The formation of Russian rear services is commonly ascribed to the year 1700, when Peter I of Russia signed an order On Management of the Grain Supplies of All Military People to okolnichy Yazykov with Elevating Him to Commissary General After That, thus forming the first supply service (Proviantskiy Prikaz).

Shortly after the onset of Operation Barbarossa in 1941, the Russian rear services experienced severe difficulties, which were fixed after the order "On Organization of the Rear Services Management Office of the Red Army..." was enacted by the People's Commissar of Defence, Marshal of the Soviet Union Semyon Timoshenko.

[4] In Russia until 2017, there were also road construction 'parts'[4] (since 1996 officially called road-building military formations),[5] which were outside the size norms of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and included: At present, the main composition of formations, units and subdivisions of the road troops, their institutions, institutions, enterprises and organizations, are part of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.

In 1930, by the decision of Council of People's Commissars of the Soviet Union (the SNK USSR) and the Central Committee of the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks, five automobile and road institutes were organized within the TsUDorTrans system of the People's Commissariat of Communication Routes of the Soviet Union.

These five institutes were the Moscow Automobile and Road Institute, in Leningrad (LADI), in Saratov (at the Saratov State Technical University (SADI)), in Kharkov (HADI) and Omsk (SibADI) for the training of highly qualified engineers roads, bridges, mechanics and motorists.

On November 4, 1935, the central press organ of the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks, the newspaper Pravda published an article signed by the head of Daldorstroy, Comrade Yu.Apanasenko:[7] Starting to get acquainted with the affairs of the front and operational plans, Apanasenko discovered that along most of the Trans-Siberian Railway, with its dozens of bridges and tunnels, there is no reliable highway (Moskovsky Trakt) that would run parallel to the railway.

This circumstance made the troops of the front extremely vulnerable, since the railway line sometimes passed very close to the border.

It was enough for the Japanese to blow up several bridges or tunnels to deprive the armies of the front and freedom of maneuver, and reliable supplies.

After the German invasion of the Soviet Union, which began on June 22, 1941, transport difficulties required emergency measures by the country's leadership.

According to this decree, additional automobile and road units and formations are being formed, ten military highways (VAD) of the Headquarters of the Supreme High Command are being deployed.

The need for motor transport and road support for Red Army offensive operations required further reorganization.

[14] Financing of construction and reconstruction was carried out via monies allocated centrally once a year by the Council of Ministers of the RSFSR.

[15] From the beginning of construction until 1992, 510 km of the road were built by the personnel of the Specialized Brigades, and more than 300,000,000 rubles of capital investments were disbursed (in estimated prices of 1969).

Parts of 60th Specialized Road Construction Brigade, were deployed in the settlements Surgut, Noyabrsk, Novy Urengoy, Nadym, Beloyarsky took part in the construction of roads, gas pipeline and Urengoy - Pomary - Uzhgorod, the arrangement of compressor stations, industrial and other facilities, produced industrial products for the needs of the region.

At different times, the Limited Contingent/40th Army (Soviet Union) included: In accordance with the directive of the Minister of Defence of the USSR of June 1, 1988, the 307th Training Road Brigade (307 uchdbr) (V/Ch 32213) was established in Slutsk in the Belorussian Military District.

Training of specialists for road troops is carried out at Military Academy of Logistics named after General of the Army A.V.

From October to December 2006, the 100th Separate Bridge Battalion, Central Automobile and Road Administration of the Russian Ministry of Defense assisted with transport infrastructure in Lebanon.