Vityaz (MVD)

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Vityaz
Витязь
1st Special Purpose Unit of the Internal Forces "Vityaz"
1-й Oтряд специального назначения Внутренних войск «Витязь»
Counter-terrorism
Garrison/HQMoscow
EngagementsEast Prigorodny conflict
1993 Russian constitutional crisis
First Chechen War
GAZ-2975
at the public show Interpolitex 2012

The 1st Special Purpose Unit of the Internal Forces "Vityaz" (

civil unrest, prison rebellions, and mutinies
of regular army units.

On September 1, 2008, Vityaz was deactivated and merged with

private security firm.[1][2][3]
However, Ветязь (Vityaz) was formed again as part of National Guard special troops unit (information is taken from FSTNG (ФСВНГ) site).

History

Vityaz was created on May 5, 1991, formed on the basis of the pre-existing 6th detachment of OSNAZ, the

OMSDON division of Soviet Internal Troops. The OSNAZ 6th detachment unit was involved in a variety of operations and incidents in the Soviet Union through the 1980s, often in cooperation with the KGB's Alpha Group
.

In November 1991, following the separatist

Grozny Airport. In 1992–1993, it was sent to the East Prigorodny conflict to fight against ethnic Ingush
militias.

On October 3, 1993, during the Russian constitutional crisis, Vityaz personnel in BTR armored vehicles were accused of indiscriminately gunning down a crowd of both anti-Yeltsin protesters (most of them unarmed) and onlookers at the Ostankino TV center in Moscow.[4] The media reported at least 46 fatalities, including Rory Peck and three other journalists. The unit's commander, Colonel Sergei Lysyuk, was awarded Hero of the Russian Federation for his actions in the Perestroika era, including at Fergana, Nagorno-Karabakh, Yerevan, and Baku[5] which were credited as "saving Yeltsin's rule from the opposition".

From 1994, Vityaz was active in the

Kizlyar-Pervomayskoye hostage crisis in 1996 and in the Moscow theater hostage crisis
in 2002.

On September 1, 2008, Vityaz and

private security firm and a private security training center headed by the unit's former commander, Sergei Lysyuk.[6][7][8]

See also

References

  1. ^ Охранные услуги – Частное охранное предприятие ЧОП Москва ооо чоп – Концерн безопасности Витязь (in Russian)
  2. ^ Школа телохранителей, обучение личной охраны и инкассаторов – Учебный центр «ВИТЯЗЬ» курсы телохранителей (in Russian)
  3. ^ Dead Spy's Photo Used in Target Practice
  4. ^ Knights saved the day: Elite squad snatched TV centre from rebels' hands
  5. ^ "Sergei Lysyuk – Отдельная Дивизия Оперативного Назначения | ОДОН ВВ МВД". Archived from the original on 2013-04-17. Retrieved 2012-08-25.
  6. ^ Охранные услуги – Частное охранное предприятие ЧОП Москва ооо чоп – Концерн безопасности Витязь (in Russian)
  7. ^ Школа телохранителей, обучение личной охраны и инкассаторов – Учебный центр «ВИТЯЗЬ» курсы телохранителей (in Russian)
  8. ^ Dead Spy's Photo Used in Target Practice

External links

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