Mulino () is a
rural locality (a settlement) in
Volodarsky District of
Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
Nizhny Novgorod Oblast () is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the types of inhabited localities in Russia, city of Nizhny Novgorod. It has a population of 3,119,115 as of the 2021 Ru ...
,
Russia
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.
[Order #3-od] Population: Dialing code: +7 83136. Postal code: 606083.
History
The settlement was founded in the 1930s. In the 1940s, a military unit was based on its territory. The first primary school was built on the site where the hospital is now located. A few years later, new buildings began to be built in the settlement, in particular a secondary school, brick houses for officers and their families. Initially, the area where the new buildings were built was considered the center of Mulino. The brick buildings were surrounded by the first wooden structures on all sides.
Military
There is a significant
military
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presence in the area; a local newspaper describes Mulino as "surrounded by military units". An important facility in the area is the Mulino training center of the
Russian Ground Forces
The Russian Ground Forces (), also known as the Russian Army in English, are the Army, land forces of the Russian Armed Forces.
The primary responsibilities of the Russian Ground Forces are the protection of the state borders, combat on land, ...
, which in September and December 2007 was the site of joint US-Russian military exercises, part of the series codenamed "Torgau" (after the
city in Germany that figures in the military history of both countries). Joint exercises at Mulino were originally planned for 2006 ("Torgau-2006"), but were canceled, possibly due to the protests of certain local groups against the presence of foreign military on Russian soil.
Among military units listed by Kommersant-Vlast in 2002 at Mulino were the
34th Guards Artillery Division
The 34th Guards Artillery Perekop Red Banner Order of Suvorov Division () was an artillery division of the Soviet Ground Forces and the Russian Ground Forces. It was formed after the Second World War in Potsdam as the 34th Artillery Division and s ...
, the 99th Guards Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment (3 MRD), the 211th Training Artillery Brigade, the 245th Guards Motor Rifle Regiment (3 MRD), the 752nd Motor Rifle Regiment, the 237th and 100th Tank Regiments (
3rd Motor Rifle Division), one other unit, and a penal battalion. Headquarters 3rd Motor Rifle Division was nearby in
Nizhny Novgorod
Nizhny Novgorod ( ; rus, links=no, Нижний Новгород, a=Ru-Nizhny Novgorod.ogg, p=ˈnʲiʐnʲɪj ˈnovɡərət, t=Lower Newtown; colloquially shortened to Nizhny) is a city and the administrative centre of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast an ...
.
There is also a
penal battalion
A penal military unit, also known as a penal formation, disciplinary unit, or just penal unit (usually named for their formation and size, such as ''penal battalion'' for battalions, ''penal regiment'' for regiments, ''penal company'' for companie ...
at the site.
Several military reorganizations have now occurred. As of late 2009, units there appear to include
6th Tank Brigade (2022 partially transformed into the
26th Tank Regiment of the established
47th Tank Division), 288th Artillery Brigade, and a rocket forces and artillery depot.
In 2014 a new training range site will be opened in Mulino, in accordance with a €100-million-plus agreement signed with Germany’s
Rheinmetall
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to build a brigade-sized live combat simulation and marksmanship training center. Due to the
Russo-Ukrainian war
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and sanctions imposed by European Union against Russia, Rheinmetall cancelled this agreement with the Russian armed forces.
The peak of the large-scale
Zapad-2021 military exercise
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s conducted by the Russian and Belarusian armies, was in Mulino.
[Monday, Sep 13, By Alexander Bratersky]
As ‘Zapad’ military drills heat up, signs of a lasting Russian footprint in Belarus
defensenews.com
See also
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:ru:Гороховецкий артиллерийский полигон - The Gorokhovets Artillery Research and Testing Range, located near the village of Mulino.
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Rural localities in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
Volodarsky District, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast