Red Banner Western Border District

Краснознаменный Западный Пограничный Округ

Military Unit: 0000

Commanders:

• Major-General Boris Alekseevich Ivanov, 3.63 - 1.72
• Lieutenant-General Nikolay Vasilevich Lavrinenko, 7.1.72 - 12.80
• Lieutenant-General Ilya Yakovlevich Kalinichenko, 12.80 - 6.85
• Lieutenant-General Vladimir Ivanovich Stus, 6.85 - 8.90
• Lieutenant-General Valeriy Aleksandrovich Gubenko, 8.90 - 10.91

Activated 5.3.63 in Kiev, Kiev Oblast, when the border troops in Belarus and Ukraine was united.

Organisation 1963:

• 130th independent Communications Battalion PV KGB SSSR (Kiev, Kiev Oblast) - military unit: 2428
• 6th Interdistrict NCO School PV KGB SSSR (Velikie Mosty, Lvov Oblast) - military unit: 2418
• Regional Military Hospital PV KGB SSSR (Odessa, Odessa Oblast) - military unit: 2524
• Regional Military Hospital PV KGB SSSR (Lvov, Lvov Oblast) - military unit: 2522
• 34th independent Border Guard Ship Battalion PV KGB SSSR (Balaklava, Crimean Oblast)
• 7th Border Guard Karpatskiy orders of the Red Star, Kutuzov and Aleksandr Nevskiy Detachment (Lvov, Lvov Oblast) - military unit: 2144
• 16th Grodnenskiy Border Guard Detachment (Grodno, Grodno Oblast) - military unit: 2141
• 22nd Border Guard Nizhnednestrovskiy Red Banner Detachment (Kishinev, Moldovian SSR) - military unit: 2134
• 26th Odesskiy Red Banner Border Guard Detachment (Odessa, Odessa Oblast) - military unit: 2138
• 27th Uzhgorodskiy Border Guard Detachment (Mukachevo, Zakarpatskaya Oblast) - military unit: 2142
• 31st Chernovitskiy Border Guard Detachment (Chernovitsy, Chernovitsy Oblast) - military unit: 2195
• 79th Simferopolskiy Red Banner Border Guard Detachment (Simferopol, Crimean Oblast) - military unit: 2161
• 86th Brestskiy Border Guard Detachment (Brest, Brest Oblast) - military unit: 2187

7.2.67 the 34th independent Border Guard Ship Battalion was renamed 5th independent Border Guard Ship Brigade.

27.5.68 awarded the Red Banner.

Organisation 1970:

• 130th independent Communications Battalion PV KGB SSSR (Kiev, Kiev Oblast) - military unit: 2428
• 6th Interdistrict NCO School PV KGB SSSR (Velikie Mosty, Lvov Oblast) - military unit: 2418
• Regional Military Hospital PV KGB SSSR (Odessa, Odessa Oblast) - military unit: 2524
• Regional Military Hospital PV KGB SSSR (Lvov, Lvov Oblast) - military unit: 2522
• 5th independent Border Guard Ship Brigade PV KGB SSSR (Balaklava, Crimean Oblast) - with a detachment in Odessa, Odessa Oblast
• 7th Border Guard Karpatskiy orders of the Red Star, Kutuzov and Aleksandr Nevskiy Detachment (Lvov, Lvov Oblast) - military unit: 2144
• 16th Grodnenskiy Border Guard Detachment (Grodno, Grodno Oblast) - military unit: 2141
• 22nd Border Guard Nizhnednestrovskiy Red Banner Detachment (Kishinev, Moldovian SSR) - military unit: 2134
• 26th Odesskiy Red Banner Border Guard Detachment (Odessa, Odessa Oblast) - military unit: 2138
• 27th Uzhgorodskiy Border Guard Detachment (Mukachevo, Zakarpatskaya Oblast) - military unit: 2142
• 31st Chernovitskiy Border Guard Detachment (Chernovitsy, Chernovitsy Oblast) - military unit: 2195
• 79th Simferopolskiy Red Banner Border Guard Detachment (Simferopol, Crimean Oblast) - military unit: 2161
• 86th Brestskiy Border Guard Detachment imeni F.E. Dzerzhinskiy (Brest, Brest Oblast) - military unit: 2187 - named 19.9.67

11.10.76 the ship detachment in Odessa, Odessa Oblast, was renamed 18th independent Border Guard Ship Brigade.

Organisation 1980:

• 130th independent Communications Battalion PV KGB SSSR (Kiev, Kiev Oblast) - military unit: 2428
• 6th Interdistrict NCO School PV KGB SSSR (Velikie Mosty, Lvov Oblast) - military unit: 2418
• Regional Military Hospital PV KGB SSSR (Odessa, Odessa Oblast) - military unit: 2524
• Regional Military Hospital PV KGB SSSR (Lvov, Lvov Oblast) - military unit: 2522
• 9th Military Depot PV KGB SSSR (Lvov, Lvov Oblast) - miltary unit: 2429
• 000 independent Construction Engineering Company PV KGB SSSR (Lvov, Lvov Oblast) - military unit: 9507
• 5th independent Border Guard Ship Brigade PV KGB SSSR (Balaklava, Crimean Oblast
• 18th independent Border Guard Ship Brigade PV KGB SSSR (Odessa, Odessa Oblast)
• 7th Border Guard Karpatskiy orders of the Red Star, Kutuzov and Aleksandr Nevskiy Detachment (Lvov, Lvov Oblast) - military unit: 2144
• 16th Grodnenskiy Border Guard Detachment (Grodno, Grodno Oblast) - military unit: 2141
• 22nd Border Guard Nizhnednestrovskiy Red Banner Detachment (Kishinev, Moldovian SSR) - military unit: 2134
• 26th Odesskiy Red Banner Border Guard Detachment (Odessa, Odessa Oblast) - military unit: 2138
• 27th Uzhgorodskiy Red Banner Border Guard Detachment (Mukachevo, Zakarpatskaya Oblast) - military unit: 2142 - Red Banner 30.4.75
• 31st Chernovitskiy Border Guard Detachment (Chernovitsy, Chernovitsy Oblast) - military unit: 2195
• 79th Simferopolskiy Red Banner Border Guard Detachment (Simferopol, Crimean Oblast) - military unit: 2161
• 86th Brestskiy Red Banner Border Guard Detachment imeni F.E. Dzerzhinskiy (Brest, Brest Oblast) - military unit: 2187 - Red Banner 30.4.75
• independent Control-Checkpoint (OKPP) PV KGB SSSR "Izmail" (Izmail, Odessa Oblast)
• independent Control-Checkpoint (OKPP) PV KGB SSSR "Brest" (Brest, Brest Oblast)
• independent Control-Checkpoint (OKPP) PV KGB SSSR "Chop" (Chop, Zakarpatskaya Oblast)
• independent Control-Checkpoint (OKPP) PV KGB SSSR "Odessa" (Odessa, Odessa Oblast)
• independent Control-Checkpoint (OKPP) PV KGB SSSR "Mostistka" (Mostistka, Lvov Oblast)

24.4.84 the Regional Military Hospital PV KGB SSSR in Kiev was opened.

In 1985 the 6th Interdistrict NCO School was renamed 15th Training Detachment.

In 1986 the 24th independent aviation squadron was activated in Odessa, Odessa Oblast.

Organisation 1990:

• 130th independent Communications Battalion PV KGB SSSR (Kiev, Kiev Oblast) - military unit: 2428
• 15th Training Detachment PV KGB SSSR (Velikie Mosty, Lvov Oblast) - military unit: 2418
• 24th independent Aviation Squadron PV KGB SSSR (Odessa, Odessa Oblast) - military unit: 9997
• Regional Military Hospital PV KGB SSSR (Odessa, Odessa Oblast) - military unit: 2524
• Regional Military Hospital PV KGB SSSR (Lvov, Lvov Oblast) - military unit: 2522
• Regional Military Hospital PV KGB SSSR (Kiev, Kiev Oblast) - military unit: 1465
• 9th Military Depot PV KGB SSSR (Lvov, Lvov Oblast) - miltary unit: 2429
• 30th independent Construction Engineering Battalion PV KGB SSSR (Lvov, Lvov Oblast) - military unit: 9507
• 31st independent Construction Engineering Battalion PV KGB SSSR (Brest, Brest Oblast) - military unit: 2054
• 32nd independent Construction Engineering Battalion PV KGB SSSR (Chernovitsy, Chernovitsy Oblast) - military unit: 2575
• 33rd independent Construction Engineering Battalion PV KGB SSSR (Odessa, Odessa Oblast) - military unit: 9784
• 00 independent Construction Engineering Battalion PV KGB SSSR (Simferopol, Crimean Oblast) - military unit: 2616
• 5th independent Border Guard Ship Brigade PV KGB SSSR (Balaklava, Crimean Oblast
• 18th independent Border Guard Ship Brigade PV KGB SSSR (Odessa, Odessa Oblast)
• 7th Border Guard Karpatskiy orders of the Red Star, Kutuzov and Aleksandr Nevskiy Detachment (Lvov, Lvov Oblast) - military unit: 2144 [49 50 18N, 24 03 10E]
• 16th Grodnenskiy Border Guard Detachment (Grodno, Grodno Oblast) - military unit: 2141 [53 41 11N, 23 49 52E]
• 22nd Border Guard Nizhnednestrovskiy Red Banner Detachment (Kishinev, Moldovian SSR) - military unit: 2134 [47 02 46N, 28 49 37E]
• 26th Odesskiy Red Banner Border Guard Detachment (Odessa, Odessa Oblast) - military unit: 2138
• 27th Uzhgorodskiy Red Banner Border Guard Detachment (Mukachevo, Zakarpatskaya Oblast) - military unit: 2142 [48 26 03N, 22 43 22E]
• 31st Chernovitskiy Border Guard Detachment (Chernovitsy, Chernovitsy Oblast) - military unit: 2195 [48 16 38N, 25 56 48E]
• 79th Simferopolskiy Red Banner Border Guard Detachment (Simferopol, Crimean Oblast) - military unit: 2161 [44 57 37N, 34 07 36E]
• 86th Brestskiy Red Banner Border Guard Detachment imeni F.E. Dzerzhinskiy (Brest, Brest Oblast) - military unit: 2187 [52 05 23N, 23 38 45E]
• independent Control-Checkpoint (OKPP) PV KGB SSSR "Izmail" (Izmail, Odessa Oblast)
• independent Control-Checkpoint (OKPP) PV KGB SSSR "Brest" (Brest, Brest Oblast)
• independent Control-Checkpoint (OKPP) PV KGB SSSR "Chop" (Chop, Zakarpatskaya Oblast)
• independent Control-Checkpoint (OKPP) PV KGB SSSR "Odessa" (Odessa, Odessa Oblast)
• independent Control-Checkpoint (OKPP) PV KGB SSSR "Mostistka" (Mostistka, Lvov Oblast)

In late 1990 the School of Ensigns PV KGB SSSR was activated in Drogobych, Lvov Oblast.

The 105th independent Red Banner Rizhskiy Border Guard Detachment (military unit: 70803 - before 1989 MVD regiment) arrived in Drogobuch, Lvov Oblast, in 1991 - the unit had been stationed in Berlin-Karlhorst, Germany since 1963 (1954 to 1963 at Berlin-Weissensee - Berlinerallé) - tasked with protecting the Soviet Embassy, KGB buildings and special objects, including the uranium mines at Schneeberg - new military number: 2253 - taken over by Ukraine 1.92, and moved to Chernigov 3.93.

In 1992 most attached units were taken over by Ukraine.

Officially disbanded 6.92 - the units in Belarus served under the joint Belarus/Russian Operations Operations Group of Border Forces Russia in the Republic Belarus, between 21.2.95 and 26.9.95.

Base:

• Kiev, Kiev Oblast, 1963 - 1992