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Unit intelligence profile

Moscow Military District

Subordinates
13
Locations
78
Profile summary
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HQ: Moscow

Assessment

Identification

This record matches the re-established Moscow Military District (MMD), not the former Western Military District. Presidential Decree No. 141 of February 26, 2024 restored the MMD effective March 1, 2024 and assigned it 18 oblasts plus the city of Moscow; Russian reporting later confirmed that the Western Military District legal entity was dissolved through reorganization. ([usnwc.edu](https://usnwc.edu/_images/portals/0/NWCDepartments/Russia-Maritime-Studies-Institute/20240226_ENG_RUS_Decree_MilDistricts_FINALba94.pdf))

Headquarters

Open sources place the district headquarters in Moscow. In February-March 2024, the Russian MoD said it was preparing the restored historic headquarters building on Kosmodamianskaya Embankment for the MMD command; Shoigu said the roughly 16,000 sq. m. facility received modern protected communications and situation-display systems. MoD reporting carried by TASS on July 16, 2024 again stated that the district headquarters is in Moscow. ([tass.ru](https://tass.ru/armiya-i-opk/20067177?utm_source=openai))

Force posture

Russian MoD statements summarized by TASS say the MMD is deployed across two federal districts and 19 federal subjects and structurally includes a combined-arms army, a tank army, and spetsnaz, electronic-warfare, and NBC-defense formations. Spring 2024 conscription reporting said the district planned to send more than 41,000 conscripts to the armed forces, indicating a major administrative and force-generation role in central and western Russia. ([tass.ru](https://tass.ru/armiya-i-opk/21371857))

Command status

TASS, citing a Kremlin participant list, identified Colonel General Sergey Kuzovlev as commander of the Moscow Military District on May 15, 2024. Separately, on February 5, 2025, TASS reported that Russian military districts lost their "interservice" status: Navy and Aerospace Forces units were removed from district subordination, military police were subordinated to districts, and the former joint strategic commands were replaced by "directorates." ([tass.ru](https://tass.ru/armiya-i-opk/20806481))

Metadata caveat

The supplied placemark set appears to mix current MMD data with legacy Western Military District holdings. The 2024 boundary decree places St. Petersburg, Pskov, Kaliningrad, Novgorod, Murmansk, Arkhangelsk, Vologda, Karelia, Komi, and the Nenets area in the Leningrad Military District, while the Western Military District itself was later dissolved; accordingly, St. Petersburg- or Kaliningrad-based placemarks in the metadata are better treated as legacy or transitional unless newer OSINT shows reassignment. ([usnwc.edu](https://usnwc.edu/_images/portals/0/NWCDepartments/Russia-Maritime-Studies-Institute/20240226_ENG_RUS_Decree_MilDistricts_FINALba94.pdf))

Command structure

Subordinate formations

13

1st Guards Tank Army

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military unit 73621, HQ: Moscow Oblast, Odnistovo (Bakovka), Commander: Lieutenant General Sergey Kisel

27th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade

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military unit 61899, Commander: Colonel Yaroslav Gladkikh, (T-90A, BMP-3, BTR-82A, 2S3 Akatsiya)

112nd Guards Missile Division

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military unit 03333, (9K720 Iskander-M)

288th Artillery Brigade

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military unit 30683, (2A65 Msta-B, BM-27 Uragan, 9K114 Shturm)

96th Separate Reconnaissance Brigade

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military unit 52634, Commander: Colonel Valery Vdovichenko

49th Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade

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military unit 21555, (9K37 Buk, 9K37M1-2 Buk-M1-2)

60th Command and Control Brigade

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military unit 73621

60th Command and Control Brigade

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military unit 76736

20th Separate NBC Protection Regiment

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military unit 12102

69th Separate Material-Technical Support Brigade

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military unit 11385

1st Guards Tank Army HQ

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military unit 73621

20th Combined Arms Army

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military unit 89425, HQ: Voronezh, Commander: Major General Sukhrab Akhmedov

448th Missile Brigade

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military unit 35535, (9K720 Iskander-M/OTR-21 Tochka)

236th Separate Artillery Brigade

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military unit 53195, (2S19M2 Msta-SM/SM2, BM-27 Uragan)

53rd Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade

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military unit 32406, (9K37 Buk-M1)

9th Command and Control Brigade

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military unit 31895

152nd Separate Logistics Brigade

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military unit 80504

20th Combined Arms Army HQ

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military unit 89425

76th Guards Air-Assault Divsion

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military unit 07264, HQ: Pskov, Commander: Colonel Denis Shishov

104th Guards Air Assault Regiment

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military unit 32515, (BMD-3/BMD-4M, BTR-D, 2S9 Nona-S, 1V119 Rheostat), Commander: Colonel Alexei Tolmachev

234th Guards Air Assault Regiment

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military unit 74268, (BMD-3/4, BTR-D, 2S9 Nona-S, 1V119 Rheostat), Commander: Lieutenant Colonel Artyom Gorodilov

237th Guards Air Assault Regiment

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military unit 57264, Commander: Colonel Mikhail Tkachev

1140th Guards Artillery Regiment

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military unit 45377, (D-30, 2S9 Nona-S)

4th Guards Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment

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military unit 81430, (9K35 Strela-10, BTR-D)

175th Separate Guards Reconnaissance Battalion

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military unit 54399

656th Separate Guards Engineer-Sapper Battalion

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military unit 45293

728th Separate Guards Communications Battalion

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military unit 24538

1682nd Separate Guards Material Support Battalion

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military unit 42689

35th Separate Medical Detachment

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military unit 64833

124th Separate Tank Battalion

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T-72B3

76th Guards Air-Assault Divsion HQ

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military unit 07264

98th Guards Airborne Division

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military unit 65451, HQ: Ivanovo, Commander: Colonel Victor Gunaza

217th Guards Airborne Regiment

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military unit 62295, (BMD-2, BTR-D, BTR-ZD Skrezhet, 2S9 Nona-S)

331st Guards Airborne Regiment

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military unit 71211, (BMD-2, 2S9 Nona-S, BTR-D)

1065th Guards Artillery Regiment

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military unit 62297, (D-30, 2S9 Nona-S)

5th Separate Guards Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment

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military unit 65376, (9K35 Strela-10, BTR-ZD Skrezhet, BTR-D)

215th Separate Guards Reconnaissance Battalion

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military unit 54387

661st Separate Guards Engineer-Sapper Battalion

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military unit 65379

674th Separate Guards Communications Battalion

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military unit 65381

1683th Separate Material Support Battalion

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military unit 65385

98th Guards Airborne Division HQ

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military unit 65451

106th Guards Airborne Division

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military unit 55599, HQ: Tula, Commander: Colonel Vladimir Seliverstov

51st Guards Airborne Regiment

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military unit 33842, Commander: Lieutenant Colonel Vyacheslav Alexandrov, (BMD-1, BMD-2, BTR-ZD Skrezhet, 2S9 Nona-S)

137th Guards Airborne Regiment

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military unit 41450, Commander: Colonel Roman Borsuk, (BMD-2, BMD-4M, BTR-ZD Skrezhet, 2S9 Nona-S)

1182th Guards Artillery Regiment

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military unit 93723, (D-30, 2S9 Nona-S)

1st Guards Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment

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military unit 71298, (9K35 Strela-10, BTR-ZD Skrezhet, BTR-D)

173rd Separate Guards Reconnaissance Battalion

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military unit 54392

388th Separate Guards Engineer Battalion

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military unit 12159

731st Separate Guards Communications Battalion

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military unit 93687

1060th Separate Material Support Battalion

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military unit 14403

106th Guards Airborne Division HQ

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military unit 55599

6th Air and Air Defense Forces Army

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military unit 09436, HQ: Saint Petersburg, Commander: Lieutenant General Oleg Makovetsky

33rd Separate Mixed Aviation Transport Regiment

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military unit 49719 , (8x An-12, 12x An-26, 2x An-30, 6x An-72, 2x An-148-100E, 2x Tu-134, 2x L-410UVP-E20, 16x Mil Mi-8, 1x Mil Mi-26)

Mixed Aviation Squadron of the 33rd Separate Mixed Aviation Transport Regiment

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(6x An-26, 7x Mil Mi-8MTV-5)

Aviation Commandant's Office of the 33rd Separate Mixed Aviation Transport Regiment

378th Army Aviation Base

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military unit 41687, (Mi-24V, Mi-24P, Mi-8MT)

549th Army Aviation Base

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milutary unit 12633 , (Mi-28N, Mi-8MT/MTV-2, Mi-8MTV-5)

549th Base Air Group

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military unit 12633-2, (Mi-24PN, Mi-35M, Mi-8MT/MTV-2)

15th Army Aviation Brigade

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military unit 44440, (16x Mil Mi-28N, 10x Mil Mi-35M, 18x Ka-52, 20x Mil Mi-8MTV-5, 6x Mi-26)

Separate Communications Battalion

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military unit 03213-2

57th Separate Radio-Technical Battalion (?)

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military unit 68107

57th Separate Radio-Technical Battalion (?)

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military unit 68107

35th Separate Airfield Engineer Battalion

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military unit 55603

213rd Command Center

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military unit 03213

565th Support Center

2488th Separate Engineer-Sapper Battalion

6th Air and Air Defense Forces Army HQ

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military unit 09436

3rd Army Corps

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Commander: Major General Vladimir Belyaevsky (?)

7th Railway Troops Territorial Command

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HQ: Smolensk

29th Separate Railway Brigade

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military unit 33149

34th Separate Railway Brigade

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military unit 68981

34th Separate Railway Brigade

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military unit 68981

38th Separate Railway Brigade

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military unit 83497

Mechanized Railway Battalion

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military unit 32001

Railway Road Construction and Automotive Equipment Battalion

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military unit 68981

857th Railway Training Center

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military unit 11300

Railway Troops facility

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military unit 11311

Operational Group of Russian Forces in Transnistria

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military unit 13962, Commander: Colonel Dmitry Zelenkov

OGRF HQ

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military unit 13962

82nd Separate Guards Motor Rifle Battalion

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military unit 74273

113th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Battalion

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military unit 22137

540th Separate Command and Control Battalion

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military unit 09353

3783rd Complex Logistics Base

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military unit 96131

4th Branch of the 3783rd Complex Logistics Base

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military unit 96131-4

18th Branch of the 3783rd Complex Logistics Base

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military unit 96131-18

1060th Logistics Center

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military unit 55443

Ammunition and Equipment Depot

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military unit 55443-109

96th Engineer Troops Storage Base

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military unit 55443-66

15th Navy Arsenal

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military unit 55443-25

1962th Engineer Troops Storage Base

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military unit 55443-40

Integrated Fuel Storage Base

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military unit 55443-NP

Warehouses

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military unit 55443-KA

1060th Logistics Center

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military unit 55443-90

Equipment Warehouse

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military unit 55443-MCh

Air Force Equipment and Vehicles Storage Base

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military unit 55443-16

Fuel Depot

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military unit 55443-90

Rocket Fuel Storage Base

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military unit 55443

Vehicle Storage

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military unit 55443-LZh

Vehicle Storage

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military unit 55443-LN

Vehicle Storage

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military unit 55443-24

Fuel Depot

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military unit 55443-NZh

Warehouses

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military unit 55443-MT

Warehouses

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military unit 55443-NN

467th Guards District Junior Specialists Training Center

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military unit 30616

467th Guards District Junior Specialists Training Center HQ

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military unit 30616

419th Guards Motor Rifle Training Regiment

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military unit 30616-4

523rd Guards Motor Rifle Training Regiment

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military unit 30616-6

522nd Guards Tank Training Regiment

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military unit 30616-7

Geospatial index

Known places

78

1st Separate Rifle Regiment

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military unit 75384, Responsible for defense and protection of the facilities of the central military command bodies, the main headquarters of the branches of the Armed Forces (in Moscow), and the main and central departments of the Ministry of Defense.

Training Center of the 1st Separate Rifle Regiment

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military unit 83421

1st Guards Engineer-Sapper Brigade

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military unit 11105

1st Command and Control Brigade

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military unit 55338

2nd Separate Spetsnaz Brigade

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military unit 64044, (BTR-80, GAZ-3937 Vodnik, GAZ Tigr-M)

16th Separate Guards Spetsnaz Brigade

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military unit 54607, Commander: Colonel Anatoly Khromov, (BTR-80, GAZ Tigr-M)

202nd Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade

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military unit 43034, (S-300V)

45th High-Power Artillery Brigade

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military unit 31969, (2S7M Malka, 2S4 Tyulpan)

79th Guards Rocket Artillery Brigade

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military unit 53956, (9K515 Tornado-S)

28th Guards Pontoon-Bridge Brigade

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military unit 45445

27th NBC Protection Brigade

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military unit 11262

Separate EW Battalion

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military unit 81261

16th Separate EW Brigade

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military unit 64055

Murmansk BN

49th Separate EW Battalion

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military unit 54916

172nd Separate EW Battalion

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military unit 84713

841th Separate EW Center

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military unit 09643

82th Separate Special Purpose Radio-Technical Brigade

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military unit 48886

82th Separate Special Purpose Radio-Technical Brigade

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military unit 48886

82nd Separate Special Purpose Radio-Technical Brigade

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military unit 48886

146th Separate Special Purpose Radio-Technical Brigade GRU

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military unit 75752

146th Separate Special Purpose Radio-Technical Brigade GRU

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military unit 75752, command post

312th Separate Special Purpose Radio-Technical Regiment

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military unit 73582

45th Guards Camouflage Engineer Regiment

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military unit 11361

96th Engineering Base

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military unit 51522

56th Guards District Junior Specialists Training Center

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military unit 71717

2279th Engineer Troops Depot (former?)

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military unit 28314

10th Armament Base

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military unit 18558

216th Storage and Repair Base

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military unit 63452

Communication Troops Equipment Warehouse

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military unit 41101

Equipment and Vehicle Storage Base

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military unit 30778

3494th Automotive Equipment Repair and Storage Base

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military unit 96507

19th Research Traning Center

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military unit 33491

876th Separate Radio Emission Direction Finding Point

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military unit 41480

66th Guards Pontoon-Bridge Regiment

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military unit 11361

200th Separate NBC Protection Detachment

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military unit 83536

462nd Separate Bridge Battalion

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military unit 36194

470th Methodological and Cynological Center

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military unit 32516

45th Guards Engineer-Sapper Brigade

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militaryt unit 11361

12th Separate NBC Protection Battalion

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military unit 55105

International Mine Action Center

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military unit 33246

74th Separate Repair and Maintenance Battalion

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military unit 11385-9

210th Guards Engineer Troops Interspecific Regional Training Center

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military unit 64120

1084th Interspecific Center for Training and Combat Use of EW Troops

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military unit 61460

609th Separate Automobile Battalion

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military unit 62896

1263rd Engineer Troops Arsenal

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military unit 42754

212nd Support Regiment

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military unit 34035

69th Separate Repair and Restoration Battalion

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military unit 21980

6532nd Weapons and Equipment Base

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military unit 34112

918th Separate Synchronous Direction Finding Battalion

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military unit 51551

309th Central Storage Base

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military unit 55248

2227th Technical Base

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military unit 11291

61st Command Intelligence Center GRU HQ

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military unit 42676

61st Command Intelligence Center GRU

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military unit 42626

137th NBC Protection Troops Repair and Storage Base

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military unit 42732

4998th Military Equipment Storage and Repair Base

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military unit 41734

154th Separate Commandant's Regiment

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military unit 01904, the official honor guard regiment of the Russian Armed Forces.

90th Separate Special Search Battalion

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military unit 11115

22nd Tank Reserve Center

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military unit 42713

65th Communications Troops Interspecific Regional Training Center

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military unit 41516

101st Armored Property Warehouse

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military unit 68076

1236th Artillery Ammunition Depot

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military unit 01540

333rd Combat Training Center

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military unit 74036

2148th Psychological Operations Group GRU

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military unit 03126

2148th Psychological Operations Group GRU

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military unit 03126

2156th Psychological Operations Group GRU

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military unit 03127

449th Separate Guards Salute Squadron

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military unit 48428

282nd NBC Protection Troops Interspecific Regional Training Center

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military unit 19889

2066th Central Engineer Troops Base

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military unit 55237

484th Separate Automobile Battalion

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military unit 73410

2490th Central Engineer Troops Equipment Base

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military unit 22226

155th Central Communications Warehouse

630th Separate Support Battalion (of Western Military District command posts)

660th Special Purpose Medical Unit

2509th Central Repair and Storage Base

6415th Medical Equipment Storage Base

7015th Storage and Repair Base

7023th Engineering Troops Storage and Repair Base

Western Military District HQ

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military unit 11000