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Internal troops, sometimes alternatively translated as interior troops or interior ministry forces, are a paramilitary and gendarmerie-like law enforcement services, which are found mostly in the post-Soviet states, primarily Russia. Internal troops are subordinated to the interior minister (and interior ministries) of their respective countries.
The Internal Troops of the Ministry for Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation (Russian: Внутренние войска Министерства внутренних дел (ВВ МВД), romanized: Vnutrenniye voyska Ministerstva vnutrennikh del (VV MVD)) was a paramilitary force of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia from 1991 to 2016.
Internal Troops Directorate - administered the MVD Internal Troops, a large paramilitary force organized like the Ground Forces but under the Ministry of Internal Affairs. [ 3 ] The Office of Visas and Registration [ 3 ] was charged with registering Soviet citizens and foreigners residing in each precinct of a city and with issuing internal ...
Banner of the 175th Rifle Regiment, Internal Troops, NKVD. Not intended for front line combat, NKVD Internal Troops were used to guard borders, secure railways, and combat elements such as the Ukrainian Insurgent Army that posed threats to the rear areas and supply convoys of the Red Army.
Soviet troops in the Battle of Kursk. The military history of the Soviet Union began in the days following the 1917 October Revolution that brought the Bolsheviks to power. In 1918 the new government formed the Red Army, which then defeated its various internal enemies in the Russian Civil War of 1917–22.
Vityaz was created on May 5, 1991, formed on the basis of the pre-existing 6th detachment of OSNAZ, the spetsnaz unit within the OMSDON division of Soviet Internal Troops. The OSNAZ 6th detachment unit was involved in a variety of operations and incidents in the Soviet Union through the 1980s, often in cooperation with the KGB's Alpha Group.
Independent Motor Rifle Division of the orders of Lenin and the October Revolution, Red Banner Special Purpose Division named after F. E. Dzerzhinsky of the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs: Moscow, Reutov, Balashikha, Noginsk Moscow Oblast RSFSR (the oldest unit of the Internal Troops of the Soviet Union formed on 17 June 1924)
OMON, as part of the RosGvard, is transitioning to the Russian version of the ATACS LE (blue/grey) but units are still seen wearing the traditional Noch-91 uniform in all-black, and blue or gray Tigerstripe camouflage, [66] a not uncommon sight has been a variety of Russian Army and Russian Internal Troops uniforms, [66] often with (black ...