Alpha Group Company Profile

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Company Name	Alpha Group
Website	https://en.wikipedia.org
Snippet	Alpha Group was severely downgraded during the dissolution and collapse of the Soviet Union. After the fall of the USSR, both Alpha and Vympel were transferred to the newly formed Main Guard Directorate (GUO), which was established on the basis of the KGB's Ninth Chief Directorate.
Role	Special operationsCounter-terrorismHostage rescueLaw enforcementDirect actionSpecial reconnaissanceCounterintelligenceCounter-insurgencyCovert operationsSabotage
Size	Classified (estimated 500 in 1991,[1] 250–300 in Russia in 2004[2])
Type	Spetsnaz
Branch	Spetsnaz of the KGB (1974–1991) Russia: GUO (1991–1993) MVD (1993–1995) TsSN FSB (1995–present)
Country	Soviet Union (1974–1991) Post-Soviet states with Alpha units: Russia Ukraine Belarus Kazakhstan Georgia Kyrgyzstan
Founded	1974
Part of	Federal Security Service
Allegiance	FSB
Engagements	Operation Storm-333Aeroflot Flight 6833 hostage crisisJanuary EventsSoviet coup d'état attemptRussia:Russian constitutional crisisBudyonnovsk hostage crisisKizlyar-Pervomayskoye hostage crisisFirst Chechen WarSecond Chechen WarMoscow theatre hostage crisisBeslan school hostage crisisInsurgency in the North Caucasus
Garrison/HQ	Moscow (main force) Khabarovsk, Krasnodar, Yekaterinburg, Grozny (in Russia)
Nickname(s)	Alpha Group, Alpha (Alfa)
Currentcommander	Col. Valery Kanakin
Notablecommanders	Gen. Viktor Karpukhin Gen. Gennady Zaitsev

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