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The 36th Separate Guards Lozovskaya Red Banner Motor Rifle Brigade (; MUN 06705) is an infantry brigade of the
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, which traces its heritage to the creation of the 38th Guards Rifle Division from the 4th Airborne Corps during
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. The division gained its honorific on 23 September 1943 for its part in the seizure of
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in Ukraine.


History

The historical predecessor of the military unit is the 47th Special Purpose Airborne Brigade, formed in 1932, on the basis of which the 214th Airborne Brigade was formed in 1938. On the eve of the
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, the brigade was deployed into the 4th Airborne Corps, which took an active part in the
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. In August 1942, the corps was reformed into the 38th Guards Rifle Division, which went through the entire war, meeting its end on the territory of
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. In 1957, the division was reorganized into a motorized rifle division, becoming the 38th Guards Motorized Rifle Lozovskaya Red Banner Division. The location was the
Chita Oblast Chita Oblast ( rus, Чити́нская о́бласть, r=Čitínskaja óblastj, p=tɕɪˈtʲinskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ) was a federal subject of Russia (an oblast) in southeast Siberia, Russia. Its administrative center was the city of Chita. ...
on the territory of the
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, where the division was part of the
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. The division was moved to
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in
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in 1967. In October 1989, the division was reformed into the 131st Guards Machine-Gun Artillery Division with a location in the village of Yasnaya in the Chita Oblast. The division moved its headquarters to
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in
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in Chita Oblast in 1992. In August 2001 it was again converted into a motor rifle division. Since June 2009, the division has been reformed into the 36th Separate Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade, while retaining all its combat regalia, military glory, and historical record and moved to
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. In 2011, the brigade was armed with T-72B1 tanks,
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infantry fighting vehicles, 2S3 self-propelled howitzers, Grad MLRS, MT-12 anti-tank guns, Shturm-S anti-tank missile systems, Buk-M1, Tunguska, Strela-10, Shilka, MANPADS Igla.


Participation in combat operations during Russian invasion of Ukraine

The brigade took part in the
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, in particular since the fall of 2022 was involved in the Battle of Vuhledar. On 20 February 2024, the
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launched two
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missiles at a training ground near the village of Trudivske while brigade servicemen were forming up there. The 4th, 5th and 6th companies of the brigade came under attack, as a result of the attack, 68 people were killed.


Structure in 2017

* Command; * 1st motorized rifle battalion; * 2nd motorized rifle battalion; * 3rd motorized rifle battalion; * tank battalion; * anti-aircraft missile division; * anti-aircraft division; * 1st howitzer self-propelled artillery division; * 2nd howitzer self-propelled artillery division; * rocket artillery division; * reconnaissance battalion; * unmanned aerial vehicle company; * engineer and sapper battalion; * communications battalion; * logistics battalion; * control and artillery reconnaissance battery; * anti-tank guided missile battery; * separate NBC protection company; * separate electronic warfare company; * rifle company (snipers); * commandant company; * repair company * medical company; * military police platoon; * air defense control platoon; * orchestra.


Commanders

* Guards Colonel Evgeny Valerievich Nikiforov (2009–2010) * Guards Major General Oleg Lvovich Moyseeev (2018–2020) * Lieutenant Colonel (Guards) Andrei Vladimirovich Voronkov (2020–2022; acting) * Guards Colonel Guseyn Vilayatovich Musayev (2022–20 February 2024)theins.ru/news/269701 * Guards Lieutenant Colonel Andrey Vladimirovich Voronkov (2024–present)


Hero of the Russian Federation

* Guards Junior Sergeant Vladimir Ivanovich Belokopytov commander of a combat vehicle of a motorized rifle battalion, 2024.


References

{{Brigades of the Russian Ground Forces Mechanised infantry brigades of Russia Military units and formations established in 2009 Military units and formations of Russia in the Russian invasion of Ukraine