Day of Internal Troops of Belarus

Breastplate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of RB "For Samaddan Service"On the territory of modern Belarus there have always existed in one form or another institutions of public order protection: the princely squad, units of the Streltsy army, internal guard, internal troops. With the acquisition of state independence, the internal troops of the Republic of Belarus received the status of a basic political institution.

On March 18, 1918, the internal troops of Belarus were created from among the volunteers of a separate convoy guard team in Vitebsk. In 1922, the team became subordinate to the Main Political Directorate and was renamed into a separate convoy company, with the reassignment of the district commands of the cities of Polotsk, Gorodka, Sebezh, Orsha to it.

In 1923, by order of the VGPU of the Western District, the convoy company was renamed into a convoy command with deployment in Vitebsk. In connection with the withdrawal of convoy units from the OGPU troops and the resubordination of their troops to the troops of the convoy guard (VKS) of the USSR, the team is reorganized and by order of the USSR VKS is renamed into the 7th separate convoy company of the USSR VKS. In 1925, the 7th Separate Convoy Company became part of the newly formed 2nd Separate Convoy Brigade of the USSR VKS.

In 1991, in connection with the disbandment of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR, the 43rd Division of Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR was transferred to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Belarus and renamed the 43rd Division of Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Belarus.

By the Resolution of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus of March 24, 1992, the 43rd Division of Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Belarus was transformed into internal troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Belarus.

The existing structure and deployment of internal troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs was approved by the Decree of the President of the Republic of Belarus of November 8, 1995. In accordance with the Decree of the President of the Republic of Belarus of November 24, 2000, the civil defense headquarters were transferred to the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Belarus.

The Internal Troops of the Republic of Belarus are a powerful power structure that ensures the maintenance of law and order in our country.