5th Spetsnaz Brigade

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5th Spetsnaz Brigade
Patch of the 5th Spetsnaz Brigade
Active1963 – present
Country Soviet Union (1963–1991)
 Belarus (1992–present)
BranchSoviet Army (1963–1991)
Libyan Civil War (2011)
Commanders
Current
commander		Colonel Dmitry Kuchuk

The 5th Spetsnaz Brigade (

Spetsnaz GRU
.

History

It was formed at

Marjina Horka, Minsk Region
, 1 January 1963 as the 5th Special Forces Brigade GRU. It initially had two battalions. On 3 April 1978 renamed 5th Independent Special Forces Brigade GRU. The 5th Spetsnaz Brigade would be involved in the Soviet-Afghan War, Spetsnaz Forces in Afghanistan were issued
Dragunovs, and were issued KS-23 riot shotguns.[1]

In the last years of the Soviet Union, the brigade had an all-professional company formation manned entirely by officers and

103rd Guards Airborne Division
.

Today

Troops of the brigade during the 2015 Moscow Victory Day Parade

On 12 September 2002, President

Libyan Civil War.[3][4] In 2010 and 2015, the brigade represented Belarus at the Moscow Victory Day Parade on Red Square, marching in the historical part of the parade.[5][6]

In August 2020, 5th Spetsnaz Brigade participated in the suppression of the

Hienadz Shutau was shot in Brest by captain Roman Gavrilov of 5th Spetsnaz Brigade.[9][10]

Commanders

The following is a list of commanders of the brigade:[11]

  • Ivan Kovalevsky (1962–1966)
  • Ivan Kovalenko (1966–1968)
  • Gennady Yevtushenko (1969–1972)
  • Valentin Kartashov (1973–1976)
  • Yevgeny Faleev (1976–1979)
  • Grigory Kolb (1979–1982)
  • Eduard Ivanov (1982–1984)
  • Yuri Sapalov (1984–1987)
  • Dmitry Gerasimov (1987–1988)
  • Vladimir Borodach (1988–1991)
  • Ivan Mole (1991–1992)
  • Valery Gaydukevich (1992–1995)
  • Ivan Vilchkovsky (1995–1999)
  • Alexander Chmyrev (1999–2003)
  • Georgy Zlatin (2003–2005)
  • Pavel Tikhonov (2005–2007)
  • Vladimir Karuk (2007—2010)
  • Alexander Naumenko (2010–2012)
  • Sergey Simkin (2012—2014)[12]
  • Alexey Popov (2014–2017)
  • Colonel Dmitry Kuchuk (since 2017)[13]

References

  1. ^ Holm, Michael. "5th independent Special Forces Brigade". WW2.dk. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
  2. ISBN 978-1853671555
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  3. ^ Александр Коц, Дмитрий Стешин (6 April 2011). ""На стороне Каддафи воюют белорусские партизаны"". www.kp.ru. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
  4. ^ ""Источник: освобожденный из плена в Ливии белорусский военный прибыл в Минск"". www.ria.ru. 2 February 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
  5. ^ "Беларусь на параде Победы в Москве представит 73 человека из роты почетного караула". 10 June 2020.
  6. ^ "70th anniversary of the Great Victory in Belarus". Belarus.by. n.d.
  7. ^ "В разгоне протестов принимают участие офицеры спецназа Минобороны в штатском?" (in Russian). Nasha Niva. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
  8. ^ "На улицах Минска появились внедорожники, которые есть только у Сил спецопераций. Разобрались в вопросе" (in Russian). Devs Day. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
  9. ^ Свабода, Радыё (17 February 2021). "На судзе ў справе Шутава стала вядома, хто загадаў выкарыстоўваць узброеных вайскоўцаў падчас пратэстаў". Радыё Свабода (in Belarusian). Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Archived from the original on 18 February 2021. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
  10. ^ "На суде по делу Шутова стало известно, кто отдал приказ использовать вооруженных военнослужащих во время протестов в Бресте" (in Russian). Nasha Niva. 17 February 2021. Archived from the original on 18 February 2021. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
  11. ^ "Сайт 5-й обрспн". Archived from the original on 3 July 2014. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  12. ^ "Одна пятёрка на двоих". Archived from the original on 6 July 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  13. ^ "В в/ч 89417 прошла торжественная церемония прощания с Боевым Знаменем бригады — Пухавiцкiя навiны. Пуховичские новости. Марьина Горка. Новости Марьиной Горки". Gorka. 20 May 2019.

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