The Battalion is a part of the 61st Marine Infantry Brigade, bearing the Combat Name “Kirkenes”, of the Northern Fleet.
The 876th Separate Air Assault Battalion was formed on November 11, 1979.
On January 1, 1985 the Battalion was declared a military unit of constant combat readiness.
On January 7, 1995 it was directed the North Caucasus to restore constitutional order in the Chechen Republic.
In the second Chechen War the fighters of the Battalion performed feats of courage and heroism, proving that they were worthy of the loud glory of their forefathers, who smashed German mountain rangers of the selected division “Edelweiss” during the Second World War. The horror induced by the marines was so huge that German soldiers called them “Black Death”.
On the eve of the New 2000 Year, on the nameless height marked 1406, the 2nd platoon of the 2nd Airborne Assault Company of the 876th Battalion took an unequal battle against several times overwhelming them gangs of terrorist bandit underground. The marines, led by the platoon commander lieutenant Yuri Kuryagin and captain Alexei Milashevich, took the unequal battle. In the first minutes of the battle all the officers were killed, and the command was assumed by sergeant Vladimir Tatashvili. Even the dead soldiers terrified the enemy. Unfortunately, the marines had no chance to see the dawn of the new day. As a result of the ill- night battle 12 “black berets” died the death of a hero, taking more than 40 militants with them, but stopped the bandits.
For courage and heroism performed, the marines were posthumously awarded orders, and the platoon commander Lieutenant Kuryagin and sergeant Tatashvili were awarded the highest award – the title of the Hero of Russia, also posthumously.
The Battalion returned to its native village “Sputnik” on June 20, 2000.
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Dog tag “Border Guard Service of Russia” (The Banners) is made of stainless steel with enamel.
The field of the tag is divided into two equal parts by shaped images of the banners. In the upper half of the tag there is the Russian state flag, with the 1997 emblem of the Federal Border Guard Service (FPS). In the bottom half of the tag there is the banner of the Border Guard Service overlaid with the emblem of a heraldic shield with two crossed AK-47s , framed by two oak branches.
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Dog tag “Kantemirovskya Tank Division” is made of stainless steel with enamel.
It is a relief image of a bare-teeth bear's head in a frame of oak leaves on the background of Russian national flag.At the top of the tag there is the name of the division decorated with silhouettes of tanks: “The 4th Kantemirovskaya Tank Division of the Guards”. At the bottom – the motto of the Division: “Honor and Glory.”
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The dog tag is made of stainless steel with enamel.
It is a picture of a black executioner's mask over a vertical sword (handle up) and two bloodstained axes crossed. Below, in a pool of blood, there are two human skulls.
At the top of the dog tag, there is a gothic inscription: “BORN TO KILL” on a black curly ribbon.
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The dog tag is made of stainless steel with enamel.
It is a relief image of the the Great Seal of the United States of America under the weaving Stars and Stripes.
At the bottom of the medal there is the inscription: “US ARMY”.
On the face of the seal there is the image of the bald eagle, which is the national symbol of the United States.
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