Head of the 12th Main Directorate of the Ministry of Defense Head of the 12th Main Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation Major General Igor Kolesnikov / Photo: Patriot-expo.ru

One of the effective forms of combat training used to improve the level of professional skills of military personnel is field training competitions among units of the branches and branches of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. By the decision of the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation - First Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, the list of all-army competitions was replenished with another competition - the "Special Route" competition among ammunition transportation units representing the 12th Main Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the Main Rocket and Artillery Directorate, Missile Forces and artillery of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. It is in this composition that the units will interact in the performance of combat missions to support the operations of the troops. The head of the 12th Main Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, Major General Igor Kolesnikov, spoke about the features of the new competition to the Red Star.

- Igor Anatolyevich, why was such a “special” name chosen for the new All-Army competition of professional skills?

- The name of the competition "Special Route" was not chosen by chance. All military personnel of the ammunition transportation units are unique specialists with a combination of knowledge, skills and abilities necessary to perform tasks.

It is difficult to overestimate the importance for the troops of the timely delivery of ammunition. The success in implementing the decisions of any commander or commander depends on the completeness of the performance of combat missions by transportation units.
The requirements for the training of specialists of our mobile units are significantly increased by the dangerous properties of the ammunition being transported, as well as the conditions for performing a combat mission, when the impact of the enemy and the road infrastructure destroyed as a result of hostilities require the personnel of the transportation units to have the highest level of driving skills, skills to independently perform combat support tasks, as well as the skillful execution of technological operations for loading and unloading ammunition, preparing them for combat use.

- Where will the competition take place?

- The high efficiency of training transportation units is achieved through competitiveness at all stages of the competition - in military units, formations and military districts. The units that have passed a thorough selection have earned the right to compete for the title of the best in the military profession in the 84th interspecific center for retraining and advanced training of specialists named after Marshal of Artillery Yefim Boychuk, where a unique training and material base for competitions has been created. It is located in Sergiev Posad near Moscow.

– What has been done to successfully hold quite specific competitions?

– A road with improved surface was built, on which obstacles were erected. Automatic and pistol shooting ranges, located here, will allow you to test your skills in shooting from all types of weapons. Places for the loading of ammunition on rail and air transport, a fire-assault strip and a single obstacle strip will serve to test the special skills, strength and physical endurance of military personnel.
All elements of the training and material base are compactly placed on the ground and are interconnected in a logical sequence, reflecting the order in which a unit performs a combat mission. The stages of the finals of the competition are also tied to the stages of the combat mission.

"Success in the implementation of the decisions of any commander or commander depends on the completeness of the combat missions by transportation units"

- Please tell us more about the stages of the competition ...

- At the first stage, the units will compete in meeting the standards when working out measures for receiving special cargo coming in by various modes of transport and moving them to the designated area.
The second stage includes obstacles and tests corresponding to the conditions for the subunits to carry out combat support measures in the tactical zone.

And finally, in the third stage, the units will demonstrate the coherence and skill necessary to carry out the final measures of providing troops with ammunition.

At all stages, the subunits will operate in a difficult environment, simulating the fire and chemical effects of the enemy, mining the terrain and creating insurmountable obstacles and obstacles.
The presence of obstacle courses in the training base will allow military personnel to additionally demonstrate a high level of endurance and physical fitness, including hand-to-hand combat skills and accelerated movement under enemy fire.

The best divisions according to the results of the competition will be awarded and encouraged in accordance with the results. In any case, the winners can already be called all those who have reached the final. The achievements of these military personnel will serve as an excellent example for colleagues.

And the experience of holding an all-army-scale event will undoubtedly be useful both for the direct training of specialists and for interaction between the 12th Main Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the Main Rocket and Artillery Directorate and the Directorate of Missile Forces and Artillery of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in matters of joint preparation for ensuring the combat operations of the troops.

I wish all participants to show their best qualities in an honest and principled fight. And may the best man win!

Interviewed by Viktor Khudoleev.

MOSCOW, Krasnaya Zvezda newspaper
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Bolshoi Znamensky lane, 19

Patch 12 GUMO

The explosion of the first Soviet nuclear device at the Semipalatinsk test site on August 29, 1949, 10:05 am.

12th Main Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation- a body of military administration of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation - Russia, responsible for nuclear technical support and security.
In the Soviet period, it was called the 12th Main Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (12GU MO USSR).
Vehicle license plate code of the 12th Main Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, Russian Armed Forces - 39.

Management

Head of the 12th Main Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation - Colonel Yu. G. Sych.

Deputy Head of Department - Colonel P. A. Shushpanov.

Story

The founding date of the 12 Main Directorate of the USSR Ministry of Defense is September 4, the day of the formation of the Special Department of the General Staff (GS) of the Armed Forces of the USSR, whose tasks were to create the first test site (Semipalatinsk test site), study the damaging factors of nuclear explosions and develop means and methods of anti-nuclear protection of troops (forces) and population. Colonel General V. A. Bolyatko was appointed head of the special department, and Major General N. P. Egorov was appointed his deputy.
On September 20, the Special Department of the General Staff was transformed into the 6th Directorate of the General Staff of the USSR Armed Forces, which was entrusted with the functions of coordinating research work, developing special requirements for the combat use of troops (forces) in the context of the use of nuclear weapons, organizing and conducting nuclear tests weapons, control of the activities of special departments in the types of armed forces.
By March 1, there were 15 atomic bombs of the RDS-1 type in the arsenal of atomic weapons of the Soviet Union.
The storage of atomic bombs was carried out on the territory of the nuclear "facility No. 550" (KB-11) in a specially constructed underground storage facility. The bombs were stored in a disassembled state, the components and parts were also in reinforced concrete ground (covered with earth) storages.
As of January 1, KB-11 already had 35 atomic bombs:

The preparation of the Air Force for the use of nuclear bombs began at the end of 1951, when, by decision of the Council of Ministers of the USSR dated August 29, 1951 No. 8" consisting of 22 combat aircraft carriers Tu-4. The regiment was manned by personnel from the 45th Heavy Bomber Aviation Division. Colonel V. A. Trekhin was appointed commander of the regiment.
The issue of creating an infrastructure for the storage and operation of nuclear munitions has become acute. For obvious reasons, the Special Committee assigned the First Main Directorate under the Council of Ministers of the USSR to carry out this task.
In 1951, departments were created in the First Main Directorate under the Council of Ministers of the USSR:

• accounting and storage of special products;
• special acceptance of parts, components, mechanisms and materials for products "501" (that is, nuclear weapons);
• department of construction of special objects.

At the end of 1950, the Council of Ministers of the USSR decided to create central storage bases for nuclear weapons - TsBKh, that is, organizations that assemble and store nuclear weapons produced at the plants of the USSR Ministry of Medium Machine Building (Minsredmash USSR, MSM USSR).
First central storage bases (objects "C") were in the south of Crimea military unit (V/Ch) No. 62047 (Simferopol-10 or Feodosiya-13) "Object 712" - commander M. V. Nemirovsky, in Western Ukraine V/Ch No. 51989 (Ivano-Frankivsk-16) "Object 711" - commander A. M. Yakovenko, military unit No. 52025 - Moscow region, Mozhaisk-10 (Moscow, K-510) "Object 714" - commander P. A Krylov, in the central part of Russia, military unit No. 71373 (Novgorod-18) "Object 713" - commander B. N. Filippov.
On August 29, 1951, the decision of the Council of Ministers of the USSR No. 3200-1513 was adopted to begin construction of the first military warehouses - nuclear bases designed to store and prepare for the use of atomic bombs, at four airfields of Long-Range Aviation located in the settlements of Stryi, Soltsy, Bagerovo , Machulishche . These military warehouses of nuclear bombs were given the code name - repair and technical bases (RTB). These first bases were headed by: in Western Ukraine (Stryi) - commander Zaika, in the Crimea (Bagerovo) - commander Kuzovatkin I.I., in Belarus, military unit No. 75367 (Machulishchi) - commander Gusev, in north-western Russia - V / Ch No. 75365 (Soltsy, Novgorod Region) - Commander Shirshov.
The construction and formation of the first four RTBs was completed in 1954. Construction of the first two central storage bases (711 and 712) was completed in 1955.
In 1954, serial production of aviation nuclear munitions (RDS-3, RDS-4) began, and in 1955, their first laying was carried out at facilities "C" and at facilities of repair and technical bases.
Subsequently, the construction of central and military storage bases continued.
For each central several nuclear weapons storage bases military storage bases that were provided with nuclear weapons from it. TsBH carried out technical control and technical support of the Air Force and Navy repair and technical bases, mobile repair and technical bases of the Strategic Missile Forces and Air Defense Forces, and management of the Strategic Missile Forces repair and technical bases.
The assembly of products was determined by the list of equipment (VK). Initially, nuclear munitions came from manufacturing plants in disassembled form (according to the VK-1 configuration lists). At the central bases, the components of a nuclear weapon were checked and installed in the hull. Only beginning in the second half of the year did the USSR Ministry of Medium Machine Building organize the storage of nuclear munitions at central bases in a higher degree of readiness.
Atomic bombs were laid on the central bases according to the VK-2, VK-3, VK-4 configuration lists, and on military bases - according to the VK-4 configuration lists (subsequently - in the degree of readiness of SG-4) and higher.
A feature of 1955-1956. was that the military stock of nuclear munitions at the maintenance bases was kept without nuclear charges, neutron sources, etc. final preparation of nuclear weapons for combat use.
The military assembly brigades that were part of the military nuclear storage bases for nuclear weapons were subordinate to the Ministry of Medium Machine Building (Military Unit No. nuclear bombs and issuing them for suspension on carrier aircraft.
On March 12, 1956, a resolution of the Central Committee of the CPSU and the Council of Ministers of the USSR was adopted, by which the Ministry of Medium Machine Building and the Ministry of Defense were instructed to submit proposals by July 15, 1956 on the transfer in 1956 to the Ministry of Defense of assembly brigades and nuclear bombs located at the military bases of the Ministry of Medium mechanical engineering, and by the end of 1956 to develop and submit a proposal on the timing and procedure for transferring the functions of acceptance, storage and operation of nuclear weapons from the Ministry of Medium Machine Building to the Ministry of Defense. By the Decree of the Government of the USSR of September 23, 1957, it was prescribed that two central nuclear weapons storage bases be transferred to the Ministry of Defense by February 1, 1958. The transfer of the remaining central bases for the storage of nuclear weapons was carried out by decision of the Central Committee of the CPSU and the Council of Ministers of the USSR of January 9, 1958. Until June 1, 1958, all nine central bases with nuclear weapons stored in them and personnel were transferred by the Ministry of Medium Machine Building to the Ministry of Defense.
From that moment on, the operation of nuclear weapons was carried out by central storage bases, military bases of nuclear weapons of the branches of the Armed Forces, mobile bases of nuclear weapons of the branches of the Armed Forces and military units for combat use.
Until 12/31/1961, work on the assembly of nuclear weapons was carried out in the following military units:

• Military unit No. 04201 - (PGU under the Council of Ministers of the USSR, which has become MSM since 1953)
• Military unit No. 25026 Liepaja RTB BF
• Military unit No. 31759 Chelyabinsk-115
• Military unit No. 40274 Lesnoy (Sverdlovsk-45)
• Military unit No. 41013 Tryokhgorny-1
• Military unit No. 41065 Svobodny-21
• Military unit No. 51966 Zheleznogorsk (Krasnoyarsk-26)
• Military unit No. 51989 Ivano-Frankivsk-16
• Military unit No. 52025 Mozhaisk-10
• Military unit No. 62047 Feodosia-13 (Simferopol-32)
• Military unit No. 62834 Olenegorsk-2 RTB SF
• Military unit No. 71373 Valdai (Novgorod-17)
• Military unit No. 81388 Danube village (Shkotovo-22) RTB Pacific Fleet
• Military unit No. 90989 Balaklava (Sevastopol) RTB Black Sea Fleet

The number of central nuclear weapons bases has doubled in the ten years since they were transferred from the USSR Minsredmash to the Ministry of Defense.
In the Strategic Missile Forces (RVSN) for interaction with missile divisions of intercontinental missiles, their own storage bases (RTB) were created. Their assembly brigades were entrusted with the function of independent final preparation of nuclear weapons for combat use (in the 1950s, this task was carried out jointly with the assembly brigades of the central bases).
In 1958, the Nuclear Explosions Control Service was established as part of the 6th Directorate (since 1960, the Special Control Service).
In January-February 1958, the Main Directorate of Completion of the Ministry of Medium Machine Building of the USSR was transferred to the Ministry of Defense of the USSR and transformed into the Main Directorate of Special Weapons of the USSR Ministry of Defense. In April 1958, it was renamed the 12th Main Directorate of the USSR Ministry of Defense (military unit 31600, Moscow, Znamensky per., 19). Then the 6th Directorate of the General Staff of the USSR Armed Forces was included in its composition.
Initially, the 12th Main Directorate of the Ministry of Defense was created as a structure of the Strategic Missile Forces, but on November 28, 1974, the 12th Main Directorate was withdrawn from the Rocket Forces, and the 6th Directorate was formed in the Strategic Missile Forces instead.
In 1988, the Nuclear Safety Inspectorate was established at the 12th GUMO on the basis of the department of the Nuclear Safety Operations Directorate. In the same year, the formation of a professional emergency rescue service of the 12th GUMO began, which later became the basis for the deployment of a response system to possible accidents with nuclear weapons in the Russian Ministry of Defense. Since 1994, the functions of the Nuclear Safety Inspectorate have been expanded, and it has been transformed into the Department of State Supervision of Nuclear and Radiation Safety of the Russian Ministry of Defense.
On the eve of the collapse of the USSR (1989-1991), 12 GUMO carried out the return of tactical nuclear weapons from the Warsaw Pact countries and the union republics of Transcaucasia and Central Asia to the territory of Russia, and in 1992-1996. - removal of nuclear weapons from Belarus, Kazakhstan and Ukraine to the facilities of the Russian Ministry of Defense.
In 1992, to implement measures to implement international treaties on the reduction and elimination of nuclear weapons, the Department for the Elimination and Disposal of Nuclear Ammunition and Means of Their Operation was established. Under international obligations, modern nuclear weapons were subject to priority reductions, while older nuclear weapons, which were taken out of service due to the expiration of warranty periods, Russia was forced to store until they were dismantled in excess of the time limits established by safety conditions. All storage facilities for nuclear weapons were overflowing.
On April 3, 1995, agreements were concluded between the US and Russian ministries of defense in the field of security of storage of nuclear weapons and in the field of their transportation. The American side delivered 150 super containers to Russia to protect nuclear weapons. In 1996-1997 With the help of the United States, the physical protection and thermal stability of 115 railway cars for the transport of nuclear weapons was finalized. To improve the physical protection of nuclear weapons storage sites, alarm systems, video cameras, etc. were supplied from the United States.
In 1997, by order of the Minister of Defense of Russia, all military bases of nuclear weapons (except for the bases of the Strategic Missile Forces) were transferred to the 12 Main Directorate of the Ministry of Defense. and in 2002, a number of nuclear weapons bases of the Strategic Missile Forces were also transferred to the 12 GU.
Since 1996, the 12th GUMO has been participating in the creation of an international monitoring system provided for by the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT).
In 1997, the Center for Nuclear and Technical Support of the Russian Armed Forces was established as part of the GUMO.
Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of May 31, 2006 No. 549 established a professional holiday for nuclear support specialists, which is celebrated annually on September 4.

Substructures

• Center for Nuclear Safety - Moscow B. Znamensky per., 15 from 1

Arsenals (TSBH - Central Storage Bases or "C" objects)

(1990 - more than 20 pieces, 2005 - 14 pieces)
At the time of the collapse of the USSR, six types of nuclear weapons (NM) were stored at the central storage bases:- YBP VVS - aerial bombs and warheads of air-launched cruise missiles
- YBP RV&A SV - tactical warheads ( TR) and tactical missiles ( OTR), special artillery shots ( CAB) - artillery shells and mortar mines
- YaBP Strategic Missile Forces - warheads and warheads of missiles
- nuclear warheads of the Navy - warheads and warheads of sea-based missiles and coastal missile systems, warheads of anti-ship and anti-submarine missiles, combat charging compartments and warheads of torpedoes and torpedo missiles, anchor and bottom mines, artillery shells of coastal artillery, depth charges and " diving" aerial bombs
- YaBP air defense - warheads of air defense and missile defense missiles
- nuclear warheads of engineering troops - stationary and portable engineering mines

Special Control Service

Emblem of the Special Control Service

military unit 11111 (Moscow Rubtsovsko-Dvortsovaya, (also Matrosskaya Tishina St., 10)), formed on May 13, 1958 in the GRU system Formal name: 170th Operational Coordination Center (170th OKC) of the Special Control Service of the USSR Ministry of Defense. In 1992, the SSC included 11 separate and 3 radioseismic laboratories, 4 automated and 3 automatic stations, 5 autonomous seismic stations and 10 remote groups. In addition, sea and air-based control facilities, space facilities were used. 4 laboratories were formed in 1954. In the Russian Federation - 18 laboratories. The following equipment is used to detect nuclear explosions:

• Station for notching nuclear explosions K-612-0 - produced by Tomsk OAO REATON
• Complex K-802-GEO
• Spectrometric equipment SPC "Aspect"
• ASSK "Materik" - auto seismic control system (Research Institute of Impulse Technology, Moscow)

SSC Laboratories

• Malin Ukrainian laboratory SSC Zhytomyr region
• Military unit No. 14167 Makarov-1 Ukrainian 12 laboratory SSK Kyiv region.
• Miley-Sai Kyrgyz laboratory SSK sf. in 1974 in military unit 54286
• Norilsk, Krasnoyarsk Territory, SSK laboratory, branch of military unit 11111. Object coordinates.
• Khabaz pos, ASP
• military unit 22158 Borovoye settlement, Kazakh laboratory SSK since 1974
• military unit 76515 Ulaanbaatar Mongolian laboratory SSK (Expeditionary Group) since 1974, disbanded
• military unit 86665 Bilibino, ChAO
• military unit 14024 Kamenetz-Podolsky-16, from 1994 to 2004 Ukrainian laboratory SSK, since 2004 - PN, Khmelnitsky region
• military unit 14053 Semipalatinsk Kazakh laboratory SSK
• h/h……. Aktyubinsk - Kazakh separate group SSK
• military unit 14169 Balta Ukr laboratory SSK Odessa region (training center)
• military unit 41007 Ussuriysk, Primorsky Territory, posts - p. Grigorievka, with. Cliff. zonal laboratory of special control (zlsk).
• Cuba, Lourdes - autonomous seismic station SSK.
• Antarctica - 2 autonomous seismic stations SSC.
• OVSK at RD

626th battalion CH?

For 2011, they are absent due to technical reasons.

Military storage bases - RTB (repair and technical bases) and PRTB (mobile repair and technical bases)

As of 1989, there were strategic and tactical nuclear warheads in the republics of the USSR

• RFSFR - 12320
• Ukraine - 2345
• Belarus - 1180
• Kazakhstan - 330
• Lithuania - 325
• Latvia - 185
• Turkmenistan - 125
• Uzbekistan - 105
• Moldova - 90
• Georgia - 320
• Estonia - 270
• Armenia - 200
• Tajikistan - 75
• Azerbaijan - 75
• Kyrgyzstan - 75

In the USSR, there were more than 200 military special facilities for storing nuclear warheads (nuclear munitions)
RTB (RVSN, Air Force, Navy, Engineer troops) and PRTB (RViA SV, air defense) were directly subordinate to the 6th Directorate of the armed forces, and the 12th Main Directorate of the Ministry of Defense was only "supervised" (controlled). In the early 80s. PRTB and RTB outside the USSR were removed from the subordination of the 6 departments of the military branches and reassigned directly to the 12th GUMO, and the rest were reassigned under the Russian Federation in the second half of the 90s.
A feature of the "foreign" military storage bases was that some of them also stored nuclear warheads, which were to be transferred in the event of the outbreak of hostilities in terms of combat use (Air Force and MFA SV) of the allied countries under the Warsaw Pact (in Czechoslovakia - the plan " Yavor", in Poland - the plan "Vistula", GDR, Hungary, Bulgaria).

RTB Strategic Missile Forces

During the formation of the Strategic Missile Forces, each regiment (brigade) was given its own PRTB (for ground launch) or RTB (for a mine version or a hospital), providing regiments (brigades) with combat units in nuclear equipment.
During the transition of the Strategic Missile Forces to missile systems of the OS type (separate launch), each missile division was left with one RTB, which provides all the missile regiments of the division.

PRTB M&A of the ground forces

Training Center- Kolomna military unit 01543 (41 training centers)
In the days of the USSR, according to subordination, district (front) and army (corps) mobile repair and technical bases of missile forces and artillery of the ground forces were distinguished. District PRTBs were part of the set of missile forces (missile forces) of the ground forces of the districts (groups of troops - behind the betrayals of the USSR) and provided nuclear warheads for the first and subsequent launches of missile brigades of district subordination (armed with OTR complexes: 8K11, 9K72 Elbrus, 9K76 Temp- S”, 9K714 “Oka” and S-5 cruise missiles). The district (group of troops) could include several PRTBs.
Army PRTBs were part of the RV&A kit of the ground forces of the armies (army corps) and provided nuclear munitions for missile brigades of OTR (operational-tactical missiles) of army subordination, separate missile divisions (ORDN) of tactical missiles (TR) of subordination of tank and motorized rifle divisions (later part of the ORDN TR were consolidated into missile brigades of TR under army subordination, provided by the same army PRTBs), artillery brigades of high power, which were armed with 152-mm and 203-mm artillery systems and 240-mm mortars.
Distinguished specialized PRTBs, which provided only one brigade and, accordingly, had nuclear warheads of only one nomenclature (more often district PRTBs), and mixed PRTBs, which provided parts of combat use with various types of nuclear warheads (for example: OTR, TR, CAB).
It should be mentioned that among the mixed PRTBs in groups of forces (outside the USSR) there were even PRTBs providing the corresponding military units with aviation nuclear warheads (separate assembly brigades in their composition performed the functions of aviation RTBs).
Mobile repair and technical bases, which included technical batteries, provided combat use units (missile brigades and individual missile divisions) not only with warheads in nuclear equipment, but also with the corresponding carriers of the second, etc. strikes (the carriers of the first strike were stored in parts of combat use) - that is, they performed the functions of mobile missile and technical bases.

As it became known to Kommersant, President Vladimir Putin, by his decree, dismissed the head of the 12th Main Directorate of the Ministry of Defense (GUMO), Lieutenant General Yuri Sych. The resignation took place at the request of the general, who cited health problems. Mr. Sych's deputy, Major General Igor Kolesnikov, has been appointed interim head of the GUMO. According to Kommersant's information, he can become the head of the central office on a permanent basis. The 12th Glavk is responsible in the Ministry of Defense for the storage, maintenance and preparation for combat use of all nuclear weapons.

On the release of Yuri Sych from the post of head of the 12th Central Directorate, followed by dismissal from military service, "Kommersant" was told by a source close to the leadership of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. According to him, some time ago, the general wrote a report with the wording "for health reasons", and on July 5, Vladimir Putin granted his request by a closed decree. In a conversation with Kommersant, General Sych confirmed that he would leave the post for health reasons, but assured: "I will work for a few more months." He stressed that he did not intend to talk about his successor, since this issue "is not in his competence."

Yuri Sych was transferred to work at the GUMO in December 2010, before that he headed the Department of State Supervision of Nuclear and Radiation Safety of the Ministry of Defense. A few months before the appointment of Yuri Sych, the Glavk was at the center of a scandal: President Dmitry Medvedev dismissed Viktor Gaidukov, commander of military unit 39995 (Irkutsk region) (see Kommersant of September 29, 2010). Major General Gaidukov became the first Russian military and civil servant to be fired by the head of state for false information in his income declaration. Subsequently, a criminal case was initiated against him under Part 4 of Art. 290 (receiving a bribe on a large scale) and part 1 of Art. 285 (abuse of power) of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. The investigation established that in 2006-2010, military facilities were built on the territory of the military unit entrusted to him, including by a company established by his wife - her company received more than 20 million rubles transferred under contracts. A number of media outlets linked the resignation of the then head of the 12th GUMO Vladimir Verkhovtsev with this incident. However, after his dismissal, he found a job in the nuclear industry, and General Gaidukov was acquitted by a jury (see Kommersant dated August 29, 2012).

According to Kommersant's military sources, in the eyes of the leadership of the Ministry of Defense, General Sych has established himself as a leader who managed to establish "uninterrupted work" of the 12th GUMO: during his work at the arsenals, not a single serious emergency was recorded (as of March 1, 2017, Russia 1765 strategic nuclear charges alone were deployed, while the number of tactical and the total number of stockpiled special munitions was not disclosed). Glavk is considered one of the most important in the structure of the Ministry of Defense: it includes central and military bases for storing nuclear weapons, a research institute, an interspecific training center, a test site on Novaya Zemlya, as well as a special control service (performs constant monitoring of nuclear weapons tests at foreign landfills). Mr. Sych was also involved in negotiations: in close conjunction with the Russian Foreign Ministry, he participated in discussions on ensuring nuclear and radiation safety, as well as non-proliferation of nuclear weapons. In February 2016, Vladimir Putin awarded him the rank of lieutenant general.

According to Kommersant's interlocutors, Major General Igor Kolesnikov, deputy to Mr. Sych, was appointed by order of the Minister as Acting Chief of the Main Directorate. According to Kommersant's information, he will be put on probation for several months, and if he passes, then the proposal for his appointment as head of the 12th GUMO will be sent to the president for signature.

Ivan Safronov, Alexandra Djordevich

One of the meetings on the nuclear issue in the Ministry of Defense. Yury Sych - in the middle, on the right - Deputy Defense Minister Anatoly Antonov. Photo: www.mil.ru

On the eve, by order of the President, eight generals of law enforcement agencies - the Ministry of Emergency Situations, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Federal Penitentiary Service - also lost their posts.

Russian President Vladimir Putin as head of the 12th Main Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, Lieutenant General Yuri Sych. An informed source in the military department told the media that the removal from office is associated with the further dismissal of the “nuclear” general from military service.

It is reported that Yuri Sych was dismissed at his own request. According to the source, the lieutenant general wrote a letter of resignation some time ago, motivating this decision with a state of health.

In a conversation with reporters, the general confirmed the information about leaving the post and subsequent dismissal. At the same time, he noted that in the next few months he will remain in the service. In an interview with Kommersant, the general refused to discuss the issue of his successor, saying that he was not in his competence.

Meanwhile, observers note that Yuri Sych's deputy, Major General Igor Kolesnikov, has been appointed acting head of the 12th Directorate. Experts believe that in the future he will head the department on a permanent basis.

Chief on nuclear suitcases

The 12th Glavk of the Russian Ministry of Defense is responsible for the storage and preparation for the use of nuclear weapons. Yuri Sych was transferred to management in 2010, after the then President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev fired the head of the military unit, Major General Viktor Gaidukov, with a scandal. A high-ranking military man was convicted of filing a false declaration of income; Gaidukov was also accused of the fact that from 2006 to 2010, companies associated with his wife received contracts for the construction of buildings in his unit. The case went to court, but in the end the general was acquitted by a jury.

In connection with this incident, the head of the 12th department, Vladimir Verkhovtsev, was dismissed, and Yuri Sych was appointed in his place.

Prior to being transferred to the Central Command, the officer headed the Department of State Supervision of Nuclear and Radiation Safety of the Ministry of Defense. In the new place, according to colleagues, Sych managed to establish "uninterrupted operation of management." During his leadership, not a single serious incident occurred in the Russian nuclear arsenals. At the same time, work on the maintenance of nuclear weapons was carried out very actively. Thus, as of March 1 this year, the Russian Federation had 1,765 strategic nuclear warheads deployed on various carriers. In addition, the Russian army, navy and air force have a significant amount of tactical nuclear weapons and ammunition in storage depots, the amount of which was not disclosed.

In addition to maintaining nuclear warheads, the main headquarters ensures the functioning of central and military bases where nuclear weapons are stored; the work of a research institute and an interspecies training center, a test site on Novaya Zemlya. Also, management specialists monitor the development of nuclear forces of foreign states, and Yuri Sych himself, together with representatives of the Foreign Ministry, participated in negotiations on the nonproliferation of nuclear weapons and ensuring radiation safety.

One to eight

A day earlier, it became known that the president dismissed eight generals of law enforcement agencies - the Ministry of Emergency Situations, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Federal Penitentiary Service (Federal Penitentiary Service).

The following have lost their positions in the police:

First Deputy Head of the Main Directorate for Transport of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Police Major General Andrey Andreev;

Head of the Control and Auditing Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Major General of the Internal Service Yevgeny Barikaev;

Head of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Kemerovo Region, Police Lieutenant General Yuri Larionov;

Minister of the Interior for the Republic of Tyva, Police Major General Alexander Lobanov;

Head of the Main Investigation Department for the Kemerovo Region, Major General Vladimir Shepel;

First Deputy Head of the Investigative Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Lieutenant General Yuri Shinin.

In the Ministry of Emergency Situations, the head of the Main Directorate for the Sverdlovsk Region, Major General Andrey Zelensky, was dismissed from his post, and in the Federal Penitentiary Service, the head of the Main Directorate for the Rostov Region, Lieutenant General of the Internal Service Sergey Smirnov.

The reasons for the mass resignation of high-ranking security officials are not reported.

The celebration of the 70th anniversary of the 12th Main Directorate of the Russian Ministry of Defense was held at the Patriot Exhibition and Convention Center

On September 2, ceremonial events dedicated to the Day of the Nuclear Security Specialist and the 70th anniversary of the 12th Main Directorate of the Ministry of Defense (GUMO) of the Russian Federation were held on the territory of the Patriot Exhibition and Convention Center.

At the entrance to the Congress and Exhibition Center, guests and participants in the celebrations were greeted by the Central Military Band of the Russian Ministry of Defense.

Those who arrived with pleasure examined the exhibition of armored and special equipment organized for this event, which is in service with the 12th Main Directorate.

Then, the acting head of the 12th Main Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, Igor Anatolyevich Kolesnikov, addressed the military personnel, veterans and members of their families who had gathered on the central square, who warmly congratulated all those present on the significant event and expressed his firm confidence that the specialists of formations and military units of nuclear support would continue to support high authority of the 12th GUMO and meet the highest standard of requirements set by nuclear veterans.

Major General Igor Kolesnikov also presented awards to the winners of field training and military professional skills competitions for the best calculation of the maintenance of special products, carried out as part of the International Army Games.

After that, a festive concert took place, in which creative teams of the Yunarmiya members, the 58th garrison house of officers and the Central House of the Russian Army took part.

The ceremonial events ended with an excursion to the training ground in Alabino, where veterans and servicemen of military units of the 12th Main Directorate of the Moscow Region were shown the capabilities of weapons, military and special equipment in service with the 12th Main Directorate of Defense, were shown the performances of cynologists and the actions of security units, a company of the Guard of Honor and armored vehicles of the Ground troops. The events ended with a performance by the Swifts aerobatic team and fireworks.

the central body of military control for the implementation of the military nuclear-technical policy of the state and nuclear support of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.

It was created on April 29, 1958 on the basis of the Main Directorate of Special Weapons of the USSR Ministry of Defense. In February 1959, the 6th Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, created in 1949, was included in the 12th GUMO, retaining its name. This ensured a more focused and centralized implementation of the technical policy in the field of nuclear weapons within the Ministry of Defense.

The following tasks were assigned to 12 GUMOs: development control, testing of nuclear weapons (NW), organization of their storage and operation; accounting of nuclear weapons adopted for service; planning of deliveries of nuclear weapons both to the central and military bases of nuclear weapons of the branches of the Armed Forces, including during a special period; scheduling the supply of NS components after their warranty period expires. The bodies of a special military representation that controlled the development and production of nuclear weapons, as well as special military units, were transferred to his subordination.

By a government decree of December 17, 1959, the 12th GUMO was included in the newly formed branch of the Armed Forces - the Strategic Missile Forces. The head of the department was included in the Military Council of the Rocket Forces. In connection with the achievement of strategic parity and a significant expansion of the tasks of nuclear support for all types of the Armed Forces, by a government decree of November 28, 1974, the 12th GUMO was removed from the subordination of the Commander-in-Chief of the Strategic Missile Forces and transferred to the direct subordination of the Minister of Defense of the USSR.