Summary:
This law is a response to the various engagements Russia almost unexpectedly became involved in the former Soviet space after independence in 1992. It reflects the need to underpin the benefits of military personnel in the ambiguous security situations of the time.
The law details the social and legal guarantees made to personnel involved in operations in Caucasus, Baltic
States, Tajikistan, and other miscellaneous emergencies and conflicts.
Contract and non contract personnel receive similar benefits, including: additional half pay; additional pension benefits; rights to additional leave; housing rights; family travel benefits; and the right for families of fatalities to receive same the same benefits as those of the Great Patriotic War;
Significantly, other beneficial rights were extended to those serving in or vicinity of Chechnya before the first
Chechen war, including: beneficial calculation of time served in theatre; medical rights; disability rights; and the rights of the children of serving personnel.
The present Law establishes social and legal guarantees of defense of military persons, carrying out military service on the territories of the Caucasus and Baltic States and the Republic of Tajikistan, as well as fulfilling tasks under the state of emergency conditions and during armed conflicts.
Article 1
For military persons, serving on a contract basis, as well as military persons - officers, ensigns, warrant-officers, military persons, who are serving on re-engagement and have not concluded a contract on military service (hereinafter for the purposes of the present Law - "military persons, serving on a contract basis"):
for carrying out military service on the territories of the Caucasus and Baltic States and the Republic of Tajikistan military post pays and military rank pays are established at the amount of half as much again;
for permanently or temporarily fulfilling tasks under the state of emergency conditions and during armed conflicts for a period of fulfilling these tasks military post pays and military rank pays are established at a double amount.
Military post pay of military persons, serving on a call basis under conditions, mentioned in paragraphs two and three of part one of the present Article, are established according to 1-4 tariff categories and monthly increments and money payments according to the norms, determined for military persons, serving on a contract basis on posts to be occupied by soldiers and sailors, sergeants and sergeant majors, and when dismissed from military service they are paid an extraordinary allowance equal to two military post pays.
Article 2
In order to calculate pensions of military persons, serving on a contract basis on the territories of the
Caucasus and Baltic States and the Republic of Tajikistan, according to the legislation on pension maintenance of military persons for determination of the length of military service one month of military service is recorded as one and a half months.
In order to calculate pensions of military persons, fulfilling tasks under the state of emergency conditions and during armed conflicts, for determination of the length of military service and service-length one month of military service is recorded as three months.
Article 3

Family members of military persons, who perished while fulfilling tasks under the state of emergency conditions and during armed conflicts, enjoy privileges, guarantees and compensations, valid in respect of family members of military persons, who perished during the Great Patriotic War.
Article 4
Military persons, carrying out military service on the territories of the Caucasus and Baltic States and the Republic of Tajikistan, are granted additional leave with duration of fifteen calendar days, and those, fulfilling tasks under the state of emergency conditions and during armed conflicts, - ten calendar days for every three months of military service. Time of travel to the place of spending the leave and back is not included in the period of the leave.
Upon termination of six months of military service on the territories of the Caucasus and Baltic States and the Republic of Tajikistan and fulfilling tasks under the state of emergency conditions and during armed conflicts military persons, serving on a call basis, are granted additional short-term leave: sergeant-majors and sergeants – thirty calendar days, soldiers and sailors – twenty five calendar days. Time of travel to the place of spending the leave and back is not included in the period of the leave.
Article 5
Military persons, carrying out military service on a contract basis on the territories of the Caucasus and Baltic States and the Republic of Tajikistan, besides guarantees and compensations, specified by
Articles 1-4, are granted the following guarantees and compensations: for the whole period of military service in the mentioned states their housing is reserved for them, and those, who do not have any housing, retain their order of priority for its acquisition at the former place of military service; money compensation is paid for rent (sub-rent) of housing in places of residence of evacuated family members in the amount, specified in the agreement on renting (sub-renting), but not exceeding three established by the law minimal monthly wages with regard for the locality of residence and composition of the family; cost of travel of family members, being dependents of the mentioned military persons, to the place of spending the regular leave and back is paid for on the same grounds, that are specified for these military persons; cost of travel of family members of the mentioned military persons and transportation of their personal goods to the place of residence in case of evacuation is paid for, every evacuated family member is granted extraordinary pecuniary aid in the amount of one established by the law minimal monthly wage; upon arrival from the mentioned states housing is provided in a priority order.
Military persons, who fulfilled tasks during an armed conflict of a non-international nature in the
Chechen Republic and directly adjacent to it territories of the Northern Caucasus, included in the zone of the armed conflict, besides guarantees and compensations, specified by the present Law, are also granted the following rights and privileges: for the mentioned military persons, who served on a call basis, amounts of extraordinary allowances, specified by points 2 and 3 of Article 18 of the Law of the Russian Federation "On Status of Military
Persons", and insurance amounts of mandatory government insurance of military persons are determined proceeding from a monthly military post pay, determined as per the date of their payment for military persons, serving on a contract basis on corresponding military posts; period of fulfilling tasks during an armed conflict of a non-international nature in the Chechen
Republic and directly adjacent to it territories of the Northern Caucasus, included in the zone of the armed conflict, is included in the period of military service of the mentioned military persons in the military rank on favorable conditions - one month of military service is equal to three months; the mentioned military persons, who served on a call basis, are enrolled in military educational establishments of vocational education, chosen by them, including educational establishments of the
Ministry of Home Affairs of the Russian Federation, without entrance examinations on condition of their meeting all other requirements of selection and enrollment in the mentioned educational establishments, and in civil educational establishments of vocational education - hors concours; in case of medical indications, they have priority in acquisition passes to medical and recreational institutions of corresponding federal executive authorities. In case of failure to provide passes, the mentioned military persons are paid money compensation in the amount, equal to the cost of the pass; the mentioned military persons, who became disabled due to wounding, contusion and illness, suffered while fulfilling tasks during an armed conflict of a non-international nature in the Chechen Republic and directly adjacent to it territories of the Northern Caucasus, included in the zone of the armed conflict, enjoy rights and privileges, established by the legislation of the Russian Federation for disabled veterans of the Great Patriotic War.

Federal executive authorities annually provide children of military persons, who have perished (died), gone missing, or become disabled in connection with fulfilling tasks during an armed conflict of a noninternational nature in the Chechen Republic and directly adjacent to it territories of the Northern Caucasus, included in the zone of the armed conflict, with free passes to children’s recreational institutions. In case of failure to provide passes, the mentioned military persons are paid money compensation in the amount, equal to the cost of the pass.
Article 6
Federal executive authorities of the republics of the Russian Federation, territories, regions, autonomous region, autonomous districts, the Cities of Moscow and Saint-Petersburg provide military units and divisions, arriving at corresponding territories for fulfilling tasks under the state of emergency conditions and during armed conflicts at the expense of means, allocated from the republican budget of the Russian
Federation, with housing for temporary quartering military persons, utilities, communications lines and channels, transportation means and fuel and lubricating materials, as well as additional meals for military persons.
Article 7.
The Government of the Russian Federation: determines the order of establishing the fact of fulfilling by military persons tasks under the state of emergency conditions and during armed conflicts; determines maximal terms of continuous carrying out of military service on a contract basis by military persons on the territories of the Caucasus and Baltic States and the Republic of Tajikistan, as well as fulfilling by military persons, serving on a contract basis, tasks under the state of emergency conditions and during armed conflicts and the order of calculating these terms; determines the order of granting additional guarantees and compensations, established by the present Law.
Article 8
The present Law applies to rank and file and commanders, students of educational establishments of the Ministry of Home Affairs of the Russian Federation, fulfilling tasks under the state of emergency conditions and during armed conflicts. of
Moscow, the House of Soviets of Russia
July 21, 1993 No. 5481-I