79th Internal Troops Division
Identity
Open sources confirm v/ch 6676 in Kirov at ul. Truda 73. A 2018 municipal posting quoting the commander states the formation traces its lineage to 28 November 1968 and that it was redesignated as an Internal Troops division, v/ch 6676, two years later. Recent public reporting instead describes the same Kirov formation as a Rosgvardiya connection/brigade, so the 79th Internal Troops Division label is best treated as the historical lineage of this site rather than a publicly confirmed current title. ([trudkirov.ru](https://trudkirov.ru/employer/detail/?companyId=57abf6e6-c0e3-11e3-8a4c-005056876601))
Headquarters
The Kirov headquarters is a standing administrative/garrison site, not just a registry address. Open procurement tied to v/ch 6676 in 2021 included capital repair of headquarters premises, fire-safety work, replacement of windows, self-rescuers, and IT spare parts, indicating continued upkeep of staff buildings and support infrastructure in Kirov. ([trudkirov.ru](https://trudkirov.ru/employer/detail/?companyId=57abf6e6-c0e3-11e3-8a4c-005056876601))
Current activity
In 2023 the Kirov Rosgvardiya formation was publicly credited with security and public-order support for major regional events including New Year and Christmas celebrations, Victory Day, City Day, and the Velikoretsky pilgrimage. The same report said it was judged the best formation in the Volga district for service-and-combat activity that year, confirming that the site remained an active district-level formation in late 2023. ([gtrk-vyatka.ru](https://www.gtrk-vyatka.ru/vesti/society/91615-kirovskoe-soedinenie-rosgvardii-stalo-luchshim-sredi-soedinenij-privolzhskogo-okruga.html))
Verified subordinate
The strongest verified subordinate link in open sources is v/ch 3730 in Kazan. Procurement data lists it at ul. Bogatyreva 6 and explicitly shows administrative subordination to v/ch 6676; a 2024 Kazan election-precinct document also places v/ch 3730 in that same address area. Its contracts for electricity, heat, water, and sewage with the Kazan State Gunpowder Plant show a sustained logistics/utility relationship with that industrial zone. ([clearspending.ru](https://clearspending.ru/customer/03111000255/?utm_source=openai))
Former footprint
Two other placemarked battalions match real Rosgvardiya/Internal Troops records but appear to be historical rather than current. In Izhevsk, v/ch 6575 at Salyutovskaya 35 is identified in open data as administratively subordinate to v/ch 6676, but its legal entity was liquidated on 18 December 2017. In Perm Krai, v/ch 6659 matches a real unit in Gamovo, with local planning material placing it 0.5 km northwest of the village, but that legal entity was liquidated on 1 December 2017 and I did not find equally clear public documentation tying 6659 to v/ch 6676. ([warshistory.ru](https://warshistory.ru/raznoe-2/6575-v-ch-voinskaya-chast-6575-v-gorod-izhevsk-salyutovskaya-ulica.html?utm_source=openai))