2nd independent Special Forces Brigade GRU
2-я отдельная бригада специального назначения ГРУ
Military Unit: 64044
Activated 17.9.62 in Pskov, Pskov Oblast, as the 2nd Special Forces Brigade GRU - formation complete 1.3.63.
Organisation:
70th independent Special Forces Unit (Pechory, Pskov Oblast - from 2008 Pskov, Pskov Oblast) - military unit: 75242
177th independent Special Forces Unit (Pushnoy, Murmansk Oblast - mobilisation unit from 2007) - military unit: 83395 (43151 while in Afghanistan)
329th independent Special Forces Unit (Pskov, Pskov Oblast) - military unit: 44917
700th independent Special Forces Unit (Pechory, Pskov Oblast - from 2008 Pskov, Pskov Oblast) - military unit: 75143
3.4.78 renamed 2nd independent Special Forces Brigade GRU.
The 177th independent Special Forces Unit was deployed to Afghanistan 29.10.81 to 15.2.89 - cover designation was 2nd Motorised Rifle Battalion - operated from Ghazni and Kabul - from 1985 attached to the 15th independent Special Forces Brigade GRU while in Afghanistan.
The 177th independent Special Forces Unit took part in operations in Chechnya - 1995 and 1999 to 2006.
The 329th independent Special Forces Unit took part in operations in Georgia from august 2008.
Headquarters:
Pskov, Pskov Oblast, 9.62 - today [57 45 54N, 28 21 52E] - Pechory: 57 49 32N, 27 36 24E and Pushnoy: possibly 68 28 30N, 33 19 36E
Subordination:
Leningrad Military District, 1962 - today