Separate Operational Purpose Division
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Separate Operational Purpose Division | |
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Otdel'naya diviziya operativnogo naznacheniya ODON | |
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Decorations | Order of Zhukov Order of Lenin Order of the October Revolution Order of the Red Banner |
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Current commander | Major General Nikolai Kuznetsov |
The Separate Operational Purpose Division or ODON, formerly called OMSDON (a.k.a.
USSR
The precursor to the ODON was the 1st Automobile Fighting Detachment of the
In April 1921, VChK created the OSNAZ battalion which consisted of 1st Armored Car Detachment, three rifle platoons, a cavalry squadron, and various auxiliary units, with a total strength of some 1,100 men. VChK became OGPU in 1922, and the OSNAZ was renamed accordingly.
On 17 June 1924, the OSNAZ battalion, an OGPU rifle battalion and an OGPU rifle regiments formed the Special-Purpose Division (DON) of the
In 1929, the DON was reorganized as a full army division. In 1931, the Armoured Car detachment was reorganized into an armoured regiment. In 1934, OGPU was transferred to the
With the onset of World War II, parts of the division participated in the Battle of Moscow; the remaining unit guarded particularly important installations of the capital, patrolled the streets, and were involved in efforts to liquidate enemy infiltrator groups near the front and in the city.
Along with participation in hostilities, division elements in Moscow detained 485 enemy intelligence agents, 69,753 deserters, and over 320,000 offenders of the established regime.[citation needed]
The division took part in the 1941 October Revolution Parade on Moscow's Red Square.
In the battle against German troops, the
The OMSDON units protected the Allied leaders during the
In preparation for the
Russian Federation
In 1994, the OMSDON was renamed as the Independent Operational Purpose Division or ODON. The unit has been once again named after F. E. Dzerzhinsky on October 22, 2014,[2] returning therefore to the full title of the Independent Medals of Zhukov, Lenin and October Revolution Red Banner Operational Purpose Division of the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia 'F. E. Dzerzhinsky' (Russian: Отдельная орденов Жукова, Ленина и Октябрьской Революции Краснознамённая дивизия оперативного назначения Внутренних войск МВД России им. Ф. Е. Дзержинского). As always, they form the first line of security during important events held in Russia, and represent the Internal Troops during the yearly Moscow Victory Parade and the Moscow November 7 Anniversary Parade (the latter because they attended that very October 1941 Revolution Day parade which was the only parade held in the midst of the Great Patriotic War).
With the formation of the National Guard of Russia, the ODON was officially, in April 2016, retitled as the Independent Orders of Zhukov, Lenin and October Revolution Red Banner Operational Purpose Division of the National Guard Forces Command of the Russian Federation 'F. E. Dzerzhinsky' (Russian: Отдельная орденов Жукова, Ленина и Октябрьской Революции Краснознамённая дивизия оперативного назначения Войск национальной гвардии Российской Федерации им. Ф. Е. Дзержинского).
Composition
The division includes the following military units (as of 1 January 2013):
- Headquarters
- 604th Special Purpose Center, Military Unit 3179 formed in 2008 combining (Vityaz and Rus)
- 2nd Operational Duties Regiment, w / h 3186
- Honor Guard Company[3]
- 4th Operational Duties Regiment, w / h 3419
- 5th Operational Duties Regiment, w / h 3500
- 16th Training Center, w / h 3421
- 319th Battalion for the protection and security training centers (Novaya and Noginsk, Moscow Oblast), in / hr 3058
- 344th Command Battalion, a / h 6771 (ORRiKS in / hr 3486)
- Communications Battalion, a / h 3128
- Repair and Refurbishment Battalion, w / h 3187
- Selected Medical Battalion, w / h 3532
- 4th Separate Company for radiation, chemical and biological protection, w / h 3401
- Garrison quarters and operations area, a / h 3492
- 441st Security Battalion, in / hr 6909 (formed in November–December 2012)
- 752nd Engineering Battalion, w / h 6923
- Band of the Dzerzhinsky Division
Therefore, the entire division employs more than ten thousand personnel, hundreds of armoured vehicles, and divisional artillery (mortars and anti-aircraft guns).
On the territory of the division are:
- Main Military Clinical Hospital
- Central Communication Center
- Main Center of the Automated Control System
- Center for Engineering and Technical Support
- Garrison Officers' House "Reutovo"
Division commanders
- Sergei Filippov (1921–1923)
- Pavel Kobelev (1923–1928)
- Mikhail Frinovsky (1928–1930)
- Commander Sergey Kondratiev (1930–1936)
- Commander Pavel Toroshchin (1936–1938)
- Lieutenant General Pavel Artemyev (1938–1941)
- Major General Mikhail Marchenkov (1941–1943)
- Major General Andrei Golovko (1943)
- Major General Ivan Piyashev (1943–1953)
- Major General Alexander Epanchin (1953–1956)
- Major General Pavel Korzhenko (1956–1965)
- Major General Andrey Kozlov (1965–1968)
- Major General Yevgeny Pozhidaev (1969–1974)
- Major General Dmitry Nalivalkin (1974–1982)
- Major General Yuri Bogunov (1982–1987)
- Major General Vitaly Bosov (1987–1991)
- Major General Igor Rubtsov (1991–1993)
- Major General Alexander Budnikov (1993–1995)
- Major General Gennady Tikhonov (1995–1998)
- Colonel Vladimir Manyuta (1998–1999)
- Major General Nikolai Turapin (1999–2002)
- Major General Sergey Melikov (2002–2008)
- Major General Pavel Bobkov (2008–2010)
- Major General Igor Poddubny (2010–2013)
- Major General Sergey Zakharov (2013–2016)
- Major General Dmitriy Cherepanov (2016–2021)
- Major General Nikolai Kuznetsov (since 2021)
See also
References
- ^ "MVD Internal Troops - Russia / Soviet Intelligence Agencies".
- ^ http://www.vvmvd.ru/news/news_5130.htm[dead link]
- ^ Трофимов, Андрей (15 April 2012). "Сергиев Посад наградил роту Почетного караула". altgazeta.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on 20 August 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2023.