55th Internal Troops Division
Identification
As of 16 January 2026, the active legal entity for military unit 5401 is registered at 2-ya Kvesisskaya ul. 6, Moscow. Moscow city heritage documentation for the same block states that the former factory barracks at 2-ya Kvesisskaya 6 and bldgs. 1-2 are now buildings of military unit 5401. The public sources reviewed for this briefing consistently place the formation in Moscow; I did not find comparably credible confirmation for an HQ at Mozhaysk, ul. 20 Yanvarya, 24, so that address should be treated as unverified. ([companies.rbc.ru](https://companies.rbc.ru/id/1037700200625-federalnoe-gosudarstvennoe-kazennoe-uchrezhdenie-vojskovaya-chast-5401/))
Status and mission
The Russian National Guard was created by presidential decree on 5 April 2016 and Federal Law No. 226-FZ of 3 July 2016; registry data for military unit 5401 lists the Federal Service of National Guard Troops as founder. Public Moscow police reporting describes the 55th division as a formation working with city police to maintain order during major public, political, cultural, and sports events in Moscow and Moscow Oblast. ([kremlin.ru](https://www.kremlin.ru/acts/bank/40689))
Verified footprint
Public notices reviewed for this briefing confirm several component units linked to the division, though not a complete current order of battle. A November 2022 swearing-in notice identifies v/ch 5129 as part of the 55th division; a September 2024 MGO Dynamo event for the division day included teams from v/ch 5129, 5126, 3792 and 5128; and a 2023 MGO Dynamo shooting meet was hosted at v/ch 3270 in Elektrostal under the Central District. This supports, as an OSINT inference, a dispersed footprint across Moscow with at least one training element in Elektrostal. ([dumrf.ru](https://dumrf.ru/common/event/21676))
Recent activity
A September 2025 Moscow news report states that more than 1,200 personnel from Moscow Rosgvardiya and servicemen of the 55th division of the Central District were used to secure a large Moscow religious procession involving more than 40,000 participants. That is recent open-source evidence that the division remains available for large-scale public-order missions in the capital. ([mskagency.ru](https://www.mskagency.ru/materials/3506571))
Site character
The verified Kvesisskaya compound sits inside a dense former industrial quarter rather than on a stand-alone training base. Moscow heritage records identify the occupied buildings as late-19th/early-20th-century residential and service structures of a former silk-spinning factory, with the ex-workers' barracks now used by military unit 5401. This suggests a headquarters and administrative garrison optimized for urban deployment rather than a large maneuver installation. ([mos.ru](https://www.mos.ru/upload/documents/files/1130/AKTVyatskaya.pdf))