Internal troops of the USSR
Internal troops USSR |
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Inner Troops Emblem - 1970 (alizarin colors) |
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active | 1918 to 1991 |
Country | 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
- National Guard (Russia)
- Ranks of the Soviet armed forces 1943–1955
- Ranks of the Soviet Armed Forces 1955–1992