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Interrogation of a captured saboteur - sergeant of the 3rd Guards. OBRSpN GRU General Staff of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation by intelligence officers of the ORR 92 OMBr of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the town of Shchastya, Lugansk region, Ukraine.
05/16/2015 Soldiers of the 5th company of the 1st btg in the area of ​​​​the “facade” - the bridge over the Seversky Donets river in the village of Shchastye - detained two Russian servicemen, Sergeant Aleksandrov Alexander Anatolyevich and Captain Erofeev Evgeniy Vladimirovich.
Immediately before this, they killed our Vadik Pugachev - with six bullets. As a result of return fire, wounded and captured

Supreme Commander-in-Chief V.V. Putin, he is also an international terrorist, he is also a lying bastard,
the captured soldier leaked you.
Why did you have to convince your subordinates that Ukrainians cut out the kidneys of prisoners?
The kidneys were not cut out and the soldier told everything.

The vile lies of Putin’s lackeys will not help their master avoid the tribunal:

UPD.
On May 16, 2015, at about 2:30 p.m., in the area of ​​the Lugansk Thermal Power Plant (the town of Shchastya, Lugansk region), a military clash occurred between the combat group of the SBU Counterintelligence Department (carrying out tasks approved by the leadership of the SBU in the ATO area) and a unit of the 92nd separate mechanized brigade (military unit B6250 , Chuguev, Kharkov region, performs station security tasks) with a reconnaissance detachment of special forces of the Russian Armed Forces (numbering up to 30 people).

During the battle, two Russian servicemen were wounded and captured. On the Ukrainian side, losses were: 1 killed (AFU) and 1 wounded (DKR SBU). As a result of interrogation by DKR officers of the indicated persons, it was established that they belonged to the personnel of the 3rd separate guards special-purpose brigade of the GRU of the General Staff of the RF Armed Forces (3rd separate guards Warsaw-Berlin Red Banner Order of Suvorov, III degree special-purpose brigade, military unit 21208, Tolyatti, brigade commander - Guard Colonel S.A. Shchepin).

An AK (Russian-made) assault rifle was confiscated from the detainees. Now the detainees are in the city hospital of Kramatorsk (Donetsk region). From the testimony of captain Erofeev E.V. and Sergeant Aleksandrov A.A., they arrived on the territory controlled by militants in March 2015 as part of a unit of their brigade and carried out combat reconnaissance and sabotage missions against ATO forces.

On May 16, they were given the task of reconnaissance of the territory of the Lugansk Thermal Power Plant, to find out the state of its security for subsequent capture by units of “LPR” militants. Additionally, facts were established confirming the Russian citizenship of the detainees, in particular, their addresses of residence, study and work (in the past), as well as information about close relatives who live in the Russian Federation.

Commander of the reconnaissance group, captain Erofeev Evgeniy Vladimirovich
(01/18/1985, native of Kuibyshev, Russian Federation, call sign "Dolphin")

Senior intelligence officer, contract service sergeant Alexandrov Alexander Anatolievich
(01/07/1987, native of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russian Federation, call sign "Alex")

The location of military unit 21208, or the 3rd separate Warsaw-Berlin Red Banner Order of Suvorov 3rd degree special forces brigade, is the city of Togliatti, Samara region. The unit belongs to the GRU special forces units, which are subordinate to the Ministry of Defense. These formations are engaged in reconnaissance and sabotage activities and take part in various combat operations.

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The unit, currently known as military unit 21208, dates back to 1966. It was formed in Germany on the basis of two special forces battalions stationed in the Werder garrison and several reconnaissance battalions. The predecessor of the 3rd Special Forces Brigade was the 48th Separate Motorized Rifle Battalion, which became a reconnaissance battalion in November 1948.

Banner of the 3rd Guards Special Purpose Brigade

The name of the brigade - Warsaw-Berlin - is closely connected with the events of the Second World War. At that time, the 48th motorized rifle battalion took part in the attacks on the capital of Poland.
The successful completion of combat missions was marked with the name “Warsaw” (February 1945). The unit received the second part of the name after the surrender of Germany, in May 1945, for special services during the capture of Berlin. Even before the end of the war, the battalion received the Order of Suvorov, 3rd degree.
From October 1945 to May 1990, the unit was located in Germany, in the city of Tiefenbrunn, and then in Furstenberg. These settlements were part of the republic of the GDR, friendly to the USSR.

After the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1991, the 3rd Special Forces Brigade changed its location to the Volga Military District, namely the village of Roshchinskoye. Since 2010, military unit 21208 has been located in the city of Tolyatti.

The brigade performed various combat and government missions.
In particular, military personnel participated in the evacuation of foreign embassies from Tajikistan in 1992, carried out peacekeeping missions during the armed conflict in Chechnya (1995), and various missions in Kosovo (1999).
Currently, the training of GRU special forces soldiers in Tolyatti is carried out on the basis of a former military engineering university. Soldiers of military unit 21208 now not only master the skills of long-range and close combat, but also swimming, cryptography, and the ability to work with radio equipment. Soldiers study mathematics and foreign languages ​​in depth and are able to navigate the latest developments in military and computer technology.

Eyewitness impressions

Interestingly, military unit 21208 is not isolated from the urban population. Most officers and contract soldiers who have families rent housing in the blocks closest to the unit - 10, 12 and 15.

The rest live in comfortable cabin barracks with a gym, a recreation room and a kitchen for two cabins. There are no hazing or hazing in the unit, and the unit itself is called, if not elite, then exemplary.
On the territory of the garrison there are such infrastructure facilities as a post office, a bathhouse, hairdressers, shops, schools, kindergartens and hotels.
The training process for GRU special forces soldiers, as eyewitnesses say, differs from that in ordinary units. Employees take advanced exams in military affairs, and at the Roshchinsky training ground there is an obstacle course simulating mountainous terrain. Field training uses real weapons, mines and grenades, and soldiers also master numerous martial arts.
Civilians work in the canteen of military unit 21208; military personnel are not involved in preparing food. The menu is quite extensive - there are two first and two second courses to choose from.

On the territory of the unit there is a swimming pool with a 25-meter track, which can also be visited by civilians with a subscription.
The daily routine of military personnel, with the exception of enhanced combat and military training, is the same as in combined arms units: duty, guard duty, detachments and inspections. The latter are carried out no more often than once every 2 months.
Soldiers of military unit 21208 take the oath on Sunday. On this day, the soldier is allowed leave until 21.00; the rest of the time he must notify his relatives in writing about the arrival.
You can choose Megafon or MTS as your mobile operator. The first operator is convenient when the fighter is at the training ground, and the second one is convenient during free time from field exercises, from 19.00 to 21.00 on weekends. You can also communicate through social networks.

It is better to make money transfers to military personnel to a VTB Bank or Sberbank card. The first ATM is located at the checkpoint.
The following applicants are admitted to contract service in the GRU special forces, namely in military unit 21208:

1. Having completed secondary education (at least 11 classes);
2. Age from 18 to 35 years;
3. Passed a medical commission (certificate form A-1);
4. Trained in airborne units, as well as drivers of categories “C”, “D” and “E”.

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3rd Guards Separate Warsaw-Berlin Red Banner Order of Suvorov III degree special purpose brigade - military formation of the USSR and the Russian Federation.

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Background

Despite the fact that the brigade itself appeared in 1966, the individual units from which it was formed have a longer history.

Traditionally, the chronology in the brigade is counted from the 5th separate motorcycle regiment. The regiment was created by directive of the USSR General Staff on the basis of the 238th Tank Brigade on March 26, 1944. From July 14, 1944, the regiment took part in hostilities, fighting as part of the 1st Belorussian Front.

For the exemplary execution of command tasks, for the capture of the cities of Lublin, Garwolin, Zhelukhov, by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of August 9, 1944, the regiment was awarded the Order of the Red Banner. On December 1, 1944, the regiment was given the honorary name “Guards”.

For the successful completion of the command’s tasks for the liberation of Warsaw, by order of the Commander-in-Chief of February 10, 1945, the regiment was given the name “Warsaw”.

For the exemplary performance of combat missions of the command, for the capture of the cities of Woldenberg and Tseden, by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of April 26, 1945, the regiment was awarded the Order of Suvorov, 3rd degree.

For participation in the assault and capture of Berlin, by order of the Supreme High Command of May 11, 1945, the regiment was given the name “Berlinsky”. Since October 1945, the 5th Separate Guards Red Banner Order of Suvorov III Class Warsaw-Berlin Motorcycle Regiment of the 2nd Tank Army was located in the military town of Tiefenbrunn.

On April 1, 1947, the 5th Separate Guards Motorcycle Regiment was disbanded, and on its basis the 48th Separate Guards Motorcycle Battalion was created. And in accordance with the General Staff Directive No. Org 267486 of September 20, 1954, in order to improve the organization of reconnaissance units, on November 28, 1954, the 48th Separate Guards Motorcycle Battalion was reorganized into the 48th Separate Guards Reconnaissance Battalion.

By Directive of the General Staff No. Org /6/111560 of July 9, 1966, the 48th separate Guards reconnaissance Warsaw-Berlin Red Banner Order of Suvorov III degree battalion was disbanded.

The brigade was created in 1966 by a directive from the Commander-in-Chief of the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany. It was formed in the Werder (Hafel) garrison on the basis of the 26th separate special forces battalion, as well as the 27th separate special forces battalion and the 48th and 166th separate reconnaissance battalions.

The brigade was stationed in the city of Fürstenberg. Some of the brigade's units were stationed in Neusterlitz until 1975, then in the city of Neutimen.

One of the main tasks of the brigade in the 1960-1980s was the detection and destruction of mobile missile systems of a potential enemy.

From 1981 to 1985, the brigade, as the best unit, was awarded the Challenge Red Banner of the Military Council of the GSVG.

In 1990, the brigade took first place at the annual review of mass sports work in the ground forces.

From January 1991 to June 1992, the 330th special forces unit was stationed in Riga (Latvia).

In April 1991, based on directive of the USSR Ministry of Defense No. 314/1/01500 dated November 7, 1990, the brigade was redeployed to the village of Roshchinsky, Samara Region and subordinated to the commander of the PURVO.

Russian time

In 2001, on the basis of the brigade, competitions in tactical and special training for the championship of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation were held with the participation of representatives of the armed forces of Belarus.

In 2007, the 512th Separate Special Forces Detachment took part in the Peace Mission exercise.

In 2010, the brigade was redeployed from Roshchinsky to Togliatti (Central Military District), where it was located in a disbanded military town.

Compound

• brigade control (military unit 21208 (formerly military unit 83149)
• 330th separate special forces detachment (ooSpN) (2nd battalion) (military unit 33473);
• 501st Separate Special Forces Detachment;
• 503rd separate special forces detachment (military unit 21209);
• 509th separate special forces detachment (1st battalion) (military unit 21353);
• 510th separate special forces detachment;
• 512th separate special forces detachment;
• School of Junior Specialists (SHMS);
• material support company (RMS);
• special weapons company (RSV), (recreated in 2000);
• autorota;

Combat operations

Tajikistan

From September 28, 1992 to November 24, 1992, a task force from the brigade participated in combat operations in Tajikistan. The brigade's soldiers ensured the deployment of the 201st Motorized Rifle Division, guarded military and government facilities, covered the evacuation of the American Embassy, ​​and escorted convoys carrying humanitarian supplies.

First Chechen War

On January 17, 1995, the 1st battalion (509th ooSpN) of the 3rd brigade was transferred to Mozdok with the help of Il-76 aircraft, after which it moved in a column to Khankala on a BMP-1.

The battalion was engaged in reconnaissance of the outskirts of the city of Argun, including discovering a ford along which equipment was subsequently transported to encircle the city. In the area of ​​the village of Komsomolskoye, the battalion stormed a height controlled by the enemy.

On the night of March 20-21, 1995, the battalion, together with the reconnaissance company of the 165th Marine Regiment, captured height 236.7 (Mount Goyten Court), and thus began the operation to disarm illegal groups in the area of ​​​​the settlements of Argun and Mesker-Yurt.

Subsequently, the detachment fought near Gudermes and Shali. On May 31, 1995, the detachment was withdrawn to its permanent location.

Kosovo

The combined brigade detachment took part in the peacekeeping mission in Kosovo from July 1999 to October 2001.

Second Chechen War

The brigade's units took part in hostilities from April 2002 to January 2007.

Afghanistan

On July 21, 2001, a combined detachment was formed on the basis of the 1st battalion of the brigade, which until November 2004 provided security for Russian missions in Kabul.

Commanders

• Guard Colonel Grishakov Alexey Nikolaevich (October 1966 - September 1971);
• Guard Colonel Nikolai Mikhailovich Yatchenko (September 1971 - November 1975);
• Guard Colonel Zharov Oleg Mikhailovich (November 1975 - September 1978);
• Guard Colonel Bolshakov Vyacheslav Ivanovich (September 1978 - November 1983);
• Guard Colonel Starov Yuri Timofeevich (November 1983 - January 1986);
• Guard Colonel Vladimir Andreevich Manchenko (January 1986 - November 1988);
• Guard Colonel Ilyin Alexander Sergeevich (November 1988 - January 1992);
• Guard Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Artemyevich Chernetsky (January 1992 - September 1995);
• Guard Colonel Vladimir Andreevich Kozlov (September 1995 - August 2003);
• guard colonel (since 2005 - major general) Kersov Alexey Nikolaevich (August 2003 - July 2010);
• Guard Colonel Shchepin Sergey Anatolyevich (July 2010 - present).

Awards and honorary titles

On December 13, 1972, for high performance in combat and political training, the brigade was awarded the Jubilee Honorary Badge of the CPSU Central Committee, the Presidium of the USSR Armed Forces and the Council of Ministers of the USSR.

On May 4, 2010, based on the order of the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation No. 415 dated April 28, 2010, the brigade was awarded the St. George Banner.

Heroes

For military achievements, 176 people of the brigade were awarded orders and medals, two people were awarded the title of Hero of the Russian Federation:

• guard sergeant major Ushakov Anton Borisovich (1972-1995) (posthumously).
• Guard Senior Lieutenant Alexey Vasilievich Dergunov (1979-2003) (posthumously).

Losses

The brigade's losses during the First Chechen War amounted to 4 soldiers. During the Second Campaign, 14 soldiers and officers were killed. Another brigade soldier died during a peacekeeping mission in Kosovo.

Categories:

• Military units awarded the Order of the Red Banner
• Military units awarded the Order of Suvorov III degree
• Brigades of the Russian Armed Forces
• Appeared in 1966
• Tolyatti
• USSR brigades

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On May 18, a message appeared in the news feed that a people’s gathering against the war in Ukraine was held in Togliatti. The reason was the detention of Yevgeny Erofeev and Alexander Alexandrov by Ukrainian security forces. Both introduced themselves as active servicemen of the 3rd GRU special forces brigade.Journalist Dmitry Pashinsky went to Tolyatti to find out the circumstances of what happened.

“Polite people” from the Tolyatti GRU do not differ in manners. “This is a sensitive facility! Get out of here!” shouts the duty officer at the central checkpoint. He turns on the walkie-talkie and, contrary to regulations, reports to his superiors about my arrival.

“There’s still a muddy passenger, are we working?” I’m standing in the sunshine and photographing the military base of the 3rd GRU brigade, guarded so diligently that trying to figure out what’s going on there is reminiscent of an army joke: “The part was so secret that the soldiers could only talk about the fact that they served in boots.”

“The commanders covered themselves with reports”

But in fact, a little more is known about this part. The 3rd Brigade appeared in 1966 and changed addresses more than once. For a long time it was located in the village of Roshchinsky, Samara region, and since 2010 it has been stationed in Tolyatti on the site of a former military school.

“It’s a part within a part, you know? There are external borders where conscripts are on duty, and behind them begin internal - closed facilities, where special forces are on duty and preparations are underway for combat missions. There are about 2.5 thousand people in total,” Alexander Obukhov, a former conscript soldier of the Togliatti brigade, explains to Medialeaks. The last time he was here was at the beginning of March for an open day.

“I come in, and there’s no one around. I ask a sergeant I know, where is everyone? And everyone in Crimea – both conscripts and “double basses” – went to get medals.” Alexander does not communicate with his colleagues. Although many signed a contract at his call. “They actively encouraged us to stay in the army, they put leaflets on bedside tables and beds, played films, brought in various contract soldiers and they told us how great it was for them.”

Those contract soldiers could well have been captain Evgeny Erofeev or sergeant Alexander Alexandrov. On May 16, near the village of Shchastye, Lugansk region, they were captured and interrogated by the 3rd GRU special forces brigade.

The Russian side does not recognize them as such. Even a month before the news about the captured soldiers, President Vladimir Putin during the “direct line” makes it clear that it is impossible to talk seriously about the presence of Russian troops in Ukraine.

When it became known in May that special forces soldiers had been captured, the Ministry of Defense gave an explanation: they were there of their own free will, having previously resigned from the Armed Forces.

“We checked the information from the Ukrainian side - these guys actually previously served in one of the formations of the Russian Armed Forces and have military training. Moreover, I can confirm that the leadership of the Association of Special Forces Veterans approached us with a request to go through official channels to the General Staff of Ukraine in order to stop the abuse of their wounded comrades by SBU officers in the process of extracting favorable testimony,” said the official representative of the Ministry of Defense, Major General Igor Konashenkov.

Now in Ukraine, now former military personnel are facing terrorism charges, which could result in 15 years in prison for them.

“Commanders have long hidden behind reports of the dismissal of soldiers. The papers lie in a neat pile on their table. Now this is common practice in any military unit of this level,” says Vyacheslav Tolstov, once a GRU officer and now a criminal lawyer. We are sitting in his spacious office in the center of Samara. On the walls there is not a hint of Tolstoy’s past as a scout and veteran of the Afghan war. He calls what happened a moral decline for the army and its officers, who split during interrogation: “When I served, we all carried a grenade nearby, because there are a lot of ways to loosen one’s tongue - torture, blackmail, chemicals. In Afghanistan, a dose of heroin was enough for this.”

According to Tolstov, this is not the first trip of the 3rd brigade to Donbass as instructors for militias from the DPR and LPR. “Did they go there voluntarily? Of course not! - he answers. “Nothing is done voluntarily in the army.” An order came from above to send a prefabricated unit to Ukraine. They stopped letting people out of the unit, they waited until the rest came back from leave, at night in trucks and to the military airfield. In return they promised apartments, cars, bonuses. And families should remain silent, otherwise no one would cancel the article for treason.”

Many years ago, lawyer Tolstov won back 30 million rubles in court - this is a bonus unpaid to Samara police officers for combat missions to Chechnya. “They also promised them apartments. But in the end they didn’t make free prosthetics. The men went to the mountains five times..."

Invisible rally

A video of the interrogation of Erofeev and Aleksandrov appeared on Sunday, May 17. The next morning, a spontaneous rally of relatives of other GRU officers sent to Donbass allegedly took place in Togliatti. But there is still no clear evidence of the action, except for the words of an anonymous eyewitness who told Novaya Gazeta journalist Natalya Fomina about what he saw: “About ten o’clock in the morning, people, about ten, both men and women, approached the military registration and enlistment office building next to the checkpoint . They started shouting slogans. I wouldn’t like to repeat it verbatim, because I don’t want to stir things up, but the point was that the Russian army has nothing to do in Ukraine. Then two men took turns throwing something at the wall. Paper bombs or eggs. Five to seven minutes later they were dispersed, and the police immediately appeared from somewhere. No one was detained, they were simply ordered to disperse.”

Later, he promised to send photographs of the action, but suddenly disappeared and stopped communicating, afraid of being discovered, Fomina suggests.

The search for other eyewitnesses of the action did not bring success. Passers-by either openly ignored me or answered that they knew nothing and quickened their pace. A heavyset man in a military uniform doesn’t believe the rumors about the rally, but this is the first time he’s heard about captured special forces soldiers. Finally, he advises me to get treatment for hallucinations or get out of town as quickly as possible, otherwise nothing will happen.

This is a threat?

Friendly advice, says the man with the holster.

That same evening I meet with human rights activist from the Golos association Lyudmila Kuzmina. In her opinion, there could be no planned protest: “For this you need to have civic consciousness and courage, but here you have neither one nor the other. Most likely, nine or ten saw their husbands’ colleagues on TV and rushed to the unit to find out what happened to the rest. Then they were quickly processed. They are also on a mission: husbands are ordered to fight, and wives are ordered to cover them from the rear with lies.”

GRU dormitory next to the base. A shabby panel high-rise. Inconspicuous, like a good scout. On the porch, a tipsy local jokes that he is ready to fight even in Antarctica in order to move out of here. He shows how to find the apartment of Ekaterina Alexandrova, the wife of one of the prisoners. In an interview with the Rossiya 24 TV channel, she said that her husband retired from the army in December 2014. But Ekaterina did not open the door to other journalists, including me. And for some reason her suspicious neighbors don’t remember their names or faces.

Young mothers with strollers are walking on the playground.

Do you live in a dormitory? – I’m interested.

They correct me with a challenge:

Actually, this is a residential building! And who are you? What you need?

I introduce myself. I explain why I came.

Oh, we have the press here! Call the police! – one of the mothers shouts, while the other calls for help from a nearby checkpoint. - For help! Here! Faster!

I ask who intimidated them so much. But my question dissolves in a woman’s scream and a child’s cry. A sergeant runs up to me, his cap on the back of his head, his belt dangling. The awkward appearance meets his requirements:

Young man, leave the yard immediately!

On what basis? This is a yard, not GRU territory,” I object.

This is GRU territory. Leave now!

The verbal altercation lasts about five minutes. A police car is parked on the side of the road. I cross the road, get into the car and drive away. The sergeant takes pictures of the license plates and shouts that the “Interception” plan has been announced. Hopefully no helicopter.

I return to Togliatti a day later. Clear footsteps and voices can be heard in Alexandrova's apartment. I knock - there is no call.

Ekaterina, are you home?

(silence).

I am a journalist from Moscow. Can I ask you a few questions?

(silence).

Facebook and GRU special forces

GRU special forces are the elite of the Russian army, the secrecy regime there is appropriate. Information from the unit practically does not leak out to the outside world. But there are already people on social networks who talk about the brigade in Togliatti.

• brigade control (military unit 21208 (formerly military unit 83149)
• 330th separate special forces detachment (ooSpN) (2nd battalion) (military unit 33473);
• 501st Separate Special Forces Detachment;
• 503rd separate special forces detachment (military unit 21209);
• 509th separate special forces detachment (1st battalion) (military unit 21353);
• 510th separate special forces detachment;
• 512th separate special forces detachment;
• School of Junior Specialists (SHMS);
• material support company (RMS);
• special weapons company (RSV), (recreated in 2000);
• autorota;

II. PERMANENT DISTRIBUTION POINTS

III. HISTORY OF THE BRIGADE

Background

Despite the fact that the brigade itself appeared in 1966, the individual units from which it was formed have a longer history.

Traditionally, the chronology in the brigade is counted from the 5th separate motorcycle regiment. The regiment was created by directive of the USSR General Staff on the basis of the 238th Tank Brigade on March 26, 1944. From July 14, 1944, the regiment took part in hostilities, fighting as part of the 1st Belorussian Front.

For the exemplary execution of command tasks, for the capture of the cities of Lublin, Garwolin, Zhelukhov, by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of August 9, 1944, the regiment was awarded the Order of the Red Banner. On December 1, 1944, the regiment was given the honorary name “Guards”.

For the successful completion of the command’s tasks for the liberation of Warsaw, by order of the Commander-in-Chief of February 10, 1945, the regiment was given the name “Warsaw”.

For the exemplary performance of combat missions of the command, for the capture of the cities of Woldenberg and Tseden, by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of April 26, 1945, the regiment was awarded the Order of Suvorov, 3rd degree.

For participation in the assault and capture of Berlin, by order of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of May 11, 1945, the regiment was given the name “Berlin”. Since October 1945, the 5th Separate Guards Red Banner Order of Suvorov III Class Warsaw-Berlin Motorcycle Regiment of the 2nd Tank Army was located in the military town of Tiefenbrunn.

On April 1, 1947, the 5th Separate Guards Motorcycle Regiment was disbanded, and on its basis the 48th Separate Guards Motorcycle Battalion was created. And in accordance with the General Staff Directive No. Org 267486 of September 20, 1954, in order to improve the organization of reconnaissance units, on November 28, 1954, the 48th Separate Guards Motorcycle Battalion was reorganized into the 48th Separate Guards Reconnaissance Battalion.

By Directive of the General Staff No. Org /6/111560 of July 9, 1966, the 48th separate Guards reconnaissance Warsaw-Berlin Red Banner Order of Suvorov III degree battalion was disbanded.

The brigade was created in 1966 by directive of the commander-in-chief of a group of Soviet troops in Germany. It was formed in the Werder (Havel) garrison on the basis of the 26th separate special forces battalion, as well as the 27th separate special forces battalion and the 48th and 166th separate reconnaissance battalions.

The brigade was stationed in the city of Furstenberg. Some of the brigade's units were stationed in Neusterlitz until 1975, then in the city of Neutimen.

One of the main tasks of the brigade in the 1960-1980s was the detection and destruction of mobile missile systems of a potential enemy.

On December 13, 1972, for high performance in combat and political training, the brigade was awarded the Jubilee Honorary Badge of the CPSU Central Committee, the Presidium of the USSR Armed Forces and the Council of Ministers of the USSR.

From 1981 to 1985, the brigade, as the best unit, was awarded the Challenge Red Banner of the Military Council of the GSVG.

In 1990, the brigade took first place at the annual review of mass sports work in the ground forces.

From January 1991 to June 1992, the 330th special forces unit was stationed in Riga (Latvia).

In April 1991, on the basis of directive of the USSR Ministry of Defense No. 314/1/01500 dated November 7, 1990, the brigade was redeployed to the village of Roshchinsky, Samara Region and subordinated to the commander of the PURVO.

Russian time

In 2001, on the basis of the brigade, competitions in tactical and special training for the championship of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation were held with the participation of representatives of the armed forces of Belarus.

In 2007, the 512th Separate Special Forces Detachment took part in the Peace Mission exercise.

In 2010, the brigade was redeployed from Roshchinskoye to Togliatti (Central Military District), where it was located in the military camp of the disbanded Togliatti Military Technical Institute.

On May 4, 2010, based on the order of the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation No. 415 dated April 28, 2010, the brigade was awarded the St. George Banner.

Commanders:

• Guard Colonel Grishakov Alexey Nikolaevich (October 1966 - September 1971);
• Guard Colonel Nikolai Mikhailovich Yatchenko (September 1971 - November 1975);
• Guard Colonel Zharov Oleg Mikhailovich (November 1975 - September 1978);
• Guard Colonel Bolshakov Vyacheslav Ivanovich (September 1978 - November 1983);
• Guard Colonel Starov Yuri Timofeevich (November 1983 - January 1986);
• Guard Colonel Vladimir Andreevich Manchenko (January 1986 - November 1988);
• Guard Colonel Ilyin Alexander Sergeevich (November 1988 - January 1992);
• Guard Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Artemyevich Chernetsky (January 1992 - September 1995);
• Guard Colonel Vladimir Andreevich Kozlov (September 1995 - August 2003);
• guard colonel (since 2005 - major general) Kersov Alexey Nikolaevich (August 2003 - July 2010);
• Guard Colonel Shchepin Sergey Anatolyevich (July 2010 - present).

IV. COMBAT OPERATIONS

Tajikistan

From September 28, 1992 to November 24, 1992, a task force from the brigade participated in combat operations in Tajikistan. The brigade's soldiers ensured the deployment of the 201st Motorized Rifle Division, guarded military and government facilities, covered the evacuation of the American Embassy, ​​and escorted convoys carrying humanitarian supplies.

First Chechen War

On January 17, 1995, the 1st battalion (509th special forces unit) of the 3rd brigade was transferred to Mozdok with the help of IL-76 aircraft, after which it moved in a column to Khankala on a BMP-1.

The battalion was engaged in reconnaissance of the outskirts of the city of Argun, including discovering a ford along which equipment was subsequently transported to encircle the city. In the area of ​​the village of Komsomolskoye, the battalion stormed a height controlled by the enemy.

On the night of March 20-21, 1995, the battalion, together with the reconnaissance company of the 165th Marine Regiment, captured height 236.7 (Mount Goyten Court), thus beginning the operation to disarm illegal groups in the area of ​​​​the settlements of Argun and Mesker-Yurt.

Subsequently, the detachment fought near Gudermes and Shali. On May 31, 1995, the detachment was withdrawn to its permanent location.

Kosovo

The combined brigade detachment took part in the peacekeeping mission in Kosovo from July 1999 to October 2001.

Second Chechen War

The brigade's units took part in hostilities from April 2002 to January 2007.

Afghanistan

On July 21, 2001, a combined detachment was formed on the basis of the 1st battalion of the brigade, which until November 2004 provided security for Russian missions in Kabul.

V. LOSSES

The brigade's losses during the First Chechen War amounted to 4 soldiers. During the Second Campaign, 14 soldiers and officers were killed. Another brigade soldier died during a peacekeeping mission in Kosovo.

1. USHAKOV Anton Borisovich, guard foreman, 03/21/1995
2. BUSHUEV (BULUSHEV) Rem Shamilevich, guard senior sergeant
3. BIRYUKOV Alexander Mikhailovich, guard private
4. KUZOVOV Andrey (patronymic name unknown), private guard (?), __.05.2001 (Kosovo)
5. TUDIYAROV Anatoly Mikhailovich, guard private
6. TIKHOMIROV Alexander Pavlovich, guard captain
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HEROES OF RUSSIA

Ushakov Anton Borisovich

(16.05.1972 - 21.03.1995)

Hero of the Russian Federation

Date of decree: 01/29/1997.

Ushakov Anton Borisovich - deputy commander of a special-purpose reconnaissance group, serviceman of the 3rd Guards Separate Red Banner Order of Suvorov Warsaw-Berlin Special-Purpose Brigade Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, Guard Sergeant Major.

Born on May 16, 1972 in the city of Glazov, Udmurt Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. He graduated from high school and vocational school in his homeland. He worked as an electrician at the city communications center in Glazov.

From 1990 to 1992 he served in the Airborne Forces. He took part in hostilities during the interethnic armed conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh. After being discharged from the reserves, he returned to Glazov and worked in his specialty.

In 1994, he entered service under a contract in the 3rd Guards Separate Red Banner Order of Suvorov III Class Warsaw-Berlin Special Purpose Brigade. He held the positions of squad commander and company sergeant major.

From March 2, 1995, he took part in the fighting of the first Chechen war as deputy group commander.

On March 20, 1995, he died in a battle with bandits near the city of Argun (Chechnya), covering the group’s retreat.

“On March 21, 1995, a reconnaissance detachment consisting of three special forces groups was tasked with destroying a stronghold of militants at the Goiten-Yurt heights in front of the city of Gudermes. Taking advantage of their advantage, the militants at this height actively impeded the actions of army aviation, which supported the advance of the Russian advanced units on Gudermes. At night, a group of 8 people under the command of Senior Lieutenant I.V. Zharkov began advancing to the mountain with the task of eliminating firing points. Her actions were covered by two other special forces groups, as well as an attached reconnaissance group of paratroopers, which was located below with mortars and heavy machine guns. Guard Sergeant Major Anton Ushakov walked in the rear patrol of the main group. In conditions of heavy fog, the special forces group came close to the positions of the militants, and close combat ensued. When the group retreated from a height, Anton Ushakov was seriously wounded by one of the machine gun bursts. While the battle continued, about three to four hours, Ushakov remained lying in the line of fire, and his groans were clearly heard. After they managed to pull Ushakov out on a cape, it was already too late: the wound turned out to be fatal. By dawn, with the approach of the armored group, the height of Goitein Court was taken.”

On January 29, 1997, he was awarded the title of Hero of the Russian Federation (posthumously). In the award documents it was noted that Ushakov shielded the commander, senior lieutenant I.V. Zharkov, from enemy fire with his body. Also, all participants in the operation were awarded the Order of Courage.

Dergunov Alexey Vasilievich

(22.12.1979 - 26.12.2003)

Hero of the Russian Federation

Date of decree: 01/01/2004.

Dergunov Aleksey Vasilievich - platoon commander of the 3rd Guards Separate Red Banner Order of Suvorov Warsaw-Berlin Special Purpose Brigade of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, Guard Senior Lieutenant.

Born on December 22, 1979 in the city of Frunze (now the capital of the Kyrgyz Republic, Bishkek). Subsequently, the family moved to Novosibirsk.

In 1998 he graduated from high school in Novosibirsk.

In 2002 he graduated from the Novosibirsk Military Institute.

He served as a platoon commander in the 3rd Guards Separate Special Forces Brigade.

Since October 2002, he was on a business trip to the Chechen Republic, participating in military operations to eliminate gangs.

In December 2002, the unit in which Alexey Dergunov served was transferred to the Tsumandinsky region of Dagestan. The day before, a gang of one of the most brutal field commanders, Ruslan Gelayev, was discovered there, shooting a mobile group of border guards from an ambush. The pursuit was carried out in inaccessible mountain conditions, through a multi-meter layer of snow, under constant frost and wind. The search area was located at an altitude of three kilometers above sea level, and during the winter months these areas were not visited even by local residents.

On December 26, 2003, while crossing the rocks, a conscript sergeant, a subordinate of Alexei Dergunov, fell into an abyss and hung on a ledge. The commander rushed to save his soldier and managed to catch him. However, when pulling him out, he was unable to hold him and fell into the abyss along with the sergeant. Both died.

For the courage and heroism shown in the performance of military duty in the North Caucasus region, by Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of January 1, 2004, senior lieutenant Alexey Vasilyevich Dergunov was awarded the title of Hero of the Russian Federation (posthumously).

He was buried at the Zaeltsovsky cemetery in Novosibirsk.

Memorial plaques were installed on the house in the Zaeltsovsky district of Novosibirsk, where the Hero lived, and on the building of secondary school No. 126 of Novosibirsk. A bust of the Hero was installed on the territory of the Novosibirsk Higher Military School.