4th Guards Military Base

The 4th Guards Military Base (Russian: 4-я гвардейская военная база) is a sizable overseas military base of the Russian Armed Forces stationed in the partially recognized Republic of South Ossetia. The base is subordinate to the command of the Southern Military District of the Russian Armed Forces. It was the first military of strategic importance in the Caucasus.[2] The base is located in the city of Tskhinval and the neighboring village of Java.

4th Guards Military Base
4-я гвардейская военная база
The emblem of the Russian Armed Forces
Active2009–Present
Country Russia
Allegiance Russia
 South Ossetia
Branch Russian Armed Forces
TypeTask force/Military base
Size4,500 soldiers[1]
Part ofSouthern Military District
HeadquartersTskhinvali
Commanders
Current
commander		Guards Colonel Alexander Kravtsov

History

After the 1991–1992 South Ossetia War, a Joint Control Commission was created on the basis of the Dagomys agreement from representatives of four parties: Georgia, South Ossetia, Russia and North Ossetia. From 1993 to 2008, the Mixed Peacekeeping Forces (consisting of three battalions - Russian, Georgian and Ossetian) were deployed in South Ossetia. Before the war of 2008, Georgian peacekeepers who were part of the Joint Staff of the JPKF left its command. After the Russo-Georgian War, the Joint Peacekeeping Force ceased to exist.[3] After the recognition of the Republic of South Ossetia by Russia, it was decided that a permanent Russian military base was needed.[4]

The base was formed on 1 February 2009 on the basis of the 693rd Guards and 135th Motor Rifle Regiments of the 19th Motor Rifle Division based in Vladikavkaz.[5] On 7 April 2010, Russian Defence Minister Anatoly Serdyukov and South Ossetian Defence Minister Yuri Tanayev signed an agreement on a unified Russian military base on the territory of South Ossetia.[6][7] In accordance with the Russian-South Ossetian agreement, the united military base included former peacekeeping facilities in Tskhinval, a training ground in Dzartsem, and a military camp 4 kilometer north of Tskhinval. The Russian Airborne Troops also established an active military base outside of Java. The period of operation of the base is 49 years, with the possibility of automatic renewal for subsequent 15-year periods. On 16 December 2011, the 4th Guards Military Base was awarded the Order of St. George by President Medvedev.[8] In 2012, it was planned to form the so-called "Ossetian Battalion" recruited from among the Armed Forces of South Ossetia as part of the base.[9]

Composition
Troops of the military base during an exercise in 2017.
  • Headquarters
  • 1st Motorized Rifle Battalion
  • 2nd Motorized Rifle Battalion
  • 3rd Motorized Rifle Battalion
  • Special Forces Battalion
  • Sniper Company
  • Tank Battalion
  • 1st Self-propelled Artillery Division
  • 2nd Self-propelled Artillery Division
  • Rocket Artillery Division
  • Anti-tank Artillery Division
  • Anti-aircraft Missile and Artillery Division
  • Reconnaissance Battalion
  • Drone Company
  • Engineering Battalion
  • NBC Protection Company
  • Signals Battalion
  • Electronic Warfare Company
  • Artillery Battery
  • Radar Platoon
  • Intelligence Platoon
  • Repair Battalion
  • Support Battalion
  • Commandant Company
  • Medical Company
  • Instructor Platoon
  • Training Platoon
  • Polygon
  • Military Band

Commanders
  • Major General Alexander Shushukin (February 2009 - October 2013)
  • Colonel Mikhail Polishchuk Ivanovich (October 2013 - September 2016-)
  • Colonel Alexander Kravtsov (September 2016 - Present)[10]

See also

References
  1. Базы на 49 лет. Совфед ратифицировал соглашения о военных базах в Абхазии и Южной Осетии
  2. Lavrov, Anton (2010). "Post-war Deployment of Russian Forces in Abkhazia and South Ossetia". In Ruslan Pukhov (ed.). The Tanks of August. Centre for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies. ISBN 978-5-9902320-1-3.
  3. Южная Осетия: обстановка накаляется
  4. О признании независимости Южной Осетии и Абхазии
  5. На 4-й российской военной базе в Южной Осетии проведены контрольные стрельбы
  6. Цхинвал: российская военная база — единственный гарант безопасности ЮО
  7. Анатолий Сердюков, министр обороны РФ: «Россия берет на себя полную ответственность за защиту Южной Осетии»
  8. Российской военной базе в Южной Осетии вручено Георгиевское знамя : Министерство обороны Российской Федерации
  9. В составе 4-й гвардейской военной базы ВС России в Южной Осетии формируется Осетинский батальон
  10. Встреча с Президентом Южной Осетии

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