The 7th Separate Guards Motor Rifle "Chistyakov" Brigade (Russian: 7-я отдельная гвардейская мотострелковая Чистяковская бригада, 7 oмсбр; MUN 08807[2]) is a military unit of Russian Ground Forces.
The 7th Separate Guards Motor Rifle "Chistyakov" Brigade was formed in Torez, in Donetsk oblast, from part of the group of militants who had fought under Igor Girkin in Sloviansk and escaped from encirclement there.
[2] Colonel Alexander Bushuev was the brigade's commander since September 2015 until his death on July 3, 2016.
[3] The name "Chistyakov" was given to the brigade after the capture of Debaltseve by combined DPR, LPR and Russian forces, taking the name of a Soviet-era formation which took part in operations in Donbas during the Second World War.
In October 2018, the brigade was awarded the honorary title of "Guards" by the head of the LPR, Leonid Pasechnik.