Pamyatnik V Chest' 100-Letiya Pogranichnykh Voysk Rossii

On May 28, 1918, the border guard of the RSFSR was established by the decree of the Council of People's Commissars. At the same time the Main Directorate of Border Guard was established. Day of the frontier guard of the USSR is established in 1958. In modern Russia Day of the border guard - May 28 - established by presidential decree of May 23, 1994 "with a view to reviving the historical traditions of Russia and its border troops." The Federal Border Guard Service (FPS) of the Russian Federation was established by the decree of the Russian President on December 30, 1993, was subordinated directly to the president and the government of the Russian Federation. On May 28, 2018, it turned 100 years old as the frontier troops of the USSR. By the presidential decree of March 11, 2003, the Border Guard Service was transferred to the Federal Security Service (FSB) of Russia. To date, Russia has been unshakably guarding the state border of our Fatherland.