Tests strength, endurance and precision of every movement. Participants in large-scale competitions had to not only shoot accurately or defuse mines, but also hit a needle with a thread.
Special forces teams are detaining criminals, examining house by house. One wrong move and the tripwire is triggered. Everything here is as close as possible to combat conditions. Now the team needs urgent assistance medical care to the wounded.
Competitions of special forces of the Russian Guard are held in Smolensk region, models of settlements are built here - a small village or a high-rise building. In their work, special forces must quickly make decisions and adapt to any situation. Competitions of this scale are being held for the first time; SOBR and OMON soldiers take part in them together with military special forces units.
“We, SOBR officers, are at such competitions for the first time, we take something for ourselves from these competitions, share with others, for example, in storming buildings, we met with many of our comrades with whom we served before, but our paths diverged to different structures, in different units,” says a SOBR employee.
Every day of competition there are new challenges. The obstacle course is being replaced by another new feature - the Guards Biathlon. The team runs the distance at speed, and at the same time fires from different weapons - from a pistol to a grenade launcher.
“This is exactly the composition of the unit that is going on a combat mission. A full-fledged squad that can be used to work for a week, two weeks, a month, or for detention. There are specialists, a sniper, a machine gunner, a grenade launcher, all the rest are shooters with machine guns,” says a SOBR employee.
They need to hit the target and run as fast as possible, but the finish line is another test, and perhaps the most difficult one. The fighters must try to thread the needle.
At first glance, nothing special, but not after you’ve made a forced march in full gear, fired off a magazine, or ran in a gas mask. The test of the needle seems to remind us that even in the midst of the most intense battle, there are moments when a fighter must calm down, pull himself together and be as focused as possible.
This is how strength and endurance are tested: first you need to carry giant logs, then these wheels, 300 kilograms each - inhuman loads, but then more - the soldiers push a 14-ton armored personnel carrier, and immediately after that they must make a forced march of 5 kilometers.
“Technique plays more of a role than strength. If you approach this question technically correctly, in principle there was nothing complicated. The unit was much smaller in height and weight than the rest, but they managed it quite quickly because they knew how and what,” says an employee of a separate special forces unit.
The Russian National Guard says that this is not just a competition, but also a large-scale exercise that will help all special forces employees in the future.
“A fairly serious headquarters has been created here, which summarizes the results of these competitions, which summarizes the methods used by the unit in the course of solving educational tasks. And based on these methods, a unified concept for the training of these units will be developed,” explains the first deputy director Federal service troops of the National Guard of the Russian Federation Sergei Melikov.
The competition lasted a week, and every day the standings changed, someone lost ground, and someone took the lead. As a result, the military special forces were declared the winner central district, a detachment based in Smolensk.
Table flag "16 OBRSpN. Chuchkovskaya brigade GRU special forces" will be an unexpected but joyful gift for the guys from the 16th Special Forces brigade.
Characteristics
- 16 OBRSpN
Flag "16 OBRSpN. Chuchkovo GRU special forces brigade"
The Chuchkovo GRU special forces brigade in the history of special forces is not just the 16th ObrSpN from the Ryazan region, it is a full-fledged legend. Below maximum summary history and, of course, we will try to focus attention on its particularly striking pages.
Chuchkovo GRU special forces brigade to Afghanistan
In accordance with the directive of the USSR Ministry of Defense dated July 19, 1962 in the village. A number of officers of the GRU General Staff are sent to Chuchkovo, Ryazan Region, with the aim of forming a new part of the GRU Special Forces troops here. The completion of work on the creation of the Chuchkovo special forces brigade was reported on January 1, 1963. This date is considered the starting point, the beginning battle path the famous GRU special forces brigade from Chuchkovo. The 1960s were a period of training and endless exercises, but the first major operation The Chuchkovo special forces brigade fell in 1972 - the special forces were engaged in extinguishing and eliminating the consequences in the Moscow region. Let us note that this was a very difficult combat mission and the GRU special forces from Chuchkovo were used primarily because of the intelligence officers’ ability to operate in the forest.
The Chuchkovo special forces brigade for the first time had the opportunity to prove itself and took full advantage of it - 158 soldiers were awarded medals “For Courage in a Fire.” By the beginning of the 70s, it began to consolidate its status as the best formation in the Moscow Military District; this status remained for 16 OBRSpN until the end. Included in the book of honor, in the period from 1976 to 1986 she was awarded the challenge pennant of the Military Council of the Moscow Military District five times. Since 1975, he has been a participant in the annual special forces “races”, a multiple winner and winner.
Chuchkovo GRU special forces brigade in the DRA and local conflicts of the late 20th century
At the end of 1984, the 370th separate Special Forces detachment was formed to be sent to the territory of Afghanistan on the basis of the GRU special forces brigade from Chuchkovo; by March 1985, the detachment was already in the vicinity of the village. Lashkrgah. Chuchkovsky GRU special forces brigade, or rather its 2nd battalion (370 ooSpN) is a formation for which Afghan war became a kind of “benefit performance”. More than 200 fighters were awarded orders and medals, about 2,000 Mujahideen, more than a hundred pieces of military equipment and vehicles were destroyed, the number of captured small arms, mortars, and large-caliber shells is in the thousands. The detachment of the Chuchkovskaya GRU special forces brigade at times truly worked miracles - 370 ooSpN in the memories of the participants in those events will be remembered forever. They say that it was thanks to the efforts of the GRU special forces from Chuchkovo that the ominous word “specnaz” appeared in the vocabulary of the American military.
The transitional 80s in the life of the Earth are generally quite difficult period- revolutions, uprisings, coups are breaking out everywhere, details in open access no, but it is known for certain that representatives of the Chuchkovskaya GRU special forces brigade took the most effective part in many liberation movements. Well, in the early 90s, liberation and self-determination began right next door - Special Forces troops were then constantly putting out the fires of interethnic conflicts on the outskirts of the collapsed Union, the Chuchkovsky GRU special forces brigade had to go to Tajikistan. A combined detachment of GRU special forces soldiers 379 and 669 ooSpN returned to Chuchkovo in November 1992, here a new life was already taking its course.
Chuchkovo GRU special forces brigade in the wars of New Russia
In the early and mid-90s, the Chuchkovskaya GRU special forces brigade was by far the best unit military intelligence, and perhaps in principle armed forces. In confirmation of the above, an incredible achievement - from 1993 to 1996, the GRU special forces team from Chuchkovo won the All-Russian competition in tactical and special training, the cup is still in the unit today, the only case when the challenge trophy remained in the unit forever. We have already written about the training of fighters in the Chuchkovo special forces brigade of the GRU - no one is trying to challenge the laurels of the toughest unit of the Russian Armed Forces.
During the First Chechen Campaign, the Chuchkovsky GRU special forces brigade was once again given the opportunity to demonstrate its level of training in real combat conditions. From January to May 1995, the combined special forces detachment of the GRU Chuchkovo, based on 370 special forces, was in the North Caucasus, successfully fulfilling the command’s tasks, which were not always adequately assigned. During the second Chechnya, detachments of the Chuchkovsky GRU special forces brigade were on the territory of the republic from August 1999 to September 2006. The brigade's fighters were doing their usual things - conducting operational reconnaissance, carrying out sabotage, and destroying field commanders. During this period, four servicemen of the Chuchkovsky GRU special forces brigade were awarded the title “Hero of the Russian Federation”, 176 received military awards for their courage. For both campaigns in the North Caucasus, about 2,000 fighters of the brigade were awarded state awards.
In 2001, a GRU special forces detachment from Chuchkovo was sent to Kosovo to participate in a peacekeeping operation; the unit was withdrawn from the Balkan Peninsula in May 2002. The operation “to force Georgia to peace” also did not happen without the participation of the Chuchkovo GRU special forces brigade - the combined detachment of the Special Forces unit was prepared in advance sent on a business trip to the territory of Abkhazia, Kodori Gorge.
February 21, 2000 forever became a dark day for army special forces. On this day in Chechnya, near the village of Kharsenoy, three groups of army special forces reconnaissance officers - twenty-five people - were killed in one battle. Only two survived. I was able to talk with a direct participant and witnesses to these tragic events: Senior Sergeant Anton Filippov, one of the surviving intelligence officers, as well as Army Special Forces Major A., Special Forces Major of the Ministry of Justice Nikolai Evtukh and Lieutenant Colonel A.
Major A. says:
– In the winter of 2000, General Vladimir Shamanov carried out an attack on the southern, mountainous part of the Chechen Republic. Our task was to advance along the routes of movement of the main column of motorized rifle units and provide them with cover. But the advance of the infantry was difficult, the equipment got stuck in the mud and almost drowned. We traveled through the mountains only on foot. On the fifth day, all groups met and were redirected to Kharsenoy - this is the village. The task is the same - to hold the heights to ensure the passage of motorized rifle units.
On February 21, 2000, three reconnaissance groups went forward together, since they practically no longer had any communication, the batteries of the radios were dead, only one was still working. The day before there was a radiogram that an infantry unit should arrive at twelve o'clock in the afternoon, they would have both communications and food. They had to replace us and continue to carry out this task themselves, and we had to leave. But they didn’t arrive by twelve o’clock; they couldn’t climb the mountains. They moved very slowly, their equipment was stuck.
When preparing materials about the war in South Ossetia, I met with many participants in the tragic events of August 2008. This is , and , and , and , who spiritually nourished our fighters these days... From conversations with them it became clear: we won because we were right. They are right that they nevertheless came to the aid of Ossetian women and children who seemed far from us, whom Georgian troops mercilessly and methodically destroyed from multiple rocket launchers. They are also right because they did not forgive the Georgians for the death of their comrades - the soldiers of the Russian peacekeeping battalion.
Of course, this five-day war had both political and diplomatic components. But the decisive victory over the enemy was still won not by politicians and diplomats, but by Russian soldiers and officers.
Therefore, our story is about those who utterly defeated and put to shameful flight an enemy many times superior in number, who was well prepared and armed for this war by our so-called Western “partners.” About those who, having barely emerged from fierce battles, were already maintaining public order in Georgian cities and villages abandoned by the authorities and delivering food there. About those who helped their defeated enemies bury the bodies of their dead. Honor and glory to the victorious Russian soldier!
BECOME A MEMBER
PEOPLE FINANCE
CONTINUATIONS OF THE BOOK “FROM DEATH TO LIFE...”!
(Transfer of any amount to Sberbank Visa card No. 4276550036471806)
In more detail, what exactly is described in the 4th volume of the book “From Death to Life...”, as well as about other methods of transferring money, can be read on Sergei Galitsky’s blog: http://site.
Alexandra.:
– Back in July 2008, it was obvious that we were being prepared for something: we began to spend a lot of time in the forest on training trips - a week in the unit, a week at the training ground, a week on the way out.
Still, they watched the news. And it was clear from everything that something like this was beginning in Georgia. And then the general arrived and said at the review: “Congratulations on the start of the exercises! The main thing is to come back safe and sound!” The funny thing is that each of us was given to sign a paper with approximately the following content: “I voluntarily agree to go to training for an indefinite period.” It was clear that these were not exercises. But we were told openly that we were going to war only on the train. Maybe they were afraid that we would run away before leaving?..
But there were practically no refuseniks. We had one demobilizer who was supposed to quit any day. He wrote a report and did not officially go. True, there were also two such comrades who said to everyone: “We will go, we will go...”. And they simply didn’t show up on the day they were sent to duty. But on the contrary, there were those who came on vacation. They don’t take them, but they: no, we’ll go with our own... And yet they achieved their goal - they were taken.
It took a long time to travel, four days. The people were in a fighting mood, although among the fighters there were almost none who had fought in Chechnya. Officers, yes, many fought. Take our company commander: he has three or four business trips to Chechnya under his belt. But our group commander was a very young lieutenant - fresh from college. But his deputy, a warrant officer, was a fighter: he went through Chechnya. Of course, this affected our work. Upon arrival, the ensign often said, looking at the map: “Let’s go here, then here...”. Moreover, he calmly fulfilled our standards for physical training, although he was already approaching forty (this is the fourth age group).
Captain V.O. Sidelnikov: I’m bandaging the “spirit”...
“During combat missions in Afghanistan, I was seriously wounded twice. But I remember especially well the day of August 9, 1982, when I was really hooked. We were then standing in Surkhrud. Somewhere something had to be blocked, there was some kind of ambush. I, as expected, was on the armor next to the battalion commander. Then suddenly shooting starts... The commander says: “Doc, move to the village, there is work. You’ll figure it out for yourself there.”
I sit down with paramedic Kolya on my native 683rd. I fly up to the village and see: they are carrying a soldier. It turns out that when he was on the roof of the house, one of our people saw something, and they accidentally fired at him. He thundered from this roof out of fear and was badly hurt. Nothing serious. As soon as I started to put it in the car, I heard a characteristic rustling sound. Boom!.. They hit us with a mortar. Okay, no one was caught. The platoon commander shouted at the top of his voice: “Come on, drive away quickly!” So we went.
– The topic of captivity is taboo for many military personnel. But I’ll tell you anyway, since I experienced first-hand the horror of this nightmare state.
Nothing foreshadowed such a terrible ending. There was a standard situation - reconnaissance and search operations in the area of the village of Alikheil, Nanganhar province. This locality in the lowlands, near the border with Pakistan. In the morning, at about seven o'clock, we were dropped off from helicopters. We had sappers and air controllers with us. The task, in fact, was set to be quite ordinary: we blockade a populated area, and the Khadovites (KHAD. Afghan counterintelligence - Ed.) carry out their tasks in the village itself. Our positions are on the mountains, from where we cover the Khadovites. At about twelve o'clock in the afternoon, the battalion of the 66th motorized rifle brigade from Jalalabad was supposed to approach this place and carry out further actions. That is, completing our task should have taken about five hours - from seven in the morning to approximately twelve in the afternoon.
Remembering the war in Afghanistan, I understand that the officers who were most loyal to the state viewed these events not only from the point of view of international duty, but also in terms of gaining combat experience. Many officers themselves wanted to go to war, and I was one of these volunteers. After graduating from the Academy with honors, I was offered large and high positions in Moscow. And I refused all this and said: “I want to be a commander.” I was appointed commander of a detachment in one of the army special forces brigades.
In Afghanistan, I commanded the 6th separate motorized rifle battalion of the SN (separate motorized rifle battalion for special purposes. - Ed.), also known as the 370th separate special forces detachment, which was stationed in the city of Lashkar Gah. It was introduced into Afghanistan in 1985 by Ivan Mikhailovich Krot. I was just graduating from the Academy at that time. Shortly before this, he arrives from Chuchkovo (the location of one of the army special forces brigades. - Ed.) and says: “I am introducing a detachment into Afghanistan, in Lashkar Gah. Study, Vlad, the transfer of units and formations over long distances.” I listened to him and wrote a huge summary for myself on this topic. And exactly - in May 1987, I was appointed commander of this particular detachment, and these notes were useful to me when withdrawing this detachment from Afghanistan to the Union.
Current page: 48 (book has 67 pages total) [available reading passage: 44 pages]
Font:
100% +
Special Forces in Afghanistan
A separate special forces detachment included:
squad management;
special forces company, BMP-2, four groups;
special forces company, BTR-70/80, four groups;
mining company (in 1984–1985 – mining group);
support company, two platoons;
communication group;
anti-aircraft artillery group.
Staffing structure of the special forces group
It included a group commander (captain) and three squads.
1st department:
squad leader - sergeant,
senior reconnaissance machine gunner - corporal,
scout - private;
reconnaissance orderly - private;
reconnaissance sniper - private;
senior driver (BTR) / senior driver mechanic (BMP) - corporal.
2nd department:
squad leader - sergeant;
reconnaissance machine gunner - private;
scout - private;
reconnaissance orderly - private;
3rd department:
squad leader - sergeant;
senior reconnaissance machine gunner - corporal;
reconnaissance machine gunner - private;
scout - private;
reconnaissance orderly - private;
driver (armored personnel carrier) / driver mechanic (infantry fighting vehicle) - private.
Summary table of special forces losses
Places and times of deployment of special forces (1981–1989)
Office of the 15th separate brigade special forces (1st separate motorized rifle brigade - “Jalalabad”)
Location: Jalalabad, Nangarhar province.
Time spent in Afghanistan: March 1985 – May 1988.
Directorate of the 22nd separate special forces brigade (2nd separate motorized rifle brigade - “Kandahar”)
154th separate special forces detachment (“Jalalabad”) (1st separate motorized rifle battalion)
In pursuance of General Staff Directive No. 314/2/0061 of April 26, 1979, Commander Turkvo No. 21/00755 of May 4, 1979 included a separate special forces detachment of 538 people in the staff of the 15th Special Forces Regiment. Directive of the General Staff of the USSR Armed Forces No. 4/372-NSh of October 21, 1981 - 154th Special Forces. An annual holiday was determined - April 26 by General Staff Directive No. 314/2/0061.
Time spent in Afghanistan: November 1979 – May 1988.
Locations: Bagram-Kabul, Akcha-Aybak, Jalalabad, Nangarhar province.
Commanders:
Major Kholbaev Kh. T.;
Major Kostenko;
Major Stoderevsky I.Yu. (10.1981–10.1983);
Major Oleksenko V.I. (10.1983–02.1984);
Major Portnyagin V.P. (02.1984–10.1984);
captain, major Dementiev A.M. (10.1984–08.1984);
captain Abzalimov R.K. (08.1985–10.1986);
Major, Lieutenant Colonel Giluch V.P. (10.1986–11.1987);
Major Vorobiev V.F. (11.1987–05.1988).
Squad structure:
detachment headquarters;
1st special forces company on BMP-1 (6 groups);
2nd special purpose company on BTR-60pb (6 groups);
3rd special purpose company on BTR-60pb (6 groups);
The 4th heavy weapons company consisted of an AGS-17 platoon, an RPO “Lynx” platoon, and an engineer platoon;
communications platoon;
platoon of ZSU "Shilka" (4 "Shilka");
automobile platoon;
logistics platoon.
177th separate special forces detachment (“Ghazni”) (2nd separate motorized rifle battalion)
Formed in February 1980 from the troops of the North Caucasian Military District and the Moscow Military District in the city of Kapchagay.
Location: Ghazni, since May 1988 - Kabul.
Time spent in Afghanistan: September 1981 – February 1989.
Commanders:
captain, major Kerimbaev B.T. (10.1981–10.1983);
Lieutenant Colonel V.V. Kvachkov (10.1983–02.1984);
Lieutenant Colonel V.A. Gryaznov (02.1984–05.1984);
captain Kastykpaev B.M. (05.1984–11.1984);
Major Yudaev V.V. (11.1984–07.1985);
Major Popovich A.M. (07.1985–10.1986);
Major, Lieutenant Colonel Blazhko A.A. (10.1986–02.1989) .
173rd separate special forces detachment (3rd separate motorized rifle battalion - “Kandahar”)
Location: Kandahar.
Time spent in Afghanistan: February 1984 – August 1986.
Commanders:
Major Rudykh G.L. (02.1984–08.1984);
captain Syulgin A.V. (08.1984–11.1984);
captain, major Mursalov T.Ya. (11.1984–03.1986);
Captain, Major Bokhan S.K. (03.1986–06.1987);
Major, Lieutenant Colonel V.A. Goratenkov (06.1987–06.1988);
captain Breslavsky S.V. (06.1988–08.1988).
The structure of the detachment in March 1980:
squad management;
separate communication group;
anti-aircraft artillery group (four Shilkas);
1st reconnaissance company on BMP-1 (9 BMP-1 and 1 BRM-1K);
2nd reconnaissance company on BMP-1 (9 BMP-1 and 1 BRM-1K);
3rd reconnaissance and landing company on BMD-1 (10 BMD-1);
4th company AGS-17 (three fire platoons of three sections - 18 AGS-17, 10 BTR-70);
5th special weapons company (RPO “Lynx” flamethrower group, mining group on BTR-70);
6th company – transport.
Each of the combat (1st–3rd) companies, in addition to the commander, political officer, deputy for technical affairs, senior mechanic, BRM gunner-operator, foreman and clerk, included three special forces groups.
The group consisted of three squads, each of which consisted of a squad commander, a senior reconnaissance officer, a driver, a gunner-operator, a sniper, a reconnaissance corpsman and two machine gunners.
668th separate special forces detachment (4th separate motorized rifle battalion - “Barakinsky”)
The detachment was formed on August 21, 1984 in Kirovograd on the basis of the 9th Special Forces Brigade. On September 15, 1984, he was transferred to the subordination of Turkvo and introduced into Afghanistan in the present day. p. Kalagulai. In March 1985, he became part of the 15th Special Forces Brigade in the village of Sufla. The battle flag was presented on March 28, 1987. Released to the USSR on February 6, 1989.
Location: Sufla, Baraki district, Logar province.
Time spent in Afghanistan: February 1985 – February 1989.
Commanders:
Lieutenant Colonel Yurin I.S. (09.1984–08.1985);
Lieutenant Colonel Ryzhik M.I. (08.1985–11.1985);
Major Reznik E.A. (11.1985–08.1986);
Major Udovichenko V.M. (08.1986–04.1987);
Major Korchagin A.V. (04.1987–06.1988);
Lieutenant Colonel V.A. Goratenkov (06.1988–02.1989).
334th separate special forces detachment (5th separate motorized rifle battalion - “Asadabad”)
The detachment was formed from December 25, 1984 to January 8, 1985 in Maryina Gorka from the troops of the BVO, DVO, Lenvo, Prikvo, Savo; transferred to Turkvo on January 13, 1985. On March 11, 1985, it was transferred to the 40th Army.
Location: Asadabad, Kunar province.
Time spent in Afghanistan: February 1985 – May 1988.
Squad leaders:
Major Terentyev V.Ya. (03.1985–05.1985);
captain, major Bykov G.V. (05.1985–05.1987);
Lieutenant Colonel Klochkov A.B. (05.1987–11.1987);
Lieutenant Colonel Giluch V.P. (11.1987–05.1988).
370th separate special forces detachment (6th separate motorized rifle battalion - “Lashkarevsky”)
Location: Lashkar Gah, Helmand Province.
Time spent in Afghanistan: February 1984 – August 1988.
Squad leaders:
Major Krot I.M. (03.1985–08.1986);
captain Fomin A.M. (08.1986–05.1987);
Major Eremeev V.V. (05.1987–08.1988).
186th separate special forces detachment (7th separate motorized rifle battalion - “Shahjoysky”)
Location: Shahjoy, Zabol province.
Time spent in Afghanistan: April 1985 – May 1988.
Squad leaders:
Lieutenant Colonel Fedorov K.K. (04.1985–05.1985);
captain, major Likhidchenko A.I. (05.1985–03.1986);
Major, Lieutenant Colonel Nechitailo A.I. (03.1986–04.1988);
Major, Lieutenant Colonel Borisov A.E. (04.1988–05.1988).
411th separate special forces detachment (8th separate motorized rifle battalion - “Farakh”)
Location: Farah, Farah province.
Time spent in Afghanistan: December 1985 – August 1988.
Commanders:
captain Fomin A.G. (10.1985–08.1986);
Major Krot I.M. (08.1986–12.1986);
Major Yurchenko A.E. (12.1986–04.1987);
Major Khudyakov A.N. (04.1987–08.1988).
459th separate special forces company (“Kabul company”)
Stationed in Kabul.
Formed in December 1979 on the basis of a special forces training regiment in the city of Chirchik. Introduced into Afghanistan in February 1980.
During the hostilities, the company's personnel took part in more than six hundred combat missions.
Withdrew from Afghanistan in August 1988.
Biographies of Heroes Soviet Union- participants in the war in Afghanistan
ARSENOV Valery Viktorovich
Private, senior reconnaissance-grenade launcher of the 173rd separate special forces detachment, Hero of the Soviet Union.
Born on June 24, 1966 in the regional center of the Donetsk region of Ukraine, the city of Donetsk, in a working-class family.
From fourth to eighth grade he studied at a boarding school.
From 1982 to 1985 he studied at the Donetsk Construction Vocational School. After graduation, he worked as a metalwork assembler at one of the factories in Donetsk.
Since October 1985 in the ranks of the Soviet Army. Served as part of a limited contingent Soviet troops in Afghanistan. Participated in 15 combat missions.
On February 28, 1986, while participating in a battle with superior enemy forces 80 kilometers east of Kandahar, the senior reconnaissance grenade launcher, being seriously wounded, continued to fire. At the critical moment of the battle, the brave warrior, at the cost of his life, shielded the company commander from enemy bullets and saved his life. He died from his wounds on the battlefield.
GOROSHKO Yaroslav Pavlovich
Captain, company commander of the 22nd separate special forces brigade, Hero of the Soviet Union.
Born on October 4, 1957 in the village of Borshchevka, Lanovets district, Ternopil region of Ukraine, in a working-class family.
In 1974 he graduated from 10th grade and worked at an electrical repair plant.
Since 1976 - in the Soviet Army.
In 1981 he graduated from the Khmelnytsky Higher Military Artillery Command School.
From September 1981 to November 1983, he served in Afghanistan as commander of a mortar platoon and air assault company.
After returning to the USSR, he served in one of the special forces formations.
In 1986, at his personal request, he was sent to Afghanistan.
On October 31, 1987, a group under his command left to help the group of Senior Lieutenant O.P. Onishchuk. As a result of the battle, 18 Mujahideen were killed. Scouts from the group Goroshko Ya.P. picked up the bodies of the dead scouts from O.P. Onishchuk’s group. and under enemy fire they were carried to the evacuation site.
In 1988 he became a student at the Military Academy named after M.V. Frunze, and after graduation he continued to serve as deputy commander of the 8th separate special forces brigade, stationed in the city of Izyaslav, Khmelnitsky region of Ukraine.
After the collapse of the USSR since 1992, Y.P. Goroshko stood at the origins of creation military intelligence Armed Forces of Ukraine. Served in the 1464th Special Forces Regiment Black Sea Fleet Ukraine.
ISLAMOV Yuri Verikovich
Junior sergeant, soldier of the 22nd separate special forces brigade, Hero of the Soviet Union.
Born on April 5, 1968 in the village of Arslanbob, Bazar-Korgon district, Osh region of Kyrgyzstan, in the family of a forester.
After graduation primary school moved to the city of Talitsa Sverdlovsk region, where in 1985 he graduated from 10th grade.
In 1986, he graduated from the 1st year of the Sverdlovsk Forestry Engineering Institute and took a course in the parachute section.
Since October 1986 in the Soviet Army.
Since May 1987, he served as part of a limited contingent of Soviet troops in Afghanistan as a squad commander in one of the special forces units.
On October 31, 1987, the group he was part of entered into battle with superior enemy forces near the village of Duri in Zabol province, near the border with Pakistan. He volunteered to cover the retreat of his comrades. During the battle he was wounded twice. Despite this, he continued to fight until the last bullet. He entered into hand-to-hand combat with the enemy and blew himself up along with six Mujahideen.
KOLESNIK Vasily Vasilievich
Major General, Hero of the Soviet Union.
Born on December 13, 1935 in the village of Slavyanskaya (now the city of Slavyansk-on-Kuban), Slavyansk region Krasnodar region in a family of employees - a chief agronomist and a teacher (taught Russian language and literature). My father studied rice farming in China and Korea for more than five years. Spoken Chinese fluently and Korean. In 1934, after finishing his studies abroad, he began making the first checks for rice cultivation in the Kuban.
In 1939, my father was sent to work in Ukraine, in the Mirgorod district of the Poltava region, so that he could organize the cultivation of rice. Here the family was caught up in the war. Father and mother went to partisan detachment, leaving four children in the arms of their grandparents.
On November 6, 1941, having come to the village to visit the children, the parents and another partisan were betrayed by a traitor and fell into the hands of the Germans. The next day they were shot in front of their children. Four children were left in the care of their grandparents. The family survived during the occupation thanks to the grandmother, who was knowledgeable in traditional medicine and treated the village residents. People paid for her services in products.
In 1943, when the Mirgorod region was liberated, Vasily’s two sisters were taken in by their mother’s middle sister, and little Vasya and his brother were taken by the youngest. My sister's husband was the deputy head of the Armavir Flight School. In 1944 he was transferred to Maykop.
In 1945 he entered the Krasnodar Suvorov Military School military school(Maykop), and graduated from the Caucasian Suvorov Military School in 1953 (transferred to the city of Ordzhonikidze in 1947).
In 1956, after graduating from the Caucasian Red Banner Suvorov Officer School, he linked his fate with the special forces. Served as commander of the 1st (reconnaissance) platoon of the 92nd separate special forces company of the 25th Army (Far Eastern Military District), company commander of the 27th separate battalion special forces in Poland (Northern Group of Forces).
In 1966, after graduating from the Academy. M.V. Frunze, successively held the positions of chief of intelligence of the brigade, head of the operational intelligence department and chief of staff of the brigade (Far Eastern Military District, Turkestan Military District).
Since 1975, he was commander of a special forces brigade, and subsequently served in the General Staff of the USSR Armed Forces.
With the introduction of a limited contingent of Soviet troops into Afghanistan in 1979, it was in the combat area. On December 27, 1979, a battalion of more than 500 people, formed and trained by him according to a special program, took direct part in the assault on Amin’s palace. Despite the fivefold numerical superiority of the palace security brigade, the battalion under the command of V.V. Kolesnika captured the palace in just 15 minutes. For the preparation and exemplary execution of a special task - Operation Storm-333 - and the courage and bravery shown by the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of April 28, 1980, he, one of the first “Afghans”, was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union. Awarded with orders Lenin, “For service to the Motherland in the Armed Forces of the USSR” 3rd degree, medals, as well as the Order of the Red Banner and two medals Democratic Republic Afghanistan. He had 349 parachute jumps to his credit.
In 1982 he graduated from the Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the USSR. Under the leadership of V.V. Kolesnik consistently and purposefully improved the organizational structure and combat training system of military units and special forces formations.
Being in stock until last days life was the chairman of the Council of Special Forces Veterans. He took an active part in the patriotic education of Suvorov students of the newly created North Caucasus Suvorov Military School in the city of Vladikavkaz.
KUZNETSOV Nikolay Anatolievich
Guard lieutenant, serviceman of the 15th separate special forces brigade, Hero of the Soviet Union.
Born on June 29, 1962 in the village of 1st Piterka, Morshansky district, Tambov region. After the death of their parents, my four-year-old sister and I were left to be raised by our grandmother.
In 1976 he entered the Leningrad Suvorov Military School.
In 1979 he graduated from college with a diploma of commendation.
In 1983 he graduated from the Higher Combined Arms Command School named after. Kirov with a gold medal.
After graduating from college, Lieutenant N. Kuznetsov was sent to the airborne division in the city of Pskov as commander of a special forces group. He repeatedly asked to be sent to a limited contingent of Soviet troops in Afghanistan.
In 1984 he was sent to Afghanistan.
On April 23, 1985, the platoon of Lieutenant Kuznetsov N.A. received the task - as part of a company, to scout out the location and destroy a gang of Mujahideen settled in one of the villages of Kunar province.
In the course of carrying out the assigned task, Lieutenant Kuznetsov's platoon was cut off from the main forces of the company. A fight ensued. Having ordered the platoon to make its way to its own, Lieutenant Kuznetsov N.A. Together with the rear patrol, he remained to ensure the withdrawal. Left alone with the dushmans, Lieutenant Kuznetsov N.A. fought to the last bullet. With the last, sixth grenade, letting the dushmans get closer, Lieutenant N.A. Kuznetsov blew them up along with himself.
MIROLYUBOV Yuri Nikolaevich
Private, BMP-70 driver of the 667th separate special forces detachment of the 15th separate special forces brigade, Hero of the Soviet Union
Born on May 8, 1967 in the village of Ryadovichi, Shablykinsky district, Oryol region, into a peasant family.
Graduated in 1984 high school in the village of Chistopolsky, Saratov region, worked as a driver at the Krasnoye Znamya state farm in the Krasnopartisan district.
In the Soviet Army since the fall of 1985. He served as part of a limited contingent of Soviet troops in Afghanistan. He took part in many military operations; was wounded in one of the battles, but remained in service, successfully completing the combat mission.
During the execution of combat missions, he destroyed ten Mujahideen.
In one of the battles, risking his life, he carried the wounded chief of staff of one of the special forces units out from under enemy fire.
In one of the combat exits, he bypassed the enemy caravan and thereby cut off the escape route. During the ensuing battle, he replaced the wounded machine gunner and suppressed the resistance of the Mujahideen with fire.
In 1987 he was demobilized. He worked as a driver on a state farm. Lived in the village of Chistopolsky, Krasnopartisan district, Saratov region.
ONISCHUK Oleg Petrovich
Senior lieutenant, deputy company commander of the 22nd separate special forces brigade, Hero of the Soviet Union.
Born on August 12, 1961 in the village of Putrintsy, Izyaslavsky district, Khmelnitsky region of Ukraine, in a working-class family.
Graduated from 10th grade.
Since 1978 - in the Soviet Army.
In 1982 he graduated from the Kiev Higher Combined Arms Command School named after M.V. Frunze.
Since April 1987 - in Afghanistan.
“Deputy company commander, candidate member of the CPSU, senior lieutenant Oleg Onishchuk, leading a reconnaissance group, successfully completing tasks to provide international assistance to the Republic of Afghanistan, showing courage and heroism, died a heroic death in battle on October 31, 1987 near the village of Duri in the province of Zabol, near the border with Pakistan..." is the official description of the cause of his death.
Everything in life was more complicated. Oleg Onishchuk’s group sat in ambush for several days, waiting for a caravan. Finally, late in the evening of October 30, 1987, three cars appeared. The driver was the first to be eliminated by the group commander from a distance of 700 meters, the other two cars disappeared. The escort and cover group for the caravan, which tried to recapture the car, was scattered with the help of two Mi-24 helicopters that arrived. At half past five in the morning on October 31, in violation of the command’s order, Oleg Onishchuk decided to inspect the truck on his own, without waiting for the arrival of helicopters with an inspection team. At six in the morning, he and part of the group went out to the truck and were attacked by more than two hundred Mujahideen. According to the testimony of the special forces survivors in that battle, the “inspection” group died within fifteen minutes. It is impossible to fight in open areas against an anti-aircraft gun and a heavy machine gun (located in the village of Dari). According to the hero’s colleagues, in that situation early in the morning the group had to take the fight, even if Onishchenko had not begun inspecting the truck. More than two thousand Mujahideen were stationed in this area. Although the losses would have been significantly less. Their colleagues place the main blame for the death of the special forces soldiers on the command. By six in the morning an armored group was supposed to arrive and helicopters were supposed to fly in. The convoy with equipment did not arrive at all, and the helicopters arrived only at 6:45 am.
This material was restored at the request of the site’s subscribers, as it became unavailable after the liquidation of the hosting https://kubez.biz, which hosted the first version of the “Survive Yourself” site.
The old address for posting this article http://site/?p=5294 is not available now.
Directive of the General Staff of the USSR Armed Forces 314/2/0061 dated April 26, 1979, served as the basis for the order of the commander of the TURKVO troops 21/4/00755 dated May 4, 1979 on the formation of a separate special forces detachment of 538 people in the staff of the 15th Special Forces Special Forces, which included into the history of our Fatherland as the “Muslim Battalion”.
Historical reference
March 18, 1979 1st Secretary General The Central Committee of the PDPA Nur Mohammad Taraki called the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the USSR Alexei Kosygin and asked to send soldiers, indigenous residents of the Asian republics of the USSR, to destroy a four thousand-strong detachment of Iranian soldiers dressed in civilian clothes who had entered the city of Herat.
“We want Tajiks, Uzbeks, Turkmen to be sent to us so that they can drive tanks, since all these nationalities are in Afghanistan,” the Afghan leader convinced the Soviet prime minister. “Let them put on Afghan clothes, Afghan badges, and no one will recognize them.” This is very easy job, in our opinion. The experience of Iran and Pakistan shows that this work is easy to do. They provide a model."
Despite the fact that Kosygin expressed doubts about this proposal, on April 26, 1979, the General Staff of the USSR Ministry of Defense issued special directive No. 314/2/0061 on the formation of a GRU special forces detachment, which later became known as " Muslim battalion».
They were involved in its formation Colonels Kolesnik V.V., Shvets O.U., Lavrenev N.N. and Blokhin A.P., as well as the head of intelligence of the TurkVO, Colonel Dunets V.V.
In order to maintain secrecy, it was decided to resettle the detachment from the brigade’s military camp, by economically repairing the abandoned camp of the engineering battalion.
To the commander of the 2nd detachment of the 15th Special Operations Brigade, Major I.Yu. Stoderevsky. assigned to supervise the construction of the town. He received under his command a company of military builders, several dozen civilian builders from all the KECs in the district, and two hundred personnel from the brigade as auxiliary workers. In 2 months, the renovation of the town was completed.
The recruitment of a new battalion, exclusively from nationalities, began at a rapid pace Central Asia. Personnel arrived from all districts. Mainly from airborne divisions and to a lesser extent from motorized rifle units.
Command staff of the 154th special forces unit of the first formation
The detachment commander was appointed Major Kholbaev Khabib Tadzhibaevich, born in 1947. Graduate of Tashkent Higher Educational Institution named after. Lenin. Since 1969, he served in the 15th Special Operations Brigade as a group commander, a Special Forces company commander, and a deputy commander of a Special Forces detachment for airborne forces. Captains M.T. Sakhatov were appointed deputy detachment commanders, according to the TurkVO personnel department. (deputy), Ashurov A.M. (chief of staff), Sattarov A.S. (political officer), Ibragimov E.N. (deputy for fun), Major D. Jalilov (deputy for logistics). The companies were commanded by senior lieutenants: Amangeldyev K.M., Sharipov V.S., Miryusupov M.M., and captain Kudratov I.S. Senior Lieutenant V.M. Prout was appointed commander of the anti-aircraft artillery group... Captain Nikonov was appointed commander of the ORNO. Deputy commander of the ZAG, warrant officer Neverov Yu... Young graduates were appointed commanders of special forces groups general military schools, among them two lieutenants (Tursunkulov R.T. and Abzalimov R.K.) were graduates of the RVVDKU. Separate communications and support platoons were commanded by senior lieutenant Mirsaatov Yu.M. and senior warrant officer Rakhimov A.
American military expert Jesy Hou (JIAYI ZHOU) dedicated a special book to the Soviet Muslim battalion, starting it with the fact that he applauded while standing national policy in the USSR, when I studied archival materials regarding this unit. Interestingly, his research was funded by the RAND Corporation, which is considered the “thought factory” of American strategists. “The USSR has developed a unique Soviet identity that cannot be explained by traditional values – national or religious,” writes Jesy Howe. According to him, 538 people under the command of Major Khabibdzhan Kholbaev were united by the idea of their socialist mission in Afghanistan. This was the 154th separate special forces detachment of the GRU, consisting exclusively of Uzbeks, Tajiks and Turkmens. In total, more than five thousand military personnel passed through the sieve of the special commission.
The training of the soldiers of the 154th detachment was quite typical for Soviet army– typically good. In the presence Chief of Staff of TURKVO, Lieutenant General G.F. Krivosheeva in the summer of 1979, the “Muslims” conducted tactical exercises “to seize a separate building” and “fights in the city.” In particular, grenade launchers were required to hit targets by noise through a smoke screen. Shooting accurately on the run and mastering sambo techniques was taken for granted.
Particular attention was paid to the coordination of companies and platoons through radio communications, for which senior lieutenant Yu.M. Mirsaatov was responsible. Writer Eduard Belyaev, who studied the training documents of the 154th detachment, as well as other soldiers sent to Afghanistan, writes that the stereotypes that appeared after the release of the film “9th Company” do not correspond to reality.
Combat formation of detachment units
By June 1, 1979, out of a thousand candidates submitted, the detachment was fully staffed to 532 people. In a month and a half, the detachment, completely freed from outfits, guards and extraneous work, completed a year-long combat training program. The entire detachment personnel made parachute jumps. Combat coordination of the formed units was carried out.
Shooting and driving tests were taken at the training grounds of general arms and tank schools. There were no limits on fuel and ammunition. The grenade launchers fired at range, for time, at noise through smoke, at minimum distances. Who is supposed to take practical tasks in mine demolition. All were tested for physical endurance during forced marches of 30 kilometers. During the entire inspection, specialist translators monitored the personnel’s assimilation of commands in Farsi and knowledge of Arabic writing. As a result, the commission assessed the results of the audit as good.
There was a lull. Soldiers began to be recruited for guard duty and for various chores.
Despite the fact that the fighters of the “Muslim battalion”, in full combat readiness, regularly went to the Tuzel airfield (Tashkent) to be sent to Afghanistan, the departure was postponed every time.
Reconnaissance on the ground
By order of the head of the GRU, the detachment commander, Major Kholbaev, and the deputy commanders of the 15th brigade, Majors Gruzdev and Turbulanov, flew to Kabul to reconnoiter the presidential palace, as well as the renovated Taj Beg Palace in Duralaman, where Amin soon moved.
Telegram to the Chief of the General Staff Ogarkov
“In the period from July 11 to July 17, 1979, a reconnaissance was carried out in the city of Kabul with the aim of the possible use of the 15th TURKVO special forces brigade. According to Soviet ambassador and heads of special services, the greatest intensification of rebels in the periphery and the city of Kabul is expected in August. In this regard, the ambassador asks: to transfer the detachment to Kabul before August 10. The development of the implementation of transfer measures will be entrusted to the Air Force Commander-in-Chief and the TURKVO commander.”
Army General Ivashutin
However, the transfer of the detachment was delayed. In mid-October, the “Muslim” battalion again began intensive combat training under the “Capture of Objects” program. AKM and AKMS assault rifles, RPK machine guns and TT system pistols received from warehouses were targeted. At the end of November, another check of combat training took place, to which the authorities came from Moscow. “There were several options for transferring to Afghanistan. - Kholbaev said. “In addition to the flight, a march under our own power to Kabul was also considered.”
However, after the officers of the head of the Afghan presidential guard, Major Jandad, strangled Taraki, on December 4, 1979, Yu. Andropov and N. Ogarkov sent the now well-known note 312/2/0073 to the CPSU Central Committee:
“Taking into account the current situation and at the request of Kh. Amin, we consider it advisable to send to Afghanistan a detachment of the GRU of the General Staff, trained for these purposes, with a total number of 500 people in a uniform that does not reveal its affiliation with the Armed Forces of the USSR.” .
First entry into Afghanistan
On the night of December 5, from the Chirchik airfield, the first group from the 3rd special forces company under the command of the deputy detachment commander, Captain M.T. Sakhatov, left for Afghanistan on an AN-12 plane. The transfer of all battalion personnel was carried out on the night of December 9-10, from two airfields, in Chirchik and Tashkent (Tuzel), by AN-12, AN-22, and Il-76 aircraft. Each flight took 45 minutes to depart. The interval between flights was no more than two hours. The departure was carried out in three flights of seven aircraft each to Bagram airfield. To accommodate the battalion at the Bagram airbase, Captain Sakhatov’s group prepared CSS tents at the rate of one for each company and for headquarters.
Subsequently, the detachment was redeployed southwest of Kabul to the Dar-ul Aman area to strengthen the security of the Taj Beg presidential palace.
On 12/27/1979 at 19.00 the assault on the Taj Beg Palace began, the operation ended at 23.00. Quite a lot has been written about how the “Muslim battalion” stormed this palace, and those who study or are simply interested in this topic have practically no questions left.
Only one thing should be added, the losses of the personnel of the “Muslim battalion” during the fighting during the storming of the Taj Beg Palace amounted to: 7 people killed (in addition, 5 KGB officers from the operational combat groups “Grom” and “Zenith” were killed, as well as 2 soldiers from the 345th airborne assault division attached to the detachment 9 (company commander, senior lieutenant V. Vostrotin).
During Operation Storm 333, 67 servicemen of the Special Forces detachment were injured of varying severity.
In April 1980, a Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR was signed on awarding 370 military personnel of the 15th Special Operations Division, participants in Operation Storm-333, with orders and medals of the USSR. Awards were also received 400 employees of the KGB of the USSR.
At the end of 1981, efforts were made to increase the number of intelligence agencies. Two separate GRU special forces detachments are being introduced into Afghanistan for operations in the northern regions of the country. One of these battalions was 154 ooSpN.
By that time, on May 7, 1981, 154 special forces were awarded the Battle Banner of the unit. The unit's holiday was determined to be April 26 (1979). By directive of the Chief of the General Staff of the USSR Armed Forces 4/372 dated October 21, 1981, 154 special forces were planned for introduction into the DRA on October 26, 1981.
Second deployment of 154 special forces to Afghanistan
The detachment, after reorganization, without conducting combat coordination, under the command of Major I.Yu. Stoderevsky, on the night of October 29-30, 1981, crossed the state border with Afghanistan in the Termez region. 154 ooSpN for the period of hostilities received an open name - 1st separate motorized rifle battalion(military unit field mail 35651, call sign "Amur-35").
From October 30, 1981 to May 15, 1988 Detachment 154 took part in continuous hostilities with rebel armed forces. Destroying the manpower of the Mujahideen through raids and ambushes, destroying enemy fortified areas (UR), front headquarters, Islamic committees, training centers, warehouses with weapons and ammunition, participating in inspections of caravans and conducting aerial reconnaissance in the area of responsibility.
The most famous combat operations of the detachment, after Storm 333, were:
- capture of rebel bases in Jar-Kuduk (Jawzjan province, December 1981),
- capture of rebel bases in Darzab (Fariab province, January 1982),
- lifting the blockade of Sancharak (Jawzjan province, April 1982).
- destruction of 2 gangs in Kuli-Ishan (Samangan province, October 1982),
- capture of rebel bases in the Marmol Gorge (Balkh province, March 1983),
— assault on the Goshta missile launcher and the Karera missile launcher
- operations in the provinces of Nangarhar and Kunar near Kulala, Bar-Koshmund, Bagicha, Loy-Termai, in the Black Mountains, near Shahidan, Mangwal, Sarband, army operation “Vostok-88” and others.
By combat order of the commander of 40 OA 01 dated March 13, 1988, the withdrawal of 154 Special Forces was determined by the first column from Jalalabad on May 15, 1988.
228 units of military equipment in one column completed the Jalalabad - Kabul - Puli-Khumri - Hairatan march in three days.
On May 20, 1988, by rail, we completed access to the place of permanent deployment in the city of Chirchik, USSR.
The 154th separate special forces detachment was commanded by:
Major Kholbaev Khabibdzhan Tadzhibaevich from 5.1979 to 8.1981.
Major Kosteniuk Nikolai Mikhailovich from 8.1981 to 10.1981.
Major Stoderevsky Igor Yurievich from 10.1981 to 11.1983.
Major Olekseenko Vasily Ivanovich from 11.1983 to 2.1984.
Major Portnyagin Vladimir Pavlovich from 2.1984 to 11.1984.
Major Dementyev Alexey Mikhailovich from 11.1984 to 8.1985.
Major Abzalimov Ramil Karimovich from 08.1985 to 10.1986.
Major Giluch Vladislav Petrovich from 10.1986 to 11.1987.
Captain Vorobyov Vladimir Fedorovich from 11.1987 to 6.1988.
Major Kozlov Yuri Vsevolodovich from 6.1988 to 9.1990.
Major Efimenko Anatoly Nikolaevich from 9.1990 to 9.1991.
Lieutenant Colonel Svirin Valery Mikhailovich from 9.1991 to 9.1992.
Major Vorontsov Sergey Anatolyevich from 9.1992 to 12.1994.
The special forces caused significant damage to the Islamic opposition, so according to the General Staff of the USSR Armed Forces, the special forces of the GRU of the General Staff of the USSR Armed Forces destroyed 17,000 rebels, 990 caravans and 332 warehouses, and captured 825 prisoners.
Results of reconnaissance and combat activities of 154 special forces as of May 1, 1983:
Operations performed - 248
Rebels destroyed - 955 people.
Captured - 452 people.
Small arms captured - 566 units.
DShK machine guns - 2 units.
Ammunition captured
Cartridges - more than 100,000 pcs.
Mines - 237 pcs.
Grenades - 228 pcs.
RPG shots - 183 pcs.
Electric detonators - 5200 pcs.
Detonator capsules - 8000 pcs.
Mines for 60 mm mortar - 235 pcs.
16 cavalry horses captured
Vehicles captured - 12 units. and BRDM-1
Islamic committees destroyed - 9
The situation in the areas of responsibility of Jawzjan Province and Samangan Province has been stabilized
Our losses
Killed - 34 people.
Missing - 1 person.
Change of squad location:
June 1979-December 1979 - Chirchik, Tashkent region, USSR;
December 1979-January 1980 - Bagram, Kabul, Afghanistan;
February 1980-October 1981 - Chirchik, Tashkent region, USSR;
October 1981-July 1982 - Akcha, Jawzjan province, Afghanistan;
August 1982-February 1984 - Aybak, Samangan province, Afghanistan;
February 1984 - May 1988 - Jalalabad (Shamarheil), Nangarhar province, Afghanistan;
May 20, 1988 - May 1990 - Chirchik, Tashkent region, USSR, Uzbekistan.
June 1990 - 1994 - Azadbash, Bastanlyk district, Tashkent region, USSR;
December 1994 - 2000 transferred to the Ministry of Defense of Uzbekistan, renamed into the 28th separate reconnaissance battalion of the Armed Forces of the Ministry of Defense of Uzbekistan.
2000 - Disbanded.
Awards 154 ooSpN
Pennant of the USSR Minister of Defense “For courage and military valor” by order of the SSR Ministry of Defense 273 of December 1, 1985.
Honorary Red Banner of the People's Democratic Party of the Republic of Afghanistan 04/26/1988
Certificate of awarding of personnel of 154 ooSpN (data as of May 15, 1988):
Order of Lenin - 8 officers;
Order of the Red Banner - 53 (of which 31 are officers, 13 sergeants, 9 soldiers)
Order of the Red Star - 423 (of which 132 officers, 32 warrant officers, 127 sergeants, 112 soldiers)
Order “For Service to the Motherland in the USSR Armed Forces” - 25 (of which 24 were officers and warrant officers, 1 was a soldier);
Medal "For Courage" - 623 (12 officers, 15 warrant officers, 205 sergeants, 391 soldiers)
Medal "For Military Merit" - 247 (11 officers, 24 warrant officers, 102 sergeants, 110 soldiers);
Medal of the USSR Ministry of Defense “For Distinction in Military Service” - 118 people.
Personnel losses 154 ooSpN from 12/27/1979 to 05/15/1988. amounted to 186 people.
Killed in battle or died from wounds - 177 military personnel; 9 servicemen went missing.
Losses of the 154th separate special forces detachment of the GRU General Staff of the USSR Armed Forces
Losses of 154 ooSpN during the period 12/5/1979 - 1/10/1980. ("Muslim battalion")
1979
1980
Losses of 154 ooSpN during the period 10/29/1981 - 1985. ("1st motorized rifle battalion")
1981
| 1. Senior Lieutenant Mikhalev Vladimir Nikolaevich | pom. beginning detachment headquarters died on November 1 as a result of an accident - shot by a sentry while patrolling posts |
| 2. Private Gorbunov Evgeniy Aleksandrovich | went missing on November 7 in the province of Dzauzjan - actually captured in battle and died, but the body was not found |
| 3. Lieutenant Sleptsov Andrey Aleksandrovich - commander of the flamethrower group | died in battle on November 20 |
| 4. Sergeant Shivarev Alexander Fedorovich | |
| 5. Private Bobiev Khayridin Teshaevich | |
| 6. Private Milibayev Bakhodir Patidinovich | |
| 7. Private Chegodaev Viktor Anatolyevich | |
| 8. Private Eshonov Shavkat Abduraimovich | |
| 9. Junior Sergeant Kalinin Mikhail Valentinovich | died in battle on December 7 |
| 10. Junior Sergeant Rakhmatulin Rashid Shavkatovich | |
| 11. Junior Sergeant Shchegolev Leonid Yurievich |
1982
| 1. Private Gavrilov Sergei Gennadievich | died on January 4 from wounds received in battle |
| 2. Private Yuldashev Akhatkul Rakhmanovich | seriously wounded as a result of a mine explosion and died in hospital on January 24, 1982. |
| 3. Private Babaev Norbobo Manonovich | died on January 16 as a result of an accident |
| 4. Junior Sergeant Khairullin Farit Nagimovich | killed in action on January 29 |
| 5. Private Shadmanov Giyas Irgashevich | killed in action on February 19 |
| 6. Private Shirokikh Viktor Valentinovich | seriously wounded in battle on February 21 and died on April 12, 1982. |
| 7. Senior Lieutenant Statkevich Vladimir Vladimirovich - deputy commander of the 2nd company for political affairs | killed in action on April 4 |
| 8. Private Pavlenkov Sergei Vladimirovich | died on May 18 in an accident |
| 9. Corporal Viktor Ivanovich Shkolin | killed in action on May 28 |
| 10. Lieutenant Kalmykov Sergey Nikolaevich | died in battle on June 6 |
| 11. Sergeant Gimranov Anvar Nailovich | |
| 12. Sergeant Shvornev Mikhail Alexandrovich | |
| 13. Junior Sergeant Shabakaev Mars Oktyabrisovich | |
| 14. Corporal Antsiferov Igor Mikhailovich | |
| 15. Private Aliberdyev Kabul Karimovich | |
| 16. Private Vashchebrovich Alexander Ivanovich | |
| 17. ml. Sergeant Maurin German Alekseevich | seriously wounded in battle on June 6 and died on June 10, 1982. |
| 18. Private Mordovin Yuri Vasilievich | died of wounds on June 29 |
| 19. Private Vafin Damir Munnulovich | killed in action on July 5 |
| 20. Private Kapustin Viktor Vladimirovich | killed in action on August 28 |
| 21. Junior Sergeant Shapovalov Igor Nikolaevich | killed in action on October 11 |
| 22. Sergeant Gerasimov Alexander Yurievich | killed in action on November 3 |
| 23. Private Balybin Dmitry Valentinovich | died on November 16 in an accident |
1983
| 1. Private Sorokin Alexander Vasilievich | killed in action on May 3 |
| 2. Private Melnik Viktor Vladimirovich | died on July 29 from injuries received in an accident |
| 3. Private Skvortsov Yuri Sergeevich | died on August 6 in an accident |
| 4. Private Podzerey Boris Vladimirovich | died in battle on August 28 |
| 5. Private Korkin Viktor Alekseevich | |
| 6. Junior Sergeant Kislitsyn Sergey Gennadievich | died on September 5 when an armored personnel carrier exploded on a mine |
| 7. Senior Lieutenant of the Medical Service Begishev Elgizer Fedorovich | died on September 6 when a medical MTLB was detonated by a landmine |
| 8. Lieutenant of the medical service Kryshtal Igor Nikolaevich | |
| 9. Corporal Trofimov Ivan Mikhailovich - sanitary instructor | |
| 10. Corporal Terekhov Sergey Vladimirovich | killed in action on September 19 |
| 11. Senior Lieutenant Domanin Vladimir Vladimirovich | killed in action on September 23 |
| 12. Private Vysotin Igor Alexandrovich | died of illness on October 2 |
1984
| 1. Private Belikov Valery Vladimirovich | died on January 12 as a result of an accident |
| 2. Private Karimov Eldar Zakirovich | died on February 6 in an accident |
| 3. Private Koyali Mikhail Vadimovich | |
| 4. Private Stadnik Sergei Grigorievich | |
| 5. Private Obukhov Sergei Mikhailovich | seriously injured on February 6 as a result of an accident and died on February 7, 1984. |
| 6. Private Malygin Alexander Vladimirovich | seriously wounded in battle on March 12 and died on April 17, 1984. |
| 7. Lieutenant Ovcharenko Sergey Vasilievich | died on March 23 as a result of an accident - they drowned while crossing, but are officially listed as “missing” since their bodies were not found |
| 8. Junior Sergeant Olennikov Yuri Nikolaevich | |
| 9. Private Belitsky Viktor Pavlovich | |
| 10. Private Kazanev Andrey Yurievich | died on March 23 as a result of an accident - drowned while crossing |
| 11. Private Mokrov Alexander Mikhailovich | |
| 12. Private Yurchenko Mikhail Ivanovich |
| 13. Lieutenant Skuridin Oleg Viktorovich | died in battle on April 8, according to the CPSU they died on April 7, 1984. |
| 14. Junior Sergeant Malyuta Ivan Ivanovich | |
| 15. Private Asanov Eldar Ferdausovich | died in battle on April 8, according to the CPSU he died on April 11, 1984. |
| 16. Private Uchanin Andrey Nikolaevich - driver | killed in action on April 8 |
| 17. Sergeant Borets Alexander Nikolaevich | seriously wounded in battle on April 8 and died on April 11, 1984; according to the CPSU, seriously wounded on April 7, 1984. |
| 18. Private Katsov Valery Vasilievich | died in battle on April 9 |
| 19. Private Popov Igor Alexandrovich | |
| 20. Private Dresvyannikov Alexander Gennadievich | killed in action on April 21 |
| 21. Private Sadikov Gulamjon Galievich | killed in action on May 23 |
| 22. Junior Sergeant Melentiy Ivan Mikhailovich | died in battle on June 1 |
| 23. Junior Sergeant Rudenko Nikolai Vasilievich | |
| 24. Private Dadaev Nugman Kambarovich | |
| 25. Private Kryzhanovsky Pyotr Andreevich | |
| 26. Private Kydyrmanov Ermek Kasenovich | |
| 27. Private Golubev Valery Vladimirovich | killed in action on June 3 |
| 28. Sergeant Zhigalo Valery Viktorovich | died on June 26 from heatstroke on a combat mission |
| 29. Captain Babko Valery Vladimirovich | killed in action on July 10 |
| 30. Sergeant Korolev Nikolai Vasilievich | died of illness on July 22 |
| 31. Lieutenant Nafikov Khamit Muginovich | died in battle on August 15 |
| 32. Junior Sergeant Magomedov Usman Magomedalievich | |
| 33. Corporal Kharitonov Andrey Ivanovich | |
| 34. Sergeant Pikhur Vasily Viktorovich | died on September 8 in an accident |
| 35. Private Monastyrsky Vitaly Stepanovich | |
| 36. Junior Sergeant Kudyma Oleg Evgenievich | seriously wounded in battle on September 24 and died on September 25, 1984. |
| 37. Junior Sergeant Tokmakov Sergey Nikolaevich | killed in action on September 24 |
| 38. Junior Sergeant Vorobyov Gennady Valentinovich | died on November 4 in a mine explosion |
| 39. Private Matevosyan Matevos Samsonovich | died in battle on June 1 |
| 40. Private Mukhin Alexey Viktorovich | |
| 41. Senior Sergeant Pirozhkov Vladimir Mikhailovich | died in battle on December 4 |
| 42. Junior Sergeant Pekshin Igor Evgenievich | |
| 43. Private Dodomatov Mashakir Masharifovich | |
| 44. Private Dyldin Vasily Sergeevich | |
| 45. Private Ibragimov Tofik Ziyaddin-ogly | |
| 46. Private Levshchanov Nikolai Vladimirovich | |
| 47. Private Moiseev Sergei Vladimirovich | |
| 48. Junior Sergeant Dzhimkhaev Musa Usmanovich | seriously wounded in battle on December 4 and died on December 5, 1984. |
Losses of 154 ooSpN in the period from 1985 to May 18, 1988. as part of the 15th separate special forces brigade
1985
| 1. Senior Lieutenant Turusumbaev Igor Vladimirovich | died on February 11 as a result of an accident - drowned while crossing |
| 2. Lieutenant Lemishko Sergey Nikolaevich | |
| 3. Sergeant Kuramagomedov Mukhtarakhmed Zagirovich | |
| 4. Junior Sergeant Kolyanichenko Konstantin Nikolaevich | |
| 5. Private Abdualimov Ravshan Kuchkarovich | |
| 6. Private Makarchuk Arkady Stepanovich | |
| 7. Private Stela Sergei Vasilievich | |
| 8. Junior Sergeant Zhitnyakovsky Viktor Yulyanovich | died on February 11 as a result of an accident - drowned while crossing - officially listed as missing, since their bodies were not found |
| 9. Private Naumov Pavel Mikhailovich | |
| 10. Private Sitnikov Gennady Yakovlevich | |
| 11. Junior Sergeant Matniyazov Bakhtier Sultanovich | died on February 11 as a result of an accident - drowned while crossing (in the All-Union Communist Party the cause of death was “killed in battle” with the date 12.2.1985) |
| 12. Private Smykov Vladimir Leonidovich | killed in action on March 19 |
| 13. Sergeant Plotnikov Sergey Alexandrovich | died on March 23 in an accident |
| 14. Junior Sergeant Korkin Mikhail Valentinovich | killed in action on April 4 |
| 15. Private Davidenko Nikolai Ivanovich | died in battle on July 22 |
| 16. Private Lyazin Pavel Vasilievich | |
| 17. Private Kuznetsov Sergei Nikolaevich | killed in action on July 24 |
| 18. Private Glinov Alexander Alexandrovich | died on August 13 in an accident |
| 19. Lieutenant Samoilov Vasily Petrovich | died of illness on August 10 |
| 20. Junior Sergeant Yuldashev Khikmatulla Rakhmatulaevich | killed in action on August 25 |
| 21. Captain Turkov Alexey Valentinovich | died in battle on September 19 |
| 22. Lieutenant Ovsyannikov Evgeniy Ivanovich | |
| 23. Private Orujov Hamlet Khanali-ogly | killed in action on October 4 |
| 24. Senior Lieutenant Pedko Alexander Yurievich | died in battle on October 30 |
| 25. Corporal Shcherba Alexander Vladimirovich | |
| 26. Private Dzhanzakov Daniyar Sabdenovich |
1986
| 1. Private Lobanov Alexey Mikhailovich | killed in action on January 5 |
| 2. Private Nesterov Anatoly Vladimirovich | killed in action on February 9 |
| 3. Private Pokhodzilo Oleg Nikolaevich | killed in action on February 11 |
| 4. Lieutenant Krasilnikov Viktor Ivanovich | seriously wounded in battle on March 19 and died in hospital on March 22, 1986. |
| 5. Sergeant Kovalenko Vasily Vladimirovich | died in battle on March 19 |
| 6. Junior Sergeant Pavel Pavlovich Rozhnovsky | |
| 7. Private Kushnirov Anatoly Stepanovich | |
| 8. Private Mochernyuk Mikhail Ivanovich | |
| 9. Private Osipov Vladimir Alexandrovich | |
| 10. Major Petunin Anatoly Anatolyevich | seriously wounded on March 30 and died from the consequences of his wound in December 1989. |
| 11. Senior Lieutenant Rozykov Kholmukhamad Dzhuraevich - detachment translator | died in battle on March 30 |
| 12. Junior Sergeant Razlivaev Mikhail Nikolaevich | |
| 13. Corporal Kosichkin Sergey Vladimirovich | |
| 14. Private Veliky Vladimir Mikhailovich | |
| 15. Private Egorov Alexander Vasilievich | |
| 16. Private Podolyan Alexander Viktorovich | |
| 17. Private Einoris Viktor Bronislavovich | |
| 18. Private Yakuta Vitaly Vladimirovich | |
| 19. Private Buza Alexander Nikolaevich | died in battle on March 30 - officially listed as “missing in action” due to the fact that their bodies remained on enemy territory |
| 20. Private Moskvinov Dmiry Vladimirovich | |
| 21. Private Usachev Andrey Viktorovich | died on May 28 in an accident |
| 22. Private Zazimko Viktor Borisovich | died of illness on July 16 |
| 23. Private Kukuruza Alexander Pavlovich | died on July 28 from heatstroke while performing a combat mission |
| 24. Sergeant Ibadov Shukhrat Inoyatullaevich | died in battle on August 7 |
| 25. Junior Sergeant Kobylchenko Andrey Grigorievich | |
| 26. Private Vares Urmas Olevovich | |
| 27. Private Fursov Yuri Vladimirovich | |
| 28. Sergeant Yarmosh Vladimir Vasilievich | died on September 16 while performing a combat mission as a result of an accident - drowned while crossing |
| 29. Private Semenyuk Vasily Ivanovich | |
| 30. Private Miroshnichenko Anatoly Alexandrovich | |
| 31. Lieutenant Bondarev Valery Evgenievich | died on November 29 on board a downed plane |
| 32. Lieutenant Cherny Sergey Pavlovich |
1987
| 1. Private Rajapov Sadula Kuchkaevich | died on January 13 as a result of an accident |
| 2. Private Chegor Andrey Borisovich | |
| 3. Lieutenant Semin Igor Lvovich | died on January 17 from a fragment of an exploding mine |
| 4. Private Kabanov Vasily Anatolyevich | died on January 17 while clearing mines |
| 5. Lieutenant Zlunitsyn Oleg Igorevich | died in battle on January 27 |
| 6. Sergeant Yatskovsky Sergey Vladimirovich | |
| 7. Private Kuchkinov Ibrahim Uktamovich | |
| 8. Private Ovdienko Nikolai Nikolaevich | |
| 9. Lieutenant Chikhirev Alexander Vasilievich | died in battle on March 4 |
| 10. Lieutenant Khamalko Yuri Mikhailovich | |
| 11. Private Zhuraev Khasan Izabekovich | |
| 12. Private Belykh Dmitry Mikhailovich | seriously wounded in battle on March 4 and died on May 14, 1987. |
| 13. Junior Sergeant Tyufyakov Alexander Vasilievich | died on May 25 from wounds received in battle |
| 14. Private Yolkin Alexey Eduardovich | died of wounds on June 8 |
| 15. Private Mikhail Alekseevich Govenko | died on July 2 when an armored personnel carrier exploded on a mine |
| 16. Junior Sergeant Soldatenko Alexander Nikolaevich | died on July 8 when an armored personnel carrier exploded on a mine |
| 17. Private Yakhyaev Fakhriddin Khairutdinovich | |
| 18. Private Atalov Chingiz Siyavush-ogly | died in battle on July 8 |
| 19. Private Novikov Yuri Vasilievich | |
| 20. Private Kaydalin Yakov Vsevolodovich | died on July 24 from wounds received as a result of suicide |
| 21. Private Findyukevich Nikolai Vladimirovich | died tragically on November 30 - suicide |
1988
Total irrecoverable losses 154 ooSpN for the entire period of stay in Afghanistan
amounted to 186 people killed and killed*, including 24 officers
* - including missing persons - actually dead
combat losses - 137
non-combat losses in combat situations - 6
non-combat losses - 44
Losses during periods of combat activity of the detachment -
"Muslim Battalion" - 8
"1 motorized rifle battalion" - 95
Composed of 15 obrSpN - 83*
Total - 186
* - including 1 who died from the consequences of injury after the withdrawal of troops
Details about the losses of the detachment in the period from October 1981 to October 1983 can be read in the memoirs of the detachment commander, Major Igor Yuryevich Stoderevsky, “Notes of a GRU special forces officer” at this link:
http://www.k-istine.ru/patriotism/patriotism_stoderevskiy.htm — link
The explosion of the MTLB and the death of Art. lieutenant m/s, doctor 154 Special Operations Special Forces Begishev Elgizer Fedorovich here:
http://artofwar.ru/k/karelin_a_p/karelin2.shtml — link
Missing
1. Private Gorbunov Evgeniy Aleksandrovich, born on November 7, 1981, the unit was stationed in Agche, called up from the Irkutsk region.
2. junior sergeant Oleynikov Yuri Nikolaevich, born March 23, 1984, died on March 23 as a result of an accident - drowned while crossing 3.84, part in Jalalabad, called up from Buryatia.
3. Lieutenant Ovcharenko Sergei Vasilievich, 03/23/84, unit in Jalalabad, called up from the Rostov region.
4. Private Viktor Pavlovich Belitsky, 03/24/84, unit in Jalalabad, drafted from Belarus.
5. Private Naumov Pavel Mikhailovich, 02/11/85, unit in Jalalabad, called up from the Moscow region.
6. Private Sitnikov Gennady Yakovlevich, 02/11/85, unit in Jalalabad, called up from the Sverdlovsk region.
7. Junior Sergeant Zhitnyakovsky Viktor Yulyanovich, 02/11/85, unit in Jalalabad, called up from Ukraine.
8. Private Buza Alexander Mikhailovich, 03/29/86, unit in Jalalabad, drafted from Belarus.
9. Private Dmitry Vladimirovich Moskvinov, 03/29/86, unit in Jalalabad, called up from Moscow.
