104th Division VV MVD SSSR

104-я дивизия ВВ МВД СССР

Military Unit: 3516

Activated 31.1.80 in Tynda, Amur Oblast.

Tasked with protecting the Baikal-Amur Mainline (BAM).

Organisation 1980:

• 641st Regiment (Tynda, Amur Oblast - military unit: 3539) [55 10 00N, 124 45 38E]
• 642nd Regiment (Severobaykalsk, Buryatskaya ASSR - military unit: 3540)
• 643rd Regiment (Urgal, Khabarovsk Kray - military unit: 3541)
• 644th Regiment (Fevralsk, Amur Oblast - military unit: 3542)
• 2nd Armoured Train Battalion (Urgal-1, Khabarovsk Kray - military unit: 3545)
• Naval Battalion (Severobaykalsk, Buryatskaya ASSR)

The 1st independent Naval Force was activated 14.7.88 from one battalion from each of the 103rd and 104th Divisions VV MVD SSSR.

Organisation 1990:

• 641st Regiment (Tynda, Amur Oblast - military unit: 3539) [55 10 00N, 124 45 38E]
• 642nd Regiment (Severobaykalsk, Buryatskaya ASSR - military unit: 3540)
• 643rd Regiment (Urgal, Khabarovsk Kray - military unit: 3541)
• 644th Regiment (Fevralsk, Amur Oblast - military unit: 3542)
• 1st independent Naval Force (Severobaykalsk, Buryatskaya ASSR - military unit: 3800)
• 2nd Armoured Train Battalion (Urgal-1, Khabarovsk Kray - military unit: 3545)

Bases:

• Tynda, Amur Oblast, 1.80 - 1992

Subordination:

• Administration VV MVD SSSR for the Far East and Eastern Siberia, 1980 - 1989
• Administration Special Units Interior Troops MVD SSSR, 1989 - 1992