page_title: National Guard Forces Command
section_title: Districts and formations
hierarchical_section_title: National Guard Forces Command / General organisation / Districts and formations
caption_attribution_description: Русский: Бронеавтомобиль Урал-ВВ (Ural-VV armored vehicle)
context_page_description: The National Guard Forces Command of the Russian Federation is the gendarmerie component of the National Guard of Russia, created through a presidential decree on April 5, 2016. It is a gendarmerie organized on paramilitary lines with its mission to ensure public order, national security and defense against terrorism.
  It is the successor of the Special Corps of Gendarmes and the Internal Troops of Russia.
context_section_description: The organization of the NGF comprises headquarters, military units, military training institutions and the institutions for National Guard Forces activities, and maintenance and administration bodies. The largest units are located in all major cities.
  NGF regional commands:
  Northwestern Order of the Red Star District Command
  Central Orshansko-Hingansky Order of the Red Banner District Command
  North Caucasus  District Command
  Volga District Command
  Ural District Command
  Siberian District Command
  Eastern District Command
  Military units under direct subordination:
  A separate rapid deployment division (ODON). This formation, also known as the Dzerzhinsky Division and based near Moscow, was the most well-known formation of the Internal Troops, and now falls under the NGF.
  The Central Communications
  Engineering Center
  Intelligence Directorate NGF under the Intelligence Chief-Deputy Chief of Staff of the National Guard Forces
  St. Petersburg National Guard Forces Command Military Institute
  The NGFC also controls 5 naval and inland waters units under the banner of the National Guard Naval Service Corps (formerly the Naval Service of the Internal Troops of Russia, raised 1978, including personnel of the National Guard Naval Diving Service founded in 1987).
caption: Ural-VV – Armored vehicle designed on the basis of a multi-purpose vehicle "Ural-4320" 6 × 6 chassis
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