OMON
Soviet police force
Also known as: Special Purpose Police Units
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Soviet coup of 1991
- In collapse of the Soviet Union: The end of Soviet communism
Among the troops used were Special Purpose Police Units, known by the Russian acronym OMON, the feared “black berets” of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. These troops were under the command of Pugo, one of the coup plotters, and his deputy, Gromov, one of the signatories of the Sovetskaya Rossiya…
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