Here is the “official” Russian order of battle for North Caucasus:
North Caucasus Military District:
20th Guards Motor Rifle Division Volgograd
10th (Mountain) Separate Brigade of Special Designation Molkino, Krasnodar region
22nd Guards Separate Brigade of Special Designation Kovalevka, Aksai, Rostov Oblast
131st Motor Rifle Brigade Maykop
136th Separate Motor Rifle Brigade Dagestan
205th ‘Cossack’ Separate Motor Rifle Brigade Budyonnovsk, Stavropol Oblast
135th Separate Motor Rifle Regiment Prokhladny, Kabardino-Balkaria
Additionally following airborne units are staged within operational range:
7th Airborne Division - Novorossiysk
76th Air Assault Division - Pskov
98th Airborne Division - Ivanovo
106th Airborne Division - Tula
Airforce units in the north Caucasus district:
4th Army of VVS and PVO, North Caucasus Military District
1st Composite Air Division - Krasnodar
559th Bomber Aviation Regiment - Morozovsk - Su-24 in service;
959th Bomber Aviation Regiment - Yeysk - operates the Su-24 and L-39C;
368th Assault Aviation Regiment - Budyonnovsk - Su-25;
461st Assault Aviation Regiment - Krasnodar - Su-25;
960th Assault Aviation Regiment - Primorsko-Akhtarsk - Su-25;
51st Air Defence Corps - Rostov on Don
3rd Fighter Aviation Regiment - Krymskaya, (ex 562nd) - Su-27;
19th Fighter Aviation Regiment - Millerovo - MiG-29;
31st Fighter Aviation Regiment - Zernograd - MiG-29;
SAM Regiments
11th Independent Reconnaissance Air Regiment - Marinovka - operates the Su-24MR;
535th Independent Composite Air Regiment - Rostov on Don - Mi-8, An-12 and An-26 in service;
ex Army Aviation component
55th Independent Helicopter Regiment - Korenovsk - Mi-24, Mi-8, reported to be in line for Mi-28[14]
325th Independent Transport-Combat Helicopter Regiment - Yegorlyskaya - Mi-26, Mi-8;
487th Independent Helicopter Regiment for battle control- Budyonnovsk - Mi-8, Mi-24;
I think there are more smaller batallion sized units stationed there, but they are still marked in to their original districts. They could add up to a division.
I assume this is enough firepower to stop any military in the world...
And here are the airfileds Russia has in the area:
Airfield Military District ICAO Latitude Longitude
Akthubinsk North-Caucasian .. .. .. ..
Armavir North-Caucasian .. .. .. ..
Astrakhan - Ashchuluk North-Caucasian .. .. .. ..
Astrakhan - Privolzhskiy North-Caucasian .. .. .. ..
Budyonnovsk North-Caucasian .. .. .. ..
Kapustin Yar North-Caucasian .. .. .. ..
Korenovsk North-Caucasian .. .. .. ..
Kotelnikovo North-Caucasian .. .. .. ..
Krasnodar - Aviagorodok 5 North-Caucasian .. .. .. ..
Krymsk North-Caucasian .. .. .. ..
Kushchovskaya North-Caucasian .. .. .. ..
Marinovka North-Caucasian .. .. .. ..
Maykop North-Caucasian .. .. .. ..
Mikhaylovka - Lebyazhe North-Caucasian .. .. .. ..
Millerovo North-Caucasian .. .. .. ..
Morozovsk North-Caucasian .. .. .. ..
Mozdok North-Caucasian .. .. .. ..
Novocherkassk 14 North-Caucasian .. .. .. ..
Primorsko - Akhtarsk North-Caucasian .. .. .. ..
Rostov na Donu North-Caucasian .. .. .. ..
Sochi North-Caucasian .. .. .. ..
Stavropol North-Caucasian .. .. .. ..
Taganrog - Tsentralnyy North-Caucasian .. .. .. ..
Taganrog - Yuzhnyy North-Caucasian .. .. .. ..
Tikhoretsk North-Caucasian .. .. .. ..
Vladikavkaz North-Caucasian .. .. .. ..
Volgograd North-Caucasian .. .. .. ..
Yegorlykskaya North-Caucasian .. .. .. ..
Yeysk North-Caucasian .. .. .. ..
Zernograd North-Caucasian
Layered air defense umbrellas (even though this may seem as an overkill for Georgia) in the region is crucial for Russia to dissuade any direct NATO military action. The Russian Black Sea Fleet has blockaded all sea transport, and are possibly preparing to enforce an air blockade as well. Game Set Match.
Saakashvili can take to the cellars and forests and fight a guerilla war, or he can accept any offer Russia will propose. “Georgia” will not fight Russia, way too many leaders in Georgia were Soviets once, the FSB has way too many operatives, speculation is Saakashvili is naked and bugged even inside his own command structure at this point. The political opposition in Georgia is not coalescing around the flag, but instead wavering toward puppetting the Russian line, the situation is untenable for Saakashvili, he will surrender within 72 hours, if not 24.
Thanks for the Russki order of battle. Do you know if they are comparable to U.S. Army cavalry regiments and task organized brigades, which have about the same number of personnel and maneuver elements, with slight variation, for all intents and purposes? How about their Air Force regiments, are they comparable to US Air Force squadrons or wings?
I think the Georgians will soon surrender because besides the obvious issue of many Georgians still prefer to be allied with Russia for economic stability reasons, they need the access to the technological expertise of Russian petroleum companies like Gazprom and Lukoil (both of which have gotten access to modern Western petroleum production technology since the early 1990’s) to modernize the Baku petroleum field.
BTTT FYI Ping.....to number 6
Source for the OOB?