36th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade

The historical predecessor of the military unit is the 47th Special Purpose Airborne Brigade, formed in 1932, on the basis of which the 214th Airborne Brigade was formed in 1938. On the eve of the Great Patriotic War, the brigade was deployed into the 4th Airborne Corps, which took an active part in the Operation Barbarossa. In August 1942, the corps was reformed into the 38th Guards Rifle Division, which went through the entire war, meeting its end on the territory of Germany.

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In 1957, the division was reorganized into a motorized rifle division, becoming the 38th Guards Motorized Rifle Lozovskaya Red Banner Division. The location was the Chita Oblast on the territory of the Transbaikal Military District, where the division was part of the 36th Combined Arms Army.{{Cite web|url=http://www.ww2.dk/new/army/msd/38gvmsd.htm|title=38th Guards Motorised Rifle Division|website=www.ww2.dk|access-date=2017-06-24}} The division was moved to Sretensk in Chita Oblast in 1967. In October 1989, the division was reformed into the 131st Guards Machine-Gun Artillery Division with a location in the village of Yasnaya in the Chita Oblast. The division moved its headquarters to Olovyannaya in Olovyanninsky District in Chita Oblast in 1992. In August 2001 it was again converted into a motor rifle division.{{cite web |url=http://nerchinsk-eparh.cerkov.ru/2015/04/01/36-ya-motostrelkovaya-brigada-osoboe-popechenie-eparxii/ |title=36-я мотострелковая бригада — особое попечение епархии. |author= |date=2015-04-01|work= |publisher= |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160809104657/http://nerchinsk-eparh.cerkov.ru/2015/04/01/36-ya-motostrelkovaya-brigada-osoboe-popechenie-eparxii/ |archivedate=2016-08-09|accessdate=2016-08-01 |lang=ru}}

Since June 2009, the division has been reformed into the 36th Separate Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade, while retaining all its combat regalia, military glory, and historical record and moved to Borzya.{{cite news|last=Литовкин|first=Виктор|title=Мастерство ускоренного вызревания|url=http://nvo.ng.ru/realty/2011-04-01/1_new_methods.html|accessdate=2016-08-09|work=Независимое военное обозрение|date=2011-04-01|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110504151343/http://nvo.ng.ru/realty/2011-04-01/1_new_methods.html|archivedate=2011-05-04}} In 2011, the brigade was armed with T-72B1 tanks, BMP-2 infantry fighting vehicles, 2S3 self-propelled howitzers, Grad MLRS, MT-12 anti-tank guns, Shturm-S anti-tank missile systems, Buk-M1, Tunguska, Strela-10, Shilka, MANPADS Igla.

The brigade took part in the Russia's invasion of Ukraine,{{Cite web|url=https://war-proekt.media/base/voiska/36-otdelnaya-gvardeyskaya-motostrelkovaya-lozovskaya-brigada/|title=Who is fighting in Ukraine: 36th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Lozovskaya Brigada - Project|website=Project.|access-date=2024-02-20|archive-date=2024-02-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240220223312/https://war-proekt.media/base/voiska/36-otdelnaya-gvardeyskaya-motostrelkovaya-lozovskaya-brigada/|url-status=live}} in particular since the fall of 2022 was involved in the Battle of Vuhledar.{{cite news|title=Frames of the routed Russian column - what happened near Ugledar|url=https://www.bbc.com/russian/features-64631465|accessdate=2023-02-15|agency=BBC News Russian Service|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230215011630/https://www.bbc.com/russian/features-64631465|archivedate=2023-02-15}} On 20 February 2024, the Ukrainian Armed Forces launched two HIMARS missiles at a training ground near the village of Trudivske while brigade servicemen were forming up there.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/russian/articles/cpvrryqvyqeo|title=Dozens of Russian soldiers could have been killed in the strike on the training ground near Volnovakha. What is known|lang=ru|website=BBC News Russian Service|date=2024-02-21|access-date=2024-02-21|archive-date=2024-02-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240222195254/https://www.bbc.com/russian/articles/cpvrryqvyqeo|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://news.zerkalo.io/world/61679.html|title=The Armed Forces of Ukraine struck a training ground in the Donetsk region. Russian war correspondents report dozens of deaths, Russian Defense Ministry is silent (18+)|lang=ru|website=Зеркало|date=2024-02-21|access-date=2024-02-21|archive-date=2024-02-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240221110256/https://news.zerkalo.io/world/61679.html|url-status=live}} The 4th, 5th and 6th companies of the brigade came under attack, as a result of the attack, 68 people were killed.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sibreal.org/a/minimum-68-voennosluzhaschih-iz-zabaykalskoy-brigady-pogibli-ot-raketnogo-udara/32830706.html|title="Who will return my son to me?" Dozens of servicemen from the Transbaikal brigade were killed in a missile strike|lang=ru|website=Siberia.Realities|date=2024-02-22|access-date=2024-02-22|archive-date=2024-02-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240222201612/https://www.sibreal.org/a/minimum-68-voennosluzhaschih-iz-zabaykalskoy-brigady-pogibli-ot-raketnogo-udara/32830706.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://storage.googleapis.com/istories/news/2024/02/21/ne-menee-68-boitsov-rossiiskikh-boitsov-pogibli-posle-udara-vsu-po-poligonu-v-donetskoi-oblasti-vazhnie-istorii-verifitsirovali-spisok-pogibshikh/index.html|title=Не менее 68 российских военных погибли после удара ВСУ по полигону в «ДНР». «Важные истории» верифицировали список погибших|website=Важные истории|date=2024-02-22|access-date=2024-02-22|archive-date=2024-02-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240222042721/https://storage.googleapis.com/istories/news/2024/02/21/ne-menee-68-boitsov-rossiiskikh-boitsov-pogibli-posle-udara-vsu-po-poligonu-v-donetskoi-oblasti-vazhnie-istorii-verifitsirovali-spisok-pogibshikh/index.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.moscowtimes.io/2024/02/21/nemenee-60-rossiiskii-voennih-pogiblo-posle-udara-vsu-oni-vistroilis-dlya-vstrechi-generala-a122301|title=Украина ударила ракетой по выстроенной для встречи генерала группе российских военных. Погибли десятки человек|lang=ru|first=|last=|website=Русская служба The Moscow Times|date=2024-02-21|access-date=2024-02-21|archive-date=2024-02-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240221201514/https://www.moscowtimes.io/2024/02/21/nemenee-60-rossiiskii-voennih-pogiblo-posle-udara-vsu-oni-vistroilis-dlya-vstrechi-generala-a122301|url-status=live}}

• Command;
• 1st motorized rifle battalion;
• 2nd motorized rifle battalion;
• 3rd motorized rifle battalion;
• tank battalion;
• anti-aircraft missile division;
• anti-aircraft division;
• 1st howitzer self-propelled artillery division;
• 2nd howitzer self-propelled artillery division;
• rocket artillery division;
• reconnaissance battalion;
• unmanned aerial vehicle company;
• engineer and sapper battalion;
• communications battalion;
• logistics battalion;
• control and artillery reconnaissance battery;
• anti-tank guided missile battery;
• separate NBC protection company;
• separate electronic warfare company;
• rifle company (snipers);
• commandant company;
• repair company
• medical company;
• military police platoon;
• air defense control platoon;
• orchestra.

• Guards Colonel Evgeny Valerievich Nikiforov (2009–2010)
• Guards Major General Oleg Lvovich Moyseeev (2018–2020)
• Lieutenant Colonel (Guards) Andrei Vladimirovich Voronkov (2020–2022; acting)
• Guards Colonel Guseyn Vilayatovich Musayev (2022–20 February 2024)theins.ru/news/269701
• Guards Lieutenant Colonel Andrey Vladimirovich Voronkov (2024–present)

• {{Hero of Russia}} Guards Junior Sergeant Vladimir Ivanovich Belokopytov commander of a combat vehicle of a motorized rifle battalion, 2024.

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Category:Military units and formations of Russia in the Russian invasion of Ukraine