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AVIATION DEPARTMENT

When the 3rd separate missile corps was formed in 1961, an aviation department was founded, which had at its disposal the 4th aviation detachment (military unit 77101), and in the missile divisions - separate helicopter squadrons (OVE).

In the early years, the aviation detachment had one Li-2 aircraft, three An-2 aircraft and two Mi-4 helicopters. Individual helicopter squadrons of the divisions each had six Mi-4 helicopters.

The aviation department of the missile army was created in June 1970 on the basis of the aviation department of the 3rd missile corps. The army aviation included a separate mixed aviation squadron (OSAE, Vladimir), formed on the basis of the 4th separate aviation detachment, seven separate aviation squadrons of missile divisions and a mobile aircraft repair shop (Teykovo).

The first head of the aviation department was Guard Colonel V.G. Stepanenko. The department was faced with the tasks of organizing the construction of airfield complexes and material and technical bases in aviation units, organizing the educational process and training crews to carry out assigned tasks.

Inspector pilots, led by the head of the aviation department, conducted overflights of the positional areas of combat missile regiments and selected sites for transporting duty shifts to places of combat duty.

Already in 1964, formed aviation units (OVE) as part of missile brigades promptly delivered materials, equipment, personnel on duty shifts and industry representatives.

Anatoly Petrovich USOLKIN Colonel (1991-1998)		Alexander Valerievich STROGANOV Colonel (1998-2003)		Igor Viktorovich NEGIN Colonel (since 2003)

In the period 1968-1975, the main task of the aviation department and aviation units was to prepare separate helicopter squadrons of the "OS" divisions to ensure the change of combat duty, strengthen the security and defense of control points and launchers by landing personnel on sites of limited size, conducting air and radiation reconnaissance of the area, delivery of instruments, spare parts, missiles and special weapons to troubleshoot launchers, especially during the period when regiments are put on combat duty.

Subsequently, the system of combat duty of aviation units and subunits was constantly improved, which the heads of aviation departments successfully coped with. Guard Colonels A.P. Makeev, Yu.A. Eremin, V.D. Porunov.

In 1976, with the entry into service of new mobile-based missile systems, the need arose to patrol and escort convoys on the march, to solve the problems of laying mine-explosive barriers from the air and to control the camouflage of objects in positional areas, and to carry out measures to counter the enemy’s technical reconnaissance means. The volume of aviation support for troops in the field areas of divisions and in combat patrol areas of mobile combat missile systems has expanded. To prepare crews for combat operations, flight training sessions were held annually for practical launches of unguided missiles and bombing. Techniques for conducting combat operations by personnel of anti-sabotage groups from aboard a helicopter were practiced.

Under the leadership of the heads of the aviation departments of the Guard, Colonels V.G. Stepanenko, A.P. Makeeva, Yu.A. Eremin, in the period from 1973 to 1978, the aviation units were re-equipped with new aviation equipment from Mi-4 transport helicopters to Mi-8 transport and combat helicopters.

In 1978, OSAE re-equipped with An-26 aircraft.

At the same time, the aviation units of the army were entrusted with the task of search and rescue flight support in the Moscow Military District.

In 1982, for the operational control of army aviation, ensuring the legality of flights of airplanes and helicopters of aviation units, a flight control center was created as part of the army command post, where round-the-clock duty was introduced. The guard flight control center was headed by Lieutenant Colonel E.N. Belykh. Subsequently, the flight control point was led by: Guard Colonel Yu.A. Eremin, Guard Lieutenant Colonel S.V. Tsuev, V.N. Kukushkin, Yu.D. Gendov.

Since 1993, the army has trained six sniper pilots: guard colonels N.K. Bolbashov, A.V. Stroganov, Yu.A. Demenok, I.V. Negin, Guard Lieutenant Colonel S.A. Movchan, A.V. Arbuzov; one navigator-sniper - Guard Lieutenant Colonel I.I. Sorvachev; 57 pilots and navigators 1st class. Much work has been done to improve the training and material base and equip combat duty areas.

At the stage of reform of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in the conditions of an aging fleet of aircraft and helicopters, a decrease in the level of material support for combat training and an acute shortage of aviation fuel, the department managed to maintain the combat and mobilization readiness of aviation units, the serviceability of aviation equipment and the training of flight personnel.

Army aviation transported hundreds of thousands of passengers and tens of thousands of tons of cargo to ensure the combat readiness of divisions and units of the missile army. An aerial search was also carried out for crash sites of missile stages during combat training launches from the positional areas of the army's missile divisions.

At different times, the army's aviation department was headed by: Guard Colonels V.G. Stepanenko, A.P. Makeev, Yu.A. Eremin, V.D. Porunov, A.P. Usolkin, A.V. Stroganov, I.V. Negin.

Over the years, officers of the aviation department made a great contribution to the development of missile army aviation: guard colonels A.I. Vlasov, A.G. Krivopalov, A.M. Markov, N.K. Bolbashov; guard lieutenant colonels G.S. Samoldin, M.P. Laliashvili, A.A. Balandin, V.V. Pakanin, V.M. Perminov, S.P. Nikitin, A.D. Movchan, E.I. Osipov, V.I. Marushkin, N.V. Pegasov, V.P. Martynyuk, P.Yu. Telegin, G.A. Richka, A.N. Ignatov, V.A. Cheremisin, V.M. Subochev, Yu.V. Puzyrevsky, A.I. Nosik, V.V. Savinykh, V.P. Ivakhnenko, A.A. Nosar; Guard Majors B.I. Kurmachev, A.F. Nesterenko, V.A. Bayanov.

The best traditions of the aviation department are continued by guard colonels Yu.A. Demenok, V.N. Kukushkin, guard lieutenant colonels I.I. Sorvachev, O.A. Ushak, A.V. Arbuzov, E.V. Rozhkov, R.M. Akhkamov, V.K. Storozhenko, Yu.D. Gendov, guard majors A.A. Antsiferov, V.K. Simonov, E.V. Korotkevich.

Separate mixed aviation squadron

A separate mixed aviation squadron of the missile army (military unit 77101) was formed on March 15, 1961. Over the past years, the aviation unit has evolved from an aviation detachment to a separate squadron. The unit's aviators have traditionally carried out and continue to carry out tasks of transporting personnel and cargo in the interests of the missile army and the Strategic Missile Forces.

The first commander of the aviation detachment was appointed Guard Major A.V. Petrichenko, participant in the Great Patriotic War. From 1947 to 1957 he was an instructor-tester of catapults and parachutes. He was awarded three Orders of the Red Star, the Order of the Red Banner of Battle, the Order of the Patriotic War, II degree, and 12 medals. He began his duties in September 1961 and completed the assigned task - staffing the detachment with aviation specialists, and formed the unit's headquarters.

Alexander Vasilievich PETRICHENKO major (1961-1962)		Alexey Petrovich MAKEEV major (1963-1966)		Yuri Nikolaevich WIPERERS lieutenant colonel (1966-1974)
Konstantin Vladimirovich LYUBARSKY lieutenant colonel (1974-1977)		Anatoly Alexandrovich CAPTAIN lieutenant colonel (1977-1987)		Alexander Ivanovich GONCHAROV lieutenant colonel (1987-1990)

In November, the first flight crew arrived at the squadron, consisting of: crew commander - Guard Major Yu.N. Dvornikov, assistant crew commander - Guard Captain E.N. Buzzard, navigator - Guard Captain V.M. Maptsev, on-board technician - Guard Senior Lieutenant V.A Ipatiev.

Subsequently, Guard Major Yu.N. Dvornikov was appointed unit commander; Guard Captain E.N. Kaniuka acted as deputy commander and left for the post of squadron commander in the 43rd Missile Army (Vinnitsa); guard captain V.M. Maltsev, was a squadron navigator; Guard Senior Lieutenant V.A. Ipatiev served as deputy commander of the IAS.

On December 29, 1961, this crew carried a Li-2 aircraft from the Monino airfield to the Dobrynskoye airfield. Thus began equipping the detachment with aviation equipment.

In the first years of the detachment's existence, it was armed with: one Li-2 aircraft, three An-2 aircraft and two Mi-4 helicopters.

The second commander of the unit was appointed Guard Major V.A. Shushanashvili, on whose shoulders fell mainly the work of equipping the airfield and constructing the buildings of the aviation town. WITH 1963 By 1966 commanded a unit for a year Guard Major A.P. Makeev, later the head of the aviation department of military unit 43176.

From 1966 to 1974 he commanded the unit Guard Lieutenant Colonel Yu.N. Dvornikov, he became the first commander of the OSAE. Yuri Nikolaevich was awarded the Order of the Red Star, the medal “For Military Merit” and many other medals for his service.

Later he commanded the unit Guard Lieutenant Colonel K.V. Lyubarsky. It was during these years that the construction of an aircraft parking area, a taxiway and a headquarters building began at the airfield.

From 1977 to 1987, the squadron commander was Guard Lieutenant Colonel A.A. Captain. At this time, the crews began to retrain on the An-26 aircraft, which are still in use today.

Alexander Georgievich MASHAROV lieutenant colonel (1990-1994)		Anatoly Novomirovich RYUTIN lieutenant colonel (1994-1996)
Alexander Ivanovich ZHUKOV lieutenant colonel (1996-2000)		Sergey Anatolyevich MOVCHAN lieutenant colonel (from the year 2000)

Anatoly Aleksandrovich was awarded the Order of the Badge of Honor for his services in mastering new technology.

In 1987-1990, the unit commander was Guard Lieutenant Colonel A.I. Goncharov. On December 17, 1990, the crew under his command flew a standard Il-14 aircraft to the aviation museum at the Ostafyevo airfield. For his service, Alexander Ivanovich was awarded the Order of the “Red Star” and “For Service to the Motherland in the USSR Armed Forces”, III degree.

In 1990 he was appointed squadron commander Guard Lieutenant Colonel A.G. Masharov. Following the measures taken by the missile army command, a hard-surface runway was built at the airfield. Alexander Georgievich was awarded the Order “For Service to the Motherland in the USSR Armed Forces”, III degree.

Subsequently, military unit 77101 was commanded by guard lieutenant colonels: A.N. Ryutin, A.I. Zhukov.

In 2000 he was appointed commander of the OSAE Guard Lieutenant Colonel S.A. Movchan.

Each of the OSAE commanders contributed to the history of the unit. But their main merit is that the aviators ensured trouble-free flight operations. This testifies to the high flying skills of the aviators and the highly professional, high-quality work of aircraft technicians in the aviation engineering service.

Over the past years, various types of aircraft have been operated at OSAE:

Helicopters Mi-4, Mi-8;

Aircraft An-2, Li-2, Il-14, An-24, 7 An-26 aircraft from 1978 to the present.

Over the past time, the unit's planes and helicopters have been in the sky for a total of more than 100 thousand hours.

During the existence of OSAE, several generations of commanders, pilots and navigators, engineers and technicians have changed. The pioneering aviators were replaced by new officers who received special training at universities and are fluent in aviation technology. Officers, warrant officers, pilots and technicians successfully carry out the tasks of their daily activities, worthily continuing the best traditions of their predecessors.

Approximately serving: Guard Majors S.B. Bogdanov, A.E. Taganov; guard captains: O.V. Kulikov, A.I. Kuryshev; senior warrant officers: S.V. Khmarny, Yu.V. Ivanov.

Separate airfield technical support company

A separate airfield technical support company (ORATO) was formed on March 19, 1970. The first commander of ORATO was appointed guard captain V.V. Shaposhnikov(1970-1974).

The formation of the team, its cohesion and coherence took place in an environment of understaffing, lack of equipment and material resources, but the company’s military personnel, demonstrating skill and strong confidence in their commanders and subordinates, directed their efforts to fulfill the assigned tasks of aviation technical support for the aviation squadron.

Subsequently, the unit was commanded by: Guard Senior Lieutenant N.A. Kudryashov (1974), Guard Major V.A. Bazhukov (1974-1979), guard captain A.A. Dudkin (1979-1980), V.S. Ivanov (1980-1982), M.N. Shvetsov (1982-1984), N.P. Ponomarenko (1984-1985), V.I. Yakimenko (1985-1987), V.N. Gorbunov (1987-1990), Guard Major S.I. Turkov (1990-1992), M.V. Sidorov (1992-1992), A.V. Konovalov (1992-1997), A.A. Panfilov (1997-1997), I.K. Raevich (1997-2000), Guard Major A.V. Matveev (2000-2002), A. A. Semenov (2002-2003), V.V. Sitnikov (2003-2004), Yu.M. Dunaev (since 2004)

A separate aerodrome technical support company traveled a 35-year journey with dignity and honor, making a significant contribution to maintaining the high combat readiness of the OSAE. The company's staff changed twice, personnel and equipment were reduced, but the volume of tasks facing the company did not decrease. Despite the difficulties of the modern period, the company's personnel successfully fulfill the assigned tasks of providing airfield technical support for the OSAE, transporting personnel and cargo by land, providing aviation equipment, fuels and lubricants, and operating vehicles, extending their service life between repairs.

Continuing the traditions of generations, the personnel of the company today apply all their skill and skills to ensure flight safety and uninterrupted support for the aviation squadron. The best traditions of the unit are continued by Guard Captain A.N. Prokhorenko, Guard Senior Lieutenant V.A. Malyshev, guard senior warrant officers N.I. Dmitriev, N.A. Movchan, Guard Corporal N.T. Kovalenko, civilian personnel S.G. Nagornoye.

Mobile aircraft repair shop

The Mobile Aviation Repair Workshop (PARM) was formed on June 7, 1974. The first head of PARM was appointed Guard Major Alexander Arsentievich Kupriyanov. Subsequently, the unit was commanded by: Guard Majors V.L. Lavrentiev (1975-1979), N.G. Usovich (1979-1982), V.K. Vdovin (1982-1990), from 1990 to the present - Guard Lieutenant Colonel V.V. Zelensky.

The main task of PARM is to extend the inter-regulatory service life of army aviation equipment after 12, 24 months of operation by performing routine maintenance and military repairs to eliminate minor damage to the airframe, on-board electrical network, failures of radio-electronic equipment units, and aircraft weapons of helicopters.

Since June 1974, maintenance work has been carried out on the Mi-4 helicopter.

Since May 1979, PARM army personnel began performing routine maintenance on Mi-8 helicopters. Until January 1982, routine maintenance was carried out on Mi-8 helicopters in the Mi-8T, TP, TV, Mi-9 (airborne command post) variants.

Since January 1982, modified MI-8MT helicopters with increased power TVZ-117 engines entered service with the army's aviation units. Within three months, specialists from the PARM regulations and repair groups retrained on new equipment and began working on a modern aviation complex.
From 1974 to 1993, on average, routine maintenance was performed annually on 46 pieces of aircraft.

Since 1993, the number of helicopters maintained has increased to 54 per year due to the implementation of routine maintenance on helicopters of the 33rd and 49th missile divisions (Mozyr and Lida).

Currently, due to a reduction in the number of personnel in aviation equipment, PARM performs routine maintenance on 12 army helicopters per year. Routine work is also carried out on helicopters of the missile army (Orenburg). The material and technical base, control and testing equipment have been prepared, all types of technological documentation have been worked out. The personnel were retrained to perform routine maintenance after 200, 600 and 1200 hours of operation on An-26 aircraft.

A great contribution to the matter of increasing the combat readiness of the unit and improving its training and material base was made by: the commander of the guard unit, Lieutenant Colonel V.V. Zelensky, head of the guard's ViD group, Major A.L. Kozyrev, head of the JSC Guard group, Lieutenant Colonel R.M. Akhkamov. Guard Lieutenant Colonel R.M. Akhkamov was awarded state awards of the USSR and DRA for the successful fulfillment of international duty on the territory of the Republic of Afghanistan in 1986-1987.

SPECIAL SERVICE

The Special Service of the Missile Army (RA) consists of the Special Service of the Army Command and the Special Service of the Missile Divisions (RD). It is designed to provide technical means of protecting missile weapons and combat control equipment for missile divisions and regiments, as well as command posts of divisions, regiments, divisions and the army from unauthorized combat use during critical operations.

The special service monitors the implementation of measures to prevent unauthorized actions by personnel of the RA, RD, technical missile bases (TRB), regiments and divisions with nuclear weapons and nuclear ammunition when setting up and performing combat duty, carrying out regulations, troubleshooting, during training -combat launches of missiles from combat launch positions.

Until 1979, the work of the division's special work departments was led by a senior officer in the army's operations department. Before the formation of the special service, this position was performed by guard lieutenant colonels B.A. Prozorov, N.M. Gorelov and V.I. Konovalov.

After the formation of the special army service as an independent unit, it was headed by Guard Colonels V.I. Konovalov(1979-1989), B.V. Golubev(1989-1996), V.V. Shalygin(1996-1997), V.D. Lashuk(1997-2004). Currently, it is led by Guard Lieutenant Colonel I.A. Makarov.

Service officers conduct classes with officers of the army, divisions, regiments, battalions, military personnel on the organization and control of the implementation of protection measures during deployment and combat duty, troubleshooting, preparation and conduct of UBP at the BSP, technical maintenance of the DBK and RA control points, rd.

The development of missile systems, the introduction of new automated control systems and technical means of protection required stricter requirements for the implementation of measures to ensure guaranteed protection of nuclear weapons from unauthorized use and ensure their combat use. To achieve this, work is being improved on the selection of officers for the special service of divisions, the high-quality organization and implementation of work with technical protective equipment, and the development of new approaches to monitoring the implementation of measures to prevent the unauthorized use of nuclear weapons on combat duty. For this purpose, methodological documents and recommendations were specially developed and implemented, defining the procedure for solving these problems.

A great contribution to the training of service officers and the organization of high-quality implementation of assigned tasks was made by officers of the special service of the Guard Army, Lieutenant Colonel L.P. Emshanov, heads of special services of the guard missile divisions, Lieutenant Colonels V.V. Kisten, V.A. Kuzminov, A.F. Marchenko, A.I. Moskalev, G.B. Go ahead.

Since 1997, the special army service has been organizing and monitoring work during the commissioning and placing on combat duty of OS missile regiments with the new generation Topol-M ballistic missile system.

With the introduction of this latest technology into the army, the need has increased to ensure the prevention (exclusion) of unauthorized actions with nuclear weapons.

All this required the creation and inclusion of a new unit in the army’s special service - the special RTB service, ensuring the development, organization, conduct and control of a whole range of activities in repair and technical bases. A high-quality solution to these problems was provided by officers of the special guard service, Colonel V.D. Lashuk, majors M.V. Minko, V.R. Lyadas and others.

Vladimir Vladimirovich SHALYGIN Colonel (1996-1997)		Valery Dmitrievich LASHUK Colonel (1997.2005)		Igor Anatolyevich MAKAROV lieutenant colonel (since 2005)

In the conditions of reform of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the Strategic Missile Forces, the organizational and staffing structure of the service also changed, ways and means were improved to achieve a guaranteed level of protection of nuclear weapons from unauthorized use and ensure their authorized use. The special service more clearly organized work with technical means of protection, optimally distributed forces and means, and applied non-standard methods of solving problems when mastering new weapons, in training special service officials, combat shift numbers and launch crews.

During the entire existence of the army, despite the difficulties of transitioning to the operation of new missile weapons and removing obsolete ballistic missiles from combat duty, there was not a single precondition for the unauthorized use of nuclear weapons. This is the merit of the command, officers (warrant officers) and civilian personnel of the army’s special service: guard lieutenant colonels V.M. Mochalova, Ya.V. Borovik and D.I. Gvozdev, Guard Major D.V. Gerasimova, O.V. Martemyanova and A.V. Trapeznikov, guard senior warrant officer V.L. Marchenko, civilian personnel A.E. Erokhin, S.V. Kabankova, V.I. Selivanov and A.I. Runova.

NUCLEAR SECURITY SERVICE

The Nuclear Security Service of the Missile Army was created in April 1992. The need to create such a service was due to the fact that by that time a huge amount of nuclear weapons had been accumulated in the world and the main problem was not their further build-up, but ensuring nuclear safety.

The first chief of the Army Nuclear Security Service was Guard Lieutenant Colonel A.V. Mochalin; subsequently the service was effectively managed Guard Colonels Yu.V. Smirnov, S.V. Kolesnikov, A.V. Zaitsev, E.V. Sabourin.

During the formation of the service, the command of the Strategic Missile Forces did a lot of organizational work. First of all, on the scale of the Missile Forces on the basis of the Academy. F.E. Dzerzhinsky conducted training and methodological gatherings of chiefs and senior officers of the services with the definition of chains and tasks of the service. Similar training was held on the scale of the missile army at the base of the missile division (Yoshkar-Ola) after all officials of the army nuclear security service were fully staffed.

Over the years, the positions of senior officers of the nuclear safety service were performed by: Guard Colonel S.V. Kolesnikov, Guard Lieutenant Colonel G.A. Volkov, S.G. Sukhikh, E.V. Saburin, V.N. Gabdrashitov.

Great assistance in the formation and organization of its work was provided by the leadership of the missile army and, first of all, by the chief of staff - first deputy commander of the army - guard, Major General A. A. Kasyanov, who at the initial stage of the formation of the nuclear security service was its direct superior. Subsequently, the nuclear security service was led by the First Deputy Commander of the Guard Army, Major General V.A. Babeshko and the Deputy Commander of the Guard Army, Major General V.G. Karavaytsev.

The problems of ensuring nuclear safety had to be solved in conditions of operation of weapons and military equipment beyond the warranty periods with a sharp decrease in the supply of technical and material means. These negative conditions predetermined exceptionally high requirements for the level of executive discipline and professional skills of personnel, as well as for the adoption of comprehensive measures to organize the protection and defense of facilities with nuclear weapons and increase the training of specialists involved in eliminating the consequences of possible accidents with nuclear weapons. For this purpose, all repair and technical bases were equipped with everything necessary to solve the problems of eliminating the consequences of accidents, and the missile divisions included non-standard emergency teams, which were headed by deputy division commanders.

Every year, the missile army carries out a large number of particularly important work with nuclear weapons. To ensure the safety of work with nuclear weapons, new approaches to the control and management of particularly dangerous work have been developed. Duty was organized at the operational nuclear safety control point, job and special responsibilities of specialists from the army, divisions and military units were determined and implemented into daily activities.

Sergey Vladimirovich KOLESNIKOV Colonel (1998-2001)		Aleksandr Vladimirovich ZAITSEV Colonel (2001-2003)		Evgeniy Viktorovich SABURIN Colonel (since 2003)

The developed system of preventive control of especially dangerous work with nuclear weapons at all stages of their operation makes it possible to exclude violations of the requirements for the safe operation of nuclear weapons and the occurrence of preconditions for emergency situations. In the context of the growing threat of international terrorism, the existing system of physical protection makes it possible to ensure reliable security and defense of nuclear weapons in the course of solving the tasks facing the missile army.

The developed directions of work of the nuclear safety service to improve the safe operation of nuclear weapons turned out to be correct, which was repeatedly confirmed at meetings of the Military Council of the Army, in the conclusions of the inspection of the Office of State Supervision of Nuclear and Radiation Safety of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation during inspections of the state of nuclear safety in divisions and units of the missile army.

Since 2003, the Nuclear Security Service of the Missile Army has been headed by Guard Colonel E.V. Saburin, senior guard service officer Lieutenant Colonel V.N. makes a great contribution to ensuring safe operation. Gabdrashitov. For a number of years, the Nuclear Security Service has occupied a leading position among the services of the same name in the Strategic Missile Forces.

RADIO ELECTRONIC WARFARE SERVICE (EW)

The formation of the army's electronic warfare service began in April 1969 with the introduction of the post of senior engineer for electronic countermeasures (REC) in the radio warfare service of the 3rd Separate Missile Corps, to which he was appointed Guard Major Evgeniy Nikolaevich Belykh. At the same time, the position of assistant chief of the RVO service for electronic warfare equipment was introduced in the missile divisions, which was filled by guard captain Rostislav Zakharovich Golovnitsky (Kozelsk) and graduates of the first graduating class of electronic warfare specialists from the Red Banner Military Engineering Academy named after. A.F. Mozhaisk Guard Captain Marat Tsudikovich Lentochkin (Teykovo), Guard Captain Mikhail Grigorievich Fursin (Kostroma), Guard Captain Oleg Georgievich Ivanov (Vypolzovo Township).

Since April 1970, in connection with the formation of a missile army on the basis of the corps, REP specialists were transferred to the subordination of the chiefs of staff of the army and divisions to the position of assistant chief of staff for REP assets. Major Valentin Sergeevich Tyutin, who arrived from the REP laboratory at the Plesetsk training ground, was assigned to the PNS Army Directorate for the Electronic Repair Forces.

Since November 1971, an electronic countermeasures service has been formed as part of the army command, consisting of the head of the electronic warfare department Guard Lieutenant Colonel V.S. Tyutina and officer of the guard's electronic warfare service, captain O.G. Ivanova.

In 1977, the position of REP service officer was additionally introduced into the REP service, to which the head of the REP of military unit 34029 of the Guard, Major V.S., was appointed. Mordyashov.

Anatoly Mikhailovich NEKHAEVSKY Colonel (1979-1985)		Yuri Kuzmich ZHULEV Colonel (1985-1987)		Victor Ivanovich PRYDYBAYLO captain (1985)

Since 1978, integrated technical control units (UCT) have been formed in the divisions, and electronic warfare services have been organized. Having passed the stage of experimental combat duty, the UCTC of military units 44200, 34029, 54055, 89553 (Yurya, Kostroma, Kozepsk, Tatishchevo) took up combat duty in 1979-1980. Since 1978, the military unit 43176 has been included in the army subordination units. Since 1985, in military unit 34096 (Yoshkar-Ola), and since 1986 in military unit 34048 (Teykovo), complex technical control units have been formed, which within a year after formation, they entered combat duty.

The following officers were appointed as the first heads of the uktk: Yu. I. Alekseev (RA), S.E. Shirokov (Yoshkar-Ola), S.A. Bodrov (village Vypolzovo), N.V. Pirozhnik (Teykovo), V. A. Malyutin (Kostroma), E.B. Burtsev (Kozelsk), A. V. Belyaev (Tatishchevo town).

The most important tasks of the UTC were: monitoring the effectiveness of the implementation of measures to counter the technical means of intelligence of foreign states (the enemy) when practicing operational-tactical measures and monitoring compliance with the electromagnetic compatibility of their radio-electronic equipment.

The following were in service: stations SRKR-1, SRTK-1, APFU; R-375 receivers; recording equipment - M64-M tape recorder, P-180M voice recorder, Zenit E camera and other equipment.

Recently, monitoring equipment and technology has been in service that allows one to effectively perform tasks of detecting and eliminating technical channels of information leakage (MKTK-1 stations; Patrol, Legend, Almaz, PKU-6M complexes; non-linear locator "Lux" " and etc.).

In April 1979, the army's electronic warfare service was transformed into an electronic warfare service (EW) consisting of: the head of the service Guard Colonel Anatoly Mikhailovich Nekhaevsky, senior guard officer Lieutenant Colonel O.G. Ivanov and guard service officer Major V.S. Mordyashova.

At the initial stage, the radio-electronic countermeasures service solved the problems of operational camouflage of objects under construction, setting up missile regiments on databases and their rearmament, preventing the leakage of information about automated weapons combat control systems and a set of means of overcoming enemy missile defense when equipping missile systems with them, ensuring noise immunity of the army's radio-electronic equipment, developed and implemented recommendations for camouflaging weapons and conducting camouflage radio traffic.

By the mid-70s, the tactical aviation of the potential enemy began to be equipped with high-precision weapons, which created a direct threat to the army's command posts and launchers. Countering enemy tactical aviation weapon control systems was included in the functions of the electronic warfare service.

During a research exercise conducted in September 1983 on the basis of a missile division (the town of Tatishchevo) with the actual involvement of reconnaissance and strike aircraft of the Air Force to simulate attacks on the division's targets, the effectiveness of various means of aerosol jamming, means of hiding and crucifying with water-air foams was assessed , means of light interference based on mirror films and means of distorting the thermal picture of the area using inflatable elements. Electronic warfare specialists of the army and divisions, officers A.M., took an active part in the exercise. Nekhaevsky, A.A. Kolchugin, S.V. Chipchagov, V.A. Golovanov, S.E. Shirokov, A.Ya. Stetsko, A.A. Khorev, V.F. Balynin and others. The high efficiency of radar cover for the RP OS was shown by the 23rd about EW-S (commander Major V.P. Samarsky, chief of staff V.I. Penenkov, company commanders V.I. Pridybaylo, A.V. Korshunov, V. .M. Kompaniets), brought to the exercise in full force from the 50th RA (Smolensk). The issues of combat use of electronic warfare-S were personally studied during the entire exercise by the Strategic Missile Forces National General Staff, Hero of the Soviet Union, Colonel General V. M. Vishenkov.

An analysis of the capabilities of enemy tactical aviation and the characteristics of the visibility of RA objects showed that the most important objects can be detected using airborne radars, and unguided weapons can also pose a threat to these objects. In this regard, in 1985, in the missile division (Vypolzovo village), located within the reach of enemy tactical aviation, the second in the Strategic Missile Forces, the 11th separate EW-S battalion, was deployed, the commander of which was Viktor Ivanovich Pridybaylo. During the withdrawal of the Missile Forces group from the Republic of Belarus in August 1993, the redeployment of the 23rd REB-S (commander Lieutenant Colonel S.T. Dedurin) was organized and successfully carried out from the position area of ​​the 49th rd (Lida) to the 10th rd (Kostroma)

Based on the results of the exercise, the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Army made a decision to create an automated complex of means to counter the weapon control systems of enemy tactical aviation to protect the OS launcher. The first sample of the 15TsZZ complex was tested at the base of the missile division (town of Tatishchevo) (NSREB of the missile division, Major V.N. Chernyavsky). Further directions for the development of means to counter guided aircraft weapons were chosen after the 1989 RA under the leadership of the Chief of the Main Staff of the Strategic Missile Forces, Colonel General S.G. Kochemasov research exercise on electronic warfare with the deployment of the 11th about EW-S in the 10th rd. (Kostroma)

Since 1983, in connection with the deployment in the 10th rd regiments of the BZHRK by the electronic warfare services of the army (NREW Guard Colonel A.M. Nekhaevsky) and the 10th RD, uktk 10th rd (NREW Major V.P. Vladimirov, NUKTK captain V . A. Golovanov) methods were introduced to counter the enemy’s technical reconnaissance equipment (PD TSR) and assess its effectiveness using air and ground methods and control methods during the construction of infrastructure, installation on the database and operation of the BZHRK.

Since 1985, with the advent of the SPU rp in the army, the requirements for increasing survivability and ensuring secrecy of troop actions have increased. The electronic warfare service introduced methods for PD TSR and evaluation of its effectiveness using air and ground methods and control methods.

In 1985, the army's electronic warfare service was headed by Guard Colonel Yuri Kuzmich Zhulev, the senior officer was Guard Lieutenant Colonel Valentin Ivanovich Erokhin, and the officer was Guard Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Danilovich Slon. Subsequently, Guard Lieutenant Colonel V.I. Erokhin headed the electronic warfare service of the Strategic Missile Forces headquarters, and Guard Lieutenant Colonel A.D. Slon became the head of the electronic warfare service of the missile army (Vladimir).

Since 1988, the position of electronic warfare officer in the electronic warfare service has been reduced. The army's electronic warfare officer at that time was Major Sergei Valentinovich Chipchagov, later the head of the army's operational department, colonel.

In the course of measures to reform the Strategic Missile Forces in the Missile Army, organizational and staffing measures were taken to reduce the number of electronic warfare units and subunits:

In 1998, in the missile divisions (the towns of Vypolzovo and the city of Kostroma), individual EW-S battalions were disbanded;

At different times, the army's electronic warfare service was headed by: Colonels V.S. Tyutin, A.M. Nekhaevsky, Yu.K. Zhulev, A.D. Slon, A.A. Mangilev, V.A. Golovanov, A.G. Drotenko, N.E. Mironov (since 2005).

Vladimir Albertovich GOLOVANOV Colonel (1999-2003)		Alexander Gennadievich DROTENKO Colonel (2003-2005)		Nikolay Evstratievnch MIRONOV Colonel (since 2005)

Served as a senior officer in the electronic warfare service: lieutenant colonels O.G. Ivanov, A.A. Kolchugin, A.D. Slon, V.I. Erokhin, V.N. Koplik, V.G. Alekseev, V.A. Golovanov, G.V. Sadovnikov, S.A. Zamaraev (since 2002).

The electronic warfare service officers were Majors O.G. Ivanov, V.S. Mordyashov, A.D. Slon, S.V. Chipchagov.

Majors Yu. I. Alekseev, O. I. Serov, captains S.E. served as the head of the RA UCTC. Shirokov, S.V. Chipchagov, Yu.A. Novikov, A.A. Chertushkin, M.B. Kravtsov, Yu.L. Yuryev, V.V. Kostin, V.N. Ignatkin (since 2003).

Continuing the traditions laid down by veterans of the service, officers of the Electronic Warfare Service of the Guard Army, Colonel N.E., confidently organize electronic warfare and comprehensive technical control events. Mironov (chief of service) and Guard Lieutenant Colonel S.A. Zamaraev (senior service officer), heads of electronic warfare services of guard divisions, lieutenant colonels S.I. Safronov, V.V. Aparin, O.L. Skutin, Guard Major S.N. Ivanov, guard captain E.A. Similarities.

SERVICE FOR PROTECTION OF STATE SECRETS (SGT)

The 8th department of the 3rd ORK was created in the initial period of the formation and development of the Strategic Missile Forces (1959).

A veteran of the Great Patriotic War was appointed the first head of the 8th department. Guard Lieutenant Colonel A.S. Elistratov.

During this period, the primary tasks of forming covert command and control of troops and ensuring secrecy during the construction of Strategic Missile Forces facilities and placing units on combat duty were solved.

Alexey Stepanovich ELISTRATOV lieutenant colonel (1959-1966)		Boris Ivanovich FILIPPOV lieutenant colonel (1966-1970)
Nikolai Mikhailovich ZEMLYAKOV Colonel (1979-1983)		Anatoly Anatolyevich KUZMENKO Colonel (1983-1997)

The officers of the department, Colonel V.E., contributed to the solution of these important issues. Konyakhin and participants in the Great Patriotic War, Guard Lieutenant Colonel B.I. Filippov, Guard Major M.P. Khudyakov.

From 1966 to 1970 the department was headed by Guard Lieutenant Colonel B.I. Filippov.

In 1970, the 3rd ORK was transformed into a missile army. The first head of the 8th Division of the Missile Army was appointed Guard Lieutenant Colonel A.N. Danilov.

Since 1970, the army's special agency has taken up combat duty as part of the duty shift of the command post.

A great contribution to the organization and performance of combat duty, training and education of personnel, development of documentation and equipment of combat posts of special forces of the army was made by department officers: Guard Colonels Yu.E. Rodionov, V.G. Churilov, L.A. Kochurov, Guard Lieutenant Colonel G.M. Novikov, B.I. Saenko, guard majors V.M. Bayunov, B.A. Gladkikh.

In 1979, the department was headed by Guard Colonel N.M. Zemlyakov.

During this period, issues of organizing and implementing covert command and control of troops from mobile command posts were resolved. The covert communication system was developed to a level higher than the standard one. The transfer of special forces of the army to a new fleet of electronic special communications equipment has begun. A great contribution to the solution of these issues was made by the officers of the department: Guard Lieutenant Colonel V.V. Ivanov, guard majors V.S. Pasternak and V.L. Mozolev, guard captain Yu.P. Overseas.

In 1983, the department was headed by Guard Colonel A.A. Kuzmenko.

During this period, the issues of ensuring command of special communications, covert control of formations and units were resolved with high efficiency, several new types of special communications equipment were mastered and put into operation, a procedure for ensuring information security when using computer technology was established for the first time, a system for accessing personnel to information constituting a state secret.

On February 19, 1988, the head of the guard department, Colonel A.A. Kuzmenko was awarded the Order “For Service to the Motherland in the USSR Armed Forces”, 3rd degree.

In 1989, according to the approved staff, an army special communications post was created and transferred to the eighth department.

In 1990, the Istok system subscriber point was included in the staff of the special agency to carry out interdepartmental special communications with industrial enterprises, ministries and departments, which significantly increased the solution to the issues of maintaining the combat readiness of weapons and military equipment.

Department officers contributed to the organization and implementation of this work: Guard Lieutenant Colonel A.P. Byba, guard majors S.N. Novodranov, V.S. Pasternak, N.P. Kurteev, V.N. Sorochenko, N.M. Voloshin, A.N. Skvortsov, V.A. Maichenko and senior specialists of the SPS Guard, senior warrant officers N.A. Shabanov, Yu.M. Morozov, V.I. Soloviev, S.V. Makarov, M.G. Ivanov, N.M. Dyachkov, A.I. Antonov.

In 1997, the department was headed by Guard Colonel N.M. Voloshin.

Under his leadership, the department takes a leading role in the implementation of covert command and control of troops and ensuring the protection of state secrets among the special agencies of the Strategic Missile Forces.

Officers of the guard department, Colonel V.N., took an active part in solving these problems. Mushkovets, Guard Lieutenant Colonel N.A. Kononov, O.P. Rekalo, Guard Major V.A. Kuzmenko, guard captains A.A. Ivchenko, O.V. Konovalov, guard lieutenants A.M. Orlov, A.A. Kovalenko and senior specialists of the SPS Guard, senior warrant officers S.V. Makarov, N.M. Dyachkov, O.B. Sedov, V.M. Manushin, O.V. Smolyaninov, A.V. Alekhine. On December 17, 2004, the head of the guard department, Colonel N.M. Voloshin was awarded the medal “For Impeccable Service in the RF Armed Forces”, 2nd degree.

All secret organs of the missile army were subordinated to the service.

The Service for the Protection of State Secrets continues to fulfill its duties consisting of: Guard Colonel N.M. Voloshin, Guard Lieutenant Colonel N.A. Kononov, O.P. Recapo, Guard Major V.A. Kuzmenko, guard lieutenants A.M. Orlov, A.A. Kovalenko, guard senior warrant officers O.B. Sedov, O.V. Smolyaninov, A.V. Alekhin, E.A. Barsukov, guard warrant officers A.V. Shaptala, M.M. Arefiev, employees of the RF Armed Forces: B.I. Saenko, A.A. Kuzmenko, B.N. Romanov, O.V. Romanova, L.P. Shanaeva, A.I. Antonov, V.A. Maichenko, S.V. Makarov.

ARMY SERVICE DEPARTMENT
AND SECURITY OF MILITARY SERVICE

By a directive of the General Staff of the USSR Armed Forces on February 19, 1969, the troop service department was separated from the organizational mobilization directorate (OMD) and became part of the Main Staff of the Strategic Missile Forces as an independent department.

With the development and improvement of the Strategic Missile Forces, the structure of military service bodies has undergone changes in both qualitative and quantitative composition.

From April 1970 to March 1977, the military and security service department was headed by a participant in the Great Patriotic War Colonel V.L. Surovtsev. Under his leadership, experienced and competent officers, Lieutenant Colonels P.F. Baranchikov and P.A. Spivak successfully solved the complex problems of organizing garrison, guard and internal services.

The main focus of the work of department officers was practical work in the troops, and not in headquarters offices. At the same time, the main goal was to provide specific assistance to unit commanders and foremen in maintaining statutory order and creating good living conditions for personnel.

More than 75% of their service time, officers were on business trips, working directly in divisions and regiments, providing practical assistance to commanders and headquarters in establishing statutory order, equipping barracks, guard rooms, posts and protected facilities, and ensuring the safety of weapons and ammunition.

Inspection of the equipment of barracks premises began with checking the performance of duty by persons on daily duty, knowledge and performance of special duties, then - the equipment of the premises, the quality and completeness of the development of documentation, and places of duty. In total, there were about 200 barracks in the army. Much attention was paid to the foremen of the units, their knowledge and fulfillment of the requirements of governing documents, organization and management of company management.

The department's officers focused their main efforts on equipping and protecting guardhouses, guarded facilities and posts, and creating conditions that ensure safety when serving as sentries at posts (towers). The total number of garrison and internal guards in the army troops varied and reached 50 guards.

The officers of the department paid great attention to the training of personnel of formations and divisions when they were withdrawn to field areas. The training and readiness of personnel for practical actions to repel attacks on protected objects and guard posts in cooperation with duty units and reinforcement forces were especially carefully checked. At this time, the officers of the department dealt with issues of the commandant service, ensuring the protection of military equipment of mobile formations on the march.

Since the creation of the department, officers have systematically worked in the divisional security units and the security and intelligence company of the army department. A separate security and reconnaissance company is entrusted with the tasks of guarding and defending the military camp and command post, performing guard duty, and access control. Among security units, a separate security and reconnaissance company has been repeatedly recognized as the best. Former commander of the security company, Colonel V.N. Sharapov now heads the service of the Strategic Missile Forces.

With the equipping of army troops with stationary missile systems (OS), the security and defense of combat launch positions (BSP) began to be carried out by security and defense duty shifts - guards. Taking into account the importance of new facilities, security and defense required engineering equipment for launch positions, saturating them with fire weapons and devices for all-round defense.

By decision of the Commander-in-Chief of the Strategic Missile Forces, fire structures, electrified and mine-explosive barriers, and technical detection equipment were installed at the BSP. To maintain them and perform security services in missile regiments, special security units were created - companies of electrified barriers and mining (REZM).

Since 1973, at the direction of the Commander-in-Chief of the Strategic Missile Forces, the army began building new guardhouses with a turret and machine gun installation, equipping them with improved automated security and detection equipment.

The officers of the department were directly involved in the preparation and deployment of new missile regiments on combat duty, and in organizing the protection of launchers by security and defense duty shifts.
This made it possible to increase the reliability of detecting and defeating intruders in the BSP zone. The commissioning of fortification-type structures and the improvement of the quality of technical support made it possible to reduce the number of guard personnel and at the same time expand the ability to control the performance of service by military personnel, although the number of guards in the army has increased significantly.

From April 1977 to December 1988, the department was headed by Colonel V.M. Tarasov. Lieutenant Colonels V.A. served in the department with him. Ivanunin and N.Ya. Khrapeychuk, majors V.D. Mikhailov and E.F. Potapov, who with high competence understood all issues of organizing troop service, skillfully organized the collection, recording and synthesis of information on the state of troop service, participated in the development of draft reports to the commander of the missile army and reports to the Main Headquarters of the Strategic Missile Forces on incidents and crimes, the causes of death of military personnel and measures taken.

The officers of the department took an active part in organizing and improving the security and defense of the missile systems RSD "Pioneer" (Urya town), BZHRK (Kostroma), "Topol" (Teykovo).

In subsequent years, issues of security and defense of the BSP were transferred to the operational department of the army.

In May 1990 and 1994, the army was subject to inspection by the inspection of the USSR Ministry of Defense and the Russian Ministry of Defense, where the service of the missile army troops was highly assessed.

Army commanders, their deputies, heads of departments and army command services have done a great job of bringing the entire structure of military life, organization and performance of garrison, guard and internal services into strict compliance with the requirements of general military regulations, orders and regulatory documents.

In missile divisions and regiments, more than 70% of headquarters, barracks, stops, guards, parks and checkpoints were brought into exemplary condition, which helped strengthen law and order and military discipline, improve living conditions and preserve the health of military personnel.

Since 1996, the staffing structure of the department has changed and the department began to be called the Department of Military Service and Security of Military Service.

Vladimir Mikhailovich TARASOV Colonel (1977-1989)		Alexander Grigorievich SURKOV lieutenant colonel (1989-1992)		Evgeniy Fomich POTAPOV lieutenant colonel (1993-1995)

The new direction of work required the officers of the special training department to study the requirements of governing documents and regulatory legal acts establishing the norms of relations between military personnel and the state.

The work of the department's officers was aimed at preserving the life and health of military personnel, organizing safe living conditions for troops, predicting and neutralizing the effects of adverse factors that pose a threat to personnel.

In this regard, every year the army holds review competitions for the best organization and state of military service in garrisons and military units, competitions for the best military unit in creating and ensuring safe conditions for military service, and military service safety months.

This made it possible to raise the level of work of the leadership to increase organization and order, improve the organization of garrison, guard and internal services, bring them into compliance with the requirements of general military regulations and guidance documents, and reduce the level of injuries to military personnel.

In December 2001, by order of the Minister of Defense No. 541, departmental security of the RF Ministry of Defense was created in the chains of improving the organization of security of objects. Within the established time frame, the formation of departmental security units was completed in the army, work was organized on the recruitment of civilian personnel, equipping guard rooms and posts, and the necessary documentation was developed.

In 2004, army troops were subject to inspection by the Commission of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces on the organization of military service and the security of military service. The commission concluded that the organization of daily activities, the state of law and order, troop service and the security of military service of divisions and regiments generally meet the requirements of the governing documents, ensure the maintenance of the required level of combat readiness, study conditions, life and everyday life of military personnel and allow the solution of assigned tasks.

This conclusion of the commission largely determines the assessment of the work of the officers of the service department.

Over the years, the department was headed by Colonels V.L. Surovtsev, V.M. Tarasov, V.P. Kuznetsov, lieutenant colonels A.G. Surkov, E.F. Potapov, G.G. Anokhin, V.N. Sharapov.

For many years, the department has been one of the best among similar departments of the Strategic Missile Forces armies.

From 2003 to 2005 the department was headed by Guard Lieutenant Colonel I.Yu. Polevshchikov. During this period, the department achieved significant results. At the end of 2004 and 2005, the missile army won first place among the missile armies of the Strategic Missile Forces in terms of troop service and military service safety.

Since December 2005, the department has been headed by Guard Lieutenant Colonel A.V. Egorov. Composition of the squad: senior officer of the guard squad, Lieutenant Colonel A.V. Arkhipov; Guard squad officer Major M.V. Kamensky; Leading document manager of the department, RA employee V.M. Tarasov.

The officers of the department pay a lot of attention to a separate security and reconnaissance company.

A separate security and reconnaissance company was formed on March 15, 1961. The first company commander was captain Vladimir Ivanovich Kokhachev. Subsequently, the company was commanded by: captains Yuri Petrovich Shapov, Evgeniy Fomin Potapov, Alexander Alekseevich Andrianov, Vladimir Nikolaevich Sharapov, Alexander Borisovich Lobakov, Valery Alekseevich Semko, Igor Anatolyevich Maksimov, Alexey Vadimovich Arkhipov, Alexey Yuryevich Ilyukhin, Major Igor Anatolyevich Orlov.

From the first days of the formation of a separate security and reconnaissance company, personnel were involved in guard and internal service for the protection and defense of important military facilities of the missile army.

Igor Yurievich FIELDERS lieutenant colonel (2003-2005)		Aleksandr Vladimirovich EGOROV lieutenant colonel (from 01.12.05)		Igor Anatolyevich MAKSIMOV captain (24.03.94.30.03.95)
Alexey Vadimovich ARKHIPOV captain (04.95-11.99)		Alexey Yurievich ILYUKHIN captain (11/15/99-05/30/02)		Igor Anatolyevich ORLOV major (09.08.02-19.08.05)

Currently, a separate security and reconnaissance company is designed to combat enemy sabotage and reconnaissance groups and landing forces at a point of permanent deployment.

Based on the results of combat training, the safety of military service and military discipline, the equipment and maintenance of the barracks, guard rooms, checkpoints, a separate security and reconnaissance company was repeatedly noted for the better in the Strategic Missile Forces among similar companies of missile armies.

On August 31, 1994, on the basis of a separate security and reconnaissance company, a paramilitary security team was formed, which carries out access control to the territory of the headquarters and military camp of the missile army, the administrative and economic part, and also performs guard duty.

Officers and warrant officers of the company, personnel are always ready to perform official duties and assigned tasks.

SECRETARIAT OF THE ARMY MILITARY COUNCIL. OFFICE OF HEADQUARTERS

The date of formation of the Military Council of the Army is considered to be June 27, 1970 - the appointment of Lieutenant General V.M., Hero of the Soviet Union, to the post of Army Commander. Vishenkova.

In the same year, the command staff of the army and the first Military Council of the Army were formed, consisting of: Chairman of the Military Council of the Guard, Lieutenant General V.M. Vishenkov - army commander; Guard Major General A.P. Shilin - first deputy army commander; Guard Colonel V.V. Lyashik - chief of staff - first deputy army commander; Guard Major General A.G. Logachev - head of the political department; Guard Major General G.D. Gavrilov - Deputy Army Commander for Combat Training - Head of the Combat Training Department; Guards Engineer Colonel P.A. Borodai - Deputy Army Commander for Missiles - Chief Engineer; Guard Colonel I.F. Osminin - Deputy Army Commander for Logistics - Chief of Logistics. Guard Lieutenant Colonel E.V. was appointed head of the headquarters office - secretary of the Military Council. Berdov.

Over the past 35 years, the Military Council has included 46 generals and officers, including 8 chairmen of the Military Council - army commanders. At the stage of forming the missile army, the Military Council solved the problems of building missile systems and control posts, placing them on combat duty, increasing the survivability of troops, building residential camps and the infrastructure of position areas. During the same period, dozens of combat training launches of missiles were carried out from combat launch positions and training grounds. The period from 1973 to 1983 is characterized by an increase in the combat power of army troops due to the re-equipment of divisions with new next-generation missile systems. In January 1984, the army was awarded the Red Banner of Battle. From 1984 to 1993, new groups of PGRK Topol and BZHRK were created. The first BZHRK regiments in the Strategic Missile Forces were placed on combat duty in military unit 34029, “Topol” in military unit 34096. In 1990, for the first time in the history of the Missile Forces, during an inspection by the Inspectorate of the USSR Ministry of Defense, the army control and military unit 34029 were rated “good” . Much attention was paid to resolving issues of life support for army troops, improving the life and well-being of military personnel and members of their families, strengthening military discipline, and preserving the officer corps.

Currently, the Military Council includes: Chairman of the Military Council of the Guard, Lieutenant General V.G. Gagarin - army commander; N.V. Vinogradov - Governor of the Vladimir region; Guard Major General V.M. Mazurov - chief of staff - first deputy army commander; Guard Major General V.G. Karavaytsev - deputy army commander; Guard Major General A.N. Bykov - chief of armaments - deputy army commander for armaments; Guard Major General A.A. Melnik - Chief of Logistics - Deputy Commander of the Army for Logistics; Guard Colonel E.I. Grankin - Deputy Army Commander for Educational Work - Head of Department. Guard Lieutenant Colonel A.V. was appointed Secretary of the Military Council. Telegin.

Valery Mikhailovich MAZUROV major general		Vasily Grigorievich KARAVAITSEV major general		Alexander Nikolaevich BYKOV major general

The Military Council of the Army solves the tasks set by the President of the Russian Federation, the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, the commander of the Strategic Missile Forces on the installation of new ground- and silo-based Topol-M missile systems in military units 89553 and 34048. Much attention is paid to preserving personnel potential, training personnel in the best traditions of the Strategic Missile Forces , army.

The main efforts of the Army Military Council are aimed at increasing the effectiveness and efficiency of all levels in solving the problems of building and developing a missile army. It is practiced to hold on-site meetings of the Military Council during commanders' meetings in order to promptly take measures in the main areas of troop activity.

The problems of the Vladimir garrison do not go unnoticed by the Military Council. The leadership of the region and the city of Vladimir was repeatedly invited to meetings of the Military Council. Over the past years, Governor of the Vladimir Region N.V. has been a member of the Military Council. Vinogradov. In 2004, the army administration was awarded the standard of the Governor of the Vladimir Region.

The secretaries of the Army Military Council are the heads of the headquarters office. From left to right: P.N. Ponasenko, A.V. Telegin (third), V.L. Kazimirsky, V.I. Sivaev, 2nd from left - A.A. Kuznetsov (secret department of headquarters) (2004).		Secret department of the headquarters. In the first row (from left to right): P.N. Ponasenko, L.M. Mironova, V.N. Gavrilova, G.D. Shukaeva, E.T. Sufiyanova, V.E. Kostikova, V.I. Sivaev, A.A. Kuznetsov. In the second row (from left to right): S.V. Ushakova, M.V. Krendyasova, L.M. Tarasova, L.V. Prosvetova, V.V. Nabirushkin, L.A. Zhuchkina, Yu.V. Frolova, T.F. Morozova, A.V. Belyaev, L.N. Mazurova, N.A. Puzyrevskaya (2004).

An important role in monitoring the implementation of the decisions of the Military Council was played by the secretaries of the Military Council of the Guard Army, Lieutenant Colonels E.V. Berdov, V.P. Shveikin, V.I. Sivaev, V.L. Kazimirsky, P.N. Ponasenko, A.M. Maksimenko, M.M. Lavrinenko, S.V. Chipchagov, L.I. Ziminov, A.V. Telegin.

The secret department of the headquarters ensures the activities of all departments and services of the army command, resolves issues of timely processing, communication and control of the execution of incoming and issued regulations, orders, directives of higher management bodies and command of the army, ensures a regime of secrecy in the daily activities of the army command.

A great contribution to the development of the secret department was made by the heads of the secret department of the guard, senior lieutenants V.P. Kryukov, S.A. Trushnikov, guard senior warrant officers V.P. Medvedev, V.D. Pume, A.A. Kuznetsov, heads of the secret units of the guard army control centers, senior warrant officers A.V. Belyaev, A.I. Rokhlin, V.V. Nabirushkin, N.I. Voitenko.

Veterans of the secret department L.M. enjoy respect and gratitude from the command and officers of the army. Tarasova, V.E. Kostikova, L.M. Mironova, E.T. Sufiyanova, T.F. Morozov, who approach their work with high professionalism and great responsibility. They follow their example and work successfully in the assigned areas of L.N. Mazurova, V.N. Gavrilova, G.D. Shukaeva, N.A. Puzyrevskaya, Yu.B. Frolova, L.V. Prosvetova, M.V. Krendyasova, L.A. Zhuchkina, Z.A. Nekrasova, S.V. Ushakova.

major
(8.02.90-15.02.94)

Vladimir Vladimirovich RICH lieutenant colonel (15.02.94 - 17.4.04)		Konstantin Leonidovich GORBUSHIN lieutenant colonel (from 17.4.04)		Gennady Fedorovich KUZIN Major Commandant of Staff

With the reorganization of the 3rd separate missile corps into a missile army, the administrative and economic department (ACS) of the headquarters was introduced into the headquarters services.

The ACS was entrusted with the following tasks: accounting for the personnel of the headquarters, maintaining the life of the headquarters, buildings and structures, accounting for material resources, providing departments and services of the army with material resources, accounting for weapons and ammunition, organizing their storage, as well as organizing meals for personnel and providing all types of supplies and allowances.

The first head of the administrative and economic department was appointed Guard Major Gennady Aleksandrovich Bekrenev.

Subsequently, the ACS was led by: Guard Majors Alexander Danilovich Bortok, Vladimir Ivanovich Kakhachev and Guard Lieutenant Colonels Vladimir Vladimirovich Bogatov, Konstantin Leonidovich Gorbushin.

The commandants of the headquarters were: Guard Major G.F. Kuzin, guard ensign A.I. Shundikov, guard senior lieutenant A.V. Shaklein.

During the location of the army headquarters in Streletsky Lane No. 5, the headquarters' ACS was located on the second floor in the building that now houses the military commissariat of the Leninsky district.

After the construction of the current headquarters building in 1983, the ACS was located in the building opposite Army Headquarters.

In May 1983, first chestnut trees and then larches were planted in front of the entrance to the headquarters of military unit 43176, but they did not take root.

By decision of the commander of the Guard Army, Lieutenant General G.A. Kolesnikov, blue spruce trees were planted on the lawn, which to this day adorn the lawn of the facade of the army headquarters. The lighting of the fir trees on the lawn was installed in 1990.

In 1983, by the decision of Lieutenant General V.P. Shilovsky, a winter garden was planted in the hall of the headquarters building, which was subsequently improved and developed. Traditionally, it is looked after by AO engineers. Currently - Valentina Aleksandrovna Filina.

The personnel of the administrative and economic department have consistently performed and continue to fulfill their assigned duties with high quality.

Chapter from the book of memoirs by N.V. Voronovich “The Drowned World”. The book consists of three parts. The first two are a rather panegyric description of the life of the Imperial Army. The author calls the case of the cornet Donet almost the only black spot on the shiny army uniform.

36. THE CASE OF CORNET DONE
Shortly before the war, if I'm not mistaken, in the fall of 1912, our regiment was agitated by a sad and difficult incident. The young, recently promoted to officer, Cornet Donet shot and killed the bartender of the officers' meeting, soldier of the 2nd squadron Mochalin.
Don was a modest officer who was loved not only by his comrades, but also by the soldiers of his squadron. Therefore, his action caused general bewilderment.
I remember how amazed I was by this incident, which I learned about a few minutes later and about which I had to make the first inquiry.
It was on Saturday. On Saturdays, classes in the squadrons ended at 12 noon. But in the training team (non-commissioned officer school), where I was assistant chief, there were evening classes in the classrooms on Saturdays. I returned home at 9 pm and was about to have tea. At this time the phone rang. One of the young cornets summoned me to the officers' meeting on a very important matter. The excited voice of the cornet indicated that something unusual had happened. Grabbing my cap, I ran out of the house and hurried to the meeting. In the lobby I was met by two frightened messengers and a cornet calling me on the phone. From the duty room came the excited voices of the regimental duty officer, Cornet Donet, and two other young officers. Anticipating something bad, I went to the duty room.
“I shot Mochalin,” Don, white as paper and barely in control of himself, rushed towards me, “you see, I killed him!” But I could not do otherwise, I had to shoot...
I couldn't get anything else from Don. After questioning three other, also agitated and confused officers, and two soldiers serving in the meeting, I found out the details of the tragedy that had just unfolded.
As I already said, this happened on Saturday.
Most of the officers, at the end of their training in the squadrons, left the regiment, and only the regimental duty officer, Cornet Done, and three young officers, his fellow graduates, dined in the meeting. Done was celebrating his 21st birthday and wanted to treat his comrades to champagne. But he forgot that he owed the collection more than two hundred rubles and was “deprived of credit.” According to the rules of the meeting, officers who owed more than two hundred rubles could only have breakfast and lunch, but had no right to demand wine. Private 2nd Squadron Mochalin, assigned to the meeting as a servant, performed the duties of a civilian bartender who had gone on vacation. Fulfilling the order of the owner of the meeting, he refused Dona champagne. Enraged by the refusal, the cornet went to the pantry and ordered Mochalin to immediately serve him a bottle of champagne. Mochalin again refused to carry out this order.
- Do you know that a soldier is obliged to carry out every order of an officer? - the cornet, who was beginning to lose his composure, asked him.
- I know that for sure, but I cannot fulfill this order of yours!
- Do you know that according to the charter, I must force you to carry out my orders by using weapons?
- It's your choice, but I won't serve you wine.
Then Done pulled out a revolver and, without aiming, shot at the barman. Mochalin fell. He was killed on the spot: a bullet pierced his head.
I turned out to be the eldest of the officers present in the regiment. And since I also served as regimental quartermaster, all buildings in the regiment, including the officers’ meeting, were under my jurisdiction. Therefore, I had to immediately take the measures prescribed by law: lock and seal both doors of the pantry where the murder took place and where the body of the unfortunate Mochalin lay, and also notify the higher authorities.
The commander of the regiment, Prince V.A. Dolgorukov (the future marshal and one of the few courtiers who proved in practice his loyalty to the murdered sovereign, who voluntarily followed the royal family to Tobolsk and was shot along with it in Yekaterinburg) left for Tsarskoe Selo. His address was known only to the regimental adjutant, who also left Peterhof. Only an hour later I connected by telephone with the senior colonel, who was spending the evening with his friends. After listening to my report, he ordered me to be relieved from duty and sent home by Don, who had fallen into hysterics. And when, no less excited than me, the colonel arrived at the meeting, we began to look for the regimental adjutant. By 12 o'clock at night, having contacted by telephone all the houses where he might have been visiting, we finally found him and reported the incident. The adjutant, in turn, immediately called Prince Dolgorukov in Tsarskoe Selo.
The poor prince, who had served very little in the ranks and had been at court all his life, did not know the rules well and was completely at a loss. On the advice of the senior colonel, he sent a telegram to the prosecutor of the St. Petersburg Military District Court, after which at three in the morning we went home. Despite my fatigue, I could not sleep that night.
Early in the morning, a military investigator arrived at the scene of the incident, accompanied by the commandant's adjutant. After interrogating Cornet Donet, the investigator declared him arrested and sent him to St. Petersburg, to the guardhouse. The painful affair of the cornet Donet began for the regiment.
None of the officers justified Don's actions. In the entire two-century history of the regiment, this was the first time an officer killed a soldier. But, condemning Don, we understood that he deserves not so much punishment as regret. A young man, almost a boy, who had just left school, misinterpreted the statute, which actually obliged the officer to force the lower rank to carry out the order given to him, even resorting to weapons. But Done did not understand what the regulations said about orders related to service and military duty. The incorrect interpretation of the regulations was not so much Don’s mistake as the fault of his squadron commander, Captain Sh., who was obliged to explain to his junior officers the theoretical knowledge they had learned from school. No less blame fell on the owner of the meeting, Lieutenant B., who illegally assigned the duties of a bartender to a lower rank. As a result of such an order from B., soldier Mochalin did not carry out the officer’s orders and actually violated discipline.
But Don's main fault was his youth and inexperience. His hurt pride and false shame in front of his comrades, whom he could not treat to wine, pushed him to take a rash step and made him an involuntary killer. Involuntary - because Done shot without aiming and did not want to kill Mochalin.
The case of Cornet Donet received wide publicity. The left-wing public used it for further attacks on the army, and especially on the officers. All St. Petersburg newspapers wrote about the murder of a soldier by an officer, and some of them deliberately portrayed this murder in an incorrect and perverted manner. It was not allowed to slander the army in those days, but monetary fines and other penalties did not stop those journalists who pursued well-known goals.
The Commander-in-Chief of the Guard, Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolaevich, could not help but intervene in the matter of Cornet Don and carried out a personal investigation. Having left Don's fate to the military district court, the Grand Duke attacked his superiors. The squadron commander, Captain Sh., had to leave the regiment. The owner of the meeting, Lieutenant B., was also soon transferred from the regiment, and the senior colonel was reprimanded.
A few days later, Mochalin’s funeral took place. The gendarme department informed the regimental commander that the funeral was likely to turn into a political demonstration. Therefore, it was proposed to bury the murdered person at night, without any ceremony.
But political organizations and the police did not know that the commander of the 2nd squadron was captain Lev Mikhailovich Navrotsky, the “father-commander” beloved by the soldiers. Navrotsky categorically opposed the gendarmes' proposal.
“Mochalin died executing the orders of his superior,” Lev Mikhailovich declared to the regiment commander. “He cannot be buried like a criminal, secretly and without the participation of his comrades.” Therefore, Mochalin will be buried like an honest soldier, and the commander, officers and all the soldiers of the squadron will escort him to the grave. There will be no demonstrations during the funeral. The 2nd Squadron will not allow them, just as it will not allow outsiders to participate in the funeral. I vouch for this and take full responsibility.
The regiment commander agreed with Navrotsky, and, to the surprise of the police and civil authorities, Mochalin’s funeral actually took place solemnly and without disturbing order.
Two months later, a hearing was scheduled in the St. Petersburg military district court for the case of Cornet Don, at which I had to be present. The case was heard in open court and the public seats were packed. In view of the importance attached to the case of Cornet Donet, the president of the court, rather than a military judge, presided. And the prosecution was supported not by one of the prosecutor’s comrades, as was usually the practice, but by the prosecutor himself. Six senior officers of combat units of the St. Petersburg Military District were appointed judges.
When asked by the chairman whether Donet pleads guilty to the murder of Mochalin, committed in a state of passion and irritation, the accused answered in the negative, expressing regret that he was forced to resort to weapons to force Mochalin to carry out his orders.
Done's defenders - a military lawyer and a famous St. Petersburg lawyer - based their defense on the interpretation of paragraphs of the military regulations that required the commander to use weapons in the event of a subordinate's refusal to carry out the order given to him. Based on these paragraphs, defense attorneys asked the court to acquit Dona.
The prosecutor, in a talented speech, refuted all the arguments of the defense, dwelling in detail on the analysis and explanation of the statute.
“I feel sorry for you, Cornet Don,” the prosecutor finished his speech, turning to the accused, “your superiors certified you as a modest and capable officer.” A brilliant career was open to you, which you yourself abandoned, having committed a serious crime that worried the public and affected your colleagues. Out of duty and conscience, I am obliged to demand from your judges a severe condemnation of your crime and fair retribution for it. And I ask you, gentlemen of the judge, to find Cornet Donet guilty of the murder of the soldier Mochalin, committed in passion and irritation. As a measure of punishment, I demand for Don the deprivation of his military rank, all rights of state and four years of prison service.
After a painful two-hour meeting for both the accused and the public, the court pronounced a verdict in which Donet was acquitted of murder, but found guilty of abuse of power and sentenced to two months of arrest in a guardhouse and church repentance.
The prosecutor stated that he could not agree with such a verdict and would appeal it to the Main Military Court. Probably, the case of Cornet Don was given special importance, because the Main Military Court made its decision within three days. Based on the materials of the preliminary and judicial investigation, the Main Court, having overturned the verdict of the military district court, did not find it necessary to order a new trial and changed the verdict, finding Donne guilty of murder. Agreeing with the opinion of the prosecutor, the court sentenced Cornet Donet to deprivation of all rights of his estate and four years of imprisonment.
This harsh sentence literally stunned us. We admitted that Don was to blame, that he could, using the authority of the officer on duty, arrest Mochalin, but not shoot him. However, instead of such a simple way out, Don got excited and, misinterpreting the statute, shot Mochalin. Therefore, we would not be surprised by a strict but fair sentence - Don's expulsion from military service, even demoting him to the ranks. But the sentence to the prison companies was too harsh. It was the moral and physical murder of a young man who had not yet matured.
Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolaevich personally reported to the sovereign the matter of the cornet Don. Presenting the verdict of the Main Military Court to the tsar for approval, Nikolai Nikolaevich again acted like a strict but fair boss. At his request, the sovereign replaced Don's prisoner companies with demotement to the rank and file.
I met with Done again at the apartment of his grief-stricken parents. He was already in the uniform of a private of the 3rd Dragoon Novorossiysk Regiment. Saying goodbye to Don, we gave him the image of “All Saints”, with which we blessed our demoted comrade on a new and difficult path in life.
To my great surprise and relief, when I returned to the regiment, I learned that the recruits of the 3rd squadron had also blessed Don with an image that they had bought together. Simple people, inexperienced in politics, took pity and forgave the poor young man, who atoned for his grave sin before God and people with a severe punishment for an officer.”

M Ochalin Nikolai Gavrilovich - commander of a platoon of machine gunners of the 305th Marine Battalion of the 83rd Marine Rifle Brigade of the 46th Army of the 2nd Ukrainian Front, lieutenant.

Born on December 26, 1922 in the village of Titovka, Shebekino volost, Belgorod district, Kursk province (now this village is one of the microdistricts of the city of Shebekino, Belgorod region) in a working-class family. He graduated from 9 classes (Titovskaya elementary school, Shebekinskaya seven-year school and evening school). After graduating from art school in the city of Donetsk, he worked as an artist at the “1st of May” rest house in the city of Shebekino, at the Shebekino factory-kitchen.

In the Red Army since September 8, 1941. From that time on at the front. He was a rifleman, commander of a group of enemy landing blockers, commander of a communications platoon, commander of a platoon of Marine submachine gunners, and commander of a rifle company. In 1942 he graduated from the regimental school, in 1943 - courses for junior lieutenants. He fought on the South-Western, Southern, South-Eastern, Stalingrad, North Caucasus fronts, in the Separate Primorsky Army, on the 3rd and 2nd Ukrainian fronts. Member of the CPSU since 1945. In battles he was wounded three times.

Participated:
- in defensive battles in the area of ​​​​the cities of Shebekino, Volchansk, on the Aidar River, in leaving the encirclement beyond the Don - in 1941-42;
- in battles in the steppes of Kalmykia in the Astrakhan direction - in 1942;
- in the battles for the city of Kerch, in the liberation of the southern Crimean coast, the city of Sevastopol, in the Iasi-Chisinau operation, including the liberation of the cities of Tatarbunary, Galati, in the liberation of Romania, Bulgaria, in battles in Yugoslavia in the region of Vojvodina and in the region of the cities of Zrenjanin and Vukovar - in 1944;
- in battles in Hungary and Austria, including for the cities of Budapest and Vienna - in 1945.

The commander of a platoon of machine gunners of the 305th Marine Battalion, Lieutenant Mochalin, and his soldiers landed deep behind enemy lines near the city of Vukovar (now Croatia) on December 8, 1944 and cut an important road, thereby blocking the Nazis’ retreat routes and disorganizing their rear. For more than 2 days, his platoon held the captured line, repelling 12 enemy attacks. During this battle, Lieutenant Mochalin personally destroyed 2 self-propelled guns, a tank and several dozen fascists.

At the kazam of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR on April 20, 1945, Gavrilovich for the exemplary performance of combat missions of the command on the front of the fight against the German invaders and the courage and heroism shown to Lieutenant Mochalin Nikolai Gavrilovich awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union with the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal (No. 8790).

In July 1945 he graduated from the Advanced Course for Infantry Officers in the city of Krasnoyarsk. Served as head of the 4th unit of the Kirov RVK in the city of Krasnoyarsk.

Since September 1946, senior lieutenant N.G. Mochalin is in stock. Lived in the city of Shebekino. He worked in senior positions in the fire department of the Shebekinsky district and in the Fire Department of the Internal Affairs Directorate of the Belgorod Region. Since 1964 - on a well-deserved rest. Captain (04/04/75). He did a lot of military-patriotic work among young people. In 2001, he was awarded the title “Honorary Citizen of the Shebekino District and the City of Shebekino.”

The Hero's name is placed on the memorial complex in the city of Nikolaev. Perpetuating the memory of Hero of the Soviet Union N.G. Mochalina in the city of Shebekino:
- one of the city streets is named after him;
- a memorial plaque was installed on the house where he lived;
- a stele with his portrait is installed on the city Walk of Fame.

Awarded the Order of Lenin (04/20/45), the Red Banner (05/25/44), the Patriotic War 1st degree (04/06/85), the Red Star (04/20/44), and medals.

Nikolai Mochalin dreamed of becoming an artist since childhood. He drew well and already in his school years created several serious genre paintings. In 1939 he entered an art school in the city of Donetsk. After graduating from school, Mochalin returned to his homeland and began to seriously think about art school in Moscow. In the meantime, he got a job as an artist at the “1st of May” rest house, painted posters, playbills, colorful propaganda, decorated the premises, and on one of the walls of the main hall he painted a large panel about the successes of socialist construction with the majestic figure of the Leader in the middle. At the same time, I did the same at the Shebekinsky factory-kitchen. But Nikolai’s dream of becoming a Great Artist was not destined to come true. The Great Patriotic War began.

At the beginning of September 1941, when the enemy approached Belgorod, Mochalin was drafted into the Red Army, and here, in the Shebekinsky RVK, he became a Red Army soldier in the local destroyer battalion being formed. He took part in defensive battles on the outskirts of his hometown. The front line in the Volchansk-Shebekino area delayed until May 1942. In the spring of 1942, the fighter battalion was disbanded, and Mochalin was assigned as a cadet to the regimental school of the 176th reserve rifle regiment of the 28th Army of the Southwestern Front. But he failed to learn properly - in May 1942, tragic events began on the Southwestern Front; large front forces were surrounded in the Barvenkovo ​​area. The precondition was created for the enemy to attack Stalingrad.

Before the start of the main offensive on Stalingrad, the Nazi command launched two private operations: “Wilhelm” on Volchansk and “Fridrikus II” on Kupyansk. Units of the 28th Army, including the 176th Reserve Rifle Regiment, had to fight back to the east. The defense of our units in those days broke up into separate pockets and was completely disorganized. At the turn of the Aidar River the situation became more complicated, the enemy broke through to Voronezh and Kantemirovka, and units of the 28th Army were surrounded. Cadet Mochalin, along with other surviving cadets of the regiment, on different days had to engage in battles with the Nazis together with various rifle units that independently emerged from encirclement. He was lucky to survive in this critical situation, and on July 17, 1942, he crossed the Don to the location of our troops.

At the end of the same July 1942, Hitler’s troops crossed the Don in the area of ​​​​the village of Tsimlyanskaya and developed an offensive towards the North Caucasus, towards Stalingrad from the south and towards Astrakhan. The command of the 28th Army was urgently transferred to Kalmykia. After a short check with the competent authorities, Mochalin was considered not to have tarnished his honor in the environment, graduated from the regimental school, was awarded the rank of sergeant and sent to the 152nd separate rifle brigade, which in early September 1942 became part of the 28th Army of the South-Eastern Front . Here Sergeant Mochalin was appointed commander of the blocker group. Hitler's troops advanced mainly along the main road Elista - Yashkul - Khulkhuta - Astrakhan, and in other directions in the Kalmyk steppe their individual units tried to advance to the Volga and the Caspian Sea. Sometimes landing forces were sent out. A group of Mochalin blockers entered into battles with the enemy in the area of ​​the villages of Iki Burul, Adyk, Utta, and the village of Khulkhuta, beyond which the enemy did not go east. In the same way, in November-December 1942, the troops of the 28th Army of the Stalingrad Front drove the fascists to the west. On December 28, 1942, in the battle for the village of Ulan-Erge on the outskirts of Elista, Sergeant Mochalin was wounded and shell-shocked and evacuated to a hospital in Astrakhan.

After his recovery in February 1943, Sergeant Mochalin was appointed commander of the communications platoon of the 212th reserve rifle regiment of the North Caucasus Front. In April 1943, he was sent to a junior lieutenant course, where he studied until September 1943. Then junior lieutenant Mochalin ended up in the officer reserve of the Primorsky Army of the North Caucasus Front. In November 1943, Soviet troops crossed the Kerch Strait and conquered bridgeheads on the Kerch Peninsula. These bridgeheads in the Kerch region were united into one by the troops of the Separate Primorsky Army, and heavy fighting took place on them.

At the beginning of January 1944, Mochalin was enlisted in the 83rd Marine Rifle Brigade and transferred to Crimean soil. On January 15, he was appointed commander of a platoon of machine gunners in the 305th Marine Battalion, and on January 18, he was promoted to lieutenant. In January-March, Mochalin's platoon took part in the capture of several tactical heights north of Kerch.

On April 8, 1944, a general offensive against Kerch began. Mochalin's platoon of machine gunners, along with other units, broke into the city and took part in street battles. The Marines distinguished themselves during the liberation of the Kerch port. Then Mochalin’s fighters liberated Feodosia, Koktebel, Sudak and the entire resort coast of Crimea. For his distinction in these battles, Lieutenant Mochalin was awarded the Order of the Red Star on the eve of the assault on Sevastopol.

On May 7, 1944, the assault on the Sevastopol defensive region began. The 83rd Naval Brigade advanced from Balaklava along the Black Sea coast. Lieutenant Mochalin's platoon cleared the village of Dzhanshiev of the enemy and on May 9 began fighting on the approaches to Kamysheva and Cossack bays and Cape Khersones. In this battle, Mochalin was wounded, but did not leave the battlefield until the completion of the combat mission. For the heroism shown during the storming of Sevastopol, Lieutenant Mochalin was awarded the Order of the Red Banner.

In August 1944, during the Iasi-Kishinev operation, a platoon of submachine gunners under Lieutenant Mochalin crossed the Dniester estuary and participated in the liquidation of the encircled enemy group north of the village of Tatarbunary. Then, having become part of the 46th Army of the 3rd Ukrainian Front, the 83rd Naval Brigade, and in its composition Mochalin’s platoon, liberated the cities of Galati, Khirshova, and entered the territory of Bulgaria. In September 1944, the 46th Army was transferred to the 2nd Ukrainian Front and redeployed to the area of ​​the Romanian city of Resita, where it immediately launched an attack on Belgrade without preparation. Lieutenant Mochalin's platoon participated in the liberation of the Yugoslav left bank of the Tisza, the city of Zrenjanin and other settlements of Vojvodina.

In October-November 1944, troops of two Ukrainian fronts began to expel the Nazis from Yugoslavia. The enemy's retreat route to Hungary followed the mountainous Yugoslav roads along the Danube. One of the routes went through the Croatian city of Vukovar. On December 8, 1944, having traveled about 30 kilometers along the Danube on boats, a detachment of marines, which included a platoon of submachine gunners under Lieutenant Mochalin, landed on the shore north of the city of Vukovar and captured sections of the railway and dirt roads running along the river. The soldiers of Mochalin's platoon, using the mountainous terrain, secretly approached the enemy and threw grenades at him, and then took up defensive positions on the dirt road leading to the city of Osijek. At this line, the Marines held out for 2 days, repelling 12 attacks by Nazi units of Army Group “F” trying to break through to the north. In these battles, the Marines inflicted great damage on the enemy, destroying up to 600 fascists, and Lieutenant Mochalin destroyed 2 Ferdinand self-propelled guns with anti-tank grenades and immobilized the tank. In addition, he killed up to 30 Nazis with light machine gun fire. For heroism shown in battles on the banks of the Danube, Lieutenant Mochalin was nominated for the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.

In January 1945, troops of the 46th Army, having crossed the Danube near the city of Erci, bypassed Budapest from the west, as a result of which it was surrounded. On January 6, 1945, from the area of ​​​​the city of Komárno, the Nazis launched the first blow to unblock their Budapest group. On this day, Lieutenant Mochalin was wounded for the third time during the war and was evacuated to a field hospital.

After recovery, Lieutenant Mochalin did not join his native naval brigade. On February 22, 1945, he was appointed commander of a rifle company of the 932nd Infantry Regiment of the 252nd Infantry Division of the 46th Army. At the final stage of the Great Patriotic War, he took part in the battles for the capital of Austria, the city of Vienna.

After the Victory, in July 1945, Mochalin became a student of the Advanced Course for Infantry Officers in the city of Krasnoyarsk, and after graduation, with the rank of senior lieutenant, he remained to serve as the head of a department at the Kirov District Military Commissariat of Krasnoyarsk. In September 1945, he retired to the reserve, returned to his homeland in the city of Shebekino and until 1964 worked in the fire department of the district and city.

Commander of the 444th TBA Colonel I.V. Konarev

For successful combat work in carrying out the orders of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief and Commander of the 1st Belorussian Front to capture the capital of Germany, Berlin, the 132nd regiment was given the name "Berlin" by order of June 11, 1945.

By the end of the 90s, there were trends towards improvement. Flights became more frequent, and exercises of a strategic scale began to be conducted. Thus, from October 6 to 8, 1998, command and staff exercises of the 37th Air Army of the Supreme High Command (strategic purpose), that is, the command and control unit of Long-Range Aviation, took place. During these exercises, two flights of Tu-22 aircraft were carried out over the Sea of ​​Japan. In 2000, as part of the command and control exercise, which took place from April 18 to 21, Tu-22s of the 444th regiment flew over the Black Sea. In April 2004, a Tu-22 pair (the crew of the deputy regiment commander, Lieutenant Colonel A.A. Eremchev and the crew of the commander of the 2nd AE, Lieutenant Colonel S.S. Ermakov) flew over a number of islands of the Japanese archipelago from the Pacific Ocean. On the way back, one Tu-22MZ successfully bombed a training ground located in the Primorsky Territory with practical bombs. Such flights are now carried out more or less regularly. The first flights to Japan after a rather long break sometimes took the air defense of its Far Eastern neighbor by surprise - the samurai relaxed due to perestroika. Now Bakefires always meet the F-15s of the Self-Defense Forces. Such “meetings” are still of a slightly different nature than during the Cold War. At that time, fighters of a potential enemy were literally attached to the wings of bombers. Now the “escort” follows at a safe distance. “We do our job, they do theirs,” say the pilots of the 444th regiment. It is important that our pilots do only “their job” - fly, and not scour in search of their daily bread. Fortunately, there are reasons for optimism.

Commanders of the 444th Heavy Bomber Regiment

Year of entry into office

captain A.I. Makarov 1941

Major M.G. Omelov…… 1943

Guard Major SV. Kozlov 1947

Guard Lieutenant Colonel N.M. Shoshin 1950

Lieutenant Colonel G.N. Piskunov 1955

Guard Major M.V. Reznichenko 1952

Guard Lieutenant Colonel M.I. Kishenkov 1 959

Lieutenant Colonel I.K. Savelyev 1965

Lieutenant Colonel E.A. Biryukov 1970

Lieutenant Colonel V.A. Bassists 1973

Lieutenant Colonel A.T. Mochalin 1977

Lieutenant Colonel V.A. Gusev 1984

Lieutenant Colonel V.P. Malashitsky 1987

Lieutenant Colonel A.M. Gorislavets 1989

Colonel Yu.T. Kalmykov 1993

Lieutenant Colonel N.V. Bushuev 1998

Colonel I.V. Konarev. 2001

Parking of the MiG-27D of the 58th op. As you can see, the Steppe airfield fully lives up to its name

MiG-27 fighter-bomber

V. Markovsky I. Prikhodchenko

Continuation. Started in Ne 9-13/2003. 1-4/2004

Tested by reforms

The achievement of combat readiness by regiments on the MiG-27 coincided with major reforms in the Air Force. They began with the Order of the USSR Ministry of Defense of January 5, 1980, which dramatically changed the very structure of military aviation. It was decided to bring it all “under one banner”, transferring the Air Force and air defense interceptor regiments. The former air armies (AA), which united regiments and divisions of front-line aviation and were directly subordinate to the Air Force Civil Code, were abolished, and their units and formations were transferred to the newly formed aviation associations - the air forces of the corresponding territorial military districts (VVS VO), subordinate directly to the district commanders.

The district air forces were divided into two components - a front-line set, which included fighters, reconnaissance aircraft and attack aircraft, and an army set of combat and transport helicopters, distributed among combined arms and tank armies. Front-line bombers were allocated to the VA of the Supreme High Command, which had an operational purpose (VA VGK (ON)) - shock fists of central subordination, directly controlled by larger than district Main Commands of directions (Civil Command of the South-Western, South-Western and Southern directions and Air Force control were created under them by Order of the USSR Ministry of Defense dated August 21, 1984).

Aviation control was carried out by the command posts of the air forces of the fronts and the command posts of the air forces of the armies. In addition to them, an aviation command was established in the theater of operations, and the role of the Air Force Main Command itself, although retained, became purely nominal - the Main Command and the Air Force Main Staff, in fact, were rejected from planning and organization; they were not trusted to maneuver forces during combat operations (having received aviation, land generals took control of all power over it). All activities of the Air Force Civil Command were reduced practically to flight training of air unit personnel.

IBA was determined as the main means of air support for troops, the tasks of which were: . in defense - prohibiting the approach and deployment of enemy troops, counter-preparation and repelling an attack; in the offensive - preparing the attack of one’s troops, ensuring their advance and escorting troops deep into the enemy’s depths.

The main goal of the reform was to achieve the best interaction and coordination between aviation and ground forces - an issue that remained problematic and far from being resolved since the war, when they were not always able to concentrate efforts on solving common problems, setting “their” goals for themselves. The army's requests were often met with air support not in the way they wanted: requests for air support were submitted to the authorities, approved, and at the same time the aviators themselves reconnaissance, plan and attack the enemy. Even during exercises, the connection between the command posts of the Army and the Air Force left much to be desired, and the issues of combat control, guidance and target designation on the battlefield remained unresolved for a long time (these problems soon had to be solved literally on the fly in Afghanistan, where the war, better than any directives, revealed shortcomings and dictated changes).

However, in practice, bringing all forces into a single fist, as conceived by the General Staff, turned out to be far from perfect. It was not possible to solve the problem in one leadership stroke. The change carried out by order not only violated the established and time-tested structure - the operational and strategic leadership of the Air Force turned out to be decentralized, and aviation management was built on an overly complex hierarchy with many links, parallels and superiors. Essentially, the organization of the Air Force was reduced to the level of forty years ago, when aviation entered the war scattered into district, army and corps formations, the shortcomings and weak effectiveness of which became apparent already in the first days of the war. Only after heavy losses did the need for powerful aviation associations - air armies under the single leadership of the Air Force commander (they were introduced in May 1942) become obvious.

In the popular photo of the MiG-27, it is noticeable that the plane is by no means ready for takeoff - the hatch covers are not closed...

Air Force Commander-in-Chief Air Chief Marshal P.S. Kutakhov inspects the 88th apib. during the exercise "3apad-83"

Pre-flight inspection of the MiG-27D of the 58th apib. Summer 1986

Alexey Nikolaev

16.06.2011 - 12:59

The villainous murder of Colonel Budanov in broad daylight in the center of the Russian capital raises, among other things, a number of questions. And the most important of them: who won that war? And what is the current status of its participants? These questions are far from idle. To understand this, it is enough to compare the tragic fate of Yuri Budanov with how the post-war life of the bandit leaders developed. Let us recall that even before the investigation into the death of Elsa Kungaeva began, the statement of General Kvashnin actually predetermined the accusation of Colonel Budanov. Clearly fulfilling a political order, the court did not even try to figure out whether Kungaeva was in fact a sniper, and whether Budanov had reason to suspect her of participating in a gang. Meanwhile, this aspect, without a doubt, should have been one of the main ones if the court sought to establish the truth and be truly impartial. But he apparently had other tasks. Budanov became the first victim brought to the altar of “Chechenization” of the conflict. Next were Ulman, Arakcheev and many others. What about the opposite side? Let us take as an example the fate of the head of Dzhokhar Dudayev’s personal security, Abu Arsanukaev, who actually headed Dudayev’s counterintelligence, one of the main organizers of counteraction to Russian forces in Grozny at the beginning of the first campaign. In 1999, Maskhadov appointed Arsanukaev first deputy prosecutor general of Ichkeria. During Dudayev's reign, Arsanukaev was considered the most influential person and the person closest to him. It is also known that Arsanukaev directly took part in the reprisals against Russian military personnel captured. In particular, the representative of “Memorial” Oleg Orlov, who was in the “presidential palace” during the storming of Grozny, described one of these episodes: “22:30: Seven prisoners were brought to the medical center, of which 2 officers: Lieutenant Oleg Nikolaevich MOCHALIN (mild concussion) Lieutenant SIDELNIK Sergei Nikolaevich (wounded in the leg and arm), row. Sergey Yurievich KISELEV, row. Oleg Ivanovich PEREVALOV, Sergei Vasilievich MARTYNETS (wounded in the leg and arm), row. GIMADEEV Alexey Rizayudinovich (in step), row. OSOVITSKY Andrey Anatolyevich (in the head, leg, shoulder).” As a representative of Memorial points out, in the presence of Russian deputies and human rights activists, Arsanukaev began interrogating the prisoners. After Oleg Mochalin said that he had used up the BMP’s ammunition—100 rounds—Arsanukaev began yelling at him, and then took the lieutenant away. No one else saw Mochalin among the prisoners. His body was discovered in the ruins of Reskom and identified in the 124 forensic laboratory. That is, there is a murder of a prisoner. Moreover, not a female terrorist sniper, not a militant, but a Russian serviceman, fulfilling his duty and the order of the command. What retribution did Arsanukaev suffer for this? But none. Abu Arsanukaev filed a petition for amnesty. He personally addressed this request to the then still living head of the administration of the Chechen Republic, Akhmad Kadyrov. In his petition, Arsanukaev claimed that he “did not commit any crimes and has nothing to do with the terrorist activities of illegal armed groups.” And they took him at his word. Nobody even remembered the shot Oleg Mochalin. Now Abu Arsanukaev is an assistant to the President of the Chechen Republic. Like this. And I must say, he is not alone. Among the leadership of the Chechen Republic there are many people who were members of the terrorist underground. It is not difficult to understand what feelings arouse in them those who restored the constitutional order in Chechnya and carried out a counter-terrorist operation in it. The well-known military journalist Evgeny Kirichenko testifies that the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation receives requests with enviable regularity for providing personal information on military personnel who participated in establishing constitutional order in the Chechen Republic: “They call me from the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. Official requests are received there from the prosecutor's office of the Chechen Republic with a request to inform which military personnel stood at such and such a checkpoint on a certain day and time. From which military unit? If possible, home addresses.” And he does not rule out that they receive the information they are interested in - “the requests are official.” Repeatedly, law enforcement agencies in Chechnya demanded that the CTO participants (including Yuri Budanov) be extradited to them to carry out “investigative actions.” However, they are not always met halfway on this issue. So we have to resolve issues “according to the law of the mountains.” Let us also note that such reprisals not only quench the thirst for revenge, but are also a strong PR move, showing that their customer and organizer’s words do not differ from deeds. There are rumors in Chechnya that one very influential person in the republic boasted in his close circle that, in addition to indemnities received from Russia, he intends to achieve a “Nuremberg Tribunal” for all who shed sacred Chechen blood. So, it seems that the matter will not end with Budanov’s death.