DUSHANBE, 1 December – RIA Novosti, Lidia Isamova. According to the information given by RIA Novosti to the press service of the Central Military District, a new commander has been appointed to the 201st military base of Russia.

“The personnel of the Russian military base in Tajikistan have been introduced to a new commander. Colonel Andrey Marushkin, who previously served as the commander of a separate motorized rifle unit of the Central Military District stationed in the Samara region,” the agency said in a statement. said the interlocutor.

According to him, Colonel Andrei Marushkin, born July 16, 1984, graduated from the Novosibirsk Higher Military Command School and was educated at the Combined Arms Academy of the Russian Armed Forces. He passed from the commander of a platoon to the commander of one of the motorized rifle formations of the Central Military District.

Colonel Marushkin was awarded several state and departmental awards, including the Order of Courage and the Order of Alexander Nevsky.

The 201st military base stationed in Tajikistan is the largest military facility outside Russia’s borders, located in two cities, Dushanbe and Bohtar. consists of motorized rifle, tank, artillery, reconnaissance units, air defense units, NBC defense and communications units.