78th Escort Division VV MVD SSSR

78-я конвойная дивизия ВВ МВД СССР

Military Unit: 6571

Activated 1979 in Tyumen, Tyumen Oblast, as the 61st independent Escort Brigade VV MVD SSSR, from an unknown Escort Regiment.

Organisation 1980:

634th Escort Regiment (Tyumen, Tyumen Oblast - military unit: 6715)
640th Escort Regiment (Surgut, Khanty-Mansiyskiy Autonomous Okrug - military unit: 6711)
518th independent Escort Battalion (Lybytnangi, Yamalo-Nenetskiy Autonomous Okrug - military unit: 5371)
45th independent Special Motorised Militia Battalion (Tyumen, Tyumen Oblast - military unit: 5465)

1986 renamed 78th Escort Division VV MVD SSSR.

In 1986 the 68th Escort Brigade joined the division.

Organisation 1990:

68th Escort Brigade (Tavda, Sverdlovsk Oblast - military unit: 6601)
634th Escort Regiment (Tyumen, Tyumen Oblast - military unit: 6715)
640th Escort Regiment (Surgut, Khanty-Mansiyskiy Autonomous Okrug - military unit: 6711)
518th independent Escort Battalion (Lybytnangi, Yamalo-Nenetskiy Autonomous Okrug - military unit: 5371)
45th independent Special Motorised Militia Battalion (Tyumen, Tyumen Oblast - military unit: 5465)

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