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16th Separate Guards Spetsnaz Brigade
16-я отдельная гвардейская бригада специального назначения
Active1963-present
Country Soviet Union (1963–1991)
 Russia (1991-present)
Branch Spetsnaz GRU
Garrison/HQTambov, Tambov Oblast
Commanders
Current
commander		Colonel Konstantin Bushuyev
Military unit

The 16th Separate Guards Spetsnaz Brigade (Russian: 16-я отдельная гвардейская бригада специального назначения) is a Spetsnaz military formation of the Russian Federation subordinate to the Spetsnaz GRU. It is garrisoned in Tambov, Tambov Oblast. Its military unit number is 54607.

On January 26, 2019, the unit was given the title of "Guards" by presidential decree.

History

The unit was formed on January 1, 1963, in Chuchkovo, Ryazan Oblast.

During the Soviet-Afghan War at least one special purpose detachment was active from March 1985 to August 1988.

They participated in the First Chechen War from late 1994 onwards and in the Second Chechen War from 1999 to 2006.

In 1998, the unit changed garrison from Chuchkovo to Tambov.

The unit participated in a peacekeeping mission in Abkhazia shortly after the Russo-Georgian War. They were deployed there from December 2008 to October 2009.

Commanders

Commanders of the 16th Guards Spetsnaz Brigade
No. Name From To
1 Colonel Alexander V. Shipka 1963 1967
2 Colonel G. Ya. Fadeyev 1967 1971
3 Colonel E. F. Chuprakov 1971 1973
4 Colonel Semen M. Tarasov 1973 1980
5 Colonel A. A. Ovcharov 1980 1985
6 Colonel A. A. Nedelko 1985 1989
7 Colonel A. M. Dementyev 1989 1991
8 Colonel Yevgeny V. Tishin 1992 1993
9 Colonel V. L. Korunov 1993 1993
10 Lieutenant Colonel Alexander G. Fomin 1993 1997
11 Colonel Vadim E. Loginov 2003 2007?
12 Lieutenant Colonel O. N. Marzak November 2008 October 2008
13 Colonel Andrei A. Slobodyan October 2008 October 2010?
14 Colonel Konstantin Bushuyev October 2010 present

Structure

Structure of the unit as of 2019:

  • 273rd Special Purpose Detachment
  • 370th Special Purpose Detachment
  • 379th Special Purpose Detachment
  • 664th Special Purpose Detachment
  • 669th Special Purpose Detachment

References

  1. "16-я отдельная бригада специального назначения (в/ч 54607)". armius.ru. Retrieved 2023-07-25.
  2. "День частей и подразделений специального назначения ГРУ - 24 Октября 2013 - 117 отдельный разведывательный батальон". 117orb.at.ua. Retrieved 2023-07-24.
  3. "Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 26.01.2019 г. № 16". Президент России (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-07-24.
  4. ^ "16 ОБрСпН ГРУ ГШ МО (В/ч - 54607)" (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2019-03-13.
  5. ^ Мокрушин, Денис. "16-я отдельная бригада специального назначения (Тамбов)". www.tambov.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-07-24.
  6. ^ "16-я Отдельная Бригада спецназа ГРУ ГШ — Книга Памяти Ивановской области". 37kp.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-07-24.
  7. "16 ОБрСпН ГРУ ГШ МО (В/ч - 54607)". www.spec-naz.org. Retrieved 2023-07-25.
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