28th Motor Rifle Brigade

The 28th Motor Rifle Brigade (Military Unit Number 61423) is a brigade of the Russian Ground Forces. The brigade was formed in 2009 from the 34th Motor Rifle Division. The brigade, originally based in Yekaterinburg, moved to Klintsy in 2016.[1]

28th Motor Rifle Brigade
Russian: 28-я отдельная мотострелковая Симферопольская Краснознаменная ордена Суворова II-й степени бригада имени С. Орджоникидзе
Active	2009–present
Country	Russia
Branch	Russian Ground Forces
Type	Motorized infantry
Part of	20th Guards Army
Garrison/HQ	Klintsy MUN 61423
Engagements	War in Donbass Russian military intervention in Syria
Decorations	Order of the Red Banner  Order of Suvorov
Battle honours	Simferopol Named for Sergo Ordzhonikidze
Commanders
Current commander	Colonel Ramil Gilyazov

History

On March 1, 2009, on the basis of the directive No. 11/20/1/080 of the Commander of the Volga-Urals Military District (PUVO), the 34th Motorized Rifle Division of the Simferopol Red Banner, the Suvorov Order of S. Ordzhonikidze, was reorganized into the 28th motorized small motorized Simferopol Red Banner, Order of Suvorov brigade named after S. Ordzhonikidze. The brigade was deployed in Yekaterinburg and Karabash. The brigade was formed at Yekaterinburg in 2009 from the 34th Motor Rifle Division,[2] inheriting the division's honorifics "Simferopol" and "named for Sergo Ordzhonikidze", and the Orders of the Red Banner and Suvorov 2nd class.[3] Units of the brigade were also based in Verkhnyaya Pyshma, Tyubuk, Chebarkul, and Karabash.[4] On 2 March 2011, Colonel Dmitry Kasperovich became commander of the brigade.[5] Major General Andrey Mordvichev commanded the brigade in 2013.[6]

The brigade fought in the War in Donbass in February 2015, part of the Northern Operational Area.[7] In September 2015, the brigade was involved in the large Exercise "Center–2015".[8] Colonel Ramil Gilyazov commanded the brigade at the time.[9] In December 2015, the Chief Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine reported that elements of the brigade had deployed to Syria.[10]

In June 2016, the brigade began relocation to Klintsy, close to Russia's border with Belarus and Ukraine.[1] It became part of the 20th Guards Army there.[3][11]

References

1. "Russia Quickly Builds Military Bases Near the Border with Belarus and Ukraine". Charter 97. 21 April 2016. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
2. "В приграничной зоне Брянской области развернута мотострелковая бригада с Урала" [Motor rifle brigade deployed from Urals to border of Bryansk Oblast]. Lenta.ru (in Russian). 1 June 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
3. Zgirovskaya, Yekaterina (1 June 2016). "Шойгу укрепляет брянский рубеж" [Shoigu strengthens Bryansk border]. Gazeta.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 1 November 2016.
4. "Войсковая часть 61423 (28-я ОМСБр)" [Military Unit Number 61423 (28th OMSBr)]. voinskayachast.net (in Russian). 2015-05-25. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
5. "Кадровые изменения в Вооружённых Силах" [Personnel changes in the Armed Forces]. kremlin.ru. President of Russia. 2 March 2011. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
6. Trofimov, Alexey (27 August 2013). "Надёжность тыла, укрепившая силу духа" [Reliable rear strengthens morale]. Krasnaya Zvezda (in Russian). Retrieved 1 November 2016.
7. Sutyagin, Igor (March 2015). "RUSI Briefing Paper: Russian Forces in Ukraine" (PDF). Royal United Services Institute: 3. Retrieved 6 April 2016. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
8. Baranov, Alexey (17 September 2015). "Учения "центр-2015": мирное население предупреждали о возможной опасности" [Civilian population warned about possible dangers in Exercise "Center–2015"]. Moskovsky Komsomolets (in Russian). Retrieved 1 November 2016.
9. "28-я отдельная мотострелковая бригада отмечает юбилей" [28th Separate Motor Rifle Brigade celebrates anniversary]. tvzvezda.ru (in Russian). 3 November 2015. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
10. "В Сирии находятся береговые войска ЧФ РФ из Крыма - разведка" [Intelligence found that coastal forces of the Black Sea Fleet from Crimea are in Syria]. UNIAN (in Russian). 8 December 2015. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
11. Mukhin, Oleg (19 August 2016). "Генералы с Кавказа сменяются в Воронеже" [Generals from the Caucasus take over in Voronezh]. Kommersant (in Russian). Retrieved 2 October 2016.