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Hatsavita Mountain Warfare Training Centre

Coordinates: 44°11′50″N 41°01′39″E / 44.1973403°N 41.0274920°E / 44.1973403; 41.0274920
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Hatsavita Mountain Training Center
8-й учебный центр горной подготовки специального назначения «Хацавита»
Akhmetovskaya [ru], Krasnodar Krai in  Russia
Site information
TypeMilitary base
Controlled byNational Guard of Russia
Location
Map
Coordinates44°11′50″N 41°01′39″E / 44.1973403°N 41.0274920°E / 44.1973403; 41.0274920
Site history
In use2005 - present
Garrison information
Occupants GRU

The Hatsavita Mountain Training Center (Russian: 8-й учебный центр горной подготовки специального назначения «Хацавита» Росгвардии) previously known as the Mountain Training Center for Special Forces and Reconnaissance Units of the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs "Khatsavita" (Russian: Центр горной подготовки подразделений специального назначения и разведки ВВ МВД «Хацавита») is a National Guard of Russia training facility located in the vicinity of Akhmetovskaya [ru] south of Labinsk, Krasnodar Krai, southern Russia.

The "Hatsavita" mountain training center was organized in 2005 to increase the effectiveness of Russian Army special forces (Spetsnaz GRU) during fighting in North Caucasus Mountains, especially Chechnya and Dagestan.[1]

Courses

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  • The center works year-round and the training process takes 4–5 weeks. Soldiers learn the basics of rock climbing, mountain tactics, mountaineering, etc.
  • Russian Special Forces training photos

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Dmitry Chebotayev, Photoshelter Deprecated link archived 2012-07-07 at archive.today, accessed July 2009

Further reading

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  • Isby, David C., Weapons and tactics of the Soviet Army, Jane's Publishing Company Limited, London, 1988
  • Carey Schofield, 'The Russian Elite: Inside Spetsnaz and the Airborne Forces,' Greenhill, London, 1993
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