The unit was formed on January 1, 1963, in
Chuchkovo,
Ryazan Oblast. During the
Soviet-Afghan War at least one special purpose detachment was active from March 1985 to August 1988. They participated in the
First Chechen War from late 1994 onwards and in the
Second Chechen War from 1999 to 2006. The unit participated in a peacekeeping mission in
Abkhazia shortly after the
Russo-Georgian War. They were deployed there from December 2008 to October 2009. == Commanders ==