Russian holidays - Day of formations and military units for the protection of important state facilities and special cargo of the Russian Guard (Special Units Day)

The date April 27 is marked by a holiday - the day of formation of the internal troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia The holiday is dated by the specified date for a reason, but let’s first get acquainted with the internal troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs The Internal Troops (IT) of the Ministry of Internal Affairs are special military formations created to establish and maintain state security They protect human rights and freedom from illegal and criminal organizations The unofficial name "in their" circles is interpreted as special parts The main tasks of special units:• Ensuring compliance with the course of counter-terrorism operations;• Assisting the FSB border service in protecting the border of the Russian Federation;• Defense tasks of state-important facilities and special dangerous goods;• Territorial defense of the country;• Ensuring the protection of the safety of citizens;• Ensuring and controlling the regime Emergency provisions The importance of special units is high, because the strategic position of the country and the protection of highly secret facilities of the Russian Federation must be at a high quality level There are troops in every country that are not even disclosed to the media In our country, such troops are the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia The Day of Formation of the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia originated in the first post-war years The order for the formation of special units was issued on April 27, 1964 At this time, the USSR was developing and testing nuclear weapons, which the United States already had The USSR conducted research and construction of strategically important nuclear industry facilities In parallel with the research and construction, the need arose for careful protection of objects May 1964 was marked by the Decree of the Council of the USSR Ministry on the creation of special departments to ensure the protection of scientific laboratories of the Soviet Union August 1946 was marked by the beginning of work to protect strategically important facilities Risking their own lives, the military strictly fulfilled the tasks assigned to them For the sake of secrecy, the military sometimes wore civilian clothes instead of uniforms, so as not to attract unnecessary attention They warned the country's citizens against the consequences of dangerous natural and man-made disasters, for example, such as the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant The work to eliminate the consequences was carried out by 145 thousand employees of the military Internal Troops of the USSR Servants of the special units of the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia must celebrate their professional day The management solemnly congratulates its employees on the day of formation of special units Especially distinguished military personnel receive state awards and valuable memorable gifts