Russian SS formations

By order ground commander chief on Balkan was started formation of Russian volunteers forces for aerial delivery operation in Novorossiysk region. In March of 1942 in Belgrade was started formation of volunteer battalion. Formed under captain Semenov's commanding battalion represented infantry part in 600 persons. Battalion was supplied implemented through SS Headquarter and in operating attitude it was subject a command of Wermacht's army group.


Volunteer shelve SS "Variag"

On Eastern front battalion has not been sent and was used in strife with the Yugoslavian guerrillas. In 1943 hauptsturmfuhrer Semenov was handed a command to the German officer and was departed to Germanium to form Russian volunteers special purpose units. At the end of 1944 in Slovenia begins the deployment battalion in shelve "Variag". The aggregate number has reached 2,5 thousand soldiers and officers. Commander post assigned schtandartenfuhrer Semenov, his assistant become sturmbahnfuhrer Grinev. Shelve has come in a structure of group of the general-major Turkul (Great White Guard Hero), being nominally part of armed Forces KONR.

After War's end only a small soldiers group connected with Russian body, has avoided sad part to be issued in Soviet Union or Tito's guerrillas.


First Russian National crew SS "Druzhina"

In April 1942, in a prison camp near village Suvalki was organized the Battle Alliance of Russian Nationalists (BARN), which was headed by lieutenant colonel Gil. To test political reliability of the volunteers, from members of BSRN was formed 1st Russian national SS squad, also known as "Druzhina". Squad tasks include security service, strife with guerrillas and battle operations at the front. The squad consists of three companies and economic subdivisions. As squad commander was assigned Gil`, the alias, taken to Rodionov, on demand of which one to a personal structure was issued new Czech regimentals and arms, switching on 150 automatic control units, 50 manual and heavy machine guns and 20 mortars. Having demonstrated the reliability in combats against the Polish guerrillas, division place in the Soviet territory. In December 1942 in region near Liublin was formed 2nd Russian national squad SS. Commanded by former major of NKVD. His second name is Blazhevich. In March 1943 both squads were joint in 1st Russian national shelve SS under Gil-Rodionov's commanding. In May, in Belorussia behind a regiment zone with center in a place Luzhki, were fixed antiguerillas operations. After a set war prisoners and mobilization of the population, shelves was organized in 1st Russian national crew SS, third regimental of a structure. In July the number reached 3000 persons. Crews inventory was present: 5 guns of 76 mms, 10 45 mms of anti-tank guns, 8 battalions and 32 rotter of a mortar, 164 machine guns. Having an accident-sensitive regular personnel and after a number of failures in operations against the guerrillas in region of Begoml-Lepel, the crew morally was decomposed and in August 1943 has passed in the Soviets part in quantity 2200 persons.


Russian liberation national army (RONA)

Creation of Russian Liberation National Army strongly associates with a Bronislav Vladislavovich Kaminsky name, chieftain of a Bryansk autonomy (Russian national-socialist republic).

Kaminski was born in 1903 in St.-Petersburg; by education he was engineer-chemist and has not accepted the Soviet authority. Was repressed on a denunciation in 1936 and has left prison camp after some weeks prior to the beginning war. A place where he live and also worked - town an region of the Oryol area - in January 1942 has got under the jurisdiction of the Second tank army of Wermacht. Squad has founded for protection of the communications and inhabitants against the guerrillas, a security service under the beginning of the chapter of a local government of Voskoboynick.

The experiment has appeared successful and Lokot`s region (and then area) has received a full autonomies. So Russian National-socialist republic was derivate. It had the crew NSTPR, newspaper, hospital, factories, transport and financial system. After destruction of Voskoboynick in fight, self-management has accepted Kaminsky. He has organized fissile operations against guerilla bands and soon has furbished of them considerable territory. As squads of a local police and the self-defenses could not independently control huge region, all German troops were removed from which one, before Kaminsky there was a problem of organization of regular forces. The security service was converted to Russian Liberation National Army later becoming 29 Grenadier division Waffen-SS. Thus Kaminsky has received Brigadenfuhrer grade. To this time it's consisted of five rifle regiments till three battalions in each, separate Guards battalion, vehicle and zenith divisions. In the inventory there were about 30 trophy tanks, 10 armor vehicles, some tens artillery guns and mortars, miscellaneous rifle weapons. The several successful shares against the Bryansk guerrillas distinguished the division; their some quantity even has adjoined Motion. For it Kaminsky was awarded with Iron cross of Maiden degree.

After Bolsheviks invasion Russian SS-men at first had departed on the Polish-Czech border, and then in Hungary. When in August 1944 has sparked the Warsaw revolt, the group under a commanding obersturmbahnfuhrer Frolov was sent in capital of a general - governorship, for the help in rebels depressing. She has arrived on August 5 and was withdrawn in three weeks. The street combats were unusual for group RONA, and they have suffered large losses. Tired soldiers have made a terror concerning the no predatory population. Itself Kaminsky was in Warsaw ten days, then has departed on a division to Lodz. On a road the guerrillas assassinated him. According to other version he was denounced by SS court and killed, and have presented it as an offence of the guerrilla. The mores of a liked commander is high-gravity has worked on the soldier of a division. By its soldiers replace in 30 Grenadier a division SS, including except for Kaminsky warriors, division of the Belorussian police and self-defense squads. The command was accepted by the German officer obersturmbahnfuhrer Hans Sigling. After a series of successful operating a division have transferred in Northern to Virginium. Is possible to say only about its further destiny that she, apparently, not much more differed from speed up of diverse National formations SS and Wermacht.