136th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade

mil July 2017 136th Guards Uman-Berlin, Apsheron Red Banner Orders of Suvorov, Kutuzov and Bogdan Khmelnitsky Motor Rifle Brigade ru 136-я гвардейская мотострелковая Уманьско-Берлинская, Апшеронская Краснознамённая, орденов Суворова, Кутузова и Богдана Хмельницкого бригада Sleeve patch of the 136th Guards Motor Rifle Brigade.svg 200 136th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade shoulder sleeve insignia (text transliteration: Umansko-Berlinskaja) 1993–present Russia Russian Ground Forces Motorized Infantry Brigade 58th Army Buynaksk, Dagestan T-90A,http://www.rgvktv.ru/news/11572 Буйнакская мотострелковая бригада получила новую боевую технику 12 December 2011 RGVK Dagestan 2016-08-01 ru BMP-3,Мотострелковое соединение ЮВО в Дагестане переброшено в Волгоградскую область в рамках проверки боевой готовности http://structure.mil.ru/structure/forces/ground/news/more.htm?id=12132187@egNews Southern Military District Press Service mil.ru 5 July 2017 2017-07-12 ru BTR-82A,Сюрприз для "боевиков" приготовили дагестанские мотострелки http://tvzvezda.ru/news/forces/content/201510090921-kptw.htm Zvezda 9 October 2015 2016-08-13 ru GAZ Tigr, 2S12 Sani, 2S3 Akatsiya, 9M133 Kornet, 9K114 Shturm-S,В Дагестане ракетные комплексы ведут бой против бронетехники "врага" http://tvzvezda.ru/news/forces/content/201512220946-xfq5.htm Zvezda 22 December 2015 2016-08-09 ru BM-21 Grad, 9A34(35) Strela-10, 2S6M Tunguska, 9A331 Tor-M1, ZSU-23-4 First Chechen WarWar of DagestanSecond Chechen WarWar in DonbasRussian invasion of Ukraine Apsheron Colonel Roman Geradotovich Demurchiev The 136th Guards Uman-Berlin, Apsheron Red Banner Orders of Suvorov, Kutuzov and Bogdan Khmelnitsky Motor Rifle Brigade is a mechanised infantry brigade of the Russian Ground Forces. On December 1, 1993, the 136th Motor Rifle Brigade was established at Buynaksk, Dagestan. In 1996-97, the brigade was merged with the 204th Guards Motor Rifle Regiment "Uman-Berlin" as the 136th Guards Motor Rifle Brigade.http://svpressa.ru/society/article/29954/ Кровавая проверка боеготовности. Всего один смертник сумел прорвать оборону мотострелковой бригады Turchenko Sergey 5 September 2010 Svobodnaya Pressa 2016-08-01 ru The 204th Guards Motor Rifle Regiment was transferred to the North Caucasus Military District at some point during the transformation of the 94th Guards Motor Rifle Division, returning from the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany, to become the 74th Guards Motor Rifle Brigade in the Siberian Military District. On December 21-22, 1997, the Islamic extremist Ibn al-Khattab and his followers attacked the location of the unit in Buynaksk. Plans from 2018 to upgrade the brigade to division statusInstitute for the Study of War, Russia's Military Posture: Ground Forces Order of Battle, p. 20, March 2018. Washington D.C. had apparently not completed by 2022, unlike the 19th Motor Rifle Brigade which was reestablished as a division in 2020. War in Ukraine The 136th Guards Motor Rifle Brigade conducted combat operations in Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine, in 2014, during the war in Donbas.https://informnapalm.org/en/russian-t-90-tanks-136th-motorized-rifle-brigade-luhansk-region/ Russian T-90 Tanks of the 136th Motorized Rifle Brigade in Luhansk Oblast 22 October 2014 informnapalm.org The brigade took part in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, operating north-east of Crimea on the southern front. Reportedly, the brigade's chief of staff, Colonel Viktor Ivanovich Isaykin, was killed in the first days of the war.https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/3417585-russian-army-colonel-killed-in-ukraine-media.html Russian army colonel killed in Ukraine – media www.ukrinform.net 2 March 2022 https://gur.gov.ua/content/voennosluzhashchye-136-otdelnoi-motostrelkovoi-bryhady.html Военные преступники – военнослужащие 136 отдельной мотострелковой бригады совершающие военные преступления против мирного населения Украины gur.gov.ua On 30 September 2024, the brigade was awarded with the honorary designation "Apsheron".Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 30.09.2024 № 833 Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of 30.09.2024 № 833 http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/document/0001202409300021 https://web.archive.org/web/20250124182857/http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/document/0001202409300021 2025-01-24 2025-03-09 publication.pravo.gov.ru ru On 5 January 2026, the brigade's commander, Colonel Eric Selimov, was killed in a car crash in occupied Luhansk region.https://militarnyi.com/en/news/russian-136th-separate-guards-motor-rifle-brigade-commander-killed-in-occupied-luhansk-region/ Anzhelika Kalchenko Russian 136th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade Commander Killed in Occupied Luhansk Region militarnyi 6 January 2025 Subordinated units The brigade comprises, among other units, a tank battalion, three motor rifle battalions, artillery, and engineers. References External links Category:1993 establishments in Russia Category:Mechanised infantry brigades of Russia Category:Military units and formations awarded the Order of the Red Banner Category:Military units and formations established in 1993 Category:Military units and formations of Russia in the war in Donbas Category:Military units and formations of Russia in the Russian invasion of Ukraine Equipment The division's principal vehicles starting with MBTs T-90A, infantry fighting vehicle and armoured personnel carrier are BMP-3, BTR-82A, GAZ Tigr. Self propelled and towed artillery. 9M133 Kornet, 9K114 Shturm-S, 2S3 Akatsiya BM-21 Grad and 2S12 Sani. Anti-Aircraft Missile systems and vehicles include 9A34(35) Strela-10, 2S6M Tunguska, 9A331 Tor-M1 and ZSU-23-4.