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50th Separate Operational Brigade
The 50th Separate Operational Brigade (; Military Unit 3660) is a mobile brigade of the Internal Troops of the National Guard of Russia (Rosgvardiya). Based at Kazachi Lageri, Rostov Oblast, the brigade is part of the Southern National Guard District. It was formed in 2006 from the 100th Operational Division (DON-100) of the Internal Troops that fought in the First and Second Chechen Wars. History The 100th Operational Division (abbreviated in Russian as DON-100) of the Internal Troops was formed on 1 October 1989 by the transfer and reorganization of the 14th Tank Division of the Soviet Army. Disbanded separate units from the Baltic, Belorussian, and Kiev Military Districts were also used to form the new division. The division was based at Kazachi Lageri on the northern outskirts of Novocherkassk, where the 14th Tank Division had been stationed since its formation on 17 July 1974. The 14th Tank Division was formed to replace the 51st Tank Division, sent to Mongolia, and was p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soviet Union
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet Union, it dissolved in 1991. During its existence, it was the list of countries and dependencies by area, largest country by area, extending across Time in Russia, eleven time zones and sharing Geography of the Soviet Union#Borders and neighbors, borders with twelve countries, and the List of countries and dependencies by population, third-most populous country. An overall successor to the Russian Empire, it was nominally organized as a federal union of Republics of the Soviet Union, national republics, the largest and most populous of which was the Russian SFSR. In practice, Government of the Soviet Union, its government and Economy of the Soviet Union, economy were Soviet-type economic planning, highly centralized. As a one-party state go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |