Internal troops of the USSR

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Internal troops USSR
(Внутренние войска МВД СССР
ВВ МВД СССР
Wnutrennie Wojska MWD SSSR
WW MWD SSSR)

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Inner Troops Emblem - 1970 (alizarin colors)
active 1918 to 1991
Country Soviet UnionSoviet Union Soviet Union
Armed forces Armed Forces of the Soviet Union
Armed forces Inner troops
Branch of service infantry
Insinuation Ministry of Interior of the USSR
Commander in chief
List OB: see below

The interior troops of the USSR , and interior troops of the Interior Ministry of the USSR (original name: Russian Внутренние войска Министерства внутренних дел СССР (ВВ МВД СССР) / Wnutrennie woiska Ministerstwa wnutrennich del SSSR (WW MWD SSSR)), were paramilitary formations to the internal protection of the Soviet Union . The order of the Inner Troops included u. a .:

  • Guarding government institutions
  • Protecting the population from crime, assault and encroachment on their rights
  • Maintaining public order and
  • Guarding prisoner transports
  • Guarding penal and labor camps

From September 1, 1939 to March 21, 1989, the Internal Troops of the USSR belonged to the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union , but were subordinate to the Ministry of the Interior . In fact, they had the status of an independent armed force .

After the collapse of the Soviet Union , the Internal Troops of the USSR were given the name Internal Troops of the Russian Federation in 1992 and were restructured according to the changed situation.

Commander in chief

Commander in Chief (until 1990 - Chief of the Armed Forces ) of the Internal Forces of the NKVD of the USSR (1941–1946); MWD of the USSR (1946–1947, 1953–1960, 1968–1991), МGB of the USSR (1947–1953); МООP of the USSR (1966–1968); MWD of the USSR (1966-1991):

  • 1941–1942: AI Gulew, major general
  • 1942–1944: IS Scherdega, major general
  • 1944–1946: AN Apollonow, Colonel General
  • 1946–1953: PW Burmak, Lieutenant General
  • 1953–1954: TF Filippow, Lieutenant General
  • 1954–1956: AS Sirotkin, Lieutenant General
  • 1956–1957: TA Strokatsch, Lieutenant General, also mayor of the border troops of the USSR
  • 1957–1960: SI Donskow, Lieutenant General
  • 1960–1961: GI Aleinikow, Lieutenant General
  • 1961–1968: II Pilschtschuk, Lieutenant General
  • 1968–1986: IK Jakowlew, Colonel General, from 1980 Army General
  • 1986-1991: Ju.W. Schatalin, Colonel General
  • 1991–1992: WN Sawwin, Colonel General

Educational institutions

  • Leningrad Political Officers College of the Ministry of the Interior ( Leningrad )
  • Ordzhonikidser Commanding Officers College of the Ministry of the Interior ( Ordzhonikidze )
  • Saratov Commanding Officers College of the Ministry of the Interior ( Saratov )
  • Perm Command Officers College of the Ministry of Interior ( Perm )
  • Novosibirsk High School of Commanders Officers of the Ministry of Interior ( Novosibirsk )
  • Kharkov Commanding Officers College of the Ministry of Interior ( Kharkov )

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Приказ Министра внутренних дел СССР № 351 от 20 октября 1970 года