Red Banner Transbaykal Border District

Краснознаменный Забайкальский Пограничный Округ

Military Unit: 0000

Commanders:

• Lieutenant-General Nikolay Vasilevich Lavrinenko, 18.4.67 - 7.1.72
• Lieutenant-General Aleksey Fedorovich Onishchenko, 1.72 - 7.79
• Major-General Karl Efremovich Kortelaynen, 7.79 - 9.81
• Major-General Aleksey Andreevich Shelestov, 9.81 - 8.87
• Major-General Valeriy Aleksandrovich Gubenko, 8.87 - 5.90
• Major-General Konstantin Konstantinovich Pleshko, 5.90 - 1.91
• Lieutenant-General Aleksey Pavlovich Rusanov, 1.91 - 1993

Activated 31.3.67 in Chita, Chita Oblast.

Organisation 1967:

• 131st independent Communication Battalion PV KGB SSSR (Chita, Chita Oblast) - military unit: 2540
• Regional Military Hospital PV KGB SSSR (Chita, Chita Oblast) - military unit: 2520
• 51st Kyakhtinskiy Border Guard Detachment PV KGB SSSR (Kyakhta, Buryatskaya ASSR) - military unit: 2043
• 53rd Daurskiy Border Guard Khinganskiy Red Banner Detachment PV KGB SSSR (Dauriya, Chita Oblast) - military unit: 2092
• 54th Priargunskiy Red Banner Border Guard Detachment PV KGB SSSR (Priargunsk, Chita Oblast) - military unit: 2018

28.9.67 the 18th independent Aviation Squadron was activated in Chita, Chita Oblast.

From 10.67 the 29th Border Guard Detachment was included from the Eastern Border District.

In 1969 a Border Guard Ship Group was formed within the 54th Border Guard Detachment.

Organisation 1970:

• 131st independent Communication Battalion PV KGB SSSR (Chita, Chita Oblast) - military unit: 2540
• 18th independent Aviation Squadron PV KGB SSSR (Chita, Chita Oblast) - military unit: 2543
• Regional Military Hospital PV KGB SSSR (Chita, Chita Oblast) - military unit: 2520
• 29th Kyzylskiy Border Guard Detachment PV KGB SSSR (Kyzyl, Tuvinskaya ASSR) - military unit: 2061
• 51st Kyakhtinskiy Border Guard Detachment PV KGB SSSR (Kyakhta, Buryatskaya ASSR) - military unit: 2043
• 53rd Daurskiy Border Guard Khinganskiy Red Banner Detachment PV KGB SSSR (Dauriya, Chita Oblast) - military unit: 2092
• 54th Priargunskiy Red Banner Border Guard Detachment PV KGB SSSR (Priargunsk, Chita Oblast) - military unit: 2018

3.11.71 the 74th Border Guard Detachment was activated in Nerchinsk, Chita Oblast.

Organisation 1980:

• 131st independent Communication Battalion PV KGB SSSR (Chita, Chita Oblast) - military unit: 2540
• 18th independent Aviation Squadron PV KGB SSSR (Chita, Chita Oblast) - military unit: 2543
• Regional Military Hospital PV KGB SSSR (Chita, Chita Oblast) - military unit: 2520
• 000 independent Engineering Company PV KGB SSSR (Kyzyl, Tuvinskaya ASSR) - military unit: 2569
• 000 independent Engineering Company PV KGB SSSR (Kokuy, Chita Oblast) - military unit: 9778
• 000 independent Engineering Company PV KGB SSSR (Priargunsk, Chita Oblast) - military unit: 2548
• 000 independent Engineering Company PV KGB SSSR (Chita, Chita Oblast) - military unit: 2608
• 29th Kyzylskiy Border Guard Detachment PV KGB SSSR (Kyzyl, Tuvinskaya ASSR) - military unit: 2061
• 51st Kyakhtinskiy Border Guard Detachment PV KGB SSSR (Kyakhta, Buryatskaya ASSR) - military unit: 2043
• 53rd Daurskiy Border Guard Khinganskiy Red Banner Detachment PV KGB SSSR (Dauriya, Chita Oblast) - military unit: 2092
• 54th Priargunskiy Red Banner Border Guard Detachment PV KGB SSSR (Priargunsk, Chita Oblast) - military unit: 2018
• 74th Nerchinskiy Border Guard Detachment PV KGB SSSR (Nerchinsk, Chita Oblast) - military unit: 9797
• independent Control-Checkpoint (OKPP) PV KGB SSSR "Zabaykalsk" (Zabaykalsk, Chita Oblast)
• independent Control-Checkpoint (OKPP) PV KGB SSSR "Irkutsk" (Irkutsk, Irkutsk Oblast)

19.12.80 awarded the Red Banner.

Organisation 1990:

• 131st independent Communication Battalion PV KGB SSSR (Chita, Chita Oblast) - military unit: 2540 [52 04 19N, 113 25 57E]
• 18th independent Aviation Squadron PV KGB SSSR (Chita, Chita Oblast) - military unit: 2543
• Regional Military Hospital PV KGB SSSR (Chita, Chita Oblast) - military unit: 2520
• 6th independent Engineering Battalion PV KGB SSSR (Kokuy, Chita Oblast) - military unit: 9778
• 000 independent Engineering Company PV KGB SSSR (Kyzyl, Tuvinskaya ASSR) - military unit: 2569
• 000 independent Engineering Company PV KGB SSSR (Priargunsk, Chita Oblast) - military unit: 2548
• 29th Kyzylskiy Border Guard Detachment PV KGB SSSR (Kyzyl, Tuvinskaya ASSR) - military unit: 2061 [51 43 08N, 92 28 35E]
• 51st Kyakhtinskiy Border Guard Detachment PV KGB SSSR (Kyakhta, Buryatskaya ASSR) - military unit: 2043 [50 20 10N, 106 27 32E]
• 53rd Daurskiy Border Guard Khinganskiy Red Banner Detachment PV KGB SSSR (Dauriya, Chita Oblast) - military unit: 2092 [49 55 38N, 116 51 40E]
• 54th Priargunskiy Red Banner Border Guard Detachment PV KGB SSSR (Priargunsk, Chita Oblast) - military unit: 2018 [50 22 18N, 119 05 17E]
• 74th Nerchinskiy Border Guard Detachment PV KGB SSSR (Nerchinsk, Chita Oblast) - military unit: 9797 [52 12 25N, 117 31 49E]
• independent Control-Checkpoint (OKPP) PV KGB SSSR "Zabaykalsk" (Zabaykalsk, Chita Oblast)
• independent Control-Checkpoint (OKPP) PV KGB SSSR "Irkutsk" (Irkutsk, Irkutsk Oblast)

The 22nd Nizhnednestrovskiy Red Banner Border Guard Detachment (Mangut, Chita Oblast - 49 41 57N, 112 40 00E - military unit: 2134) arrived in 1992 from Moldavia.

The 75th Red Banner Border Guard Detachment (Aktash, Gorno-Altayskaya Autonomous Oblast - 50 18 40N, 87 35 26E - military unit: 2080) was activated in 1994.

8.12.97 renamed Transbaykal Federal Border Service RF.

Base:

• Chita, Chita Oblast, 1967 - today