Operations of the Alpha Group abroad
Alpha Group carried out special operations in the following countries:

Jordan,
-Switzerland,
-Kuba,
-USA,
-Afghanistan,
-Israel.

Some operations

December 18, 1976 - Zurich, Switzerland.
Exchange General Secretary of the Communist Party of Chile Luis Corvalan for the Soviet dissident V. Bukovsky. Senior - deputy. the commander of Group "A" Major RP Yvon.

July-August 1978 - Havana, Cuba.
Ensuring security together with the combat swimmers of the Black Sea Fleet of the underwater part of the motor ships "Georgia" and "Leonid Sobinov", chartered to accommodate the delegates of the XI World Festival of Youth and Students. Senior - the commander of Group "A" G. N. Zaitsev.

March 28, 1979 - Moscow, US Embassy.
A mentally ill resident of the city of Kherson, Yuri Vlasenko, accompanied by the second secretary of the US Embassy R. Pringle, went to the consular department and demanded an immediate departure abroad. If he refused, he threatened to detonate a makeshift bomb. The negotiations, which were conducted with the terrorist by the head of Group "A" G. N. Zaitsev, and then his deputy. RP Yvonne, did not lead to a positive result. By order of the chairman of the KGB, Yu. V. Andropov, weapons were used against the psychopath - Major SA Golov fired shots from a silent pistol, but the terrorist was still able to activate the bomb and soon died of his wounds.

April 27, 1979 - New York Airport, USA.
Exchange of two Soviet intelligence officers (Vladimir Enger and Rudolf Chernyaev), sentenced to long terms of imprisonment, for five Soviet dissidents - E. Kuznetsov, M. Dymshits, A. Ginzburg, G. Vins and V. Moroz. Responsible - the commander of Group "A" G. N. Zaitsev.

December 7-27, 1979 - Tashkent - Bagram Air Force Base, Kabul.
Providing physical protection for the future head of the PDPA and DRA Babrak Karmal and his closest associates on the eve of the coup d'etat. Responsible - V.I.Shergin.

December 27, 1979 - Kabul, Afghanistan.
As part of the non-standard combat group "Thunder" (24 people), the unit employees, together with the soldiers of the Zenith OSN of the First Main Directorate of the KGB of the USSR (30 people), seized Taj Bek, aka Amin's palace, in the Dar-ul-Aman area. The KGB special forces were actively assisted by the "Muslim battalion" of the GRU and the 9th company of paratroopers of the 345th separate airborne regiment under the leadership of Senior Lieutenant V.A.Vostrotin. This operation is considered the best operation of "Alpha". The senior subgroups were: O. A. Balashov, S. A. Golov, V. P. Emyshev and V. F. Karpukhin. The general command was carried out by the deputy commander of Group A, Major MM Romanov. The commander of "Zenith" - Ya. F. Semenov. Together with the conduct of Operation Storm-333, the special forces fighters were involved together with the paratroopers to capture strategically important objects located in different parts of the Afghan capital - Tsarandoy (Ministry of Internal Affairs), the Air Force headquarters and the central telegraph. The code for the entire operation in Kabul to change the government is "Baikal-79".

July-August 1980 - Moscow.
Ensuring the security of the Games of the XXII Olympiad in Moscow. In addition to fulfilling the assigned tasks in the capital, combat swimmers of Group "A" (senior - VM Pankin) were sent to Tallinn and Estonia. Their duties included periodic inspection of the bottom water area, where the regatta took place.

February-July 1981 - Afghanistan.
Fifteen employees of Group "A" (headed by V. N. Zorkin) as part of "Cascade-2" provided security cover for operational search activities and collected information about the detachments operating in Kabul and its environs, removed weapons from hiding places and ensured the security of campaign detachments, and also carried out the protection of the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary F.A.Tabayev.

October 27 - December 4, 1981 - Ordzhonikidze, North Ossetia.
Ensuring the safety of citizens in connection with the riots that took place. Responsible - deputy. the commander of Group "A" R. P. Yvon.

December 18-19, 1981 - Sarapul, Udmurt ASSR.
Two armed deserters, A. Kolpakbaev and A. Melnikov, from the 248th motorized rifle division, took 25 10th grade students of secondary school No. 12 hostage. They made demands: to issue visas and send them by plane to Germany or another western country. During the liberation operation, the terrorists were neutralized, none of the hostages was injured. Senior - the commander of Group "A" G. N. Zaitsev.

November 19, 1983 - Tbilisi.
The Tu-134A plane, en route Tbilisi - Leningrad with 57 passengers on board and 7 crew members, was captured by a group of “golden youth” of 7 people. During the raid, they killed pilots Z. Sharbatyan and A. Chedia, flight attendant V. Krutikova, as well as two passengers. Navigator A. Plotko and flight attendant I. Khimich were seriously injured and left disabled. Bandits' requirement: fly to Turkey. During a firefight in the pilot's cockpit and the creation of aerodynamic overloads, the pilots managed to repel the attack of the terrorists, killing one of them, and blocking the door. The commander of the ship A. Gardapkhadze landed at the airport in Tbilisi. On November 19, the plane was released during a combined assault undertaken by employees of Group A (responsible - G. N. Zaitsev). None of the passengers were injured. The capture groups were headed by M.V. Golovatov, V.V. Zabrovsky and V.N. Zaitsev.

1985-1986.
Forceful capture of twelve agents recruited by foreign intelligence services.

September 20, 1986 - Ufa.
Three soldiers from the Ministry of Internal Affairs regiment - junior sergeant N. Mantsev, private S. Yagmurzhi and corporal A. Konoval, being in the internal attire, took possession of a weapon (an AKM machine gun, an RPK-74 light machine gun and a Dragunov sniper rifle) and hijacked a taxi. On the way, they shot two police officers - sergeant Z. Akhtyamov and junior sergeant A. Galeev. Frightened by what he had done, A. Konoval fled, the rest went to the airfield, where they broke into a landed Tu-134A plane with 76 passengers (including eight women and six children) and 5 crew members, following the route Lvov - Kiev - Ufa - Nizhnevartovsk. During the seizure, the deserters killed the passengers A. Ermolenko and Y. Tikhansky. The terrorists put forward a demand: to follow to Pakistan. The operation was headed by G. N. Zaitsev. As a result of the assault carried out by employees of "Alpha" (the capture group was led by V. N. Zorkin), N. Mantsev was killed, and S. Yagmurzhi was wounded in the leg.

December 1-4, 1988 - Ordzhonikidze - Mineralnye Vody - Tel Aviv.
A gang of four (the ringleader is a repeat offender P. Yakshiyants, V. Muravlev, G. Vishnyakov and V. Anastasov) seized the LAZ-697 passenger bus, in which, after an excursion to the printing house, the 4th "G" class of school No. 42 was returning together with the teacher N. V. Efimova. The terrorists drove the bus to the airport of Mineralnye Vody, where Group A, which had already taken off from Moscow, was already waiting for them. As a result of exhausting negotiations, which GN Zaitsev conducted by radio for almost seven hours, it was possible to agree on a personal contact with Yevgeny Grigorievich Sheremetyev, an officer of the KGB for the Stavropol Territory. As a result, his (Sheremetyev's) six-hour personal negotiations with the bandits at the risk of his life, all the children (thirty people), the teacher and the driver were released, and the place of the hostages was taken by Yevgeny Sheremetyev, whom the bandits were also released to exchange for two million foreign currency. After Israel, with which diplomatic relations were not maintained at that time, gave the go-ahead to extradite the criminals through the Foreign Ministry channels, the Il-76 T (RA-76519) transport aircraft (crew commander A. Bozhko) headed for the Middle East. Upon arrival at the Ben-Gurion airport, the bandits were detained. Employees of Group "A", headed by G. N. Zaitsev, who followed, after a compromise reached on the non-use of capital punishment against terrorists (which the Israeli side insisted on) deported the Yakshiyants gang to the Soviet Union.

March 30-31, 1989 - Baku.
A native of Kerch, S. Skok, who had previously committed a major theft and was on the all-Union wanted list, said that in the Tu-134 cabin (flight Voronezh - Astrakhan - Baku) there were allegedly two of his accomplices, and in the cargo hold there was an improvised bomb. He threatened to detonate an IED (improvised explosive device) by remote control if his conditions - half a million dollars and the possibility of flying abroad - were not met. The terrorist was neutralized by Alpha staff. The operation was led by the commander of Group A, Hero of the Soviet Union VF Karpukhin.

May 10, 1989 - Saratov.
During a walk, four criminals of isolation ward No. 1 of the UITU of the Internal Affairs Directorate of the Saratov Regional Executive Committee - V. Ryzhkov, G. Semenyutin, D. Levakhin and G. Zbandut, armed with sharpenings and "grenades" (painted dummies from bread crumb), attacked the controllers. They put forward demands: two machine guns, four pistols with ammunition, grenades, 10 thousand rubles and a car, in addition to this, a condition was put forward - to ensure an unhindered exit from the prison outside the region. In house number 20 on Zhukovskogo street, terrorists took hostages of the Prosvirins spouses and their two-year-old daughter. They voiced new requirements: a plane to fly abroad, a large sum of money, drugs and vodka. The operation to free the hostages was carried out by Group A (senior - Hero of the Soviet Union VF Karpukhin, deputy - MV Golovatov). At 3:25 am, the soldiers, using special equipment, descended from the roof and flew into the windows of the captured apartment. At the same moment, the door was knocked out with a battering ram by the second group and burst into the apartment. The bandit, armed with a Makarov pistol, managed to fire two shots. Taking advantage of the surprise factor, the capture group neutralized the terrorists in a matter of seconds. None of the hostages were hurt.

January 15, 1990 - Azerbaijan.
Alfa and Vympel, together with a special forces training battalion (Vityaz), were deployed to Baku. At the head of the combined spetsnaz group is the Hero of the Soviet Union G. N. Zaitsev. Objective: neutralization of the leaders of the PFA, prevention of the overthrow of the legitimate government of the republic, suppression of riots, identification and detention of persons suspected of subversive activities. Employees of Group "A" ensured the safety of the first secretary of the Azerbaijan Communist Party A. Vizirov.

May 1990 - Operation Trap.
The fighters of the group were introduced into the group of clandestine arms dealers, with the aim of blocking the channels for the supply of weapons to the USSR and their distribution within the country. The operation was successful and the organizers of the deliveries were arrested.

August 1990 - Yerevan, Armenian SSR.
The Alpha fighters took part in neutralizing a particularly dangerous armed group - the Gray's gang. During the operation, three criminals were killed, two were wounded, six were detained.

August 11-15, 1990 - Sukhumi, Abkhazian ASSR.
22 employees of Group "A" under the command of Colonel V. F. Karpukhin, as well as 31 fighters of the special forces training battalion ("maroon berets") of the OMSDON im. FE Dzerzhinsky were urgently transferred to Sukhumi, where 75 criminals took hostages and a temporary detention center. During the negotiations, the leaders put forward a demand: to provide them with a minibus RAF so that they could go outside the temporary detention facility, to the mountains. When the armed bandits, along with the hostages, boarded a minibus, the capture team began an operation to neutralize them. Simultaneously, two groups began storming the isolation ward. In just a matter of seconds, the criminals in the RAF were neutralized, the hostages were released. The bandits in the isolation ward also surrendered after a short resistance. During the operation, an employee of "Alpha" IV Orekhov and one of the soldiers of "Vityaz" Oleg Lebed were slightly injured. This special. the operation has no analogues in the domestic and world practice of using special forces units to free hostages taken by bandits in the institutions of the penal system.

January 11-12, 1991 - Vilnius, Lithuanian SSR.
On the evening of January 11, 65 officers of Group A, headed by the deputy commander of Group A, MV Golovatov, and the squad leader, Lieutenant Colonel E. N. Chudesnov, were transferred to the capital of the Lithuanian SSR. In Vilnius, a unit received the task of taking control of the Committee on Television and Radio Broadcasting, a television tower and a radio transmission center. The buildings were surrounded by numerous supporters of the Saiudis Lithuanian movement. Group "A" took control of all three objects and held them until the arrival of the internal troops. The storming of the television tower killed 13 civilians and wounded at least 140. During the seizure of the building of the Committee on Television and Radio Broadcasting, Lieutenant Viktor Viktorovich Shatskikh was killed - he received a fatal gunshot wound in the back.

June 7, 1991 - Moscow, Vasilievsky Spusk.
A criminal armed with a knife seized 7-year-old Masha Ponomarenko on the Ikarus sightseeing bus, which had left the square of three stations. Deputy Aman Tuleyev took part in the negotiations. As a result of the lightning-fast operation, the terrorist was neutralized. Senior - Deputy Commander of Group "A" V. N. Zaitsev.

August 19-21, 1991 - Moscow.
By order of the chairman of the KGB, the employees of Group "A" blocked the dacha in the village of Arkhangelskoye-2 near Moscow, in which the President of Russia Boris N. Yeltsin and persons from his entourage were. In the future, following the order of the leadership, they carried out reconnaissance around the White House. On August 20, the commander of Group A, Hero of the Soviet Union VF Karpukhin, was orally assigned the task: "To seize the White House, to intern the government and the leadership of Russia." For this, the Vympel Group and the forces of the Ministry of Internal Affairs were assigned to him. Taking the White House was not feasible without heavy casualties among the civilian population. This was the main reason for the refusal of the senior officers of Group A to take part in the assault.

December 5, 1992 - Moscow, Vnukovo Airport.
The release of 347 passengers on the Mineralnye Vody - Moscow flight, captured by the lone terrorist Zakhariev.

October 4, 1993 - Moscow, White House.
Employees of Group A (senior - the commander of Group A, Hero of the Soviet Union G. N. Zaitsev), together with the "Pennants" took part in resolving the acute political crisis that led to massive disobedience and military actions in the center of the Russian capital. Refusing to storm the White House, representatives of "Alpha" on their own initiative entered into negotiations with the leadership of the Supreme Soviet and the opposition, which were crowned with complete success, and then ensured the evacuation of people from the burning building. Rescuing a wounded soldier near the walls of the White House, Junior Lieutenant Gennady Nikolaevich Sergeev was mortally wounded - he was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of Russia.

December 23-26, 1993 - Rostov-on-Don - Krasnodar - Mineralnye Vody - Makhachkala.
Four terrorists took hostage a teacher and 15 students of the 9th grade "B" of secondary school No. 25 of Rostov-on-Don. 53 employees of "Alpha" headed by the commander of the Hero of the Soviet Union G. N. Zaitsev flew to Rostov-on-Don on a Tu-134 aircraft. By the time of their arrival, the bandits, having released three hostages, were already in the Mi-8. In the evening, the helicopter landed in Krasnodar. Following them on the An-12, "Alpha" landed. On the night of December 24, the helicopter took off and headed for Minvody. Behind him flew a helicopter with special forces, while the main part of "Alpha" went there by plane An-12. On the evening of December 25, the criminals released one of the hostages. After handing over the money, they released the teacher and seven schoolgirls. The bandits refused to release the remaining hostages - four schoolchildren, a bus driver and two pilots. On the evening of December 27, the bandits released three schoolchildren and the bus driver and took to the air, ordering the pilots to head for Ichkeria. However pilots V. Padalka and V. Stepanov, risking their lives, directed the car towards Makhachkala. A helicopter carrying criminals landed on the northern outskirts of Makhachkala. The bandits split into pairs and tried to hide in the forest belt. However, the area where they were found was cordoned off by the special forces of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Dagestan, which soon neutralized all the criminals.

May 26-27, 1994 - Makhachkala - Bachi-Yurt.
In the vicinity of the Kinzhal settlement of the Stavropol Territory, four armed Chechens (the leader is Magomet Bitsiev) seized an Ikarus excursion bus with schoolchildren, their parents and teachers. About 36 people were taken hostage - 33 passengers of the bus and three teenagers, whom the bandits seized on the way. On the same day, Group A, led by the commander, Hero of the Soviet Union, GN Zaitsev, received an order to urgently fly from Moscow to Mineralnye Vody. The same order was given to the Krasnodar branch of Alpha. In the evening, 64 commandos arrived at Minvody by air. The general command of the operation was carried out by the commander of the internal troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Colonel-General A. Kulikov. On May 27, the helicopter took off and headed for Ichkeria. He was followed by six helicopters, on board of which were 38 Alpha fighters, 24 employees of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and 20 servicemen of the special forces of the Internal Troops. As a result of a lack of fuel, the flight route was changed and a landing was made near the village of Bachi-Yurt. The fighters under the command of the "Alpha" officer, Lieutenant Colonel AE Starikov, began the pursuit. Helicopters monitored the forest from the air. An hour later, the terrorists were neutralized. Only one bandit managed to escape, who took away two machine guns and $ 47,400 - a year later he was arrested and convicted.

1995-1996 - Chechnya.
Employees of Group A took part in the hostilities in Grozny, were recruited for night reinforcement as mobile anti-terror groups and additional security for the Government House and the FSB building in the city of Grozny. They also ensured the personal safety of the Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation O. I. Lobov, who was in the combat zone, carried out operations to seize armed bandits, accompanied convoys with ZAS, ammunition and food.

June 14-19, 1995 - Budennovsk.
The well-armed group of Sh. Basayev broke into the city in two KamAZ trucks. Militants seized a city hospital with medical personnel and patients, including women in labor and mothers with babies. On the morning of June 17, in extremely difficult conditions, Alpha employees stormed the hospital. The terrorists, setting hostages at the windows, fired from behind their backs, which nullified the success of the assault. Later Basayev got in touch by mobile phone with the 1st Prime Minister of the Russian Federation V. Chernomyrdin. According to the agreement reached, a corridor was provided for the terrorists. Fighters of the "Alpha" group, fighting in the hospital building, were ordered to retreat. Alpha officer Konstantin Nikitin, a participant in the assault, commented on these events in the following way: “Let’s assume that the Ashniki would still enter the hospital and go to the second floor. It is even difficult to imagine how they would carry out the task further, when the space between the terrorists and the fighters of the anti-terror group is crammed with hostages. Whose bullets would they have suffered the most, and what would have started, what panic and confusion is in this meat grinder? " Taking 123 hostages with them, the militants boarded buses and set off in a column towards Chechnya. Not far from the mountain village of Zandak, all the hostages were released. As a result of the action of Chechen militants in Budennovsk, 130 civilians, 18 police officers, 18 servicemen, including three Alpha employees - Major Vladimir Vladimirovich Solovov, Lieutenants Dmitry Valerievich Ryabinkin and Dmitry Yuryevich Burdyaev, were killed. Over 400 people were injured of varying severity. About 2 thousand people were held hostage. Senior - the commander of "Alpha" Lieutenant General A. V. Gusev. This operation is still considered the most unsuccessful for the unit.

September 20, 1995 - Makhachkala, Republic of Dagestan.
Terrorists hijacked a passenger bus en route Makhachkala - Nalchik. Some time later, the terrorists released one woman from the bus, who said that nine men, seven women and two children were being held hostage. The terrorists who were holding the hostages were neutralized by the Alpha special forces. Senior - the commander of "Alpha" Lieutenant General A. V. Gusev.

October 14, 1995 - Moscow, Vasilievsky Spusk.
In the immediate vicinity of the Kremlin, a masked man armed with a PM pistol entered a Mercedes bus with 25 South Korean tourists and declared them hostages. If the conditions were not met, the offender threatened to blow up the bus. At 20 o'clock, the FSB special forces took up their starting positions. Senior - the commander of "Alpha" Lieutenant General A. V. Gusev. Lengthy negotiations were conducted with the criminal, in which Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov took part. At about 22:00, the terrorist released all of the detained women and three men. At 22:38, on the command of the head of the operation, director of the FSB M.I.Barsukov, the assault started. The terrorist opened fire with a pistol and was killed. None of the hostages were hurt.

January 9-18, 1996 - Pervomayskoye village, Republic of Dagestan.
Detachments led by Raduev, Khunkar Pasha Israpilov and Turpal-Ali Atgeriyev raided the territory of Dagestan, attacking the local airfield and the military town of the battalion of the Interior Ministry troops. The main blow was struck at the helicopter base of the Russian troops near the city of Kizlyar - two Mi-8 helicopters and one tanker were destroyed. The militants entered the city, where they seized a hospital, a maternity ward, and a nearby 9-storey residential building. About 2 thousand people were taken hostage. On January 11, the terrorists, having freed most of the hostages, left for Ichkeria on the buses provided, using more than a hundred people as human shields. The convoy was stopped by federal forces near the village of Pervomayskoye. On January 13-15, special forces, using artillery and helicopters, stormed the village, trying to free the hostages. The operation to destroy the terrorists was completed on January 18, but the bulk of the bandits still broke out of the encirclement and went to Chechnya. In Pervomayskoye, the fighters of Group "A" (senior - the commander of "Alpha" Lieutenant General A. V. Gusev), together with "Vityaz" carried out reconnaissance in force on the southeastern outskirts of the village, identified and suppressed enemy firing points, provided fire cover for the Interior Ministry units , provided medical assistance and evacuated the wounded from the battlefield. After the end of the operation, two employees of "Alpha" were killed in an accident - Major Andrey Viktorovich Kiselev and Major Dmitry Vladimirovich Golikov.

December 19-20, 1997 - Moscow, the Swedish Embassy. Terrorist taking hostage of a Swedish diplomat
The terrorist S. Kobyakov, armed with a pistol and a grenade, seized Swedish sales representative Jan-Olof Nystrem in a Volvo car. As a result of negotiations, he was released, and the place of the hostage was taken by Colonel A. N. Savelyev. After he had a severe heart attack, which eventually led to death, it was decided to immediately begin the active phase of the operation. As a result of the shootout, the perpetrator was killed. Colonel Anatoly Nikolayevich Savelyev, Chief of Staff of the Alpha Group, was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of Russia.

Autumn 1999 - Republic of Dagestan.
1999-2001 - Chechnya.
March 13, 2000 - Pos. Novogroznensky, Chechnya.
The capture of Salman Raduyev, the commander of the "army of Dzhokhar Dudayev", carried out by the officers of Group "A" as part of the combined operational-combat group of the FSB Special Forces Center. Thanks to the filigree actions of intelligence and special forces, the bodyguards of "terrorist No. 2" were disarmed, and he himself was taken out of bed.

June 19-22, 2001 - Stanitsa Ermolovskaya (Alkhan-Kala), Chechnya.
Alpha employees took part in a full-scale special. operations to liquidate the gang of one of the bloodiest field commanders - Arbi Barayev (nicknamed "Emir Tarzan"), who was distinguished by manic cruelty and specialized in kidnapping and the slave trade. The operation was attended by employees of the Central Control Service, scouts from the 46th brigade of the Interior Ministry troops, and a subdivision of the Ministry of Defense. The archive, in which Tarzan was, was discovered by the soldiers of the "Rus" detachment on the evening of June 21. As a result of a fleeting, fierce battle, the bandit and his bodyguards were eliminated. During the battle, Private Yevgeny Zolotukhin died (posthumously awarded the title of Hero of Russia).

July 11, 2001 - present the village of Mayrtup, Kurchaloyevsky district, Chechnya.
The elimination of one of Khattab's closest henchmen - field commander Abu Umar (full name - Muhammad As-Sayyaf), who in the 1990s led a training camp for training saboteurs-explosives on the outskirts of Serzhen-Yurt in the so-called Caucasus Institute. The victim was one of the organizers of the explosions of apartment buildings in September 1999 in Moscow and Volgodonsk and many other terrorist attacks. The first search of the house where the Arab was hiding yielded nothing. The Alpha fighters were about to move to another courtyard when one of them drew attention to a wooden staircase that seemed suspicious to him. The commandos took up positions around the house. When one of the officers broke the floorboard, gunfire hit from under the stairs. The Alpha employee was wounded, but his comrades destroyed Abu Umar, who had taken refuge in the shelter. The main role in the success of the operation was played by the soldiers of the "Rus" detachment, who in two groups landed in the village in the immediate vicinity of the place where the bandit was, and did not allow him to go into the mountains.

July 31, 2001 - Mineralnye Vody.
The terrorist Sultan Said Ediyev, a Chechen by nationality, hijacked the Ikarus bus en route from Nevinnomyssk to Stavropol. The terrorist demanded the release of more than thirty passengers in exchange for five criminals convicted in 1994 for hijacking a passenger plane in Minvody. In the breast pocket of his shirt, the terrorist placed a glass with an F-1 combat grenade with the pin pulled out, inserted with the fuse down. They also found wires going to the belt on the belly. As it turned out, there was one and a half kilograms of cast TNT. As a result of a perfectly executed sniper assault, the terrorist was destroyed. During the assault on the bus, none of the hostages was injured. Responsible - Head of Department "A" - V. G. Andreev.

October 23-26, 2002 - Moscow, Dubrovka Theater Center
A group of terrorists led by M. Barayev, having gathered in Moscow, took hostage up to 800 spectators of the musical "Nord-Ost", actors and employees of the Theater Center on Dubrovka. The bandits demanded an end to hostilities in Chechnya and threatened to bring down the building with the help of powerful explosive devices placed in the hall. Thanks to the actions taken, even before the active phase, several dozen people from among the hostages were rescued by the FSB special forces. The bandits behaved extremely aggressively; several people were killed in the hall at their hands. In order to avoid mass casualties, it was decided to carry out a special operation by the forces of the FSB Special Purpose Center. As a result of the operation, 41 terrorists were killed, including the leader of the group Movsar Barayev, more than 750 hostages were released, including 60 foreigners. More than 120 people have died since their release.

April 8, 2004 - Shelkovskaya village, Chechnya.
The liquidation of a student of Khattab and one of the closest assistants of Sh. Basayev - Abu Bakar Visimbaev ("one-eyed Bakar"). Among other things, this field commander was responsible for recruiting "black widows" to carry out the action on Dubrovka. During the operation, an employee of "Alpha" Major Yuri Nikolaevich Danilin was killed. He was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of Russia.

September 1-3, 2004 - Terrorist attack in Beslan
The well-armed terrorists of Ruslan Khuchbarov, by order of Basayev, took over 1,300 hostages in the building of school No. 1 and on the very first day they shot some of the hostages. In total, as a result of this monstrous terrorist attack, 334 people died, of which 186 were children, and over eight hundred people were injured. On September 3, at 13:05 pm, two powerful explosions were heard in the school building. Having shown exceptional courage and heroism, the employees of the Central Security Service began to rescue the hostages under bullets, covering them with their bodies, and only after that they began to methodically destroy the terrorists who had entered the school, who had fiercely resisted. During the tragic denouement, Alpha fighters killed 27 terrorists (four out of 32 were killed on September 1 and 2) and one bandit was captured alive. Rescuing the hostages, three employees of "Alpha" were killed - Major Alexander Valentinovich Perov (hero of Russia posthumously), Major Vyacheslav Vladimirovich Malyarov, ensign Oleg Vyacheslavovich Loskov, as well as seven soldiers of "Vympel".

March 8, 2005 - Tolstoy-Yurt, Chechnya.
The operation to eliminate the leader of Ichkeria, Aslan Maskhadov. The operation to detain the leader of the separatists, as well as his inner circle, was planned long and carefully. At the beginning of March 2005, information was received allowing to determine the address where the leader of the CRI is hiding with his guards. Despite all the tricks of the militants, the bunker with the leader of the separatists was discovered. The militants who were in it were asked to surrender, to which they categorically refused. After that, the operational-combat groups of the Center carried out an action to detain them, eliminating Maskhadov.

November 26, 2006 - Khasavyurt, Republic of Dagestan.
Elimination of the representative of Al-Qaeda and the leader of all foreign fighters, one of the leaders and financiers of the "jihad" in Chechnya and in the adjacent regions of Abu Haws (real name - Faris Yuseif Umeirat). Together with him, four militants were killed. The force phase of the operation began with the fact that at dawn one of the groups deliberately allowed themselves to be discovered. Two militants were immediately destroyed by snipers. A shot from a grenade launcher was fired at the gate, and after that an assault group burst in on an armored KamAZ vehicle. The surviving militants took up defensive positions. They rejected the offer to surrender. The operation was completed in half an hour, with the victory of the Alpha special forces.

May 13, 2009 - Khasavyurt, Dagestan.
Elimination of the "Amir" of the Khasavyurt terrorist group Arsen Asulbegov in the area of ​​the mountain village of Endirey.

May 2009 to the present.
Conducting special operations on the territory of the North Caucasus as part of operational-combat groups of the Special Forces Center of the FSB of Russia.

The dead fighters of the Alpha Group

-Volkov, Dmitry Vasilievich

(27.02.1947-27.12.1979)

December 27, 1979 Captain D.V. Volkov was included in the special group that conducted reconnaissance in force during the assault on Amin's palace on the territory of Afghanistan. In battle he acted boldly and decisively. Carrying out a wounded comrade from under enemy fire, sub-sight sniper fire hit and was mortally wounded in the head.


-Zudin, Gennady Egorovich

Captain. Killed on December 27, 1979 during an operation to storm Amin's palace. Awarded the Order of the Red Banner (posthumously).

(26.06.1937-27.12.1979)

December 27, 1979 Captain G.E. Zudin was a member of an assault group that took part in a special operation to seize Amin's palace in Afghanistan. During the battle, he was one of the first who managed to penetrate the palace where, despite being seriously wounded, he continued to fight.


-Shatskikh, Viktor Viktorovich

Lieutenant. Killed on January 13, 1991 during a military operation in Vilnius. Awarded the Order of the Red Banner (posthumously).

(28.04.1969-13.01.1991)

On January 13, 1991, when carrying out a special assignment in Vilnius when unblocking the building of the TV tower, having taken the starting position, he provided conditions for the advancement of the unit. He showed courage and determination. During the operation he was mortally wounded.


-Kravchuk Viktor Dmitrievich

Senior lieutenant. Killed on August 01, 1993 while performing a combat mission in North Ossetia. Awarded the Order for Personal Courage (posthumously).

(08.05.1960-01.08.1993)

In June 1993, Senior Lieutenant Kravchuk went on a business trip to the North Caucasus. There he provided security for the Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Viktor Polyanichko, who was the head of the Provisional Administration in the zone of the Ossetian-Ingush conflict. On August 1, the car they were in was ambushed in the Tara Gorge and was shot with automatic weapons.
Despite severe wounds - five bullets in the legs and one in the stomach, the Alpha officer showed rare self-control and self-control and tried to save the life of Deputy Prime Minister Polyanichko to the last opportunity. Died from blood loss.


-Sergeev, Gennady Nikolaevich

Ensign. He died on October 4, 1993 during a military operation near the building of the Supreme Soviet of Russia in Moscow. Awarded the title of Hero of Russia (posthumously).

(17.08.1964-04.10.1993)

During the events of October 1993, the Alpha group received an order to storm the building of the Supreme Soviet of Russia on Krasnopresnenskaya embankment. Sergeev was on vacation at that moment, but he himself arrived at his unit. An infantry fighting vehicle, in which there were three Alpha employees (Torshin, Finogenov and Sergeev), drove up to the House of Soviets from the rear. There they managed to save a woman with a child and continue moving. On the way, the crew saw a soldier wounded in the thigh, who was lying on the ground. Torshin and Sergeev left the BMP and tried to bring the soldier inside, but came under fire from snipers. Sergeev was mortally wounded. The fire was fired not from the House of Soviets, but from the opposite side. Buried at the Nikolo-Arkhangelsk cemetery.

-Solovov, Vladimir Viktorovich

Major. He died on June 17, 1995 during a military operation in Budyonnovsk. Awarded the Order of Courage (posthumously).

(27.06.1963-17.06.1995)

On June 17, power structures stormed the hospital building seized by the militants. Major Solovov commanded one of the special groups that carried out the operation to free the hostages. This dry and laconic formulation hides thirty minutes of fighting in isolation from the main group. This task turned out to be the last for Vladimir. Having covered his comrades, Vladimir Viktorovich gave them the opportunity to get out of the "fire bag". After being wounded, he moved twenty to twenty-five meters, lay behind a tree, began to bandage himself, and at that moment was killed by a bullet in the heart. His bulletproof vest was punched in several places.

-Burdyaev, Dmitry Yurievich

(21.02.1969-17.06.1995)

While carrying out a combat mission to oust terrorists from the building of the city hospital, he covered the task force with sniper fire. He personally destroyed several militants from Basayev's gang.

He died doing his duty during a sniper duel with the enemy.

-Ryabinkin, Dmitry Valerievich

Lieutenant. He died on June 17, 1995 during a military operation in Budyonnovsk. Awarded the Order of Courage (posthumously).

The Chechen war did not pass "Alpha". Almost everyone left. This was the case in 1995 and 1996. They were engaged not only in their direct business - anti-terror, but also in what they ordered. They ordered to guard the high authorities - they guarded them. In December 1995, the Secretary of the Security Council, the plenipotentiary representative of the Russian Federation in the Chechen Republic, Oleg Lobov, was in the combat zone. Fighters of group "A" provided security for his residence, were ready to cover on the routes and during working meetings. The situation at that time was extremely tense, but, as you know, the Secretary of the Security Council is still alive and well. The active concentration of bandit formations in the vicinity of Grozny, the increasing incidence of ambushes, shelling, attacks on federal forces made it necessary to escort a convoy of vehicles with ZAS equipment, ammunition, and food. A total of five Alpha fighters prepared and organized the unhindered passage of the convoy through populated areas hostile to the federal troops. Suffice it to say that the route was 200 kilometers long. Often it was necessary to conduct military operations. For example, a Chechen bandit, hiding on the outskirts of Grozny, conducted targeted fire at a federal troops checkpoint. Attempts by the feds to destroy him were unsuccessful. The group's sniper suppressed the machine-gun point with several shots. To understand the conditions under which the special forces fighters had to work, I will cite only an excerpt from the service document of group "A", prepared in hot pursuit. "On February 27, 1996, at about 5 pm, an FSB officer working in the territorial administration was killed on Pervomayskaya Street. The victim's car and personal weapons were stolen. On the night of February 28-29, at 3 pm, a signal was received to introduce reinforcement. Checkpoints in the area of ​​the Sunzha River were On February 2, at 17 o'clock, a battle broke out in the vicinity of the Khankala airport. data on the actions of the militants in Grozny. In particular, they managed to gain a foothold in the Oktyabrsky, Staropromyslovsky districts and the village of Chernorechye. In the area of ​​the Severny airport, in a nearby state farm, more than 200 militants were concentrated. They were preparing for an attack on the airport. They blocked all highways, organized blockages on the roads. At the checkpoints of the federal forces, there were a large number of killed and wounded, many commandant's offices did not get in touch, ammunition was running out. All checkpoints requested assistance by radio communication. The 6th checkpoint near the Minutka square was blocked by Basayev's militants, who shouted: "We will win!" On March 7, the situation in the city of Grozny became seriously complicated. All the checkpoints of the federal forces were surrounded by militants, at some of them, due to losses, only a few could continue to hold the defense. There were practically no reinforcements and ammunition deliveries. According to the radio interception, the militants were given the following order:

"To all commanders, to all militants. There is an order throughout the Chechen Republic to open fire to kill. We are slowly taking the city into our own hands." It was the March capture of Grozny by bandits. Then, as you know, the Dudayevites were ousted from the city, but the commanders of the federal forces did not draw any conclusions. Although in fairness it should be noted: this was not the case everywhere. Upon returning from a business trip, the senior of the group of employees of management "A" will write in his report:

"The lack of permanent loyal federal troops with armored vehicles for the FSB in the Chechen Republic creates difficulties with the allocation of a group of direct support and blocking at the time of the operation, and in the event of an emergency, will lead to the complete isolation of the buildings of the FSB, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the government of the Chechen Republic." The emergency arose in August of that year, a few months after this warning. On August 6, the militants entered Grozny. These buildings were blocked. In the dormitory of the FSB, surrounded by a heroic battle, the colleagues of "Alpha" - the soldiers of the special unit "Vympel". As you know, 15 employees of the federal security service were killed in this battle, including Major Sergei Romashin, a Vympel employee. They say that later, after the Grozny events, they raised the certificate prepared by Alfa. Its author, in essence, predicted a future tragedy, but it was already too late. It was with difficulty that Romashin's body was found and taken out of Chechnya. The militants celebrated their victory.

I cited this case to emphasize: the soldiers of special forces "A" learned to fight not only bravely, boldly, but also deeply consciously, skillfully analyzing the combat situation, making sober and very competent conclusions. True, their conclusions often remained a voice crying in the wilderness. But this is already a topic for a completely different conversation.

And now about the main business of "Alpha" in that Chechen war - the anti-terrorist one. Hardly anyone today needs to prove that sabotage and terror were the main weapons of the militants. No matter what Produdaev's propaganda sang about the fearlessness of the bandits, in open battle they felt extremely uncomfortable, but they succeeded in terror. Now it is probably impossible to count all the terrorist attacks of the militants. They were held every day, but we remember the main ones that stirred up Russia. For example, the brutal, bandit act of an attempt on the life of the commander of the united group of federal forces in Chechnya, General Romanov. There were suspects in the execution of this and other terrorist attacks that resulted in numerous casualties. But just suspects and suspects in the war, in the period of hostilities, are completely different people. In war they are armed and extremely dangerous. Who is able to detain them? Yes, the soldiers of the special forces "A". And they detained them, simultaneously seizing grenades, pistols, machine guns. In one of the documents of the Federal Security Service of Russia, I was able to read the following assessment of the actions of the employees of Department "A":

“All the seizures were carried out in a difficult operational environment and the most negatively disposed towards the federal forces in the regions of Grozny, both in daylight and in the dark. casualties and injuries in the group of capture, cover, among the detainees, as well as among civilians present in the field of operations.

From December 14, 1995 to January 7, 1996, operational information about the impending terrorist acts near the Government House, the FSB of Russia in the Chechen Republic, in the Central Market, polling stations, commandant's office, military units, in relation to representatives of state authorities, became the basis for constant night reinforcement by employees subdivisions "A" of existing security services in these buildings, as well as mobile anti-terror groups ".

Fortunately, Alpha's business trips to Chechnya ended without losses. Although directly in the battles with Chechen terrorists on Russian soil, the group lost five people. Five lovely young guys. These bitter losses are remembered in the unit. For the terrorists who brought grief to the families of their employees still live under the sun.

The existence of a unit that, in unmarked uniforms under the leadership of a retired major of the famous "Alpha" (directorate "A" of the FSB Special Forces Center) trains in the Chechen forests, first became known in December 2013. This is not the only special unit controlled by the local leadership , but it is precisely this that raises many questions. “Chechnya has never made a secret that a group of future instructors is being trained to study methods of performing anti-terrorist missions in mountainous and wooded areas,” he explained at the time. Ramzan Kadyrov, head of the Chechen Republic. - All instructors are career officers and police officers. Most of them took part in operations against terrorists, have high awards and even wounds. They are being prepared so that, as part of the special forces of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, they can transfer their knowledge to others, be consultants to commanders, and also become commanders themselves. " That is, Kadyrov confirmed that special forces are being created in the Chechen Republic - the Terek SOBR group, but in order to repulse ... the Syrian militants who threaten Russia. It seems that in Syria, the Chechen special forces have already distinguished themselves: in particular, they have eliminated the field commander Ruslana Machalikashvili nicknamed Sayfulla... True, experts say that Terek could have done this only illegally.

Specialist for millions

But who is the legendary Major "Alpha" who teaches the mountaineers fighting techniques? This man's name Daniil Martynov... He was "an excellent student in military and political", was awarded two medals. He regularly went on business trips to Chechnya to neutralize the bandit underground, where he ended up in the personal security of the head of the Chechen Republic. “In“ Alpha ”, if I'm not mistaken, he served for 8 years. A worthy officer, a good specialist, - told "AiF" Alexey Filatov, Vice President of the International Association of Veterans "Alpha"... - Some of the employees go to strengthen Kadyrov's security, personnel are rotated. For example, in 10 years of business trips, there was not a single soldier in our department who had not guarded Kadyrov at least once. Martynov had a queue, like everyone else, and in the end, after the end of the contract with Alfa, he managed to gain a foothold in a new position. "

According to Kadyrov, the official position of D. Martynov is the assistant to the head of the Chechen Republic in the power block: “But he is not just my assistant, he is my close friend, with whom I found myself in difficult times in various situations.” They say that Martynov is responsible for protecting Kadyrov. According to the law and according to many years of tradition, the heads of Chechnya and Ingushetia are supposed to be guarded from the special forces of the FSB. So, Kadyrov recently refused this service - now he is protected by Chechen fighters trained by the former "alpha" member. And the officer, to all appearances, did not remain in waste. “He recently bought a 4-room apartment in Moscow and an expensive car. I'm not surprised - a special of this level costs at least 1.5-2 million rubles. a month, ”one former colleague of Martynov told us. Alexei Filatov does not see a problem in the fact that an experienced special forces soldier is guarding the peace of the Chechen leader: "After all, in Moscow, Daniel has a wife and three children, they need to be fed, and not survive on a small pension, like many former employees." However, the official salary of Kadyrov's advisor is only 6378 rubles. Plus 150% surcharge for special conditions.

Daniil Martynov, assistant to the head of Chechnya in the power bloc. Photo: RIA Novosti / Said Tsarnaev

Forward to Ukraine?

“There is no exact data on the number of security officials subordinate to Kadyrov. According to my calculations, this is about 30 thousand. But they are all registered in official structures. Kadyrov needs the army more for his image. Although, if he suddenly loses the Kremlin's favor, he will need special forces - not everyone in Chechnya is delighted with Kadyrov, and he has a sea of ​​bloodsheds! By the way, Martynov is not the only specialist: there are at least three more of ours training there. However, the principles of special forces training have long been no secret, and no one in their right mind will reveal our "Alfa" "chips" to the Chechens for any millions, "says a former Alpha employee.

Meanwhile, in Ukraine, the "Kadyrov army" has already become a kind of scarecrow for the Banderaites. Back in February, there were rumors that Chechen units were being transferred to Crimea. At the end of March, a video with Caucasians in Sevastopol appeared on the Internet. They started talking about the faces of the “Kadyrovtsy” hiding under the balaclavas. And now Avakov has examined the Chechens in the Donetsk region ... However, Kadyrov has already answered this: “There are no Chechen battalions in Ukraine. The ruling junta is trying to attribute its punitive operations in Slavyansk to the presence of Chechen battalions among the defenders of the city. This is absurd! I gave instructions to the head of Grozny Zaur Khizriev visit Slavyansk and meet with the leadership to conclude an agreement on twin cities. In Chechnya, tens of thousands of volunteers are ready to help those who are bullied by the fascist thugs ... And if the Chechens really enter Slavyansk and other cities, you will see how people like Avakov will flee from there and will not be able to stop even on the western border of Ukraine. ”