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4th Guards Military Base
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<p><a href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=4th_Guards_Military_Base¶ms=42.189_N_43.939_E_type:airport">42°11′20″N 43°56′20″E / 42.189°N 43.939°E / 42.189; 43.939</a> </p> <p>The 4th Guards Military Base is a sizable overseas <a href="/facts/Military_base/uzTGn8ul">military base</a> of the <a href="/facts/Russian_Armed_Forces/3MrStW51">Russian Armed Forces</a> stationed in the disputed territory of <a href="/facts/South_Ossetia/AF7z9Q3Q">South Ossetia</a>. Russia considers South Ossetia to be an independent state and justifies its military deployment in the area by an intergovernmental agreement, while <a href="/facts/Georgia_(country)/ccBF8bBE">Georgia</a> considers the entity as its territory <a href="/facts/Occupied_territories_of_Georgia/zu0rVt7V">occupied</a> by Russia. </p><p>The military base is subordinate to the <a href="/facts/58th_Combined_Arms_Army/d3pEsDzA">58th Army</a> within the <a href="/facts/Southern_Military_District/8mSj1mCL">Southern Military District</a> of the <a href="/facts/Russian_Armed_Forces/3MrStW51">Russian Armed Forces</a>. It was the first military of strategic importance in the Caucasus. The base is located in the city of Tskhinvali and the town of <a href="/facts/Java%2c_South_Ossetia/JFmtjlQ6">Java</a>. It has the <a href="/facts/Military_Unit_Number/LgjTDwwt">Military Unit Number</a> (в/ч) is 66431. </p>