36th Air Assault Brigade (Kazakhstan)

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36th Special Purpose Brigade
36-шы ерекше мақсаттағы бригадасы
36-я бригада особого назначения
Special Forces
Security
Garrison/HQAstana
Commanders
Current
commander		Lieutenant Colonel Ulan Nurgaziyev

The 36th Special Purpose Brigade is an special forces brigade of the Kazakh Ground Forces. It is based in Astana.[2]

History

In 2002, the brigade was formed in Astana from the 46th Special Purpose Detachment. At the time, it only consisted of the 260th Air Assault Battalion, an artillery battalion and reconnaissance units.

Honor Guard Company of the Ministry of Defense of Kazakhstan.[9] It was recognized as the best formation of the Armed Forces by the end of last 2019.[10] In June 2020, fifty-five military personnel from the brigade under Lieutenant Colonel Ulan Nurgaziyev took part in the Moscow Victory Day Parade on Red Square.[11]

In the February 2023, 36th Air Assault Brigade reorganized to 36th Special Purpose Brigade, with the change in combat mission, the unit now performs the function of guarding and defense of important strategic facilities, including Akorda Residence.[12]

References

  1. ^ "Рота почетного караула МО РК – "визитная карточка" Вооруженных Сил РК — Десантура.ру - о десанте без границ". desantura.ru. Retrieved 2018-09-26.
  2. ^ "Kazakhstan - Ground Forces - Order of Battle". www.globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 2015-12-06.
  3. ^ "Сухопутные силы Казахстана" [Army of Kazakhstan] (in Russian). Vad777. Archived from the original on 2012-03-24. Retrieved 2012-03-24.
  4. ^ "Алмаз Джумакеев назначен командующим Аэромобильными войсками ВС РК". Радиоточка - новости, прямой эфир, интервью и не только. Retrieved 2016-01-31.[permanent dead link‍]
  5. ^ Kucera, Joshua (2013-03-01). "Kazakhstan's New Drones". EurasiaNet. Retrieved 2016-01-31.
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  7. ^ "Foreign Military Studies Office - Operational Environment Watch April 2013". fmso.leavenworth.army.mil. Archived from the original on 2016-11-07. Retrieved 2016-01-31.
  8. ^ "OSCE trains military officers on confidence- and security-building measures in Kazakhstan | OSCE". www.osce.org. Retrieved 2016-01-31.
  9. ^ "Рота почетного караула МО РК – «визитная карточка» Вооруженных Сил РК — Десантура.ру".
  10. ^ "Парадные расчеты вооруженных сил государств – членов ОДКБ приняли участие в Параде Победы на Красной площади".
  11. ^ "Moscow holds Victory Parade, Kazakhstan takes part | Kazakh TV".
  12. ^ "Бригада особого назначение войсковой части 68665 Акмолинского регионального гарнизона; 24.kz".


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