94th Internal Troops Division
Identification
Open sources match this record to v/ch 3274 in Sarov, publicly described as the Sarov-based 94th division of Rosgvardiya. An official Nizhny Novgorod regional decree lists the unit at ul. Zernova 63, Sarov, and registry data shows the legal entity belongs to the Federal Service of National Guard. ([nne.ru](https://nne.ru/news/sarovskaya-diviziya-natsionalnoj-gvardii-nagrazhdena-ordenom-zhukova/))
Mission
Sarov is the location of RFYaTs-VNIIEF, and public reporting repeatedly places v/ch 3274 in the same security ecosystem. At the 2017 Order of Zhukov ceremony, the VNIIEF director appeared alongside Rosgvardiya leadership, local coverage described the division as standing guard over Sarov, and a 2022 appellate ruling shows direct institutional dealings between v/ch 3274 and RFYaTs-VNIIEF. Rosgvardiya states that formations guarding important state sites prioritize nuclear-industrial and atomic-energy objects. Taken together, this supports a cautious assessment that the unit’s core role is protection of Sarov’s closed-city and strategic-object complex; exact guard arrangements are not public. ([nobl.ru](https://nobl.ru/upload/uf/483/b4328nmv5214v1cak2aasvaqsvt9pwfg/uk064.pdf))
Local footprint
This is a fixed garrison with organic support capacity, not just an administrative HQ. In the governor’s 2024 regional civil-protection annex for Sarov, v/ch 3274 is listed with 87 personnel at Zernova 63; the same annex attributes four ZIL-130 fire appliances to the unit. Sarov’s 2025 forest-fire planning again lists v/ch 3274 among local responders, indicating continuing integration into the city’s emergency framework. ([nobl.ru](https://nobl.ru/upload/uf/483/b4328nmv5214v1cak2aasvaqsvt9pwfg/uk064.pdf))
Subordinate trace
An official Sarov city duma report on a January 2020 formation ceremony identifies the site as the Sarov orders of Zhukov and Red Star division and confirms at least one subordinate number from the supplied metadata: v/ch 3451. The report states that retired colonel Viktor Vaganov had served in v/ch 3274 and was discharged from the post of commander of v/ch 3451. ([duma-sarov.ru](https://duma-sarov.ru/torzhestvennyj-miting-v-vojskovoj-chasti/))
History and distinctions
Public local reporting dates the Sarov formation to 1947, when guard troops were created for a secret site in Sarov. In May 2017 the formation received the Order of Zhukov; the same coverage says it had already held the Order of the Red Star since 1968, making it a twice-decorated formation. ([nne.ru](https://nne.ru/news/sarovskaya-diviziya-natsionalnoj-gvardii-nagrazhdena-ordenom-zhukova/))