Separate Operational Purpose Division
The Separate Operational Purpose Division or ODON, formerly called OMSDON (a.k.a. Dzerzhinsky Division), is a rapid deployment internal security division of the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR and then the Russian Federation, currently part of the National Guard Forces Command of the Russian Federation. ODON (Russian: ОДОН) is an initialism for Отдельная дивизия оперативного назначения (Otdel'naya diviziya operativnogo naznacheniya, English: Separate Operational Purpose Division).
| Separate Operational Purpose Division | |
|---|---|
| Otdel'naya diviziya operativnogo naznacheniya ODON | |
| Active | June 17, 1924 – present |
| Country | Russia |
| Branch | Internal Troops (until 2016) National Guard Forces Command (since 2016) |
| Type | Motorized infantry |
| Role | Protection of public order |
| Size | ~18,000 |
| Part of | Ministry of Internal Affairs (until 2016) National Guard of Russia (since 2016) |
| Garrison/HQ | Reutov Balashikha |
| Nickname(s) | Dzerzhinsky Division |
| Motto(s) | "At any time, any place - any task!" |
| March | "My Division" |
| Anniversaries | June 17 |
| Engagements | Winter War World War II Tbilisi tragedy August Coup Russian constitutional crisis of 1993 First Chechen War Second Chechen War Peace enforcement: |
| Decorations | Order of Zhukov Order of Lenin Order of the October Revolution Order of the Red Banner |
| Commanders | |
| Current commander | Major General Nikolai Kuznetsov |
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