Day special-purpose units of Interior troops of the Russian Ministry of

Description

August 29 marks the day of special forces of the INTERIOR TROOPS of Russia. The date was not chosen randomly, in 1977 year August 29 was created URSN-training company for special purposes. On the basis of URNS with time was created by legendary Squad of commandos "Vityaz". Officially, the holiday was approved in 2006 year by Decree of the President of the Russian Federation on establishing professional holidays and memorable days in the armed forces of the RUSSIAN FEDERATION "and then is celebrated annually by the members of the special forces of the Interior, serving or retired.

The first Commander URSN was appointed Captain Vladimir A. Maltsev. Thanks to the intense and persistent training and exercises, the company succeeded in a short time to prepare to fulfil the assigned tasks with high quality on the summer Olympics, which was held in Moscow at the time. Roth has held their workout with at that time formed a group "a" KGB "alpha". Fighters of the special purpose companies differed by high physical strength training, while "Alpha" was notable for better firepower. And this despite the fact that the "alpha" unit stationed officers, while in URSN served as a simple "conscripts".

The symbol of the new special forces unit, which distinguishes them from other branches of the armed forces, became so recognizable in our time, the Maroon beret. To get it, it was necessary to pass the fighters exam, after successful completion of which the fighters received honorary character differences.