201st Military Base
Identification
This record matches Russia’s 201st Military Base in Tajikistan, a distributed Central Military District formation rather than a single point site. A Russian Supreme Court ruling linked field post/unit 01162 to the 201st base in Dushanbe, and a Kazakh government transit decree also identified field post 01162 as the recipient at Dushanbe. ([legalacts.ru](https://legalacts.ru/sud/opredelenie-verkhovnogo-suda-rf-ot-13112018-n-203-kg18-14/))
Current status
Open reporting shows Andrey Marushkin took command as a colonel in November 2022, while TASS identified him as a major general in December 2024; the rank in the supplied metadata is therefore likely outdated. On 15 December 2025, a presidential decree granted the base the honorary "Guards" title, updating its formal name. ([interfax-russia.ru](https://www.interfax-russia.ru/military/news_eng/387847))
Footprint
Recent Russian reporting consistently places the base in Dushanbe and Bokhtar. Older reporting also listed Kulyab/Kulob and Kurgan-Tyube, so the open-source picture suggests a distributed formation whose currently public footprint is reported mainly as Dushanbe-Bokhtar; a current standalone Kulob garrison is not consistently confirmed in the retrieved sources. ([tass.com](https://tass.com/defense/1787159))
Mission
Russian official statements publicly frame the 201st base as a key guarantor of security for Tajikistan and the CSTO’s southern flank, especially in contingencies tied to the Afghan direction. The base was formed in 2004 from the former 201st division, and the Russian-Tajik agreement signed in October 2012 extends its presence through 2042. ([tass.com](https://tass.com/politics/2027231?utm_source=openai))
Capabilities
Public reporting consistently describes motor rifle, tank, artillery, reconnaissance, air-defense, radiation/chemical/biological defense, and signal elements. Open-source reporting also documents a battalion of S-300PS on combat duty/readiness, about 20 Verba MANPADS delivered in 2021, Kornet anti-tank systems delivered in 2021, and 30 T-72B3M tanks delivered in December 2021. ([tass.com](https://tass.com/defense/1787159))
Training and support
The base uses Lyaur near Dushanbe and Sambuli for regular training, while Harb-Maidon near the Afghan border has hosted larger Russian-Tajik and trilateral drills focused on border-breach and counter-incursion scenarios. Russian reporting says instructors at the base have trained Tajik personnel since 2015, with annual cohorts of roughly 500-1,000 in 14-15 specialties; retrieved reporting also confirms a 451st Russian military hospital at the base. ([tass.com](https://tass.com/defense/1049259))