The Karpov frontier post, Soviet-Afghan borderFormer Soviet Border Guard observation post in Estonia
The Soviet Border Troops (Russian: Пограничные войска СССР, romanized: Pogranichnyye voyska SSSR) were the border guard of the Soviet Union, subordinated to the Soviet state security agency: first to the Cheka/OGPU, then to NKVD/MGB and, finally, to the KGB. Accordingly, they were known as NKVD Border Security and KGB Border Troops. Unlike the border guards of many other countries, Soviet Border Troops also included the maritime border guarding units, and aviation units (i.e., a coast guard).
The mission of the Border Troops included repulsing armed incursions into Soviet territory; preventing illegal crossings of the border or the transport of weapons, explosives, contraband or subversive literature across the border; monitoring the observance of established procedures at border crossing points; monitoring the observance by Soviet and foreign ships of navigation procedures in Soviet territorial waters; and assisting state agencies in the preservation of natural resources and the protection of the environment from pollution. Border guards were authorized to examine documents and possessions of persons crossing the borders and to confiscate articles; to conduct inquiries in cases of violations of the state border; and to take such actions as arrest, search and interrogation of individuals suspected of border violations.
With the end of the Soviet Union, the Soviet Border troops remained under the command of the Commonwealth of Independent States but later were divided between the Union's constituent republics.
History
In 1934, under the NKVD, Border Troops were immediately subordinated to the GUPVO (abbreviated "Chief Directorate of Border and Internal Guard"). In 1939 they were reorganized into the GUPV ("Chief Directorate of Border Troops").
NKVD Border Troops consisted of infantry, cavalry, reconnaissance, naval and aviation units.
Since the 1920s, the distinctive part of Soviet Border Troops uniform was the medium-green colored parts of headwear and insignia (Russian Empire's Separate Corps of the Border Guard has it distinction since 1893). The color is also present on a maritime Border Troops ensign.
World War II
After the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, the Border Troops assisted the pacification of the newly acquired Soviet territory adjoining the state border. The mass execution of Romanian civilians known as the Fântâna Albă massacre happened at this time.
Border Troops units on the western USSR frontier saw particularly fierce combat in the first weeks of the German invasion of the USSR (June–July 1941). They bore the brunt of the initial German assault, and due to this, suffered high casualty rates. Border Troop servicemen were among the defenders of the Brest Fortress.
Border troops were involved in all major campaigns of the war. Notably, the 105th, 157th, and 333rd Border Troops regiments (operating like regular army units) took part in the Battle for Berlin in 1945. During and after the war, 150 border guards were awarded the title of the Hero of the Soviet Union and over 13,000 of them were decorated with different orders and medals.
Post-War history
1968 stamp honouring the Border TroopsKGB Border Troops wearing the Spetsodezhda at the Khorgos Soviet-Chinese frontier postPloughed trace-control strip with a security electric fence KS-185KGB Border Guards ready for patrol.
In wartime, the Border Troops would become a frontline combat service. The Border Troops also saw combat in 1969 in border clashes with Chinese soldiers on islands in the Ussuri River.
After the formation of the KGB, Soviet Border Troops became subordinated to this agency and remained so until the dissolution of the Soviet Union. As such, the Troops were concentrating on the tasks of preventing espionage infiltrations. The Border Guards were involved in the Soviet–Afghan War and a number of them were even awarded the Hero of the Soviet Union for their bravery during these conflicts.
The Soviet border was the longest in the world (From Norway to North Korea) and it comprised harsh terrain and climates; accordingly the Border Troops employed significant manpower, intensive maritime presence, and a dense and sophisticated system of field engineering devices. The most notable in that system was the trace-control strip (Russian: контрольно-следовая полоса) - a wide strip of plowed soil to make it apparent where a crossing had occurred.
The Border Troops consisted of conscripts drafted by the same system as for the Soviet Army, and a small number of professional enlistees. Officers were trained in specialized academies. Both conscripts and officer candidates for Border Troops were carefully selected and checked by the KGB. This made service in the troops privileged.
Landing Assault units
The Border Troops had Landing Assault Manoeuvre Groups (sing. десантно-штурмовая маневренная группа (ДШМГ)). The LAMGs of the KGB's Border Troops were temporary task forces, organised for a period of time by a Border Guard Detachment (пограничный отряд (ПОГО)), the border guard equivalent of an army brigade. The BG detachments formed temporary task forces, equivalent to battalions, for manoeuvre warfare. The land component units were called Motorised Manoeuvre Group (мото-маневренная группа (ммг)) and consisted of 3 or 4 Motorised Manoeuvre Border Outposts (sing. мото-маневренная пограничная застава), the Border Troops equivalent of a company). The 1st MMBO was armed with BMP-1 or BMP-2, the 2nd MMBO was armed with BTR-70 and the 3rd MMBO was armed with BTR-60PB. Each MMBO had 5 BMPs or BTRs. The MMG also had a motorised mortar battery, an anti-tank platoon and additional support units for a total of ca. 300 men. The fire and service support units were motorised with GAZ-66 light trucks.[1] The Landing Assault Manoeuvre Group formed the airmobile component, which operated in concert with the MMGs. While both types of units were commanded by Border Troops Lieutenant-Colonels, with manpower of less than 50 an LAMG number far fewer men than both the Border Troops's MMGs and the Landing Assault Battalions of the Ground Forces. An LAMG consisted of a command element and two Landing Assault Manoeuvre Border Outposts and had the following structure:[2]
Landing Assault Manoeuvre Group
command group (группа управления): 8 men - Commander (начальник ДШМГ); NCO; Translator; Paramedic; Radio Operator; 3 Sappers
Fire Section (огневое отделение): 10 men - SPG-9 team of 3 men; AGS-17 team of 2 men; PK machine gun team of 2 men; RPG-7 team of 2 men and 1 Sniper / Radio Operator armed with SVD and equipped with R-392 radio
Rifle Section (стрелковое отделение): 10 men - 1 Commander and 9 Riflemen, armed with Kalashnikov rifles (some with night vision sights) and equipped with 1 R-392 radio
The legal status, duties, and rights of the Border Troops were set forth in the Law on the State Border, confirmed by the Supreme Soviet on November 24, 1982. Article 28 defined the basic duties of the Border Troops. Their duties included repulsing armed incursions into Soviet territory; preventing illegal crossings of the border or the transport of weapons, explosives, contraband, or subversive literature across the border; monitoring the observance of established procedures at border crossing points; monitoring the observance by Soviet and foreign ships of navigation procedures in Soviet territorial waters; and assisting state agencies in the preservation of natural resources and the protection of the environment from pollution. Border guards were authorized to examine documents and possessions of persons crossing the borders and to confiscate articles; to conduct inquiries in cases of violations of the state border; and to take such actions as arrest, search, and interrogation of individuals suspected of border violations.
Structure
The Border Troops strength was estimated in 1989 to be in the range of 230,000 men. Although under the operational authority of the KGB, the Border Troops were conscripted as part of the biannual call-up of the Ministry of Defense, and their induction and discharge were regulated by the 1967 Law on Universal Military Service, which covered all armed forces of the Soviet Union.[3]
On top of the Border Troops stood the Main Directorate of the Border Troops (MDBT, Russian: Главное управление пограничных войск), which played a role similar to that of the General Staff for the armed forces. The Main Directorate was subordinated to the First Deputy Chairman of the KGB (the second highest-ranking official in the committee). The Commander of the Border Troops normally held the rank of lieutenant general when he took over the position and later was promoted to Colonel general. Out of the three officers who commanded the troops the second one (Vadim Alexandrovich Matrosov) has reached the rank of Army general at that position. The Commander had several Lieutenant generals and Major generals as his deputies. The Main Directorate administered approximately nine border districts (pogranichnye okruga), which covered the nearly 63,000 kilometers of the state border and additional smaller formations and independent units. Border district boundaries were distinct from civil or military district boundaries.[4] At the time of the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 the Border Troops included the following operational forces:
Main Directorate of the Border Troops
Main Directorate of the Border Troops
Main Directorate of the Border Troops (Главное управление пограничных войск)
Engineering Technical Directorate (Инженерно-техническое управление) - Lieutenant general
Personnel Directorate (Управление кадров) - Major general / Lieutenant general
Automotive and Armored Fighting Vehicles Department (Отдел автобронетанковой техники) - Major general
Aviation Department (Авиационный отдел) - Major general of aviation
Military Construction Department (Военно-строительный отдел) - Major general
Military Education Establishments Department (Отдел военно-учебных заведений) - Major general / Lieutenant general
Military Scientific Directorate (Военно-научное управление) - Major general / Lieutenant general
Military Medical Department (Военно-медицинский отдел) - Major general
Military Veterinary Service (Военно-ветеринарная служба)
Financial Department (Финансовый отдел) - Major general
Rear Services (Тыл ПВ) - Major general / Lieutenant general
Under the Main Directorate was the
Border Troops Staff
Border Troops Staff (Штаб пограничных войск)
Chief of Staff / 1st Deputy Commander of the Border Troops - Lieutenant general
First Deputy Chief of Staff - Lieutenant general
1st Directorate (Operations) (1-е Управление (оперативное)) - Major general / Lieutenant general
Directorate of Organization and Mobilization (Организационно-мобилизационное управление) - Major general
3rd Department (Signals and Warning Systems) (3-й отдел (связи и сигнализации) - Major general
Department of Information and Analysis (Информационно-аналитический отдел) - Major general
Directorate of Border-crossing Checkpoints (Управление КПП) - Major general
Department of Programs in Planning (Отдел программ планирования) - Major general
Directly subordinated to the MDBT
Border Districts
The Border Districts were combined arms formations of the KGB, which included border guards similar to motor-rifle infantry, border crossings and their organic aviation units (air regiments, squadrons and flights), signals (battalions and companies), combat engineers, construction engineers (battalions and companies), medical, repair and supply units. The districts bordering oceans and seas also included brigades of guard ships (сторожевые корабли (СКР) - patrol frigates, corvettes and boats, which next to their patrol tasks also had substantial anti-submarine role). The personnel of the Naval Service within the Border Troops held navy style ranks. The Chief of the Naval Directorate within the Main Directorate of the Border Troops was the highest-ranking officer in the service with the rank of Rear admiral / Vice admiral. The Maritime Border Troops of the Russian Border Troops (Ru:Морские части Пограничных Войск КГБ СССР) operated within the twelve-mile limit of Soviet territorial waters. It was equipped with frigates and corvettes, fast patrol boats, hydrofoils, helicopters, and light aircraft.[5] In 1991 the Border Troops numbered ten Border Districts (singular: Пограничный округ, abbr. ПО):[6]
Note: The border districts and their subordinated formations are listed clockwise, starting with the easternmost area of the Soviet Union.
Northeastern Border District
The Northeastern Border District (Russian: Северо-Восточный пограничный округ) had its headquarters in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. It guarded the easternmost territories of the Soviet Union from Wrangel Island and Mys Shmidta on the Arctic Ocean through the Bering Strait, the coastline of the Chukotka and Kamchatka Peninsulas to the island of Simushir, where it met the Pacific Border District's AOR. The security of the Sea of Okhotsk was also within the tasks of the NEBD and from Simushir its AOR ran in a strait line to the northern tip of Sakhalin and from there it continued to the mainland and the village of Ayan, Russia.
The Red Banner Pacific Border District (Russian: Краснознамённый Тихоокеанский пограничный округ) had its headquarters in Vladivostok. It guarded the coastline of the larger southern Kuril Islands from Simushir to Kunashir, through the southern tip of Sakhalin it reached the Asian mainland at the border between the Khabarovsk Krai and Primorsky Krai. From there the district's AOR followed the coastline, the border with North Korea and the border with China to the place where the territory of the Primorsky Krai met the territory of the Khabarovsk Krai and the AOR of the Red Banner Far Eastern Border District.
The Red Banner Far Eastern Border District (Russian: Краснознамённый Дальневосточный пограничный округ) had its headquarters in Khabarovsk. It guarded the Chinese border in the Amur Oblast from the Primorsky Krai to the Zabaykalsky Krai where it met the AOR of the Red Banner Trans-Baikal Border District.
19th Separate Aviation Squadron (19-я ОАЭ) — Blagoveshchensk Airfield
Red Banner Trans-Baikal Border District
The Red Banner Trans-Baikal Border District (Russian: Краснознамённый Забайкальский пограничный округ) had its headquarters in Chita, Zabaykalsky Krai. It guarded the eastern part of the Soviet-Chinese border from the Amur Oblast to Mongolia and the Mongol-Soviet border. At the Chinese-Mongol-Soviet border three-point in the Gorno-Altai Autonomous Oblast near Khüiten Peak its AOR met the AOR of the Red Banner Eastern Border District.
The Red Banner Eastern Border District had its headquarters in Almaty. It guarded the western part of the Chinese-Soviet border and a small section of the Afghan-Soviet border along the Wakhan District, after which began the area of responsibility of the Central Asian Border District.
22nd Separate Aviation Squadron (22-я ОАЭ) — Usharal Airfield
Red Banner Central Asian Border District
The Red Banner Central Asian Border District (Russian: Краснознамённый Среднеазиатский пограничный округ) had its headquarters in Ashgabad. It guarded the Afghan-Soviet (without the strip along the Wakhan District) and the Iranian-Soviet border. The sea border of the district extended halfway along the southern line of Soviet territorial waters in the Caspian Sea until it met the AOR of the Red Banner Trans-Caucasus Border District.
The Red Banner Trans-Caucasus Border District (Russian: Краснознамённый Закавказский пограничный округ) had its headquarters in Tbilisi. It guarded the western half of the Caspian Sea section of the Iranian-Soviet border, the western Iranian-Soviet land border, the Turkish-Soviet border and the Black Sea coastline from the Turkish border to the Kerch Strait, where the Red Banner Western Border District took over.
17th Separate Brigade of Border Guard Ships (17-я ОБрПСКР) — Baku, Azeri SSR
21st Separate Brigade of Border Guard Ships (21-я ОБрПСКР) — Poti, Georgian SSR
Air units:
12th Separate Training Aviation Regiment (12-й ОУАП) — Tbilisi Airfield
Red Banner Western Border District
The Red Banner Western Border District (Russian: Краснознамённый Западный пограничный округ) had its headquarters in Kiev. It guarded the Black Sea coastline to the west of the Kerch Strait, the borders with Romania, Hungary, Czechoslovakia and the Ukrainian and Belarusian sections of the Polish-Soviet border. To the north began the AOR of the Red Banner Baltic Border District.
The Red Banner Baltic Border District (Russian: Краснознамённый Прибалтийский пограничный округ) had its headquarters in Riga. It guarded the Lithuanian and Kaliningrad sections of the Polish-Soviet border and the Kaliningrad, Lithuanian, Latvian and Estonian sections of the Baltic Sea Soviet coastline.
The Red Banner Northwestern Border District (Краснознамённый Северо-Западный пограничный округ) had its headquarters in Leningrad. It guarded the Russian section of the Baltic coastline, the Finnish-Soviet border, the Barents Sea, White Sea and the Kanin Peninsula coastline.
14th Separate Aviation Regiment (14-й ОАП) — Petrozavodsk
Separate Border Detachments
The main forces of a border district were organised in formations called Border Detachments (singular: Пограничный отряд, abbr. ПОГО). These formations roughly corresponded to separate motor-rifle brigades in the Soviet Army Ground Forces. However, unlike army motor-rifle brigades, which were commanded by Major-generals, the Border Detachments were commanded by Colonels. Four of the border detachments were separate from the districts and reported directly to the Main Directorate:
Separate Arctic Border Detachment (Отдельный Арктический ПОГО)
The Separate Arctic Border Detachment (Russian: Отдельный Арктический пограничный отряд) had its headquarters in Vorkuta. The district did not have naval units. It had border outposts from Kolguyev Island to Mys Shmidta and a separate arctic aviation regiment.
105th Separate Red Banner Detachment Spetsnaz (105-й отдельный Краснознаменный отряд СпН) - The detachment was previously the sole Regiment of the Border Troops, legacy from the time when it belonged to the Soviet Ministry of the Interior. It consisted of one battalion, four separate companies and assorted support units and carried out security tasks at the Soviet embassy in East Germany, the main HQ of the KGB in East Germany and several field offices spread across the country. In 1989 the regiment was upgraded to a border detachment. With this its battalion was upgraded to a Motor-Maneuver Group (мото-маневренная группа) and the companies were upgraded to Border Outposts (singular: застава) in line with KGB Border Troops nomenclature.
Combined Arms troops
In times when the border troops were facing increased external threat or actual local conflict, they were reinforced with conventional units from the Soviet Ground Forces, which were directly integrated in their structure. Such example were tank and artillery battalions during the period of increased hostility during and immediately after the Sino-Soviet border conflict. In the final years of the USSR due to the mounting instability in the Caucasus region the Border Troops took over from the Armed Forces:
the Soviet Ground Forces' 75th Motor Rifle Division (75-я Мотострелковая дивизия) - from January 4, 1990, until September 23, 1991
The main forces of the border districts were the Border Detachments (Russian: Пограничный отряд, abbr. ПОГО (singular)). Each detachment covered a specific section of the border and had a Colonel as its commanding officer. The territorial waters were patrolled by brigades of guard ships (Russian: Бригада сторожевых кораблей, abbr. БСКР (singular)) and were commanded by Captains 1st rank. All the guard ship brigades were separate, except for the 1st and the 2nd, which formed the 1st Division of Guard Ships (Russian: 1-я Дивизиясторожевых кораблей) in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, due to the vastness of the assigned area of operations in the Pacific Ocean.
The border detachments consisted of Border Command Posts (or Commandatures) (Russian: Пограничная командатура (singular)), Separate Bordercrossing Control Points (Russian: Отдельный контрольно-пропускной пункт, abbr. ОККП (singular)) and various combat support and combat service support units.[8] A Border Command Post consisted of several Border Outposts and corresponded roughly to a battalion of the armed forces and was therefore commanded by a lieutenant colonel. The main forces of a BCP accounted several regular Border Outposts (Russian: Пограничная застава, abbr. ПОГЗ (singular)), also informally called Line Border Outposts, as each had a section of the state border assigned to it. In the rear area of the BCP there was also a Reserve Border Outpost acting as the operational reserve of the commander. It had the same structure as the line Border Outposts, but was not permanently deployed at the border. In a situation of increased threat its function was to take over the threatened section of the border, thus becoming a line outpost itself. The equivalent of a BCP in the naval service of the Border Troops was a Battalion of Guard Ships (Russian: Дивизионсторожевых кораблей), commanded by a Captain 2nd rank.
The Border Outpost (Russian: Пограничная застава, abbr. ПОГЗ) was the smallest unit of the Border Troops, which was directly involved in the task of securing the state border. The TO&E called for 41 officers, NCOs, Sergeants and border guards, organised in a staff group, 2 rifle sections, a service canine section and a signals and remote sensing section. Around the time of the Sino-Soviet border conflict a reinforced TO&E with an additional rifle section (50 men in total) was introduced and later, during the Soviet–Afghan War a new TO&E with a fourth rifle section was introduced, increasing the manpower to 64 men. The border outposts were equal in status to separate combat companies of the Ground Forces, with a major as the CO.
A specific operational reserve unit was the Motor Maneuver Group (Russian: Мото-маневренная группа (ММГ)). As the name implied, this was a maneuver element, organized similarly to an army motor rifle battalion, with its own infantry fighting vehicles, armored personnel carriers, mortars and anti-tank weapons. The MMG was a temporary task force fielded by the border detachment by combining personnel from its various units. On an operational deployment an MMG could act both as a classic BCP or as a mechanized warfare unit, the Soviet–Afghan War being the perfect example for this versatility. A typical example for a motor maneuver group was the MMG-1 (AKA the "Transcaucasus", later "Mazar-i-Sharif", later the "Marmoly" MMG) of the Termez Border Detachment, deployed to Afghanistan. It had:[9]
6 mortar sections, each armed with one PM-120 (120-mm) and one BM-82 (82-mm) mortar
reconnaissance platoon of 13 men, including one officer and two Sergeants. It had two sections - the first was armed with a BRM-1, the second - with a BTR-60
anti-tank platoon of 18 men, including one officer and three Sergeants. The platoon had 4 SPG-9 and 4 GAZ-66 in two sections of two AT teams each.
combat engineer platoon of 20 men, including one officer, one Sergeant-Major and five Sergeants. The platoon had BTR-60, ZIL-131, GAZ-66 and heavy engineering machinery divided among two sapper sections and one engineering section
medical aid post with a medical officer, a Sergeant-Major and an ambulance driver. Each of the three border outposts and the mortar battery had a paramedic, operationally subordinated to the medical officer
logistical platoon of 29 men, including two Sergeant-Majors and three Sergeants. The platoon was subdivided into
a supply, a transport and a repair sections
The MMG numbered a total personnel of ca. 300 men. In case the area of operation covered mountainous terrain the border detachments could form heliborne task forces called Air Assault Maneuver Groups (Russian: Десантно-штурмовая маневренная группа, abbr. ДШМГ (singular)). The personnel received parachute and helicopter assault training and adopted Soviet Airborne Forces and Ground Forces Air Assault Troops tactics, weapons and equipment to such an extent, that these units used the traditional VDV patch of two cargo airplanes, a parachute and a red star. These units utilized the organic Mi-8 helicopters of the Border Troops aviation branch. Due to their airborne role and the restricted cargo capacity of their aviation assets (as compared to the mechanized MMGs), these units normally counted ca. 120 men. An example for such a unit is the
AAMG formed by the same Termez Border Detachment for operations in Afghanistan. It had:[10]
The border area was divided into a border zone, which included the territory of the district and settlements adjacent to the state border, and the border strip, which was approximately two kilometers in depth, running directly along the border. Only permanent residents or those who had obtained special permission from the MVD could enter the border zone. Entry into the border strip was forbidden without special permission from the Border Troops.[11]
Border Troops Naval Service
The Border Troops had their own naval assets. They were subordinated administratively to the Sea Directorate of the Border Troops (Морское управление пограничных войск), headed by a Rear admiral / Vice admiral. Operationally the naval units were subordinated to the border districts. The patrol ships of the naval service were much heavier armed than similar-sized ships of coast guards around the world. They lacked the sophisticated anti-air and anti-ship missile systems, but were armed with artillery as heavy as the AK-100 and for their ASW they carried anti-submarine mortars, torpedoes and even anti-submarine missile systems. Soviet and Russian naval classification did not follow Western convention for smaller major surface combatants. While Western navies use classification based on the ship's size (aviso, corvette, frigate, destroyer), the Soviet Navy (and by extension the KGB's naval service) used classification based on the ship's function. Thus the corvette and frigate-sized warships of the Navy and the Naval Service were classified as guard ships (sing. сторожевой корабль, abbreviated SKR (СКР)). To distinguish the ships of the border troops from those of the navy, the former are classified as border guard ships (sing. пограничный сторожевой корабль, abbreviated PSKR (ПСКР)) and to distinguish between the larger and smaller units in their fleet the corvette and frigate-sized units were classified as ships (sing. корабль, abbreviated KR (КР)), while the smaller patrol craft were classified as cutters (sing. катер, abbreviated KA (КА)). The types of ships in the Border Troops fleet included:
border guard ship (пограничный сторожевой корабль (ПСКР)) - patrol corvettes and frigates
border support ship (пограничный корабль обеспечения (ПКО)) - replenishment ships
patrol vessel (патрульное судно (ПС)) - fishery patrol ships
border ship in special service (пограничный корабль специальной службы (ПКСС)) - corvette / frigate-sized official government yachts
border cutter in special service (пограничный катер специальной службы (ПКАСС)) - small guard craft, used for the security of coastal areas of official government sea residences and government yachts
Note: The border districts and their subordinated formations are listed clockwise, starting with the easternmost area of the Soviet Union.
The Border Troops had their own aviation assets. Administratively they fell under the Aviation Department of the Border Troops (Авиационный отдел пограничных войск), with a Major general / Lieutenant general as its chief. Operationally the aviation units were subordinated to the border districts. Unlike its predecessor - the Border Troops of the NKVD (which fielded their own bombers and ground attack aircraft prior to and during World War II), the air arm of the Border Troops of the KGB played a combat support role to the border guards and the patrol ships. The only purely combat aircraft type in service was the Mil Mi-24 attack helicopter. The mainstay of the BT air fleet - the Mil Mi-8, had limited ground attack capabilities. The Border Troops aviation's main role was to deliver supplies and troops to remote border outposts, to deliver foot patrols in remote areas and to mount heli-borne assaults in combat operations. Kamov Ka-27PS helicopters supported the operations of the Border Troops' naval arm. The service also had a small number of Ilyushin Il-76 heavy troop transport jets, which could deliver reinforcements between the various border districts. The Il-76s, Tu-154s and Yak-40s of the Moscow Special Purpose Aviation Unit were also tasked with rapid deployment of the KGB's special operations units (Alpha Group, Vympel Group, Sigma Group etc.). A secondary role of the service was to provide executive air transport for the KGB as a whole, for which it also had Tupolev Tu-134 (later Tupolev Tu-154) and Yakovlev Yak-40 in its inventory. At the time of the Soviet Union's collapse the Border Troops aviation had the following structure:[14]
Note: The border districts and their subordinated formations are listed clockwise, starting with the easternmost area of the Soviet Union.
Units directly reporting to the Main Directorate of the Border Troops:
Enlisted men were trained with their operational units, whereas officers were trained in special Border Troops schools, such as the Dzerzhinskii Higher Border Command School in Alma-Ata (Kazakh SSR) and the Mossovet Higher Border Command School in Moscow. Military-political officers received training at the Voroshilov Higher Border Military-Political School, founded in the 1930s and located outside Leningrad. In 1972 a higher border military-political school was created in Golytsin, near Moscow. More recently, higher border command faculties were set up at the Frunze Military Academy and the Lenin Military-Political Academy. The period of instruction at the Higher Border Command and Military-Political Schools was four years. Officer candidates, who were screened carefully by their local KGB offices before admittance, took general higher education courses along with specialized military and political studies.
Political considerations
Soviet sources repeatedly stressed that a border guard was not only a soldier but also a defender of Soviet ideology. His mission entailed sensitive political tasks, such as detecting subversive literature. To ensure a high level of discipline among personnel of the Border Troops, much attention was devoted to political training and indoctrination. For this purpose, a network of political organs, the Political Directorate of the Border Troops, was established within the Border Troops. It had political departments within all the border districts, detachments, and education institutions, and a network of full-time party political officers worked among all troop units. They conducted political study groups, gave propaganda lectures, and worked to increase the level of combat effectiveness among the troops.
With the Dissolution of the Soviet Union, Border Troops formations in most Soviet republics became border guards of the respective independent states. These new guards mostly changed their name and subordination. The new states of Armenia and Tajikistan are unique exceptions. Tajikistan's border with Afghanistan was guarded by the Russian Border Guard (engaging in heavy fighting) until the late 1990s under a special treaty.[citation needed]Armenia's border is still guarded by Russians under similar conditions.[citation needed]
In Russia and some other post-Soviet states, the Border Troops retained some Soviet traditions, most notably the green shoulder boards on their uniforms and "Border Guards Day" (Russian: День пограничника), an official holiday celebrated both by active service and former border guards.
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Enzo Bearzot Bearzot c. 1975 tergambar pada kartu sepak bola PaniniInformasi pribadiNama lengkap Enzo Bearzot[1]Tanggal lahir (1927-09-26)26 September 1927Tempat lahir Aiello del Friuli, ItaliaTanggal meninggal 21 Desember 2010(2010-12-21) (umur 83)Tempat meninggal Milan, ItaliaPosisi bermain Gelandang bertahanKarier senior*Tahun Tim Tampil (Gol)1946–1948 Pro Gorizia 39 (2)1948–1951 Internazionale 19 (0)1951–1954 Catania 95 (5)1954–1956 Torino 65 (1)1956–1957 Internazi...
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Turbojet aircraft engine J65 A sectioned Wright J65 Type Turbojet National origin United States Manufacturer Curtiss-Wright First run March 1951 (J65)[1] Major applications Douglas A-4 SkyhawkGrumman F-11 TigerMartin B-57 CanberraRepublic F-84F Thunderstreak Developed from Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire The Wright J65 was an axial-flow turbojet engine produced by Curtiss-Wright under license from Armstrong Siddeley. A development of the Sapphire, the J65 powered a number of US designs. D...
Americans of Fula (Fulbe) (or Fulani) descent Fula AmericansOmar ibn SaidTotal population2.1MillionLanguagesEnglish, French, Fula, ArabicReligionIslam, Christianity, Traditional African religion Fula Americans, Fulani Americans or Fulbe Americans are Americans of Fula (Fulani) (Fulbe) descent. The first Fulani people who were forcibly expatriated to United States from the slave trade came from several parts of West and Central Africa. Many Fulbe came of places as Guinea, Senegal, Guinea-Bissa...
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Wallachian, later Romanian politician, journalist and lawyer Nicolae FlevaMayor of BucharestIn officeJanuary 1884 – April 1886Preceded byM. Török (as Head of Committee)Succeeded byN. ManolescuRomanian Minister of the InteriorIn officeOctober 4, 1895 – January 5, 1896Preceded byLascăr CatargiuSucceeded byDimitrie SturdzaConstituencyMuscel CountyPutna CountyBucharestPrahova CountyRomanian Minister of Agriculture and Royal DomainsIn officeApril 11, 1899 – June...
Second wife of Roman emperor Caligula Livia OrestillaOrestilla in the Promptuarium Iconum InsigniorumRoman empressTenurec. 37–38SpouseGaius Calpurnius PisoCaligula Livia Orestilla, alternately Cornelia Orestilla or Orestina, was the second wife of the Roman emperor Caligula in AD 37 or 38. Biography Background and name Her name is given in ancient sources in several variants. Suetonius calls her Livia Orestilla, but Cassius Dio and later historians call her Cornelia Orestina, although the c...
American radio news program produced by NPR Morning EditionGenreNews: analysis, commentary, interviews, special featuresRunning timeApproximately 240 minutesCountry of originUnited StatesHome stationNational Public RadioHosted bySteve InskeepA MartínezLeila FadelMichel MartinCreated byBob EdwardsOriginal releaseNovember 5, 1979 –presentOpening themeTheme by B. J. Leiderman (1979–2019); composition by NPR/Man Made Music staff (2019–present)[1]Websitenpr.org/morningPodcastP...
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German poet and writer (1772–1801) For other uses, see Novalis (disambiguation). Novalis1799 portrait of NovalisBornGeorg Philipp Friedrich Freiherr von Hardenberg(1772-05-02)2 May 1772Wiederstedt, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman EmpireDied25 March 1801(1801-03-25) (aged 28)Weissenfels, Electorate of SaxonyPen nameNovalisOccupationWriter, philosopher, poet, aristocrat, mystic, mineralogist, civil engineerNationalityGermanAlma materUniversity of JenaLeipzig UniversityUniversity of...
American multinational corporation For other uses, see 3M (disambiguation). 3M Company3M headquarters in Maplewood, MinnesotaFormerlyMinnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company (1902–2002)Company typePublicTraded asNYSE: MMMDJIA componentS&P 100 componentS&P 500 componentISINUS88579Y1010IndustryConglomerateFoundedJune 13, 1902; 121 years ago (1902-06-13) in Two Harbors, Minnesota, U.S.[1]FoundersJ. Danley BuddHenry S. BryanWilliam A. McGonagleJohn DwanH...
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Serinacomune Serina – VedutaPanorama dal Monte Castello LocalizzazioneStato Italia Regione Lombardia Provincia Bergamo AmministrazioneSindacoMichele Villarboito (lista civica Serina con noi) dal 15-5-2023 TerritorioCoordinate45°52′N 9°44′E45°52′N, 9°44′E (Serina) Altitudine820 m s.l.m. Superficie27,34 km² Abitanti2 031[2] (31-5-2021) Densità74,29 ab./km² FrazioniBagnella, Corone, Lepreno, Valpiana[1] Comuni confin...
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