The Hatsavita Mountain Training Center is a Ministry of Internal Affairs (Russia) (or MVD) training facility located in Labinsk, Krasnodar Krai, southern Russia. The MVD, together with the Federal Security Service (FSB), carries out most internal security operations in Chechnya. 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. 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 Notes 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 Military education and training in the Soviet Union Military installations of the Soviet Union Special forces of Russia Mountain warfare training installations