The Internal Troops trace their history to a separate command of guards in Vitebsk, formed on 18 March 1918.

At the end of the 1980s, Internal Troops units were involved in the inter ethnic conflicts in the territory of the Soviet Union.

On 8 November 1995, President Alexander Lukashenko approved the organizational structure and deployment of internal troops.

On October 2, 2020, OFAC designated the Internal Troops’ then-Commander Yuriy Nazaranka and Deputy Commander Khazalbek Atabekau pursuant to E.O.

13405 for being responsible for, or having participated in, actions or policies that undermine democratic processes or institutions in Belarus.