10th Spetsnaz GRU Brigade - Lords of the Swamp

The 10th Separate Special Purpose Brigade is a Spetsnaz military formation of the Russian Federation subordinate to the Spetsnaz GRU. It is based in Molkino, Krasnodar Krai.

The unit was formed in 1962 during the formation of the first special forces brigades of the Soviet Union. At the time it was garrisoned in Pervomaiske, Crimean Oblast, Ukrainian SSR.[2]

It is reported that the unit was part of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.[2]

After the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991 the unit was transferred to Ukraine where it was reformed into an airborne regiment.

In 2002 it was decided to establish the unit once again in Russia and this time it was garrisoned in Molkino. The new unit was created in 2003.

The unit was deployed to Chechnya 2004-2008 for the Second Chechen War