The Burgundian Schutzstaffel (German: Burgundische Schutzstaffel, shortened: Burgundian SS or Burgundische-SS) is the NSDAP Schutzstaffel branch of the SS State of Burgundy. It was created when the SS was split following an attempted coup in the 1950s, during the West Russian War. It is under the control of Reichsführer Burgundische-SS Heinrich Himmler.