History of formations and units of the 40th Army

56th Guards Separate Air Assault Brigade
(56 guards odshbr)
Military unit of the Airborne Troops of the Armed Forces of the USSR and the Russian Armed Forces.
The formation's birthday is June 11, 1943, when the 7th and 17th Guards Airborne Brigades were formed.
Battle path during the Great Patriotic WarA strong grouping of the Airborne Forces was deployed on the 4th Ukrainian Front as part of the 4th, 6th and 7th Guards Airborne Brigades. It was planned to be used during the liberation of the Crimea.
In December 1943, the 4th and 7th Guards Airborne Brigades were redeployed to the Moscow Military District.
By order of the Headquarters of the Supreme Commander No. 0047 dated 12/18/1944, the 16th Guards Airborne Division was reorganized into the 106th Guards Rifle Division of the 38th Guards Rifle Corps. The 4th Guards Separate Airborne Brigade was reorganized into the 347th Guards Rifle Regiment, the 7th Guards Separate Airborne Brigade - into the 351st Guards Rifle Regiment, the 17th Guards Separate Airborne Brigade - into the 355th 1st Guards Rifle Regiment.
The 106th Guards Rifle Division included:
347th Guards Rifle Regiment;
351st Guards Rifle Regiment;
356th Guards Rifle Regiment;
107th Separate Guards Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion;
193rd Separate Guards Communications Battalion;
123rd separate guards anti-tank division;
139th separate guards sapper battalion;
113th separate guards reconnaissance company;
117th separate guards chemical company;
234th separate guards medical battalion. The 57th artillery brigade of three regiments was also introduced into the division:
205th cannon artillery regiment;
28th howitzer artillery regiment;
53rd mortar regiment. In January 1945, the division as part of the 38th Guards Rifle Corps was redeployed by rail to Hungary, by February 26 concentrated east of the city of Budapest in the area: Szolnok - Abon - Soyal - Teriel and in early March became part of 3rd Ukrainian Front.
On March 16, 1945, having broken through the German defenses, the 351st Guards Rifle Regiment reached the Austro-Hungarian border.
In March-April 1945, the division participated in the Vienna operation, advancing in the direction of the main attack of the front. The division, in cooperation with the formations of the 4th Guards Army, broke through the enemy defenses north of the city of Szekesfehervar, went to the flank and rear of the main forces of the 6th SS Panzer Army, which wedged into the defense of the front troops between the lakes Velence and Balaton. In early April, the division struck in a northwestern direction around Vienna and, in cooperation with the 6th Guards Tank Army, broke the enemy’s resistance, advanced to the Danube and cut off the enemy’s retreat to the west. The division successfully fought in the city, which continued until April 13. By decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of March 29, 1945, for participation in the defeat of eleven enemy divisions southwest of Budapest and the capture of the city of Mor, the division was awarded the Order of Kutuzov II degree.
For breaking through the fortified line of defense and capturing the city of Mor, all personnel received gratitude from the Supreme Commander-in-Chief.
By decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of 04/26/1945 "for participation in the capture of Vienna", the division was awarded the Order of the Red Banner. Since then, April 26 has been considered the unit's annual holiday.
On May 9, the division continued combat operations in pursuit of the enemy and successfully developed the offensive on Retz, Pisek. The division made a march, pursuing the enemy, and in 3 days fought 80-90 km. At 12.00 on May 11, 1945, the division's advance detachment reached the Vltava River and met with the troops of the American 5th Tank Army near the village of Oleshnya. Here the combat path of the division in the Great Patriotic War ended.
History 1945-1979At the end of hostilities, the division from Czechoslovakia returned to Hungary under its own power. From May 1945 to January 1946, the division was camped in the woods south of Budapest.
Based on the Decree of the Council of Ministers of the USSR No. 1154474ss of 06/03/1946 and the directive of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the USSR No. org / 2/247225 of 06/07/1946, by June 15, 1946, the 106th Guards Rifle Red Banner Order of Kutuzov Division was reorganized into 106th Guards Airborne Red Banner Order of Kutuzov Division.
From July 1946, the division was stationed in the city of Tula. The division was part of the 38th Guards Airborne Vienna Corps (corps headquarters - Tula).
On December 3, 1947, the division was awarded the Guards Battle Banner.
Based on the directives of the General Staff of September 3, 1948 and January 21, 1949, the 106th Guards Airborne Red Banner Order of Kutuzov Division as part of the 38th Guards Airborne Vienna Corps became part of the Airborne Army.
In April 1953, the Airborne Army was disbanded.
On the basis of the directive of the General Staff of January 21, 1955, by April 25, 1955, the 106th Guards Airborne Division withdrew from the 38th Guards Airborne Vienna Corps, which was disbanded, and moved to a new staff of three regimental strength with cropped battalion (not full strength) in each parachute regiment. From the disbanded 11th Guards Airborne Division, the 137th Guards Airborne Regiment was accepted into the 106th Guards Airborne Division. The point of deployment is the city of Ryazan.
The personnel of the 351st Guards Airborne Regiment participated in military parades on Red Square in Moscow, took part in large exercises of the Defense Ministry and in 1955 parachuted near the city of Kutaisi (Transcaucasian Military District).
In 1956, the 38th Guards Airborne Corps of Vienna was disbanded and the division became directly subordinate to the commander of the Airborne Forces.
In 1957, the regiment conducted demonstration exercises with landing for the military delegations of Yugoslavia and India. Based on the directives of the Minister of Defense of the USSR of March 18, 1960 and the Commander-in-Chief of the Ground Forces of June 7, 1960 to November 1, 1960:
the 351st Guards Airborne Regiment (the city of Efremov, Tula Region) was accepted into the 105th Guards Airborne Red Banner Vienna Division from the 106th Guards Airborne Red Banner Order of Kutuzov Division;
The 105th Guards Airborne Division (without the 331st Guards Airborne Regiment) was redeployed to the Turkestan military district in the city of Ferghana, Uzbek SSR;
The 351st Guards Airborne Regiment was deployed in the city of Chirchik, Tashkent region. In 1961, after the earthquake in Tashkent, the personnel of the 351st Regiment provided assistance to the residents of the city affected by the disaster, helped the local authorities to maintain order.
In 1974, the 351st regiment parachuted into one of the regions of Central Asia and participated in the large-scale exercises of the TurkVO. Being the advanced part of the Airborne Forces of the Central Asian region of the country, the regiment participates in parades in the capital of Uzbekistan in Tashkent.
On the basis of the Directive of the General Staff of August 3, 1979, by December 1, 1979, the 105th Guards Airborne Vienna Red Banner Division was disbanded.
From the division remained in the city of Ferghana the 345th separate guards parachute landing regiment of the Order of Suvorov, much larger than the usual and the 115th separate military transport aviation squadron. The rest of the personnel of the division turned to replenish the shortfall in other airborne formations and to resupply the newly formed airborne assault brigades.
The 56th Guards Airborne Assault Brigade was formed on the basis of the 351st Guards Airborne Regiment of the 105th Guards Airborne Vienna Red Banner Division in the village of Azadbash (a district of the city of Chirchik) of the Tashkent Region of the Uzbek SSR.
For the formation of the brigade, conscripts were urgently mobilized - the so-called "partisans" - from among the inhabitants of the Central Asian republics and the south of the KazSSR. They will subsequently make up 80% of the personnel of the brigade when troops enter the DRA.
The formation of brigade units will be simultaneously carried out in 4 mobilization points and will be completed in Termez:
Wars, stories, facts.:
“... Formally, the brigade is considered to be formed in Chirchik on the basis of the 351st Guards PDP. However, de facto, its formation was carried out separately in four centers (Chirchik, Kapchagai, Fergana, Iolotan), and brought together into a single whole just before entering Afghanistan in Termez. The headquarters of the brigade (or officer cadre), as formally its cadre, apparently was originally stationed in Chirchik ... "
On December 13, 1979, the units of the brigade plunged into trains and were redeployed to the city of Termez, Uzbek SSR.
Participation in the Afghan War In December 1979, the brigade was introduced to the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan and became part of the 40th Combined Arms Army.
On the morning of December 25, 1979, the 4th infantry brigade was the first in the 40th Army to be introduced into Afghanistan.
to guard the Salang Pass.
From Termez, the 1st infantry brigade and the 2nd infantry brigade by helicopters, and the rest in the convoy, were redeployed to the city of Kunduz. The 4th Airborne Battalion remained at the Salang Pass. Then, from Kunduz, the 2nd infantry brigade was transferred to the city of Kandahar, where it became part of the newly formed 70th separate guards motorized rifle brigade. In January 1980, the entire composition of the 56th Guards was introduced. odshbr. She was stationed in the city of Kunduz.
In Gardez
Since the transfer of the 2nd dshb to the 70th brigade, the brigade was actually a three-battalion regiment.
The initial task of the brigade units was to guard and defend the largest highway in the Salang Pass area, to ensure the advance of Soviet troops in the central and southern regions of Afghanistan.
From 1982 to June 1988, the 56th Air Assault Brigade is deployed in the area of ​​the city of Gardez, conducting combat operations throughout Afghanistan: Bagram, Mazar-i-Sharif, Khanabad, Panjshir, Logar, Aliheil (Paktia). In 1984, the brigade was awarded the challenge Red Banner of the TurkVO for the successful completion of combat missions.
By order of 1985, in mid-1986, all standard airborne armored vehicles of the brigade (BMD-1 and BTR-D) were replaced with more protected armored vehicles with a large motor resource (BMP-2D for reconnaissance, 2nd, 3rd and 4th battalions and BTR-70 for the 1st battalion 2 and 3 pdr) 1 pdr left the BRDM. Also a feature of the brigade was the increased staff of the artillery battalion, which consisted not of 3 firing batteries, as was customary for units stationed on the territory of the USSR, but of 5.
May 4, 1985 - by decree of the Presidium of the USSR Armed Forces, the brigade was awarded the Order of the Patriotic War, 1st degree, No. 56324698.
From December 16, 1987 to the end of January 1988, the brigade took part in Operation Magistral. In April 1988, the brigade took part in Operation Barrier. The paratroopers blocked the caravan routes from Pakistan in order to ensure the withdrawal of troops from the city of Ghazni.
The number of personnel of the 56th Guards. odshbr on December 1, 1986 was 2452 people (261 officers, 109 ensigns, 416 sergeants, 1666 soldiers). After fulfilling the international duty, on June 12-14, 1988, the brigade was withdrawn to the city of Yolotan, Turkmen SSR.
Regarding the organizational structure. The picture shows that the brigade had only 3 BRDM-2 units that were in the reconnaissance. However, another BRDM-2 was in the chemical platoon and 2 more. in the OPA (propaganda and agitation detachment).
From 1989 to the present At the end of 1989, the brigade was reorganized into a separate airborne brigade (OVDBR). The brigade passed "hot spots": Afghanistan (12.1979-07.1988), Baku (12-19.01.1990 - 02.1990), Sumgayit, Nakhichevan, Meghri, Julfa, Osh, Fergana, Uzgen (06.06.1990), Chechnya (12.94-10.96, Grozny, Pervomaisky, Argun and since 09.1999).
On January 15, 1990, the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, after a detailed study of the situation, adopted a decision "On declaring a state of emergency in the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Region and some other regions." In accordance with it, the Airborne Forces began the operation, which was carried out in two stages. At the first stage, from January 12 to 19, units of the 106th and 76th airborne divisions, the 56th and 38th airborne brigades and the 217th airborne regiment landed on the airfields near Baku (for more details, see below). article Black January), and in Yerevan - the 98th Guards Airborne Division. The 39th separate air assault brigade entered Nagorno-Karabakh.
On January 23, Airborne Forces units began operations to restore order in other parts of Azerbaijan. In the area of ​​Lankaran, Priship and Jalilabad, they were carried out jointly with the border troops, who restored the state border.
In February 1990, the brigade returned to the place of permanent deployment.
From March to August 1990, units of the brigade maintained order in the cities of Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan.
On June 6, 1990, the landing at airfields in the cities of Ferghana and Osh of the 104th parachute regiment of the 76th airborne division, the 56th airborne brigade began, and on June 8 - the 137th parachute regiment of the 106th airborne division in the city of Frunze. Having made a march on the same day through the mountain passes of the border of the two republics, the paratroopers occupied Osh and Uzgen. The next day, the 387th separate airborne regiment and units of the 56th airborne brigade took control of the situation in the area of ​​​​the cities of Andijan, Jalal-Abad, occupied Kara-Suu, mountain roads and passes throughout the conflict.
In October 1992, in connection with the sovereignization of the republics of the former SSR, the brigade was redeployed to the village of Zelenchukskaya, Karachay-Cherekessia. From where it marched to the place of permanent deployment in the village of Podgori near the city of Volgodonsk, Rostov Region. The territory of the military camp was a former shift camp of the builders of the Rostov nuclear power plant, located 3 kilometers from the nuclear power plant.
From December 1994 to August - October 1996, the combined battalion of the brigade fought in Chechnya. On November 29, 1994, an order was sent to the brigade to form a combined battalion and transfer it to Mozdok. The artillery division of the brigade took part in late 1995 - early 1996 in the operation near Shatoi. In October-November 1996, the combined battalion of the brigade was withdrawn from Chechnya.
In 1997, the brigade was reorganized into the 56th Guards Air Assault Regiment, which became part of the 20th Guards Motor Rifle Division.
In July 1998, by order of the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, in connection with the resumption of the construction of the Rostov NPP, the regiment began redeployment to the city of Kamyshin, Volgograd Region. The regiment was stationed in the buildings of the Kamyshin Higher Military Construction Command and Engineering School, which was disbanded in 1998.
On August 19, 1999, an air assault detachment from the regiment was sent to reinforce the combined regiment of the 20th Guards Motorized Rifle Division and was sent by a letter military echelon to the Republic of Dagestan. On August 20, 1999, the air assault detachment arrived in the village of Botlikh. Later he took part in hostilities in the Republic of Dagestan and the Chechen Republic. The battalion tactical group of the regiment fought in the North Caucasus (the place of deployment is Khankala).
In December 1999, units of the regiment and the DShMG FPS covered the Chechen section of the Russian-Georgian border.
On May 1, 2009, the air assault regiment again became a brigade. And from July 1, 2010, she switched to a new state and became known as the 56th separate airborne assault brigade (light).
It should be noted that over all these years, the Battle Banner of the 56th separate airborne assault brigade, despite all 4 renaming and 4 reorganizations of the regular structure, has remained the same. This is the Battle Banner of the 351st Airborne Regiment.
Previously, the 11th, 56th and 83rd airborne assault (airborne) brigades were operationally subordinate to the military districts (Southern Military District and Airborne Military District), but on October 21, 2013 they became part of the Russian Airborne Forces.
Notable fighters and commanders
Leonid Vasilievich Khabarov - battalion commander-4 from the moment the brigade was created until April 1980. NSH brigade from October 1984 to September 1985. Years of service 1966-1991
Rank Colonel of the USSR Air Force
He commanded the 100th orr of the 105th guards. airborne division, 1st infantry brigade of the 351st guards. PDP 105th Guards. vdd,
4th dshb 56th guards. odshbr, msp (k) TurkVO
Battles/wars War in Afghanistan
State awards:
Order of Military Merit
Order of the Red Banner
Medal for Distinction in Military Service, 1st Class
Medal for Distinction in Military Service, 2nd Class
Medal "Veteran of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
Medal "60 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
Jubilee medal "70 years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
Departmental awards and distinctions:
Medal "Army General Margelov"
Medal For Strengthening the Combat Commonwealth (Ministry of Defense)
For impeccable service 1st class
For impeccable service 2nd class
For impeccable service 3rd class
Badge for two severe wounds
Skydiver-instructor (over 400 parachute jumps)
Honorary Worker of Higher Professional Education of the Russian Federation
Regional Awards:
Badge of Honor "For services to the city of Yekaterinburg"
Awards of other states:
Medal "From the grateful Afghan people" (Afghanistan)
Public awards:
Order of Merit (RSVA)
Retired
from 1991 to 2010 leads in turn:
military department;
Faculty of military training;
Institute of military technical education
Ural State Technical University.
Evnevich, Valery Gennadievich Chief of Staff, and since 1987 - brigade commander.
Awards and titles
Hero of the Russian Federation
(October 7, 1993) - "for courage and heroism shown in the performance of a special assignment"

Order of Military Merit
Order of the Red Banner
2 Orders of the Red Star
Medal "For Military Merit"
Zhukov medal
Medal "Participant in emergency humanitarian operations" (EMERCOM of Russia)

The flag of the Airborne Forces of the 56th Airborne Division is an unexpected gift for those who served in this unit. We will tell you in detail about the combat path of 56 DShB.

Characteristics

• 56 DShB
• Iolotan
• military unit 33079

Airborne Forces 56th Airborne Division

Today we continue the story of the glorious formation of the Airborne Forces 56 DShB. In this review, we will analyze in more detail the period of the war in Afghanistan and the events of the 80s - 90s of the twentieth century.

Airborne Forces 56 DShB - legacy of the 351st Guards. pdp

The 56th Brigade was formed by the beginning of October 1979 according to staff No. 35/90 on the basis of the 351st Guards Parachute Regiment from the 105th Guards. airborne division, unexpectedly disbanded before the entry of the Soviet contingent into Afghanistan.

The unit commander was Mrs. Lieutenant Colonel Plokhikh A.P., commander of the 351st Guards. pdp since autumn 1976. Initially, the brigade came under the command of the commander of the TurkVO

The 4th Airborne Assault Battalion was manned by three battalions of the 351st Guards. airborne regiment. The basis was made up of conscripts in the fall of 1979.

Composition At the time of formation - 4 battalions (three airborne battalions and an airborne assault battalion) and an artillery battalion. The brigade also includes 7 separate companies (reconnaissance company 56 dshb, engineer company, auto company, repair company, communications company, airborne support company, medical company). The staffing of 56 DShB was supplemented by 2 separate batteries (an anti-aircraft missile and artillery battery and an ATGM battery) and 3 separate platoons - commandant's and economic, RHR, a platoon of an orchestra.

56 DShB: Salang, Kandahar, Gardez…

On December 11, 1979, by oral order of the commander of the TurkVO, the brigade enters a state of full combat readiness. On December 12, the relocation to the Dzharkugan station begins. On the same day, 3 infantry brigade are transferred by helicopter to the Sandykachi settlement, and 1 airborne infantry brigade to the airfield of 56 infantry air brigade of Kokaydy.

On December 27, the 4th Air Assault Battalion crosses the border and occupies the Salang Pass, the most important transit point on the Kabul-Termez highway.

On December 28, the 3rd Airborne Battalion is transferred by helicopter to the Rabati-Mirza pass and establishes control over the Herat-Kushka highway.

By mid-January 1980, units of the brigade were concentrated in the area of ​​​​the Kunduz airfield. Also, in 56 DShB, the 2nd and 3rd pdb were renumbered. The 3rd battalion is redeployed to Kandahar.

In February, the 4th Airborne Battalion is transferred to the province of Parvan, Charikar. In March 1980, the 56th airborne brigade underwent changes: the 2nd airborne brigade was transferred to the 70th guards. a separate motorized rifle brigade, the 3rd infantry brigade is being reorganized into an airborne assault battalion. Armored vehicles for the battalion were received in 103 Guards. VDD.

In December 1982, the Airborne Forces 56 DShB relocated to Gardez, with the exception of 3 DShB, sent to Logar province to control the Kabul-Gardez highway.

In 1984, the brigade was awarded a challenge red banner. The units also include full-time reconnaissance platoons in addition to the reconnaissance company 56 DShB.

In 1985, the brigade received new equipment: BMP-2 and Nona self-propelled guns. Mortar batteries are being reorganized into self-propelled artillery batteries. In the same year, the 56th Airborne Brigade was awarded the Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class.

In 1986, the brigade received another air assault battalion.

On June 10, 1988, the withdrawal of the formation from the territory of Afghanistan begins. By mid-June, a new place of permanent deployment of 56 airborne troops - Iolotan in Turkmenistan.

During the years spent in Afghanistan, the brigade covered itself with glory and earned a reputation as one of the best formations in the Airborne Forces. In 1980 alone, the brigade carried out 44 combat operations.

)
November 1985 to August 1987. in Afghanistan, commander of the 56th Guards Separate Air Assault Brigade (56th Airborne Brigade)May 4, 1985 - by decree of the Presidium of the USSR Armed Forces, the brigade was awarded the Order of the Patriotic War, 1st degree, No. 56324698.

Born on February 25, 1949 in the city of Khyriv, Lviv region, (where I later served) - November 17, 2014.
In 1969 he graduated from the Odessa Higher Military Artillery School,
He served in the 111th Guards. air assault regiment in positions from platoon commander to deputy. regimental chief of staff.
From 1981 to 1982 - 111 ADS (military unit 89933) growth from chief of staff to deputy regiment commander.
to the Military Academy named after M. V. Frunze,
From 1982 to 1983 - chief of staff - deputy commander of the 1318th ODSHP (military unit 33508),
from 1983 to 1985 - commander of the 1318th ODSHP (Borovuha-1) Belorussian SSR., Polotsk
from 1985 to 1987 - commander of the 56th ODShbr
from 1987 to 1989 - commander of the 38th Specialized Brigade (Brest) in \ unit 92616 of the Guards Vienna Order of the Red Star

As it turned out, Lieutenant Raevsky received his first military order back in peacetime. On this occasion, the army jokes: "To earn the Order of the Red Star in peacetime is the same as closing an embrasure with your chest." Thanks to this award, Vitaly entered the Frunze Moscow Military Academy out of competition.
Colleagues recall that once during the jumps, regiment commander Vitaly Raevsky received a severe injury - a fracture of the spine. But as soon as he felt better, he returned to the regiment.

Member of the fighting in Afghanistan (1985-1987), where he commanded the 56th separate airborne assault brigade. He was seriously wounded, a disabled veteran of the second group.
The armored personnel carrier, in which Raevsky was, was literally torn to pieces. A land mine in a plastic container, planted by the Mujahideen at great depths, went off. From above, they sketched carrion so that the dogs would not smell the explosives. By some miracle, Raevsky survived, having received a fracture of the base of the skull, a severe concussion, numerous wounds, fractures, and temporarily lost his sight. Doctors collected Raevsky literally in parts.
And again the struggle with death. I was not afraid to die. It was much more terrible to remain blind and helpless, to be sidelined from a full life. And as soon as the doctors informed Vitaly Anatolyevich that his sight was not lost, he realized that he could return to people, to his favorite work. And returned.

Upon recovery, after being seriously wounded in Afghanistan, he continued to serve -commanded a division of the Airborne Forces of the North-Western Group of Forces, took an active part in the organization and formation of the Airmobile Forces of Ukraine,
in 1991 - graduated from the Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the USSR.
1991 to 1992 commanded 242 Airborne Training Center . (in the past 44th Gaizhyunay Airborne Training Division 44th Airborne Division) Center Directorate (military unit 20192), Gayzhyunay village, Lithuanian SSR
1992 to 1993 - Head of the 95th Training Center of the Airmobile Forces of Ukraine
1993-1998 - Head of the Airmobile Troops Directorate of the Main Directorate of Ground Forces of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Chiefs of the Airmobile Troops of the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
During his service in the Airborne Forces, he carried out over 500 parachute jumps from various types of aircraft and helicopters.

October 1999 to February 2000 V. A. Raevsky after his dismissal from the Armed Forces of Ukraine worked as Deputy Chairman of the State Committee of Ukraine for Veterans Affairs
Member of the Ukrainian Union of Afghanistan Veterans (warriors-internationalists).
Chairman of the Gardeza International Charitable Foundation, member of the Coordinating Council for social and legal protection of military personnel, persons discharged from military service to the reserve or resignation and members of their families, ( Since 2005 - Vice-President of the Ukrainian Fund for Social Guarantees of Military Personnel and Veterans of the Armed Forces) on the issues of social and legal protection of servicemen, retired from military service or retired, and members of their families.
He took an active part in the public life of the country, in the military-patriotic education of youth.
Since 10.1999 Until 02.2000, Vitaliy Anatolyevich served as Deputy Chairman of the Committee for Veterans of War and Military Conflicts in Foreign States under the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine. From 02.2000 - Deputy Chairman of the State Committee of Ukraine for Veterans Affairs. November 14, 2005 - was dismissed from this position in connection with ... the liquidation of the Committee

On November 21, 2005, at about eleven in the evening, he was beaten and robbed at the entrance of his own house.

For courage and heroism shown during the performance of international duty, conscientious and impeccable service, he was awarded the Orders of the Red Banner, the Red Star, "For service to the Motherland in the USSR Armed Forces III degree”, “For the service of the Batkivshchyna”, Bogdan Khmelnitsky II and III degrees, personalized firearms, more than 30 medals, awards from non-governmental organizations and foreign states.
Married. There are three children.

Author of the book "Between Past and Future". text Many articles.
The Union of Russian Paratroopers expresses its sincere condolences to relatives and friends, veteran paratroopers, comrades in connection with the heavy loss.
The bright memory of Vitaly Anatolyevich Raevsky will forever remain in our hearts.

Farewell to Vitaly Anatolyevich Raevsky will take place
November 19, 2014 from 9.00 to 10.00 in the funeral hall of the Main Clinical Hospital of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and 11.00 to 13.00 in the Central House of Officers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Bury him at 14.00 at the Berkovets military cemetery (Lukyanovka) Kiev.

Condolences and assistance to the family can be provided:
To the home address: 02068, Kiev. Dragomanova st., 15"A", apt. 122 Raevskaya Valentina Vasilievna or atcard No. 4073606700321514, Raevskaya Valentina Vasilievna

DECREE OF THE PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE About the recognition of V. Raevskiy as the intercessor of the Head of the Sovereign Committee of Ukraine among the right veterans
Appoint RAIVSKY Vitaliy Anatoliyovich as intercessor of the Head of the Sovereign Committee of Ukraine on the right of veterans. President of Ukraine L. KUCHMA Kiev, February 9, 2000 N 189/2000

Decree of the President of Ukraine About the call of V. Raevskiy and plant the intercessor of the head of the Sovereign Committee of Ukraine on the right of veterans
Call Vitaliy Anatoliyovich RAIVSKY to plant the intercessor of the Head of the Sovereign Committee of Ukraine at the right of veterans at the rank of liquidation of the Committee.
On the release of V. Raevsky from the post of Deputy Chairman of the State Committee of Ukraine for Veterans Affairs
President of Ukraine

About awarding the Honorable Diploma to the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine
RAEVSKOY - intercessor of the head of Derzhavny Vitaliy Anatoliyovich to the committee on the right of veterans

11.03.2005 14:50
MINISTER OF DEFENSE OF UKRAINE APPOINTED A. STETSENKO AND V. RAYEVSKY AS HIS ADVISORS IN PROVISION
The head of the Ukrainian defense department Anatoly Gritsenko, by his orders, appointed Vitaliy Raevsky and Oleksandr Stetsenko as advisers to the Minister of Defense of Ukraine on a voluntary basis. This was reported to the Defense Express agency on March 11 at the Press Service of the Ministry of Defense.

One of the operations carried out by the Oshbr under the command of Raevsky in April 1987 became a classic example of the use of the Airborne Forces in the fight against illegal armed formations.
On April 12, 1987, having made a helicopter flight, the paratroopers landed at dawn at the location of the Melawa base of the illegal armed formations in the province of Nangarhar. They quickly occupied the gentlemen, the heights, and in a matter of minutes captured the base. Dushmans, taken by surprise, could not resist. During the last day, military operations were carried out to destroy the dushmans in this area.
Losses in the brigade: 2 killed, 3 wounded. Dozens of dushmans were destroyed, a large number were captured for weapons, b / n, only PCs - tens of thousands of people.

“Our paratroopers accomplished many feats on Afghan soil. And there are legends about the night landing in the mountains of an entire brigade.
- Indeed, the most unique operation carried out by the airborne troops in Afghanistan was the night landing, as they say, right in the lair of the Dushman gang. This is generally a rather complicated operation. And no one dared to land the fighters at night, and even in the mountains. (By the way, during the Great Patriotic War, on the orders of Marshal Zhukov, during the operation to force the Dnieper to the right, “German”, bank of the river, a brigade of paratroopers was thrown out at night. The results were disastrous - almost all 500 paratroopers died or were captured. - - Auth.)
However, the situation was such that I had to take a risk. The fact is that all planned operations were coordinated with the Afghan military. But from them even secret information often got to the spooks, and they were ready for our attacks. Then, by secret order, we hid the plans for the upcoming operation from the Afghans, since the price of leaking information was too high: the largest base was located in the mountains, where the dushmans concentrated thousands of tons of ammunition. Looking ahead, I will say that after the operation, when the trophies were counted, there were about 800 tons of rockets alone at the base.
At the appointed time, about thirty helicopters with paratroopers and about the same number of combat security vehicles took off. It still remains incomprehensible to me how, in the dark and in the mountains, the pilots were able to fly to the landing site without errors and losses. It should be taken into account that by that time (1987) pilots of the third and even fourth classes were sent to Afghanistan (in the first years of the war, pilots of at least the second class were sent there).
The operation was planned literally in seconds. Ten minutes before the landing, long-range artillery and rocket launchers hit the Dushman base. The blow turned out to be so powerful and unexpected that the spooks were completely demoralized. Soon the paratroopers entered the battle. There were about five hundred of us, and, as it turned out later, there were at least three thousand dushmans at the base. However, despite this, in a short night battle, our soldiers, as they say, gave them a light. Only at the base itself, after the end of the battle, we counted more than one hundred Mujahideen killed. Our fighters lost only two comrades. True, at first they decided that there were three: one of the sergeants, whom the bullet pierced right through, only in the helicopter that was taking away the dead, began to show signs of life. The guy, thank God, survived.
- They say that you more than once became the hero of "hot" reports from the scene of the events of the famous TV journalist Leshchinsky - at that time the most popular reporter who prepared materials about Afghanistan.
- By the way, an interesting episode with Leshchinsky happened on the third day of our stay at the base. We consolidated, prepared positions. Suddenly a helicopter landed. It turned out that Leshchinsky had flown in to shoot a "hot" reportage, although three days had passed since the battle. Leshchinsky was not upset at all. He quickly began to organize the entourage: he lit a fire, found some kind of old kettle, hung it over the fire and asked a couple of soldiers to start shooting on a signal, creating the appearance of a battle. And the camera worked. “We are reporting,” said Leshchinsky, “from the battlefield. Just a few minutes ago, the Dushman base was defeated. You see, the fire, where the Mujahideen were warming tea, had not yet been extinguished. But the fight is still on." Here the soldiers began to shoot, and Leshchinsky began to take cover, as if afraid of being hit by bullets. This is how "hot" reports from Afghanistan were often made.

“At the end of March 1980, I received an order to prepare my airborne assault battalion (dshb) for combat operations in Panjshir. The battalion then stood between Jabal-us-Siraj (exit from the south - to the Salang pass, from the east - to Panjshir) and Charikar.

The battalion was given the task of going along the valley to the last village of the Panjshir gorge, which is under the control of field commander Ahmad Shah, and returning back. He was also called Masud (fortunate), but I learned about this much later. I was then struck by the very formulation of the task - not to capture and stay, holding this territory with settlements, mines, residents, but to come and go. "Who will come after me?" I asked myself and could not find an answer. And according to the logic of things, after all, someone had to come to the territory cleared of the enemy, whether it be our internal troops or units of government troops - our allies. Perhaps it will be coalition forces capable of holding the territory of Panjshir and establishing a new order there? Let them leave the gorge to me as a battalion commander, and I would already begin to think about how to take and hold it, establish a peaceful life for people, organize communications, supplies, and most importantly, to isolate it from the Mujahideen. And I need to minimize the loss of my soldiers. So I reasoned then, naively believing that our leadership is wise and will provide for all measures to consolidate the actions of the troops, once it has decided to carry out such an operation. However, as time has shown, I was deeply mistaken about the wisdom of my leadership.

The battalion has already encountered in Afghanistan how to organize and conduct defense in the mountains with small units and inflict significant losses on the enemy, we have already experienced this in our own skin, since we entered first and were attacked by the Mujahideen. Several months of previous work in the mountains at Salanga also gave us all some experience - from a soldier to a battalion commander.

The adviser to the commander of the infantry regiment of government troops stationed in Jabal-us-Siraj, Lieutenant Colonel Nosov Mikhail Fedorovich, advised me that the work for the battalion, although airborne, but without reinforcement, without the support of artillery, aviation and special forces, would be extremely dangerous and hot. In the gorge, a number of bridges have been blown up or prepared for blowing up, roads are mined. There are blockages on the roads, which are also mined. Mountain passes are undermined in many places. Movement in most of the valley is possible only on horseback, on foot, or at best in some places on UAZs. Emerald is mined in the gorge, there is gold, however, of low standard. Here are all the initial data that I knew at that time.

It took about a week to prepare for the operation. We studied maps of the combat area (Panjshir Gorges), collected information about the enemy and the terrain. We made a decision on military operations and organized planned preparations for them. Conducted reconnaissance, prepared equipment and weapons, created the necessary supplies.

Although the battalion commander did not share his revelations with his subordinates, the officers and soldiers understood that the work would probably be one of the most serious and difficult. A general nervous prelaunch excitement reigned.

A day before going to the "combat" I gave the battalion a rest, except for those who were in combat guards. Dress code - with a naked torso, to soak up, sunbathe under the already gaining strength of the mountainous Afghan March sun. But the weapon, as usual, was with him - this is an integral part of every warrior, always and everywhere.

On the last day before leaving, a general meeting was held in one of the hollows where the battalion was located. Everyone was preparing internally for a difficult and extremely serious battle. They understood that the ways of the Lord are inscrutable.

But I had no doubts about my guys. The most severe punishment in the battalion for each of them was the deprivation of the opportunity to participate in the upcoming hostilities. I remember that during the period of preparation for the operation, junior sergeant Movchan was announced that he had been suspended from going to combat operations (someone had to guard the camp). He comes up to me on the eve of the exit and says: “Comrade captain, don’t take me, I’ll shoot myself.” I had to take it, but, unfortunately, he became the very first to die in this operation near Bazarak (one of the villages in Panjshir). So don't believe in fate after that.

In the period of preparation for the operation, I came to the conclusion that if you believe the characterization of Ahmad Shah, he is a smart, tough, prudent, prudent commander, he must have good agents at all levels. This means that he will be aware of all our plans in advance. Something had to be done to mislead him. I again began to study the map of the upcoming hostilities.

All work began from Jabal-us-Siraj: to the north - to Salang, to the east - to Panjshir, to the west - to Bamiyan (in the historically famous Bamiyan Valley) and to the south - to Kabul, we saddled this road with a battalion, not reaching kilometers five to seven to Charikar.

Since it was absolutely impossible to hide the preparations for hostilities, especially since the Afghans had to be involved in the plans, I came up with an option when the commanders of government troops were explained that we were only simulating preparations for the operation in Panjshir, but in fact, at the last moment, covertly, unexpectedly, with all our might, we will turn to Bamiyan. Figuratively speaking, as the driver, who turned on the right turn, turned left.

In the course of preparation, we deliberately conducted conversations among ourselves, as well as with an adviser near Afghan officers and soldiers who understood Russian, the meaning of which was that we imitate, they say, with all our strength and means a performance on Panjshir, while we ourselves go to Bamiyan.

On the eve of the operation on the “UAZ” of the adviser, as if reconnaissance of the road to Panjshir, we drove from Jabal-us-Siraj almost to Rukhi (a settlement in Panjshir), where the advanced battalion of the Afghan infantry regiment was located. Ahmad Shah put up with this, since the foot soldiers acted only according to his instructions.

The fact that the "UAZ" with an adviser, a battalion commander and two Afghan officers went to Rukha, of course, could not go unnoticed. Having reached Rukhi, we immediately turned around and drove back. It also, it seems to me, strengthened the opinion of Ahmad Shah's Afghan agents that Panjshir was an imitation of the upcoming operation and the Shuravi would go to Bamiyan. I reported my thoughts to the army headquarters, asked for funds and reinforcement units, items of equipment. He snapped when, at the request to include bulletproof vests in the equipment, he heard something like: “Khabarov, won’t you be ashamed to wear bulletproof vests on your eagles, on vests?”

After these words, I clearly realized that the fulfillment of the combat mission, the lives of soldiers and officers would depend only on me, on my ability or inability to carry out this upcoming operation. On the night before the exit, 3-4 hours before getting up, the command “Set aside!” came from the army headquarters. They gave us more time to prepare, and granted requests for reinforcements. The battalion was given a tank platoon, a battery of 152-mm Akatsiya self-propelled howitzers, a motorized rifle company and two platoons of sappers.

The infantry regiment of government troops, which was stationed in Jabal-us-Siraj, was also attached to me for the period of hostilities. Of course, the regiment sounded very loud, but only about 50-60 people went with us.

The paratrooper battalion of the 345th Opdp from Bagram under the command of Major Alexander Tsyganov also operated with us. Aviation support was carried out at our request, on call.

From our 56th separate air assault brigade (Oshbr) from Kunduz, a brigade commander, Colonel Alexander Petrovich Plokhikh, flew in with a control group. He led the operation, acting directly with the battalion.

We've been getting ready for a week. Bridgelayers erected crossings, the equipment of the battalion, attached and supporting funds arrived along them. The fighters practiced combat in the nearby mountains. Naturally, all this was done with pre-set outposts.

Just before the performance, the head of the operation, the deputy commander of the army, Major General Pechev, arrived in Panjshir with a control group. He was located in Jabal-us-Siraj and was supposed to lead the fighting from there, through a relay. Abstractly representing the conditions in which we had to operate, he sometimes gave awkward commands, which led to unjustified additional losses.

So, everything was basically ready. But it seems to me that all these repeated preparations did not convince Ahmad Shah that we were going to Panjshir, he continued to consider them a distraction.

At 5 am on April 9, 1980, the operation began. We, like a red-hot knife through butter, entered the Panjshir. The first battles began near Bazarak, the first losses appeared.

The actions worked out in advance made it possible to advance with minimal delays, at a fairly fast pace. Shooting from the tank mined blockages on the roads, building bridges across small mountain rivers with the help of tank bridges and eliminating destruction on the roads, knocking down, in general, as I think, the unorganized resistance of the Mujahideen, we went forward along the valley.

At the end of the day, the battalion of Major Tsyganov, according to the plan of operation, turned into a branch of the gorge going to the right. On April 11, the battalion commander was seriously wounded.

Where it was impossible to advance along the destroyed roads or quickly restore the blown up sections, we advanced on vehicles, if possible - along the riverbed. Artillerymen and helicopter pilots worked on a tip from reconnaissance platoons and my commands.

The last settlement we managed to reach by vehicle was Pasishah-Mardan, where the headquarters of Ahmad Shah, the prison and his administration were located.

Such a rapid advance and the rapid suppression of the weak resistance of individual firing points caught the militants by surprise. The Mujahideen were leaving the village in a hurry. They did not even have time to take out folders with documents, lists and certificates, photographs of members of the ILA party and armed detachments from their headquarters. Everything was hastily abandoned 100-300 meters from the building. Apparently, the NURS helicopter pilots walked over the rebels who scattered in different directions.

Then, leaving the equipment under cover, we advanced along the mountain path to the very last settlement. At night, having posted outposts, they gave the personnel the opportunity to rest.

The scouts were given the task of advancing at night by bypass paths and blocking the retreat of the Mujahideen from the last settlement, which was clearly carried out. And with the dawn, the main forces moved to the last village. A group of elders with red and white flags came out to meet us. “Shuravi, stay, we will obey, we are peasants, it doesn’t matter to us, so long as they don’t kill us, our families,” they said.

All! Panjshir is ours. Victory! Next, it was necessary to establish garrisons, communication, interaction with the elders. By the actions of reconnaissance and airborne assault units, special forces, with the support of helicopters, to catch or destroy all the scattered still unorganized groups of Mujahideen. Create new authorities and ensure their security.

But alas! They did everything differently. In the afternoon, an order was received from the head of the operation, General Pechevoi: to urgently withdraw, advance to the Pasishah-Mardan area, where the equipment remained. I don’t know what he was guided by when giving such an order, because we had to walk more than 30 km along a mountain path, which was impossible to do before nightfall. The radio batteries are dead. Requests to deliver food for radio stations by helicopters were not responded to. Delivered only dry rations. They returned back at night, without communication, without helicopter cover, along a single mountain path. As a result, the reconnaissance patrol was ambushed. The guys and I rushed to the rescue of the scouts. A fierce battle ensued. Of course, we fought back, but there were losses. I got it too. Explosive bullet interrupted the forearm of the right hand, and once again hooked. I was given first aid, and I continued to command the battalion. With great difficulty we managed to get to the location of our armored vehicles. We moved back without meeting the resistance of the Mujahideen, another battalion was advancing towards us. Then I was sent to the Tashkent military hospital, and then transferred to Moscow, to the Burdenko Central Clinical Military Hospital.

It was said that after this operation, Ahmad Shah was also treated with a wound in his hand in France.

Officers and soldiers who were leaving came to see me at the hospital in Tashkent, then in Moscow at Burdenko and asked in bewilderment: “Why did we leave Panjshir so hastily? What was the point of this operation?

What could I answer them for the question that tormented me all the sleepless nights in hospitals? At the cost of the lives and health of soldiers and officers, we completed the combat mission assigned to us, and then those who set this task for us ineptly disposed of its results. They just didn't know what to do next. And in the future, throughout this war, almost all operations ended in a similar way. Combat actions were unleashed, our soldiers and officers died, military personnel of government forces died, Mujahideen and civilians died. After the end of the operation, the troops left the area of ​​its conduct, and everything returned to normal. Our elderly and weak-willed rulers risked other people's lives and received "heroes", conducting senseless military operations on the principle of "come and go", pouring from empty to empty.

I have never been angry with Ahmad Shah. In general, he is a worthy adversary. When meeting in battle, it would be flattering to fight him. Outside of combat, I would gladly drink tea with him. To those against whom he fought, he never felt hatred. The Mujahideen were a worthy adversary.

Before the Afghans - the “greens”, as we called the government troops, whom we betrayed and sold out of Afghanistan, leaving them and their families to be torn to pieces - I was left with a feeling of guilt and bitterness.

By the end of the fourth day, the units participating in the operation united in the area of ​​​​the settlement of Haaru and completed combat operations. As a result of the operation, the rebels were dispersed and suffered losses in manpower and weapons, which weakened Ahmad Shah's grouping and contributed to the cessation of sabotage and shelling in South Salang. After "cleansing" the villages, dispersing or destroying the resisting Mujahideen, the troops that took part in the operation returned to their places of permanent deployment. The losses of the Soviet and Afghan troops were insignificant.

And although the Soviet troops in the first battles acted quite successfully, they were controlled with great miscalculations. Reporting to Marshal of the Soviet Union S.L. Sokolov on April 12 his comments on the work of the operational group of the 40th Army, Colonel-General V.P. Shutov, who led the fighting in the Panjshir Gorge in this operation, noted: “Major General L.N. the development of hostilities reported indistinctly. There is no work card in the task force. The position of the units is indicated on the combat plan and does not reflect the actual development of events. The clarification of tasks for subdivisions is not reflected on the map. There is no rigid management of divisions. There is no close interaction between battalions and supporting aircraft. On April 10, the commander of the 2nd Battalion of the 345th Opdp lost his bearings and could not set aviation tasks, as a result of which the battalion lost air support and suffered losses, although at that time three pairs of combat helicopters were in the air.

The rate of advance of units is small, from 0.4 to 1.25 km per hour. When moving to actions on foot, the 2nd battalion of the 345th opdp did not take mortars with it, as a result, having met organized resistance from the enemy, it did not advance for four hours. When positioned for a night's rest, the vehicles remain in the column, all-round defense is not organized. When operating in the gorge, communication with units is carried out through repeaters (P-145, helicopters) 7 ".

VCh 74507 - The 56th airborne assault brigade is located in the city of Kamyshin, located in the Volgograd region. The brigade does not belong to the ground forces and is subordinate to the Airborne Forces Directorate under the Ministry of Defense.

56 ODSHBR does not have an official website. You can get up-to-date information on the procedure for completing military service, living conditions, reviews of conscripts and other information here.

The formation was created in 1943, then it was transferred to the Moscow region, then to the Mogilev region, and from there it continued to move around the countries of Europe. The next destination was Hungary, Budapest. The military unit participated in the Vienna operation, fought with the 11th German division, and liberated the Hungarian city of More. For the entire time of its conduct, the personnel fought about 300 km, sometimes the military personnel had to overcome up to 25 km. per day.

The military unit took part in the Prague operation, having crossed the border of Czechoslovakia, it captured the city of Znojmo. The combat path of the connection ended in the village of Oleshnya.

In 1979, the military personnel of the brigade performed their international duty in Afghanistan, then in Chechnya. In 1998, the formation was transferred to Kamyshin.

Awards

• For the capture of the city of Mor and the defeat of the 11th division, the brigade was awarded the Order of Kutuzov 2nd degree, as well as the gratitude of the Supreme Commander.
• Guards Battle Banner;
• Order of the Red Banner;
• Order of the Patriotic War 1st class.

Locations

There is only one HF, but there are two military camps located in different parts of the city:

• Petrovskaya street - "Red roofs". Parts of the Airborne Forces and the RHBZ are stationed there;
• Gorokhovskaya street - "Grey roofs". There are only units of the Airborne Forces.

Accommodation

Conscripts live in cabins, each of which is designed for four. For the period of the course of a young soldier, recruits are accommodated separately from the "old-timers", then they are all united in one barracks. The conditions do not differ, except that at first the shower can be on the floor, and not in the cockpit.

The room has a standard set of furniture: beds (each has a socket), bedside tables, a desk, a wardrobe for uniforms. There is a bathroom in the cubicle.

Meals in the dining room, prepared by civilian staff. There is also a shop on the premises. According to reviews, prices there are slightly higher than in the city, but the assortment is varied. You can add food or hygiene items, as well as other things.

Service

Those who served in the unit note the presence of intensive physical training. Considering that the unit is an airborne unit, all military personnel are obligatory trained to perform parachute jumps from an airplane and a helicopter. Contract soldiers jump more often than conscripts.


In addition to physical training, military personnel receive other skills. For this, trips to the landfill are organized. The exercises take about a month and are held quite often. Accommodation during the period of stay at the training ground - in tents, meals are organized by the field kitchen. According to servicemen, the food is of decent quality and taste, there are borscht, a variety of soups, even kebabs.

contentment

The allowance is standard, since there are no special conditions. For contractors and officers, you can increase the salary by passing on excellent physical training.

Mail and parcel addresses

You cannot send medicines in the parcel. If they see it, they will take it away for obvious reasons. Only an inhaler is allowed. If vitamins are required, they are taken, and then received every day in the prescribed dosage.

Parcels are recommended to be tracked by track number and reported when it arrives at the department. Most often, notices are not brought to the unit, therefore, in order to receive the dispatch, the soldier must be notified that it is ready for delivery. After that, the conscript agrees with the contractor to be escorted to the department, where he receives his package.

In the "Grey Roofs" the post office is located in the unit, in the "Reds" you will have to go for a parcel with a contract soldier.

Postal addresses:

• "Grey roofs" on the street. Gorokhovoy: 403880, Volgograd region, Kamyshin-10, military unit 74507, division, battery, platoon, full name.)
• "Red roofs" on the street. Petrovskaya: 403871 Volgograd region, Kamyshin-1. On demand full name.

Telephone communications

The phone can be taken away or left. If the soldier does not abuse the telephone, then no one will notice and will not confiscate. It is recommended not to call yourself, it is better to write messages. When there is time and opportunity, the soldier himself will make the necessary call.

If the phone is taken away, then they give it out twice: once in the middle of the week, the second on the weekend. If unauthorized use of the phone is detected, it can be taken away or completely broken. You should not be outraged about this, because telephones are not allowed in the military unit.

visit

Soldiers are released on leave only with their parents, with girls and friends they may not be allowed. Arrival must be coordinated with the management.

Oath

The oath is usually held on weekends, usually on a Sunday. The time for this event is chosen in the morning - 8-9 hours. Then they give a dismissal for a day, if agreed, then communication can be extended until Tuesday.

How to get to

Kamyshin is located between Saratov and Volgograd. The distance from both cities is approximately the same (about 200 km.). Therefore, you can go to any of them. Each has a train station and an airport.

Arriving in Kamyshin, you can take a taxi to the unit or hotel so as not to understand the local city routes.

• +7 84457 55-555;
• +7 84457 45-555.

Bus

There are many buses from Volgograd to Kamyshin, both passing and going only to Kamyshin. Buses run quite often, several times an hour. The availability of tickets can be checked on the website of the bus station or by calling +7 8442 377-228. The central bus station in Volgograd is located on Balonina street, 11.

Buses from Saratov also run frequently. You can buy a ticket for a passing bus to Volgograd, Rostov-on-Don, Elista. There are two routes going to Kamyshin. You can get information about flights and free seats on buses on the bus station website, order a ticket there, or call +7 8452 246-222. The bus station is located on the street. Moscow, 170.

Accommodation

Finding an apartment in Kamyshin is not difficult. To do this, you can refer to the relevant sites, which posted ads for renting apartments (such as Avito). However, you should be careful not to get caught by scammers. There are situations when the owner of the apartment, having promised housing, disappears.

It is safer, but more expensive, to book hotel accommodation. There are enough hotels and hostels in Kamyshin:

• "Easily", st. Proletarskaya, 49;
• Gloria, st. Kranostroiteley, d. 3;
• Opava, st. Oktyabrskaya, 4.

The unit has its own hostel. For accommodation in it, it is better to clarify in the part itself.