The 604th Red Banner Special Purpose Centre "Vityaz" is a spetsnaz unit of the National Guard of Russia (Rosgvardiya) that responding to especially dangerous and high-risk situations such as counter-revolutionary, counterterrorism, direct action, escort high-ranking government officials in dangerous situations or areas, high-risk law enforcement situations, hostage rescue, irregular warfare, operating in difficult-to-access and dangerous areas, providing security important government buildings and infrastructure in time of crisis, serving high-risk arrest and search warrants, special operations in dangerous areas, special reconnaissance for gathering tactical field intelligence, and supporting crowd control operations during confession plans or meeting.

The history of the 604th Red Banner Special Purpose Centre "Vityaz" tracks back to the 1970s when, in preparation for the 1980 Moscow Olympics, an elite unit was formed.

The personnel was drawn from the Separate Operational Purpose Division troops, and was trained with spetsnaz tactics.

The dedicated role of the Rus' unit was clandestine operation, counter-revolutionary, counterterrorism, direct action, hostage rescue, internal security, irregular warfare, providing security important government buildings and infrastructure, and special operations in times of crisis, but actively participated in military and paramilitary operations in Chechnya and the broader North Caucasus region along with other MVD units, such as Vityaz.

After the collapse of the USSR, the North Caucasus became the main point of missions for MVD spetsnaz units.