transported special contingent does not feed. For the period of transportation, convicts receive dry rations from the institution that was the point of departure.

The armament of the judicial-investigative and railway guards is pistols. In the late 80s - automatic rifles with a folding butt.

There is a special method of boarding and disembarking a special contingent for both a railway car and a car. Mandatory presence of a trainer with a service dog.

The order of service is thoroughly specified in the Charter of the Combat Service of the Internal Troops. So, for example, when stopping railway train the guard guards the special wagon from both sides.

For railway escort, the approximate composition of the guard:
The head of the guard is an ensign.
Assistant Chief of the Guard - Sgt.
Guard 4-5 people, one of them is a cook.

Relations between personnel and guarded.

In addition to official, no relations with the protected were allowed. There was a concept of "entry into a criminal relationship", which was severely punished, up to criminal punishment.
Off-duty conversations with convicts, transfer of any items, letters, etc. was strictly prohibited.

It cannot be said that the relations between the personnel of the guard and the protected have always been the same as the Charter required. Naturally, there were various violations, both small and large.

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unit 140.

Battalion "North"

Special Forces 46th separate brigade operational appointment of the North Caucasian Regional Command of the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia. In 2010, the Sever battalion was renamed the 141st Special Motorized Regiment of Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation.Based in Grozny.

background

Shortly after the death on May 9, 2004 of Chechen President Akhmat Kadyrov, it became known about Moscow's plans to reorganize his security service. In July 2004, a special police regiment (PMON) named after Akhmad Kadyrov was formed out of more than a thousand of its employees. He was handed over to the leadership of the Republican Ministry of Internal Affairs.

In January 2005, the creation of a security service for the new president of Chechnya, Alu Alkhanov, was announced. Until his resignation, Alu Alkhanov relied on the support of the GRU "West" special forces battalions under the command of Said-Magomed Kakiev and his own security service.

In May 2005, on the basis of the armed formations of Kadyrov's Security Council, which retained their independence, the Antiterrorist Center (ATC) of the republic was created. This was an intermediate phase in the process of further reorganization and reassignment of Kadyrov's fighters. Already in November of the same year, it became known about plans to form two battalions of them, subordinate to the command of the internal troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the North Caucasus District. The creation of these battalions, named "South" and "North", was almost completely completed by April 2006.

On May 10, 2006, servicemen of the "North" and "South" battalions of the internal troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, stationed in the Chechen Republic, were sworn in.

On May 29, 2006, the activities of the "North" and "South" battalions were legalized by order of the Minister of Internal Affairs of Russia.

The total number of both military units was more than 1200 people. The battalions were completed exclusively by military personnel undergoing military service under the contract. The staff of the Antiterrorist Center of the Chechen Republic, who had passed a special selection, were accepted into the battalions. The peculiarity of the "North" battalion is that only residents of the Chechen Republic serve in it - from the commander to the ordinary soldier.

The place of deployment of the battalion "North" is the city of Grozny, and the battalion "South" - the Vedeno region of Chechnya. The main task of the "North" and "South" battalions is to maintain law and order on the territory of the republic and fight against bandit formations. The commanders of the "North" and "South" battalions respectively were Hero of Russia Colonel Alibek Delimkhanov (brother of Adam Delimkhanov and cousin of Ramzan Kadyrov) and Senior Lieutenant Muslim Ilyasov.

The fighters of the "North" participated in almost all special operations to detain and eliminate members of the gang underground and their leaders. Between 2006 and 2008 more than 1,000 units seized from illegal circulation by the forces of the battalion "North" different kind weapons, 49 members of an illegal armed formation were destroyed, 43 militants, 4 criminals and five people who had been on the federal wanted list for a long time were detained. P From 2006 to 2009, the battalion's fathers were ten servicemen, 170 servicemen were awarded state awards, including one star of the Hero of Russia, eight - orders of courage. When carrying out reconnaissance, search and special events, the fighters of the unit neutralized 94 members of illegal armed formations, neutralized more than 180 explosive objects, seized 213 small arms from illegal circulation.

By the time the "North" and "South" battalions were formed, the "East" (Sulim Yamadayev) and "West" (commander Said-Magomed Kakiev), about organizationally included in the structure of the 42nd motorized rifle division of the armed forces of Russia, subordinate command of the North Caucasian Military District, the General Staff and the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. Experts emphasized that the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov "is not able to give the battalions (East" and "West") any independent order of his own. All the wishes and initiatives of the republican authorities on the use of armed formations are approved by the relevant military officials.

Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov has repeatedly expressed his negative opinion about the Vostok battalion, that its employees are allegedly engaged in kidnapping, robbery, and that it is they who are guilty of the "turnover" of Chechen youth into the forests.

In 2006, the group "Highlander" Movladi Baysarov was liquidated, as a result of which the FSB significantly reduced its capabilities in Chechnya.

Suppression of the Vostok base

In 2008, the Sever battalion, together with other law enforcement agencies subordinate to Ramzan Kadyrov (the Yug battalion, OMON, SOBR, the Akhmat-Khadzhi Kadyrov regiment, the oil regiment, the special forces of the Chechen Ministry of Internal Affairs), participated in blocking the base of the Vostok battalion in Gudermes after the incident with President Kadyrov's motorcade.

At the exits from Gudermes, the fighters of the special battalion stopped all the cars, checked the people who were there. Vostok servicemen were detained and taken to the Vega base located on the outskirts of Gudermes. One of these checks at the checkpoint ended in a shootout. As a result, two soldiers of the fifth company of the special battalion, Taipur Elsanov and Magomed Arsabiev, were killed. The acting commander of Vostok, Magomed Bakhaev, tried to resolve the situation on the spot, but was also placed in Vega.

In 2008, the East and West GRU battalions were disbanded.

141st Special Motorized Regiment

In 2010, the Sever battalion was reorganized into the 141st Special Motorized Regiment. Since the autumn of 2010, the "North" battalion.

In December 2009, the ceremony of presenting the battle banner to the Sever battalion took place. The ceremony was attended by the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia Rashid Nurgaliyev, who noted: "From the moment of creation in April 2006 to the present day, the personnel of the 248th separate special motorized battalion courageously and selflessly participate in the performance of service and combat missions on the territory of the Chechen Republic" .

Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of August 10, 2011 for mass heroism and courage, fortitude and courage shown by the personnel of the regiment in combat operations to protect the Fatherland and state interests in armed conflicts, and, given the merits in peacetime, the 141st Special Motorized The regiment of internal troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia was given the honorary title "named after the Hero of the Russian Federation Akhmat-Khadzhi Kadyrov."

Alexander Cherkasov, "Memorial" about the Chechen battalions: "The basis of these structures (battalions "North" and "South" - note of the "Caucasian Knot") were former militants who went over to the side of Kadyrov after 2003. There were very different people, it was also such that someone in these anti-terrorist centers continued to work underground - for example, the head of the Anti-Terrorist Center for the Vedeno district, Mairbek Eshiev, who disappeared in the spring of 2006 (Ramzan then said that he "fired" Eshiev). In general, at that time it was a way of adapting and formalizing the numerous former militants who were drawn to the other side. They proved their loyalty by tying themselves with blood: they acted in the same place where they had previously fought in the forest, but now against those who remained in this forest: they knew the people, knew the area and were very effective.

Conflict with special forces

In July 2010, special forces of internal troops from Bashkiria accused the Sever battalion of betrayal allegedly taking place in February of that year.

Information about the conflict was detailed in the publication "Moskovsky Komsomolets" "Traitors in arms - special forces of internal troops accuse Chechen colleagues of treason." The essence of the conflict: On February 4, 2010, between the villages of Dachu-Borzoi and Alkhazurovo in Chechnya, during a special operation involving the Sever battalion and special forces soldiers seconded from Bashkiria, five militants were killed, but five special forces were also killed.

One of the reports mentioned that the analysis of the wounds received by the soldiers of the special forces units gives grounds to believe that they were received as a result of fire from the 248th OSMB (battalion number "North"). In particular, a special forces corporal named Kiryanov was wounded by a VOG-30 shell - the militants, as stated in the report, did not have such shells. It was also pointed out that "the soldiers of the "North" gave the militants the whereabouts of the special forces, stole the weapons and ammunition of the military, took the corpses of the bandits from the battlefield for transfer to relatives" .

Ramzan Kadyrov called these allegations nonsense and an attempt "to kindle ethnic hatred, undermine the combat effectiveness of elite units, and arouse distrust among them." "I do not consider it necessary to dwell on every point of the material, because it is unreliable from beginning to end," Kadyrov told reporters at a press conference in Grozny .

An interlocutor of Moskovsky Komsomolets said that after the special operation a criminal investigation was carried out, but in the end it was "hushed up". According to some reports, General Nikolai Sivak, commander of the joint group of troops and forces, tried to discuss this topic. But he was soon removed from his post.

The murder of Nemtsov

On March 7, 2015, the head of the FSB of Russia, Alexander Bortnikov, announced the arrest of two men involved in organizing and carrying out the murder of Boris Nemtsov. Later, three more suspects in the execution of Nemtsov were detained, among them a former fighter of the Sever battalion Zaur Dadaev. During the meeting of the Basmanny Court, it was stated that Dadaev's involvement in the murder was "confirmed by his confession," however, the defendant himself did not plead guilty at the trial.

On the evening of March 7, 2015, in one of the apartments of a high-rise building on Lev Yashin Street in Grozny, security forces blocked a former serviceman of the Sever battalion, 30-year-old Bislan Shavanov (Beslan). While trying to detain him, he was fatally wounded in a grenade explosion. Beslan Shavanov served in the "North" battalion for more than 10 years, had awards and incentives for good service.

On March 10, 2015, Zaur Dadaev told reporters that he confessed to the murder of Nemtsov only because he was promised to release his brother, but now he is ready to retract his testimony.

In particular, Zaur Dadaev said: "They kept shouting:" Did you kill Nemtsov? they will let him go. I agreed. I thought I would save him, and they would take me to Moscow alive. Otherwise, the same thing would happen to me as with Shavanov. After all, he allegedly blew himself up on a grenade "... .

On March 19, it became known that in the case of the murder of Nemtsov, investigators were looking for a former officer of the Sever battalion, Ruslan Geremeev, for interrogation as a witness.

After accusations of participation in the murder of Nemtsov of the fighters of the Sever battalion, Ramzan Kadyrov stated on his personal page on Instagram: "The Basmanny Court of Moscow authorized the arrest of Zaur Dadaev, suspected of involvement in the murder of Boris Nemtsov. I knew Zaur as a true patriot of Russia.<...>Zaur was one of the most fearless and courageous soldiers of the regiment.<...>I am firmly convinced that he is sincerely devoted to Russia, was ready to give his life for his Motherland. I do not understand the true reasons and motives for the dismissal of Zaur from the ranks of the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia.<...>The same brave warrior was Beslan Shavanov, who died the day before while trying to detain him. We believe that a thorough investigation will be carried out, which will show whether Dadaev is really guilty and what actually caused his act." .

The main defendants in the "Nemtsov case" Zaur Dadaev and Ruslan Geremeev were awarded the Order of Courage back in 2010 - "for courage, courage and selflessness shown in the performance of military duty in the North Caucasus region." The Russian Interior Minister Rashid Nurgaliyev presented the award to the soldiers.

Scandals and incidents with the military personnel of the "North"

On February 4, 2010, in the Urus-Martan district of Chechnya, a joint special operation was carried out by the special forces of the internal troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the military personnel of the Sever battalion to block militants. According to the journalists of Moskovsky Komsomolets, during the battle in which five special forces soldiers were killed, the fighters of the "North" not only revealed the location of the security forces, but also fired at their own. Alvi Karimov, Ramzan Kadyrov's press secretary, condemned the information about the connection of the "North" servicemen with Chechen fighters.

On the evening of December 31, 2010, in the Zavodskoy district of Grozny, an armed attack was made on servicemen of the Sever battalion. As a result, two soldiers were injured. A source in the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Chechnya said that it was not possible to identify the attackers in "hot pursuit".

On August 6, 2012, a double explosion occurred in the Oktyabrsky district of Grozny, not far from the location of the Sever battalion. According to a source in the law enforcement agencies of Chechnya, two officers and a contract serviceman of the 46th brigade of internal troops of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs died directly at the site of the explosion, and another serviceman later died from his wound in the hospital. As a result of these attacks, two more servicemen of the internal troops, a police officer and a local resident were injured.

On August 27, 2015, deputy commander of the Sever battalion Musa Ayubov and his wife Zulay Umarova were found dead with gunshot wounds. On suspicion of murder, a serviceman of the "North", the nephew of the murdered man, Idris Ayubov, was detained. The detainee admitted his guilt. The reason for the murder, the investigation called the conflict between the sergeant and his uncle, who demanded that he stop taking drugs and selling them on the territory of the military unit. On June 15, 2016, the North Caucasus District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced Idris Ayubov to 18 years in a strict regime colony.

Feb 9, 2016 New Newspaper”With reference to her own sources, she wrote that about 20 former employees of the Sever battalion, dismissed in October 2015, could be sent to Syria. "Our sources in the Chechen diaspora connected these dismissals with the dispatch to Syria as volunteers of a certain group of well-trained comrades," the publication said. At the same time, back in September 2015, Ramzan Kadyrov announced that the natives of Chechnya did not participate in hostilities against the Islamic State, banned in Russia by a court decision and recognized as a terrorist organization. But already on February 8, 2016, Kadyrov admitted that “special service agents from Chechnya were infiltrated into the IS* camps” and that “it was he who sent his people there.”

In early March 2016, five people from Chechnya were arrested in connection with the murder of politician Boris Nemtsov, including Zaur Dadaev, a former fighter of the Chechen battalion "North", whom the investigation considers the perpetrator of the murder. The case also includes Chechen officers Ruslan Mukhudinov, who is considered the alleged customer of the murder, as well as the officer of the Sever battalion Ruslan Geremeev and Beslan Shavanov, who was killed during the arrest. On July 13, 2017, the Moscow District Military Court sentenced Zaur Dadaev to 20 years in prison, the rest of the defendants in the case - to terms from 11 to 19 years. The Supreme Court, having considered the appeals of lawyers and victims, slightly mitigated the punishment for the convicts, canceling the fines imposed on them.

In August 2016, five people were arrested in Moscow on suspicion of extorting 100 million rubles from businessman Konstantin Zhukov, including two officers of the Sever battalion Said Akhmaev and Lechi Bolatbaev. According to the victim, his business partner Yevgeny Katkov extorted money from him with the help of natives of Chechnya, who introduced themselves as employees of the TFR. Katkov stated that he turned to his friend Bolatbaev after learning that Zhukov was transferring most of the profits of their joint company to his other firm.

This case attracted media attention, since Akhmaev and Bolatbaev were part of the entourage of State Duma deputy Adam Delimkhanov, cousin of Ramzan Kadyrov. It was reported that during the preliminary investigation Delimkhanov and Kadyrov sent letters of guarantee to the court with a request to change the preventive measure for Akhmaev and Bolatbaev to house arrest or a written undertaking not to leave.

The criminal case was considered in the Zamoskvoretsky Court of Moscow. In the debate on October 26, 2018, the state prosecution asked to sentence Akhmaev and Bolatbaev to 7 years and 3 months, the rest of the defendants in the case - from 7 years to 7 years and 5 months in a strict regime colony. But when passing the verdict, on November 6, the court reclassified the charge from extortion to arbitrariness and imposed the same punishment on all defendants - a fine of 50 thousand rubles. Due to the expiration of the statute of limitations under the article on arbitrariness, the court released the defendants in the case from paying a fine.

* The "Islamic State" (ISIS, formerly ISIS) is banned in Russia by a court decision and recognized as a terrorist organization.

Sources:

1. The new Chechen army threatens Moscow // HRC "Memorial", 04.07.2006.
2. "North" and "South" are responsible for the world // Krasnaya Zvezda, 10/26/2006.
3. The President of the Chechen Republic visited the Sever battalion // Grozny-inform, 10/22/2008.
4. Battalion "North" was awarded a battle flag // IA "Chechnya Today", 12/26/2009.
5. Chechen battalions advanced to the state border // Nezavisimaya Gazeta, 09/15/2006.
6. Kadyrov is settling scores with the Vostok battalion. At any moment, a battle with the "Yamadaevites" may begin // Newsru.com, 04/15/2008.
7. Nurgaliev in Grozny handed over the battle banner to the soldiers of the battalion "North" // Human Rights Center "Memorial", 12/28/2009.
8. Traitors at arms // Moskovsky Komsomolets, 07/14/2010.
9. Kadyrov called the conflict between the special forces and the Sever battalion nonsense // Lenta.Ru, 07/15/2010.
10. The special forces of the internal troops accused the Chechen battalion "North" of treason // news agency Chechnya.Ru, 07/15/2010.
11. The head of the FSB announced the arrest of two suspects in the murder of Nemtsov // Interfax, 03/07/2010.
12. A soldier of the Sever battalion and a security guard were detained in the case of the murder of Nemtsov // RBC, 03/07/2015.
13. Zaur Dadaev told in the pre-trial detention center about his detention in the Nemtsov case // Moskovsky Komsomolets, 03/10/2015.
14. Ramzan Kadyrov's personal page on Instagram
15. Rashid Nurgaliev congratulated the 46th Separate Operational Brigade of the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation on the 10th anniversary // ​Information portal of the President and Government of the Chechen Republic, 10/19/2010.

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Separate special motorized battalions

No. p / p

The foundation

formation

Date of formation (reformation), order numbers

Battalion in the period of years, numbers and dates of orders by regalia

subordination, subordination

Dislocation

(department, republic, region, city, np)

Fate

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Kuibyshev

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Kemerovo

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Tolyatti

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Astrakhan

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Part l / s 11 osmbm

44 osmb

Grozny, 92 Kislovodsk

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83 cd, d BB

Syktyvkar

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Vladivostok

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Sergiev Posad

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50 osmb

Vladimir

X 95 l / s in the composition of 518 p explosives

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73 osmb

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82 osmb

Khabarovsk

Additions: previously, the battalion had military unit number 5473 (possibly 82 OSMBM became a regiment and after reorganization, the unit changed its number to 2665)

84 osmb

Stavropol

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85 osmb

Orekhovo-Zuev

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88 osmb

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90 osmb

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92 osmb

Murmansk

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93 osmb

Makhachkala

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97 osmb

79 cd, d BB

94 linear SMB 621 p VV

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98 osmb

Naberezhnye Chelny

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99 osmb

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107 osmb

Kaliningrad

12.91 +493 okb = 132 p BB

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111 osmb

Velikiy Novgorod

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114 osmb

Yaroslavl

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115 osmb

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116 osmb

Cheboksary

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117 osmb

Yoshkar-Ola

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118 osmb

Orenburg

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119 osmb

Nizhny Tagil

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120 osmb

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122 osmb

Novokuznetsk

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124 osmb

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126 osmb

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127 osmb

Blagoveshchensk

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128 osmb

Komsomolsk-on-Amur

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132 p VV Minsk KZn

132 Minsk KZn osmb

Kaliningrad

02 956 Minsk CZn about explosives

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139 osmb

Belgorod

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141 osmb

Additions:

148 osmb

43 KD VV USSR until 11/28/92

28.11.92 No. 000-10.2.92 No. BB RB

From 10.2.92 No. 06 TsUVV

X 2.8.94 No. 000, lin baht in the composition of 649 p BB

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150 osmb

Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk

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Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk

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215 osmb

Cherkessk

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220 osmb

Novorossiysk

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224 osmb

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248 OSMB "North"

named after the Hero of the Russian Federation Akhmat-Khadzhi Kadyrov(14.5.2009)

Grozny region

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249 OSMB "South"

Vedeno district

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290 osmb

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321 osmb

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326 osmb

Kaliningrad

1.07Minsk KZn smp

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339 osmb

Smolensk

07OSpN "Mercury"

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390 omsb

Volgograd

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391 osmb

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395 osmb

Ekaterinburg

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397 osmb

On 1.7.06 SIBO VV

Novosibirsk

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404 osmb

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405 osmb

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136 Minsk KZ smp

406 osmb

07 110 osmbr

Kaliningrad

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407 osmb

Krasnoyarsk

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408 osmb

Novokuznetsk

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409 osmb

Additions: battalion possibly sf based on smp, which was previously 9 osmbm

412 osmb

Khabarovsk

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414 osmb

Yaroslavl

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418 osmb

07 110 osmbr

Velikiy Novgorod

Pos. Pankovka

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419 osmb

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420 osmb

07 110 osmbr

Petrozavodsk

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421 osmb

07 110 osmbr

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422 osmb

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424 osmb

05 Khankala

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440 osmb

Novocheboksarsk???

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444 okb VV MIA USSR

444 osmb

Additions: 96 PVD Grozny

729 osmb

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738 osmb

Cheboksary

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132 Minsk KZn OSMB

956 about BB

Kaliningrad

05 326 Minsk KZn osmb

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Zheleznogorsk

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Ussuriysk

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osmb

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Krasnodar

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Novocherskassk

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osmb

Ussuriysk

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osmb

Cherepovets

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osmb

Kostroma

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osmb

Gorno-Altaisk

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osmb

Solikamsk

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osmb

Additions:

osmb

Mineral water

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osmb

Pyatigorsk

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osmb

Additions:

osmb

Nizhnekamsk

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osmb

Petropavlovsk

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osmb

Nizhnekamsk

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osmb

Additions:

osmb

Vladivostok

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osmb

79 d / arr (from 06)

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Yeniseisky district

e.g. Epishkino

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Separate USCH battalions

59 about UCH

07 63 mod UCH

St. Petersburg

Additions: according to the state - 305 military personnel - 20 officers, 277 pr., 1 sergeant, 7 soldiers)

67 about UCH

Additions: security of the Institute of High Energy Physics

96 about UCH

Additions: in 1 military commandant's office (1 company - 1,2,3 platoons)

98 about UCH

Kamensk-Shakhtinsky

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165 about UCH

Additions: security of the Kalinin NPP

170 about UCH

Volgodonsk

Add-ons: security of the Volgodonsk NPP, includes marine and units of the SN

285 about UCH

20 km from Polyarnye Zori

Add-ons: security of the Kola NPP. Protection of the branch of the concern "Rosenergoatom" "Kola Nuclear Power Plant", Ministry of the Russian Federation for Atomic Energy (Polyarnye Zori).

347 about UCH

Primorsky Krai with. Chuguevka

Additions: security VGO "Pioneer"

622 about UCH

95 d UCH, 66 mod UCH

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625 about UCH (ojb)

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About USCh

Desnogorsk

Additions: security of the Smolensk NPP

Zarechny

Additions: security of Beloyarsk NPP

G. Balakovo

Additions: security of the Balakovo NPP

Kurchatov

Add-ons: security of the Kursk nuclear power plant

About USCh

Obninsk

Add-ons: security of the Obninsk nuclear power plant. Stopped in 2002

About USCh

Additions: protection of the Siberian nuclear power plant.

Novovoronezh

Additions: security of the Novovoronezh NPP.

Dimitrovgrad

Additions: security of the State Center for Atomic Reactors (research institute of the State Atomic Energy Corporation "Rosatom")

928 about USCh

00 P. Miass/Priozerny

Additions: security of SE "Ural"

About USCh

Chapaevsk

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About USCh

Additions:

about USCH

66 mod UCH

Additions: security of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR)

Separate operational battalions

193 obon

92 North Caucasus

Additions:

196 obon

Kropotkin

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204 obon

Additions:

205 obon

Additions:

218 obon

Additions:

221 obon

Additions: at 95 PVD Chechnya

231 obon

Chechnya Art. Naurskaya

Additions:

254 obon

47 DEFAULT???

Krasnodar

Additions:

300 obon

Additions:

301 obon

Astrakhan

Additions:

303 obon

101 OSBRON

Cossack camps

97 np. Dydymkin

Art. Kursk

Additions: named as "Siberian"

304 obon

101 OSBRON

Cossack camps

8.96 Urus-Martan

97 np. Dydymkin

Additions: named as "Far East"

305 obon

101 OSBRON

Cossack camps

8.96 G. Gudermes

97 np. Dydymkin

Additions: named as "Uralsky"

318 obon

Perm region

Additions:

320 obon

hut. Dydymkin

Additions:

Kazan pon

329 obon

26 OSN "Bars"

Additions:

330 obon

Additions:

348 obon

Urus-Martan

Additions:

349 obon

Gudermes

Additions:

350 obon

Additions:

351 obon

Additions:

358 obon

Chechnya Art. Scarlet

Additions:

360 obon

Chechnya Art. Scarlet

Additions:

Additions:

363 obon

54 DON/48 OBRON?

Astrakhan?

Stavropol?

Additions:

365 obon

Zelenokumsk

osmb? military unit 6814

Additions:

366 obon

blessed

Additions: after the unit was disbanded, 346 orbs from Stavropol were stationed in its garrison

367 obon

07-08 ? 102 defense

Neftekumsk

X 07 or 08 or included in the 102 armored

Additions:

368 obon

Makhachkala

Additions:

369 obon

Additions:

377 obon

Krasnodar

Additions:

378 obon

Krasnodar

Additions:

383 obon

North Ossetia

Additions:

520 obon

North Caucasus

Additions:

640 obon

North Caucasus

Additions:

743 obon

Kostroma

X 10.12.02 No. 000

Additions:

obon

Additions:

obon

Vladikavkaz

Additions:

mon or kp

obon

Ulyanovsk

Additions: part of sf. 25.1.64 as one KO

Separate motorized rifle battalions

omsbon

08/01/94 8 OSPN

Additions: security of the Central, Moscow city and regional committee of the CPSU and four buildings of the 3rd special department under the Ministry of Finance of the USSR (gold and diamond fund).

omsbon

90 Leningrad

Additions:

628 omsb

Leningrad

Additions: perhaps this and the upper one are the same, the functions are the same as those of the Moscow omsb

Separate reconnaissance battalions

242 orb

99 DON/49 OBRON

Vladikavkaz

Additions:

293 orb "Peresvet"

06 +200 OISB+ SMP

33 OSPN "Peresvet"

Additions:

RB 101 OSBRON

08/30/99 (or 6/7/99)

346 orb

48 DEF/47 DEF

Stavropol Blagodatny

e.g. Shpakovskoe

Additions:

352 orb "Mirage"

Additions:

07 Makhachkala

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Separate tank battalions of the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia

Additions:

e.g. Kadamovsky

Detachment 8 OBRON

Additions:

+ reb 100 DON

Additions:

732 rebate

100 dong/50 OBRON

e.g. Kadamovsky

Additions:

Separate communications battalions of the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia

97 obs

Novocherkassk

Additions:

8 OUS headquarters SibOVV

184 obs

Novosibirsk s. Mining

Additions:

213 obs

St. Petersburg

Additions:

243 obs

99 DON/49 OBRON

Vladikavkaz,

Additions:

244 obs

2 DON/47 OBRON

Krasnodar

Additions:

245 obs

VO VV, VRK VV

Khabarovsk

Additions:

270 obs

Additions:

271 obs

96 Nizhny Novgorod

272 obs

Pyatigorsk

Additions:

275 obs

Additions:

353 obs

CR air Northern

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Ekaterinburg

Additions:

Additions:

Rostov-on-Don

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Separate engineer sapper battalions

oisb

Additions:

Np. Persianovka

Additions:

200 opsb

Moscow-Kapotnya

06 +293 orb, 108 cmp = 33 OSPN

Additions:

281 oisb

Vladikavkaz

e.g. Dachnoe

Additions:

354 oisb

Chechnya air. Northern

Additions:

oisb

07 Zelenokumsk

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Separate repair and restoration battalions of the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia

orvb

Additions:

99 orvb

Persianovka

Additions:

247 orvb

Vladikavkaz np. Dachnoe

Additions:

257 orvb

Additions:

282 orvb

2 DON/47 OBRON

Krasnodar

Additions:

355 orvb

Additions:

400 orsb (orvb)

MO VV, GKVV

04 Moscow-Zelenograd

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Separate medical battalions

omedsb

Additions:

106 omedsb

Rostov region

Np. Persianovka

Additions:

261 omedsb

99 don/49 OBRON

Vladikavkaz

Additions:

322 omedsb

2 don/47 OBRON

Additions:

357 omedsb

Chechnya air. Northern

Additions:

omedsb

54 don/48 OBRON

Additions:

Separate logistics battalions

86 obmo

Rostov region

e.g. Persianovka

Additions:

255 obmo

99 DON, 49 defense

Vladikavkaz

Additions:

256 obmo

54 don / 48 defended

Pyatigorsk

Additions:

343 obmo

Additions:

356 obmo

Additions:

380 obmo

2 DON, 47 OBRON

Krasnodar

Additions:

Separate security and support battalions

343 wallpapers

ex. SZO VV

St. Petersburg

Additions:

oboo

ex. MO VV

Additions:

oboo

ex. PRIVO VV

Nizhny Novgorod

Additions:

oboo

ex. RMS VV

Rostov-on-Don

Additions:

oboo

ex. URO VV

Sverdlovsk

Additions:

oboo

ex. SIBO VV

Novosibirsk

Additions:

oboo

ex. VO VV, VRK VV

Khabarovsk

Additions:

oboo UTs

Additions:

wallpaper of the Central Clinical Hospital of the Ministry of Internal Affairs

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Separate commandant battalions of the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia

344 ocomb

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Separate training battalions

Uch. autobat

91 created 60 accounts. ATP (3152)

935 ob

96-02 SZO VV

Kotlas - G. Koryazhma

Additions: preparation of cooks 3-4 category

173 obs

as of 1.7.06 SIBO VV

G. Kemerovo

Myski

Additions:

Smp hf 3910

G. Kostroma

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Battalions of unspecified specialization

318 about

Perm region

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A few hours of flight - and we are in the capital of the Chechen Republic. Those who visited here five years ago will not recognize this city today. New streets appeared, cultural centers opened. Grozny has become not only a daytime, but also a night city! Shops are open, and women with prams are walking along the avenue. Residents are not afraid of the dark - they know that they have someone to protect them...

Among those who guard the peace and tranquility of the Chechen capital is the 248th special motorized battalion of internal troops of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs, whose commander, Colonel Alibek Delimkhanov, our correspondent met.

Business card.
Colonel Delimkhanov Alibek Sultanovich. Born on October 16, 1974 in the village of Dzhalka, Gudermes District, Chechen-Ingush Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. Graduate of the Chechen state university, a historian by education.

Since 2006 - commander of the 248th special motorized battalion of internal troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia (received the name "North" in the press). Cavalier of the Order of Courage, awarded the medal of the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, II degree, and the Zhukov medal.

By the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of June 23, 2009, Alibek Delimkhanov was awarded the title of Hero of Russia. Currently he is a student of the graduation course of the Academy of Management of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia.

For reference
In May 2006, in accordance with the order of the Minister of Internal Affairs of Russia, two special motorized battalion of internal troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia 248th, located in Grozny and 249th, located in Vedeno.

According to the Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs - Commander-in-Chief of the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, General of the Army Nikolai Rogozhkin, “these units were not initially assigned any special, specific tasks. They perform those service and combat tasks that are defined by the law on internal troops: they protect public order in places of deployment together with local internal affairs bodies, and fight armed bandits. They are no different from other special motorized military units of the internal troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which are deployed in many cities of Russia.

- Alibek Sultanovich! Most of the servicemen of your battalion are local residents, Chechens. Such units were part of the troops in the 1930s of the last century and have proven themselves well. But in modern history Until recently, there were no such mono-ethnic military formations of the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia ...
- Right. It was a joint decision of the leadership of the republic and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, the High Command of the Internal Troops to create two special motorized battalions in which local residents would serve. At the same time, they proceeded from common sense: their knowledge of the area, customs, way of life is a huge advantage in the fight against terrorists and bandits. And besides this, who else but the Chechens themselves should take care that there is order in the republic, that a peaceful life is established!

All military personnel entered the military service on a competitive basis. This made it possible to qualitatively select the personnel of the military unit and complete its formation. The selection was thorough. At the same time, we had to refuse many who wanted to wear shoulder straps, including because they were not suitable for age, health, and other reasons.

The guys I command, I trust 100 percent. These are proven comrades who have gone through fire and water. Warriors who have proven that they are ready to defend Russia and, if necessary, die for it.

- In your opinion, does the national specificity of the battalion help in the service, in working with subordinates, or vice versa?
- Of course it helps! The fact is that in the Chechen mentality the question of honor, justice, brotherhood, fidelity is acute. These four words organically fit into general military regulations. Namely, based on our mentality, we have no issues with hazing, with the use of the same alcoholic beverages. In the four years of the battalion's existence, there was only one such case.

Everyone in the battalion serves with great desire. Behind our gates, one might say, there is a kilometer-long line of people who want to get into the service of us. And we don’t even know that there are such violations as failure to return from vacation or unauthorized abandonment of a unit.

- President of the Republic Ramzan Kadyrov pays special attention to the battalion...
- As for the assistance from the leadership of the republic, then, of course, it is essential. The battalion was given the honorary name of the first president of the Chechen Republic, Akhmat-Khadzhi Kadyrov, and we bear this name with honor. With the direct support of the President of the Chechen Republic, Ramzan Akhmatovich Kadyrov, the construction of a military camp was underway; to ensure service and combat tasks, the republican government additionally provided us with off-road vehicles. And these are not one-time actions, help is constantly coming.

But here, in addition to a kind and interested attitude to our pressing problems on the part of the leadership of the republic, one should not lose sight of the fact that the duty of local authorities to take care of the economic infrastructure of the battalion is determined by the relevant provisions of the federal law "On the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation".

- But for the most part, your battalion is mentioned in connection with participation in special operations against bandit groups ...
- Yes, this is the specificity of our service. We are still focused on fighting terrorists and bandits of all stripes, and for this the battalion has an intelligence unit that does a good job with the tasks assigned.

But the normalization of the situation in the republic is obvious, it already bears little resemblance to the one that was here 4-5 years ago. Accordingly, the nature of the tasks performed by our unit has also changed. To date, the vast majority of bandit formations have been destroyed and defeated. To destroy the remaining bandits, we are now given more specific, "point" tasks.

In addition, if, in the first months from the moment of its creation, the main task of the battalion was the elimination of gangs, today it is more about protecting public order and ensuring public safety in the city of Grozny. All public events held both in the capital of the republic and in other areas, mainly in its flat part, are held with the direct participation of our division.

Alibek Sultanovich, is it possible to dwell more specifically on the results of the service and combat activities of the battalion?
- During our existence, the results of the activities of our battalion were fully felt by the leaders of gangs.

I remember one of the first special operations in which we took part just a few months after entering combat service. This was in 2006. Then, in the Achkhoi-Martan district, my guys clashed with a gang of a certain Yavmerzaev. It was established that this bandit, nicknamed "Mulla", participated in the attack on the columns of federal forces, directly prepared terrorist attacks against employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the Chechen Republic, and was engaged in blackmailing the local population. 4 grenade launchers, more than 130 rounds for an underbarrel grenade launcher, 6 grenades, 7 shells and mines, 5 radio stations, more than 4 thousand ammunition for small arms.

Over the following years, our battalion took part in hundreds of effective special operations, which were mostly carried out jointly with the units of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Chechen Republic, employees of the Russian Federal Security Service, and colleagues from the special forces of the internal troops.

The divisions of the battalion provide assistance, including to neighbors - the internal affairs bodies of Dagestan, Ingushetia and North Ossetia.

In total, since 2006, the military personnel of the battalion, together with other units of the Joint Group of Troops (Forces) on the territory of the North Caucasus region, have destroyed more than 100 bandits, about 90 bases and caches, over 150 explosive objects, seized a large number of weapons and ammunition, including 2 MANPADS Igla, 3 ATGMs, 4 Bumblebee rocket-propelled infantry flamethrowers, more than 40 hand-held anti-tank grenade launchers.

Other statistics can be cited. No less eloquently showing how the battalion performs the tasks assigned to it. Since 2006, we have lost 10 servicemen. 14 of our colleagues were awarded orders and medals, 8 of them - Orders of Courage.

The 248th battalion is part of the 46th operational brigade of internal troops. For years there have been talks that it is time to withdraw the brigade from Chechnya, they say, it has solved its tasks. Do you think it's time for her to "winter apartments"?
- The 46th brigade is needed not only by the republic, it is needed by all of Russia. Recently, I heard the following words from one of the generals: "... No matter what we say, the integrity of Russia begins in Chechnya!" I think these are very true words.

Today the brigade is a factor of stability and a guarantee of peace in the region. Moreover, the connection is not just a military component of the republic, but, oddly enough, an economic one. I mean, first of all, those jobs that are extremely important to us today.

Alibek Sultanovich, combat work leaves its mark on everyday reality. You already mentioned losses. What kind of work does the battalion command do to perpetuate the memory of fallen servicemen and provide assistance to their relatives?
- It's hard to lose comrades. After all, often the best warriors leave us, who, at the cost of their lives, brilliantly completed their combat mission, covering those who are nearby. Therefore, caring for their families is our sacred duty. All due state payments to the dead servicemen in the unit entrusted to me have been issued in full.

Recently, on behalf of the President of the Republic, the families of the dead received 100,000 rubles each, and the wounded servicemen - 50,000 rubles each. This is a lot of money for our republic. And this help is far from one-time. Not a single request to the management has gone unanswered.

Of course, no amount of money can bring back our comrades. But we do everything so that their families do not feel abandoned, so that they know that we remember our fallen friends.

Alibek Sultanovich, what would you wish to young guys who these days throughout Russia begin their service to the Fatherland, wearing soldier's shoulder straps?
- I would like to wish all the guys in Russia to be patriots of their country. I think that this is one of the main qualities of a man who must be ready to defend his country, regardless of the area in which he serves or works.

Lieutenant Colonel Sergey KUZNETSOV,
Major Vyacheslav KALININ
Moscow-Grozny-Moscow

P.S. At the end of the conversation, we asked Alibek Sultanovich if we could publish photos of the battalion servicemen in the open press. Smiling, he replied with the words of Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov: "If a person is on the righteous path, then he does not need to hide his face."

Shield of Our Country

Internal troops - 186.3 thousand people. (16 divisions, 24 brigades, 104 regiments and 5 higher educational institutions)

By 2006 five regional commands and two regional directorates of troops will be created instead of districts. 60% of the number of troops are operational units performing tasks in Chechnya and the North Caucasus region.

Operational units

Parts for the protection of important state facilities

Special motorized police units

In accordance with the reform plan, the number of troops will be reduced several times, five regional commands and two regional departments of internal troops will be created instead of districts. In addition, special forces will be formed in the structure of the internal troops. In the future, special forces detachments of the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation will become the main component of the immediate reaction forces of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia. Now the special forces of the explosives are 16 mobile units, which are already 90 percent equipped with modern weapons and military equipment, including special-purpose ones.

The combat training of explosives includes three main areas: training of operational units; special motorized military units; units for the protection of important state facilities and special cargo. Internal troops are involved in the performance of service and combat missions, usually as part of a company or battalion. Therefore, the main efforts in training are aimed at single training and coordination of small units. The explosives refused to hold such global events as divisional and even regimental tactical exercises, they are not relevant in the Internal Troops now. The combined arms training of a motorized rifle platoon commander and a platoon commander of the Internal Troops is practically the same. In military training, perhaps, the only difference is that in addition to combined-arms tactics, cadets study the tactics of the Internal Troops, that is, the methods of action of the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to protect public order, the organization of the security forces to protect important state facilities and in emergency situations.

The internal troops number about 300 thousand people (29 divisions and 15 brigades). The units are better equipped than the army. But can they be called full-blooded? Of the 29 divisions, 19 were transferred to the internal troops from the ground forces, with all the ensuing consequences. Apparently, it was possible to restore some semblance of order in them, but providing such a mass of troops with new weapons and equipment is a disastrous business. Most of the senior officers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs do not have the necessary training.

North-Western district - 12053 people, 55 armored personnel carriers

division-Arkhangelsk

33 brigade-Lebyazhye, Lomonosov - 2644 people, 34 infantry fighting vehicles, 12 PM38

1 brigade - Syktyvkar (in the same place, engineer-sapper regiment of special forces)

Regiment for the protection of the parking lot of the nuclear icebreaker fleet

Separate battalion for the protection of Leningrad NPP

In St. Petersburg - 1607 people, 10 infantry fighting vehicles

Moscow District (4 divisions) - 56222 people, 175 armored combat vehicles

1 separate special-purpose division (former Dzerzhinsky) (ODON) - Balashikha-central subordination - 1,2,4,5 Mon, 1 PSN Vityaz -9982 people, 46 infantry fighting vehicles, according to other sources - 9 thousand people. , 60 tanks (93 mech. regiment-T-62), 400 armored combat vehicles or 12 and a half thousand people .. 5 regiments, one on the BMP-1, four on the armored personnel carrier .. separate tank battalion, 31 tanks .. A GS -17 , automatic mounted grenade launcher.. SPG-9.. tank.. easel.. anti-tank grenade launcher.. combat helicopters. The 1st Red Banner Operational Regiment ODON was disbanded, the SN "Vityaz" detachment was reorganized into the 118th regiment of the SN VV with the banner of the disbanded 1pon. (magazine "Brother" for July-August 2003).

Division-Sarov

12 division-Tula - units of the Tula division of internal troops are located in 8 regions of Central Russia

Division (training) Mulino (Molino)

· 55 division-Moscow (protection of order in Moscow) - 6 thousand people (2 tons - officers and ensigns) - 8 regiments, before that - the OMSDON police regiment, then the police brigade.

21 armored personnel carriers - Sofrino - 2650 people, 36 infantry fighting vehicles, according to other sources - 2 thousand people, 100 armored personnel carriers (4 motorized battalions (in the battalion 3 msr, 1 autobrand company (BTR-80, Zil-131) , reconnaissance and grenade launcher (AGS-17) platoon))

23 armor (motorized)

The garrison of the Moscow militia - together with the civilian staff - numbers about 100,000 people. These are not only departments, departments of internal affairs of municipal districts and police departments. These are four regiments of patrol service, with the 1st regiment of the PPS - a battalion of search dogs, with the 4th - a battalion of mounted police. A particularly formidable force is the riot police, to which infantry fighting vehicles and armored personnel carriers are attached. By analogy with the OMON, special police units (OMSN) operate under the MUR and RUOP. As part of the Moscow District of Internal Troops: ODON - artillery, armored vehicles, helicopters, Sofrino brigade Special Forces, 23rd Motorized Brigade. In special cases, the escort regiment of the Central Internal Affairs Directorate may also be involved in individual operations. Small in number, but well-armed and combat-ready municipal militia - about 3,000 people.

The North Caucasian District - the main grouping of internal troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in the North Caucasus, has 26.5 thousand people, 700 armored personnel carriers and infantry fighting vehicles armed with heavy machine guns and artillery pieces, caliber up to 100 mm. Parts of explosives are deployed in Vladikavkaz, in cities, towns and villages of the Stavropol Territory and Dagestan.

2 DON, Krasnodar-451, 66 Mon-1923 people, 34 infantry fighting vehicles

54 DON - 8 armor, 59 pon, 81 pon

99 DON-Rostov, Persianovka - 1983 people, 33 infantry fighting vehicles, 4 BMD-1, 1 D-30, 3 PM38 / regiment in Chermen - 1774 people, 33 BMD-1

100 DON-Novocherkassk, Kadamovsky (UTs), Cossack Camps ("Cossack camps" are between Shakhty and Novocherkassk. A tank division stood at this place, the division was disbanded and in its place a Special Purpose Division DON 100 was created. The division was copied from the division Dzerzhinsky The division consisted of 4 regiments and 4 battalions) - 46.47, 48, 49, 57 pont, 93 mp (Possibly transferred from ODO or formed in the late 90s on the equipment disbanded in Novocherkassk tank divisions (actually a tank regiment on the T-62), there are 60 tanks in the regiment), 7 main Rosich-Novocherkassk- 1859 people, 34 infantry fighting vehicles, Kadamovsky- 1261 people, 69 T-62, 18 D-30, Cossack Camps- 3708 people, 69 infantry fighting vehicles

8 BRON-Nalchik - 2368 people, 33 BMP, 22 BRON-Kalach - 2596 people, 27 BMP, 12 PM38 - formed on the basis of a training regiment in 1988

26th BRON-Vladikavkaz

46 BRON-Chechnya - about 2000 thousand people 150 armored personnel carriers - before that there was the 101st BRON (Stavropol-raf.)

102 BRON- Dagestan

BRON-Vladikavkaz - 2004 people, 12 infantry fighting vehicles

opn - Nazran - 680 people, 2 batn - formed in 2004

7th Special Forces Detachment

15th detachment of special forces VV

ovp - Rostov - 777 people, 2 Mi-24, Mi-8

There are also references to 28 and 31 BRON.

In Labinsk - 1807 people, 34 infantry fighting vehicles, in Kartsa (S. Ossetia) - 2097 people, 34 BMD-1, 6 PM38, in Stavropol - 1830 people, in Blagodarnoe, Stavropolsky - 1446 people, 31 BMD-1 , 6 PM38, Zelenokumsk - 1819 people, 34 infantry fighting vehicles, Mozdoke - 1716 people, 34 infantry fighting vehicles, 6 PM38 and helicopter part - 439 people, 2 Mi24 and Mi-8

Privolzhsky district - In the Volga and Ural districts - 19831 people, 117 BBM

division - Kirov- (Kirov, military unit 7487, previously a convoy division, the division included 5 regiments (Kirov, Glazov, Votkinsk, Izhevsk, Kazan), at different times, units and divisions of the division, in addition to the Vyatka region, were located on the territories of the Kostroma region , the republics of Komi and Udmurtia, now the unit is stationed in Kirov and Kirovo-Chepetsk, the cities of Tatarstan, Udmurtia, Chuvashia and Mari El, recently a military unit was transferred to the division, providing protection for the chemical arsenal in the village of Maradykovo)

54 division - Gaiva, Perm - 2818 people, 15 infantry fighting vehicles

35th brigade (80th division until 1999) - Samara - until 1999, the 80th Samara division of the explosives, a separate battalion of the 80th division, until disbanded in July 1999, was engaged in the protection of defense enterprises of the city of Chapaevsk)

34 brigade - Shumilovo, Bogorodsk, Nizhny Novgorod - 2594 people, 30 infantry fighting vehicles

BRON-Kazan - previously an escort regiment of explosives stationed in Kazan (military unit 7474), reorganized in the mid-90s

brigade - Chuvashia, now disbanded, before that it guarded the Novocheboksarsky chemical plant

In Saratov 1949 people, 4 infantry fighting vehicles

Ural District

division-Ozersk, Chelyabinsk

12th detachment of special forces VV (Nizhny Tagil)

23 detachment of special forces VV (Chelyabinsk)

Siberian District - Novosibirsk - Tasks for the protection of correctional labor institutions have been removed, since 1995. formations and units for the protection of important state facilities and special cargoes were subordinated, new operational units were created.

98 division (in its composition 18 OSMBM (military unit 5438)) - Kemerovo

89 division-Novosibirsk

1) the specifics of the internal troops is that the divisions of the explosives can have a unique composition and be deployed on the territory of several territories and regions, for example, it can include not only regiments, but also brigades and separate battalions, and separate brigades and regiments can include separate battalions and companies (for example, a separate company for escorting special cargoes taken out from it)

2) the units for the protection of the OVO and the SG are not part of the districts, but are part of the Directorate of the VGO and SG of the GKVV, and, for example, in Angarsk there are operational and training regiments of the Irkutsk formation of the Eastern District (headquarters in Khabarovsk), and the Angarsk industrial regiment is subordinate and included to the Novosibirsk Industrial Division of VV

3) the term industrial in relation to parts for a long time (since Beriev times) has not been an official BUT (!) Due to the conservatism and closeness of the environment, it still has circulation among the personnel, their environment (families, journalists) and on the objects / territories where they is valid. Approximately the same until now in the province of RUBOPs (RUOPs) are still called the 6th department