By Russian president’s decree Colonel Sergei Goryachev was appointed commander of the 201st Russian military base deployed in Tajikistan, replacing Major-General Oleg Mityayev, according to the Russian Central Military District press center.
Colonel Sergei Goryachev (born October 22, 1970) graduated from the General V.F. Margelov Ryazan Higher Airborne twice Red Banner Order of Suvorov Command School (RVVDKU) in 1994 and the Combined Arms Academy of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in 2008.
The Russian military base deployed in Tajikistan is Russia's largest non-naval military facility outside the country. It was officially opened in Tajikistan in 2004 under a previous agreement, which was signed in 1993. In October 2012, it was signed an agreement extending the term of deployment of the Russian military base in Tajikistan until 2042
A total of some 7,000 Russian troops are now stationed at two military facilities collectively known as the 201st military base – in Dushanbe and Bokhtar (formerly Qurghon Teppa), some 100 kilometers from Dushanbe.
