The 27th Separate Guards Sevastopol Red Banner Motor Rifle Brigade "60th Anniversary of the USSR" () is a tactical

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of the

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. Its

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(V/Ch) is 61899. It is part of

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of the

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, stationed in Mosrentgen,

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History

The brigade traces its origins to the 535th Rifle Regiment, formed in

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, Ukraine, in July 1940. From August 8, 1941 to September 14, 1941, the regiment, part of the

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, participated in battles near Yelnya. On September 18, 1941, for the courage and valor of its personnel, the

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and the remainder of the division became a

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, the division becoming the 2nd Guards Rifle Division.

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, the father of the first post-Soviet

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, reportedly volunteered to go to the front with the 535th Rifle Regiment during World War II. According to post-Soviet official Turkmen sources, surrounding his son's personality cult, he was killed on 24 December 1942 during the

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. In 1947, a new branch of troops appeared in the

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- motorized rifle and mechanized troops. At the same time, the regiment was renamed the 6th Guards Motorized Rifle Sevastopol Red Banner Regiment. Initially, the troops received American

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s and

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trucks. During the first half of 1947, the regiment was fully equipped with wheeled and tracked vehicles and weapons. A vehicle fleet, technical and repair bases, and fuel and lubricants warehouses began to be created. By the summer, the

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had developed a draft of new Combat and Field Manuals for the Ground Forces, more in line with the post-war era. The unit served as the 404th Guards Motorised Rifle Regiment (404th GMRR) from 1957 until the early 1980s, and in 1982 was given the honorific title "named for the 60th anniversary of the

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", celebrated that year. After many years of service as a regiment, the brigade was activated when on 1 June 1983, in Teplyy Stan, Moscow Oblast, the 27th Guards Motor Rifle Brigade was established from the former 404th GMRR. It was briefly transferred to the

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in 1990–91 before reverting to army control. 75Parad 03

It is now part of the reformed

after 2014. Sutyagin and Bronk wrote in 2017 that the brigade had a regime security function. According to

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, the 27th Brigade experienced heavy losses near the city of

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during the first days of the

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. The brigade crossed into Ukraine through

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and

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. According to the testimony of Russian prisoners-of-war from the unit, they were tasked with establishing checkpoints around the city of Sumy, checking passing vehicles for weapons, and ensuring the unimpeded passage of Russian military vehicles. A number of soldiers from the 27th Brigade were captured by Ukrainian territorial defense forces. After the Russian withdrawal from northern Ukraine, the 27th Brigade was redeployed to the area of

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, where it remained until a September 2022 Ukrainian counteroffensive across

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, which forced it to retreat. On 25 September 2022, during the brigade's retreat after the fall of Izium, the 27th Brigade's commanding officer, Colonel

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, and an officer from the 96th Reconnaissance Brigade reportedly stabbed an elderly woman and shot her husband respectively, killing both. After the retreat, the 27th Brigade took up positions in the

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–

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area in the northwestern

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. Units of the brigade's 2nd Battalion were reportedly positioned in the village of

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, Luhansk Oblast in November 2022, and retreated to Svatove after an armoured assault on the village by Ukrainian forces.

Composition

* Directorate * 1st Motorized Rifle Battalion * 2nd Motorized Rifle Battalion * 3rd Motorized Rifle Battalion * Tank Battalion * Self-Propelled Artillery Battalion * Rocket Artillery Battalion * Anti-Aircraft Missile and Artillery Battalion * Intelligence Company * Rifle Company * Signals Battalion * Battalion of Material Support * Repair and Restoration Company * Engineering Company * Commandant's Company * NBC Company * Medical Company * Battery Management and Artillery Intelligence * Command and Radar Reconnaissance Platoon * Management Platoon * Platoon of Instructors * Simulators Platoon *

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* Brigade Band * Storm-Z Convict Assault Detachment

Band

The

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(currently led by Lieutenant Alexei Bozhedomov) is a specialized unit group in the brigade. It is deployed in the village of Mosrentgen in

. It conducts active cultural accompaniment to all events of the brigade and at cultural events in Moscow. It is a regular participant in the

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. The band is participated in the

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from 2017-2019.

Brigade commanders

* Valentin Kryukov (June 1983 — August 1984) * Gennady Andreev (August 1984 — August 1987) * Pyotr Medvedev (August 1987 — July 1988) * Boris Polyakov (July 1988 — June 1990) * Alexander Yegorov (June 1990 — July 1993) *

Aleksandr Nikolayevich Denisov Aleksandr Nikolayevich Denisov (; 7 March 1955 – 15 March 2020) was a Soviet and later Russian military officer who held a number of posts in both the Soviet and Russian armies, reaching the rank of Lieutenant general. Career Denisov was bor ...

(July 1993 — February 1995) * Sergey Generalov (February 1995 — April 1997) * Alexey Samolkin (April 1997 — June 1999) * Ivan Buvaltsev (July 1999 — July 2001)Министерство обороны РФ
/ref> * Alexander Kuzhilin (August 2001 — September 2003) * Dmitry Yashin (November 2003 — October 2006) * Aleksandr Chaiko (November 2006 — November 2007) * Gennady Obukhov (December 2007 — December 2009) * Andrey Trifonov (December 2009 — January 2012) * Vladimir Yeremeyev (February 2012 — December 2013) *

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(December 2013 — December 2014) *

Sergey Goryachev Sergey Vladimirovich Goryachev (; 22 October 1970 – 12 June 2023) was a Russian military officer. He served as commander of the Russian 201st Military Base in Tajikistan and as chief of staff of the 35th Combined Arms Army in Belogorsk. In 20 ...

(December 2014 — November 2015) * Dmitry Yakovlevich Aksyonov (November 2015 — July 2021) * Sergey Igorevich Safonov (August 2021 — October 2022) * Yaroslav Gladkikh (October 2022 — July 2023) * Pavel Brovko (July 2023 — present)

Heroes of Russia

* Lieutenant Colonel of the Guards Vladimir Belov *

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of the Guards Alexander Solomatin

References

*Michael Holm
27th independent Guards Sevastopolskaya Red Banner Motorised Rifle Brigade imeni 60th anniversary SSSR

External links

Общественный портал 27-я ОМСБр

27-я отдельная гвардейская мотострелковая бригада (в/ч 61899)

Описание боевых действий
2 гв. сд гв. генерал-майор Акименко А. З. — 1953 г.
Система безопасности СССР

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