28th Separate Motor Rifle Brigade

{{Infobox military unit

| unit_name = 28th Motor Rifle Brigade

| image = 28 OMSBr VSRF 1.png

| dates = 2009{{endash}}2016

| country = Russia

| branch = Russian Ground Forces

| type = Motorized infantry

| command_structure = 20th Guards Army

| garrison = Klintsy
{{MUN}}61423

| battles = {{plainlist|

War in Donbas

Russian military intervention in Syria

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| decorations =

{{OrderRedBanner}}
{{OrderSuvorov2ndClass}}

| battle_honours = Simferopol

Named for Sergo Ordzhonikidze

| commander1 = Colonel Ramil Gilyazov

| native_name = {{langx|ru|28-я отдельная мотострелковая Симферопольская Краснознаменная ордена Суворова II-й степени бригада имени С. Орджоникидзе}}

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The 28th Separate Motor Rifle Brigade (Military Unit Number 61423) is a brigade of the Russian Ground Forces. The brigade was formed in 2009 from the 34th Motor Rifle Division. The brigade, originally based in Yekaterinburg, moved to Klintsy in 2016,{{Cite news|url=https://charter97.org/en/news/2016/4/21/200624/|title=Russia Quickly Builds Military Bases Near the Border with Belarus and Ukraine|date=21 April 2016|work=Charter 97|access-date=31 October 2016}} where it became the 488th Motor Rifle Regiment of the 144th Guards Motor Rifle Division.

History

On March 1, 2009, by decree No. 11/20/1/080 of the Commander of the Volga–Ural Military District, the 34th Motor Rifle Division was reorganized into brigade with the same designation. The unit inherited the division's honorifics titles and orders. Besides Yekaterinburg, elements of the brigade were located in the settlements of Verkhnyaya Pyshma, Tyubuk, Chebarkul, and Karabash.{{Cite web|url=https://voinskayachast.net/suhoputnie-voyska/motostrelkovie/vch61423|title=Войсковая часть 61423 (28-я ОМСБр)|date=2015-05-25|website=voinskayachast.net|language=ru|trans-title=Military Unit Number 61423 (28th OMSBr)|access-date=2 November 2016}} On 2 March 2011, Colonel Dmitry Kasperovich became commander of the brigade.{{Cite news|url=http://kremlin.ru/events/president/news/10485|title=Кадровые изменения в Вооружённых Силах|date=2 March 2011|work=kremlin.ru|publisher=President of Russia|trans-title=Personnel changes in the Armed Forces|access-date=1 November 2016}} In 2013 he was succeeded by Major General Andrey Mordvichev.{{Cite news|url=http://redstar.ru/index.php/2011-07-25-15-57-34/item/11130-nadjozhnost-tyla-ukrepivshaya-silu-dukha|title=Надёжность тыла, укрепившая силу духа|last=Trofimov|first=Alexey|date=27 August 2013|work=Krasnaya Zvezda|language=ru|trans-title=Reliable rear strengthens morale|access-date=1 November 2016}}

In February 2015, the brigade took part in the War in Donbas acting within Northern Operational Area.{{Cite web|last=Sutyagin|first=Igor|date=March 2015|title=RUSI Briefing Paper: Russian Forces in Ukraine|url=https://rusi.org/sites/default/files/201503_bp_russian_forces_in_ukraine.pdf|publisher=Royal United Services Institute|page=3|access-date=6 April 2016|journal=|archive-date=11 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111112810/https://rusi.org/sites/default/files/201503_bp_russian_forces_in_ukraine.pdf|url-status=dead}} In September 2015, the brigade was involved in the large military exercise "Tsentr-2015".{{Cite news|url=http://www.mk.ru/politics/2015/09/17/ucheniya-centr2015-mirnoe-naselenie-preduprezhdali-o-vozmozhnoy-opasnosti.html|title=Учения "центр-2015": мирное население предупреждали о возможной опасности|last=Baranov|first=Alexey|date=17 September 2015|work=Moskovsky Komsomolets|language=ru|trans-title=Civilian population warned about possible dangers in Exercise "Center{{endash}}2015"|access-date=1 November 2016}} Colonel Ramil Gilyazov commanded the brigade at the time.{{Cite news|url=http://tvzvezda.ru/news/forces/content/201511031039-ddc9.htm|title=28-я отдельная мотострелковая бригада отмечает юбилей|date=3 November 2015|work=tvzvezda.ru|language=ru|trans-title=28th Separate Motor Rifle Brigade celebrates anniversary|access-date=1 November 2016}} In December 2015, the Chief Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine reported that elements of the brigade had deployed to Syria.{{Cite news|url=http://www.unian.net/world/1206130-v-sirii-nahodyatsya-beregovyie-voyska-chf-rf-iz-simferopolya-razvedka.html|title=В Сирии находятся береговые войска ЧФ РФ из Крыма - разведка|date=8 December 2015|work=UNIAN|language=ru|trans-title=Intelligence found that coastal forces of the Black Sea Fleet from Crimea are in Syria|access-date=1 November 2016}}

In June 2016, the brigade began relocation to Klintsy, close to Russia's border with Belarus and Ukraine. It became part of the 20th Guards Army there.{{Cite news|url=https://www.gazeta.ru/army/2016/06/01/8276903.shtml|title=Шойгу укрепляет брянский рубеж|last=Zgirovskaya|first=Yekaterina|date=1 June 2016|work=Gazeta.ru|language=ru|trans-title=Shoigu strengthens Bryansk border|access-date=1 November 2016}}{{Cite news|url=http://kommersant.ru/doc/3066824|title=Генералы с Кавказа сменяются в Воронеже|last=Mukhin|first=Oleg|date=19 August 2016|work=Kommersant|language=ru|trans-title=Generals from the Caucasus take over in Voronezh|access-date=2 October 2016}} After relocating to Klintsy, the brigade was reorganized into the 488th Motor Rifle Regiment of the 144th Guards Motor Rifle Division, which inherited the traditions of the 34th Motor Rifle Division.{{Cite web |title=Брянская областная Дума |url=https://duma32.ru/events/3653/ |access-date=2022-05-14 |website=duma32.ru |archive-date=2019-03-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190323164816/https://duma32.ru/events/3653/ |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |title=Пентагон заподозрил Россию в подготовке вторжения на Украину |url=https://www.vedomosti.ru/newspaper/articles/2016/08/18/653689-vtorzhenie-ne-pervoi-svezhesti |access-date=2022-05-14 |website=Ведомости |date=18 August 2016 |language=ru}}

References

Category:Mechanised infantry brigades of Russia

Category:Military units and formations established in 2009

Category:Military units and formations of Russia in the war in Donbas