Hatsavita Mountain Warfare Training Centre
| Hatsavita Mountain Training Center | |
|---|---|
8-й учебный центр горной подготовки специального назначения «Хацавита» | |
Akhmetovskaya, Krasnodar Krai in  Russia | |
| Site information | |
| Type | Military base |
| Controlled by | National Guard of Russia |
| Location | |
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| Coordinates | 44°11′50″N 41°01′39″E / 44.1973403°N 41.0274920°E |
| Site history | |
| In use | 2005 - 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 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- List of mountain warfare forces
- Spetsnaz GRU
- Alpha Group
- Vympel
- Rus (special forces)
- Vityaz (MVD)
- OMON
- SOBR
- High Mountain Military School
- Mountain Leader Training Cadre
- Mountain Warfare Training Center
- Army Mountain Warfare School
- Mountain Warfare Training Camp Michael Monsoor
- High Altitude Warfare School
Notes
[edit]- ^ Dmitry Chebotayev, Photoshelter Deprecated link archived 2012-07-07 at archive.today, accessed July 2009
Further reading
[edit]- 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
External links
[edit]- (in Russian) Russian Special Ops Units
- (in Russian) Ministry of Internal Affairs special forces
- (in Russian) https://web.archive.org/web/20050309013355/http://www.kommersant.ru/k-vlast/get_page.asp?page_id=2005769-22.htm
- (in Russian) Russian Special Forces