The Collective Rapid Reaction Force (russian: link=no, Коллективные силы оперативного реагирования, КСОР; KSOR) is a joint
combined arms
Combined arms is an approach to warfare
War is an intense armed conflict between states, governments, societies, or paramilitary groups such as mercenaries, insurgents, and militias. It is generally characterized by extreme vio ...
task force comprising independent military units from the
Collective Security Treaty Organization
The Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) is an intergovernmental military alliance in Eurasia consisting of six post-Soviet states
The post-Soviet states, also known as the former Soviet Union (FSU), the former Soviet Republics ...
member states. CRRF was created in 2009 with the general purpose to counter a limited military aggression against CSTO member states, to fight against terrorism and drug trafficking.
History
The agreement on the creation of the Collective Rapid Reaction Force was signed by the presidents of all CSTO states except
Belarus
Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by R ...
during a summit in Moscow on February 4, 2009. Belarus joined the agreement on October 20, same year.
The first joint exercises of CRRF were held in October 2009 at Matybulak
firing range
A shooting range, firing range, gun range or shooting ground is a specialized facility, venue or field designed specifically for firearm usage qualifications, training, practice or competitions. Some shooting ranges are operated by military ...
in Kazakhstan near the border with China.
Composition
According to Russian media, CRRF currently comprises following units:
*
**
98th Guards Airborne Division
The 98th Guards Airborne Division is an airborne division of the Russian Airborne Troops, currently based in Ivanovo.
Russian 98th Airborne Division patch.svg, 98th Guards Airborne Division shoulder sleeve insignia (1993)
History
During the Se ...
(
Ivanovo
Ivanovo ( rus, Иваново, p=ɪˈvanəvə) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city in Russia. It is the administrative center and largest city of Ivanovo Oblast, located northeast of Moscow and approximately from Yaroslavl, Vlad ...
);
**
31st Guards Air Assault Brigade (
Ulyanovsk
Ulyanovsk, known until 1924 as Simbirsk, is a city and the administrative center of Ulyanovsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Volga River east of Moscow. Population:
The city, founded as Simbirsk (), was the birthplace of Vladimir Lenin (born ...
);
*
**
37th Separate Air Assault Brigade (
Taldykorgan
Taldykorgan ( kk, Талдықорған/Taldyqorğan; russian: Талдыкорган), known as ''Taldy-Kurgan'' until 1993, is the capital (called an administrative center) of Zhetysu Region, Kazakhstan. According to the 2010 Kazakh Census Res ...
);
** Special Operations Battalion of the
National Guard of Kazakhstan
''Qazaqstan Respublikasynyñ Ūlttyq ūlany''russian: Национальная гвардия Казахстана
, image = Flag of Kazakhstan National Guard.svg
, image_size = 300px
, caption ...
(
Almaty
Almaty (; kk, Алматы; ), formerly known as Alma-Ata ( kk, Алма-Ата), is the List of most populous cities in Kazakhstan, largest city in Kazakhstan, with a population of about 2 million. It was the capital of Kazakhstan from 1929 to ...
);
*
**
103rd Guards Airborne Division
The 103rd Separate Guards Airborne Brigade is an airborne brigade of the Belarusian Special Forces. Its predecessor unit was the 103rd Guards Airborne Division (russian: 103-я гвардейская воздушно-десантная орден ...
(
Vitebsk
Vitebsk or Viciebsk (russian: Витебск, ; be, Ві́цебск, ; , ''Vitebsk'', lt, Vitebskas, pl, Witebsk), is a city in Belarus. The capital of the Vitebsk Region, it has 366,299 inhabitants, making it the country's fourth-largest ci ...
);
*
**
12th Peacekeeping Brigade
The 12th Peacekeeping Brigade () is a military unit of the Armed Forces of Armenia. Sometimes referred to as the Blue Berets due to its role (and its similarities to the Armenian Airborne Forces), it solely specializes in peacekeeping in foreign co ...
(
Yerevan
Yerevan ( , , hy, Երևան , sometimes spelled Erevan) is the capital and largest city of Armenia and one of the world's List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest continuously inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Y ...
);
*
** Infantry battalion;
*
** Infantry battalion under
Tajik Mobile Forces
The Mobile Forces ( tg, Қӯшунҳои Зудамали) are the paratroopers of the armed forces of Tajikistan. They are similar to the Russian Airborne Troops, whom they often train with. The Mobile Forces act as an elite special forces unit ...
Joint Staff
The Joint Staff is a permanent working body of the CSTO that is responsible for preparing proposals on the military component of the CSTO, the operations and usage of the CSTO Collective Forces, the preparation of joint operational and combat training activities, military-technical cooperation, coordinating joint training of personnel and specialists for the armed forces of the CSTO member states, as well as organizing the functioning of the CSTO Crisis Response Center.
Chiefs of the Joint Staff
The Chiefs of the Joint Staff of the CSTO with their concurrent positions in the armed forces:
* Lieutenant General
Ramil Nadyrov,
Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Tajikistan (April 2003 – June 2004)
* Lieutenant General
Bulat Darbekov
Bulat Kerimzhanovich Darbekov (born October 21, 1957) is a Kazakh military general and former head of the Collective Security Treaty Organization. He served CSTO joint chief from June 2004 to June 2005 and chairman of the Committee of Chiefs of ...
,
Chairman of the Joint Staff Committee of Kazakhstan (June 2004 – June 2005)
* Army General
Yuri Baluyevsky
Army General Yury Nikolayevich Baluyevsky (russian: link=no, Юрий Николаевич Балуевский; born 9 January 1947 at Truskavets in the Ukrainian SSR) is the former First Deputy Minister of Defense and Chief of the General Staff ...
, First Deputy Minister of Defense and
Chief of the General Staff The Chief of the General Staff (CGS) is a post in many armed forces (militaries), the head of the military staff.
List
* Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (United States)
* Chief of the General Staff (Abkhazia)
* Chief of General Staff (Afg ...
of the
Armed Forces of the Russian Federation
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (, ), commonly referred to as the Russian Armed Forces, are the military forces of Russia. In terms of active-duty personnel, they are the world's fifth-largest military force, with at least two m ...
(June 2005 – June 2006)
* Lieutenant General
Sergey Gurulev Sergey may refer to:
* Sergey (name), a Russian given name (including a list of people with the name)
* Sergey, Switzerland, a municipality in Switzerland
* ''Sergey'' (wasp), a genus in subfamily Doryctinae
The Doryctinae or doryctine wasps are ...
,
Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Belarus (June 2006 – October 2007)
* Major General
Boris Yugai
Boris Alexandrovich Yugai (; ; 15 November 1957 - 12 March 2010) was a Kyrgyz Major General and military leader who served as the Chief of the Armed Forces General Staff from March 2007 to June 2008 under President Kurmanbek Bakiyev. Yugai was g ...
,
Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Kyrgyz Republic (October 2007 – July 2008)
*Colonel General
Yuri Khatchaturov
Yuri Grigorii Khachaturov ( hy, Յուրի Գրիգորիի Խաչատուրով; born 1 May 1952) is an Armenian general. He formerly served as the Secretary-General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) and as Chief of the Genera ...
,
Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Armenia (September 2008 – December 2010)
* Major General
Petr Tihonovsky
Petr is a Czech language, Czech given name for males and a Czech surname. Petr is the Czech form of ''Peter''. For information on Petr as a first name, see Peter (given name).
Given name
* Petr Aven (born 1955), Russian billionaire banker, econo ...
,
Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Belarus (December 2010 – May 2012)
* Colonel General
Saken Zhasuzakov
Saken Adilkhanuly Zhasuzakov ( kk, Сәкен Әділханұлы Жасұзақов, ''Säken Ädılhanūly Jasūzaqov'', ; born 27 October 1957) was a Kazakh politician and Colonel General in the Kazakh Ground Forces. He was Minister of Defens ...
,
Chairman of the Joint Staff Committee of Kazakhstan (May 2012 – December 2012)
Commanders of the KSOR
*
Major General
Major general (abbreviated MG, maj. gen. and similar) is a military rank used in many countries. It is derived from the older rank of sergeant major general. The disappearance of the "sergeant" in the title explains the apparent confusion of a ...
Mirali Rahmatzoda, Commander of the Mobile Forces of the
Armed Forces of the Republic of Tajikistan
tg, Қувваҳои Мусаллаҳи Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон, italics=off
, image=File:Tajik Armed Forces Shoulder Patch.jpg
, image_size=
, image2 =
, alt2 = Roundel
, caption=The shoulder patch o ...
(May 2015)
References
{{Commonwealth of Independent States
Collective Security Treaty Organization
Military of Russia
Post-Soviet alliances
Multinational units and formations