70th independent Guards twice Red Banner orders of Kutuzov and Bogdan Khmelnitskiy Motorised Rifle Brigade

70-я отдельная гвардейская мотострелковая дважды Краснознамённая орденов Кутузова и Богдана Хмельницкого бригада

Military Unit: 71176

Activated 1.3.80 in Kandahar, Afghanistan, from the 373rd Guards Motorised Rifle Regiment (5th Guards Motorised Rifle Division).

4.5.85 awarded the second Red Banner for service in Afghanistan.

Disbanded 2.89.

Headquarters:

• Kandahar, Afghanistan, 1.3.80 - 11.8.88
• Kushka, Mary Oblast, 8.88 - 2.89

Subordination:

• 40th Combined Arns Army, 1.3.80 - 8.88
• Turkestan Military District, 8.88 - 3.89

Brigade coordinates:

• Kandahar barracks: 31 36 43N, 65 45 57E