Road Troops

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Road Troops of Russia (Russian: Дорожные войска России) are special troops within the Logistical Support of the Russian Armed Forces (until 2010, within the Rear of the Russian Armed Forces), including road commandant units and formations, bridge, pontoon-bridge, as well as road units and subdivisions designed to perform road support tasks. In Russia, until 2017, there were also road construction units (since 1996, officially called road construction military formations), which were outside the norms for the number of members of the Russian Armed Forces, and were part of: From 1992 to 1997 - one of the central governing bodies of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, and then a state institution under this ministry (TsDSU of the Ministry of Defense of Russia, then FDSU under the Ministry of Defense of Russia); From 1997 to 2017 - part of federal executive bodies that carried out activities in the field of road construction, in the interests of defense and security of the state (Rospetsstroy, then Spetsstroy of Russia). Currently, the main composition of the formations, units and subdivisions of the road troops, their institutions, establishments, enterprises and organizations are part of the Russian Armed Forces. Also, road construction military units are part of the Military Construction Complex of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation (MCC of the Ministry of Defense of Russia). In peacetime, road troops construct and restore highways, bridges over large water obstacles, protection, security and defence of road facilities, as well as are tasked to eliminate the consequences of emergency situations. The professional holiday "Day of Military Road Workers" in Russia is September 23. This is the day of the creation of five pioneer companies and a mounted team to carry out military road work in the interests of the active army during the French...