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{{infobox military unit
| unit_name                     = 535th Rifle Regiment (1940 — 1957) <br>404th Guards Motorised Rifle Regiment (1957 — 1983)<br>27th Separate Guards Sevastopol Red Banner Motor Rifle Brigade "60th Anniversary of the USSR" (1983 — present)
| native_name                   = {{langx|ru|27-я отдельная гвардейская мотострелковая Севастопольская Краснознамённая бригада имени 60-летия СССР}}
| image                         = Great emblem of the 27th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade.svg
| caption                       = Brigade Emblem
| dates                         = 1940 — present
{{plainlist|
*{{USSR}} (1940–1991)
*{{RUS}} (1991–present)
}}
| branch                        = [[Soviet Army]]<br>{{army|Russia}}
| type                          = [[Mechanized infantry]]
| size                          = [[Brigade]]
| patron                        = [[Michael (archangel)|Saint Michael]]
| command_structure             = [[1st Guards Tank Army]], [[Moscow Military District]]
| garrison                      = [[Mosrentgen]], [[Novomoskovsky Administrative Okrug|Novomoskovsky, Moscow]]<br>[[Military Unit Number|MUN]] 61899
| nickname                      = 27-я
| motto                         = Служить здесь — почёт и большая награда! Да здравствует 27-я бригада!!!
| march                         = Солнце встало над Сапун-горою!
| battles                       = [[Eastern Front (World War II)|World War II]]<br>[[1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt]]<br>[[1993 Russian constitutional crisis]]<br>[[First Chechen War]]<br>[[Second Chechen War]]<br>[[Russian military intervention in the Syrian civil war]]<br>[[Russian invasion of Ukraine]]
| decorations                   = {{plainlist|
*{{OrderRedBanner}}
}}
| battle_honours                = [[Sevastopol]]
| battle_honours_label          = Honorifics
| current_commander             = Colonel (Guards) [[Sergey Igorevich Safonov]]
}}
The '''27th Separate Guards Sevastopol Red Banner Motor Rifle Brigade "60th Anniversary of the USSR"''' ({{Langx|ru|27-я отдельная гвардейская мотострелковая Севастопольская Краснознамённая бригада имени 60-летия СССР|27-ya otdel'naya gvardeyskaya motostrelkovaya Sevastopol'skaya Krasnozamyonaya brigada imeni 60-letiya SSSR}}) is a tactical [[formation (military)|formation]] of the [[Russian Ground Forces]]. Its [[Military Unit Number]] (V/Ch) is 61899.<ref>{{Cite web |title=27-я отдельная гвардейская мотострелковая бригада (в/ч 61899) |url=https://imosrentgen.ru/vch-61899/ |access-date=2023-07-27 |website=Мосрентген |language=ru-RU}}</ref> It is part of [[1st Guards Tank Army]] of the [[Western Military District]], stationed in [[Mosrentgen]], [[Novomoskovsky Administrative Okrug]] of [[Moscow]].
==History==
The brigade traces its origins to the 535th Rifle Regiment, formed in [[Chuguev]], [[Kharkov Oblast]], Ukraine, in July 1940.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pamyat-naroda.ru/documents/view/?id=114250434|title=Short combat path 6 Guards Rifle Regiment, 2 guards RD|publisher = pamyat-naroda.ru |accessdate=2017-10-14}}</ref> From August 8, 1941 to September 14, 1941, the regiment, part of the  [[127th Rifle Division]], participated in [[Yelnya offensive|battles near Yelnya]]. On September 18, 1941, for the courage and valor of its personnel, the [[regiment]] and the remainder of the division became a [[Guards unit]], the division becoming the [[2nd Guards Rifle Division]].
[[Atamyrat Niyazov]], the father of the first post-Soviet [[President of Turkmenistan]] [[Saparmurat Niyazov]], reportedly volunteered to go to the front with the 535th Rifle Regiment during World War II. According to post-Soviet official Turkmen sources, surrounding his son's personality cult, he was killed on 24 December 1942 during the [[Battle of the Caucasus]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.rferl.org/a/1073601.html|title=Obituary &#124; Saparmurat Niyazov's legacy|newspaper=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty|date=2 February 2012 |last1=Kimmage |first1=Daniel }}</ref>
In 1947, a new branch of troops appeared in the [[Soviet Ground Forces]] - motorized rifle and mechanized troops. At the same time, the regiment was renamed the 6th Guards Motorized Rifle Sevastopol Red Banner Regiment. Initially, the troops received American [[armoured personnel carrier]]s and [[Studebaker]] trucks. During the first half of 1947, the regiment was fully equipped with wheeled and tracked vehicles and weapons. A vehicle fleet, technical and repair bases, and fuel and lubricants warehouses began to be created. By the summer, the [[Soviet General Staff]] had developed a draft of new Combat and Field Manuals for the Ground Forces, more in line with the post-war era.
The unit served as the 404th Guards Motorised Rifle Regiment (404th GMRR) from 1957 until the early 1980s, and in 1982 was given the honorific title "named for the 60th anniversary of the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics]]", celebrated that year.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://voinskaya-chast.ru/vooruzhennye-cily/cuxoputnye-vojska/27-ya-otdelnaya-gvardejskaya-motostrelkovaya-brigada-voinskaya-chast-61899.html|title=27-я отдельная гвардейская мотострелковая бригада - воинская часть 61899 |date=25 July 2015 |publisher=voinskaya-chast.ru|language=ru|accessdate=2017-10-14}}</ref>
After many years of service as a regiment, the brigade was activated when on 1 June 1983, in [[Tyoply Stan District|Teplyy Stan]], Moscow Oblast, the 27th Guards Motor Rifle Brigade was established from the former 404th GMRR. It was briefly transferred to the [[Soviet Border Troops]] in 1990–91 before reverting to army control.
[[File:75Parad 03.jpg|thumb|Troops of the brigade dressed in the uniforms of the [[Soviet Air Forces]] during the [[2020 Moscow Victory Day Parade]].<ref>{{Cite web|title="Парад Победы в Москве"|url=http://parad75.mil.ru/moscow.html|access-date=2020-08-23|website=parad75.mil.ru|language=ru}}</ref>|alt=]]
It is now part of the reformed [[1st Guards Tank Army]] after 2014. Sutyagin and Bronk wrote in 2017 that the brigade had a regime security function.<ref>Sutyagin, Igor, and Justin Bronk. Russia’s New Ground Forces: Capabilities, Limitations and Implications for International Security. Routledge, 2017.</ref>
The brigade was deployed in the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]] during the [[Eastern Ukraine campaign]], participating in the [[Battle of Izium]]. Reportedly during the retreat of the brigade following [[2022 Kharkiv counteroffensive|the recapture of Izium]] by Ukrainian forces, commanding officer Colonel [[Sergey Igorevich Safonov]] and another officer had stabbed an elderly woman and shot her husband respectively, killing both.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/russian-war-report-russian-telegram-channel-spreads-digitally-modified-photo-of-polands-prime-minister/ |title=New reports of Russian forces killing Ukrainian civilians |last=Trad |first=Ruslan |publisher=[[Atlantic Council]] |date=December 2, 2022|access-date=December 8, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.svoboda.org/a/nehoroshiy-chelovek-rossiyskiy-polkovnik-i-ubiystvo-mirnyh-zhiteley/32153654.html |script-title=uk:"Нехороший человек". Российский полковник и убийство мирных жителей|trans-title="Bad person". Russian colonel and the killing of civilians |lang=Ukrainian |last1=Krutov |first1=Mark |last2=Dobrynin |first2=Sergei |last3=Egoshina |first3=Valeria |newspaper=Радио Свобода |publisher=[[Svoboda_(newspaper)|Svoboda]] |date=November 30, 2022|access-date=December 8, 2022}}</ref>
==Composition==
[[File:13April-Rehersal-Alabino-21.jpg|thumb|Tanks from the brigade in the [[Alabino]].]]
{{Col div}}
* Directorate
* 1st Motorized Rifle Battalion
* 2nd Motorized Rifle Battalion
* 3rd Motorized Rifle Battalion
* Tank Battalion
* Self-Propelled Artillery Division
* Rocket Artillery Division
* Anti-Aircraft Missile and Artillery Division
* Intelligence Company
* Rifle Company
* Signals Battalion
* Battalion of Material Support
* Repair and Restoration Company
* Engineering Company
* Commandant's Company
* NBC Company
* Medical Company
* Battery Management and Artillery Intelligence
* Command and Radar Deconnaissance Platoon
* Management Platoon
* Platoon of Instructors
* Simulators Platoon
* [[Polygon (disambiguation)|Polygon]]
* Brigade Band
* [[Storm-Z]] Convict Assault Detachment<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-july-10-2023 |title=Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, July 10, 2023 |last1=Bailey |first1=Riley |last2=Stepanenko |first2=Kateryna |last3=Karolina |first3=Hird |last4=Wolkov |first4=Nicole |last5=Kagan |first5= Frederick |date=10 July 2023 |website=[[Institute for the Study of War]] |access-date=July 11, 2023 |quote=Elements of the Russian 'Storm-Z' convict assault detachment of the 27th Separate Guards Motorized Brigade operating in the Luhansk direction recorded an appeal complaining about lack of medical assistance and short recovery time periods before the wounded servicemen return to the frontlines.}}</ref>
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===Band===
[[File:27th Independent Sevastopol Guards Motor Rifle Brigade (179-14).jpg|thumb|The brigade drill team on conscript day.]]
The [[Russian military bands|Military Band]] (currently led by Lieutenant Alexei Bozhedomov) is a specialized unit group in the brigade. It is deployed in the village of Mosrentgen in [[Moscow]]. It conducts active cultural accompaniment to all events of the brigade and at cultural events in Moscow. It is a regular participant in the [[Moscow Victory Day Parade]] on [[Red Square]]. The band is participated in the [[Spasskaya Tower Military Music Festival and Tattoo]] from 2017-2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://spasstower.ru/participants/orkestr-27-y-otdelnoy-gvardeyskoy-motostrelkovoy-brigady/|title = Оркестр 27-й отдельной гвардейской мотострелковой бригады — Спасская башня}}</ref>
== Brigade commanders ==
{{incomplete|Ranks missing|date=March 2022}}
[[File:27thOMSBr25.jpg|thumb|A demonstration of the intelligence unit.]]
* Valentin Kryukov (June 1983 — August 1984)
* Gennady Andreev (August 1984 — August 1987)
* Pyotr Medvedev (August 1987 — July 1988)
* Boris Polyakov (July 1988 — June 1990)
* Alexander Yegorov (June 1990 — July 1993)
* [[Aleksandr Nikolayevich Denisov]] (July 1993 — February 1995)
* Sergey Generalov (February 1995 — April 1997)
* Alexey Samolkin (April 1997 — June 1999)
* Ivan Buvaltsev (July 1999 — July 2001)<ref>[https://structure.mil.ru/management/details.htm?id=11809838%40SD_Employee Министерство обороны РФ]</ref>
* Alexander Kuzhilin (August 2001 — September 2003)
* Dmitry Yashin (November 2003 — October 2006)
* [[Aleksandr Chaiko]] (November 2006 — November 2007)
* Gennady Obukhov (December 2007 — December 2009)
* Andrey Trifonov (December 2009 — January 2012)
* Vladimir Yeremeyev (February 2012 — December 2013)
* Александр Семёнович Санчик (December 2013 — December 2014)
* Сергей Владимирович Горячев (December 2014 — November 2015)
* Dmitry Yakovlevich Aksyonov (November 2015 — July 2021)
* Colonel Sergey Igorevich Safonov (August 2021 — present)
== Heroes of Russia ==
*[[Lieutenant Colonel]] of the Guards Vladimir Belov
*[[Lieutenant]] of the Guards Alexander Solomatin
== References ==
<references />
*Michael Holm, [http://www.ww2.dk/new/army/other/27ogmsbr.htm 27th independent Guards Sevastopolskaya Red Banner Motorised Rifle Brigade imeni 60th anniversary SSSR]
== External links ==
{{Commons category}}
* [http://27omsbr.moy.su/ Общественный портал 27-я ОМСБр]
* [https://voinskayachast.net/suhoputnie-voyska/motostrelkovie/vch-61899#i 27-я отдельная гвардейская мотострелковая бригада (в/ч 61899)]
* [https://pamyat-naroda.ru/documents/view/?id=113043019 Описание боевых действий] 2 гв. сд [[Акименко, Адриан Захарович|гв. генерал-майор Акименко А. З.]] — 1953 г.
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=WDpAAwAAQBAJ&dq=%2227-%D1%8F+%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F+%D0%B3%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F+%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%8F%22+%D0%B1%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B0&pg=PT123 Система безопасности СССР]
* [https://function.mil.ru/news_page/country/more.htm?id=12296085@egNews Севастопольская мотострелковая бригада ЗВО усилила боевой состав гвардейской танковой армии]
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