64th Motor Rifle Brigade

The 64th Separate Motor Rifle Brigade (Military Unit Number 51460) is a motorized infantry brigade of the Russian Ground Forces. Based at Knyaze-Volkonskoye, near Khabarovsk, the brigade is part of the Eastern Military District's 35th Army.

64th Separate Motor Rifle Brigade
(2009–present)
882nd Motor Rifle Regiment
(1967–2009)
Emblem of the brigade
Active1967–present
Country Soviet Union (1967–1991)
 Russia (1992–present)
BranchSoviet Army (1967–1991)
Russian Ground Forces (1992–present)
TypeMotorized infantry brigade
Part of35th Army
Garrison/HQKnyaze-Volkonskoye
MUN 51460

The brigade traces its heritage back to the 882nd Motor Rifle Regiment, which transferred to the Far East in 1967, and which was converted into the brigade in 2009.

History

In August 1967, the 882nd Motor Rifle Regiment of the 60th Tank Division, based at Gorky in the Moscow Military District, was transferred to a mobilization motor rifle division in the Far Eastern Military District. The regiment arrived at Knayaze-Volkonskoye and joined the 129th Motor Rifle Training Division in October 1967. At the end of 1970 it was moved to Krasnaya Rechka and became part of the 270th Motor Rifle Division in the 45th Army Corps. On 1 November 1972, the division became part of the 15th Army.[1]

In October 1974, the regiment became a ready reaction unit. On 11 May 1980, it was reduced to a Category B strength. In December 1994, it was brought up to wartime strength. Between 8 and 9 January 1995, elements of the regiment were sent to fight in the First Chechen War as part of the 245th Motor Rifle Regiment, then forming at Mulino . On 1 September 1997, the regiment was transferred to the 81st Guards Motor Rifle Division. On 6 June 1999, the regiment was directly subordinated to the headquarters of the Far Eastern Military District[1] and in 2001 was withdrawn from the ready reaction force. In June, the regiment became part of the 270th Motor Rifle Division again in the 35th Army. In 2009, the regiment was converted into the 64th Separate Motor Rifle Brigade.[2] In 2012, the brigade was relocated to Knyaze-Volkonskoye.[3] In January 2014, a T-72 tank of the brigade exploded during target practice, killing an officer and two conscript soldiers.[4]

References
  1. "Мотострелковый полк (г. Хабаровск)" [Motor rifle regiment at Khabarovsk]. mil.ru (in Russian). Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. 2006. Archived from the original on 21 March 2008. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  2. "Войсковая часть 51460 (64-я ОМСБр)". voinskayachast.net (in Russian). Retrieved 2017-04-16.
  3. "ИСТОРИЯ ОБРАЗОВАНИЯ БРИГАДЫ" [Learn the history of the brigade]. melchnic-info.ucoz.ru (in Russian). 64th Motor Rifle Brigade. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  4. Goryainov, Andrei (31 January 2014). "Взрыв танка Т-72 на полигоне «Млечник», погибли лейтенант и два рядовых срочной службы" [T-72 explodes at the Mlechnik range, killing officer and two enlisted conscripts]. Komsomolskaya Pravda (in Russian). Retrieved 16 April 2017.
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