Red Banner Soviet Cossack Host
No. D/N 005
21 June 2023
Decree
On the formation and restoration of military units, Cossack military formations, military districts, border Commissars of the KGB of the USSR, subunits and staffs of operational management under conditions of a special regime and martial law on the territory of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
By this we express our gratitude and respect to the Entire Great, United, Sovereign Soviet People of the Great Country of the Sovereign - the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and to the Entire World Community, by the Right of the Sovereign
We proclaim:
Taking into account and considering the military-political situation around the Sovereign borders of our Great Sovereign Country - the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and within our Motherland on the territory of the USSR, which in recent years has been characterized by instability and growing tension under the influence of various dynamically changing factors.
After the analysis conducted and the operational data provided, we acknowledge that in the near and medium term attempts are being planned by destructive, hostile forces to exacerbate the socio-political and military situation on the territory of the USSR in order to secure their geopolitical interests.
Certain destructive manifestations are being prepared to carry out a military invasion, which threatens the State security of the individual and the citizen of the USSR.
The State Committee on the State of Emergency of the USSR, as a State Military-Political body of Special Composition and a Special Presence Conference with expanded powers in the Sovereign Country — the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (hereinafter the GKChP USSR) confirms and acknowledges that the defense of the Country is one of the most important strategic national priorities. The GKChP USSR is compelled to respond promptly to emerging threats, providing for the possibility of applying Emergency, military-legal regimes to regulate socio-political and civil-law relations on the territory of the Great Sovereign Country - the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
In such a difficult political situation, the GKChP USSR confirms and acknowledges the operation of the Emergency, military-legal regime and its content as a variety of the martial law regime in the USSR.
Special tactical military units under the operational group of the border troops of the KGB of the USSR are approved as Soviet Red Banner formations (within the framework of statutory activity), as a Cossack host under the USSR Defense Committee and the Supreme Headquarters with their operational management by the People's Commissar of Defense and the Council of People's Commissars of the USSR (SNK USSR) with the re-establishment of the official powers of the border Commissar of the operational group of the border troops of the KGB of the USSR.
These formations are accounted for under the restored military unit under No. V/Ch 2382 of the operational group of the border troops of the KGB of the USSR with direct subordination to the Chairman of the GKChP USSR, as Chairman of the Council of the USSR Defense Committee under wartime conditions and military districts on the territory of the RSFSR/USSR, taking into account the geopolitical situation, modern realities, as well as the executive authorities of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics for ensuring the legal regime of the military-civil administration, military-field committees under martial law conditions.
By this Decree, the list of military districts on the territory of the RSFSR as of the current date is established, which are subordinate to the GKChP USSR and the USSR Defense Committee:
1. Moscow Military District,
2. Leningrad Military District (includes the Kaliningrad Oblast with its own staff operational management),
3. North Caucasus Military District,
4. Volga Military District,
5. Ural Military District,
6. Siberian Military District,
7. Transbaikal Military District,
8. Far Eastern Military District,
9. Southern Naval Operational Command (the former Red Banner Odessa Military District is reorganized by this Decree and includes the territory of the Crimean, Zaporozhye, Kherson, Donetsk, Luhansk oblasts and the hero city of military glory as a city of Union significance, Sevastopol, and the base of the Red Banner Black Sea Fleet of the USSR). The designation
of the numbers of military units and district headquarters shall be counted from the number No. V/Ch 23... and not more than five-digit numbers.
On the basis of the Constitution of the USSR (Fundamental Law) of 1977, Chapter 5. "Defense of the Socialist Fatherland" Articles 59, 69, Chapter 7 "Basic Rights, Freedoms and Duties of Citizens of the USSR", the Legislation of the USSR,
The GKChP USSR re-establishes, acknowledges and confirms:
The conscription and formation, as well as the resumption of the activity of Cossack Red Banner Soviet military units, as auxiliary military formations of the military State reserve of the USSR in the Statutory regulations.
The entry of the Cossack Host into the military districts and military garrisons under the USSR Defense Committee and its own staff management with its own designation the Red Banner Soviet Cossack Host (KSKV), with the granting of the status of the host's personnel, of a serviceman as a registered combat unit, with the conferral of a special military rank (taking into account the formation of a military department, the passing of military certification in military disciplines) and the establishment of universal military obligation, the taking of the universal military Oath of allegiance to the Motherland - the Great Country the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics with mandatory conscription for military service.
The establishment in further Directives of the scope of powers of the military-civil authorities, servicemen of the Cossack Hosts (KSKV) and military formations, as the regular Army of the Ministry of Defense of the USSR, as the Administration of the KA under the State Security Committee of the USSR and law enforcement bodies (People's Militia) with the institution and granting of powers of the People's Commissar of Internal Affairs, directly depending on the degree of strictness of the legal regime determining the degree of restriction of the Rights and Freedoms of the population living in the areas of operation of emergency legal norms aimed at ensuring State and public security taking into account the interests of the State and society.
To consider it necessary to apply the Soviet emergency Legislation of the USSR under conditions of an emergency legal regime, in the form of legal prescriptions of a rights-restrictive and punitive nature, in connection with the growth of threats to the State and social System and order as public security in the USSR, as well as to apply legal Prescriptions, Directives and Orders of the duly authorized officials (on the basis of mandates) People's Commissars, which provide for the introduction in certain oblasts of the RSFSR of exceptional or martial law, as the establishment of the legal regime of martial law in the interests of the very existence of the State as a Sovereign Country - the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the construction of a certain mechanism of State Sovereign administration aimed at consolidating the front and rear to achieve a common victory over the World aggressor.
To consider in force the norms of organizational and restrictive measures provided for by the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of June 22, 1941,
"On Martial Law" and other normative-legal prescriptions which must be applied both for organizing the defense of the Sovereign Country - the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, and for ensuring State and public security in general for the restoration of Constitutional order throughout the entire Sovereign territory of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
To transform the decisions in the system of bodies of State administration, which are expressed in the concentration of the entirety of State power of the USSR in the districts under martial law under the administration of a military-civilian administration ( military Councils and committees ), which are binding on all bodies of State and local administration and citizens.
The Military-civilian authorities organized and confirmed by the GKChP USSR are temporarily vested, for the transitional period ( until the lifting of martial law ), with extensive powers, on the basis of the USSR Law on the State of Emergency, within the framework of which they may:
- direct the civilian population to perform work of a defense nature;
- create militia formations for the protection of public order, various facilities, for combating fires, epidemics, etc.;
- establish the obligation of military quartering;
- introduce labor and cartage (avtozheva) duty;
- if necessary, requisition the property of citizens and organizations for military needs ( under the jurisdiction of the military prosecutor and the emergency legal commission of the USSR);
- regulate the procedure and working hours of State institutions and enterprises;
- establish for citizens restrictions on the time of appearing on the street (curfew);
- authorize searches, detentions or eviction of socially dangerous and suspicious persons;
- regulate the circulation of food and industrial goods to provide for the civilian population;
- establish and control the procedure for entry into and exit from certain districts, localities of important significance, etc.
This Decree has the Status of an Absolute Sovereign Legislative Act and is subject to full, mandatory execution on the Sovereign territory of the Great Country of the Sovereign - the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and throughout the entire World Space, in accordance with the Right of the Sovereign and International Norms of Law.
This Decree enters into Lawful Force from the moment of its signing.
Chairman of the GKChP USSR
General of the Army B. Kh. Satushiev
Commissioner of the GKChP USSR
Lieutenant General A. S. Chernomorov
Secretary of the GKChP USSR
Major General I. A. Gorbacheva