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Russian 201st division in Tajikistan gets new commander
ITAR-TASS news agency, Moscow
31 Jul 04
Dushanbe, 31 July: Col Sergey Yudin has started his duties as the new
commander of the 201st Russian Motor-Rifle Division, based in
Tajikistan.
He has replaced the former commander of the division, Maj-Gen Yuriy
Perminov, who was appointed deputy commander of the army in the
Siberian Military District.
The new commander was presented to personnel by a deputy commander of
the forces in the Privolzhsko-Uralskiy Military District, Lt-Gen
Nikolay Yershov, who also conducted a regular inspection of combat
readiness at the division's sub-units.
One of the battalions of the 201st division is a part of the
collective rapid-deployment forces of the Collective Security Treaty
Organization Collective Security Treaty Organization; members are
Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Russia . The
division's tactical groups are also closely interacting with Russian
border forces in Tajikistan by backing up the Moskva and Panj border
detachments both on the Tajik-Afghan border with their heavy armament.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
ITAR-TASS news agency, Moscow
31 Jul 04
Dushanbe, 31 July: Col Sergey Yudin has started his duties as the new
commander of the 201st Russian Motor-Rifle Division, based in
Tajikistan.
He has replaced the former commander of the division, Maj-Gen Yuriy
Perminov, who was appointed deputy commander of the army in the
Siberian Military District.
The new commander was presented to personnel by a deputy commander of
the forces in the Privolzhsko-Uralskiy Military District, Lt-Gen
Nikolay Yershov, who also conducted a regular inspection of combat
readiness at the division's sub-units.
One of the battalions of the 201st division is a part of the
collective rapid-deployment forces of the Collective Security Treaty
Organization Collective Security Treaty Organization; members are
Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Russia . The
division's tactical groups are also closely interacting with Russian
border forces in Tajikistan by backing up the Moskva and Panj border
detachments both on the Tajik-Afghan border with their heavy armament.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress