16th independent Red Banner Escort Brigade VV MVD SSSR

16-я отдельная конвойная Краснознаменная бригада ВВ МВД СССР

Military Unit: 7480

Activated 30.4.86 in Lvov, Lvov Oblast, from the 473rd Escort Regiment.

Organisation:

• 77th independent Escort Battalion (Rovno, Rovno Oblast - military unit: 6728) - activated 30.4.86
• 23rd independent Special Motorised Militia Battalion (Lvov, Lvov Oblast - military unit: 5443)

30.9.91 taken over by Ukraine (VV MVD Ukraine).

Bases:

• Lvov, Lvov Oblast, 4.86 - 9.91 [49 48 15N, 24 00 47E]

Subordination:

• Administration Interior Troops MVD SSSR for the Ukrainian SSR and Moldavian SSR, 1986 - 1991