Border Forces KGB SSSR
Пограничные Войска КГБ СССР
Military Unit: 0000
Commanders:
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Lieutenant-General Nikolay Pavlovich Stakhanov, 2.42 -
20.3.52
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Lieutenant-General Pavel Ivanovich Zyryanov, 20.3.52 -
28.5.56
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Lieutenant-General Timofey Amvrosievich Strokach, 28.5.56 -
30.3.57
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Colonel-General Pavel Ivanovich Zyryanov, 1.4.57 - 15.12.72
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General of the Army Vadim Aleksandrovich Matrosov, 15.12.72
- 28.12.89
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Colonel-General Ilya Yakovlevich Kalinichenko, 28.12.89 -
6.11.91
Activated 28.5.18 in Moscow, Moscow Oblast.
Organisation 1960:
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Moskovskoye Border Guard Military School PV KGB SSSR (Babushkin, Moscow
Oblast)
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Higher Border Guard Command School PV KGB SSSR (Alma-Ata, Alma-Ata Oblast)
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Communications Center GUPV KGB SSSR (Moscow, Moscow Oblast)
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4th Arkhangelskiy Border Guard Detachment PV KGB SSSR (Arkhangelsk,
Arkhangelsk Oblast) - military unit: 9794
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School of Junior Aviation Specialists PV KGB SSSR (Bykovo, Moscow Oblast)
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independent Control-Checkpoint (OKPP) PV KGB SSSR "Moscow" (Moscow,
Moscow Oblast)
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105th independent Motorised Rifle Rizhskiy Red Banner order of the Red Star
Regiment PV KGB SSSR (Berlin-Weissensee - Berlinerallé, East Germany) -
military unit: 70803
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Northern Border Guard District (Petrozavodsk, Karelian ASSR)
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Leningrad Border Guard District (Leningrad, Leningrad Oblast)
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Operational Military Department PV KGB Belorussian SSR (Minsk, Minsk Oblast)
- Operational Military Department PV KGB Ukrainian SSR (Kharkov, Kharkov
Oblast)
- Georgian Border Guard District (Tbilisi, Georgian SSR)
- Azerbaizhan Border Guard District (Baku, Azerbaizhan SSR)
- Operational Military Department PV KGB Armenian SSR (Yerevan, Armenian
SSR)
- Central Asian Border Guard District (Stalinabad (Dushanbe), Stalinabad
(Dushanbe) Oblast)
- Turkmenistan Border Guard District (Ashkhabad, Ashkhabad Oblast)
- Alma-Ata Operational Military Department PV KGB (Alma-Ata, Alma-Ata
Oblast)
- Khabarovsk Operational Military Department PV KGB (Khabarovsk,
Khabarovsk Kray)
- Pacific Border Guard District (Vladivostok, Primorskiy Kray)
Organisation 1970:
- Higher Border Guard Command Course PV KGB SSSR (Moscow, Moscow Oblast)
- Moskovskoye Higher Red Banner Border Guard Military School PV KGB SSSR (Babushkin,
Moscow Oblast)
- Higher Border Guard Command School PV KGB SSSR (Alma-Ata, Alma-Ata
Oblast)
- Golytsinskoye Higher Border Guard Military Political School imeni K.E.
Voroshilov PV KGB SSSR (Golitsyn, Moscow Oblast)
- Communications Center GUPV KGB SSSR (Moscow, Moscow Oblast)
- 4th Arkhangelskiy Border Guard Detachment PV KGB SSSR (Arkhangelsk,
Arkhangelsk Oblast) - military unit: 9794
- Independent Arkticheskiy Border Guard Detachment PV KGB SSSR (Vorkuta, Komi ASSR) -
military unit: 2532
- Central Archive PV KGB SSSR (Pushkino, Moscow Oblast)
- 1st independent Training Detachment for Naval Specialists PV KGB SSSR
(Anapa, Krasnodar Kray) - military unit: 2333
- independent Control-Checkpoint (OKPP) PV KGB SSSR "Moscow" (Moscow,
Moscow Oblast)
- 105th independent Motorised Rifle Rizhskiy Red Banner order of the Red Star
Regiment PV KGB SSSR (Berlin-Karlhorst, East Germany) -
military unit: 70803
- Red Banner Northwestern Border Guard District (Leningrad, Leningrad
Oblast)
- Red Banner Western Border Guard District (Kiev, Kiev Oblast)
- Transcaucasus Border Guard District (Tbilisi, Georgian SSR)
- Central Asian Border Guard District (Ashkhabad, Ashkhabad Oblast)
- Eastern Border Guard District (Alma-Ata, Alma-Ata Oblast)
- Transbaykal Border Guard District (Chita, Chita Oblast)
- Far Eastern Border Guard District (Khabarovsk, Khabarovsk Kray)
- Red Banner Pacific Border Guard District (Vladivostok, Primorskiy Kray)
Organisation 1980:
- Higher Order of Lenin Border Guard Red Banner Command Course PV KGB SSSR (Moscow, Moscow Oblast)
- Moskovskoye Higher Red Banner Border Guard Military School PV KGB SSSR (Babushkin,
Moscow Oblast)
- Alma-Ata Higher Red Banner Border Guard Command School PV KGB SSSR
(Alma-Ata, Alma-Ata Oblast)
- Golytsinskoye Higher Border Guard Military Political School imeni K.E.
Voroshilov PV KGB SSSR (Golitsyn, Moscow Oblast)
- Communications Center GUPV KGB SSSR (Moscow, Moscow Oblast)
- 4th Arkhangelskiy Border Guard Detachment PV KGB SSSR (Arkhangelsk,
Arkhangelsk Oblast) - military unit: 9794
- Independent Arkticheskiy Border Guard Detachment PV KGB SSSR (Vorkuta, Komi ASSR) -
military unit: 2532
- Central Archive PV KGB SSSR (Pushkino, Moscow Oblast)
- Order of the Red Star Magazine "Border Guard" - Red Star 30.4.75
- Order of the Red Star District Naval Training Center for Junior
Specialists (Anapa, Krasnodar Kray) - military unit: 2333 - Red Star 24.5.78
- independent Control-Checkpoint (OKPP) PV KGB SSSR "Moscow" (Moscow,
Moscow Oblast)
- 105th independent Motorised Rifle Rizhskiy Red Banner order of the Red Star
Regiment PV KGB SSSR (Berlin-Karlhorst, East Germany) -
military unit: 70803
- Red Banner Northwestern Border Guard District (Leningrad, Leningrad
Oblast)
- Red Banner Baltic Border Guard District (Riga, Latvian SSR)
- Red Banner Western Border Guard District (Kiev, Kiev Oblast)
- Red Banner Transcaucasus Border Guard District (Tbilisi, Georgian SSR)
- Red Banner Central Asian Border Guard District (Ashkhabad, Ashkhabad
Oblast)
- Red Banner Eastern Border Guard District (Alma-Ata, Alma-Ata Oblast)
- Red Banner Transbaykal Border Guard District (Chita, Chita Oblast)
- Red Banner Far Eastern Border Guard District (Khabarovsk, Khabarovsk
Kray)
- Red Banner Pacific Border Guard District (Vladivostok, Primorskiy Kray)
- Kamchatka Border Guard District (Petropavlovsk-Kamchatka, Kamchatka
Oblast)
4.1.90 the 103rd Guards Airborne
Division and the 75th Motorised Rifle Division joined the PV KGB SSSR.
Organisation 1990:
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Moscow Higher Military Border Guard Red Banner order of the October
Revolution School imeni Mossovets (Babushkin, Moscow Oblast) - military
unit: 2462 [55 52 45N, 37 40 28E]
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Alma-Ata Higher Border Guard Red Banner order of the October Revolution
Command School imeni F.E. Dzerzhinskiy (Alma-Ata, Alma-Ata Oblast) -
military unit: 2466 [43 13 03N, 76 57 34E]
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Golytsinskoye Higher Border Guard Red Banner order of the October Revolution
Military Political School imeni K.E. Voroshilov (Golitsyno, Moscow Oblast) -
military unit: 2467 [55 37 35N, 36 58 40E]
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All-Union Institute for Officer Improvement PV KGB SSSR (Moscow, Moscow
Oblast)
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Communications Center GUPV KGB SSSR (Novaya, Moscow Oblast) - military unit:
2336
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4th Arkhangelskiy Border Guard Detachment PV KGB SSSR (Arkhangelsk,
Arkhangelsk Oblast) - military unit: 9794 [64 30 31N, 40 41 52E]
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Independent Arkticheskiy Border Guard Detachment PV KGB SSSR (Vorkuta, Komi ASSR) -
military unit: 2532
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Central Military Clinical Hospital PV KGB SSSR (Golitsyno, Moscow Oblast) -
military unit: 1468
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Central Archive PV KGB SSSR (Pushkino, Moscow Oblast)
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Order of the Red Star Magazine PV KGB SSSR "Border Guard"
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Book and Magazine Publisher "Granitsa"
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Order of the Red Star District Naval Training Center for Junior Specialists
(Anapa, Krasnodar Kray) - military unit: 2333
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2nd Naval Training Center PV KGB SSSR (Nakhodka, Primorskiy Kray) - military
unit: 2338
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independent order of the Red Star Control-Checkpoint (OKPP) PV KGB SSSR "Moscow" (Khimiki,
Moscow Oblast) - military unit: 9939 [55 59 16N, 37 25 28E]
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105th independent Motorised Rifle Rizhskiy Red Banner order of the Red Star
Regiment PV KGB SSSR (Berlin-Karlhorst, East Germany) -
military unit: 70803
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17th independent Engineering Battalion PV KGB SSSR (Sheremetyevo, Moscow
Oblast) - military unit: 9796
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25th independent Engineering Battalion PV KGB SSSR (Sheremetyevo-2, Moscow
Oblast) - military unit: 9832 [55 57 54N, 37 26 04E]
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Independent Aviation Unit PV KGB SSSR (Sheremetyevo, Moscow Oblast) -
military unit: 1462
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Field Training Center PV KGB SSSR (Yaroslavl, Yaroslavl Oblast) - military
unit: 9804
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1st independent Engineering Battalion PV KGB SSSR (Golitsyno, Moscow Oblast)
- military unit: 2568
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00 independent Engineering Company PV KGB SSSR (Yaroslavl, Yaroslavl Oblast)
- military unit: 2557
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Storage/Depot Base PV KGB SSSR (Sheremetyevo-2, Moscow Oblast) - military
unit: 1470 [55 57 54N, 37 26 04E]
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103rd Guards order of Lenin Red Banner order
of Kutuzov Airborne Division PV KGB SSSR imeni 60-Letiya SSSR (Vitebsk,
Vitebsk Oblast) [55 11 19N, 30 13 46E]
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75th Motorised Rifle Division PV KGB SSSR (Nakhichevan, Nakhichevanskaya
ASSR) [39 13 31N, 45 24 20E]
- Red Banner Northwestern Border Guard District (Leningrad, Leningrad
Oblast)
- Red Banner Baltic Border Guard District (Riga, Latvian SSR)
- Red Banner Western Border Guard District (Kiev, Kiev Oblast)
- Red Banner Transcaucasus Border Guard District (Tbilisi, Georgian SSR)
- Red Banner Central Asian Border Guard District (Ashkhabad, Ashkhabad
Oblast)
- Red Banner Eastern Border Guard District (Alma-Ata, Alma-Ata Oblast)
- Red Banner Transbaykal Border Guard District (Chita, Chita Oblast)
- Red Banner Far Eastern Border Guard District (Khabarovsk, Khabarovsk
Kray)
- Red Banner Pacific Border Guard District (Vladivostok, Primorskiy Kray)
- Kamchatka Border Guard District (Petropavlovsk-Kamchatka, Kamchatka
Oblast)
In 8.91 the 103rd Guards Airborne
Division and the 75th Motorised Rifle Division left the PV KGB SSSR.
Border Guard Detachments were usually regiment sized, and would
control up to 20 fixed border guard posts along the border or coastal line.
In 1984 the Border Guard comprised about 220000 men, 343
aircraft/helicopters (Ka-25, Ka-27, Mi-8, Mi-24, Mi-26, An-24, An-26, An-72,
Il-76, Tu-134 and Yak-40), 545 ships/boats/launches, 1608 radar stations, 1294
searchlight towers, 22328 vehicles and 2213 armoured vehicles (incl. 700 BTR).