Baltic Border District

Red Banner Baltic Border District

Краснознаменный Прибалтийский Пограничный Округ

Military Unit: 2582

Commanders:

Lieutenant-General Konstantin Fedorovich Sekretarev, 10.75 - 8.76
Lieutenant-General Ilya Yakovlevich Kalinichenko, 8.76 - 12.80
Major-General Grigoriy Fedorovich Moiseenko, 12.80 - 6.86
Lieutenant-General Valentin Konstantinovich Gaponenko, 6.86 - 9.92

Activated 23.10.75 in Riga, Latvian SSR.

Organisation 1976:

126th independent Red Banner Communications Battalion PV KGB SSSR (Riga, Latvian SSR) - military unit: 9831
Regional Military Hospital PV KGB SSSR (Kaunas, Lithuanian SSR) - military unit: 2515
000 Military Depot PV KGB SSSR (Riga, Latvian SSR and Tallin, Estonian SSR) - military unit: 2442
6th Border Guard Gdynskiy Red Banner Detachment PV KGB SSSR (Rakvere, Estonian SSR) - military unit: 2294
8th Border Guard Gdynskiy Red Banner Detachment PV KGB SSSR (Liepaya, Latvian SSR) - military unit: 2335
11th Kuressarskiy Border Guard Detachment PV KGB SSSR (Kuressaare, Estonian SSR) - military unit: 2133
23rd Klaypedskiy Border Guard Detachment PV KGB SSSR (Klaypeda, Lithuanian SSR) - military unit: 2114
95th Border Guard Kenigsbergskiy orders of Lenin and the Red Star Detachment PV KGB SSSR (Pravdinsk, Kaliningrad Oblast) - military unit: 2297
106th Tallinskiy Border Guard Detachment PV KGB SSSR (Tallin, Estonian SSR) - military unit: 2198
3rd independent Border Guard order of the Red Star Ship Brigade PV KGB SSSR (Tallin, Estonian SSR) - Red Star awarded 30.4.75
4th independent Border Guard Ship Brigade PV KGB SSSR (Liepaya, Latvian SSR)
independent Control-Checkpoint (OKPP) PV KGB SSSR "Kaliningrad" (Kaliningrad, Kaliningrad Oblast)
independent Control-Checkpoint (OKPP) PV KGB SSSR "Tallin" (Tallin, Estonian SSR)
independent Control-Checkpoint (OKPP) PV KGB SSSR "Riga" (Riha, Latvian SSR)

In 1977 the 20th independent Aviation Squadron was activated in Rakvere, Estonian SSR.

8.79 the 20th independent Border Guard Ship Brigade was activated in Ventspils, Latvian SSR, from the Ventspils battalion of the 4th independent Border Guard Ship Brigade.

Organisation 1980:

126th independent Red Banner Communications Battalion PV KGB SSSR (Riga, Latvian SSR) - military unit: 9831
20th independent Aviation Squadron PV KGB SSSR (Rakvere, Estonian SSR) - military unit: 9788
Regional Military Hospital PV KGB SSSR (Kaunas, Lithuanian SSR) - military unit: 2515
000 Military Depot PV KGB SSSR (Riga, Latvian SSR and Tallin, Estonian SSR) - military unit: 2442
6th Border Guard Gdynskiy Red Banner Detachment PV KGB SSSR (Rakvere, Estonian SSR) - military unit: 2294
8th Border Guard Gdynskiy Red Banner Detachment PV KGB SSSR (Liepaya, Latvian SSR) - military unit: 2335
11th Kuressarskiy Border Guard Detachment PV KGB SSSR (Kuressaare, Estonian SSR) - military unit: 2133
23rd Klaypedskiy Border Guard Detachment PV KGB SSSR (Klaypeda, Lithuanian SSR) - military unit: 2114
95th Border Guard Kenigsbergskiy orders of Lenin and the Red Star Detachment PV KGB SSSR (Pravdinsk, Kaliningrad Oblast) - military unit: 2297
106th Tallinskiy Border Guard Detachment PV KGB SSSR (Tallin, Estonian SSR) - military unit: 2198
3rd independent Border Guard order of the Red Star Ship Brigade PV KGB SSSR (Tallin, Estonian SSR)
4th independent Border Guard Ship Brigade PV KGB SSSR (Liepaya, Latvian SSR)
20th independent Border Guard Ship Brigade PV KGB SSSR (Ventspils, Latvian SSR)
independent Control-Checkpoint (OKPP) PV KGB SSSR "Kaliningrad" (Kaliningrad, Kaliningrad Oblast)
independent Control-Checkpoint (OKPP) PV KGB SSSR "Tallin" (Tallin, Estonian SSR)
independent Control-Checkpoint (OKPP) PV KGB SSSR "Riga" (Riha, Latvian SSR)

Red Banner awarded 19.12.80.

Organisation 1990:

126th independent Red Banner Communications Battalion PV KGB SSSR (Riga, Latvian SSR) - military unit: 9831
20th independent Aviation Squadron PV KGB SSSR (Rakvere, Estonian SSR) - military unit: 9788
Regional Military Hospital PV KGB SSSR (Kaunas, Lithuanian SSR) - military unit: 2515
000 Military Depot PV KGB SSSR (Riga, Latvian SSR and Tallin, Estonian SSR) - military unit: 2442
000 independent Construction Engineering Company PV KGB SSSR (Riga, Latvian SSR) - military unit: 9865
6th Border Guard Gdynskiy Red Banner Detachment PV KGB SSSR (Rakvere, Estonian SSR) - military unit: 2294 [59 21 13N, 26 20 40E]
8th Border Guard Gdynskiy Red Banner Detachment PV KGB SSSR (Liepaya, Latvian SSR) - military unit: 2335 [57 22 40N, 21 33 15E]
11th Kuressarskiy Border Guard Detachment PV KGB SSSR (Kuressaare, Estonian SSR) - military unit: 2133 [58 14 50N, 22 27 25E]
23rd Klaypedskiy Border Guard Detachment PV KGB SSSR (Klaypeda, Lithuanian SSR) - military unit: 2114 [55 43 05N, 21 07 27E]
95th Border Guard Kenigsbergskiy orders of Lenin and the Red Star Detachment PV KGB SSSR (Pravdinsk, Kaliningrad Oblast) - military unit: 2297 [54 41 34N, 20 28 38E]
106th Tallinskiy Border Guard Detachment PV KGB SSSR (Tallin, Estonian SSR) - military unit: 2198
3rd independent Border Guard order of the Red Star Ship Brigade PV KGB SSSR (Tallin, Estonian SSR) - Red Star awarded 30.4.75
4th independent Border Guard Ship Brigade PV KGB SSSR (Liepaya, Latvian SSR)
20th independent order of the Patriotic War Border Guard Ship Brigade PV KGB SSSR (Ventspils, Latvian SSR) - order of the Patriotic War awarded 4.5.85
Shiprepair Workshop PV KGB SSSR (Liepaya, Latvian SSR)
independent Control-Checkpoint (OKPP) PV KGB SSSR "Kaliningrad" (Kaliningrad, Kaliningrad Oblast)
independent Control-Checkpoint (OKPP) PV KGB SSSR "Tallin" (Tallin, Estonian SSR)
independent Control-Checkpoint (OKPP) PV KGB SSSR "Riga" (Riha, Latvian SSR)

Organisation 1988:

6th Gdynskiy Red Banner Border Guard Detachment (Rakvere, Estonian SSR - 59 22 10N, 26 21 11E) - military unit: 2294 - activated 1944 - 8.92 transferred to Rechki, Pskov Oblast - later training Border Guard Detachment
8th Gdynskiy Red Banner Border Guard Detachment (Ventspils, Latvian SSR - 57 02 52N, 27 54 56E) - military unit: 2335 - activated 1951 - 8.92 transferred to Pytalovo, Pskov Oblast (57 02 52N, 27 54 56E)
11th Border Guard Detachment im. Y.A. Andropov (Kuressaare, Estonian SSR - 58 14 50N, 22 27 25E) - military unit: 2133 - activated 1944 - 8.92 transferred to Kingisepp, Leningrad Oblast
13th Training Border Guard Detachment (Bagrationovsk, Kaliningrad Oblast - 54 22 42N, 20 37 27E) - military unit: 9785 - 1992 transferred to Sosnovyy Bor, Leningrad Oblast
23rd Twice Red Banner Border Guard Detachment (Klaypeda, Lithuanian SSR - 55 43 05N, 21 07 27E) - military unit: 2114 - activated 1944 - 8.92 transferred to Chernyakhovsk, Kaliningrad Oblast
95th Kenigsbergskiy order of Lenin Red Banner Border Guard Detachment (Pravdinsk, Kaliningrad Oblast - 54 26 29N, 21 01 43E) - military unit: 2297 - activated 23.3.56 - Red Banner awarded 23.3.65 - 1.1.93 transferred to Kaliningrad, Kaliningrad Oblast (54 41 30N, 20 28 39E)
106th Border Guard Detachment (Tallin, Estonian SSR - 00 00 00N, 00 00 00E) - military unit: 2198 - activated 1944 - 12.92 transferred to Rostov-na-Don, Rostov Oblast
3rd independent Border Guard Ship Brigade (Tallin, Estonian SSR) - 7.93 transferred to Baltiysk, Kaliningrad Oblast
4th independent Border Guard Ship Brigade (Liepaya, Latvian SSR) - 7.93 transferred to Pskov-Rodina, Pskov Oblast
20th independent Border Guard Ship Brigade (Ventspils, Latvian SSR) - disbanded 6.93
20th independent Aviation Regiment (Rakvere, Estonian SSR - 59 22 06N, 26 21 27E) - military unit: 9865 - 8.92 transferred to Gorelovo, Leningrad Oblast, and renamed 20th independent Aviation Squadron
126th independent Red Banner Communications Battalion (Riga, Latvian SSR) - military unit: 9831 - 8.92 transferred to Bagrationovsk, Kaliningrad Oblast

Disbanded 2.9.92 - the border forces in the Kaliningrad Oblast, came under the Kaliningrad Group of Border Forces.

Base:

Riga, Latvian SSR, 1975 - 1992