141st Special Motorized Regiment

For the generic informal term, see Kadyrovites.

The 141st Special Motorized Regiment",^[a][b] colloquially known as the Kadyrovites^[c] is a regiment of the 46th Separate Operational Brigade [ru] of the North Caucasian district of the National Guard Forces Command of the Russian Federation headquartered in Grozny, Chechnya, Russia. It was established on May 29, 2006, under the name 248th Special Motorized Battalion "North" [ru], which renamed into the current name in 2010.^[13]

141st Special Motorized Regiment
141-й специальный моторизованный полк
Emblem of the 141st Motorized Regiment
Founded	2006 (as a battalion)[1][2][3]
Country	Russia
Allegiance	Ramzan Kadyrov
Type	Motorized infantry
Part of	Russian National Guard[4][5]
Garrison/HQ	Grozny, Chechnya
Nickname(s)	Kadyrovites (Russian: Кадыровцы)
Motto(s)	"Akhmad is strength!" (Russian: Ахмат — сила!) Chechen: Ахмат — чьох ву!
Colors	A-TACS
Engagements	Second Chechen War Insurgency in the North Caucasus Syrian Civil War[dubious – discuss] Russian intervention in the Syrian civil war[dubious – discuss] Russo-Ukrainian War[citation needed] Russian invasion of Ukraine[citation needed] Battle of Hostomel[6][failed verification][7][failed verification] Battle of Antonov Airport[dubious – discuss][8][failed verification] Siege of Mariupol[dubious – discuss][9][failed verification][10][failed verification] Battle of Donbas[citation needed] 2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive[dubious – discuss][11][failed verification] Wagner Group rebellion[dubious – discuss][12][failed verification]
Commanders
Current commander	Magomed Tushayev
Insignia
Flag of Chechnya

See also

• Chechen involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
• Special Battalions Vostok and Zapad
• Chechen volunteers on the side of Ukraine

Notes

1. Russian: 141-й специальный моторизованный полк
2. Known fully as the 141st Special Motorized Regiment named after Hero of the Russian Federation A. A. Kadyrov (Russian: 141-й специальный моторизованный полк имени Героя Российской Федерации А. А. Кадырова)
3. Russian: Кадыровцы, lit. 'Kadyrov's followers', after Akhmad Kadyrov