16th Guards Spetsnaz Brigade

16th Separate Guards Order of Zhukov Spetsnaz Brigade 16-я отдельная гвардейская ордена Жукова бригада специального назначения Great emblem of the 16th Guards Special Purpose Brigade.svg 1963 – Soviet Union (1963–1991) (1991-) 24px Spetsnaz GRU Chuchkovo, Chuchkovo, Ryazan Oblast Colonel Konstantin Bushuyev The 16th Separate Guards Order of Zhukov Spetsnaz Brigade (ru 16-я отдельная гвардейская ордена Жукова бригада специального назначения 16-ya otdelnaya gvardeyskaya ordena Zhukova brigada spetsialnogo naznacheniya) 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 54607.16-я отдельная бригада специального назначения (в/ч 54607) https://armius.ru/suhoputnie-voyska/specialnie/vch54607 2023-07-25 armius.ruДень частей и подразделений специального назначения ГРУ - 24 Октября 2013 - 117 отдельный разведывательный батальон https://117orb.at.ua/news/den_chastej_i_podrazdelenij_specialnogo_naznachenija/2013-10-24-32 2023-07-24 117orb.at.ua On January 26, 2019, the unit was given the title of "Guards" by presidential decree.Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 26.01.2019 г. № 16 http://kremlin.ru/acts/bank/43924 2023-07-24 Президент России ru History The unit was formed on January 1, 1963, in Chuchkovo, Ryazan Oblast. 16 ОБрСпН ГРУ ГШ МО (В/ч - 54607) http://www.spec-naz.org/dossier/GRU_special_forces/16_obrspn_gru_gsh_mo_v_ch_54607/ https://web.archive.org/web/20190313173739/http://www.spec-naz.org/dossier/GRU_special_forces/16_obrspn_gru_gsh_mo_v_ch_54607/ 2019-03-13 ru During the Soviet-Afghan War at least one special purpose detachment was active from March 1985 to August 1988.Мокрушин Денис 16-я отдельная бригада специального назначения (Тамбов) https://www.tambov.ru/pp/other-news/item/28-16-otdelnaya-brigada-specialnogo-naznacheniya.html 2023-07-24 www.tambov.ru ru-ru They participated in the First Chechen War from late 1994 onwards and in the Second Chechen War from 1999 to 2006.16-я Отдельная Бригада спецназа ГРУ ГШ — Книга Памяти Ивановской области http://37kp.ru/16-%D1%8F-%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F-%D0%B1%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B0-%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%86%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B0-%D0%B3%D1%80%D1%83-%D0%B3%D1%88/ 2023-07-24 37kp.ru ru 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 Brigade16 ОБрСпН ГРУ ГШ МО (В/ч - 54607) http://www.spec-naz.org/cgi-sys/suspendedpage.cgi 2023-07-25 www.spec-naz.orgNo.NameFromTo1Colonel Alexander V. Shipka196319672Colonel G. Ya. Fadeyev196719713Colonel E. F. Chuprakov197119734Colonel Semen M. Tarasov197319805Colonel A. A. Ovcharov198019856Colonel A. A. Nedelko198519897Colonel A. M. Dementyev198919918Colonel Yevgeny V. Tishin199219939Colonel V. L. Korunov1993199310Lieutenant Colonel Alexander G. Fomin1993199711Colonel Vadim E. Loginov20032007?12Lieutenant Colonel O. N. MarzakNovember 2008October 200813Colonel Andrei A. SlobodyanOctober 2008October 2010?14Colonel Konstantin BushuyevOctober 2010present 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 Category:Spetsnaz brigades of the Soviet Union Category:Spetsnaz brigades of Russia Category:Military units and formations established in 1963 Category:Military formations of the Moscow Military District