22nd Separate Guards Special Purpose Brigade

The 22nd Separate Guards Special Purpose Brigade (22-я отдельная гвардейская бригада специального назначения) is a special forces (spetsnaz) brigade of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. The brigade is currently based at Stepnoy, Rostov Oblast.

3rd Guards Spetsnaz Brigade
22nd Spetsnaz Brigade Patch
ActiveJuly 24, 1976 – present
Country Russia
Branch Russian Ground Forces
TypeSpetsnaz
RoleSpecial reconnaissance
special operations
Direct Action
Part of GRU (operational subordination)
Garrison/HQStepnoy, Russia
AnniversariesJuly 24th
EngagementsSoviet-Afghan War
Black January
Nagorno-Karabakh War
Angolan Civil War
First Chechen War
Civil war in Tajikistan
Second Chechen War
Russo-Georgian War
Commanders
Notable
commanders		Col. Boris Kerimbaev
Colonel Boris Kerimbaev was commander of the brigade from 1981–1983.

Structure

As off 2020, the brigade is deployed in Stepnoy, Rostov Region, Southeast Military District. Currently, the brigade consists off:[1]

  • Brigade HQ
    • Signals Company
    • Support Company
    • Special Weapons Company
    • Logistics Unit
    • Engineer Unit
  • 108th Spetsnaz Detachment
  • 173rd Spetsnaz Detachment
  • 305th Spetsnaz Detachment
  • 411th Spetsnaz Detachment

History

It was established at Kapchagai in the Turkestan Military District on 22 July 1976. On 3 April 1978 it became a separate unit. In 1983, elements of the brigade temporarily deployed to Cuba.

Soviet-Afghan War

On 15 March 1985, it was moved to Lashkar Gah and fought in the Soviet–Afghan War. The brigade received a zone of responsibility of 1,100 km along the front and 250 km in depth towards Pakistan. Part of the brigade began fighting in April 1985, having stood in the way of caravans of weapons and drugs coming from Pakistan and Iran.

Formed in December 1986, the 411th detachment, deployed in the province of Farah, was responsible for controlling the caravan routes from Iran. In total, the 22nd brigade lost 199 troops in Afghanistan and killed more than 5,000 Mujahideen.[2]

Other Conflicts

In 1989, elements of the brigade deployed to participate in the Angolan Civil War. In August 1988, the brigade moved to Pirəkəşkül in Azerbaijan and participated in the Nagorno-Karabakh War. Elements of the brigade have participated in the Black January, the First Chechen War, where it took part in the Kizlyar-Pervomayskoye hostage crisis. The Brigade returned to participate in the Second Chechen War.

In June 1992, the brigade moved to Stepnoy, Rostov Oblast[3] in the Southern Military District, where it is still located today.[4]

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See also

References
  1. 22 гвардейская отдельная бригада специального назначения (22 огбрСпН ГРУ)
  2. Спецназ ГРУ. Том 3. Афганистан — звездный час спецназа. 1979—1989 гг. — М.: НПИД «Русская панорама», 2013. — С. 186—539. — 736 с. —
  3. Michael Holm, 22nd Independent Special Forces Brigade GRU
  4. http://voenpro.ru/infolenta/22-gv-obrspn-pervaya-v-rossiyskoy-gvardii. Or at Kovalevka, Rostov Oblast? ru:Ковалёвка (Ростовская область).
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