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Separate Operational Purpose Division

January 07, 2023

For other uses, see Odon and Felix Dzerzhinsky Guards Regiment.

The Separate Operational Purpose Division or ODON, formerly called OMSDON (a.k.a. Dzerzhinsky Division), is a rapid deployment internal security division of the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR and then the Russian Federation, currently part of the National Guard Forces Command of the Russian Federation.[1][unreliable source?] ODON (Russian: ОДОН) is an initialism for Отдельная дивизия оперативного назначения (Otdel'naya diviziya operativnogo naznacheniya, English: Separate Operational Purpose Division).

Separate Operational Purpose Division
Otdel'naya diviziya operativnogo naznacheniya
ODON
ActiveJune 17, 1924 – present
Country Russia
BranchInternal Troops (until 2016)
National Guard Forces Command (since 2016)
TypeMotorized infantry
RoleProtection of public order
Size~ 18,000
Part of Ministry of Internal Affairs (until 2016)
National Guard of Russia (since 2016)
Garrison/HQReutov
Balashikha
Nickname(s)Dzerzhinsky Division
Motto(s)"At any time, any place - any task!"
March"My Division"
AnniversariesJune 17
EngagementsWinter War
German-Soviet War
Tbilisi tragedy
August Coup
Russian constitutional crisis of 1993
First Chechen War
Second Chechen War
Peace enforcement:
Decorations Order of Zhukov
 Order of Lenin
 Order of the October Revolution
 Order of the Red Banner
Commanders
Current
commander		Major General Nikolai Kuznetsov

USSR

The precursor to the ODON was the 1st Automobile Fighting Detachment of the VTsIK (Russian: 1-й автобоевой отряд) which was created in February 1918. The detachment was tasked with guarding the members of the VTsIK and the Sovnarkom and providing them with passenger cars. After the relocation of the government to Moscow in March 1918, it was assigned to guarding the Kremlin, along with the Red Latvian Riflemen and later the "Kremlin cadets" (Russian: Кремлёвские курсанты). The detachment was renamed 1st Armored Car Detachment 'Ya. M. Sverdlov' in 1919, and was transferred to VChK in 1921. At the peak of its strength, the detachment had over 400 troops.

In April 1921, VChK created the OSNAZ battalion which consisted of 1st Armored Car Detachment, three rifle platoons, a cavalry squadron, and various auxiliary units, with a total strength of some 1,100 men. VChK became OGPU in 1922, and the OSNAZ was renamed accordingly.

On 17 June 1924, the OSNAZ battalion, an OGPU rifle battalion and an OGPU rifle regiments formed the Special-Purpose Division (DON) of the OGPU Troops. The DON included 4 rifle regiments with an Armored Car detachment. In August 1926, the division was renamed Special-Purpose Division 'F. E. Dzerzhinsky' of the OGPU Troops. Throughout 1926, one more regiment and five more battalions joined the DON, raising its total strength to some 4,500 troops.

In 1929, the DON was reorganized as a full army division. In 1931, the Armoured Car detachment was reorganized into an armoured regiment. In 1934, OGPU was transferred to the People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs (the NKVD). The division fought on the front lines of the Winter War against Finland.

With the onset of World War II, parts of the division participated in the Battle of Moscow; the remaining unit guarded particularly important installations of the capital, patrolled the streets, and were involved in efforts to liquidate enemy infiltrator groups near the front and in the city.

Along with participation in hostilities, division elements in Moscow detained 485 enemy intelligence agents, 69,753 deserters, and over 320,000 offenders of the established regime.[citation needed]

The division took part in the 1941 October Revolution Parade on Moscow's Red Square.

In the battle against German troops, the snipers of the 4 Cavalry Regiment (later four motorized infantry) distinguished themselves. On the first deployment of the two sniper Regiments in 1942, they killed 853 German soldiers and officers. In total, in 1942 sniper division has killed 6,440 German soldiers and officers.

The OMSDON units protected the Allied leaders during the Yalta conference.

In preparation for the 1980 Moscow Olympics, an elite group of OMSDON troops was trained with special forces tactics; the core of this group later became the Vytyaz unit. The final USSR designation of the division was OMSDON (Independent Special-Purpose Motorized Rifle Division of the Internal Troops of the MVD of the Soviet Union 'F. E. Dzerzhinsky', Russian: ОМСДОН, Отдельная мотострелковая дивизия особого назначения ВВ МВД им. Ф. Е. Дзержинского).

Russian Federation

 
ODON soldiers marching in Alexander Garden on Victory Day in 2015.

In 1994, the OMSDON was renamed as the Independent Operational Purpose Division or ODON. The unit has been once again named after F. E. Dzerzhinsky on October 22, 2014,[2] returning therefore to the full title of the Independent Medals of Zhukov, Lenin and October Revolution Red Banner Operational Purpose Division of the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia 'F. E. Dzerzhinsky' (Russian: Отдельная орденов Жукова, Ленина и Октябрьской Революции Краснознамённая дивизия оперативного назначения Внутренних войск МВД России им. Ф. Е. Дзержинского). As always they form the first line of security during important events held in Russia, and represent the Internal Troops during the yearly Moscow Victory Parade and the Moscow November 7 Anniversary Parade (the latter because they attended that very October 1941 Revolution Day parade which was the only parade held in the midst of the Great Patriotic War).

With the formation of the National Guard of Russia, the ODON was officially, in April 2016, retitled as the Independent Orders of Zhukov, Lenin and October Revolution Red Banner Operational Purpose Division of the National Guard Forces Command of the Russian Federation 'F. E. Dzerzhinsky' (Russian: Отдельная орденов Жукова, Ленина и Октябрьской Революции Краснознамённая дивизия оперативного назначения Войск национальной гвардии Российской Федерации им. Ф. Е. Дзержинского).

Composition

 
ODON division servicemen from Russian Internal Troops. Photo by Vitaly Kuzmin

The division includes the following military units (as of 1 January 2013):

  • 4th Operational Duties Regiment, w / h 3419
  • 5th Operational Duties Regiment, w / h 3500
  • 16th Training Center, w / h 3421
  • 319th Battalion for the protection and security training centers (Novaya and Noginsk, Moscow region), in / hr 3058
  • 344th Command Battalion, a / h 6771 (ORRiKS in / hr 3486)
  • Communications Battalion, a / h 3128
  • Repair and Refurbishment Battalion, w / h 3187
  • Selected Medical Battalion, w / h 3532
  • 4th Separate Company for radiation, chemical and biological protection, w / h 3401
  • Garrison quarters and operations area, a / h 3492
  • 441st Security Battalion, in / hr 6909 (formed in November–December 2012)
  • 752nd Engineering Battalion, w / h 6923
  • Band of the Dzerzhinsky Division

Therefore, the entire division employs more than ten thousand personnel, hundreds of armoured vehicles, and divisional artillery (mortars and anti-aircraft guns).

On the territory of the division are:

  • Main Military Clinical Hospital
  • Central Communication Center
  • Main Center of the Automated Control System
  • Center for Engineering and Technical Support
  • Garrison Officers' House "Reutovo"

Division commanders

  • Sergei Filippov (1921-1923)
  • Pavel Kobelev (1923-1928)
  • Mikhail Frinovsky (1928-1930)
  • Commander Sergey Kondratiev (1930-1936)
  • Commander Pavel Toroshchin (1936-1938)
  • Lieutenant General Pavel Artemyev (1938-1941)
  • Major General Mikhail Marchenkov (1941-1943)
  • Major General Andrei Golovko (1943)
  • Major General Ivan Piyashev (1943-1953)
  • Major Genera lAlexander Epanchin (1953-1956)
  • Major General Pavel Korzhenko (1956-1965)
  • Major General Andrey Kozlov (1965-1968)
  • Major General Yevgeny Pozhidaev (1969-1974)
  • Major General Dmitry Nalivalkin (1974-1982)
  • Major General Yuri Bogunov (1982-1987)
  • Major General Vitaly Bosov (1987-1991)
  • Major General Igor Rubtsov (1991-1993)
  • Major General Alexander Budnikov (1993-1995)
  • Major General Gennady Tikhonov (1995-1998)
  • Colonel Vladimir Manyuta (1998-1999)
  • Major General Nikolai Turapin (1999-2002)
  • Major General Sergey Melikov (2002-2008)
  • Major General Pavel Bobkov (2008-2010)
  • Major General Igor Poddubny (2010-2013)
  • Major General Sergey Zakharov (2013-2016)
  • Major General Dmitriy Cherepanov (2016-2021)
  • Major General Nikolai Kuznetsov (since 2021)

See also

References

  1. ^ "MVD Internal Troops - Russia / Soviet Intelligence Agencies".
  2. ^ http://www.vvmvd.ru/news/news_5130.htm[dead link]
  3. ^ https://altgazeta.ru/potok/2599-sergiev-posad-nagradil-rotu-pochetnogo-karaula. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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HQReutovBalashikhaNickname s Dzerzhinsky DivisionMotto s At any time any place any task March My Division AnniversariesJune 17EngagementsWinter WarGerman Soviet WarTbilisi tragedyAugust CoupRussian constitutional crisis of 1993First Chechen WarSecond Chechen WarPeace enforcement Sumgait pogrom Baku pogrom Nagorno Karabakh conflict Osh riots First South Ossetian War War in AbkhaziaDecorations Order of Zhukov Order of Lenin Order of the October Revolution Order of the Red BannerCommandersCurrentcommanderMajor General Nikolai Kuznetsov Contents 1 USSR 2 Russian Federation 3 Composition 4 Division commanders 5 See also 6 ReferencesUSSR EditThe precursor to the ODON was the 1st Automobile Fighting Detachment of the VTsIK Russian 1 j avtoboevoj otryad which was created in February 1918 The detachment was tasked with guarding the members of the VTsIK and the Sovnarkom and providing them with passenger cars After the relocation of the government to Moscow in March 1918 it was assigned to guarding the Kremlin along with the Red Latvian Riflemen and later the Kremlin cadets Russian Kremlyovskie kursanty The detachment was renamed 1st Armored Car Detachment Ya M Sverdlov in 1919 and was transferred to VChK in 1921 At the peak of its strength the detachment had over 400 troops In April 1921 VChK created the OSNAZ battalion which consisted of 1st Armored Car Detachment three rifle platoons a cavalry squadron and various auxiliary units with a total strength of some 1 100 men VChK became OGPU in 1922 and the OSNAZ was renamed accordingly On 17 June 1924 the OSNAZ battalion an OGPU rifle battalion and an OGPU rifle regiments formed the Special Purpose Division DON of the OGPU Troops The DON included 4 rifle regiments with an Armored Car detachment In August 1926 the division was renamed Special Purpose Division F E Dzerzhinsky of the OGPU Troops Throughout 1926 one more regiment and five more battalions joined the DON raising its total strength to some 4 500 troops In 1929 the DON was reorganized as a full army division In 1931 the Armoured Car detachment was reorganized into an armoured regiment In 1934 OGPU was transferred to the People s Commissariat for Internal Affairs the NKVD The division fought on the front lines of the Winter War against Finland With the onset of World War II parts of the division participated in the Battle of Moscow the remaining unit guarded particularly important installations of the capital patrolled the streets and were involved in efforts to liquidate enemy infiltrator groups near the front and in the city Along with participation in hostilities division elements in Moscow detained 485 enemy intelligence agents 69 753 deserters and over 320 000 offenders of the established regime citation needed The division took part in the 1941 October Revolution Parade on Moscow s Red Square In the battle against German troops the snipers of the 4 Cavalry Regiment later four motorized infantry distinguished themselves On the first deployment of the two sniper Regiments in 1942 they killed 853 German soldiers and officers In total in 1942 sniper division has killed 6 440 German soldiers and officers The OMSDON units protected the Allied leaders during the Yalta conference In preparation for the 1980 Moscow Olympics an elite group of OMSDON troops was trained with special forces tactics the core of this group later became the Vytyaz unit The final USSR designation of the division was OMSDON Independent Special Purpose Motorized Rifle Division of the Internal Troops of the MVD of the Soviet Union F E Dzerzhinsky Russian OMSDON Otdelnaya motostrelkovaya diviziya osobogo naznacheniya VV MVD im F E Dzerzhinskogo Russian Federation Edit ODON soldiers marching in Alexander Garden on Victory Day in 2015 In 1994 the OMSDON was renamed as the Independent Operational Purpose Division or ODON The unit has been once again named after F E Dzerzhinsky on October 22 2014 2 returning therefore to the full title of the Independent Medals of Zhukov Lenin and October Revolution Red Banner Operational Purpose Division of the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia F E Dzerzhinsky Russian Otdelnaya ordenov Zhukova Lenina i Oktyabrskoj Revolyucii Krasnoznamyonnaya diviziya operativnogo naznacheniya Vnutrennih vojsk MVD Rossii im F E Dzerzhinskogo As always they form the first line of security during important events held in Russia and represent the Internal Troops during the yearly Moscow Victory Parade and the Moscow November 7 Anniversary Parade the latter because they attended that very October 1941 Revolution Day parade which was the only parade held in the midst of the Great Patriotic War With the formation of the National Guard of Russia the ODON was officially in April 2016 retitled as the Independent Orders of Zhukov Lenin and October Revolution Red Banner Operational Purpose Division of the National Guard Forces Command of the Russian Federation F E Dzerzhinsky Russian Otdelnaya ordenov Zhukova Lenina i Oktyabrskoj Revolyucii Krasnoznamyonnaya diviziya operativnogo naznacheniya Vojsk nacionalnoj gvardii Rossijskoj Federacii im F E Dzerzhinskogo Composition Edit ODON division servicemen from Russian Internal Troops Photo by Vitaly Kuzmin The division includes the following military units as of 1 January 2013 Headquarters 604th Special Purpose Center Military Unit 3179 formed in 2008 combining Vityaz and Rus 2nd Operational Duties Regiment w h 3186 Honor Guard Company 3 4th Operational Duties Regiment w h 3419 5th Operational Duties Regiment w h 3500 16th Training Center w h 3421 319th Battalion for the protection and security training centers Novaya and Noginsk Moscow region in hr 3058 344th Command Battalion a h 6771 ORRiKS in hr 3486 Communications Battalion a h 3128 Repair and Refurbishment Battalion w h 3187 Selected Medical Battalion w h 3532 4th Separate Company for radiation chemical and biological protection w h 3401 Garrison quarters and operations area a h 3492 441st Security Battalion in hr 6909 formed in November December 2012 752nd Engineering Battalion w h 6923 Band of the Dzerzhinsky DivisionTherefore the entire division employs more than ten thousand personnel hundreds of armoured vehicles and divisional artillery mortars and anti aircraft guns On the territory of the division are Main Military Clinical Hospital Central Communication Center Main Center of the Automated Control System Center for Engineering and Technical Support Garrison Officers House Reutovo Division commanders EditSergei Filippov 1921 1923 Pavel Kobelev 1923 1928 Mikhail Frinovsky 1928 1930 Commander Sergey Kondratiev 1930 1936 Commander Pavel Toroshchin 1936 1938 Lieutenant General Pavel Artemyev 1938 1941 Major General Mikhail Marchenkov 1941 1943 Major General Andrei Golovko 1943 Major General Ivan Piyashev 1943 1953 Major Genera lAlexander Epanchin 1953 1956 Major General Pavel Korzhenko 1956 1965 Major General Andrey Kozlov 1965 1968 Major General Yevgeny Pozhidaev 1969 1974 Major General Dmitry Nalivalkin 1974 1982 Major General Yuri Bogunov 1982 1987 Major General Vitaly Bosov 1987 1991 Major General Igor Rubtsov 1991 1993 Major General Alexander Budnikov 1993 1995 Major General Gennady Tikhonov 1995 1998 Colonel Vladimir Manyuta 1998 1999 Major General Nikolai Turapin 1999 2002 Major General Sergey Melikov 2002 2008 Major General Pavel Bobkov 2008 2010 Major General Igor Poddubny 2010 2013 Major General Sergey Zakharov 2013 2016 Major General Dmitriy Cherepanov 2016 2021 Major General Nikolai Kuznetsov since 2021 See also EditSpetsnaz SOBR OMONReferences Edit MVD Internal Troops Russia Soviet Intelligence Agencies http www vvmvd ru news news 5130 htm dead link https altgazeta ru potok 2599 sergiev posad nagradil rotu pochetnogo karaula a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a Missing or empty title help Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Separate Operational Purpose Division amp oldid 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