The 28th Motor Rifle Brigade (

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61423) is a brigade of the

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. The brigade was formed in 2009 from the

34th Motor Rifle Division The 34th Simferopol Red Banner Order of Suvorov Motor Rifle Division named after S. Ordzhonikidze (Military Unit Number 45463) was a unit of the Soviet Ground Forces and later the Russian Ground Forces. It was converted from the 126th Motor Rifle ...

. The brigade, originally based in

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, moved to

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in 2016, where it became the

488th Motor Rifle Regiment 488th may refer to: * 488th Bombardment Group, an inactive United States Air Force unit * 488th Bombardment Squadron, an inactive United States Air Force unit See also * 488 (number) * 488 (disambiguation) * 488, the year 488 (CDLXXXVIII) of the J ...

of the

144th Guards Motor Rifle Division The 144th Guards Yelnya Red Banner Order of Suvorov Motor Rifle Division () is a motorized infantry division of the Russian Ground Forces, reestablished in 2016 with its headquarters at Yelnya, Smolensk Oblast. History Formation & World War I ...

History

On March 1, 2009, by decree No. 11/20/1/080 of the Commander of the

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, the 34th Motor Rifle Division was reorganized into brigade with the same designation. The unit inherited the division's honorifics titles and orders. Besides Yekaterinburg, elements of the brigade were located in the settlements of

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, Tyubuk, Chebarkul, and Karabash. On 2 March 2011, Colonel Dmitry Kasperovich became commander of the brigade. In 2013 he was succeeded by Major General

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. In February 2015, the brigade took part in the

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acting within Northern Operational Area. In September 2015, the brigade was involved in the large military exercise " Tsentr-2015". Colonel Ramil Gilyazov commanded the brigade at the time. In December 2015, the

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reported that elements of the brigade had deployed to Syria. In June 2016, the brigade began relocation to

, close to Russia's border with Belarus and Ukraine. It became part of the

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there. After relocating to Klintsy, the brigade was reorganized into the 488th Motor Rifle Regiment of the

, which inherited the traditions of the 34th Motor Rifle Division.

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