The Hatsavita Mountain Training Center () previously known as the Mountain Training Center for Special Forces and Reconnaissance Units of the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs "Khatsavita" () is a National Guard of Russia training facility located in the vicinity of south of Labinsk, Krasnodar Krai, southern Russia.
The "Hatsavita" mountain training center was organized in 2005 to increase the effectiveness of Russian Army special forces (Spetsnaz GRU) during fighting in North Caucasus Mountains, especially Chechnya and Dagestan.Dmitry Chebotayev, Photoshelter , accessed July 2009
Courses The center works year-round and the training process takes 4–5 weeks. Soldiers learn the basics of rock climbing, mountain tactics, mountaineering, etc. Russian Special Forces training photos
See also List of mountain warfare forces Spetsnaz GRU Alpha Group Vympel Rus (special forces) Vityaz (MVD) OMON SOBR High Mountain Military School Mountain Leader Training Cadre Mountain Warfare Training Center Army Mountain Warfare School Mountain Warfare Training Camp Michael Monsoor High Altitude Warfare School
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Further reading Isby, David C., Weapons and tactics of the Soviet Army, Jane's Publishing Company Limited, London, 1988 Carey Schofield, 'The Russian Elite: Inside Spetsnaz and the Airborne Forces,' Greenhill, London, 1993
External links Russian Special Ops Units Ministry of Internal Affairs special forces https://web.archive.org/web/20050309013355/http://www.kommersant.ru/k-vlast/get_page.asp?page_id=2005769-22.htm Russian Special Forces