We have mixed how many of these villages - no account. Shindand, Afghanistan: military action, photo 12th Guards Motorized Rifle Regiment

How are you doing "Shuravi"?

About a kilometer from the place where they fired at us, there was a village and we drove into it.

There were old women and children in the village, there were no men. ... we scattered throughout the village, breaking into all the houses indiscriminately and turning everything upside down. ... In the room, I saw an old man near the entrance to another room, hung with some kind of sacking, this old man, arms outstretched, as if blocking the entrance ...

And then an officer from another company came up behind:

Yes, there is a women's department, according to the law, peasants cannot go there, ”he said, and kicked this old man in the cheekbone with a rifle butt. The old man grabbed his face and fell to his knees, and we, stepping over him, entered another compartment. There were indeed women there, they covered their faces and started screaming ...

An old man with a broken face grabbed the lieutenant by the leg and began to shout something in his own way. Letyokha turned around and shot the old man in the head, the women started screaming even louder ...

Having gathered in a column, we moved on, leaving behind a plundered village, but at least we did not shoot everyone there, as sometimes happened. They were lucky that during the shelling from the mountains, none of ours was killed, otherwise the entire village would have been destroyed ...

And the first kishlak was destroyed for nothing, the park is shorter. Well, to hell with him, you never know their Afghan was broken - and for the cause, and idle, or just for the sake of sports interest.

We tied the spirit with a rope to the APC and dragged him along like a sack all day long, fired at him from machine guns on the way, and when he was left with one leg and half of his body, we cut off the rope.

"The crew of the combat vehicle"

The company commander indicated with a gesture that they would go along the right side of the village, which means that we would go along the left, inspecting each duval. ... Explosions were heard periodically in the village, it was our guys who threw grenades at the Duvali.

Not far from our blocks was a village that was completely destroyed. Judging by the destruction, it was plowed in good faith, and the inhabitants of this village were eyewitnesses of this mess. Two years ago, ours and the spirits grappled there, the spirits left after the battle along the ravine, and our turntables were bombed ...

And the commander promised that if one shot from the village thunders, then the village will be blown to hell.

The shelling of the village from the artillery battalion began, and the infantry was told to prepare for a sweep. The residents first rushed to the crevice, but the approach to it was mined, and they began to be blown up by mines, after which they rushed back to the village.

From above we could see them rushing around the village among the explosions. Then, in general, an incomprehensible h ... nya began, all the peaceful survivors rushed directly to our blocks. We all oh ... ate! What to do?! And then some fool hit the crowd with a machine gun, and everyone else began to shoot at the peaceful ...

We ourselves have mixed how many of these villages, there is no account, - the company commander replied calmly.

Remembering the burning villages and the cries of civilians who tried to escape from bullets and explosions. ... before my eyes were terrible pictures: the corpses of children of old men and women, the clank of tank caterpillars winding their guts on the tracks, the crunch human bones under the onslaught of a multi-ton colossus, and around blood, fire, and senseless firing ...

Private Airborne Forces Stas Yurko
reconnaissance, 56th Airborne Assault Brigade, Kandahar, 1981-1983.

Great soldier

It's dawn soon, which means we'll start ... We leave for the outskirts of the kishlak. ... AKMS [modernized Kalashnikov assault rifle]... with a thick knob called PBS [device for silent shooting]... What a clever device - you can simply and with impunity, silently kill a person. It is not at all necessary to sneak up on him with a knife, as in a movie about a war - it is enough to approach 300 meters, aim at the "night light" and pull the trigger. Cotton, and that's it - there is no man.

We have moved forward, leaving the support team behind. If anything, they will cover us ... Now we need to know everything clearly, take positions and be ready for art correction. But suddenly the unexpected happened ...

Where did this girl in a sheepskin coat with a pair or three of sheep come from?

Alexey K., seeing the movement ahead of him, and realizing that the group had been detected, completed his combat mission - took aim and fired.

... Just cotton. And then I heard him, because I was practically there. Just cotton.

Shot well. Bullet US [at reduced speed] caliber 7.62 flew into the girl's head, disfiguring this creature of God beyond recognition. An excellent shot, as befits a headshot.

Yes, a great soldier.

Received a team of triplets. With quick dashes, covering each other, the fighters began to do their job. ... Several dozen pairs of legs ran past the little flesh lying on the ground, past what was just a child, like the demons of the night.

The warrant officer coolly pushed the body with his foot to check the hands of the corpse. There is nothing in them except a twig.

I saw only out of the corner of my eye how a small, somehow awkward, leg was still twitching. And then she froze abruptly. While I was moving to the firing position, it was all over ...

Everything that happened, it was all left behind.

... No one will ever know. ... how old this child was. One can only assume that very little ...

Sergeant Nikolay Masalov
Berlin, 1941-1945

Risking his life, saved a German child

Monument to Soviet soldiers
Armies who fell in battles against fascism.
Berlin.

There is a monument to soldiers on the territory of Treptower Park in Berlin Soviet army who fell in battles against fascism. Cast in bronze Soviet soldier in his hand is holding the German girl he saved. The prototype for the monument was the real deed of the Soviet soldier Nikolai Masalov.

April 30, 1945, Berlin, Landwehr Canal area. In less than an hour, the artillery barrage and attack should begin. There was a silence, as before a storm - alarming, tense.

At that moment, Nikolai and his comrades heard the cry of a small child. Without hesitation, Sergeant N. Masalov turned to the commander for permission to get to the child and take him out of the upcoming battle zone. Only a few minutes were left before the attack began.

The area in front of the bridge was under fire from machine guns and automatic cannons, not to mention mines and landmines hidden under the ground. Under the whistle of enemy bullets, Sergeant Masalov crawled forward, clinging to the asphalt, sometimes hiding in shallow craters from shells and mines. ... Under the bridge, he found a helpless girl, two or three years old. A lifeless mother lay next to her. ... A few more minutes passed and artillery preparation began. A barrage of artillery and mortar fire fell on the enemy positions. Under his cover, Masalov quickly left the death zone and safely carried the child to the unit's position.

During the Battle of Berlin, five cases of the rescue of German children by Soviet soldiers were documented.

For all 9 years of providing "international assistance to Afghanistan" there has not been a SINGLE case of a Soviet soldier saving an Afghan child at the risk of his life.

helicopter pilot Hughes Thompson
Vietnam, 1967-1968

Defending the ideals of goodness and justice

In the mid-1960s, the United States sent its soldiers to Vietnam on the noble mission of defending the ideals of freedom and democracy there. As the American military argued, the valiant soldiers of the US Army honestly performed their military duty, worthy of the memory of great ancestors.

The operation began in the morning. After a five-minute preparatory artillery bombardment, a company of soldiers was dropped from helicopters near the village of Mai-Lai (Songmi community). The company launched an attack on the village, firing incessantly. In the village, soldiers began to throw grenades at the huts and shoot their inhabitants, burn houses, and kill domestic animals. They opened fire with machine guns on the villagers working in the rice fields. Groups of fugitives hiding in roadside ditches were shot from automatic weapons. On that day, almost the entire population of this village was destroyed - more than 500 people - mainly women, old people and children.

Punitive action. Civilians killed by American soldiers.
Vietnam, Mai Lai village (Songmi community), March 16, 1968

This punitive action in Mai-Lai would have sunk into obscurity amid countless similar military operations, which took place in exactly the same scenario, but something completely extraordinary happened there ...

On that day, 24-year-old Hughes Thompson piloted the lead helicopter in a flight of three helicopters. With him were two more crew members - shooter Laurence Colburn and technician Glenn Andreotta. They were ordered to assess the situation in Mai Lai and, if the Viet Cong were found, call the main strike force and adjust its fire.

Approaching the village, they saw a wounded Vietnamese girl. She lay in the middle of the road and tried to crawl to the side of the road. Thompson called an ambulance helicopter and dropped a smoke beacon next to the girl, so that later it would be easier to find her. However, the girl was discovered earlier - but not by orderlies, but by an American officer. The crew saw how he approached the girl, turned her foot on her back and shot her in the head.

Examining further around the village, they saw the bodies of Vietnamese - children, women and old people, piled up in a ditch. Some moved. There was a group "Ji-ai" [American soldiers]... Thompson landed a helicopter nearby and told the soldiers to help the wounded. But they opened fire on the ditch, finishing off the still alive.

Thompson flew towards the village. He noticed that there were Vietnamese in one of the huts. At the door of the hut stood an old woman with a baby in her arms. Another child clung to her clothes. A group of American soldiers was walking in their direction.

Thompson turned to the officer in charge of them with a request to help him get the villagers out of the village. However, the officer replied that the only way he could help the Vietnamese was to throw a fragmentation grenade into the hut, which he actually intended to do.

And then Thompson moved into action. He lifted the helicopter into the air, turned around and in the classic "air attack" position led it towards the American unit. Gunslinger Kolburn was ordered to queue over the heads of the Americans... The shooter complied with the order. The G-ai stopped. Slowing down a few meters from the soldiers, Thompson turned the helicopter hovering about a meter off the ground so that the entire group of "G-Ai" was under Kolburn's gunpoint.

If they even move, shoot to kill, ”the shooter sounded in his headset. He replied: "Yes, sir."

Thompson on the radio reported the situation to the commander of the ground formation - in response, he ordered the helicopter crew: "Go to hell and not interfere in anything!" Thompson ignored this order.

Covering the Vietnamese with a helicopter and holding the G-Ai at gunpoint from an M-60 rapid-fire machine gun, Thompson contacted two other helicopters. After making a few walks, they took a dozen and a half residents of the village - everyone who was still alive - to a safe place.

After finishing the evacuation of people from the hut, Thompson's helicopter returned to the ditch with the corpses to check if there were any survivors. The helicopter hovered half a meter above the ground, and Andreotta jumped down. Bye Kolburn bursts over their heads kept the GI at a distance, Andreotta examined the bodies. In the end, he found a two-year-old child, crushed by the corpse of his mother, but completely unharmed. After transferring the boy to the helicopter, Andreotta spent another 15 minutes in the ditch. There were no more living ones there.

Exactly thirty years after the events in Mai Lai, on March 16, 1998, in Washington, at the granite wall of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, in the most solemn atmosphere, the ceremony of presenting one of the highest awards of the United States - the "Soldier's Medal" to Hughes Thompson and two members of his crew, took place.

What is the Shindand metropolis in Afghanistan? What kind of military operations were carried out here? We will answer these and other questions in the article. Shindand is a city and center of Shindand county in Gerant province located in the Republic of Afghanistan. It was founded on the site of the Iranian medieval city of Sabzevara.

Description

Everyone knows Shindand as beautiful city... On its northern outskirts, there is a large airfield (civil and military aviation), operated by the OKSVA air fleet during the Afghan war (1979-1989). Today it houses the air forces of the American, Afghan and Italian anti-Taliban forces.

The borders of Shindand (Afghanistan) are enclosed in a ring road, which, with the financial support of the Iranian authorities, was recently built in the border regions of Afghanistan (in all western regions) with Iran. The Afghan army is promoting a free medical clinic that provides medical services to residents of the metropolis. Geographically, the city is located on the outskirts of the Zirko Valley - one of the most important poppy processing centers in Western Afghanistan.

It should be noted that the Limited Contingent in Afghanistan (OKSVA) is the official name of the grouping of the USSR Armed Forces, located until 1989 in the Republic of Afghanistan.

Forces and means

What is Shindand (Afghanistan) famous for? It is known that the province of Herat was included in the zone of responsibility of the 5th Motorized Rifle Guards Division ("PPD" of the city: Shindand and Herat) of OKSVA and served as a point of its permanent deployment.

The ground forces and means of this division were:

• 101st motorized rifle regiment (Herat);
• 12th Motorized Rifle Guards Regiment (Herat);
• 371st Motorized Rifle Guards Regiment (Shindand);
• 1060th artillery regiment (Shindand);
• 650th separate reconnaissance battalion of Prague (Shindand);
• 68th separate engineer-engineer guards battalion (Shindand) and others.

Military actions

Many people like to look at the photos of Shindand (Afghanistan). It is known that in the period from July 1980 to April 1984 in the Herat province, in the Shindand and Herat counties, special tasks were carried out by the Kaskad detachments (special forces of the KGB of the USSR), Karpaty-1, and Karpaty.

The progress of the implementation of significant combined arms operations to capture the fortified zone "Kokari-Sharshari" filled a wide front of hard-to-reach mountainous region in the Iranian-Afghan border area, where, in case of diplomatic appropriateness, the leadership strengthened the OKSVA formations.

For the landing of tactical airborne assault forces in the mountainous zones of the Herat province, both additional units and the OKSVA groupings were involved. So, in the combined arms process "Trap" in 1986, on August 19-25, in the province of Herat were involved:

• 149th Motorized Rifle Guards Regiment and 201st Motorized Rifle Division (Kunduz);
• 345th separate airborne parachute regiment (Bagram);
• 28th Artillery Rocket Regiment of the 40th Army (Shindand);
• border guard Takhta-bazarskiy KSAPO.

Air force

How did the soldiers in the Shindand region (Afghanistan) fight? It is known that for transport needs, cooperation with land army OKSVA in the course of hostilities involved in military campaigns: reconnaissance, assault, fighter-bomber aviation. The targets set by the leadership of the 40 Army's Air Force also included the delivery of assault bombing strikes (BSHU).

The command of the 40th Army in the province of Herat used aviation of the following air units:

• 17th separate regiment KSAPO (Turkmen SSR) - Mary airbase, commanded by Colonel N. Romanyuk;
• 302nd separate helicopter squadron - Herat province, Shindand air base;
• 303rd separate helicopter squadron - Herat province, Herat airbase;
• 335th separate helicopter regiment - Nangarhar province, Jalalabad air base;
• 378th Separate Assault Aviation Regiment - Parwan-Kandahar province, Bagram-Kandahar air base;
• 50th Aviation Separate Mixed Regiment, Kabul Airport;
• 200th Separate Aviation Assault Squadron - Shindand Terminal;
• 154th Separate Fighter-Bomber Regiment - Kandahar Terminal;
• 378th aviation separate assault regiment- Shindand airfield.

Heaven gate

Do you know what the Shindand airfield (Afghanistan) was like? A photo of the object is presented below. In fact, this terminal is located near Shindand, at an altitude of 1158 meters above sea level. It is equipped with a runway of 2700 x 48 m. The 302nd OVE (a separate helicopter squadron - Mi-8MT, Mi-24, attached Mi-6) operated in the west of Afghanistan. The zone of maneuvers: in latitude - from the Soviet border (Turagundi-Kushka) to the southern part of the republic - desert Gerishka, Zaranja, Lashkargakh (Loshkarevki) and further, in longitude - from the Iranian border to mountain Chagcharan.

In 1986, on December 22, the composition of the 302nd OVE under the leadership of Lieutenant Colonel Shvetsov replaced the "Alexander Black Hundred" and completed activities in the rank of "Shvetsov's Wild Division" in 1987, on October 23.

Today the airbase is used by the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF). The 838th Advisory and Expeditionary Group is stationed at the airfield. The group takes part in the ISAF and in the NATO Training Mission in Afghanistan.

Shindand is also home to the 3rd Wing of the Afghan National Air Force.

Operation Trap

In what military operations was the city of Shindand (Afghanistan) involved? It is known that in 1986, August 18-26, Soviet troops in Afghanistan held military operation codenamed "Trap". It was a large-scale combined-arms air-ground campaign that took place in the western province of Herat. The purpose of the joint planned operation of the OKSVA and the semi-official forces of the DRA (the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of State Security and the Armed Forces of the DRA) was to destroy the rear services and members of the units of the Afghan armed opposition "United Western Group" of the famous field commander Ismail Khan.

The action was carried out in three phases on the impressive front of the mountainous and lowland zones: in the border with Iran, in the mountainous region of Sharshari and in the district of old Herat. At the flat first and third stages of the operation, the areas adjacent to Herat were cleared of members of local groups, on the mountain, the Kokari-Shaishari base area was conquered - the most important transshipment and stronghold on the border with Iran.

This operation was recognized as one of the most successful large-scale combined arms operations of the OKSVA in the chronicle of the Afghan battle (1979-1989).

Military campaign

The OKSVA formations and units were involved in Operation Trap: the 5th Motorized Rifle Guards Division, located in the province of Herat, the 149th Motorized Rifle Guards Regiment (Kunduz) and the 345th Airborne and Parachute Separate Guards Regiment (Bagram), impressive air force forces from the airbases of Shindand, Kabul, Bagram, Mary (Turkmen SSR) and Jalalabad. From the Armed Forces of the DRA, the 17th Infantry Division, the 5th Panzer Brigade and others were involved.

The death of the Su-25 attack aircraft

So, you already know that the Shindand airbase (Afghanistan) took an active part in the hostilities. Cooperation with the ground attacking forces of the troops was carried out by the Su-25 attack aircraft of the 378th OSHAP, which took off from the Shindand airbase. Their assault bombing strikes were aimed at destroying engineering ties on the line adjacent to Iran - in the area of ​​the Kokari-Sharshari base zone, and suppressing enemy firing points.

At the same time, anti-aircraft guns ZU-23-4 and various MANPADS of the enemy incessantly fired back aimed fire. In 1986, on August 23, the British Blowpipe MANPADS (surface-to-air missile) from the lands of border Iran hit the Su-25 attack aircraft of the 378th OSHAP, led by Captain A.G. Smirnov. The board at that moment was on the main battle line and was coming out of the dive.

The aircraft began to roll, as it lost control and was eliminated. The pilot was able to eject, he was evacuated from the landing site by helicopter.

Scale

When the military operation began in the province of Herat (in 1986, August 18), the commander of the air regiment appointed the leading groups. The leader followed the scout who had designated the targets and led another 24 crews, guiding themselves along the river bed of the Gerirud.

The aim of the flat phase of the campaign was to provide safe movement for convoys of armored vehicles and vehicles along the Kushka - Herat - Kandahar highway carrying military, humanitarian and civilian supplies in Helmand and Kandahar provinces.

With assault bombing strikes, the pilots had to clear the Herat area of ​​the enemy and destroy the infrastructure of the Mujahideen. The flights lasted for several weeks. When the final flight was completed, armored vehicles and soldiers went from Kandahar and Shindand, helicopters took off. From above it was clearly visible how large-scale the operation was.

Conclusion 5-1 Guards. MSD from the garrison along the Shindand - Herat - Turugundi - Kushka route began, as scheduled, on January 29, 1989. RR 371 SMEs, RR 101 SMEs finished. The withdrawal of the division ended in 1989, on February 15. In place of permanent deployment, the unit was in the city of Kushka.

1. Officers

Karabanov Vyacheslav Nikolaevich, lieutenant colonel, regiment commander 1985-1986
Lapshin Alexander Nikolaevich, pp-k, KP (1986-1987).
Vlasenko K ____ ____, pp-k, KP (1987-1988).
Denisov, p / p-k, KP (1988-1989), NSh (1987-1988).
Avdyushev V.A., p / p, battalion commander
Avramenko, l-t, apt. pp

Avramenko Oleg ___, senior l-t, com. zrabotr, 1985-1987
Akmatov Shamsudin Dzhapargazievich, l-nt, st.l-nt, kgv, kmsv (1987-1988), TVOKU-86.

Altukhov Nikolay Ivanovich, senior scientist, com. zrv arrow, 1986-1988

Antishin p / p-k
Barabanov Georgy Nikolaevich, Mr, NSh Regiment (1985-1986).
Bass Anatoly Vasilievich, senior lecturer, sob gsabatr (1986-1988), KhVAKU-82.

Bakshanov Sergey Nikolaevich, 03.1987 - 11.1987 - the operational duty officer of the Central Bank of Ukraine of the 12th MRP, captain.
Belonogov Mikhail Anatolyevich, lieutenant, doctor, 1985-1987
Blokhin Evgeny Aleksandrovich, lieutenant, platoon commander
Burkov Viktor Nikolaevich, mr, NBTS (1988-1988), OVVTU-73.
Vanyukov Gennady Fedorovich, pp-k, kgsadn (1988-1988) ??, KVAKU-72.
Veselov Anatoly Vladimirovich, l-nt, kmsw (1985-1987), A-AVOKU-85.
Galaguz Sergey Aleksandrovich, l-nt, senior l-nt, to-r. Head of the ZSU (1986-04.1988, brought to the territory of the USSR as part of a unit), PVZRKU-86.
Garshin Vladimir Stepanovich, major, regiment, 1986-1987

Gerasimov ___ ___, candidate, deputy committee of the ZDN for political affairs, 1987-1988
Gorbunov Mikhail Valerievich, l-nt, senior l-nt, kmsv, krv rr (1986-1988), MVOKU-85.
Gorlov Yuri Viktorovich
Gruzdnev Viktor Vyacheslavovich, senior l-nt, k-n, com-r isr, from 03.85 to 11.85, TVVIKU-79.

Gulevich ___ ___, l-t, early. ORNR 1986-1988
Dobrovolsky Evgeny Borisovich, captain, kbatr

Dobrovolsky Sergey Valerievich, captain, kbatr, from February 1985 to October 1987
Dubenetsky Yuri Vasilievich, senior l-nt, kminv (1987-1988), HVAKU-85.

Egorov Sergey Vasilievich, captain, head of the club (1985-1987)
Eremenko Grigory Anatolyevich, candidate, km-sr, pnsh regiment (1986-1988), OVOKU-79.
Zhirov Gennady Vasilievich, senior l-nt, candidate, ctr (1985-1986), TVTKU-78.
Zhmaev Dmitry Anatolyevich, l-nt, senior l-nt, zkrrpch (1986-1988), MVVPOU-85.
Zhukov Viktor Mikhailovich, l-nt, st.l-nt, ns-kv, from 02.86 ns-kvs 650 orb (1984-1986), KVVKUS-84.

Zavadsky ensign
Zubanov Alexander, l-nt, ZKRPCh, (03.85-?).
Zubarev Valery Anatolyevich, senior l-nt, kptv, kov minbatr msb (g) (1986-1988), OVAKU-81.
Zykov Sergei Evgenievich, Ph.D., Kminbatr (g) 12 MSU, head of the CES 101MSP (1987-1988), LSU-78.

Zyryanov Vladimir ___, warrant officer, technician ORNR, 1986-1988
Ivanov Alexander Viktorovich, l-nt, senior l-nt, krv rr (1985-1987), BVOKU-85.

Karpov ___ ___, senior l-t, kr zrbatr, MANPADS, 1987 - 1988
Katerinich Sergey Petrovich, l-t, apt.

Klimenko l-t
Klimov Vyacheslav Mikhailovich, mr, zkmsbpch, from 01.88 instructor in accounting of parties and command stations dock PO 5 mfd (1987-1989), A-AVOKU-84.

Klimov Sergey Albertovich l-t, apt, 85-87 LenVAKU-83.
Knischenko Roman Anatolyevich, senior lecturer, head of development department 1985-1987.
Kozyrev Alexander Vladimirovich, Mr., NIS (1987-02.1988, excluded from the lists of the wasps of the USSR Armed Forces due to his death, Killed in action on 31 January 1988, KVVIKU-73.
Kolotiy Vladimir Viktorovich, l-nt, senior l-nt, wkmsr, kmsr (1986-1988), OVOKU-84.

Komov Vasily ___, Art. ensign, sergeant major ZRADN, 1987-1988

Korodchenko ensign

Korolev l-t
Kosorukhov Vladimir Aleksandrovich, senior l-nt, wcmsr 1 msb.
Kostetsky Sergey Grigorievich, l-nt, senior l-nt, kov gsabatr (1987-1988), TVAKU-86.

Kotin Vladimir l-t, apt, 85-87 OVAKOLU-84.

Cross Vyacheslav Nikolaevich, mr, zkmsbtch (1986-1988), UVTKU-75.
Krivosheev Valery Vasilievich, sub-regiment, NSh regiment (08.1987-02.1988, appointed commander 682msp 108msd), VAF-81.
Kriklivy Petr Ivanovich, mr, pnoosht. 5msd, from 12.86 to the regiment's central office (1986-1988), KhVTKU-73ext.
Kruchok Andrey Konstantinovich, l-nt, senior l-nt, kvu gsabatr (1987-1988), OVAKU-86.
Krymsky Igor, l-nt, com-r 1 ISV, (03.85-?), TVVIKU.
Kulikov Alexander Vitalievich, mr, nkhs (04.1988-1988), EZRU-68.
Kulikov Alexander, Art. l-nt, com-r ITV, (03.85-?), KVVIKU.

Leventsov Gennady Filippovich, lt, apt, 85-87 OVAKOLU-84
Leonidov Ivan Kirillovich, Mr. ms, nms (03.1988-1988), KMI-71.

Lokotkov l-t

Lukin Yuri ___, Art. warrant officer, technician ORNR, 1986-1988 Mazov Alexander Nikolaevich, candidate, kisr (1985-1987), TVVIKU-77.
Malinovsky, k-n, nsh battalion
Markovsky Valery Nikolaevich, major, opera. dezh. CBU, 1985-1987.
Marchenko Nikolay Evgenievich, candidate, mr, znsh msb, nsh msb (1987-1988), OrdzhVoku-1987
Matveev Anatoly Ivanovich, mr, nces (1987-1989), SAUekst-73.
Matveev Vasily Vikulovich, mr, nms (1985-12.1986 appointed nms 191omsp), Navy at KMI-76.
Makhvenya Alexander Nikolaevich, l-nt, senior l-nt, kvuna (1987-1988), SVAKU-85.
Makhmutov Tuktarbai Zharaspaevich, major, commando regiment, 1985-1987.
Melnikov Vladimir Viktorovich
Mineichev Alexander Georgievich, l-nt, cmsv (10.1985-01.1986 appointed cmsv 682msp 108msd), OmsVOKU-85.

Minenkov Nikolay ivanovich, doctor of regiment
Mirkovsky Vyacheslav Vitoldovich, senior l-nt, kptv msb, kv minbatr (1987-1988).
Mironenko Evgeniy, senior l-nt, Ph.D., senior doctor of medical sciences. platoon OMedB. from 03.1987 -12MSP (08.1985- 06.1987), the Navy at TMI.
Mirsanov Sergey Evgenievich, senior l-nt, krmo (1989-1988), UVVAKU-85.
Mikhailenko Oleg Anatolyevich, l-nt, senior l-nt, zkmsrpch (1986-1988), NVVPOU-86.
Mishin Andrey Vladimirovich, l-nt, ktv (1987-1988), ChVTKU-86.
Motorin Valery Yakovlevich, mr, nk (1986-1988), SVVPTAU-75.
Mochalov Valery Vyacheslavovich, senior l-nt, k-n, cmsv, cmsr, krazroty (1987-1988), DVOKU-83.
Mugtasimov Vasil Kabievich, senior l-nt., Commanding officer of the company, 1985-1987.
Mutelyuk Alexander ______, senior l-nt, comm. 2 isv, from 03.85 to? KPVVIU
Neklyudov Gennady Aleksandrovich, mr, zkmsbpch (11.1987-1988, entered the territory of the USSR with a regiment), OVAKU-74.

Nesterenko mr
Nikeyev Vladimir Nikolaevich, senior lecturer, sob gsabatr (1987-1988), LVAKU-84.

Nikiforov Sergey Fedorovich, Art. l-t, 1986-1987 Head of the financial service of the 12th MSE;
Nikolaev Valery Viktorovich, Ph.D., mr, cmsr, nsh msb (1986-1988).
Nikolaev, mr, ns regiment
Nichugovsky Nikolay Borisovich, l-nt, senior l-nt, kptv ptabatr (1986-1988), TVAKU-86.

Nyukin Nikolay Vasilievich, senior pr-k, senior technician of the company, 1985-1987

General ____ ____, mr, nsh ZDN 1987-1988

Odovol l-t
Ogorodnikov Evgeniy Nikolaevich, mr, zkzd-nav (1985-1987), SVZRKU-75.
Omelnitsky Ivan Nikolaevich, mr, NBTS (1984-1986), KTTU-65.
Pastukhov Igor Mikhailovich, l-nt, senior l-nt, kmsv 101msp, kgv, kmsv (g) (1986-08.1988), relieved of duty, due to research on treatment for
Territory of the USSR, KVOKU-85.
Pestov Vladimir Alexandrovich, senior l-nt, ns-kvs TB (1987-1988), KVVIUS-84.
Anatoly Petryakov, captain, cr

Pigalev Vladimir Vasilievich, mr. nr regiment, 1985-1987
Pilipushko Andrey Ivanovich, l-nt, senior l-nt, nr gsadn, kgsabatr (1986-1988), KVAKU-85.

Povetkin ___ ___, warrant officer, to-r zrv 2nd zrabatr, 1987-1988

Pogorelov l-t
Podchertsev Andrey Vasilievich, senior lieutenant, apt
Ponomarenko ____ _____, mr, NIS (___ ___), _____.
Rasov Sergey Vladimirovich, l-nt, senior l-nt, kmsv (1985-1987), MVOKU-84.

Ratovsky ____ ____, mr, p / p-k, com. ZRD, head of the air defense regiment, 1985-1987
Ryabko Sergei Anatolyevich, Senior Researcher, Head of the Development Department
Sitnikov Sergey Nikolaevich, l-nt, kmsw (1987-1988), A-AVOKU-87.
Skiba Valery Leonidovich, lieutenant, apt
Sokolovsky Sergey Vitalievich, senior l-nt, ktv tb (1988-1988), UVTKU-83.
Stolbtsov Valery Vasilievich, senior l-nt, ktv tb (1988-1988), TVTKU-82.
Stukalyuk Vladimir Leonidovich, pr-k, cr.
Taybakhtin Sergey Asylovich, senior l-nt, cr.
Teimurov Isa Ali Mukhtar oglu, senior l-nt, c-n, kmsr (g) (1987-1988), BVOKU-83.
Tishuk Viktor Vasilievich, l-nt, senior l-nt, zkrrpch, zkmsrpch (1987-1989), NVVPOU-86.

Udaltsov Fidel ___, senior l-t, deputy committee. batr. on armament. 1987-1988
Umarov Azam Dododzhonovich, l-nt, senior l-nt, kmsv, nr-kv msb (1985-1987).
Fakeev Sergey Germanovich, senior l-nt, kmsv (1985-1987), A-AVOKU-81.
Faleev Gennady Dmitrievich, Mr. (1987- released together with 12msp in 1988), A-AVOKU-74.

Filippov ___ ___, senior l-t, kr zrabotr, 1987-1988

Zhora Khojatov,

Khromykh ____ _____, Mr., ZDN Deputy Commander for Armaments, 1985-1987
Tsarev, mr

Tsupenko. l-t
Shapoval Viktor Anatolyevich, l-nt, ns-kvs (1985-1987), KVVIUS-84.

Shevtsov Alexander,
Shishlyannikov Andrey Anatolyevich, l-nt, st.l-nt, kmsv, zkmsr, kmsr (g) (1986-1988), MVOKU-86.

Shishov, l-t
Shmigelsky Gennady Valerievich, senior l-nt, kov minbatr (g) msb (1987-1988), KhVAKU-85.

Shotov Oleg ____, senior l-t, cutter ZAV ZSU 23-4, 1985-1986, deputy. com. Armament Batt 1986-1987
Shubenko IN ______ AND _____, Mr, ZKPV (1987).
Yurovsky Nikolay Ivanovich, Ph.D., Mr., NBTS (1986-1988), KVTTU-77.
Yakovlev Vladimir Gennadievich, senior l-nt, ktv (1985-1987), ChVTKU-81.
Yakovlev Sergey Pavlovich, candidate, mr, zktbpch (1985-1987), SVVPTAU-76.
Yatsenko Sergey Vladimirovich, senior l-nt, kitw isr (1987-04.1988, withdrawn as part of a unit to the territory of the USSR), TVVIKU-84.

2. Personnel

Aydaraliev Duishanaly, Lance Sergeant, medical instructor
Balchunas Deinus, private, mortar

Bunetsky Gennady, senior c-t, WEC Strela, 1985-1986
Grabauskas Eugenius, private
Danilo Vasily, junior sergeant
Eremin Fedor, private
Ruslan Zakriev, private, mortarman
Karataev Vladimir, private, senior grenade launcher
Anatoly Katkevich, private, scout
Klepikov Oleg, sergeant
Kokorin Vladimir, private
Kolesnikov Sergey, sergeant, mechanic driver.
Kuznetsov Mikhail, private, scout
Igor Kulbansky, private, navigator (secretary of the company bureau)
Kuryshin Yuri, private

Kutaisov Ivan, junior c-t, ZSU commander, 1987-1988
Lebedev Ivan, private, mechanic driver
Lebedyuk Yuri, private

Lyulis Jonas, senior st., ZKV ZSU, 1985-1987

Malakhov, sergeant, ZKV ZSU, 1986-1988
Mikhalkov Mikhail, private, mechanic driver
Nagorsky Vitaly, private
Igor Nadberezhny, private

Pletnev, private. ZSU operator, 1987-1988

Popkov Vitaly, private, mech water of ZSU, 1986-1988

Popkov Valery private, mechanical water of ZSU, 1986-1988
Dmitry Nikolaevich Prokofiev, private, sniper.
Rajepov Sakhatmurat, Sergeant
Ryzhov Nikolay, private, mechanic driver
Sazonov Andrey Vyacheslavovich, senior sergeant, squadron commander.
Siemenson Urmaz, junior sergeant, com. min calculation
Skvortsov Sergey, sergeant
Smirnov Oleg, junior sergeant
Tumanov Sergey, private, scout
Frey Valery, private, mechanic driver
Khojatov Jurabay, sergeant, scout, company translator
Cherednichenko Vitaly Petrovich, private, mortar gunner
Shapovalov Igor Alekseevich, sergeant, squadron commander
Sharunov Igor, private, scout

Shaukilov Temirbay. private, 1986-1988

On December 10, 1979, the General Staff to the Turkestan Military District, by the oral order of the Minister of Defense of the USSR Marshal D. Ustinov, issued the following orders:
- to complete the staff up to full staff and on December 11 to send to Termez a pontoon - bridge regiment of the Kiev Military District;
- bring the 103rd airborne division into high alert and concentrate it on the loading airfields on December 11;
- to bring to high alert 5 divisions and 3 separate regiments of military transport aviation and on December 11 to concentrate them on unloading airfields;
- to bring the 5th and 108th motorized rifle divisions of TurkVO to high alert. One motorized rifle and tank regiment to bring these divisions to full readiness. In total, to create the 40th Army, about 100 formations and units were deployed and supplemented to full staff, 50 thousand people were called up from the reserve.

• December 26 at 20 o'clock the commander of the 5th Guards. MSD Major General Yu.V. Shatalin gives the order to cross the state border with Afghanistan. The division was nominated from Kushka, Takhta - Bazar, and Iolotani. At the appointed time, part of the 5th Guards. The MSD went to the future points of deployment near the cities: - Herat, Shindand, Kandahar, the division headquarters was located near Shindand. The first losses were 2 people.
• Since the summer of 1980, the 5th Guards. The MSD began to participate in raid hostilities against bandit formations. Total for the period Afghan war participated in 156 planned and unplanned hostilities.
• The 5th Guards. MSD included: 101 motorized rifle regiment, 371 Guards Motorized Rifle Regiment, 373 Guards. motorized rifle regiment, 24th Guards Tank Regiment, 1060 artillery regiment, 1122 anti-aircraft missile regiment, 1377 separate anti-tank artillery battalion, 650 separate reconnaissance battalion, 68 separate engineer battalion, 388 separate communications battalion, 307 separate missile battalion, 164 separate company chemical protection (flamethrower company), 177 separate repair and restoration battalion, 841 separate logistics battalion, 46 separate medical and sanitary battalion.
• In May 1988, in accordance with the Geneva agreements, the division began preparations for the withdrawal of units from Afghanistan. Conclusion of the 5th Guards. The MSD from the Shindand-Herat-Turugundi-Kushka garrison began according to the schedule on January 29, 1989, the last ones to leave were 371 RR, the 101 RR, the withdrawal of the division was completed on February 15, 1989. The division moved to the place of permanent deployment in Kushka.
• General irrecoverable losses of the division from 27.12. 79 to 15.02.89 made up: 1135 (of which 910 for combat) people, natives of the Sverdlovsk region 12 people.
• Awarded orders and medals 12 825 people. Awarded the title of Hero Soviet Union four people (101 mw - 3, 371 mw - 1).

From the memoirs of a retired colonel, Satarov Alexander Alexandrovich.

302 separate helicopter squadron or military unit 36558 at the time of entry was part of the 5th MRD. The "mobilization" of the 5th motorized motor vehicle in 1979 took place twice, in March-April and in December.

In July 1979, units 5 of the MRD, with the exception of 373 MRPs, were transferred to another, more complete, peacetime state. Before entering the DRA, the place of deployment of almost all military units of the 5th MRD was Kushka. There were 101 SMEs located in Iolotani. Takhta Bazar housed 373 SMEs; 1377 Dept. Anti-tank art. Division and 307 Dept. Rocket Division.

Management of 5 MSD at the time of entry into the DRA.

Division Commander - major general Shatalin Yuri Vasilievich Deputy. k-ra - k-k Mylnikov Vladimir Vladimirovich Head. PO - p / p-k Pavlichenko Vitaly Kupriyanovich NSh - p / c Skobelev Evgeny Konstantinovich Head of the Rear - p-k Karalnik Iosif Yankelevich Beginning. Those parts, Deputy for armament. - p / p-k Satarov Alexander Alexandrovich Beginning. Artillery - p / p-k Zakharenkov Alexander Pavlovich Beginning. Air defense - p / -pk Starover.

101 MSP, 46 OMedB, 375 OBMO, 177 ORem, East B-n, Khlebzavod - near Herat.

373 MRP and 68 OInzh.Sap.B-n - near Adrascan.

371 SMEs and 650 ORazv.B-n - 90 km south of Shindand.

Division headquarters and all other units - Shindand.

On January 25-26, 1980, several echelons of railway transport, from SAVO (Ayagus) to Kushka, arrived at / unit 06077, which is the “Osa” air defense unit. The commander of the air defense unit was p / p-k Anoshin, deputy. fun Mr. Kazachok. P / p-k Satarov, who received the air defense missile system, found so many faulty equipment that he was forced to report the "catastrophic state of combat readiness of the air defense system" to General Shatalin. After Shatalin's appeal to the commander of the TurkVO, the forces military transport aviation several new engines and other new components were delivered from Moscow to the airport of Mary, then this cargo was transported by cars to Kushka. ZRP "Wasp" entered the DRA in 2-4 days. One of the companies of 101 MRPs in BTR-ah was called for escort. In early February, a small part of 373 SMRs was sent to Kandahar to carry out measures to prepare the future deployment of the regiment. In the spring of 1980, 373 MRPs were completely redeployed to the Kandahar region and were reorganized into the 70th separate motorized rifle brigade.

5 mfr control	51852	28.12.79 - 15.02.89	Mr. Shatalin Yuri Vasilievich	Kushka
101 MRP 5 MSD	51931	28.12.79 - 15.02.89	p / p - Koptyaev Vladimir Mikhailovich	Yolotan
373 MRP 5 MSD	71176	28.12.79 - 01.03.80	Mr. Soltanov Annamurat	Takhta Bazar	frame
371 MRP 5 MSD	51883	29.12.79 – 15.02.89	p / p-k Kabanov Vladimir Borisovich	Kushka
24 TP 5 msd	71183	28.12.79 – 18.10.86	Mr. Kozlov Mikhail Fedorovich	Kushka
1008 ZAP 5 msd	11237	28.12.79 – 01.02.80	p / p-k Klimenko	Released in 1980to Kushka
1122 ZRP 5 MSD	57185	29.01.80 – 24.10.86	p / p-k Anoshin
1060 AP 5 msd	71205	28.12.79 – 15.02.89	p / p-k Marchuk Iosif Moiseevich	Kushka
307 dep. missile division 5 mfd	71239	28.12.79 – 25.06.80	Mr. Syrovatsky Vasily Dmitrevich	Takhta BazarReleased in 1980to Yolotan
1377 dep. anti-tank art. division 5 mfd	83255	28.12.79 – 02.02.89	Mr. Bobrovnikov Stanisla Nikolaevich	Takhta Bazar
650 dep. reconnaissance battalion 5th mechanized infantry division	83260	28.12.79 – 15.02.89	Mr. Egorov Valery Fedorovich	Kushka
388 dep. communications battalion 5th mechanized infantry division	83588	28.12.79 - 15.02.89	Mr. Khotov Boris Ismelovich	Kushka
68 dep. engineer battalion 5th mechanized infantry division	83593	28.12.79 - 15.02.89	Mr. Rasulov Gamzat Golizatovich
164 dep. chemical defense company 5 mfd	83595	28.12.79 - 31.03.85	l-NT Kozin Alexander Vasilievich
251 batr. management and art. intelligence 5 mfd	51852-A	28.12.78 - 15.02.89	Mr. Tolkachev	Kushka
46 dep. medical battalion 5th mechanized infantry division	93977	28.12.79 - 01.07.81	Mr. Danin Vladimir Alekseevich
375 dep. logistics battalion 5th mechanized infantry division	93981	28.12.79 - 15.02.89	Mr. Vasiliev Vladimir Stepanovich
177 dep. repair and recovery battalion 5th mechanized infantry division	93986	28.12.79 - 15.02.89	Mr. Obminyanny Grigory Vasilievich	Kushka
795 FPS station 5 MSD	66788	28.12.79 - 13.02.89
Field office of the State Bank of the USSR No. 60307	60307	28.12.79 - 15.02.89
Special department of the KGB of the USSR for 5th mechanized infantry division	93996	28.12.79 - 15.02.89	p / p-k Baidukov Vladimir
302 separate helicopter squadron	36558		Mr. Panferov Valery Nikolaevich

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, on the basis of the 5th Guards Zimovnikovskaya motorized rifle division, units of the Ministry of Defense of Turkmenistan were formed with the honorary name "Turkmenbashi S. Niyazov", stationed in the city of Kushka.