Al-muell Wrote:I was thinking about BGs, but I didn't know they were under the MVD at that time.Border guard’s troops were in NKVD (on March 13 1946 renamed to MVD) since 1934. On October 17 1949 Border guard’s troops were transferred to MGB. Just 9 days after Stalin’s death on March 14 1953 they were transferred back to MVD. On April 2 1957 Border guard’s troops were transferred to KGB were they remained until Soviet Union collapsed.
Al-muell Wrote:I would also be glad to kniow where to find a list of units with their numbers.
You can use these and of course you need to be fluent in Russian. But keep in mind this is only for Red Army and only through June of 1945.
Справочник полевых почтовых станций РККА в 1941-1945 годах.
http://soldat.ru/pps_about.html
Справочник условных наименований воинских частей (учреждений) в 1939-1943 годах.
http://soldat.ru/v_ch_about.html
Справочник войсковых частей - полевых почт РККА в 1943-1945 годах.
http://soldat.ru/pp_v_ch_about.html
NKVD/MGB/MVD it’s whole different story and I don’t know any sources on the Web.
