Border troops of the USSR
Border troops of the USSR |
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Border troops emblem (general) 1960–1991 (green) |
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active | 1918 to 1991 |
Country | Soviet Union |
Armed forces | Armed Forces of the Soviet Union |
Strength | 220,000 |
Insinuation | State Security Committee of the USSR |
Commander | |
List of bra / bosses: | see below |
The border troops of the USSR ( Russian Пограничные войска СССР ) were the armed forces responsible for the border protection of the Soviet Union .
They were subordinate to the State Security Service of the Soviet Union with its changing names ( Cheka , GPU / OGPU , NKVD / MGB , since 1954 KGB ) and formed part of the armed forces of the Soviet Union .
Commanders (chiefs)
The service designation of the commanders or chiefs of the border troops of the USSR has changed several times over the years.
- 1918–1919 = SG Shamschew (Main Directorate of Border Troops, also Headquarters Border Troops [GUPW])
- 1919–1920 = WA Stepanow (Directorate of border surveillance, also administration of border surveillance)
- 1920–1921 = WR Menschinski ( Cheka special area - border protection)
- 1922–1923 = AC Artusow (until 1918 Frautschi) (area border troops, area border protection [OPO])
- 1923–1925 = JK Olski (OPO)
- 1925–1929 = SB Kanznelson (Main Directorate Border Protection [GUPO])
- 1929 = SG Wleschew (GUPO)
- 1929–1931 = IA Voronzow (GUPO)
- 1931–1933 = IM Bystrych (GUPO)
- 1933–1937 = MP Frinowski , (GUPO, from 1934 Main Directorate Border and Internal Protection [GUPuWO]) NKVD of the USSR
- 1937–1938 = NK Krutschinkin, (GUPuWO)
- 1938–1939 = AA Kowalow, (GUPuWO)
- 1939–1941 = GG Sokolow, Lieutenant General (GUPWW)
- 1942–1952 = NP Strachnow, Lieutenant General (GUPWW)
- 1952–1956 = PI Syrjanow, Lieutenant General (GUPWW)
- 1956–1957 = TA Storokatsch, Lieutenant General (GUPWW)
- 1957–1972 = PI Syrjanow , Colonel General (GUPW)
- 1972–1989 = WA Matrosow, Army General (GUPW)
- 1989–1992 = IJ Kalinitschenko, Colonel General (GUPW)
On observation, Soviet border post in Turkestan around 1917.
See also
literature
- History of the Border Troops of the USSR: Historical Summary. Military publishing house of the German Democratic Republic, Berlin 1988.
Web links
Commons : Border Troops of the USSR - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files