Unit intelligence profile

North Caucasian National Guard District

Subordinates: 5
Locations: 10

Profile summary

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HQ: Rostov-on-Don

Assessment

Lineage

Rosgvardiya’s published history for the Southern District traces the predecessor command line from the North Caucasus Internal Troops District created in January 1993, to the North Caucasus Regional Command on 1 January 2008, and to the North Caucasus Rosgvardiya district on 3 September 2016. Separate open corporate-registry records then show the current Administration of the North Caucasus Order of Zhukov District registered in Pyatigorsk on 19 December 2017, indicating a later reorganization rather than an unchanged headquarters record. ([rosguard.gov.ru](https://rosguard.gov.ru/ru/page/index/yuzhnyj-okrug?utm_source=openai))

Current seat

Open sources do not support Rostov-on-Don as the current headquarters of this district. Rosgvardiya’s contacts page lists the North Caucasus Order of Zhukov District at 12B Ermolova Street, Pyatigorsk, while the same page lists the separate Southern District in Rostov-on-Don. Given that Rosgvardiya also says an earlier North Caucasus district was renamed into the Southern District with Rostov as its location, the supplied Rostov HQ most likely reflects legacy lineage or confusion with the Southern District, not the currently published seat of the North Caucasus district. ([rosguard.gov.ru](https://rosguard.gov.ru/page/index/contacts?utm_source=openai))

Mission area

As an operational-territorial district, this command is the military-administrative layer for Rosgvardiya organs, formations and units assigned within its territory. Official Rosgvardiya reporting ties the district specifically to the North Caucasus Federal District, and Rosgvardiya states that since 2017 it has directed the United Grouping of Forces conducting counterterrorism operations in the North Caucasus; district press releases continue to associate the command with that mission set. ([rosguard.gov.ru](https://rosguard.gov.ru/ru/page/index/okruga-vojsk-nacionalnoj-gvardii?utm_source=openai))

Operational posture

Recent official reporting shows an active regional command rather than a historical shell. Rosgvardiya reported on 31 January 2025 that Lieutenant General Oleg Chernai was serving as acting commander of the North Caucasus District, and June 2025 official reporting showed the district commander on a working trip across North Caucasus Federal District regions, including Chechnya. Earlier official reporting also highlighted inspections of district elements in Stavropol Krai and Chechnya. ([rosguard.gov.ru](https://rosguard.gov.ru/News/Article/generallejtenant-oleg-chernaj-prinyal-uchastie-v-podvedenii-itogov-operativnosluzhebnoj-deyatelnosti-gu-mvd-rossii-po-skfo-za-2024-god?utm_source=openai))

Validation limits

In February 2024 the district was publicly awarded the Order of Zhukov in Grozny, underscoring a current service-combat role. The supplied placemark list, however, cannot be fully validated from authoritative open sources reviewed here: Rosgvardiya publicly confirms the district itself and its Pyatigorsk seat, but these sources do not publish a matching full subordinate order of battle, and several Rostov-area placemarks may instead correspond to the separate Southern District or to legacy internal-troops structures. ([tass.ru](https://tass.ru/armiya-i-opk/20048603?utm_source=openai))

Command structure

Subordinate formations

46th Separate Operational Purpose Brigade

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military unit 3025

46th Separate Operational Purpose Brigade HQ

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military unit 3025

424th Separate Operational Purpose Battalion

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military unit 2671

248th Separate Special Motorized Internal Troops Battalion "North"

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military unit 4156

249th Separate Special Motorized Internal Troops Battalion "South"

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military unit 4157

140th Artillery Regiment

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military unit 5382

34th Special Purpose Detachment

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military unit 6775

358th Separate Operational Purpose Battalion

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military unit 6776

94th Operational Purpose Regiment

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military unit 6779

96th Operational Purpose Regiment

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military unit 6780

352nd Separate Reconnaissance Battalion

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military unit 6783

353rd Separate Communications Battalion

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military unit 6784

354th Separate Engineer-Sapper Battalion

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military unit 6785

355th Separate Repair and Restoration Battalion

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military unit 6786

360th Separate Operational Purpose Battalion

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military unit 6791

743rd Separate Operational Purpose Battalion

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military unit 6884

744th Separate Operational Purpose Battalion

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military unit 6885

359th Separate Special Motorized Battalion

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military unit 6778

356th Separate Logistics Battalion

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military unit 6787

357th Separate Medical Battalion

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military unit 6788

47th Separate Operational Purpose Brigade

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military unit 3702

127th Special Motorized Regiment

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military unit 3662

139th Special Motorized Regiment

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military unit 3703

15th Special Purpose Detachment "Vyatich"

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military unit 6771

413th Separate Special Motorized Battalion

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military unit 2666

378th Separate Operational Purpose Battalion

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military unit 3219

244th Separate Communications Battalion

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military unit 3774

215th Separate Special Motorized Battalion

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military unit 5562

282nd Separate Repair and Restoration Battalion

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military unit 5589

322nd Separate Medical and Sanitary Battalion

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military unit 6765

380th Separate Logistics Battalion

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military unit 6820

49th Separate Operational Purpose Brigade

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military unit 3748

121st Operational Purpose Regiment

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military unit 3723

121st Operational Purpose Regiment

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military unit 3723

674th Operational Purpose Regiment

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military unit 3737

126th Operational Purpose Regiment

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military unit 3718

1st Special Motorized Battalion

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militaryunit 7427

362nd Separate Operational Purpose Battalion

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military unit 3754

383rd Separate Operational Purpose Battalion

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military unit 3724

242nd Separate Reconnaissance Battalion

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military unit 3772

243rd Separate Communications Battalion

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military unit 3773

17th Special Purpose Detachment "Avangard"

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military unit 6762

102nd Separate Operational Purpose Brigade

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military unit 6752

375th Separate Operational Purpose Battalion

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military unit 6688

376th Separate Operational Purpose Battalion

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military unit 5389

8th Separate Artillery Squadron

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military unit 6815

16th Special Purpose Detachment "Skif"

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military unit 6760

112th Separate Operational Purpose Brigade

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military unit 6914

144th Special Motorized Regiment

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military unit 6915

42nd Separate Motorized Operational Purpose Regiment

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military unit 6916

751st Separate Special Motorized Battalion

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military unit 6919

112th Separate Operational Purpose Brigade HQ

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military unit 6914

35th Special Purpose Detachment "Rus"

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military unit 6922

Geospatial index

Known places

22nd Separate Operational Purpose Brigade

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military unit 3642

50th Separate Operational Purpose Brigade

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military unit 3660

230th National Guard Protection and Support Regiment

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military unit 7405

170th Separate Internal Troops Battalion

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military unit 3504

6th Separate Special Purpose Aviation Squadron

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military unit 3692, Mi-8MTV-2

685th Separate Special Purpose Mixed Aviation Regiment

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military unit 3686, (Mi-8MTV-2, Mi-24P, Mi-26T, An-26B)

142nd Separate Mixed Aviation Regiment

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military unit 5592

30th Separate Special Regiment "Svyatogor"

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military unit 5559

30th Training Brigade

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military unit 3033

82nd Training Regiment

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military unit 3722