3rd Separate Special-Purpose Brigade

The Minsk-based 3rd Separate Red Banner Special-Purpose Brigade (Belarusian: 3-я асобная Чырвонасцяжная брыгада спецыяльнага прызначэння, Russian: 3-я отдельная Краснознаменная бригада специального назначения), also known as Military Unit 3214[1] and nicknamed the Uruchenskaya Brigade[2] is a formation of the Internal Troops of Belarus.

[4][5] Unit 3214 originates from the 287th Rifle Regiment of the NKVD, which was created on 6 March 1942 in the city of Voronezh on the basis of a battalion of the 73rd Regiment of the 3rd NKVD Division of Railroad Building Protection (ru:3-я дивизия войск НКВД по охране железнодорожных сооружений (1-го формирования)).

Although originally created for the protection of railway structures, the regiment took part in battles against the invading German Wehrmacht in Voronezh, performing in combat missions in the North Caucasus as well.

The brigade also took part in eliminating the consequences of the Chernobyl accident, as well as settling interethnic conflicts in the Nagorno-Karabakh region.

It is primarily meant for single servicemen as well as fourth-year cadets of the Internal Troops Faculty of the Military Academy of Belarus.