22nd Separate Guards Special Purpose Brigade

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22nd Separate Guards Special Purpose Brigade
22nd Spetsnaz Brigade Patch
Active	July 24, 1976 – present
Country	Russia
Branch	Russian Ground Forces
Type	Spetsnaz
Role	Special reconnaissance Special operations Direct action
Part of	GRU (operational subordination)
Garrison/HQ	Stepnoy, Russia
Anniversaries	July 24th
Engagements	Soviet-Afghan War Black January First Nagorno-Karabakh War Angolan Civil War First Chechen War Civil war in Tajikistan Second Chechen War Russo-Georgian War Russo-Ukrainian War Wagner Group mutiny
Commanders
Current commander	Lt. Col. Aleksei Nikolayevich Savchenko
Notable commanders	Col. Boris Kerimbaev

The 22nd Separate Guards Special Purpose Brigade (22-я отдельная гвардейская бригада специального назначения) is a special forces (spetsnaz) brigade of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. The brigade is currently based at Stepnoy, Rostov Oblast.