133rd Command and Control Brigade
Identification
The best open-source match for this record is v/ch 31955 in Novocherkassk. A public order-of-battle listing places that unit there as the 133rd Command and Control Brigade under the 8th Guards Combined Arms Army; however, this brigade-to-unit-number mapping is open-source and not an officially published Russian roster. ([ru.wikipedia.org](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/8-%D1%8F_%D0%B3%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%BE%D0%B1%D1%89%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%8F_%28%D0%A0%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B8%D1%8F%29?utm_source=openai))
Specific site
A 2024 appellate court record in a heritage-protection case states that v/ch 31955 was the actual user of the Kazennaya Palata building in central Novocherkassk, at Platovsky Prospekt 60b/39 and Ermak, liter R. This is the strongest public evidence found for a specific brigade-linked facility. ([base.garant.ru](https://base.garant.ru/66092219/?utm_source=openai))
Urban footprint
Related 2024-2025 court materials show regional and city authorities pressing the Ministry of Defence over the poor condition of military-used heritage facades in Novocherkassk and record repeated correspondence involving v/ch 31955 as the factual user. That indicates the unit occupies at least part of a historic urban military property, not just an unspecified remote cantonment. ([base.garant.ru](https://base.garant.ru/66265549/?utm_source=openai))
Army context
CNA’s order-of-battle study assesses that the 8th Combined Arms Army was created in 2016-2017 to cover the Donbas axis and that its core is deployed around Rostov-on-Don and Novocherkassk, the army headquarters area. By role and location, a Novocherkassk-based command-and-control brigade would support army-level command, communications, and staff functions for that southern theater, but the brigade’s detailed internal structure is not publicly confirmed in the sources reviewed. ([cna.org](https://www.cna.org/reports/2021/08/Russian-Forces-in-the-Southern-Military-District.pdf))
Confidence
Open sources firmly place v/ch 31955 in Novocherkassk and tie it to at least one identified building, but they do not publicly define the brigade’s full compound, equipment holdings, or complete internal organization. This location should therefore be assessed as a Novocherkassk-based 8th Army command-support site with only partial public geolocation. ([base.garant.ru](https://base.garant.ru/66092219/?utm_source=openai))