Red Banner Baltic Border District
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| Red Banner Baltic Border Guard District (Краснознаменный Прибалтийский пограничный округ (КППО)[1]) | |
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| Active | October 23 1975 - September 2, 1992 |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Role | Guarding the USSR State Border |
| Part of | KGB Border Guards |
The Red Banner Baltic Border Guard District (Russian: Краснознаменный Прибалтийский пограничный округ (КППО)) was a military formation of the Soviet Border Troops.
On October 23, 1975, the District was formed on the basis of the border guard forces of the Northwestern Border Guard District located in the territories of the Estonian SSR, the Latvian SSR, the Lithuanian SSR and the Kaliningrad Oblast, which guarded the state border from the Polish People's Republic border, along the Baltic Sea, the Gulf of Riga and the Gulf of Finland coast. The headquarters of the Border Guard District was located in Riga, Latvian SSR.
The activities of the Border Guard were based on the USSR Law "On the State Border of the USSR."
The district was disbanded on 2 September 1992.[2] The border units and activities in the Kaliningrad Oblast, were transferred to the Kaliningrad Group of Border Forces.
