The 16th Separate Guards Order of Zhukov Spetsnaz Brigade () is a Spetsnaz military formation of the Russian Federation subordinate to the Spetsnaz GRU. It is garrisoned in Tambov, Tambov Oblast. Its military unit number is 54607.
On January 26, 2019, the unit was given the title of "Guards" by presidential decree.
History The unit was formed on January 1, 1963, in Chuchkovo, Ryazan Oblast.
During the Soviet-Afghan War at least one special purpose detachment was active from March 1985 to August 1988.
They participated in the First Chechen War from late 1994 onwards and in the Second Chechen War from 1999 to 2006.
The unit participated in a peacekeeping mission in Abkhazia shortly after the Russo-Georgian War. They were deployed there from December 2008 to October 2009.
Commanders +Commanders of the 16th Guards Spetsnaz BrigadeNo.NameFromTo1Colonel Alexander V. Shipka196319672Colonel G. Ya. Fadeyev196719713Colonel E. F. Chuprakov197119734Colonel Semen M. Tarasov197319805Colonel A. A. Ovcharov198019856Colonel A. A. Nedelko198519897Colonel A. M. Dementyev198919918Colonel Yevgeny V. Tishin199219939Colonel V. L. Korunov1993199310Lieutenant Colonel Alexander G. Fomin1993199711Colonel Vadim E. Loginov20032007?12Lieutenant Colonel O. N. MarzakNovember 2008October 200813Colonel Andrei A. SlobodyanOctober 2008October 2010?14Colonel Konstantin BushuyevOctober 2010present
Structure Structure of the unit as of 2019:
273rd Special Purpose Detachment 370th Special Purpose Detachment 379th Special Purpose Detachment 664th Special Purpose Detachment 669th Special Purpose Detachment
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