Internal Troops of Belarus

The Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (Belarusian: Унутраныя войск МУС; Russian: Внутренние войска МВД) is a paramilitary law enforcement force in the Republic of Belarus under the national Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Internal Troops
Belarusian: Унутраныя войск МУС
Russian: Внутренние войска МВД
Shoulder Patch of the Internal Troops
Active1991
Country Belarus
BranchMinistry of Internal Affairs
TypeGendarmerie
Size12,000[1]
HeadquartersMinsk
MarchMarch of the Internal Troops
Anniversaries18 March
Commanders
Deputy Interior Minister – Commander of the Internal TroopsMajor General Yury Nazarenko[2][3]
Deputy CommanderKhazalbek Atabekov[4]
Insignia
Emblem

All personnel are trained in the Internal Troops College of the Military Academy of Belarus.

History

The Internal Troops trace their history to a separate command of guards in Vitebsk, formed on 18 March 1918. Subsequently, the team was transformed into the 5th Byelorussian Convoy Regiment. Later, as the organs of the internal troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, units of NKVD were formed. All of the units participated in Russian Civil War, the Second World War, the Soviet-Afghan War and in responding to the aftermath of the 1986 Chernobyl disaster in the country's southwest.

On 22 November 1968, the 22nd Department of Escort and Protection (sometimes translated as Convoy and Protection) was reorganized as the 43rd Escort [or Convoy] Division, with its headquarters at Minsk.[5] Two years later it had reached a strength of three escort or convoy regiments, a motorized regiment, and an independent special motorized militia battalion.

At the end of the 1980s, Internal Troops units were involved in the inter ethnic conflicts in the territory of the Soviet Union. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the formations and units of the troops deployed in Belarus became the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Belarus, created on the organizational basis of the 43rd Convoy Division.

On 3 June 1993, the Law of the Republic of Belarus "On Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Belarus" was adopted, the process of qualitative changes and reforming began.[6]

In 1994, civil defense headquarters was incorporated into the internal troops. On 8 November 1995, President Alexander Lukashenko approved the organizational structure and deployment of internal troops. On 7 May 1998, the internal troops were presented with the Combat Banners and new state symbols.

The conclusion of the process of reforming the troops was declared on 19 June 2001. The corresponding decree provides for the establishment of the Day of Internal Troops on March 18, celebrated annually.[7][8] In 2003, the Belarusian House of Representatives adopted a new version of the Law "On Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Belarus".[9]

Organization
The Special Purpose Unit of Belarus of the Internal Troops.

As of 2020, they consist of the following elements:

  • High Command of the Internal Troops
  • Special Purpose Brigades
    • 3rd Separate Special-Purpose Brigade (Minsk)
  • Police Brigades
    • 2nd Separate Special-Police Brigade[10]
    • 4th Separate Special-Police Brigade[11][12]
    • 5th Separate Special-Police Brigade[13]
    • 6th Separate Special-Police Brigade
    • 7th Separate Special-Police Brigade[14]
  • 2 security teams
  • 7 battalions
    • 2nd Separate Special-Police Battalion[15]
    • 5th Separate Special-Purpose Battalion[16]

Among the Internal Troop formations is the Minsk-based 3rd Separate Special-Purpose Brigade (Military Unit 3214, nicknamed the "Uruchenskaya Brigade")[17], which was formed in the 1990s on the basis of the 334th Regiment of the 120th Guards Motor Rifle Division, and has the specific role of performing crowd control and anti-terrorism tasks. During the 2020 Belarusian protests, the Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta wrote that the beatings and arrests that occurred on August 10, 2020, were ordered by the retired commander of Military Unit 3214, Dmitry Pavlichenko, who had been previously arrested for serious crimes.[18]

  • Truck of internal troops
  • One of the bases in Minsk
  • One of the bases in Minsk

Missions

The missions of the Internal Troops are as follows:[19]

  • Guard important cargo
  • Guard of corrective institutions
  • Maintain of a social order and stop violations the law that risk public safety
  • Dismantle illegal armed formations
  • Prevent domestic and foreign terrorism on Belarusian soil
  • Prepares for combined arms operations in the event an armed conflict[20]

References
  1. "Внутренние войска Министерства внутренних дел Республики Беларусь". www.mvd.gov.by. Retrieved 2020-07-03.
  2. "НАЗАРЕНКО Юрий Геннадьевич". www.mvd.gov.by. Retrieved 2020-07-03.
  3. "Церемония чествования выпускников высших военных учебных заведений и высшего офицерского состава | Новости | Официальный интернет-портал Президента Республики Беларусь". president.gov.by. Retrieved Aug 14, 2020.
  4. "Хазалбек Атабеков назначен заместителем командующего внутренними войсками МВД Беларуси". www.belta.by. May 22, 2018. Retrieved Aug 14, 2020.
  5. Michael Holm, 43rd Red Banner Escort Division VV MVD SSSR, accessed July 2020.
  6. "Law of the Republic of Belarus "About internal troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Belarus"". cis-legislation.com. Retrieved 2020-07-03.
  7. "18 марта — День внутренних войск МВД РБ. Два вопроса ветеранам - Волковысская газета «Наш час», новости Волковыска". volkovysknews.by. Retrieved 2020-07-03.
  8. https://www.tvr.by/news/obshchestvo/18_marta_den_vnutrennikh_voysk_mvd_rb/
  9. История внутренних войск на сайте МВД РБ
  10. https://minobl.mvd.gov.by/m/ru/page/vojskovaya-chast-3310
  11. http://baranovichy.by/ru/voiskovaya-chast-7404/
  12. "Внутренние войска МВД Беларуси отмечают 100 лет". nashkraj.by. Retrieved Aug 14, 2020.
  13. "Войсковая часть № 6713". Retrieved Aug 14, 2020.
  14. "Бойцы внутренних войск продемонстрировали навыки в центре Витебска по случаю профессионального праздника | Витебское ГПЛХО". vitebsk.mlh.by. Retrieved Aug 14, 2020.
  15. "Для витебских школьников в воинской части 5524 провели день открытых дверей". Витебские Вести. Retrieved Aug 14, 2020.
  16. "Внутренние войска Министерства внутренних дел". pogovorim.by. Retrieved Aug 14, 2020.
  17. "Minsk riot militia headed by former commander of brigade of internal troops". charter97.org. Retrieved 2020-07-03.
  18. Ирина Халип (15 August 2020). "Каратель по вызову: Избиениями и задержаниями в Минске 10 августа командовал отставной командир «эскадрона смерти»".
  19. Внутренние войска на сайте МВД РБ
  20. Ryadovoy.ru, "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-05-13. Retrieved 2011-11-06.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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