Southern Military District - OSC SOUTH
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Table 1. MoD commands and military deployments
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AIR FORCE & AD
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Moscow
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2000: 185,000 pers, 4,000+ ac, reserve: 833 ac. 12.2003 AF CINC V. Mikhailov appointed to commandor of France. 03.2006 AF delegation visited China. 10.2006 comd.staff exercixes of CIS AD/AF: 100 ac. Winter 2007 period: lost 2 Mig-29, 1 Mi-8; flight time per pilot +10% (strategic aviation +20%), 8-12 flight sessions/month; 300 trainings. (2006: 40 ac/hours.) 2007: 100+ comd staff exercises. 2007: 8 flight incidents. 07.2008 planned reorganization. 02.2009 30% of officers will be fired, 84% commands will be reformed, 10% commands -disbanded. To be formed 3 operative comds (far aviation, air lift, AF/AD) and 1 operative strategic comd (military space defence). 06-07.2010 exercises Vostok-2010. |
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• 4 COMD AF & AD
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Rostov
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SOUTH
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ex 4, 5 AF Army . 02.2004 regional comd staff trainings in Kabardino-Balkaria. 02.2006 comd staff exercises jointly with 58A NC. 8 Su-25 took part in PEACE MISSION 2007 joint Russia-Sino exercises. 08.2007 comd.staff exercises. 11.2007 Caucasus-Rubezh -2007 comd staff exercises. 03.2008 flight tactical training. 06.2010 practical comd staff conference. 07.2010 flight helicopter exercises. |
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7 MIL SPACE DEF BDE
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Rostov
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SOUTH
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ex 51 ad corps. 2000: 7,500 pers. (2,500 air crew), 164 ac (59 Su-27, 105 Mig-29). 12.2007 received upgraded 3D radars. |
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6972 AIRBASE
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Krimsk (Krasnodar)
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SOUTH
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ex 3 fighter + 55 hel rgts. 2000: 710 pers., 30 Su-27. ex- 562 frgt (2000). 08.2007 comd.staff exercises jointly with NC. 2009: repairs of airfield, ac to Zernograd? 2009: 36 Su-27, 6 Su-27ub, 20 Mi-24, 16 Mi-8, 4 Ka-27, 3 Mi-28 |
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?(6969) AIRBASE/AVIAGROUP
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Millerovo
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SOUTH
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ex 19 + 31 fighter rgts. 2000: 570 pers., 51 Mig-29. 03.2007 lost two Mig-29 during maneuvres. Pilots ejected and survived. 01.2008 named as best rgt in Rostov AF/AD command. 2008 commander: col Vyacheslav Kudinov. 2009: cutting staff, combining with 31 f rgt? 2009: 36 Mig-29, 6 Mig-29ub. 2010 not formed as airbase, part of 6972 airbase, 19 f rgt transferred to 6972. |
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6970 AIRBASE
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Morozovsk
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SOUTH
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ex 559 + 722 + 1 bbr rgts. 710 pers., 30 Su-24. 1994-1996 21 ac took part in Chechen war. 2008 commander: lt col Sergey Goncharov. 2009: 24 Su-24, 30 Su-24m. 19.06.2009 lost Su-27 during landing due to malfunction of management system, pilots ejected. |
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?(6973) AIRBASE
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Primorsko-Akhtarsk
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SOUTH
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ex 960 + 461 attack rgts. 2000: 620 pers., 31 Su-25, Mig-29? 1994-1996 21 Mig-29 took part in Chechen war. 2010 not formed |
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6971 AIRBASE
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Budennovsk
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SOUTH
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ex 368 + 461 attack rgts. 2000: 610 pers., 33? Su-25, Su-24MR? 1994-1996 37 Su-25, 7 Su-24MR took part in Chechen war. 2007: 6 Su-25SM planned to be delivered from Lipetsk. 08.2007 comd.staff exercises jointly with NC. 2008 commander: col Evgeny Fegotov. 08.2008 took part in war in South Ossetia. |
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1537 AD RGT
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Novorossyysk
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SOUTH
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2008 commander: col Vladimir Timofeev. 2009: 2 S-300PM |
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1536 AD RGT
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Rostov
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SOUTH
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Formed 1940. 04.2009 msl launches at Ashuluk. 2009 commander: col Andrei Mineichev. 2009: 3 S-300PM |
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1721 AD RGT
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Sochi
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SOUTH
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ex 102 ad bde. 2000: 680 pers., Buk, 1 RKhM-4. 2009: 2 Buk |
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6970+ AIRBASE
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Marinovka
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SOUTH
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ex 11 separate recce rgt. Su-24MR. 1994-1996 18 ac took part in Chechen war. 2005: probably to be disbanded. 2009: 24 Su-24mr |
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535 SEPARATE RGT-?
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Rostov
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SOUTH
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6974 AIRBASE
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Egorlyk (Rostov)
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SOUTH
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ex 325 separate hel rgt. 2000: 656 pers., 26 Mi-8, 4 Mi-6, 10 Mi-26. 2009: 10 Mi-26, 16 Mi-8 |
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326 SEPARATE HEL SQDN-?
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Bataisk
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SOUTH
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100 RT BDE
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Astrakhan'
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SOUTH
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2008 commander: col Vladimir Sletin |
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42 SEPARATE COMMS RGT
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Rostov
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SOUTH
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3624 AIRBASE
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Erebuni, Armenia
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SOUTH
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999 AIRBASE
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Kant, Kirgizia
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SOUTH
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250 pers., 5 Su-25, 2 An-26, 5 L-39, 2 Mi-8, 2 Il-76, an-30. 08.2004 took part in Rubezh-2004 exercises. 11.2005, 05.2006 visited by AF CINC V.Mikhailov. 06.2007 inspected by VVS CINC. 10.2008 anniversary. 2008 commander col Vladimir Nosov. |
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32 RT RGT
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Volgograd
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SOUTH
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2008 commander: col Alexey Zaitsev. |
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7 RT BDE?
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Rostov
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SOUTH
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2008 commander: col Vladislav Karelin. |
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LAND TROOPS / GROUND FORCES
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Moscow
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2000: ~322,000 pers. 01.2004 oper-mob trainings. 2004 Commander: A Gen Nikolai Kormiltsev. Head of Staff: Col.Gen A. Morozov. Fall 2006: 20 rgt, 30+bn level trainings with practical firings. 2004-2006 constructed 50+ garrisons for 24000 contract soldiers. Winter period 2007: 60 military trainings. 2007: 100,000 contract service soldiers, 60 units; 11000 trainings- 1100 bn, 26 rgt/bde exercises, 52- comd staff exercises. 01-05.2008 30 comd staff exercises. 09-10.2009 exercises Osen'-2009. 2009: 15 bde, 161 bn, 736 company exercises, 8000 firings. |
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• SOUTHERN MILITARY DISTRICT
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Rostov
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SOUTH
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ex North Caucasian MD. 2000: 102800 pers., 1 A, 3 mot div, 1 airborne div, 2 arty bde, 2 mot bde, 2 msl bde, 3 ad bde, 1 spetznaz bde, 1 mot rgt,1 mlrs rgt, 2 at arty rgt. 628 tanks, 2100 ifv/apc, 855 arty, 18 Tochka SSM, 98 helos. 03-04.2003 comd -staff exercises (9000 soldiers took part) under the command of Head of GS. 03.2004 comd -staff exercises. 08.2004 comd staff trainings in Rostov district. 2004: 30 comd. -staff exercises, 50 tactical trainings, 1000 firings. 04.2005 counter terrorism comd-staff exercises. 06.2005: comd -staff exercises. 03.2006 took part in comd -staff trainings in North Ossetia. 07.2006 took part in military exercises Kavkaz Rubezh "to frighten Georgia". Estimated number of contract soldiers: 55,000 for 2008. 02.2007 comd. Staff trainings. 02.2007 GF MoD inspection. 07.2007 antiterror exercises KAVKAZ RUBEZH 2007. 11.2007 comd staff exercises. 2007: 2000 comd firings, 85 comd staff. 04.2008 AD trainings. 07.2008 rt commands trainings. Summer 2008: 140 tactical exercises (30% at night), >200 comd staff exercises. 07.2008 Kavkaz-2008 exercises. 03.2009 field arty trainings. 06.2009 Kavkaz-2009 exercises: 8500 soldiers, 200 tanks, etc. 07.2009 commanders trainings. 05.2010 conference of commanders of armamant arsenals. 07.2010 field exercises of comms commands. 08.2010 arty firing at test ranges. |
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58A /OP COMD(2)
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Vladikavkaz
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SOUTH
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08.2004 comd. -staff exercises. 04.2005 counter terrorism comd-staff exercises. 02.2006 comd staff exercises. 08.2007 comd.staff exercises. 11.2007 Caucasus-Rubezh -2007 comd staff exercises. 08.2008 took part in war in South Ossetia. 09.08.2008 Commander was injuried during Georgian attack. 2009: reforming to Operative Commands (2). |
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205 SEPARATE MOT BDE
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Budennovsk
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SOUTH
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formed 17.03.1995 on basis of 167 mot bde+723 mot rgt (Grozny). Took part in Chechen war. Was located in Severnyy airport, in Khankala and Shali. 6000 persons (7500 in 1996), 11000 weapons. 08.1996 fought for Groznyy, Shatoy. Losses: 120 killed. Moved from Chechnya 11.1996 to Budennovsk.
1999 transferred to Chechnya, captured Groznyy. Chechen war losses: 505 persons killed+MIA.
4216 pers., 28 T-72, 11 BMP-K, 13 BRM-1K, 7 BTR-80, 93 MT-LB, 12 2s3 Akatsia. 12 Grad, 15 BMP-1KSh, 54 MT-LBT.
08.2008 took part in war in South Ossetia. 2009: BM-21 Grad – 18, 152 mm 2S3M Akatsia– 36, 2B14 Podnos– 18, 100 mm MT-12 Rapira – 12, 9P149 Shturm-S – 12, БМ 9А331 – 12, 9A34(35) Strela-10 – 6, 2S6M Tunguska – 6. 41(82) T-72, 120 MT-LB. 4393? pers, 327 officers, 1005 sgts |
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136 SEPARATE MOT BDE
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Buinaksk (Dagestan)
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SOUTH
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5058 pers., 32 T-72, 12 BMP-2, 100 BMP-1, 14 BRM-1K, 16 BTR-80, 54 MT-LB, 24 D-30, 28 PM-38, 4 Uragan, 13 BMP-1KSh
Took part in Chechen war. 06.1995 fought near Vedeno. 01.1996 attacked Pervomayskoe (696 bn- 730 pers). 05.1996 captured Goyskoe, Stary Achkhoy (jointly with 131,136 mot bdes), attacked Bamut. 08.1996 fought for Groznyy, main losses. 08.1999 fought in Dagestan (commander col G.Eliadze).10.1999-03.2000: 698 bn entered Chechnya from Dagestan, 696 bn to Khasavyurt, 697 bn - Serzhen-Yurt. Chechen war losses: 32 killed/MIA.
07.2008 tactical trainings. 08.2008 took part in war in South Ossetia. Losses: 2? Killed. 2009:
BM-21 Grad – 18, 152 mm 2S3M Akatsia– 36, 2B14 Podnos– 18, 100 mm MT-12 Rapira – 12, 9P149 Shturm-S – 12, БМ 9А331 – 12, 9A34(35) Strela-10 – 6, 2S6M Tunguska – 6. 41(82) T-72, 120 BMP-1. 4393? pers, 327 officers, 1005 sgts |
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11 ENGR RGT
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Kavkazskaya
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SOUTH
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234 SEPARATE COMMS RGT
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Vladikavkaz
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SOUTH
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431 pers., 7 BMP-1KSh, 7 BTR-80 |
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1542 RPR BASE
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Prokhlandnyy (Kabardino-Balkaria)
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SOUTH
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19 SEPARATE MOT BDE
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Vladikavkaz/Ingushetia
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SOUTH
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ex 503 mot rgt 19 mot div. 2000: 2387 pers., 27 T-72, 127 BTR-80, 1 BMP-2, 3 BRM-1K, 2 2s3 Akatsia, 1 BMP-1KSh, 2 PRP-4, 5 RKhM. 10.2004 took part in military exercises. 1995 took part in Chechen war, Group "West". 02.1995 fought for Groznyy, captured several points. Rebels captured 12 soldiers, later FSB re-captured them. 03-05.1995 Group "South", attacked Shali, Germenchuk. 08.1996 fought in Groznyy. 10.1996 moved from Chechnya. 10.1999 Group "West", 03.2000 Komsomolskoe. Chechen campaign losses: 144 killed/MIA. 05.07.2007 garrison attacked by rebels. No injuiries reported. 07.2007 comd.staff exercises.
08.2008 took part in war in South Ossetia. 09.08.2008 jointly with Vostok bn (42 mot div) re-captured Tskhinval. Losses: 2?killed. 12.2008 terror explosion near garrison in Ingushetia. No losses reported. 2009:
BM-21 Grad – 18, 152 mm 2S3M Akatsia– 36, 120 mm 2S12 Sani - 18, 100 mm MT-12 Rapira – 12, 9P149 Shturm-S – 12, 9A33BM2(3) Osa – 12, 9A34(35) Strela-10 – 6, 2S6M Tunguska – 6. 41(82) T-72, 120 BMP-1/2. 4393? Pers, 327 officers, 1005 sgts |
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118 RCBW BN
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Frolovo
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SOUTH
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72 COMMS POINT
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Vladikavkaz
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SOUTH
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97 SEPARATE EW BN
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SOUTH
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57 SEPARATE ENGR BN
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SOUTH
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?STORAGE
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SOUTH
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100 SEPARATE RECCE BDE
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Mozdok
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SOUTH
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Formed 12.2009 partly on base of 10 separate SpN bde |
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148 SEPARATE BN
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SOUTH
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1116 COMMS POINT
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SOUTH
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395 SEPARATE CABEL COMPANY
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SOUTH
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18 SEPARATE MOT BDE
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Khankala
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SOUTH
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ex 42 mot div. 2005: 18,000 pers., 72 mot rgt (Kalinoskaya), 71 mot rgt (Khankala), 70 mot rgt, 392 tk rgt, 50 arty rgt (Shali)- 130 tanks, 350 mt-lb, 200 bmp/btr, 100 arty, 5 mtu. 2004: 7000 pers on contract service; salary $555/month - soldier, $630 - sgt, $815 - bn commander + bonuses.
15.07.2008 explosion during transportation of explosives.
08.2008 70, 71, moto rgts, 417 recce bn, 2 companies of Vostok/Zapad bns took part in war in South Ossetia.
09.08.2008 Vostok jointly with 503 mot rgt (19 mot div) re-captured Tskhinval.
Losses 70,71 rgts: 5? Killed. 2009: BM-21 Grad – 18, 152 mm 2S3M Akatsia– 36, 120 mm 2S12 Sani– 18, 100 mm MT-12 Rapira – 12, 9P149 Shturm-S – 12, 9A33BM2(3) Osa – 12, 9A34(35) Strela-10 – 6, 2S6M Tunguska – 6. 41(82) T-62, 130 BTR-70?. 4393? pers, 327 officers, 1005 sgts |
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20 SEPARATE MOT BDE
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Volgograd
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SOUTH
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ex 20 mot div. 2000: incl. 56 cdo rgt (ex-56 airborne bde). 1994-1996, 1999-2000 took part in Chechen war.
2000: 94 T-72, 163 BMP, 94 BTR, 23 2s19 Msta-S, 24 2s3 Akatsia, 18 D-30, 12 Grad.
56 cdo rgt, 242,255 rgts, 944 arty, 68 recce bn took part in war in South Ossetia. 2009: reforming to bde. 2009:
BM-21 Grad – 18, 152 mm 2S19 Msta-S – 18, 152 mm 2S3M Akatsia – 18, 120 mm 2S12 Sani – 18, 100 mm MT-12 Rapira – 12, 9P149 Shturm-S – 12, 9A34(35) Strela-10 – 6, 2S6M Tunguska – 6, ZU-23-2 – 18. 41(82) T-72/90*, 120 BMP-1/2/3*. 4393? pers, 327 officers, 1005 sgts |
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10 SEPARATE SPETZNAZ BDE
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Mol'kino (Krasnodar)
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SOUTH
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formed 2003; 3,500 pers.
08.2008 unit took part in war in South Ossetia. Losses: 2? Killed. |
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22 SEPARATE SPETZNAZ BDE
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Aksai (Rostov)
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SOUTH
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1692 pers., 25 BTR-80, 11 BMP-2, 11 D-30, 8 Grad.
1994 took part in Chechen war. 01.1995 unsuccessful descent operation headed by Maj Morozov: lost 2 (killed), 50 soldiers captured and de-armed by rebels, later transferred to Russians (Maj Morozov got under investigation of this event, result is unknown). 1996: 173 unit (included 3 recce companies, BMPs/BTRs, 6 AT Fagot, 6 AGS-17) fought for Pervomaiskoe (killed 85 rebels), Kizlyar. 11.1996 173 unit moved from Chechnya. Chechen campaign losses: 42 killed.
08.2008 some units took part in war in South Ossetia. Losses: 1?killed. |
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1 MSL BDE
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Krasnodar
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SOUTH
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prev. in 67 AC. 2000: 310 pers., Tochka.
08.2008 took part in war in South Ossetia. 2009: 12 Tochka-U |
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179 AD BDE
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Eisk
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SOUTH
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291 ARTY BDE
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Maikop
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SOUTH
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prev. in 67 AC. 2000: 365 pers., 48 2a65 Msta-B, 5 M-30. 2009: 9P140 Uragan – 8, 152 mm 2A65 Msta-B – 36, 100 mm MT-12 – 6, 9P149 Shturm-S – 18 |
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439 MLRS BDE
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Znamensk/Kapustin Yar
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SOUTH
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2000: 402 pers., 12 9a52 Smerch, 21 Uragan, 6 MT-LBT. 2009: 12 9A52 Smerch |
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943 MLRS RGT
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Krasnooktyabr'skyy
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SOUTH
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prev. in 67 AC. 2000: 215 pers., 36 Uragan. 08.2008 took part in war in South Ossetia. 2009: 2009: 24 9P140 Uragan |
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173(214) ENGR BDE
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Kamensk-Shakhterskyy
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SOUTH
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248 pers., 10 MTU-20. 12.2003 mobilization trainings. |
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175 SEPARATE COMMS BDE
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Aksai
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SOUTH
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541 pers., 3 R-145BM. 10.2008 awarded as Best RT Brigade of Land Troops. |
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1270 SEPARATE EW CENTER
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Kovalevka (Rostov)
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SOUTH
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ex 71 separate ew rgt. 2000: 290 pers., 1 SPR-2 |
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131 SEPARATE RT BDE
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Rostov
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SOUTH
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170 SEPARATE RT BN
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Krasnodar
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SOUTH
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21 CHEMICAL BDE-?
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Kamishin
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SOUTH
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176 TERR COMMS BDE
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Novocherkassk
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SOUTH
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860 SEPARATE FLAMETHR BN
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Oktyabr'skyy (Volgograd)
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SOUTH
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744 ARTY STORAGE
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Novocherkassk
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SOUTH
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763 STORAGE
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Mol'kino (Krasnodar)
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SOUTH
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103 ARSENAL (ARS-V)
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Saransk
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SOUTH
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65 pers., 297 PRP-3, 34 PRP-4 |
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102 MILITARY BASE / 76, 85 SEPARATE MOT BDE
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Erevan/Gyumri, Armenia
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SOUTH
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ex- 127 mot div. 1.08.2003 commander Lt.-Gen Alexander Titov faired by MoD minister "for discipline" and illegal commercial activity. 2003 Head of Staff cln Yury Parshev. 2005: 3690 pers. 2009: rgts reformed to bde |
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56 SEPARATE CDO BDE
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Mozdok/Volgograd
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SOUTH
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ex 56 cdo rgt 20 mot div. 2009: 122 mm D-30 – 18, 2B14 Podnos – 18, ZU-23-2 – 8 |
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17 SEPARATE MOT BDE
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Shali/Borzoi
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SOUTH
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ex mountain moto rgt 42 moto div. 2009: BM-21 Grad – 18, 152 mm 2S3M Akatsia– 36, 2B14 Podnos - 18, 100 mm MT-12 Rapira – 12, 9P149 Shturm-S – 12, 9A33BM2(3) Osa – 12, 9A34(35) Strela-10 – 6, 2S6M Tunguska – 6. 41(82) T-62?72, 120 MT-LB. 4393? pers, 327 officers, 1005 sgts |
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7016 STORAGE & REPAIR
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Maikop
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SOUTH
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2009: 9P140 Uragan – 24, 152 mm 2A65 Msta-B – 36, 100 mm MT-12 – 12, 9P149 Shturm-S– 36 |
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1138 AD C2
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SOUTH
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67 AD BDE
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Volgograd
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SOUTH
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454 pers., Buk.
08.2008 took part in war in South Ossetia. |
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32 SEPARATE LOGISTICS RGT
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Stavropol
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SOUTH
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2728 STORAGE
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Frolovo
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SOUTH
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474 TRUCKS BN
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Millerovo
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SOUTH
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154 SEPARATE EW RGT OSN
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Izobilny
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SOUTH
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744 ARTY BASE
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Npvpcherkassk
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SOUTH
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719 ARMAMENT BASE
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Tikhoretsk
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SOUTH
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92 ENGR BASE
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Georgievsk
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SOUTH
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1103 ENGR STORAGE
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Komsomotets
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SOUTH
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2699 AUTO BASE
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Rostov
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SOUTH
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?RECCE CENTER
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Vladikavkaz
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SOUTH
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49?OA
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Maikop
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SOUTH
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7 MILITARY BASE
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Abkhazia
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SOUTH
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ex 131 separate mot bde Maikop (Adigeya). 12.1994 took part in Chechen war. Ex-CINC col Igor Savin killed 01.01.1995. 12.1994 fought near Tersky, Groznyy. 1994: 1469 persons, 20 T-72, 120 BMP, 16 guns. 1,2 mot bns were attacked by rebels and destroyed in Groznyy. Losses: 74 killed, 76 MIA, 15 tanks (of 26), 47 BMP, 6 Tunguska. Put in reserve. 03.1995 captured Gudermes. 04.1995 transferred to Maikop. 03.1996 transferred to Chechnya. 05.1996 captured Staryy Achkhoi, attacked Bamut, mine clearance operations. 09.1996 moved from Chechnya. 1999-2000 fought in Chechnya. Total losses: 189 persons killed.
08.2008 took part in war in South Ossetia. 2009: BM-21 Grad – 18, 152 mm 2S3M Akatsia– 24, 2B14 Podnos- 24, 82 mm 2B9 Vasilek – 12, 100 mm MT-12 Rapira – 12, 9P149 Shturm-S – 12, 9A33BM2(3) Osa – 12, 9A34(35) Strela-10 – 6, 2S6M Tunguska – 6. 41(82) T-90*, 130 BTR-80*. 06.2009 Kavkaz-2009 exercises. 2010 commander Maj Gen Chebotaryov. 06.2010 comd staff exercises. |
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34 MOUNTAIN MOT BDE
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Karachaevo-Cherkessia
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SOUTH
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formed 2007. 11.2007 comd staff exercises. 12.2007 trainings in mountains near Elbrus. 10.2008 visited by Gen Evnevich and Pres of Karachaevo-Cherkessia. 2008 commander: col Artur Shemaitis. 2009:
122 mm 2S1 Gvozdika – 18, 120 mm 2S12 Sani – 18, ZU-23-2 - 8. 06.2009 trainings with Batalpash cassacks. 02.02.2010 exercises with horses (60 total in bde). |
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33 MOUNTAIN SEPARATE RECCE BDE
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Botlikh, Dagestan
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SOUTH
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Formed 2007. 2283 pers. 08.2008 tool part in war in South Ossetia- recce bn entered via Roksky tunnel. 2009: 122 mm 2S1 Gvozdika – 18, 120 mm 2S12 Sani – 18, ZU-23-2 - 8 |
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8 SEPARATE MOUNTAIN MOT BDE
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Borzoi/Shali
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SOUTH
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ex 2 mot div, Tamanskaya. 2009 forming in Naro-Fominsk. 2009: 2009:
BM-21 Grad – 18, 152 mm 2S3M Akatsia– 36, 2B14 Podnos – 18, 100 mm MT-12 Rapira – 12, 9P148 Konkurs – 12, 9A33BM2(3) Osa – 12, 9A34(35) Strela-10 – 6, 2S6M Tunguska – 6. 41(82) T-80?90, 120 BTR-80 |
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4 MILITARY BASE
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South Ossetia
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SOUTH
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693 separate mot bde, ex 693 mot rgt 19 mot div. BM-21 Grad – 18, 152 mm 2S3M Akatsia– 18, 2B14 Podnos- 24, 82 mm 2B9 Vasilek – 12, 100 mm MT-12 Rapira – 12, 9P149 Shturm-S – 12, 9A10M1 Buk-M1 – 6, 9A34(35) Strela-10 – 6, 2S6M Tunguska – 6. 41(82) T-90*, 120 BMP-2. 06.2009 Kavkaz-2009 exercises |
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NAVY
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Moscow
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2000: 161,000 pers. 4 fleets, 1 flotilla. Coastal Troops: 10500 pers., 811 tanks, 865 ifv/apc, 345 arty, 18 SSM, 16 hel,\BRAV- 133 arty, 8 ASM launchers, 50 ad msl launchers. 2004: took part in 11 joint Russia-NATO exercises incl 3 in North Atlantics, 3 - Baltics, 4 in Mediterrian. |
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• BLACK SEA FLEET
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Sevastopol
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SOUTH
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Formed 1783. Took part: 1787-1791 Russian Turkish war. 1799 attack Korfu (France), military operations in Italy. 1853 Russian Turkish war: destroyed Turkish navy. 1877-1878 Russian Turkish war. 1914 WW1. 1941-1945 WW2.
18,000 (2006: 13572 in Crimea, 31% contract service) pers. 04.2005: sea exercises. 09.2005 visited by NATO delegation. 03-04.2006 sea exercises. 08.2006: comd-staff trainings headed by Navy CINC. 08.2006 HQ visited by BLACKSEAFOR team. 08.2006 comd.staff trainings. 12.2007 visited by Moscow municipal delegation. 01-05.2008 154 sea firing exercises.08.2008 took part in war in South Ossetia, descent landing operations, blockade. During sea fight MRK Mirazh destroyed Georgian msl boat by AD Osa. 07.2009 KAVKAZ-2009 exercises. 2009: lt salary (complete): about $3000/month. 10.2009 Anti-sub exercises. 06.2010 joint Ukr-Rus exercises. |
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• CASPIAN FLOTILLA
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Astrakhan'
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SOUTH
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Formed 1772. 1917-1922 operations against UK allies. 1941-1945 WW2, assisted in Stalingrad siege. 2000: 20,000 pers. 05.2007 inspected by Navy CINC Adm Masorin. 11.2007 celebrated its 285th anniversary. 2010: reforming to Naval comd of Black Sea Fleet of NC military district. 07.2009 KAVKAZ-2009 exercises. |
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AIRBORNE TROOPS
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Moscow
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2000: ~35,000, 2400 ifv/apc, 323 arty. 02.2004 comd staff trainings jointly with Ground Forces. 2007: 20% conscripts, 80% contract service; summer 2007: 50'000 landings.
2008: 106000 landings, 6000+ from Il-76. 03.2009 arty field trainings. 2009: 189000 jumpings/landings (35000 from Il-76), landed 93 arms systems. 02.2010 rgt cmd commanders exercises headed vy VDV CINC. |
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• 7 CDO MOUNTAIN DIV
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Novorossyysk
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SOUTH
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1993 transferred from Kaunas. 2007: 1300+ contract soldiers. 08.2007 inspected by VDV CINC.
1995 commander col V.Shamanov (aka "Shaman"), later lt.col Egorov. Took part in Chechen war, Group "North". 01-06.1995 attacked Groznyy, captured Chishki, Kirov-Yurt, Vedeno, Kharachoi, Shatoi. 01.1996 two companies blocked Pervomaiskoe. 09.1996 moved from Chechnya. 08.1999 247 cdo rgt, bn transferred to Chechnya. Chechen campaign losses: 16 killed/MIA.
2000: 5507 pers., 190 BMD/BMP, 121 BTR, 55 2s9 Nona, 27 BTR-RD (AT), 38 BTR-ZD (AD), 12 D-30. 04.2005 counter terrorism comd-staff exercises. 07.2007: 3 soldiers injured (1 later died) during landing trainings. 2007 commander: col Vladimir Kochetkov. 07.2007 comd.staff exercises. 20-25.08.2007 comd.staff trainings.
08.2008 one unit took part in war in South Ossetia (captured US Hammers jointly with unit of 45 separate SpN rgt). 03.2009 comd staff exercises headed by VDV CINC. 2009: 51, 108, 247 cdo rgts, 1141 arty rgt, 3 ad rgts – 7968 pers. 14.07.2009 visited by President Medvedev in Novorossyysk. 06.2010 joint landing exercises with BLS. |
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108 AIRBORNE RGT
|
Novorossyysk
|
SOUTH
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1602 pers., 39 BMD-2, 70 BMD-1, 35 BTR-D, 19 2s9 Nona, 7 BMD-1KSh, 9 BTR-RD, 13 BTR-ZD. 03.2007 military exercises jointly with Novorossyysk Naval base. 05.2007 constructed two new barracks for contract service soldiers.
08.2008 took part in war in South Osetia. 09.2008 60th anniversary. |
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247 CDO RGT
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Stavropol'
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SOUTH
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| |
Formed from 21 separate cdo bde. 1583 pers., 72 BMP-2, 36 BTR-80, 26 BTR-D, 18 Nona, 13 BTR-ZD, 9 BTR-RD. Ex-commander col Yury Em. 11.1999 -05.2000 took part in Chechen war: Group "East", Novogroznenskyy. Chechen campaign losses: 17? killed/MIA. 07.2007 comd.staff exercises.
08.2008 took part in war in South Ossetia. |
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1141 ARTY RGT
|
Anapa
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SOUTH
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598 pers., 18 Nona, 12 D-30, 5 BTR-D, 9 BTR-RD. 08.2008 took part in war in South Ossetia. 03.2009 arty field trainings. |
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3 AD RGT
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Novorossyysk
|
SOUTH
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| |
ex 30 separate ad div 2000: 158 pers., 8 BTR-ZD, 4 BTR-D |
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309 SEPARATE ENGR COMPANY
|
Starotitarovskaya
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SOUTH
|
|
|
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743 SEPARATE COMMS BN
|
Novorossyysk
|
SOUTH
|
| |
246 pers., 2 BTR-D, 8 BMD-1KSh, 6 BMD-1, 3 R-440 |
|
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6 SEPARATE RPR BN
|
Novorossyysk
|
SOUTH
|
| |
181 pers., 4 BTR-D, 1 BREM-D |
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185 SEPARATE TPT SQDN
|
Krymsk
|
SOUTH
|
| |
160 pers. 2010 subordination to AF |
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162 SEPARATE RECCE COMPANY
|
Novorossyysk
|
SOUTH
|
|
|
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1681 SEPARATE LOGISTICS BN
|
Novorossyysk
|
SOUTH
|
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32 MED DETACHMENT
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Novorossyysk
|
SOUTH
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ex 3995 hospital (airmobile). # 96502 |
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967 SEPARATE SUPPORT COMPANY
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Novorossyysk
|
SOUTH
|
|
|
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286 POST STATION
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Raevskaya
|
SOUTH
|
|
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RAIL-ROAD TROOPS
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Moscow
|
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Formed 1851. 2005: 45,000 pers + 5,000 civilians. 11.2005 commanders trainings. 2007: 6700 contract soldiers. 08.2008 comd staff exercises. |
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• 8 TER COMD
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Volgograd
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SOUTH
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ex 76 rr corps. 09.2008 tactical-special trainings. |
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37 SEPARATE RR BDE
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Nevinnomyssk
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SOUTH
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39 SEPARATE RR BDE
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Krasnodar
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SOUTH
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Table 2. Non-MoD commands and deployments
| COMMAND | LOCATION | DISTR/FLT |
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MINISTRY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS
| Moscow |
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Operative: 462,700 pers.+ 89,200 civilians. Internal Troops: 186,300 pers. + 5,200 civilians |
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INTERNAL TROOPS (VV)
| Moscow |
MVD
|
| |
186,300 pers. + 5,200 civilians |
|
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NORTH CAUCASIAN DISTRICT
| Krasnodar |
NC
|
|
|
|
2 OSNAZ DIV
| Krasnodar |
NC
|
| |
1923 pers., 451,66 rgts, 34 BMP |
|
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54 OSNAZ DIV
| |
NC
|
|
|
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99 OSNAZ DIV
| Rostov, Persianovka |
NC
|
| |
1983 pers., 33 BMP, 4 BMD-1, 1 D-30; Cherkmen rgt: 1774 pers., 33 BMD-1 |
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100 OSNAZ DIV
| Novocherkassk |
NC
|
| |
6400 pers., 69 T-62, 18 D-30, 101 BMP. Kadamovsky (trg centr), Kazach'y Lagerya (ex-tk div), 46-49,57 rgts |
|
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8 OSNAZ BDE
| Nalchik |
NC
|
|
|
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22 OSNAZ BDE
| Kalach |
NC
|
|
|
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26 OSNAZ BDE
| Vladikavkaz |
NC
|
|
|
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46 OSNAZ BDE
| Chechnya |
NC
|
|
|
|
102 OSNAZ BDE
| Dagestan |
NC
|
|
|
|
?OSNAZ BDE
| Vladikavkaz |
NC
|
|
|
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?INDEP OSNAZ RGT
| Nazran |
NC
|
|
|
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7 SPETZNAZ VV GROUP
| |
NC
|
|
|
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15 SPETZNAZ VV TROOP
| |
NC
|
|
|
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?INDEP HEL RGT
| Rostov |
NC
|
|
|
|
FEDERAL SECURITY SERVICE (FSB)
| Moscow |
FSB
|
| |
counter-intelligence service; 66,200 pers incl 17,900 civilians |
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|
FEDERAL BORDER SERVICE (FPS)
| Moscow |
FPS
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165,000 pers incl 19,400 civilians. 700 ifv/apc, 20+ Grad, 800 arty, 100 ships (97P, 1135.1, 745, 1241.2, 1208, 205P, 10410, 1248), 600 boats (1496, RM376, P1415, 1400, 371U), 70 ac (15 An-72P, An-24/36/72, Il-76, Tu-134), 200 hel (Mi-8, Mi-24, Ka-27PS) |
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NORTH CAUCASUS DISTRICT DIRECTORATE (NC)
| Stavropol |
NC
|
|
|
|
?BORDER TROOP
| Novorossyysk |
NC
|
|
|
|
?BORDER TROOP
| Sochi |
NC
|
|
|
|
?BORDER TROOP
| Kaspyysk |
NC
|
|
|
|
?BORDER TROOP
| Derbent |
NC
|
|
|
|
?BORDER TROOP
| Nalchik |
NC
|
|
|
|
?BORDER TROOP
| Vladikavkaz |
NC
|
|
|
|
?BORDER TROOP
| Cherkessk |
NC
|
|
|
|
?BORDER TROOP
| Nazran |
NC
|
|
|
|
?BORDER TROOP
| Akhty |
NC
|
|
|
|
?BORDER TROOP
| Khunzakh |
NC
|
|
|
|
?BORDER TROOP
| Tuskhoroi |
NC
|
|
|
|
?BORDER TROOP
| Astrakhan |
NC
|
|
|
|
?BORDER TROOP OSNAZ
| Zheleznovodsk |
NC
|
|
|
|
?INDEP AVIA RGT
| Shpakovskoe (Stavropol) |
NC
|
|
|
|
?INDEP AVIA SQDN
| Gelendzhik |
NC
|
|
|
|
?INDEP AVIA SQDN
| Kaspyysk |
NC
|
|
|
|
?TRG CENTER
| Kochubeevskoe |
NC
|
|
|
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?INDEP COMMS PT
| Stavropol |
NC
|
|
|
|
TAJIKISTAN GROUP (ABR)
| Dushanbe |
ABR
|
|
|
|
66 BORDER TROOP
| Khorog |
ABR
|
|
|
|
?BORDER TROOP
| Murgab |
ABR
|
|
|
|
118 BORDER TROOP
| Ishkashim |
ABR
|
|
|
|
?TRG BORDER TROOP
| Dushanbe |
ABR
|
|
|
|
23 AVIA RGT
| Dushanbe |
ABR
|
| |
An-26, Mi-8, Mi-24, Mi-26 |
|
|
33 INDEP AVIA SQDN
| Moskovskyy |
ABR
|
|
|
|
?INDEP AVIA SQDN
| Khorog |
ABR
|
|
|
|
A (EX- ALFA) ANTI-TERROR GROUP
| Moscow |
FSB
|
| |
250 pers in Moscow, branches in Krasnodar, Yekaterinburg, and Khabarovsk |
|
|
VYMPEL ANTI-TERROR GROUP
| Moscow |
FSB
|
|
|
[crossreferences: member of]
GROUND FORCES / LAND TROOPS
Forming till 10.2010 from North Caucasus Military District. Earlier-CINC-- Lt Gen Alexander Galkin (since 01.2010) [ex-CINC Col Gen Sergey Makarov. Ex-Commander --- Baranov, Alexander, General of the Army (Appointed 2004).
[Previous Commander, TROSHEV, Gennadiy Nikolayevich, Col-Gen(Rossiyskaya Gazeta, 28 Mar 01; noted as a Col-Gen: Nezavisimoye Voyennoye Obozreniye, 2 Jun 00), was relieved of duty following his refusal to accept assignment as Commander of the Siberian MD (18 Dec 02).]
"ROSTOV-ON-DON, May 15 (AVN) - Colonel General Gennady Troshev, commander of the North Caucasus military district, will fly to Mozdok, the main federal base in the North Caucasus, by plane and later to Khankala by helicopter on Tuesday, a competent source in the district headquarters told the Military News Agency. Russian Defence Minister Sergei Ivanov made Troshev commander of the unified federal group in the region again for the period of three months. The current commander, Colonel General Valery Baranov, will take a holiday but will not return to Chechnya for he is to go back to the duties of the district's first deputy commander, his main post. Lieutenant General Vladimir Bulgakov, the district's chief-of-staff and first deputy commander, will be acting commander during Troshev's service trip" (Agentstvo Voyennykh Novostey 15 May 01).
Ex-
First Deputy Commander (Chief of Staff) --- MASLOV, Aleksey, Lieutenant-General (Agentstvo Voyennykh Novostey, 7 Apr 03). [head of Ground Forces, 2005]
[Maslov: born in the village of Panskoye in the Kursk region on September 23, 1953. Graduated from the Kharkov Guards Higher Tank Command School in 1974, Armored Troops Academy in 1984, and General Staff Academy in 1998. From 1974 to 1981, he served in the Near-Carpathian military district has tank platoon commander, tank company commander, and tank battalion commander. From 1984 to 1990, he held the posts of deputy regiment commander, tank regiment commander, deputy division commander, and tank division commander. IN 1991 appointe Deputy Commander of the Baykal MD for Combat Training. In June 1999, he became chief-of- staff and first deputy commander of the 36th army, and in June 2001, he was promoted to commander of the 57th army corps" (Agentstvo Voyennykh Novostey, 7 Apr 03; Красная звезда, 09 Apr 03).]
Previous Chief of Staff was BULGAKOV, Vladimir, Col-Gen (Chief of Staff, N Caucasus MD -- Lenta.ru, 31 Mar 00; Agentstvo voyennykh novostey, 24 Jul 02). (Promoted to Col-Gen, Agentstvo Voyennykh Novostey, 13 Jun 01).
"Colonel General Vladimir Bulgakov has been dismissed as chief-of-staff of the North Caucasus military district."Colonel General Bulgakov who headed the district headquarters from March 2000, was dismissed and put at the defense minister's disposal. He is still in the city of Rostov-on-Don and will participate in a front-level command post exercise (CPX) under the supervision of Chief-of-Staff Anatoly Kvashnin within Kvashnin's group. After that he will be offered a higher post," a competent source in the district headquarters told Interfax-Military News Agency on Wednesday.According to the source, "Colonel General Vladimir Boldyrev appointed the district's commander in December last year continues to form his team in the district's leadership."Major General Nikolai Yegorov has recently been appointed Boldyrev's deputy commander on combat training. He previously held the same post in the Siberian military district that was led by Boldyrev at that moment. Another fellow serviceman of the new North Caucasus district commander, Lieutenant General Alexei Maslov, who is commander of a corps stationed in the city of Ulan-Ude, is supposed to replace Bulgakov in the near future" (Agentstvo Voyennykh Novostey, 26 Mar 03).
First Deputy Commander --- POPOV, Vladimir, Lt-Gen(Agentstvo Voyennykh Novostey, 8 Jun 00).
Deputy Commander --- POSTNIKOV-STREL'TSOV, Aleksandr, Maj-Gen
Deputy Commander (Armaments) --- GOLOVCHENKO, Vyacheslav, Lt-Gen (Agentstvo Voyennykh Novostey, 17 Dec 03).
Deputy Commander (Combat Training) --- YEGOROV, Nikolay,Major-General (Agentstvo Voyennykh Novostey, 26 Mar 03).
[Previous Combat Training Chief was ASHUROV, Mukhriddin, Lt-Gen (Agentstvo Voyennykh Novostey, 12 Apr 00; 21 Feb 02).
Deputy Commander (Emergency Troops) --- MALTENSKIY, Vladimir, Lt-Gen(Agentstvo Voyennykh Novostey, 07 Feb 01).
Deputy Commander --- BARANOV, Valeriy, Col-Gen(Agentstvo Voyennykh Novostey, 10 Jul 00; noted as a Col-Gen, 11 Mar 02).
Deputy Commander (Indoctrination Work) --- SEROV, Aleksandr, Maj-Gen (Krasnaya Zvezda, 21 Mar 03).
Chief of the Press Service -- KONASHENKOV, Igor (Moscow Channel One Novosti, 4 Aug 03)
7th (Novorossiysk) Airborne Division [North Caucasus MD Commander]
[See 7th AD in Airborne Troops listing.]
Staff
Chief of Staff --- MASLOV, Aleksey, Lieutenant-General (Agentstvo Voyennykh Novostey, 7 Apr 03).
4th Air Force and Air Defence Army [Air Force]
Commander --- ZELIN, Aleksandr, Lt-Gen (Interfax, 22 Jun 01).
20th Guards Motorized-Rifle Division [N Caucasus MD Staff]
Headquarters in city of Volgograd (Agentstvo Voyennykh Novostey, 19 Jul 02).
A permanent-readiness unit (ITAR-TASS, 18 Jul 03).
Commander --- MOISEYEV, Sergey, Major-General (Agentstvo Voyennykh Novostey, 13 Mar 02).
[Previous Commander was KHRULEV, Anatoliy, Major-General (Agentstvo Voyennykh Novostey, 28 Jun 01).]
Chief of Staff --- LAPIN, Aleksandr, Colonel (Agentstvo Voyennykh Novostey, 10 Jun 02).
22nd Spetsnaz Brigade[N Caucasus MD Staff]
(Agentstvo Voyennykh Novostey, 10 Jan 02).
42nd Motorized-Rifle Division [58th Army]
["The leadership of the Ministry of Defense submitted a proposal to the Russian Federation president to subordinate the formation directly to the military district. Vladimir Putin supported this proposal. As Sergey Ivanov reported, the re-subordination of the division (which is still attached to the 58th Combined Arms Army) is associated with the need for effective command and control, as well as with the fact that when the formation shifts to contract-based service, the district command will be able to resolve any issues that may arise on his own without having to go through other levels in between" (Krasnaya Zvezda in Russian 18 Jul 03).]
Commander --- CHIRKIN, Vladimir Valentinovich, Col, (Russian TV RTR 1000 GMT 18 Sep 00). (Krasnaya Zvezda in 17 Oct 00 ). (Krasnaya Zvezda in 20 Jan 01).
"Col Vladimir Valentinovich Chirkin was born on 12 October 1955 in the Dagestan city of Khasavyurt. He is a graduate of the Kazan Suvorov and Alma-Alta Higher Military General-Purpose Troops Command School. He served in the Group of Soviet Troops in Germany and in five (!) military districts. He graduated from the Frunze Military Academy. For three years he headed the staff of the 19th Motorized Rifle Division. After graduating from the Academy of the General Staff in 2000, he was appointed commander of the 42nd Guard Motorized Rifle Division. He is married and has four children. His son is a student at a military institute." (Krasnaya Zvezda in 17 Oct 00 ).
? Previous Commander --- BAKHIN, Arkadiy Viktorovich, Maj-Gen (KZ 10 Jun 00). [BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: "Бахин Аркадий Викторович. Родился в 1956 г. Окончил Московское ВОКУ, военные академии им. М.В. Фрунзе и Генерального штаба. Служил на различных должностях в Средне-азиатском, Сибирском военных округах, в Группе российских войск в Закавказье. Будучи командиром мотострелковой бригады СибВО, участвовал в боевых действиях в Чечне, был ранен. Последняя должность перед нынешним назначением - командир 102-й военной базы в ГРВЗ. Награжден государственными наградами." (KZ 10 Jun 00).]
70th Motorized-Rifle Regiment [42 MRD]
(Novaya Gazeta, 18 Nov 02).
71st Regiment [42nd MRD]
(Agentstvo Voyennykh Novostey , 5 Mar 01).
72 Guards Motorized-Rifle Regiment [42nd MRD]
[Stationed at Kalinovskaya (Interfax, 1 Jul 00)]
291st Motorized-Rifle Regiment [42nd MRD]
["The regiment is headquartered in village of Borzoi, Shatoi district of Chechnya" (Interfax, 1 Jul 00; Agentstvo Voyennykh Novostey, 21 Mar 02).]
[Reinforced with troops from Leningrad MD (Agentstvo Voyennykh Novostey 22 May 01).]
50th SP Artillery Regiment [42nd MRD]
(Novaya Gazeta, 18 Nov 02).
58th Combined Arms Army [N Caucasus MD Staff]
Commander --- SOBOLEV, Viktor Ivanovich, Maj-Gen. Prior to his current appointment, he served as a deputy army commander in the Siberian Military District. Appointed (Agentstvo Voyennykh Novostey, 9 Apr 03 ).
"Sobelev was born on February 23, 1950 in Krasnodar. He completed the Higher Combined Arms Command Institute, the M. V. Frunze Military Academy, and the Russian Federation Armed Forces General Staff Military Academy. He has held positions ranging from the commander of a motorized rifle platoon to the deputy commander-in-chief of the Army. Since 2002 he has been the deputy commander of the Combined Group of Forces (s) in the Northern Caucasus. In March 2003 he was appointed the commander of the 58th Army for the North Caucasus Military District" (Krasnaya Zvezda, 28 Aug 03).
? --- BUNIN, Sergey, Maj-Gen [Referred to as "Commander of a Combined-Arms Army" in the NCMD (Krasnaya Zvezda, 30 Jul 03).
[Previous Commander wasa GERASIMOV, Valeriy, Lt-General. Appointed (Agentstvo Voyennykh Novostey, 19 Feb 01; noted as a Lt-Gen, ITAR-TASS, 13 Aug 02 ). Transferred to Far E MD.]
[Previous Commander was SHAMANOV, Vladimir, Lt-Gen (Agentstvo voyennykh novostey 1542 GMT 5 Apr 00). However, Sh. Was elected Governor of Ulyanovsk region in December of 2000. "Official data on the results of the 24 December Ulyanovsk Region gubernatorial elections: "General Vladimir Shamanov garnered 346,000 votes on the strength of 603,000 ballot-papers which were recognized as valid. Incumbent governor Yuriy Goryachev gained 145,000 votes. Twenty three thousand people voted against all candidates. The polling involved 56.29 per cent of registered voters" (ITAR-TASS 27 Dec 00).]
Chief of Staff --- CHIRKIN, Vladimir, ?-Gen, (Agentstvo Voyennykh Novostey, 8 Oct 02).
[Previous Chief of Staff was ARTYUKH, Vasily, Major-General. Appointed (Agentstvo Voyennykh Novostey, 19 Feb 01).]
Deputy Commander --- SERIKOV, Sergei, Major-General (Agentstvo voyennykh novostey, 11 Jan 01).
Deputy Commander --- VERBITSKIY, Aleksey, Maj-Gen (Krasnaya Zvezda, 20 Oct 00).
Deputy Commander (Missile/Artillery Troops) --- BORISENKO, Vladimir, Col (Krasnaya Zvezda, 18 Nov 00)
19th Guards Motorized-Rifle Division [58th Army]
[According to a spokesman for the 58th Army, "the 19th division is a base for training officers for military service within units of the 42nd Guards Motorized-Rifle Division permanently stationed in Chechnya." The 19th division is stationed in Vladikavkaz (Agentstvo Voyennykh Novostey, 14 Mar 02).]
Commander --- Dvornikov, Alexander, Colonel (Agentstvo Voyennykh Novostey 1 Oct 01; 14 Mar 02).
[Previous Commander was TITOV, Vladimir, Maj-Gen. Promoted to Maj-Gen (Agentstvo Voyennykh Novostey 13 Jun 01).]
503rd Motorized-Rifle Regiment [?]
[(Agentstvo Voyennykh Novostey, 14 Mar 02)
126th Motorized-Rifle Brigade
Based in Buynaksk (RTR 17 Jan 03 ).
136th Separate Motorized-Rifle Brigade [58th Army]
(Agentstvo Voyennykh Novostey 7 Aug 01). Located in Buinaksk (Agentstvo Voyennykh Novostey, 11 Mar 02).
537th Separate Reconnaissance Battalion [136th Motorized-Rifle Brigade]
(Agentstvo Voyennykh Novostey, 6 Aug 02).
205th Separate Motorized-Rifle Brigade [58th Army]
[Located in Budennovsk (Agentstvo Voyennykh Novostey, 11 Mar 02).]
Commander -- TULIN, Sergey, Maj-Gen, appointed (Agentstvo voyennykh novostey, 20 Jul 00;promoted to Maj-Gen, 13 Jun 01).
[ Полковник Сергей Тулин родился в деревне Малы-Ганлы (Башкирия). Ему 43 года. Окончил Рязанское высшее воздушно-десантное командное училище (1980 г.), Военную академию имени Фрунзе (1990 г.) и Военную академию Генерального штаба (2000 г.). Проходил службу в Воздушно-десантных войсках, где последовательно занимал должности от командира взвода до командира 104-го парашютно-десантного полка 76-й воздушно-десантной дивизии. В 1993 году был назначен старшим офицером направления Главного управления международного военного сотрудничества Минобороны РФ, откуда и поступил в Военную академию Генерального штаба. Полковник Сергей Тулин принимал участие в боевых действиях в Афганистане и Чечне. Был начальником штаба российского батальона ООН в Восточной Славонии. За мужество и героизм, проявленные в боях в Чеченской республике, в 1995 году удостоен звания Героя России. (Agentstvo voyennykh novostey, 09:20 MT, 20 Jul 00).]
693rd Motorized-Rifle Regiment [58th Army]
(Agentstvo Voyennykh Novostey 7 Aug 01).
67th Separate SAM Brigade [N Caucasus MD Staff]
Headquartered in Volgograd (Agentstvo Voyennykh Novostey, 19 Jul 02).
67th Army Corps
[To be disbanded by December 1 (2001). Its reformed units were to be transferred to the 58th Army headquartered in Vladikavkaz, while the 131st separate motorized rifle brigade was to be made directly subordinate to the district headquarters and continue training units for peacekeeping operations in the Georgian-Abkhazian conflict zone (Agentstvo Voyennykh Novostey 17 Sep 01 ).]
131st Motorized-Rifle Brigade [N Caucasus MD Staff]
[Headquartered in the town of Maikop (Agentstvo Voyennykh Novostey, 19 Jul 02).]
Commander --- ZARUDNITSKIY, Vladimir Maj-Gen. Promoted to Maj-Gen (Agentstvo Voyennykh Novostey 13 Jun 01).
Armaments Directorate [N Caucasus MD Staff]
Chief --- NEDOREZOV, Vladimir, Lt-Gen (Krasnaya Zvezda, 24 Sep 01).
Engineering Troops [N Caucasus MD Staff]
Commander --- KRASNIKOV, Aleksandr, Maj-Gen(Agentstvo Voyennykh Novostey, 7 Feb 01).
Sapper Brigade (stationed in Kamensk-Shakhtinsky).
Commander --- LAPSHIN, Vladimir, Col (Agentstvo Voyennykh Novostey 1 Aug 01).
Center No. 408: Communications Training Center
(Agentstvo Voyennykh Novostey, 23 Jan 03).
Center No. 522: Military Mortuary Unit [N Caucasus MD Staff]
(RTR, 25 Sep 00).
Construction and Troop Billeting
Chief --- SHATVORYAN, Leonid Georgiyeyich, Lieutenant-General (Krasnaya Zvezda 13 Jul 00).
Construction Directorate [Construction and Troop Billeting]
Chief --- IVANOV, Yuriy, Col (ArmeyskiySbornik 01 Aug 00 pp 11-15).
Military Construction Directorate (at Sochi) [Construction and Troop Billeting]
(Krasnaya Zvezda 13 July 00).
Khankala Military Construction Directorate [Construction and Troop Billeting]
(Krasnaya Zvezda 13 July 00).
Daryal Training Ground
["in North Ossetia, the country's only high-altitude training ground" (Russia TV RTR, 31 Jan 02).]
Indoctrination Work, Directorate for (Воспитательная работа)
Chief --- SEROV, Aleksandr, Maj-Gen (Krasnaya Zvezda, 19 Mar 02).
Procuracy, Military [Main Military Procuracy]
Military Procurator --- Romashko,Anatoliy, Major-General of Justice (ITAR-TASS, 8 Sep 03).
Rear Services
Chief--- SOLOVYEV, Aleksandr, Major-General (Kommersant, 17 Jan 02).
Sanitary and Epidemiological Detachment [N Caucasus MD Staff]
Head --- Demenev, Valery, Colonel (Agentstvo Voyennykh Novostey 1 Aug 01).
Signals Troops (Войска связи) [N Caucasus MD Staff]
Chief --- ISAYKIN, Aleksandr, Maj-Gen (Krasnaya Zvezda, 4 May 01).
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