Varlamov Leonid. Flag of the Strategic Missile Forces "7 Missile Division" Nuclear-missile shield of the motherland

Yesterday, all worthy citizens were shown the 7th Guards Rocket Rezhitsa Red Banner Division, which guards the dream of the Motherland with strategic mobile complexes with the Topol intercontinental ballistic missile.

Many thanks for the comments (in italics) to Dmitry Shchedrin d_schedrin - http://d-schedrin.livejournal.com/7286.html

As expected, a visit to the military unit begins with lunch. In the military town of Ozerny, our carnal needs were satisfied by this pretty dining room
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Catering workers offered everyone to try a cutlet with potatoes, but for some reason they put rice with a chop
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While the others were eating, I explored the town a little. As it should be in my journal, you will see only the dirtiest streets and shabby houses.
One of the first houses built in the early 60s, and also one of the most dilapidated. But the barracks, converted into officer dormitories, both for families and for bachelors, remained behind the scenes. They are located on the territory of the division itself, in order to get into them you need to go through one more checkpoint. For obvious reasons, journalists were not taken there. It is unsuitable for the whole country to show dilapidated barracks divided by plywood into rooms, in which families of officers are forced to exist. Russian army. Plywood partitions are not the most a big problem those hostels. The electrical wiring laid in the barracks at the same Khrushchev time was intended to ensure the operation of a maximum of one barracks TV, two irons and the burning of about 20 light bulbs. The electricians of that time did not think that in decades the barracks would be divided into rooms and officers and ensigns with their refrigerators, computers, irons, microwave ovens would live in each. The command of the unit decided to deal with the problem of a constant power outage in the dormitory due to network overload in an unexpected way, namely by issuing an order "to prohibit the use of irons, TVs, computers, microwave ovens in the dormitory", leaving only one refrigerator in the permit.
All this reminded me of one cadet anecdote:
Cadets to the officer: "Comrade lieutenant, would you mind watching TV after lights out? Look, just don't turn it on," came the officer's reply.
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Local journalist girls from the local newspaper "Lake Dawns over the Lakes" (or something similar) confirmed that I was really lucky to find the oldest and most ragged part of the town.
In general, they said that they live much better in Ozerny than in any other neighboring cities (not military ones). There is nothing to do here, but calmly. The birth rate is much higher than in ordinary settlements. Few hooligans.
All living creatures periodically die on fences under voltage at strategic facilities, so there are no problems with fresh elk, wild boar, hare, etc.
Moskovskaya street, as well as Leningradskaya and Kyiv. Most of the shops are located in such cozy basements.
For those living in dormitories on the territory of the division itself, the chief of staff established truly draconian rules. More specifically, the passage through the checkpoint was allowed for 10 minutes without 10 every hour. Those. if the mother took the child to Kindergarten at 8.50 and did not have time to return back by 9.00, then she was asked to take a walk somewhere else for 50 minutes until 9.50. The severity of this order was offset by the courage of the checkpoint duty officers, who directly sabotaged such instructions.
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The only thing that upsets them is the lack of fashion stores (for this you have to go to Moscow or St. Petersburg) and the impossibility of traveling abroad (due to secrecy)
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Lunch came to an end and we were shocked on the army path towards the most closed and secret places.
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Now I will tell you how to overcome the barriers and enter the Poplar parking lot.
In a straight line, the path will be closed with gates, barriers, barbed wire, live wire, sharp stakes and wolf pits. In general, it is necessary to bypass
Electrified barrier - grid "P-100" (please do not call names an electric fence!). Works in three modes: 765, 1500 and 3000 volts. In order to die, it is not necessary to touch it with your hand. Kills when a person is already at a distance of 1 meter from her. During the entire existence of the Strategic Missile Forces, not a single enemy has died on it, but cases of death of our military personnel and civilians regularly occur. Mostly conscripts who decided to "drive fast" into a self-propelled gun and hope that two pairs of OZK put on themselves will save them. In another division in the 90s, there was a case when a tractor driver from a neighboring village, who got drunk on the board, decided to plow the BSP with his tractor. Stumbling first on the grid, then he was shot with a burst from a turret machine gun. In the 7th division last case The death occurred in my opinion in 2000.
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To avoid bypassing, you need to catch someone from the authorities and ask him to call on the phone to let them through
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The soldiers will come out to the call and let them inside
The chief of the guard reports to the arrived chief. During my service in the division, there were about ten such helmets and unloadings for the entire division. So they were dragged from unit to unit for the period of verification. The last time I put on such uniforms was in 2007 during a combat readiness check after the explosion of the Nevsky Express, which occurred nearby. I would like to believe that such uniforms arrived in every regiment
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Next, a formal check of documents, a turntable ...
Entrance to the terrace, checkpoint. The list of persons with the right of passage is strictly limited and strictly at a certain time. Some conscripts could serve for two years without ever getting to the BSP (cooks, for example, firefighters, doctors). During the passage, the usual pass for passage to the regiment, division is changed to a token that has the right to enter the BSP. There is no pass or the token is not issued, goodbye, go back to issue. They made an exception for bloggers. On the right side of the mesh chain-link there was a poster with a visual reminder (photo) of what mesh-100 can do to a person. Apparently, in order not to injure the psyche of bloggers, the poster was removed. There is also a rule to hand over smoking and incendiary accessories to the guard when entering the BSP. This is reminiscent of a sign on the window, which is now gone. But the personnel are at the BSP for at least 6 hours, or even several days, so the rule is violated everywhere ...
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And we go underground
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This tunnel runs exactly under all the fences and wires. There are no turns here, go straight all the time, but if something happens, the soldiers who are on duty here will always tell you the way
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Poterna. Its disadvantage is the passage of water. Can be seen by drops on the ceiling and dew on the walls. In rain and spring, very solid puddles form in the rubble, which the fighters successfully dry periodically and especially before checking with rags.
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That's it, we are warmly greeted at the exit, the security system has been overcome
On the background: Guardroom with a machine gun turret above it. Sometimes MTLB is enhanced.
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Passage through the curtain is carried out by a lock method. If one door is open, the other must be closed at this time.
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Now two steps to the garages where Poplars and other related cars live
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MOBD lives in this garage - a combat duty support vehicle. Essentially a living quarters, a kitchen, an emergency power plant and a security machine gun nest
And here is my any MOBD (providing machine combat duty) based on MAZ 543M. Designed to provide electric power to the launcher in the field and for its own needs, as well as to accommodate personnel. Consists of two unconnected compartments. In the first (entrance on the right) there are two diesel generators of 50 kW each. From it are visible two exhaust sleeves stretching to the roof. Behind him is a fuel tank, if my memory serves me for 1960 liters. Behind it is a household compartment, this is where bloggers were allowed. Soviet-style air conditioning in front of the cab. Powerful and reliable thing, albeit bulky.
I will never forget how we washed it with FAIRY (it turns out it is used not only for washing dishes!) before checking. And then a thin layer of diesel fuel to make it shine like in this photo.
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Inside, it's like in a railway car, only much closer. In the wall of the corridor there is a washbasin and a heated compartment for drying clothes
Actually household compartment from the inside. One quadruple coupe and one double. In this photo, the aisle, on the left is a wardrobe for drying clothes. According to the full staff, there are more than 30 people in the preparation and launch group. In the field, personnel are placed to sleep not only in the compartment, but also in the dining room and on this floor. The 7th division is a reduced strength division or, as they say, "castrated". In groups of 10-15 people.
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Three compartments are used to accommodate people - a four-seat compartment for the rest of personnel and a two-seat compartment for the rest of the commander and his assistant
Mattresses and bed linen were never issued. Usually they sleep with an OZK under their heads and covered with a pea jacket.
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There is a compartment-dining room for meals by personnel - 4 people can eat at the same time. The compartment-dining room is equipped with one folding berth for the cook
Canteen. It's the first time I've seen such a display. Plus, during the march, plates and mugs must be removed to the kitchen and fixed there. Off-road, the body shakes strongly and all this window dressing will scatter around.
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The kitchen compartment has a stove for cooking, food storage cells, a refrigerator, a place to store dishes and wash them.
Actually the kitchen. To the left is a large refrigerator. At the bottom right you can see a stove with a saucepan (aka a frying pan) and two water tanks. During the march, everything is fixed. It can be seen from the black plastic valves.
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Fridge
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The rear combat compartment of the operator is designed to accommodate the shift on duty, it contains the operator's combat post and the gunner's post. The compartment is equipped with security system equipment, communication equipment, a safe for weapons. A turret-machine gun mount was mounted, including an NSVT-12.7 machine gun with a 1PN22M sight, a searchlight, an IR searchlight, a night vision device and a loud-speaking system
A shooter sits on this chair, rotates a machine gun and shoots at enemies
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This is a communication vehicle based on the MAZ-543A. It is secret, but this angle, in my opinion, does not greatly undermine the state secret
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In these garages there are cars so secret that it is better not to look even at the closed gates.
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After visiting the secret strategic garage, it's time to relax in an informal barracks setting.
The position officer tells the bloggers that they need to go to the barracks specially prepared for them. To the right is the dining room, apparently unprepared. An officer on the site can be both on combat duty and on duty at the same time. May not change from outfit for several days. Although both are prohibited by law.
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A crowd of journalists breaks into an ordinary barracks without warning and finds...
Guards barracks. On a typical day in the daytime, personnel rest here, having changed from their posts in the morning. Duty change of communication for example. During the inspection period, DSS rests in some closed garage box. I never understood the point of showing empty, neatly made beds, instead of soldiers resting quite legally. They have a legitimate rest time during the day, like a company on duty. But the command always decides otherwise.
Cellular communication is prohibited on the site, under beautifully tucked pillowcases, you can see neat cuts in the pillows where the soldiers hide their phones.
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comment from sak2sak : "edging, bitch, stuffed, and the sheet sticks out. Refuel 50 times for training"

Drinking water tank.
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Suddenly, I walk into the classroom and find out that my TV is worse at home.
There was no TV like this before. Maybe at least something has changed.
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Honestly, I specifically looked into the book of each soldier - not a single one had an upside down
Great photo. In the army, even books (this is not a charter!) are read all synchronously on a certain page.
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The crowd from Moscow that came to the barracks stuck their noses into all the cracks and behaved so unceremoniously that the soldier at the post called for the coat of arms Russian Federation so that we can get out as soon as possible. 10 minutes through the military desire came true
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In search of dirt, I climbed into the chests with the sign "Rags", but found only clean rags there. Then I decided to try my luck in the bathroom
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Here I had a new discovery - I used to think that shoes are cleaned on hemp, but now it turns out that for such purposes there are special corners with special bedside tables and special posters
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Here I was thrown into the heat and I hurried into the fresh April air
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On the street, a slightly oversized tank truck was waiting for us.
Tractor MAZ7917. "Poplar" based on such a tractor. According to the performance characteristics, I will not stop, whoever needs it will find it. This instance is most often used to train driver-mechanics before taking up combat duty. To simulate the weight of a rocket, water is poured into the tank or sand is poured into it.
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Of course, I forgot the name of this car and what chassis it is made on. I only remember what is used for reconnaissance of the road and other household needs (for example, entertainment for guests of a military unit)
UPD is MAZ-7912/MAZ-7917
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Everyone, including me, was given the opportunity to drive this hulk and feel like a driver of a real combat Poplar.
The controls are very simple - automatic transmission (lever on the right), toggle switch "back - neutral - forward" and two pedals. Brake applied with left foot
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Parking brake.
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Starting the engine with a button. You only need to hold the button for 10 seconds
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The driver-fighter had to remind young drivers all the time to keep to the left - out of habit, you don’t feel the dimensions of such a car at all
Management is not difficult, but you need to get used to the dimensions. When driving on a narrow road, you may not get used to it as if you are already driving on the left side of the road. And if you drive like a regular car, observing the interval on the left, then you will definitely trudge through the bushes with your right side. Kochki swallows. Feeling like on a ship on the waves.
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The steering wheel turns 4 pairs of huge wheels very easily at once
The launcher enters the turn as if sideways. You need to turn when it seems in the cockpit that the turn seems to have already slipped.
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After the rides, we went to watch the secret command post, which is located underground in an artificial embankment
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To get to the command post, you need to overcome the turntable with the attendant at the entrance to the HF headquarters, then we run into this door and call, asking us to open
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We pass another sentry, a turntable "Present a pass!" and go down the stairs to the dungeon
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Here we run into a huge door without handles. Please open again
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There is a fuss inside and after a minute or two the door swings open and we are greeted friendly and invited further
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Three huge steel airtight doors separate the secret part of the bunker from the not-so-secret part.
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The equipment located between the doors led some to think that in addition to the bolts, the doors are also kept from opening by air pressure.
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Sleep well, your safety is in good hands
The state of affairs in the division leaves much to be desired. Officers have at best 3-4 days off per month. This is with a salary of 15-20 thousand rubles. Therefore, every tenth graduate of a military institute tries to quit before the end of the first contract. Every second officer does not want to renew a new contract.
The apple of discord was also introduced by the so-called 400th order. According to which the best ones are allegedly rewarded (about 30%) and monthly bonuses of 30-50 thousand rubles are paid. There were rumors that cars were burned to such "premiumists".
The recruiting staff is also of great concern. With a two-year term of service, a soldier studied for six months in training, six months completed his studies in the army, and only in the second year of service could one feel the impact from him. Now, when he just gets into the exploited equipment, he already needs to be fired.
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To show what is hidden - this is about today's report!) There are two ways to be in the Strategic Missile Forces division during combat duty. Either you serve in this division, or you are a blogger!) Surprisingly, the brain could not get used to the idea that you can shoot at a secret military facility, unlike the famous Moscow City, where the guards "shoot" photographers on their way ... But now is not about that.

The 7th Guards Rocket Rezhitskaya Red Banner Division is not at all exemplary, but simply the closest in location to Moscow. The division is located in ZATO Ozerny, Tver region, and our journey took about 5 hours one way. I wonder how long it takes the Topol-M system to get to the Moscow parade?)

In today's report there will be barracks, bunkers, hermetic doors, communication and combat duty vehicles, and riding on a 40-ton MAZ of the Topol-M complex!) Details under the cut...

And further thank you very much organizers for the opportunity to experience it all!)

Looking at all the fences, fences and fences again, you involuntarily calm down that nuclear shield countries protect...
And they guard many times better than the air defense unit, into which someone made his way last year, making a fuss all over the country.

You can't just walk in the door. Of course, these are not fingerprints, as they show in films, but voice communication, I am sure, is ten times more reliable.
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Unloading, although not like Anatoly Wasserman, but there is no desire to ask unnecessary questions.)
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The guys just finished their exercises, and here we are. You can read the joy on the faces
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At first glance, the currency exchange office near the Leningradsky railway station is better protected. But it's not.
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Underground passage. And above it is a whole system of security barriers, which they preferred not to tell us about.
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They just said that it is impossible to go through them in principle. Only through the tunnel.
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Combat duty support vehicle. Below are photos of the inside of the Hab.
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Representatives of the unit evasively answered bloggers' questions. Everything we need to know is already on Wikipedia.
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Unfortunately, we were not shown launcher. They explained it simply - a military secret.
Now the doubt creeps in that it is not the Poplars that are on combat duty that are dissecting on Red Square.
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The communication vehicle was slightly disguised.) We were not allowed to photograph it. But they let me in. But no cameras.
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In garages, cars are also connected to air ducts so that they can be started without driving them out into the street. Everything is thought out.
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Actually inside. Everyone unanimously agreed that it was exactly like in a compartment car. They just didn't let me take a nap.)
Although, as we were explained, sleeping in the field while the complex is on duty is not as romantic as traveling by train to St. Petersburg... :D
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The commanders have their own compartment, again reminiscent of a compartment for conductors.
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I'm sure everyone here admired the obscenity.)) Made for people! and there is nothing more to add ... cool!)
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Here you want porridge from an ax, but if you want, you can cook a goose
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Have you forgotten that this is one of the machines of the mobile nuclear complex...? And don't say...
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To the exit. In general, the passage is very tricky. Only one door can be open.
By the way, pay attention - on the right is the old form, on the left is the new one. The new one does not have epaulettes on the shoulders, instead of them there is now one epaulette on the chest.
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Any spy would envy us)
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I read somewhere that "deadly dangerous" sounds more convincing. In general, it’s a little creepy to be near the perimeter.
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To go on an excursion in a military unit and not go to the barracks - this does not happen.

The most spacious barracks I have ever seen. We were honestly admitted that this is not a demonstration barracks, there are even better ones. Well, if so.
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Lenin's leisure room. They say in recent times they try to make it more comfortable, reminiscent of a house.
You can immediately see who remembers the house)) On the opposite side of the room there are large sofas.
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100 questions 100 answers
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I don't think it's bad and comfortable.
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Hard to learn, easy to fight. I recalled a moment from the DMB: the general distributed machine guns to everyone, and for those who did not have enough - sapper shovels.25

MIR and RIA Novosti covered the trip to the division. russo acted as a TV star.)
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There were more soldiers in the windows. But almost everyone turned out to be modest and hid.
If they didn't know who bloggers were before, they now think they are photo maniacs with cameras the size of machine guns.
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This is MAZ-7917. Used for driver training. They arranged a test drive especially for us.)
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It turned out to be very easy to operate a 7-axle 40-ton machine under the strict guidance of Senior Warrant Officer Sergei Oleinik.
Watching him unfold the training chassis more than 20 meters long, I remembered that it would be much more difficult to park in the yard in the evening.
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Compare scales with ZIL 130.
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And with the bus
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The sizes are amazing! And now there are 8-axes
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aleshru the first blogger in Russia who happened to drive a MAZ 7917.
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drowned)
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The car is simple, only the dimensions are not felt at all. And so two pedals, automatic transmission. Brakes the engine.
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KAMAZ :) There is a first aid kit under the glass. By the way, climbing in and out of the cab is a very traumatic business.
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It seems that he turned around, but did not see the end of the car ...
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Turning circle ahead. For a turn, you need a radius of 27 meters.
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Someone tried to leave a video camera on the road to film the passage, but this was immediately stopped.
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The girls also rode and taxied. Their delight is indescribable.
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Power. There are no other emotions.
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Now let's go to headquarters.

This is the door to the underground command post. Opens only from the inside.
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We were not told where this corridor leads. Oh, how many secrets we do not know ...
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After driving a 40-ton colossus, these doors made an even greater impression. As they say - behind seven seals.
A vacuum is created between the hermetic doors and without normalizing the pressure they cannot be opened. That's it, yes!!!
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Behind the barbed wire is a disguised command post. On this I will end the photo report.
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Interesting fact:

In 1961, on the territory of the division, in the strictest secrecy, a meeting took place between Nikita Khrushchev and the Cuban leader Fidel Castro.
Khrushchev showed the commandant new rocket R-16, capable of reaching the territory of the United States.

video from RIA Novosti.

At the time of signing the Memorandum of Understanding to the START-1 Treaty, the USSR Strategic Missile Forces included 26 missile divisions, united into 6 missile armies. The missile systems were located on the territory of four republics - Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Belarus. By the end of 1996, the concentration of the group on the territory of Russia was completed, while it was reduced to 19 divisions, united in 4 armies.

Russia

As of April 1, 1997, the grouping of the Strategic Missile Forces on the territory of Russia consisted of 762 deployed launchers (of which 16 were deactivated, but not yet eliminated). Organizationally, the grouping of the Strategic Missile Forces is united into 4 missile armies consisting of 19 divisions.

1. Rocket division of heavy ICBMs (R-36MUTTKh / R-36M2) consisting of 52 launchers, deployed in the area of ​​the village. Dombarovsky, Orenburg region (out of 64 launchers that were previously available, 6 were liquidated and 6 more were deactivated).

2. Rocket division of heavy ICBMs consisting of 7 regiments (46 launchers), stationed in the area of ​​Kartaly, Chelyabinsk region.

3. In the Rocket division of heavy ICBMs consisting of 5 regiments (30 launchers), deployed in the area of ​​the city of Aleisk, Altai Territory.

4. Rocket division of heavy ICBMs, consisting of 52 launchers, deployed in the area of ​​the city of Uzhur Krasnoyarsk Territory. (12 launchers out of 64 that were previously liquidated.)

5. Guards missile division consisting of 6 regiments UR-YUONUTTH (60 launchers), deployed in the area of ​​the city of Kozelsk, Kaluga region.

6. Tamanskaya missile division, stationed in Tatishchevo, Saratov region,73 consisting of 11 UR-YUONUTTKh regiments (110 launchers) and 1 fixed-based RT-23UTTKh regiment (10 launchers). (9 out of 110 UR-YuONUTKh launchers were deactivated.)

7. Ternopil-Berlin missile division consisting of 4 railway-based regiments RT-23UTTKh (12 launchers), stationed in the area of ​​the city of Bsrshet, Perm region 74 time completely eliminated.)

8. Guards Vienna Missile Division, consisting of 4 rail-based RT-23UTTKh regiments (12 launchers), stationed in the Krasnoyarsk region.

9. Guards missile division consisting of 4 rail-based RT-23UTTKh regiments (12 launchers), stationed in the area of ​​Kostroma.

10. Missile division consisting of 4 regiments of the Topol PGRK (36 launchers), deployed in the area of ​​​​the city of Teikovo, Ivanovo Region 76 (This division was previously equipped with UR-Yu0K / UR-Yu0U systems, which have now been completely eliminated. )

11. Harbin missile division stationed in the area of ​​st. Drovyanaya, Chita region 7 as part of 2 regiments of the Topol PGRK (18 launchers). The UR-Y00K / UR-Yu0U previously in service with the DBK were dismantled and, as of the beginning of 1997, 40 out of 50 silos were eliminated.

12. Kiev-Zhytomyr missile division, stationed in the area of ​​Yoshkar-Ola and incorporating 4 regiments of the Topol PGRK (36 launchers). Previously, this division was armed with RT-2P missiles (6 regiments with 60 launchers), which have now been completely eliminated.

13. Guards Rezhitskaya Missile Division, stationed in the area of ​​Vypolzovo, Tver Region .

14. Melitopol missile division consisting of 5 regiments of the Topol PGRK (45 launchers), stationed in the area of ​​the city of Yurya, Kirov Region.

15. Missile division consisting of 5 regiments of the Topol PGRK (45 launchers), stationed in the area of ​​Nizhny Tagil, Sverdlovsk region.79 area of ​​Novosibirsk.

17. Missile division consisting of 5 regiments of the Topol PGRK (45 launchers), deployed in the area of ​​the city of Kansk.

18. Missile division consisting of 4 regiments of the Topol PGRK (36 launchers), stationed in the area of ​​Irkutsk.

19. Missile division consisting of 4 regiments of the Topol PGRK (36 launchers), stationed in the area of ​​the city of Barnaul (until 1981 it was stationed in the city of Ordzhonikidze).

Kazakhstan

Two divisions of heavy ICBMs were deployed on the territory of Kazakhstan. These divisions, stationed in the city of Derzhavinsk80, Turgai Region. and the city of Zhangiztobe, Semipalatinsk region. each had 8 regiments each with 52 R-36MUTTKh/R-36M2 missile launchers.

By the end of September 1996, the liquidation of the Strategic Missile Forces in Kazakhstan was practically completed. All nuclear warheads and missiles from Kazakhstan were removed to storage and disposal sites, and the last silo launcher was eliminated in the first half of September 1996.

Ukraine

The 43rd Rocket Army was deployed in Ukraine with headquarters in Vinnitsa. The 43rd Army included the 46th (Nizhnedneprovskaya) and 19th missile divisions with headquarters in the city of Pervomaisk, Nikolaev region 81 and the city of Khmelnitsky, respectively.

The 19th missile division included 9 UR-100NUTTH regiments (90 launchers). The 46th Missile Division had 4 UR-100NUTTKh regiments (40 launchers) and 5 fixed-based RT-23UTTKh regiments (46 launchers).

By the end of 1995, all missiles had been removed from the launchers and the liquidation of 40 UR-100NUGGH launchers in Pervomaisk began.

Belarus

The 33rd and 49th missile divisions stationed on the territory of Belarus were apparently part of the 50th missile army with headquarters in Smolensk.

Divisions deployed in the area of ​​the city of Lida, Grodno region. and the city of Mozyr, Gomel region. each had 3 regiments of the Topol PGRK (27 launchers in each division). By the end of 1996, all 54 complexes of these divisions were withdrawn to Russia. Part of the missiles was relocated to Vypolzovo and Yoshkar-Ola.

In addition, during 1991, in the area of ​​Postavy (at the converted former base of the Pioneer PGRK), 3 more regiments of the Topol PGRK (27 launchers) were deployed for a short time. These complexes were soon withdrawn to Russia. (The Kherson missile division in Postavy was disbanded in 1993)

Thus, in connection with the liquidation of the groupings of the Strategic Missile Forces in Belarus, Kazakhstan and Ukraine, 7 divisions of the Strategic Missile Forces stationed outside the territory of Russia ceased to exist or were reorganized. In addition, in connection with the decommissioning of the UR-100K and UR-100U missile systems, two more missile divisions were disbanded in Russia:

1. Missile division stationed in the area of ​​vil. Yasnaya, Chita region.

2. Missile division stationed in the area of ​​the city of Svobodny, Amur Region (disbanded in 1994).

The reduction in the grouping of the Strategic Missile Forces by 9 divisions led to the need to disband 2 of the 6 missile armies that existed at the time of the collapse of the USSR. The 43rd Army (Vinnitsa) and the 50th Army (Smolensk) were disbanded. The headquarters of the remaining 4 missile armies are located in Vladimir83, Orenburg, Omsk and Chita.

Along with the reduction of organizational and staff structures in the Strategic Missile Forces, the process of forming new units is also taking place. During 1996, four more new missile regiments were put on combat duty. Some of these regiments, apparently, were transferred to the territory of Russia from Belarus.

The further reduction of strategic arms envisaged by the START-1 and START-2 Treaties, apparently will not lead to a radical change in the current organizational structure Strategic Missile Forces. The complete reduction of heavy ICBMs in the event of implementation of the START-2 Treaty will lead to the disbandment of the four existing divisions of these missiles. These reductions can be made without changing the existing army structure. The number of divisions may also remain unchanged, since the grouping of 800 Topol-type complexes corresponds to about 20 divisions of 4-5 regiments (36-45 launchers) in each.

The reorganization of the Strategic Missile Forces may be linked to the overall reform of the Russian Armed Forces. Thus, one of the proposals for military reform provides for the reunification of the Strategic Missile Forces and the Military Space Forces, which were separated in 1982. Other proposals provide for the unification of the Strategic Missile Forces, the Military Space Forces and the Air Defense Forces of the country into single view Armed Forces.

Bologovsky district of the Tver region of Russia.

7th Guards Rocket Rezhitsa Red Banner Division 7th Guards Division
Small emblem of the Rocket Forces strategic purpose Russian Armed Forces
Years of existence	1961 - present (present)
Country	USSR USSR: - Russia Russia: 1991 - present
Subordination	division commander
Included in	27th Guards Rocket Army
Type of	missile division
Includes	control and parts
Function	protection
population	compound
Dislocation	ZATO "Ozerny" (village settlement Vypolzovo)
Marks of Excellence	honorary name: « Rezhitskaya»

In accordance with the Directive of the Minister of Defense of the USSR, of May 25, 1960, in June 1960 on the basis of 19th Guards Cannon Artillery Rezhitsa Brigade, relocated from locality Gatchina, was formed 7th Missile Engineering Brigade with deployment in the village of Vypolzovo, Kalinin Region (Bologoe-4). The formation took place on the housing stock of the 25th mixed aviation division of the 6th separate air defense army. Colonel P. P. Uvarov was appointed commander of the missile brigade. The number of the brigade reached 9,000 people (soldiers and sergeants). Initially, the brigade was part of the 46th training artillery range, and on March 10, 1961, it became part of the 3rd separate guards missile corps.

The first missile regiment (military unit 14264) was formed from three divisions: two with ground launchers and one with a silo launcher. On November 30, 1960, the brigade commander reported to the commander-in-chief about the completion of the formation of the missile brigade - military unit 14245. From the beginning of 1961, planned training began with the R-5 missile.

On February 11, 1963, the first division (BSP-12) took up combat duty (BD) with two R-16s with ground launchers. In total, in 1963-1964, six divisions (BSP) entered the database: four with ground launchers and two with mine launchers.

Since 1965, the division began preparations for the construction of BSP missile systems of a new generation with silos of individual launches ("OS"). In pursuance of the directive of the General Staff of March 31, 1966, 6 OS missile regiments with UR-100 (8K84) missiles were formed. In 1967, the first "OS" regiment entered the DB (military unit 97688).

Since 1973, work has begun on removing the UR-100 from combat duty and placing new 15P015 complexes with the MR-UR-100 (15A15) missile on the DB (since 1977 it has been replaced by the 15P016 complex with the MR-UR-100U). The first regiment with the 15A15 missile entered the DB on May 6, 1975. During the period from October 15, 1975 to October 3, 1978, 8 more regiments took up duty, replacing the Chelomeevskaya UR-100 with the Yangelevskaya MR-UR-100.

Since 1982, according to the plan of the General Staff, part of the "OS" regiments with MR-UR-100 were taken off duty and disbanded, part was transferred to the improved complex 15P016.

In 1994, the last "OSovsky" missile regiment was removed from the database. In accordance with the decision of the Council of Ministers of Russia, on the basis of one of the combat launch positions (silos) of military unit 14264, Museum of the Rocket Forces, now disbanded for undisclosed reasons. On December 30, 1994, the first OSovsky regiment (military unit 14264) was transferred to the Topol PGRK with the RT-2PM (15Zh58) missile. On December 27, 1996, the second regiment (military unit 52642) of the Topols entered the database. In the fall of 1996, the combat crews of the missile regiments of the division at the Plesetsk training ground conducted two successful combat training launches.

Command

Composition of the compound

The division included:

• Control;

11 missile regiments:

• 129th Missile Regiment (military unit 97688) - disbanded on 12/01/1989
• 222nd Missile Regiment (military unit 95835) - disbanded on 07/01/1990
• 319th missile regiment (military unit 52643) - disbanded on 12/01/1989
• 320th Missile Regiment (military unit 52644) - disbanded on 12/01/1989
• 509th missile regiment (military unit 52641) - disbanded on 01/30/1990
• 510th missile regiment (military unit 52642) (site 3k)
• 818th Missile Regiment (military unit 74201) (51st site), - disbanded on 12/01/1993
• 272nd missile regiment (military unit 68528) (42nd site), - disbanded
• 342nd Missile Regiment (military unit 57338) - disbanded 10/30/1990
• 256?-th (526) missile regiment (military unit 07382) (11th site, 12th site), - disbanded on 01.10.1993
• 41st missile regiment (military unit 14264) (site 1C)

other formations:

• 281st communication center (military unit 03394) (since 2012 military unit 14245-V (US)
• 212th separate group of funds regulation combat control and communications as part of the 1193rd Combat Control Center (military unit 49494) 606310, Nizhny Novgorod region, Dalnee Konstantinovo-5
• 2423rd technical missile base(trb) (military unit 96778) (sites 5, 6)
• 1501st repair and technical base (military unit 33787)
• 509th separate engineer-sapper battalion (military unit 03071)
• 41st operational and technical commandant's office (military unit 63627) Ozerny, st. Sovetskaya, 7
• 29th separate helicopter squadron (military unit 65177) - disbanded in December 2001
• Separate security and reconnaissance battalion (military unit 14245) (OBOR)
• 61st station (FPS military unit 80253)
• Separate operational and regulatory group (OERG) (military unit 14245-R) - disbanded
• 3rd separate medical and sanitary battalion (military unit 46181)
• 9th mobile automobile repair shop (military unit 14245-D)
• 261st complex technical control unit (military unit 14245-R)

Kalinin region, Vypolzovo village. Have you heard about this place? And by the way, thousands and thousands of people lived, worked, served there. This place is not far from the highway Moscow-Leningrad, just in the middle. They say that once the carriage of Empress Catherine, who was passing there with her retinue, got stuck in the mud. And when they got out, the empress said that, thank God, they crawled out! Hence Vypolzovo.
And at the end of the 50s, now of the last century, in the strictest secrecy, the first division of the Strategic Missile Forces of the Strategic Missile Forces was formed there. The military garrison was located not far from the highway, inside the territory fenced with a fence there were solid 4-storey houses left by inheritance from the long-range aviation division stationed here earlier. Previously, families of pilots lived here, now rocket men have begun to live here. According to legend, officers continued to wear flying military uniform, and at the nearby airfield there were several old huge long-range bombers to confirm this legend. As boys, we rode bicycles to swim in Mikhailovskoye Lake just across the airfield, past these standing planes.
The entrance to the garrison began, as it should be, with a checkpoint standing under a pompous arch, similar to the Triumphal one, and ended with a wonderful pine forest, which struck me with the fact that when we arrived there, all the glades were red with russula. At the other end of the military camp there was a second checkpoint, not far from which stood a beautiful house of officers, also built for pilots, and behind it, in the forest, there was another military town - small wooden barracks - a town of technicians. Previously, flight technical personnel lived here with their families, and the families of military builders, the construction battalion, began to live under the rocket men. There were a lot of construction battalions and they built new points, concrete blocks for them, new houses and new school. The children studied in two shifts in a two-story wooden school with stove heating standing near the garrison. But there were so many families that a couple of years later a wonderful five-story modern huge school was built not far from the old school. General Uvarov commanded the division, Alexandrov was the chief of staff. Our first apartment was on the second floor and the windows of the rooms overlooked the main street leading from the main checkpoint with a triumphal arch to the headquarters.
I remember the children's delight of those years when we children ran out into the yard and yelled, jumped when we learned that another astronaut had taken off! And in winter, snow fortresses were built in the yards and they played snowballs until late at night. When they got older, they went "walking" - that was the name given to walking by a company of boys and girls along the perimeter of the road that ran between the houses. And when in the oncoming company you finally met her, the girl you had long and secretly liked, your heart sank. Those were happy moments!

Everything in winter free time held on skis or on a skating rink, adored the library. It was customary to send children to music school. And summer, summer - it was a special time! In the summer, even those who lived in Moscow and Leningrad often came to the garrison - many wives with children did not want to follow their husbands to such a Darkness-Cockroach from the capitals, but they came here with their children for the summer. In the summer, we either played basketball or volleyball at numerous sports grounds, or rode bikes to swim in the nearby Mikhailovskoye Lake. And then they just drove around the yards, climbed the dark stuffy wooden sheds standing along the houses. A wonderful ram was often dried there - a delicacy of boys.

I remember the arrival of Fidel Castro with Khrushchev in our garrison. Here is a quote from the TV program "Military Secret:" In 1961, in the Tver region, not far from the village of Vypolzovo, a meeting of Nikita Khrushchev and Cuban leader Fidel Castro took place in the strictest secrecy. Khrushchev showed the commandant a new R-16 missile capable of reaching the United States. "

In the days Caribbean crisis all the officers were in readiness for the start of the war, in the barracks. My father was hardly at home. Even we children knew that the war was about to begin. I often woke up at night from the fact that I dreamed of him, this terrible terrible explosion of a rocket that flew to us from the Americans. The officers worked hard. The rockets were refueled with liquid toxic fuel - heptyl, the oxidizing agent, it seems, was nitric acid. No matter how security measures were applied when refueling rockets at the sites, the number of which was constantly growing, but here and there there were emergencies with the death of people. Many children were very sick. My younger sister, in the words of my mother, "did not get out of pneumonia." In the end, the parents decided that the health of the children was first of all, and my mother took my sister and me and left for Kharkov in the summer of 1966, while my father stayed to serve until retirement. But the six years of my childhood that I lived in this place, classmates, the wonderful places of the Valdai Hills, forests, wonderful lakes, rivers - all this is still identified with what I remember when I hear the word Motherland.

It would be nice to have a website. A site with a forum for those who lived, studied, served and worked there. A closed group appeared in Odnoklassniki "Bologoe.4". But unfortunately I still can’t find many of my school classmates with whom I studied then. Almost no info on the internet...

STORY

2004 the year was an anniversary for the Guards Rezhitsa missile formation - on July 14, the 60th anniversary of this division was celebrated in the ZATO Ozerny. And this year, together with other units and formations of the Missile Forces, together with the Armed Forces and the people of Russia, it celebrates our common holiday: the 45th anniversary of the formation of a new type of troops - the Strategic Missile Forces.
The chronicle of the division is inseparable from the history of the country. By order of the People's Commissar of Defense of the USSR in 1943 on the basis of the 79th Guards artillery regiment The 19th Guards Cannon-Artillery Brigade of the Reserve of the High Command was formed, from which the 7th Guards Red Banner Rezhitsa Missile Division originates.
Its first commander was and remained until the end of the war, Colonel V.M. Sokolov.
The combat route of the 19th brigade on the Kalinin front starts from the city of Staraya Russa, goes through Novorzhev to Velikie Luki, which was then part of the Kalinin region, and from them to the city of Nevel.
The honorary name "Rezhitskaya" brigade received for participation in 1944 in the Riga offensive operation and the heroic breakthrough of the German defense in the area of ​​the Baltic city of Rezekne.
AT Peaceful time the brigade from 1947 to 1960 was based in Luga, Leningrad region. From Luga, the order again brought her to Tver land - to the village of Vypolzovo.

NUCLEAR ROCKET SHIELD OF THE MOTHERLAND

The history of the birth and deployment of the Strategic Missile Forces in the USSR, due to understandable circumstances, is not known to a wide circle of readers. We have a unique opportunity to tell in this brief anniversary review on the example of the 7th Missile Division how it was.
In 1946 the first missile formation who was armed ballistic missiles R-1.
Then went to series missile system medium range with a single-stage missile R-5M. Her chief designer- O.P. Korolev. For the first time, a detachable warhead was tested.
In 1958, at the Baikonur test site, a demonstration of rocket technology was held for members of the Central Committee of the CPSU and the Soviet government with a demonstration of the launch of new R-12 missiles. A year later, Chief Marshal of Artillery M.I. Nedelin and the chief of staff of the reactive units, Lieutenant General M.A. Nikolsky scientifically substantiated the need to create a special type of troops capable of holding back the transformation cold war into hot.
On December 17, 1959, by a decree of the government of the USSR, the new kind Armed Forces. The first Commander-in-Chief of the Strategic Missile Forces was M.I. Nedelin.
The breakthrough into a new sphere of human activity - rocket and space - was accompanied by tragedies in our country, in Europe, and in the USA. On October 24, 1960, during the preparation of the first launch of the R-16 ICBM, an explosion occurred on the launch pad. Many died, including Chief Marshal of Artillery Nedelin. Shown on TV last year documentary about this tragedy - a requiem to the heroes of the Strategic Missile Forces.
Nevertheless, the design development, experimental fine-tuning and development of new missile technology by the troops continued at an accelerated pace. The arms race for us was a means of deterring the aggressor, a way of maintaining world influence, a source of the latest technologies and virtuoso engineering solutions. This is how the designers, engineers of the defense industry and rocket soldiers understood their mission at that time.
In 1960 in design office"Yuzhnoye" under the leadership of Academician M.K. Yangela was created intercontinental missile on high-boiling fuel components. The idea appeared and was implemented to hide the R-16U missile in a silo launcher. 186 such installations were deployed. These missiles were in service until the 70s.
The second-generation intercontinental ballistic missile was the UR-100 lightweight missile. It was created by the team of Academician V.N. Chelomeya.
From 1973 to 1985, the Strategic Missile Forces are equipped with third-generation missile systems with multiple warheads and means of overcoming air defense enemy. The RS-18, RS-20 missiles are being put into service.
At the next stage (1985-1992), fourth-generation missile systems with new RS-22 and RS-20V missiles enter service.
Since 1992, fundamentally begins new stage in the development of the Strategic Missile Forces. A unified Topol-M missile system for stationary and mobile deployment is being created and deployed.
In 1997, the Strategic Missile Forces were merged with the Military Space Forces and the Space Rocket Defense Forces. Since June 2001, the Strategic Missile Forces have been dismembered and transformed from a branch of the Armed Forces into two independent branches of troops of central subordination: Rocket troops Strategic and Space Forces.
It must be said that Tver military scientists from NII-2 of the RF Ministry of Defense and the Military University of Air Defense made their significant contribution to the development of rocketry and its control systems, to the improvement of protective equipment. In the USSR, a unique mobile missile system on the chassis of railway cars was created - there was not and is not in the world - a mobile missile system. This missile armored train in the lace of Russian railways and traffic flow is almost impossible to detect. And he is ready, if necessary, to fire a volley of ballistic missiles within a few minutes. The design engineers and production workers of the Tver Carriage Works were involved in the creation of this complex.

BATTLE DAYS CONNECTIONS

In the distant 60s, in the village of Vypolzovo, Kalinin Region, our missile division began to settle in houses and barracks that the 25th aviation division of the 6th air army left. The core of its personnel was the 19th Guards Cannon-Artillery Rezhitsa Brigade transferred here. The tasks were the most difficult: it was necessary to build a residential town, to accept and master the technology that had never been dealt with before, to form a management. But at the appointed time November 30, 1960, commander - Colonel P.P. Uvarov reported that the 7th missile brigade had been created. It soon became a division in which combat duty was carried by five regiments with RS-16 missiles.
After 10 years, the divisions were already on combat duty 15 missile regiments (!!!) equipped with new complexes 8K84. These were also difficult years. The work went on around the clock, to the limit of what was possible. But adopted by the country measures provided in the 70s strategic parity between the USSR and the USA.
Since 1975, the next rearmament of the division began. Received the third generation of missiles - 15A15. With them, the range of destruction and the number of targets hit increased several times. Latest systems remote control brought this type of missile to the fore in terms of combat capabilities.
During these periods, successively replacing each other, the division was commanded by Major General Yu.S. Morsakov, A.P. Volkov, E.S. Ivanov and V.P. Khramchenkov.
One of the most difficult and bitter tasks fell to Major General A.V. Gribov, who commanded the division for 12 years (from 1986 to 1998), and Major General A.S. Abramov. The difficulty was not only in the development of the new Topol supermissiles, but also in the fact that, by decision of the new Soviet leadership, from March 1989, the removal of missile regiments from combat duty began. A huge amount of work was carried out, the opposite of what was done before. The missiles were dismantled and disposed of, the missile silos were destroyed. And this work was, as always, carried out by rocket scientists with high quality, accident-free and environmentally friendly. Since 2000, the division has been led by Major General A.F. Shurko.