200th Separate Motor Rifle Brigade
The 200th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade is a military formation of the 14th Army Corps, part of the Northern Military District, based at Pechenga in Murmansk Oblast. The brigade was formed from the 131st Motor Rifle Division in 1997 and was one of the two Russian Arctic warfare brigades.
| 200th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade | |
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Shoulder sleeve patch | |
| Active | 1 December 1997 - present |
| Country | Russia |
| Branch | Russian Navy |
| Type | Mechanized infantry |
| Size | Brigade |
| Part of | 14th Army Corps, Northern Military District Coastal Troops |
| Garrison/HQ | Pechenga |
| Engagements | Russo-Ukrainian War
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| Decorations | Order of Kutuzov |
| Honorifics | Pechenga |
| Commanders | |
| Current commander | Colonel Denis Yuryevich Kurilo |
In 2014, brigade units participated in the war in Donbas.
In 2022, brigade units participated in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. Interrogations of Russian prisoners of war established that the brigade was in Ukraine and suffered heavy losses in the Battle of Kharkiv.
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