of the Minister of Defense of the Soviet Union "For courage and military valor". Later the 282nd Guards Motor Rifle Regiment received a "permanent residence permit" in Kirghizia in 1967 after being relocated to the republic from the city of Rakvere in the Estonian SSR. Organizationally, it became part of the 8th Guards Motor Rifle Panfilov Division with a deployment in the village of Koy-Tash near Frunze. Independence In May 1992, like many other military units deployed on the territory of the former Soviet republic, the regiment was included in the ranks of the Armed Forces of the Kyrgyz Republic. On 8 December 1997, it was transformed into the 1st Koy-Tash Motorized Rifle brigade. In November 2012, by order of Ministry of Defense Major General Taalaibek Omuraliev, it was given its current name Members of the brigade took part in the quelling of the Batken Conflict in 1999, with 25 of its fighters being killed in action. Units of the brigade are part of the Collective Rapid Reaction Force of the Collective Security Treaty Organization. An anniversary pennant was handed over to personnel of the brigade on its 95th anniversary, during a ceremony held on Poklonnaya Hill in Moscow. On its centennial in 2018, it received greetings from President of Kyrgyzstan Sooronbay Jeenbekov, who described the unit as one that "continues to maintain and increase its glorious path". Previously, meetings of veterans of the regiment were held in 2008 and 2013. See also Central Asian Military District References Military units and formations of Kyrgyzstan Infantry brigades 1918 establishments in Belarus Military units and formations established in 1918 Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic Military units and formations awarded the Order of the Red Banner Chüy Region