The 154th Separate Special Forces Detachment is furious. Special forces fighters
The composition of the Soviet forces introduced to provide assistance in 1979 to "friendly" Afghanistan included one unique, well-trained special unit, consisting exclusively of representatives of Central Asian nationalities. It is thanks to the origin of its personnel that this detachment received the name of the “Muslim battalion”. This battalion, unfortunately, did not last long, but managed to leave a bright mark in the history of the GRU.
The first Muslim battalion (but, as history has shown, not the last), which is the 154th separate detachment in the world special purpose as part of the fifteenth brigade of the Turkestan Military District, headed by Major Khabib Tadzhibaevich Khalbaev.
Initially, the unit had the following goal - the protection of Nurmukhamed Taraki, the president of Afghanistan, who was trying to lay the socialist foundations in his country in a short time. There were plenty of opponents of such radical changes, and therefore Taraki quite rightly feared for his life. By that time, political upheavals, accompanied by bloodshed, had become quite common in Afghanistan.
The new formation was well provided with all the necessary resources, the fighters had no restrictions and limits on funds. The personnel of the detachment received a completely new weapon. For training shooting in accordance with the Decree General Staff The Turkestan Military District battalion was allocated the training grounds of two military schools: the Tashkent Combined Arms Command and tank schools a located in Chirchik.
Throughout July-August, the soldiers were intensively engaged in combat training. Every day there were tactical exercises, driving combat vehicles, shooting.
The endurance of the fighters was tempered in thirty-kilometer forced marches. Thanks to extensive material and technical means, the personnel of the "Muslim battalion" had the opportunity to achieve high level training administered hand-to-hand combat, shooting from all available types of weapons, as well as driving infantry fighting vehicles and armored personnel carriers in extreme conditions.
Meanwhile, in Moscow, Afghan uniforms were hastily sewn on the Musbat soldiers and the necessary papers were being prepared. Each fighter received documents of the established type in the Afghan language. Fortunately, there was no need to invent new names - the servicemen used their own. In Afghanistan, especially in the north of the country, many Uzbeks and Tajiks lived, and Turkmens met there.
Soon the battalion replaced the Soviet military uniform for uniforms of the Afghan army. In order to make it easier to recognize each other, the soldiers of the detachment wrapped bandages around both hands. For even greater realism, the military personnel constantly trained in Afghan uniforms so that it had a well-worn look.
When, at the end of the GRU check, the battalion was already preparing to be sent to Afghanistan, another coup took place in Kabul. The closest associate of President Taraki, Hafizullah Amin, eliminated the former leadership, taking control of the country. The intensified training of the special detachment was suspended, the visits of the senior command personnel ceased, and life in the battalion began to look like ordinary army everyday life. But such a lull did not last long, soon an order was received from Moscow to resume training. However, the purpose of education has changed radically. Now the servicemen were no longer being trained for defensive, but for assault operations against the Afghan government. This time, they did not delay the dispatch of the battalion. A list of personnel was announced, which on December 5, 1979, was supposed to fly on the first flight to prepare the camp. The rest of the battalion was to join them on 8 December.
During the flight, the soldiers of the “Muslim battalion” noticed one unusual fact: a detachment of military men flew on the plane middle age, but in soldier's overcoats. The soldiers who were interested were explained that a group of sappers had gone with them. Only later did it become clear that these were important "big shots" from the KGB and the GRU.
The detachment under the leadership of the Uzbek Khabib Khalbaev joined the battalion of combat guards of the air base from the 345th separate airborne regiment in Bagram, which had been stationed here since July 1979. And on December 14, another battalion of the 345th arrived.
According to the original plan of the leadership of the GRU, the Muslim battalion was supposed to set out from Bagram, immediately capturing the residence of Amin, which was located in Kabul. However, at the last moment, the dictator moved to the new residence "Taj Beck", which was a real fortress. The plans were quickly amended. The detachment was tasked with getting to Kabul on its own and appearing near the Taj Beck Palace, as if to strengthen security. On the morning of December 20, about 540 GRU special forces troops advanced to the capital of Afghanistan.
By appearance the detachment was very similar to the usual military formation of the Afghans, and the newly minted President Amin was sure that the fighters had arrived to carry out external protection of his new residence. On the way to the palace, the military personnel were stopped by patrols more than a dozen times, passing only after receiving the appropriate password or permission from above. At the entrance to Kabul, the battalion was met by Afghan officers who accompanied the special detachment to the very presidential palace.
The first line of defense of the Taj Beck was considered a company of personal bodyguards of Hafizullah Amin. The third was a security brigade, under the leadership of Major Dzhandat - Amin's main lieutenant. Our Muslim battalion was to form the second line. The palace was protected from an air strike by an anti-aircraft regiment. Total number military personnel at the palace reached two and a half thousand people.
The GRU fighters were placed in a separate unfinished building, located four hundred meters from the residence. The building did not even have glass on the windows; instead of them, the soldiers pulled blankets. Has begun The final stage preparation for the operation. Every night, our fighters fired flares on the nearby hills, and the engines of combat vehicles were started in the boxes. The commander of the Afghan guard showed dissatisfaction with such actions, but he was explained that a planned training was underway, related to the specifics of possible military operations. Of course, everything was done in order to lull the vigilance of the guards when the detachment really went on the assault.
Colonel Kolesnik, who drew up the plan of the operation, later spoke about this: “I brought the plan signed by me and worked out on the map to Ivanov and Magomedov (respectively, the chief adviser of the KGB of the USSR and the chief military adviser of the Ministry of Defense). They approved the plan orally, but did not want to put their signatures. It was clear that while we were thinking about how to accomplish the task set by the management, these cunning people were deciding how to avoid responsibility in case of failure. Then I wrote on the plan in their presence: “The plan was approved verbally. They refused to sign." I set the date, time and went to my battalion ... ".
The operation to storm the palace from our side involved: groups "Thunder" and "Zenith" (24 and 30 people, respectively, commanders Major Romanov and Major Semenov), a Muslim battalion (530 people, led by Major Khalbaev), the ninth company of the 345th regiment (87 people, commander of starley Vostrotin), anti-tank platoon (27 people under the leadership of starley Savostyanov). The operation was led by Colonel Kolesnik, and his deputy was Major General Drozdov, head of the illegal intelligence service of the KGB.
The time of the assault was postponed, as information was received that the Afghans were beginning to guess everything. On December 26, the fighters were allowed to make a camp bath. Everyone was given fresh linen, new vests. Khalbaev was ordered to cover the KGB special forces and suppress any groups trying to break into the territory of the residence. The main task of capturing the palace was assigned to the fighters of the Zenith and Thunder groups.
At about 7 am on December 27, 1979, at the prearranged signal “Storm 333”, the KGB assault brigades began to climb the mountain along the only serpentine road. At this time, Khalbaev's people captured important positions and firing points near the palace, removed sentries. A separate group managed to neutralize the leadership of the infantry battalion. Twenty minutes after the start of the attack, "Thunder" and "Zenith" in combat vehicles, overcoming external guard posts, broke into the square in front of the palace. The doors of the troop compartments opened, and the fighters poured out. Some of them managed to break into the first floor of the Taj Beck. A fierce battle began with the personal guards of the self-appointed president, most of whom consisted of his relatives.
Parts of the Muslim battalion, together with a company of paratroopers, formed the outer ring of defense, repelling the attacks of the guard brigade. Two GRU special forces platoons seized the barracks of the tank and first infantry battalions, tanks fell into their hands. It was then discovered that there were no shutters in the tank guns and machine guns. This was the work of our military advisers, who, under the pretext of repairs, removed the mechanisms in advance.
In the palace, the Afghans fought with the tenacity of the doomed. Hurricane fire from the windows pressed the commandos to the ground, and the attack bogged down. This was crucial moment, it was necessary to urgently raise people and lead forward to help those who were already fighting in the palace. Under the leadership of officers Boyarinov, Karpukhin and Kozlov, the fighters rushed to the attack. In these moments, the Soviet soldiers suffered the greatest losses. In an attempt to reach the windows and doors of the palace, many fighters were wounded. Only a small group broke in. There was a fierce battle in the building itself. The commandos acted decisively and desperately. If no one left the premises with their hands up, then grenades immediately flew through the broken doors. However, there were too few Soviet soldiers to eliminate Amin. Only about two dozen people were in the palace, and many were injured. After a short hesitation, Colonel Boyarinov ran out of the main entrance and began to call for help from the fighters of the Muslim battalion. Of course, the enemy also noticed him. A stray bullet ricocheted off the body armor and pierced the colonel's neck. Boyarinov was fifty-seven years old. Of course, he could not participate in the assault, his official position and age allowed him to lead the battle from headquarters. However, this was a real officer of the Russian army - his subordinates went into battle, and he had to be next to them. Coordinating the actions of groups, he also acted as a simple attack aircraft.
After the soldiers of the Muslim battalion came to the aid of the KGB special forces, the fate of the defenders of the palace was sealed. Amin's bodyguards, about one hundred and fifty soldiers and personal protection officers staunchly resisted, not wanting to surrender. The fact that the Afghans were mainly armed with German MP-5s, which did not penetrate the bulletproof vests of Soviet soldiers, saved our servicemen from heavy losses.
According to the story of the captured assistant Amin, it became clear about last moments the life of a dictator. In the first minutes of the battle, the “master” ordered that our military advisers be informed of the attack on the palace. He shouted: "We need the help of the Russians!". When the adjutant rightly remarked: “That’s how Russians shoot!” Then he tried to call himself. But there was no connection. In the end, Amin said dejectedly: "That's right, I suspected it ...".
When the gunfight stopped and the smoke cleared in the palace, the corpse of Hafizullah Amin was found near the bar. What actually caused his death remained unclear, whether our bullet, or a fragment of a grenade. A version was also expressed that Amin was shot by his own. This operation was officially completed.
All the wounded, including the Afghans, received medical attention. Civilians under guard were taken to the location of the battalion, and all the dead defenders of the palace were buried in one place near the Taj Beck. Graves for them were dug by prisoners. To identify Hafizullah Amina, Babrak Karmal flew in specially. Soon the Kabul radio stations broadcast a message that, by decision of the military tribunal, Hafizullah Amin was sentenced to death. Later, the words of Babrak Karmal recorded on tape to the people of Afghanistan were heard. He said that "... the system of torture of Amin and his associates - executioners, murderers and usurpers of tens of thousands of my compatriots was broken ...".
During a short but fierce battle, the loss of the Afghans amounted to about 350 people killed. Approximately 1700 people were taken prisoner. Our soldiers lost eleven people: five paratroopers, including Colonel Boyarinov, and six servicemen of the Muslim battalion. A military doctor, Colonel Kuznechenkov, who happened to be in the palace, also died. Thirty-eight people were injured varying degrees gravity. Two young sons of the president were killed during the shootout, but Amin's widow and her wounded daughter survived. At first, they were kept under guard in a special room at the location of the battalion, and then they were handed over to government representatives. The fate of the rest of the president's defenders turned out to be tragic: many of them were soon shot, others died in prison. This outcome of events, apparently, was facilitated by the reputation of Amin, who, even by Eastern standards, was considered a cruel and bloody dictator. According to tradition, a stain of shame also automatically fell on his entourage.
After the elimination of Amin, a plane from Moscow immediately flew to Bagram. In it, under the supervision of KGB workers, was new head Afghanistan - Babrak Karmal. When the Tu-134 was already descending, the lights on the entire airfield suddenly went out. The plane landed only with the help of headlights. The crew of the aircraft ejected a drag chute, but the aircraft rolled almost to the edge of the runway. As it turned out later, the head of the airbase was an ardent supporter of Amin and, suspecting something was wrong when landing a strange plane, turned off the lights, hoping to arrange a plane crash. But the high skill of the pilots made it possible to avoid the tragedy.
Already much later began to emerge Interesting Facts about the operation. Firstly, it turned out that during the entire assault there was no communication with the command post. The reason for the absence so no one could clearly explain. An attempt to immediately report on the liquidation of the president was also unsuccessful. Secondly, only a couple of years later, at a meeting of participants in those December events, it became known what the delay in reporting the death of the president could have turned out to be. It turned out that the military leaders had developed a backup plan to destroy Amin and his entourage. A bit later assault brigades the task of capturing the presidential palace was given to the Vitebsk division, which was unaware of the earlier actions of the KGB and the “Muslim battalion”. If the message about the achievement of the goal had not arrived in time, the Belarusians could start a new assault attempt. And then it is not known how many, out of ignorance, in the ensuing confusion, the participants in the first offensive would have been killed. It is possible that such an outcome of events - to remove more witnesses - was planned.
And here is what Colonel Kolesnik said: “In the evening the next day after the assault, all the leaders of this operation were almost killed by a machine-gun burst by one soviet soldier. Returning from a banquet organized on the occasion of the successful completion of the operation, in Amin's Mercedes we were fired upon near the building of the General Staff, which was guarded by paratroopers. Lieutenant Colonel Shvets was the first to notice strange flashes on the asphalt road and understood what they meant. He slipped out of the car, covering the sentries with a choice obscenity. It worked better than the password. We called the head of the guard. The lieutenant who appeared first received in the ear, and only then listened to the end of the procedure for using weapons by sentries at posts. When we examined the car, we found several bullet holes in the hood. A little higher and neither I nor Kozlov would have been alive. Already at the end, General Drozdov quietly said to the lieutenant: “Son, thank you for not teaching your fighter to shoot.”
Created under the auspices of the GRU, a unique Muslim unit was withdrawn from Afghanistan almost immediately after the storming of the palace. All equipment was transferred Vitebsk division. The servicemen were left with only personal weapons and on January 2, 1980, two An-22s in full force were sent to Tashkent. For the successful conduct of the special operation, the fighters of the "Muslim battalion" were awarded orders and medals: seven people received the Order of Lenin, ten people received the Order of the Red Banner, forty-five - the Order of the Red Star, forty-six fighters were awarded the medal "For Courage", and the rest - a medal "For Military Merit". Colonel Kolesnik became a Hero of the Soviet Union, he was soon awarded the rank of general.
The battalion temporarily ceased to exist, the servicemen were transferred to the reserve, and all the officers were scattered around various garrisons for further service. After the reformation, by October 1981, there was no one in it who took part in the storming of the palace.
Many of the events associated with the coup in Afghanistan were presented by the Soviet press in a completely different light. According to the initial version of the media, President Amin was arrested. And only then by a fair court he was sentenced to death. A film about this was shot in advance and prepared for showing after the death of the dictator. The participation of Soviet special forces and the real death of the self-proclaimed president was not mentioned anywhere.
After the assassination of Hafizullah Amin, units of the 40th Army continued to enter Afghanistan, occupying cities, villages and the main centers of the country. Industrial and administrative facilities, highways, airfields, mountain passes were taken under control. At first, no one was going to fight, hoping only to convince others by the seriousness of their intentions. As a last resort, solve all the tasks with little bloodshed, without assuming the future scale of hostilities. The point of view of the General Staff was such that it was enough just to demonstrate a powerful military force, missile units, tanks, artillery. This will instill fear in the hearts of the opposition, forcing them to surrender or simply scatter. In fact, the appearance of strangers in an Islamic country that keeps the experience of countless wars, a country where the bulk of the population knows how to handle weapons from the very beginning. early childhood, ignited the already walking civil war giving it the meaning of jihad.
Despite the fact that the operation to eliminate the president was carried out successfully, Western countries were not slow to designate this fact as evidence of the occupation of Afghanistan. Soviet Union, and the subsequent leaders of Afghanistan (Karmal and Najibullah) are called puppet leaders.
October 30, 1981 at two o'clock in the morning 154th separate detachment special forces, previously called the "Muslim battalion", crossed the state border of the USSR and rushed to the place of the future deployment. This is how the second arrival of "Musbat" to the Afghan land took place. The new unit commander, Major Igor Stoderevsky, served with him until the very end of the war.
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Directive of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the USSR 314/2/0061 dated 04/26/1979, served as the basis for the order of the commander of the troops TURKVO 21/4/00755 dated 05/04/1979 on the formation in the state of 15 obrSpN of a separate detachment of special forces numbering 538 people, which entered in the history of our Fatherland as the “Muslim Battalion”.
March 18, 1979 1st General Secretary The Central Committee of the PDPA Nur Mohammad Taraki called Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the USSR Alexei Kosygin and asked to send soldiers, indigenous inhabitants of the Asian republics of the USSR, to destroy a four thousandth detachment of Iranian soldiers dressed in civilian clothes who had entered the city of Herat.
“We want Tajiks, Uzbeks, Turkmens to be sent to us so that they can drive tanks, since all these nationalities are in Afghanistan,” the Afghan leader assured the Soviet prime minister. “Let them put on Afghan clothes, Afghan badges, and no one will recognize them. This is a very easy job, in our opinion. The experience of Iran and Pakistan shows that this work is easy to do. They provide an example."
Despite the fact that Kosygin expressed doubts about this proposal, on April 26, 1979, the General Staff of the USSR Ministry of Defense issued special directive No.
It was formed by Colonels Kolesnik V.V., Shvets O.U., Lavrenev N.N. and Blokhin A.P., as well as the head of intelligence of the TurkVO, Colonel Dunets V.V.
In order to maintain secrecy, it was decided to resettle the detachment from the military camp of the brigade, repairing the abandoned town of the engineering battalion in an economic way.
Commander of the 2nd detachment of the 15th special forces unit, Major Stoderevsky I.Yu. was assigned to supervise the construction of the town. He received under his command a company of military builders, several dozen civilian builders from all the district's KECh, two hundred personnel from the brigade as auxiliary workers. For 2 months, the repair of the town was completed.
At a rapid pace, the recruitment of a new battalion began, exclusively from persons of nationalities Central Asia. Personnel arrived from all districts. Mostly from airborne divisions and to a lesser extent from motorized rifle units.
Command staff of the 154th OOSPN of the first formation
The squad leader was appointed Major Kholbaev Khabib Tadzhibaevich, born in 1947. Graduate of the Tashkent VOKU named after. Lenin. Since 1969, he served in the 15th special forces unit as a group commander, commander of a special forces company, deputy commander of a special forces detachment for the VDS. Captains Sakhatov M.T. were appointed as deputy commanders of the detachment, on the proposal of the personnel department of the TurkVO. (deputy), Ashurov A.M. (Chief of Staff), Sattarov A.S. (deputy political officer), Ibragimov E.N. (deputy fun), Major Jalilov D. (deputy rear). The companies were commanded by senior lieutenants: Amangeldiev K.M., Sharipov V.S., Miryusupov M.M., and captain Kudratov I.S. The commander of the anti-aircraft artillery group was appointed Senior Lieutenant Prauta V.M. ... Captain Nikonov was appointed commander of the ORNO. Ensign Neverov Yu ... Deputy Commander of the ZAG Commander of the Special Forces Groups were appointed young graduates combined arms schools, among them two lieutenants (Tursunkulov R.T. and Abzalimov R.K.) were graduates of the RVVDKU. Separate communications and support platoons were commanded by Senior Lieutenant Mirsaatov Yu.M. and senior warrant officer Rakhimov A.
American military expert Jezi Hou (JIAYI ZHOU) dedicated a special book to the Soviet Muslim battalion, starting it with the fact that he stood up applauding national policy in the USSR, when he studied archival materials regarding this unit. Interestingly, the research he conducted was funded by the RAND Corporation, which is considered the "thought factory" of American strategists. “A unique Soviet identity appeared in the USSR, which cannot be explained by traditional values - national or religious,” Jesy Howe writes. According to him, 538 people under the command of Major Khabibdzhan Kholbaev were united by the idea of their socialist mission in Afghanistan. It was the 154th separate GRU special forces detachment, consisting exclusively of Uzbeks, Tajiks and Turkmens. In total, more than five thousand military men passed through the sieve of the special commission.
The training of the fighters of the 154th detachment was quite typical for Soviet army- typically good. In the presence Chief of Staff of TURKVO Lieutenant General Krivosheev G.F. in the summer of 1979, the "Muslims" conducted tactical exercises "to capture a separate building" and "fighting in the city." In particular, grenade launchers were required to hit targets by noise through a smoke screen. Shooting accurately on the run and mastering sambo techniques was taken for granted.
Particular attention was paid to the coordination of companies and platoons through radio communications, for which Senior Lieutenant Yu.M. Mirsaatov was responsible. The writer Eduard Belyaev, who studied the documents of the preparation of the 154th detachment, as well as other fighters sent to Afghanistan, writes that the stereotypes that appeared after the release of the film "9th Company" do not correspond to reality.
Combat formation units of the detachment
By June 1, 1979, out of a thousand candidates submitted, the detachment was fully staffed to a state of 532 people. For a month and a half, the detachment, completely freed from outfits, guards and outside work, completed the annual program combat training. The entire personnel of the detachment made parachute jumps. Combat coordination of the formed units was carried out.
Shooting and driving were passed at the ranges of the combined arms and tank schools. There were no limits on fuel and ammunition. Grenade launchers fired at a distance, at a time, at noises through the smoke, at minimum distances. Who was supposed to hand over practical tasks in mine-blasting business. All were tested for physical endurance during forced marches of 30 kilometers. Specialists translators during the entire check monitored the assimilation of commands in Farsi and knowledge of Arabic script by the personnel. As a result, the commission assessed the results of the audit as good.
Calm has come. Soldiers began to be recruited for guard duty and for various chores.
Despite the fact that the fighters of the "Muslim battalion" in full combat readiness regularly went to the Tuzel airfield (Tashkent) to be sent to Afghanistan, the flight was postponed every time.
Reconnaissance on the ground
By order of the head of the GRU, the commander of the detachment, Major Kholbaev, and the deputy commanders of the 15th brigade, majors Gruzdev and Turbulanov, flew to Kabul to reconnoitre the presidential palace, as well as the renovated Taj-Bek palace in Duralaman, where Amin soon moved.
Telegram to Chief of the General Staff Ogarkov
“In the period from July 11 to July 17, 1979, a reconnaissance was carried out in the city of Kabul with a view to the possible use of the 15th brigade of the TURKVO special forces. According to Soviet ambassador and heads of special services, the greatest activation of the rebels in the periphery and the city of Kabul is expected in August. In this regard, the ambassador asks: to transfer the detachment to Kabul before August 10. The development of the implementation of measures for the transfer is entrusted to the commander-in-chief of the Air Force and the commander of TURKVO.
Army General Ivashutin
However, the transfer of the detachment was delayed. In mid-October, the "Muslim" battalion again began intensive combat training under the "Capture of Objects" program. AKM and AKMS assault rifles received from warehouses, RPK machine guns and TT pistols were shot. At the end of November, another check of combat training took place, to which the authorities arrived from Moscow. “There were several options for the transfer to Afghanistan. - said Kholbaev. “In addition to the flight, a march under its own power to Kabul was also considered.”
However, after the officers of the head of the Afghan presidential guard, Major Jandad, strangled Taraki, on December 4, 1979, Yu. Andropov and N. Ogarkov sent the now well-known note 312/2/0073 to the Central Committee of the CPSU:
“Taking into account the current situation and at the request of H. Amin, we consider it expedient to send to Afghanistan a detachment of the GRU of the General Staff with a total number of 500 people prepared for these purposes in a uniform that does not reveal its belonging to the Armed Forces of the USSR” .
First entry into Afghanistan
On the night of December 5, from the Chirchik airfield, the first group from the 3rd special forces company under the command of the deputy commander of the detachment, Captain Sakhatov M.T., left for Afghanistan on an AN-12 plane. The transfer of the entire personnel of the battalion was carried out on the night of December 9-10, from two airfields, in Chirchik and Tashkent (Tuzel), by AN-12, AN-22, and IL-76 aircraft. Each flight took 45 minutes to depart. The interval between flights was no more than two hours. The departure was carried out by three flights of seven aircraft to the Bagram airfield. To accommodate the battalion at the Bagram air base, a group of Captain Sakhatov prepared CSS tents at the rate of one for each company and for headquarters.
Subsequently, the detachment was redeployed southwest of Kabul to the Dar-ul-Aman area, to strengthen the protection of the Taj Beck presidential palace.
On December 27, 1979, at 19:00, the assault on the Taj Beck Palace began, the operation ended at 23:00. Quite a lot has been written about how the "Muslim battalion" stormed this palace, and those who study or are simply interested this topic there are practically no questions left.
Only one thing should be added, the losses of the personnel of the "Muslim battalion", during the fighting during the storming of the Taj Beck Palace, amounted to: 7 people were killed (in addition, 5 KGB officers from the operational combat groups "Thunder" and "Zenith" died, as well as 2 soldiers from the attached detachment 9 parachute company 345 opdp (company commander senior lieutenant V. Vostrotin).
During Operation Storm 333, 67 servicemen of the Special Forces detachment received injuries of varying severity.
In April 1980, the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR was signed on awarding 370 military personnel of the 15th special forces unit, participants in the operation "Storm-333" with orders and medals of the USSR. received awards and 400 employees of the KGB of the USSR.
At the end of 1981, efforts were made to increase the grouping of intelligence agencies. Two separate detachments of the GRU special forces are being introduced into Afghanistan for operations in the northern regions of the country. One of these battalions was - 154 ooSpN.
By that time, on May 7, 1981, 154 ooSpN was awarded the Battle Banner of the unit. The holiday of the unit was determined - April 26 (1979). Directive of the Chief of the General Staff of the USSR Armed Forces 4/372 dated 10/21/1981, 154 ooSpN was planned for entry into the DRA on October 26, 1981.
The second entry of 154 oSpN to Afghanistan
The detachment, after reorganization, without conducting combat coordination, under the command of Major Stoderevsky I.Yu., on the night of October 29-30, 1981, crossed the state border with Afghanistan in the Termez region. 154 ooSpN for the period of hostilities received an open name - 1st separate motorized rifle battalion (military unit field mail 35651, callsign "Amur-35").
From October 30, 1981 to May 15, 1988 The 154th detachment took part in continuous hostilities with the armed formations of the rebels. Destroying the manpower of the Mujahideen by raids and from an ambush, destroying the fortified areas (UR) of the enemy, front headquarters, Islamic committees, training centers, warehouses with weapons and ammunition, participating in inspections of caravans and maintaining aerial reconnaissance in the area of responsibility.
The most famous combat operations of the detachment, after "Storm 333", were:
- the capture of rebel bases in Jar Kuduk (Jawzjan province, December 1981),
- the capture of rebel bases in Darzab (Fariab province, January 1982),
- removal of the blockade of Sancharak (Jawzjan province, April 1982).
- the destruction of 2 gangs in Kuli-Ishan (Samangan province, October 1982),
- the capture of rebel bases in the Marmol Gorge (Balkh Province, March 1983),
- assault on UR "Goshta" and UR "Karera"
- operations in the provinces of Nangarhar and Kunar near Kulala, Bar-Koshmund, Bagicha, Loy-Termay, in the Black Mountains, near Shahidan, Mangwal, Sarband, the army operation "Vostok-88" and others.
By combat order of the commander of 40 OA 01 dated 03/13/1988, the withdrawal of 154 ooSpN was determined by the first column from Jalalabad on May 15, 1988.
228 units of military equipment in one column marched Jalalabad - Kabul - Puli-Khumri - Hairatan in three days.
On May 20, 1988, by rail, they completed the exit to the place of permanent deployment in the city of Chirchik of the USSR.
154 separate detachment of Special Forces commanded:
Major Kholbaev Khabibdzhan Tadzhibaevich from 5.1979 to 8.1981.
Major Kosteniuk Nikolai Mikhailovich from 8.1981 to 10.1981.
Major Stoderevsky Igor Yurievich from 10.1981 to 11.1983.
Major Olekseenko Vasily Ivanovich from 11.1983 to 2.1984.
Major Portnyagin Vladimir Pavlovich from 2.1984 to 11.1984.
Major Dementiev Alexey Mikhailovich from 11.1984 to 8.1985.
Major Abzalimov Ramil Karimovich from 08.1985 to 10.1986
Major Giluch Vladislav Petrovich from 10.1986 to 11.1987.
Captain Vorobyov Vladimir Fedorovich from 11.1987 to 6.1988.
Major Kozlov Yury Vsevolodovich from 6.1988 to 9.1990.
Major Efimenko Anatoly Nikolaevich from 9.1990 to 9.1991.
Lieutenant Colonel Svirin Valery Mikhailovich from 9.1991 to 9.1992.
Major Vorontsov Sergey Anatolyevich from 9.1992 to 12.1994.
The special forces inflicted significant damage on the Islamic opposition, so according to the General Staff of the USSR Armed Forces, the special forces of the GRU General Staff of the USSR Armed Forces destroyed 17,000 rebels, 990 caravans and 332 warehouses, and captured 825 prisoners.
The results of reconnaissance and combat activities of 154 ooSpN as of May 1, 1983:
Operations performed — 248
The rebels were destroyed - 955 people.
Captured - 452 people.
Captured small arms- 566 units.
DShK machine guns — 2 units.
Ammunition Captured
Cartridges - more than 100,000 pieces.
Mines - 237 pcs.
Grenades - 228 pcs.
Shots for RPG - 183 pcs.
Electric detonators - 5200 pcs.
Detonator capsules - 8000 pcs.
Mines for 60 mm mortar - 235 pcs.
Cavalry horses captured 16
Captured cars - 12 units. and BRDM-1
Islamic committees destroyed - 9
The situation has been stabilized in the areas of responsibility Jowzjan Province, Samangan Province
Our losses
Killed - 34 people.
Missing - 1 person.
Changing the location of the detachment:
June 1979-December 1979 - Chirchik, Tashkent region, USSR;
December 1979-January 1980 - Bagram, Kabul, Afghanistan;
February 1980-October 1981 - Chirchik, Tashkent region, USSR;
October 1981-July 1982 - Akcha, Jowzjan province, Afghanistan;
August 1982-February 1984 - Aibak, Samangan province, Afghanistan;
February 1984 - May 1988 - Jalalabad (Shamarkheil), Nangarhar province, Afghanistan;
May 20, 1988 - May 1990 - Chirchik, Tashkent region, USSR, Uzbekistan.
June 1990 - 1994 - Azadbash, Bastanlyk district, Tashkent region, USSR;
December 1994 - 2000 transferred to the Ministry of Defense of Uzbekistan, renamed the 28th separate reconnaissance battalion of the Armed Forces of the Ministry of Defense of Uzbekistan.
2000 - Disbanded.
Awards 154 oSpN
Pennant of the Minister of Defense of the USSR "For courage and military prowess"Order of the Ministry of Defense of the SSR 273 of December 1, 1985
Honorary Red Banner of the People's Democratic Party of the Republic of Afghanistan 04/26/1988
Certificate of awarding the personnel of 154 ooSpN (data as of May 15, 1988):
Order of Lenin - 8 officers;
Order of the Red Banner - 53 (of which 31 are officers, 13 sergeants, 9 soldiers)
Order of the Red Star - 423 (of which 132 officers, 32 warrant officers, 127 sergeants, 112 soldiers)
Order "For Service to the Motherland in the USSR Armed Forces" - 25 (of which 24 are officers and ensigns, 1 is a soldier);
Medal "For Courage" - 623 (12 officers, 15 ensigns, 205 sergeants, 391 soldiers)
Medal "For Military Merit" - 247 (11 officers, 24 ensigns, 102 sergeants, 110 soldiers);
Medal of the USSR Ministry of Defense "For Distinction in military service» - 118 people.
Losses of personnel 154 ooSpN from 12/27/1979 to 05/15/1988 amounted to 186 people.
Killed in battle or died of wounds - 177 servicemen; Missing - 9 soldiers.
Losses of 154 separate special-purpose detachment of the GRU General Staff of the Armed Forces of the USSR
Losses of 154 ooSpN in the period 12/5/1979 - 10/1/1980. ("Muslim battalion")
1979
1980
Losses of 154 ooSpN in the period 10/29/1981 - 1985 ("1 motorized rifle battalion")
1981
1. senior lieutenant Mikhalev Vladimir Nikolaevich | pom. early the headquarters of the detachment died on November 1 as a result of an accident - he was shot dead by a sentry while bypassing posts |
2. Private Gorbunov Evgeny Aleksandrovich | went missing on November 7 in the province of Dzauzjan - actually captured in battle and died, but the body was not found |
3. Lieutenant Sleptsov Andrey Alexandrovich - commander of the flamethrower group | died in action 20 November |
4. Sergeant Shivarev Alexander Fedorovich | |
5. Private Bobiev Khairidin Teshaevich | |
6. Private Milibaev Bakhodir Patidinovich | |
7. Private Chegodaev Viktor Anatolyevich | |
8. Private Eshonov Shavkat Abduraimovich | |
9. junior sergeant Kalinin Mikhail Valentinovich | died in action on 7 December |
10. junior sergeant Rakhmatulin Rashid Shavkatovich | |
11. junior sergeant Shchegolev Leonid Yurievich |
1982
1. Private Gavrilov Sergey Gennadievich | died January 4 from wounds received in battle |
2. Private Yuldashev Akhatkul Rakhmanovich | seriously wounded as a result of a mine explosion and died in hospital on January 24, 1982. |
3. Private Babaev Norbobo Manonovich | died January 16 in an accident |
4. junior sergeant Khairullin Farit Nagimovich | killed in action 29 January |
5. Private Shadmanov Giyas Irgashevich | died in action 19 February |
6. Private Viktor Valentinovich Shirokikh | seriously wounded in battle on February 21 and died on April 12, 1982. |
7. Senior Lieutenant Statkevich Vladimir Vladimirovich - Deputy Commander of the 2nd Company for Political Affairs | killed in action 4 April |
8. Private Pavlenkov Sergey Vladimirovich | died May 18 in an accident |
9. Corporal Shkolin Viktor Ivanovich | killed in action 28 May |
10. Lieutenant Kalmykov Sergey Nikolaevich | died in action on 6 June |
11. Sergeant Gimranov Anvar Nailovich | |
12. Sergeant Shvornev Mikhail Aleksandrovich | |
13. junior sergeant Shabakaev Mars Oktyabrisovich | |
14. Corporal Antsiferov Igor Mikhailovich | |
15. Private Aliberdyev Kabul Karimovich | |
16. Private Vashchebrovich Alexander Ivanovich | |
17. ml. Sergeant Maurin German Alekseevich | seriously wounded in action on June 6 and died on June 10, 1982. |
18. Private Mordovin Yuri Vasilyevich | died of wounds 29 June |
19. Private Vafin Damir Munnulovich | killed in action 5 July |
20. Private Kapustin Viktor Vladimirovich | killed in action 28 August |
21. junior sergeant Shapovalov Igor Nikolaevich | killed in action 11 October |
22. Sergeant Gerasimov Alexander Yurievich | killed in action 3 November |
23. Private Balybin Dmitry Valentinovich | died November 16 in an accident |
1983
1. Private Sorokin Alexander Vasilyevich | killed in action May 3 |
2. Private Viktor Vladimirovich Melnik | died July 29 from injuries sustained in an accident |
3. Private Skvortsov Yuri Sergeevich | died August 6 in an accident |
4. Private Podzerey Boris Vladimirovich | died in action on 28 August |
5. Private Viktor Alekseevich Korkin | |
6. junior sergeant Kislitsyn Sergey Gennadievich | died on September 5 when an armored personnel carrier was blown up by a mine |
7. Senior lieutenant of the medical service Begishev Elgizer Fedorovich | died on September 6 when a medical MTLB was blown up by a landmine |
8. lieutenant of medical service Kryshtal Igor Nikolaevich | |
9. corporal Trofimov Ivan Mikhailovich - sanitary instructor | |
10. Corporal Terekhov Sergey Vladimirovich | killed in action 19 September |
11. Senior Lieutenant Domanin Vladimir Vladimirovich | killed in action 23 September |
12. Private Vysotin Igor Aleksandrovich | died of illness October 2 |
1984
1. Private Belikov Valery Vladimirovich | died January 12 in an accident |
2. Private Karimov Eldar Zakirovich | died February 6 in an accident |
3. Private Koyali Mikhail Vadimovich | |
4. Private Stadnik Sergei Grigorievich | |
5. Private Obukhov Sergei Mikhailovich | seriously wounded on February 6 as a result of an accident and died on February 7, 1984. |
6. Private Malygin Alexander Vladimirovich | seriously wounded in battle on March 12 and died on April 17, 1984. |
7. Lieutenant Ovcharenko Sergey Vasilevich | died on March 23 as a result of an accident - they drowned while crossing, but are officially listed as "missing" since their bodies were not found |
8. junior sergeant Olennikov Yuri Nikolaevich | |
9. Private Belitsky Victor Pavlovich | |
10. Private Andrei Kazanev | died March 23 as a result of an accident - drowned while crossing |
11. Private Mokrov Alexander Mikhailovich | |
12. Private Yurchenko Mikhail Ivanovich |
13. Lieutenant Skuridin Oleg Viktorovich | died in battle on April 8, according to the CPSU, died on April 7, 1984 |
14. junior sergeant Malyuta Ivan Ivanovich | |
15. Private Asanov Eldar Ferdausovich | died in battle on April 8, according to the CPSU, died on April 11, 1984 |
16. Private Uchanin Andrey Nikolaevich - driver | killed in action April 8 |
17. Sergeant Borets Alexander Nikolaevich | seriously wounded in battle on April 8 and died on April 11, 1984, according to the CPSU, seriously wounded on April 7, 1984. |
18. Private Katsov Valery Vasilyevich | died in action April 9 |
19. Private Popov Igor Aleksandrovich | |
20. Private Dresvyannikov Alexander Gennadievich | killed in action 21 April |
21. Private Sadikov Gulamjon Galievich | killed in action 23 May |
22. junior sergeant Melenty Ivan Mikhailovich | died in action on 1 June |
23. junior sergeant Rudenko Nikolai Vasilyevich | |
24. Private Dadaev Nugman Kambarovich | |
25. Private Kryzhanovsky Pyotr Andreevich | |
26. Private Kydyrmanov Yermek Kasenovich | |
27. Private Golubev Valery Vladimirovich | killed in action 3 June |
28. Sergeant Zhigalo Valery Viktorovich | died June 26 from heatstroke on a combat mission |
29. Captain Babko Valery Vladimirovich | killed in action 10 July |
30. Sergeant Korolev Nikolai Vasilyevich | died of illness July 22 |
31. Lieutenant Nafikov Khamit Muginovich | died in action on 15 August |
32. junior sergeant Magomedov Usman Magomedalievich | |
33. Corporal Kharitonov Andrey Ivanovich | |
34. Sergeant Pikhur Vasily Viktorovich | died September 8 in an accident |
35. Private Monastyrsky Vitaly Stepanovich | |
36. junior sergeant Oleg Evgenievich Kudyma | seriously wounded in battle on September 24 and died on September 25, 1984. |
37. junior sergeant Sergey Nikolaevich Tokmakov | killed in action 24 September |
38. junior sergeant Vorobyov Gennady Valentinovich | died November 4 in a mine explosion |
39. Private Matevosyan Matevos Samsonovich | died in action on 1 June |
40. Private Mukhin Alexey Viktorovich | |
41. Senior Sergeant Pirozhkov Vladimir Mikhailovich | died in action on 4 December |
42. junior sergeant Pekshin Igor Evgenievich | |
43. Private Dodomatov Mashakir Masharifovich | |
44. Private Dyldin Vasily Sergeevich | |
45. Private Ibragimov Tofig Ziyaddin-ogly | |
46. Private Levshchanov Nikolai Vladimirovich | |
47. Private Moiseev Sergey Vladimirovich | |
48. junior sergeant Jimkhaev Musa Usmanovich | seriously wounded in battle on December 4 and died on December 5, 1984. |
Losses of 154 ooSpN in the period from 1985 to 18.5.1988. composed of 15 separate brigade special purpose
1985
1. senior lieutenant Turusumbaev Igor Vladimirovich | died on February 11 as a result of an accident - drowned while crossing |
2. Lieutenant Lemishko Sergey Nikolaevich | |
3. Sergeant Kuramagomedov Mukhtarakhmed Zagirovich | |
4. junior sergeant Kolyanichenko Konstantin Nikolaevich | |
5. Private Abdualimov Ravshan Kuchkarovich | |
6. Private Makarchuk Arkady Stepanovich | |
7. Private Stele Sergey Vasilyevich | |
8. junior sergeant Zhitnyakovsky Viktor Yulyanovich | died February 11 in an accident - drowned while crossing - officially missing, as their bodies were not found |
9. Private Naumov Pavel Mikhailovich | |
10. Private Sitnikov Gennady Yakovlevich | |
11. junior sergeant Matniyazov Bakhtiyor Sultanovich | died on February 11 as a result of an accident - drowned while crossing (in the All-Union KP, the cause of death was “killed in battle” with the date 12.2. |
12. Private Smykov Vladimir Leonidovich | killed in action 19 March |
13. Sergeant Plotnikov Sergey Alexandrovich | died March 23 in an accident |
14. junior sergeant Korkin Mikhail Valentinovich | killed in action 4 April |
15. Private Davidenko Nikolai Ivanovich | killed in action 22 July |
16. Private Lyazin Pavel Vasilyevich | |
17. Private Kuznetsov Sergey Nikolaevich | killed in action 24 July |
18. Private Glinov Alexander Alexandrovich | died August 13 in an accident |
19. Lieutenant Samoilov Vasily Petrovich | died of illness on August 10 |
20. junior sergeant Yuldashev Hikmatulla Rakhmatulaevich | killed in action 25 August |
21. Captain Turkov Alexey Valentinovich | died in action on September 19 |
22. Lieutenant Ovsyannikov Evgeny Ivanovich | |
23. Private Orujov Hamlet Khanali-ogly | killed in action 4 October |
24. Senior Lieutenant Alexander Yuryevich Pedko | died in action on 30 October |
25. Corporal Shcherba Alexander Vladimirovich | |
26. Private Dzhanzakov Daniyar Sabdenovich |
1986
1. Private Lobanov Alexey Mikhailovich | killed in action 5 January |
2. Private Nesterov Anatoly Vladimirovich | died in action 9 February |
3. Private Pokhodzilo Oleg Nikolaevich | died in action 11 February |
4. Lieutenant Krasilnikov Viktor Ivanovich | seriously wounded in battle on March 19 and died in hospital on March 22, 1986. |
5. Sergeant Kovalenko Vasily Vladimirovich | died in battle on March 19 |
6. junior sergeant Rozhnovsky Pavel Pavlovich | |
7. Private Kushnirov Anatoly Stepanovich | |
8. Private Mochernyuk Mikhail Ivanovich | |
9. Private Osipov Vladimir Aleksandrovich | |
10. Major Petunin Anatoly Anatolyevich | seriously wounded on March 30 and died from the effects of the wound in December 1989. |
11. Senior Lieutenant Rozykov Holmukhamad Juraevich - interpreter of the detachment | died in action on 30 March |
12. junior sergeant Razlivaev Mikhail Nikolaevich | |
13. Corporal Kosichkin Sergey Vladimirovich | |
14. Private Great Vladimir Mikhailovich | |
15. Private Egorov Alexander Vasilyevich | |
16. Private Podolyan Alexander Viktorovich | |
17. Private Einoris Viktor Bronislavovich | |
18. Private Yakuta Vitaly Vladimirovich | |
19. Private Buza Alexander Nikolaevich | died in battle on March 30 - officially listed as "missing", due to the fact that their bodies remained on enemy territory |
20. Private Moskvinov Dmiry Vladimirovich | |
21. Private Usachev Andrey Viktorovich | died May 28 in an accident |
22. Private Zazimko Viktor Borisovich | died of illness July 16 |
23. Private Kukuruza Alexander Pavlovich | died July 28 from heatstroke while performing a combat mission |
24. Sergeant Ibadov Shukhrat Inoyatullaevich | died in action on August 7 |
25. junior sergeant Kobylchenko Andrey Grigorievich | |
26. Private Vares Urmas Olevovich | |
27. Private Fursov Yuri Vladimirovich | |
28. Sergeant Yarmosh Vladimir Vasilyevich | died on September 16 while performing a combat mission as a result of an accident - drowned while crossing |
29. Private Semenyuk Vasily Ivanovich | |
30. Private Miroshnichenko Anatoly Aleksandrovich | |
31. Lieutenant Bondarev Valery Evgenievich | died on November 29 on board a downed plane |
32. Lieutenant Cherny Sergey Pavlovich |
1987
1. Private Radzhapov Sadula Kuchkaevich | died January 13 in an accident |
2. Private Chegor Andrey Borisovich | |
3. Lieutenant Semin Igor Lvovich | died on January 17 from a fragment of an exploding mine |
4. Private Kabanov Vasily Anatolyevich | died on January 17 while clearing mines |
5. Lieutenant Zlunitsyn Oleg Igorevich | died in action on 27 January |
6. Sergeant Yatskovsky Sergey Vladimirovich | |
7. Private Kuchkinov Ibrahim Uktamovich | |
8. Private Ovdienko Nikolai Nikolaevich | |
9. Lieutenant Chikhirev Alexander Vasilyevich | died in battle on March 4 |
10. Lieutenant Khamalko Yuri Mikhailovich | |
11. Private Zhuraev Khasan Izabekovich | |
12. Private Belykh Dmitry Mikhailovich | seriously wounded in battle on March 4 and died on May 14, 1987. |
13. junior sergeant Tyufyakov Alexander Vasilyevich | died May 25 from wounds received in battle |
14. Private Yolkin Alexey Eduardovich | died of wounds 8 June |
15. Private Govenko Mikhail Alekseevich | died on July 2 when an armored personnel carrier was blown up by a mine |
16. junior sergeant Soldatenko Alexander Nikolaevich | died on July 8 when an armored personnel carrier was blown up by a mine |
17. Private Yakhyaev Fakhriddin Khairutdinovich | |
18. Private Atalov Chingiz Siyavush-ogly | died in action on July 8 |
19. Private Novikov Yury Vasilyevich | |
20. Private Kaydalin Yakov Vsevolodovich | died July 24 from wounds received as a result of suicide |
21. Private Findyukevich Nikolai Vladimirovich | tragically died on November 30 - suicide |
1988
Total irretrievable losses of 154 oSpN for the entire period of stay in Afghanistan
amounted to 186 dead and dead*, including 24 officers
* - including missing - actually dead
combat losses - 137
non-combat losses in a combat situation - 6
non-combat losses - 44
Losses during the periods of combat activity of the detachment -
"Muslim battalion" - 8
"1 motorized rifle battalion" - 95
As part of 15 obrSpN - 83 *
Total - 186
* - including 1 who died from the effects of injury after the withdrawal of troops
Details about the losses of the detachment in the period from October 1981 to October 1983 can be found in the memoirs of the detachment commander, Major Igor Stoderevsky, “Notes of a GRU Special Forces Officer” at this link:
http://www.k-istine.ru/patriotism/patriotism_stoderevskiy.htm - link
Undermining MTLB and the death of Art. lieutenantf m / s, doctor 154 OOSpN Begishev Elgizer Fedorovich here:
http://artofwar.ru/k/karelin_a_p/karelin2.shtml - link
Missing
1. Private Evgeny Alexandrovich Gorbunov, 11/07/81, part was stationed in Agcha, drafted from the Irkutsk region.
2. junior sergeant Oleinikov Yuri Nikolaevich, 03/23/84, died on March 23 as a result of an accident - drowned during the crossing on 3.84, part in Jalalabad, drafted from Buryatia.
3. Lieutenant Ovcharenko Sergey Vasilievich, 03/23/84, part in Jalalabad, called up from the Rostov region.
4. Private Viktor Pavlovich Belitsky, 03/24/84, unit in Jalalabad, drafted from Belarus.
5. Private Naumov Pavel Mikhailovich, 02/11/85, unit in Jalalabad, drafted from the Moscow region.
6. Private Sitnikov Gennady Yakovlevich, 02/11/85, part in Jalalabad, drafted from the Sverdlovsk region.
7. Junior Sergeant Zhitnyakovsky Viktor Yulyanovich, 11.02.85, unit in Jalalabad, drafted from Ukraine.
8. Private Buza Alexander Mikhailovich, 03/29/86, unit in Jalalabad, drafted from Belarus.
9. Private Moskvinov Dmitry Vladimirovich, 03/29/86, part in Jalalabad, called up from Moscow.
material taken from http://vichivisam.ru/?p=5294
154 separate special forces detachment
History reference
Directive of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the USSR 314/2/0061 dated 04/26/1979, served as the basis for the order of the commander of the troops TURKVO 21/4/00755 dated 05/04/1979 on the formation in the state of 15 obrSpN of a separate detachment of special forces numbering 538 people, which entered in the history of our Fatherland as the "Muslim Battalion". Colonels Kolesnik V.V., Shvets O.U., Lavrenev N.N. were engaged in its formation. and Blokhin A.P., as well as the head of intelligence of the TurkVO, Colonel Dunets V.V. In order to maintain secrecy, it was decided to resettle the detachment from the military camp of the brigade, repairing the abandoned town of the engineering battalion in an economic way.
The commander of the 2nd detachment of the 15th obrSpN, Major I.Yu. For 2 months, the repair of the town was completed. At a rapid pace, the recruitment of a new battalion began, exclusively from the nationalities of Central Asia. Personnel arrived from all districts. Mostly from airborne divisions and to a lesser extent from motorized rifle units.
Command staff of the 154th OOSPN of the first formation
Major Kholbaev Khabib Tadzhibaevich, born in 1947, was appointed commander of the detachment. Graduate of the Tashkent VOKU named after. Lenin. Since 1969, he served in the 15th special forces unit as a group commander, commander of a special forces company, deputy commander of a special forces detachment for the VDS. Captains Sakhatov M.T. were appointed as deputy commanders of the detachment, on the proposal of the personnel department of the TurkVO. (deputy), Ashurov A.M. (Chief of Staff), Sattarov A.S. (deputy political officer), Ibragimov E.N. (deputy fun), Major Jalilov D. (deputy rear). The companies were commanded by senior lieutenants: Amangeldiev K.M., Sharipov V.S., Miryusupov M.M., and captain Kudratov I.S. The commander of the anti-aircraft artillery group was appointed Senior Lieutenant Prauta V.M. ... Captain Nikonov was appointed commander of the ORNO. Deputy commander of the ZAG, ensign Neverov Yu ... Young graduates of combined arms schools were appointed commanders of special forces groups, among them two lieutenants (Tursunkulov R.T. and Abzalimov R.K.) were graduates of the RVVDKU. Separate communications and support platoons were commanded by Senior Lieutenant Mirsaatov Yu.M. and senior warrant officer Rakhimov A.
Combat formation of detachment units
By June 1, 1979, out of a thousand candidates submitted, the detachment was fully staffed to a state of 532 people. For a month and a half, the detachment, completely freed from orders, guards and outside work, completed the annual combat training program. The entire personnel of the detachment made parachute jumps. Combat coordination of the formed units was carried out.
On July 15, the battalion was tested for combat and political training by the commission of the GRU General Staff. From the district there was the chief of staff of the TurkVO, Lieutenant General Krivosheev G.F. Tactical exercises were held with live firing on the topics: "Capture of a mountain pass", "Capture of a communication center", "Capture of a detached building", "Capture of an airfield", "Combat in the city". Particular attention was paid to combat coordination at the level of a group, company, battalion. Shooting and driving were passed at the ranges of the combined arms and tank schools. There were no limits on fuel and ammunition. Grenade launchers fired at a distance, at a time, at noises through the smoke, at minimum distances. Who was supposed to hand over practical tasks in mine-blasting business. All were tested for physical endurance during forced marches of 30 kilometers. Specialists translators during the entire check monitored the assimilation of commands in Farsi and knowledge of Arabic script by the personnel. As a result, the commission assessed the results of the audit as good. Calm has come. Soldiers began to be recruited for guard duty and for various chores. Only almost every day, - the veteran of the detachment Rashid Abdullayev recalled, - the units, in order of priority, went to the Tuzel airfield and worked out the loading of armored vehicles into aircraft. They scrupulously calculated how much ammunition and material assets could be taken in cars so that the planes could pick them up.
Reconnaissance on the ground
By order of the head of the GRU, the commander of the detachment, Major Kholbaev, and the deputy commanders of the 15th brigade, majors Gruzdev and Turbulanov, flew to Kabul to reconnoitre the presidential palace, as well as the renovated Taj-Bek palace in Duralaman, where Amin soon moved.
Telegram to Chief of the General Staff Ogarkov
"In the period from July 11 to July 17, 1979, a reconnaissance was carried out in the city of Kabul with a view to the possible use of the 15th brigade of the TURKVO special forces. According to the Soviet ambassador and the heads of the special services, the greatest intensification of the rebels in the periphery and the city of Kabul is expected in August. In connection with with this, the ambassador asks: to transfer the detachment to Kabul before August 10. The development of the implementation of measures for the transfer is entrusted to the commander-in-chief of the Air Force and the commander of TURKVO.
Army General Ivashutin
However, the transfer of the detachment was delayed. In mid-October, the "Muslim" battalion again began intensive combat training under the "Capture of Objects" program. AKM and AKMS assault rifles received from warehouses, RPK machine guns and TT pistols were shot. At the end of November, another check of combat training took place, to which the authorities arrived from Moscow. "There were several options for the transfer to Afghanistan," Kholbaev said. "In addition to the flight, a march under its own power to Kabul was also considered." However, on December 4, 1979, Y. Andropov and N. Ogarkov sent the now well-known note 312/2/0073 to the Central Committee of the CPSU: “Taking into account the current situation and at the request of Kh. headquarters with a total number of 500 people in a uniform that does not reveal his belonging to the Armed Forces of the USSR.
First entry into Afghanistan
On the night of December 5, from the Chirchik airfield, the first group from the 3rd special forces company under the command of the deputy commander of the detachment, Captain Sakhatov M.T., left for Afghanistan on an AN-12 plane. The transfer of the entire personnel of the battalion was carried out on the night of December 9-10, from two airfields, in Chirchik and Tashkent (Tuzel), by AN-12, AN-22, and IL-76 aircraft. Each flight took 45 minutes to depart. The interval between flights was no more than two hours. The departure was carried out by three flights of seven aircraft to the Bagram airfield. To accommodate the battalion at the Bagram air base, a group of Captain Sakhatov prepared CSS tents at the rate of one for each company and for headquarters. Subsequently, the detachment was redeployed southwest of Kabul to the Dar-ul-Aman area, to strengthen the protection of the Taj Beck presidential palace. On December 27, 1979, at 19:00, the assault on the Taj Beck Palace began, the operation ended at 23:00. Quite a lot has been written about how the "Muslim battalion" stormed this palace, and there are practically no questions left for those who study or are simply interested in this topic. Only one thing should be added, the losses of the personnel of the "Muslim battalion", during the fighting during the storming of the Taj Beck Palace, amounted to: 7 people were killed (in addition, 5 KGB officers from the operational combat groups "Thunder" and "Zenith" died, as well as 2 soldiers from the detachment of the 9th parachute company 345 OPDP (company commander Senior Lieutenant V. Vostrotin). One soldier of the Special Forces detachment died on January 6, 1980, as a result of a tragic accident. 67 servicemen of the Special Forces detachment of varying severity.The detachment was transferred back to Chirchik on January 10, 1980. In April 1980, a Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR was signed on awarding 370 servicemen of the 15th special forces unit, participants in the Storm-333 operation, with orders and medals of the USSR. and 400 employees of the KGB of the USSR.In late 1981, efforts are being made to increase the grouping of intelligence agencies.Two separate detachment of the GRU special forces, for operations in the northern regions of the country. One of these battalions was - 154 ooSpN. By that time, on May 7, 1981, 154 ooSpN was awarded the Battle Banner of the unit. The holiday of the unit was determined - April 26 (1979). Directive of the Chief of the General Staff of the USSR Armed Forces 4/372 dated 10/21/1981, 154 ooSpN was planned for entry into the DRA on October 26, 1981.
The second entry of 154 oSpN to Afghanistan
The detachment, after reorganization, without conducting combat coordination, under the command of Major Stoderevsky I.Yu., on the night of October 29-30, 1981, crossed the state border with Afghanistan in the Termez region. 154 oSpN for the period of hostilities received an open name - the 1st separate motorized rifle battalion (military unit, field mail 35651, call sign "Amur-35"). From October 30, 1981 to May 15, 1988 The 154th detachment took part in continuous hostilities with the armed formations of the rebels. Destroying the manpower of the Mujahideen by raids and from ambush, destroying enemy fortified areas (UR), front headquarters, Islamic committees, training centers, weapons and ammunition depots, participating in the search of caravans and conducting aerial reconnaissance in the area of responsibility.
The most famous combat operations of the detachment, after "Storm 333", were:
- the capture of the bases of dushmans in Jar Kuduk (Jawzjan province, December 1981),
- taking the bases of dushmans in Darzab (Fariab province, January 1982),
- removal of the blockade of Sancharak (Jawzjan province, April 1982).
- destruction of 2 gangs in Kuli-Ishan (Samangan province, October 1982),
- the capture of dushman bases in the Marmol Gorge (Balkh Province, March 1983). Operations in the provinces of Nangarhar and Kunar near Kulala, Bar-Koshmund, Bagicha, in the Goshta UR, Karera UR, Loy-Termai, in the Black Mountains, near Shahidan, Mangval, Sarband, the army operation "Vostok-88" and others .
By combat order of the commander of 40 OA 01 dated 03/13/1988, the withdrawal of 154 ooSpN was determined by the first column from Jalalabad on May 15, 1988. 228 units of military equipment in one column made the Jalalabad-Kabul-Puli-Khumri-Khairaton march in three days. On May 18, they crossed the state border of the USSR in the Termez region. On May 20, 1988, by rail, they completed the exit to the place of permanent deployment in the city of Chirchik of the USSR.
154 separate detachment of Special Forces commanded:
Major Kholbaev Khabibdzhan Tadzhibaevich from 5.1979 to 8.1981.
Major Kosteniuk Nikolai Mikhailovich from 8.1981 to 10.1981.
Major Stoderevsky Igor Yurievich from 10.1981 to 11.1983.
Major Olekseenko Vasily Ivanovich from 11.1983 to 2.1984.
Major Portnyagin Vladimir Pavlovich from 2.1984 to 11.1984.
Major Dementiev Alexey Mikhailovich from 11.1984 to 8.1985.
Major Abzalimov Ramil Karimovich from 08.1985 to 10.1986
Major Giluch Vladislav Petrovich from 10.1986 to 11.1987.
Captain Vorobyov Vladimir Fedorovich from 11.1987 to 6.1988.
Major Kozlov Yury Vsevolodovich from 6.1988 to 9.1990.
Major Efimenko Anatoly Nikolaevich from 9.1990 to 9.1991.
Lieutenant Colonel Svirin Valery Mikhailovich from 9.1991 to 9.1992.
Major Vorontsov Sergey Anatolyevich from 9.1992 to 12.1994.
The special forces inflicted significant damage on the Islamic opposition, so according to the General Staff of the USSR Armed Forces, the special forces of the GRU General Staff of the USSR Armed Forces destroyed 17,000 dushmans, 990 caravans and 332 warehouses, captured 825 prisoners.
The results of reconnaissance and combat activities of 154 ooSpN as of May 1, 1983:
Operations performed 248
Destroyed rebels 955 people.
452 people were taken prisoner.
Captured small arms 566 units.
DShK machine guns 2 pcs.
Captured ammunition Cartridges - more than 100,000 pieces.
Mines - 237 pcs.
Grenades - 228 pcs.
Shots for RPG - 183 pcs. Electric detonators - 5200 pcs.
Detonator capsules - 8000 pcs.
Mines for 60 mm mortar - 235 pcs.
Cavalry horses captured 16
Captured cars 12 units. and BRDM-1
Islamic committees destroyed 9
The situation has been stabilized in the areas of responsibility Jowzjan Province, Samangan Province
Our losses Killed - 34 people.
Missing - 1 person.
Changing the location of the detachment:
June 1979-December 1979 - Chirchik, Tashkent region, USSR;
December 1979-January 1980 - Bagram, Kabul, Afghanistan;
February 1980-October 1981 - Chirchik, Tashkent region, USSR;
October 1981-July 1982 - Akcha, Jowzjan province, Afghanistan;
August 1982-February 1984 - Aibak, Samangan province, Afghanistan;
February 1984 - May 1988 - Jalalabad, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan;
May 20, 1988 - May 1990 - Chirchik, Tashkent region, USSR, Uzbekistan.
June 1990 - 1994 - Azadbash, Bastanlyk district, Tashkent region, USSR;
December 1994 - 2000 transferred to the Ministry of Defense of Uzbekistan, renamed the 28th separate reconnaissance battalion of the Armed Forces of the Ministry of Defense of Uzbekistan.
2000 - Disbanded.
Awards 154 oSpN
Pennant of the Minister of Defense of the USSR "For courage and military prowess" by order of the USSR Ministry of Defense 273 of 12/1/1985
Honorary Red Banner of the People's Democratic Party of the Republic of Afghanistan 04/26/1988
Certificate of awarding the personnel of 154 ooSpN (data as of May 15, 1988):
Order of Lenin - 8 officers;
Order of the Red Banner - 53 (of which 31 are officers, 13 sergeants, 9 soldiers)
Order of the Red Star - 423 (of which 132 officers, 32 warrant officers, 127 sergeants, 112 soldiers)
Order "For Service to the Motherland in the USSR Armed Forces" - 25 (of which 24 are officers and ensigns, 1 is a soldier);
Medal "For Courage" - 623 (12 officers, 15 ensigns, 205 sergeants, 391 soldiers)
Medal "For Military Merit" - 247 (11 officers, 24 ensigns, 102 sergeants, 110 soldiers);
Medal of the USSR Ministry of Defense "For Distinction in Military Service" - 118 people.
Losses of personnel 154 ooSpN from 12/27/1979 to 05/15/1988 amounted to 186 people.
Killed in battle or died of wounds - 177 servicemen; Missing - 9 soldiers.
Losses of 154 separate special-purpose detachment of the GRU General Staff of the Armed Forces of the USSR
Losses of 154 ooSpN in the period 12/5/1979 - 10/1/1980. ("Muslim battalion")
1979
1. junior sergeant Sherbekov Mirkasym Abrashimovich
2. Private Kurbanov Khojanenes
3. Private Mamajanov Abdunabi Gaidzhanovich
4. Private Khusanov Sabirjan Kamilovich
died in action 27 December
5. Private Sulaimanov Shokirzhon Sultanovich
seriously wounded in battle on December 27 and died on December 29, 1979.
6. Private Bogodirov Abdumumin Abdunabievich
died in action on 27 December in an accident
7. Private Rasulmetov Kurbantai Muradovich
died on December 27 in a mine explosion
1980
1. Private Madiyarov Ziyabiddin Giyasiddinovich died on January 6 as a result of an accident
Losses of 154 ooSpN in the period 10/29/1981 - 1985 ("1 motorized rifle battalion")
1981
1. Senior Lieutenant Mikhalev Vladimir Nikolaevich - Assistant Chief of Staff of the detachment
died on November 1 as a result of an accident - shot dead by a sentry while bypassing posts
2. Private Gorbunov Evgeny Aleksandrovich
went missing on November 7 in the province of Dzauzjan - actually captured in battle and died, but the body was not found
3. Lieutenant Sleptsov Andrey Alexandrovich - commander of the flamethrower group
4. Sergeant Shivarev Alexander Fedorovich
5. Private Bobiev Khairidin Teshaevich
6. Private Milibaev Bakhodir Patidinovich
7. Private Chegodaev Viktor Anatolyevich
8. Private Eshonov Shavkat Abduraimovich
died in action 20 November
9. junior sergeant Kalinin Mikhail Valentinovich
10. junior sergeant Rakhmatulin Rashid Shavkatovich
11. junior sergeant Shchegolev Leonid Yurievich
died in action on 7 December
1982
1. Private Gavrilov Sergey Gennadievich
died January 4 from wounds received in battle
2. Private Yuldashev Akhatkul Rakhmanovich
seriously wounded as a result of a mine explosion and died in hospital on January 24, 1982.
3. Private Babaev Norbobo Manonovich
died January 16 in an accident
4. junior sergeant Khairullin Farit Nagimovich
killed in action 29 January
5. Private Shadmanov Giyas Irgashevich
died in action 19 February
6. Private Viktor Valentinovich Shirokikh
seriously wounded in battle on February 21 and died on April 12, 1982.
7. Senior Lieutenant Statkevich Vladimir Vladimirovich - Deputy Commander of the 2nd Company for Political Affairs
killed in action 4 April
8. Private Pavlenkov Sergey Vladimirovich
died May 18 in an accident
9. Corporal Shkolin Viktor Ivanovich
killed in action 28 May
10. Lieutenant Kalmykov Sergey Nikolaevich -
11. Sergeant Gimranov Anvar Nailovich
12. Sergeant Shvornev Mikhail Aleksandrovich
13. junior sergeant Shabakaev Mars Oktyabrisovich
14. Corporal Antsiferov Igor Mikhailovich
15. Private Aliberdyev Kabul Karimovich
16. Private Vashchebrovich Alexander Ivanovich
died in action on 6 June
17. ml. Sergeant Maurin German Alekseevich
seriously wounded in action on June 6 and died on June 10, 1982.
18. Private Mordovin Yuri Vasilyevich
died of wounds 29 June
19. Private Vafin Damir Munnulovich
killed in action 5 July
20. Private Kapustin Viktor Vladimirovich
killed in action 28 August
21. junior sergeant Shapovalov Igor Nikolaevich
killed in action 11 October
22. Sergeant Gerasimov Alexander Yurievich
killed in action 3 November
23. Private Balybin Dmitry Valentinovich
died November 16 in an accident
1983
1. Private Sorokin Alexander Vasilyevich
killed in action May 3
2. Private Viktor Vladimirovich Melnik
died July 29 from injuries sustained in an accident
3. Private Skvortsov Yuri Sergeevich
died August 6 in an accident
4. Private Podzerey Boris Vladimirovich
5. Private Viktor Alekseevich Korkin
died in action on 28 August
6. junior sergeant Kislitsyn Sergey Gennadievich
died on September 5 when an armored personnel carrier was blown up by a mine
7. senior lieutenant of the medical service Begishev Elgizer Fedorovich -
8. lieutenant of the medical service Kryshtal Igor Nikolaevich -
9. corporal Trofimov Ivan Mikhailovich - sanitary instructor
died on September 6 when a medical mtlb was blown up by a landmine
10. Corporal Terekhov Sergey Vladimirovich
killed in action 19 September
11. Senior Lieutenant Domanin Vladimir Vladimirovich
killed in action 23 September
12. Private Vysotin Igor Aleksandrovich
died of illness October 2
1984
1. Private Belikov Valery Vladimirovich
died January 12 in an accident
2. Private Karimov Eldar Zakirovich
3. Private Koyali Mikhail Vadimovich
4. Private Stadnik Sergei Grigorievich
died February 6 in an accident
5. Private Obukhov Sergei Mikhailovich
seriously wounded on February 6 as a result of an accident and died on February 7, 1984.
6. Private Malygin Alexander Vladimirovich
seriously wounded in battle on March 12 and died on April 17, 1984.
7. Lieutenant Ovcharenko Sergey Vasilievich * -
8. junior sergeant Olennikov Yuri Nikolaevich *
9. Private Belitsky Viktor Pavlovich*
10. Private Andrei Kazanev
11. Private Mokrov Alexander Mikhailovich
12. Private Yurchenko Mikhail Ivanovich
died March 23 as a result of an accident - drowned while crossing
* - officially listed as "missing" since their bodies were not found
13. Lieutenant Skuridin Oleg Viktorovich * -
14. junior sergeant Malyuta Ivan Ivanovich * -
15. Private Asanov Eldar Ferdausovich ** -
16. Private Uchanin Andrey Nikolaevich - driver
died in action April 8
17. Sergeant Borets Alexander Nikolaevich -
seriously wounded in action on April 8*** and died on April 11, 1984.
* - according to the CPSU, they died on April 7, 1984.
** - according to the CPSU, he died on 11.4.1984
*** - according to the CPSU, he was seriously wounded on April 7, 1984.
18. Private Katsov Valery Vasilyevich -
19. Private Popov Igor Alexandrovich -
died in action April 9
20. Private Dresvyannikov Alexander Gennadievich
killed in action 21 April
21. Private Sadikov Gulamjon Galievich
killed in action 23 May
22. junior sergeant Melenty Ivan Mikhailovich
23. junior sergeant Rudenko Nikolai Vasilyevich
24. Private Dadaev Nugman Kambarovich
25. Private Kryzhanovsky Pyotr Andreevich
26. Private Kydyrmanov Yermek Kasenovich
died in action on 1 June
27. Private Golubev Valery Vladimirovich
killed in action 3 June
28. Sergeant Zhigalo Valery Viktorovich
died June 26 from heatstroke on a combat mission
29. Captain Babko Valery Vladimirovich -
killed in action 10 July
30. Sergeant Korolev Nikolai Vasilyevich
died of illness July 22
31. Lieutenant Nafikov Khamit Muginovich -
32. junior sergeant Magomedov Usman Magomedalievich
33. Corporal Kharitonov Andrey Ivanovich
died in action on 15 August
34. Sergeant Pikhur Vasily Viktorovich -
35. Private Monastyrsky Vitaly Stepanovich -
died September 8 in an accident
36. junior sergeant Kudyma Oleg Evgenievich -
seriously wounded in battle on September 24 and died on September 25, 1984.
37. junior sergeant Tokmakov Sergey Nikolaevich -
killed in action 24 September
38. junior sergeant Vorobyov Gennady Valentinovich -
died November 4 in a mine explosion
39. Private Matevosyan Matevos Samsonovich -
40. Private Mukhin Alexey Viktorovich -
died in action on December 2
41. Senior Sergeant Pirozhkov Vladimir Mikhailovich -
42. junior sergeant Pekshin Igor Evgenievich -
43. Private Dodomatov Mashakir Masharifovich -
44. Private Dyldin Vasily Sergeevich -
45. Private Ibragimov Tofig Ziyaddin-ogly -
46. Private Levshchanov Nikolai Vladimirovich -
47. Private Moiseev Sergey Vladimirovich -
died in action on 4 December
48. junior sergeant Jimkhaev Musa Usmanovich -
seriously wounded in battle on December 4 and died on December 5, 1984.
Losses of 154 ooSpN in the period from 1985 to 18.5.1988. as part of 15 separate special forces brigade
1985
1. senior lieutenant Turusumbaev Igor Vladimirovich -
2. lieutenant Lemishko Sergey Nikolaevich -
3. Sergeant Kuramagomedov Mukhtarakhmed Zagirovich
4. Junior Sergeant Zhitnyakovsky Viktor Yulyanovich*
5. junior sergeant Kolyanichenko Konstantin Nikolaevich
6. junior sergeant Matniyazov Bakhtiyor Sultanovich**
7. Private Abdualimov Ravshan Kuchkarovich
8. Private Makarchuk Arkady Stepanovich
9. Private Naumov Pavel Mikhailovich *
10. Private Sitnikov Gennady Yakovlevich*
11. Private Stele Sergey Vasilyevich
died on February 11 as a result of an accident - drowned while crossing
* - officially listed as missing, as their bodies were not found
** - in the All-Union KP, the cause of death was "killed in battle" with the date 12.2.1985.
12. Private Smykov Vladimir Leonidovich
killed in action 19 March
13. Sergeant Plotnikov Sergey Alexandrovich
died March 23 in an accident
14. junior sergeant Korkin Mikhail Valentinovich
killed in action 4 April
15. Private Davidenko Nikolai Ivanovich
16. Private Lyazin Pavel Vasilyevich
killed in action 22 July
17. Private Kuznetsov Sergey Nikolaevich
killed in action 24 July
18. Private Glinov Alexander Alexandrovich
died August 13 in an accident
19. Lieutenant Samoilov Vasily Petrovich
died of illness on August 10
20. junior sergeant Yuldashev Hikmatulla Rakhmatulaevich
killed in action 25 August
21. Captain Turkov Alexey Valentinovich -
22. Lieutenant Ovsyannikov Evgeny Ivanovich
killed in action 19 September
23. Private Orujov Hamlet Khanali-ogly
killed in action 4 October
24. senior lieutenant Pedko Alexander Yuryevich -
25. Corporal Shcherba Alexander Vladimirovich
26. Private Dzhanzakov Daniyar Sabdenovich
died in action on 30 October
1986
1. Private Lobanov Alexey Mikhailovich -
killed in action 5 January
2. Private Nesterov Anatoly Vladimirovich -
died in action 9 February
3. Private Pokhodzilo Oleg Nikolaevich -
died in action 11 February
4. Lieutenant Krasilnikov Viktor Ivanovich -
seriously wounded in battle on March 19 and died in hospital on March 22, 1986.
5. Sergeant Kovalenko Vasily Vladimirovich -
6. junior sergeant Rozhnovsky Pavel Pavlovich -
7. Private Kushnirov Anatoly Stepanovich -
8. Private Mochernyuk Mikhail Ivanovich -
9. Private Osipov Vladimir Alexandrovich -
died in battle on March 19
10. Major Petunin Anatoly Anatolyevich -
seriously wounded on March 30 and died from the effects of the wound in December 1989.
11. Senior Lieutenant Rozykov Holmukhamad Juraevich - interpreter of the detachment
12. junior sergeant Razlivaev Mikhail Nikolaevich -
13. Corporal Kosichkin Sergey Vladimirovich -
14. Private Buza Alexander Nikolaevich * -
15. Private Great Vladimir Mikhailovich -
16. Private Egorov Alexander Vasilyevich -
17. Private Moskvinov Dmiry Vladimirovich * -
18. Private Podolyan Alexander Viktorovich -
19. Private Einoris Viktor Bronislavovich -
20. Private Yakuta Vitaly Vladimirovich -
died in action on 30 March
* - officially listed as "missing", due to the fact that their bodies remained on enemy territory
21. Private Usachev Andrey Viktorovich -
died May 28 in an accident
22. Private Zazimko Viktor Borisovich -
died of illness July 16
23. Private Kukuruza Alexander Pavlovich -
died July 28 from heatstroke while performing a combat mission
24. Sergeant Ibadov Shukhrat Inoyatullaevich -
25. junior sergeant Andrey Grigorievich Kobylchenko -
26. Private Vares Urmas Olevovich -
27. Private Fursov Yuri Vladimirovich
died in action on August 7
28. Sergeant Yarmosh Vladimir Vasilyevich
29. Private Semenyuk Vasily Ivanovich
30. Private Miroshnichenko Anatoly Aleksandrovich
died on September 16 while performing a combat mission as a result of an accident - drowned while crossing
31. Lieutenant Bondarev Valery Evgenievich -
32. Lieutenant Cherny Sergey Pavlovich -
died on November 29 on board a downed plane
1987
1. Private Radzhapov Sadula Kuchkaevich
2. Private Chegor Andrey Borisovich
died January 13 in an accident
3. Lieutenant Semin Igor Lvovich -
4. Private Kabanov Vasily Anatolyevich
died on January 17 while clearing mines
5. Lieutenant Zlunitsyn Oleg Igorevich -
6. Sergeant Yatskovsky Sergey Vladimirovich
7. Private Kuchkinov Ibrahim Uktamovich
8. Private Ovdienko Nikolai Nikolaevich
died in action on 27 January
9. Lieutenant Chikhirev Alexander Vasilyevich -
10. Lieutenant Khamalko Yuri Mikhailovich -
11. Private Zhuraev Khasan Izabekovich
died in battle on March 4
12. Private Belykh Dmitry Mikhailovich
seriously wounded in battle on March 4 and died on May 14, 1987.
13. junior sergeant Tyufyakov Alexander Vasilyevich
died May 25 from wounds received in battle
14. Private Yolkin Alexey Eduardovich
died of wounds 8 June
15. Private Govenko Mikhail Alekseevich
died on July 2 when an armored personnel carrier was blown up by a mine
16. junior sergeant Soldatenko Alexander Nikolaevich
17. Private Yakhyaev Fakhriddin Khairutdinovich
died on July 8 when an armored personnel carrier was blown up by a mine
18. Private Atalov Chingiz Siyavush-ogly
19. Private Novikov Yury Vasilyevich
died in action on July 8
20. Private Kaydalin Yakov Vsevolodovich
died July 24 from wounds received as a result of suicide
21. Private Findyukevich Nikolai Vladimirovich -
tragically died on November 30 - suicide
1988
1. junior sergeant Pryakhov Igor Sergeevich -
2. junior sergeant Sinyakaev Zaur Tofikovich -
died in action on January 5
3. Private Savinov Igor Vladimirovich -
killed in action 17 January
4. Private Bodishtyan Ivan Grigorievich -
killed in action 23 January
In total, the irretrievable losses of 154 Special Forces for the entire period of their stay in Afghanistan amounted to 186 people dead and dead *, including 24 officers
* - including missing - actually dead
combat losses - 137
non-combat losses in a combat situation - 6
non-combat losses - 44
Losses during the periods of combat activity of the detachment -
"Muslim battalion" - 8
"1 motorized rifle battalion" - 95
As part of 15 obrSpN - 83 *
Total - 186
* - including 1 who died from the effects of injury after the withdrawal of troops
MISSING:
1. Private Gorbunov Evgeny Aleksandrovich, 11/07/81, part was stationed in Agcha, called up from the Irkutsk region.
2. junior sergeant Oleinikov Yuri Nikolaevich, 03/23/84 * died on March 23 as a result of an accident - drowned during the crossing on 3.84, part in Jalalabad, called up from Buryatia.
3. Lieutenant Ovcharenko Sergey Vasilyevich, 03/23/84, part in Jalalabad, called up from the Rostov region.
4. Private Viktor Pavlovich Belitsky, 03/24/84, unit in Jalalabad, called up from Belarus.
5. Private Naumov Pavel Mikhailovich, 02/11/85, part in Jalalabad, called up from the Moscow region.
6. Private Sitnikov Gennady Yakovlevich, 02/11/85, unit in Jalalabad, drafted from the Sverdlovsk region.
7. junior sergeant Zhitnyakovsky Viktor Yulyanovich, 11.02.85, unit in Jalalabad, drafted from Ukraine.
8. Private Buza Alexander Mikhailovich, 03/29/86, unit in Jalalabad, drafted from Belarus.
9. Private Dmitry Vladimirovich Moskvinov, 03/29/86, unit in Jalalabad, called up from Moscow.
On December 27, 1979, at 19:00, the Muslim battalion of the GRU of the USSR took part in the assault on the Taj Beck Palace, in which Amin is located. Jesy Howe called Operation Storm 333 fantastic, given that 700 Soviet troops, mostly fighters from the "Muslim battalion", defeated more than two thousand Amin's guardsmen, located in a building specially prepared for defense. Platoon commander Tursunkulov explained the task of the 154th detachment in the following way: “They brought the KGB officers to the entrance, ordered their men to lie down in a circle and cover the storming fighters with fire.”
However, it soon became clear that the KGB assault groups could not break the resistance of the Afghans. Then Colonel Boyarinov called the musbat for help.
“We went ahead, destroying all living things that met on our way,” recalls Shukhrat Mirzaev, a participant in the assault. Those who resisted were killed on the spot. Those who surrendered were not touched. Cleared the first floor. We take the second one. Like a piston, we are squeezing out the Aminites to the third floor and into the attic. Everywhere there are many corpses of Afghan military and civilians.”
Later, studying the experience of this assault, military experts noted high quality Soviet body armor that did not penetrate the bullets of the German MP-5 submachine guns in service with the Afghans.
It took too long to find the cache of ammunition. The demonstrator knew only the place of residence of the warehouse guards (a shed), and the warehouse itself had to be searched for by indirect signs (ammunition was hidden in the ground). Twilight came on. The detachment commander decided to send valuable trophies and our heavy weapons by helicopters. The detachment was supposed to prepare the captured ammunition for detonation and, under cover of darkness, go to the evacuation site. Less than an hour remained before dark, and the Mujahideen could hardly have organized a serious countermeasure. However, we were not insured against shelling by rockets. As soon as our "Utes" left by helicopter, the group became more mobile, we changed the place, as it was unmasked by the landing of the helicopter. The company commander, who arrived from the Union only a couple of weeks ago, categorically objected, arguing that he was at the indicated height by the convenience of the position and ... by the point of the combat order.
I explain that the next rockets will explode here in 5-7 minutes. Does not believe. Taking advantage of the absence of a personal radio station from the company commander, I ask the detachment commander for permission to change positions. I get good. I inform the commander that the commander of the detachment ordered to advance towards him.
We secretly leave our positions, go down the opposite slope from the green. Behind a hundred meters, an explosion of a sighting station rumbles. The commander looks at me in surprise.
- This is a sighting, - I calmly comment on the gap. - In a minute, the remaining 11 eres will begin to level the hill.
Immediately, the top of the mountain was covered with sultans of explosions of 107-mm rockets, piercing the ground with a howl and roar.
One, two, three... ten, eleven. - I rise from the ground and give the command to the group to advance.
All 11 rockets remaining in the 12-barreled launcher that had been sighted in, the “spirits” put on the top of the mountain where our group was located 2 minutes ago ...
You were right. Ruli, Shurik, - said the company commander who had caught up with me. Since then, the phrase "Ruli, Shurik" has become winged. My comrades and I often used it until 1993, when our work roads with Alexander Kukhtin diverged.
We climbed the ridge to the main forces of the detachment with the onset of twilight, and at night we went up the ridge to the evacuation site. The rest of the time until dawn, the group whiled away, making every effort not to freeze. We were lightly dressed, we did not count on spending the night in the mountains, and we planned to carry out the raid in 2 hours. Alas, in subsequent years of service, this rake had to be stepped on more than once ... We met helicopters with the first rays of the sun, no one knows what rejoiced more - solar heat or evacuation.
The result of the raid was the capture of two Chinese Hunyin-5 MANPADS (similar to Strela-2, USSR), a PKM machine gun, 4 RPGs, 2 machine guns and 2 carbines, about two tons of anti-tank mines, 107-mm rockets, RPG rounds and mortar mines. We destroyed the ammunition by explosion.
This was the last raid carried out by 154 ooSpN scouts using helicopters. Soon, a ban was imposed on this method of withdrawing spetsnaz reconnaissance units to the area of the raid. The reason for this was the large number of MANPADS "Stinger" and other anti-aircraft weapons systems in the Afghan opposition.
It was the Stingers that forced our command to decide to carry out the described raid. According to available information, it was the American MANPADS that should have been in the warehouse, the capture of which then for everything Limited contingent Soviet troops in Afghanistan was task number 1."