diff --git a/cmd/backup.go b/cmd/backup.go
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+++ b/cmd/backup.go
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+/*
+Copyright 2024 Flant JSC
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package cmd
+
+import (
+	backup "github.com/deckhouse/deckhouse-cli/internal/backup/cmd"
+)
+
+func init() {
+	rootCmd.AddCommand(backup.NewCommand())
+}
diff --git a/internal/backup/cmd/backup.go b/internal/backup/cmd/backup.go
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+++ b/internal/backup/cmd/backup.go
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+/*
+Copyright 2024 Flant JSC
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package backup
+
+import (
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+	"k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/templates"
+
+	"github.com/deckhouse/deckhouse-cli/internal/backup/cmd/etcd"
+)
+
+var backupLong = templates.LongDesc(`
+Backup various parts of Deckhouse Kubernetes Platform
+
+© Flant JSC 2024`)
+
+func NewCommand() *cobra.Command {
+	backupCmd := &cobra.Command{
+		Use:   "backup",
+		Short: "Backup various parts of Deckhouse Kubernetes Platform",
+		Long:  backupLong,
+	}
+
+	backupCmd.AddCommand(
+		etcd.NewCommand(),
+	)
+
+	return backupCmd
+}
diff --git a/internal/backup/cmd/etcd/etcd.go b/internal/backup/cmd/etcd/etcd.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9d4ab40
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+++ b/internal/backup/cmd/etcd/etcd.go
@@ -0,0 +1,312 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2024 Flant JSC
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package etcd
+
+import (
+	"bufio"
+	"bytes"
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"log"
+	"os"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/samber/lo"
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
+	_ "k8s.io/client-go/plugin/pkg/client/auth"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/rest"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/clientcmd"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/remotecommand"
+	"k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/templates"
+)
+
+var etcdLong = templates.LongDesc(`
+Take a snapshot of ETCD state.
+		
+This command creates a snapshot of the Kubernetes underlying key-value database ETCD.
+
+© Flant JSC 2024`)
+
+func NewCommand() *cobra.Command {
+	etcdCmd := &cobra.Command{
+		Use:           "etcd <snapshot-path>",
+		Short:         "Take a snapshot of ETCD state",
+		Long:          etcdLong,
+		ValidArgs:     []string{"snapshot-path"},
+		SilenceErrors: true,
+		SilenceUsage:  true,
+		PreRunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+			return validateFlags()
+		},
+		RunE: etcd,
+	}
+
+	addFlags(etcdCmd.Flags())
+	return etcdCmd
+}
+
+const (
+	etcdPodNamespace      = "kube-system"
+	etcdPodsLabelSelector = "component=etcd"
+
+	bufferSize16MB = 16 * 1024 * 1024
+)
+
+var (
+	kubeconfigPath       string
+	requestedEtcdPodName string
+
+	verboseLog bool
+)
+
+func etcd(_ *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+	log.SetFlags(log.LstdFlags)
+	if len(args) != 1 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("This command requires exactly 1 argument")
+	}
+
+	config, kubeCl, err := setupK8sClientset(kubeconfigPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("Failed to setup Kubernetes client: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	etcdPods, err := findETCDPods(kubeCl)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("Looking up etcd pods failed: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	pipeExecOpts := &v1.PodExecOptions{
+		Stdout:    true,
+		Stderr:    true,
+		Container: "etcd",
+		Command: []string{
+			"/usr/bin/etcdctl",
+			"--endpoints", "https://127.0.0.1:2379/",
+			"--key", "/etc/kubernetes/pki/etcd/ca.key",
+			"--cert", "/etc/kubernetes/pki/etcd/ca.crt",
+			"--cacert", "/etc/kubernetes/pki/etcd/ca.crt",
+			"snapshot", "pipe",
+		},
+	}
+
+	if len(etcdPods) > 1 {
+		log.Println(
+			"Will try to snapshot these instances sequentially until one of them succeeds or all of them fail",
+			etcdPods)
+	}
+
+	for _, etcdPodName := range etcdPods {
+		log.Println("Trying to snapshot", etcdPodName)
+
+		snapshotFile, err := os.CreateTemp(".", ".*.snapshotPart")
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("Failed to prepare temporary etcd snapshot file: %w", err)
+		}
+		defer func(fileName string) {
+			_ = os.Remove(fileName)
+		}(snapshotFile.Name())
+
+		stdout := bufio.NewWriterSize(snapshotFile, bufferSize16MB)
+		stderr := &bytes.Buffer{}
+
+		if err = checkEtcdPodExistsAndReady(kubeCl, etcdPodName); err != nil {
+			log.Printf("%s: Fail, %v\n", etcdPodName, err)
+			continue
+		}
+
+		snapshotStreamingSupported, err := checkEtcdInstanceSupportsSnapshotStreaming(kubeCl, config, etcdPodName)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Printf("%s: Fail, %v\n", etcdPodName, err)
+			continue
+		}
+		if !snapshotStreamingSupported {
+			log.Printf("%s: etcd instance does not support snapshotting\n", etcdPodName)
+			continue
+		}
+
+		if err = streamCommand(kubeCl, config, pipeExecOpts, etcdPodName, etcdPodNamespace, stdout, stderr); err != nil {
+			log.Printf("%s: Fail, %v\n", etcdPodName, err)
+			if verboseLog {
+				log.Println("STDERR:", stderr.String())
+			}
+			continue
+		}
+
+		if err = stdout.Flush(); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("Flushing snapshot data to disk: %w", err)
+		}
+
+		if err = os.Rename(snapshotFile.Name(), args[0]); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("Failed to move snapshot file: %w", err)
+		}
+
+		log.Println("Snapshot successfully taken from", etcdPodName)
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	return fmt.Errorf("All known etcd replicas are unavailable to snapshot")
+}
+
+func checkEtcdInstanceSupportsSnapshotStreaming(
+	kubeCl *kubernetes.Clientset,
+	config *rest.Config,
+	etcdPodName string,
+) (bool, error) {
+	helpExecOpts := &v1.PodExecOptions{
+		Stdout:    true,
+		Stderr:    true,
+		Container: "etcd",
+		Command: []string{
+			"/usr/bin/etcdctl", "help",
+		},
+	}
+
+	stdout, stderr := &bytes.Buffer{}, &bytes.Buffer{}
+	if err := streamCommand(kubeCl, config, helpExecOpts, etcdPodName, etcdPodNamespace, stdout, stderr); err != nil {
+		if verboseLog {
+			log.Println("SNAPSHOT HELP STDERR:", stderr.String())
+		}
+		return false, fmt.Errorf("streamCommand: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	if bytes.Contains(stdout.Bytes(), []byte("snapshot pipe")) {
+		return true, nil
+	}
+
+	return false, nil
+}
+
+func streamCommand(
+	kubeCl kubernetes.Interface,
+	restConfig *rest.Config,
+	execOpts *v1.PodExecOptions,
+	podName, podNamespace string,
+	stdout, stderr io.Writer,
+) error {
+	scheme := runtime.NewScheme()
+	parameterCodec := runtime.NewParameterCodec(scheme)
+	if err := v1.AddToScheme(scheme); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("Failed to create parameter codec: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	request := kubeCl.CoreV1().
+		RESTClient().
+		Post().
+		Resource("pods").
+		SubResource("exec").
+		VersionedParams(execOpts, parameterCodec).
+		Namespace(podNamespace).
+		Name(podName)
+
+	executor, err := remotecommand.NewSPDYExecutor(restConfig, "POST", request.URL())
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Printf("Creating SPDY executor for Pod %s: %v", podName, err)
+	}
+
+	if err = executor.StreamWithContext(
+		context.Background(),
+		remotecommand.StreamOptions{
+			Stdout: stdout,
+			Stderr: stderr,
+		}); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func setupK8sClientset(kubeconfigPath string) (*rest.Config, *kubernetes.Clientset, error) {
+	config, err := clientcmd.NewNonInteractiveDeferredLoadingClientConfig(
+		&clientcmd.ClientConfigLoadingRules{ExplicitPath: kubeconfigPath}, nil).ClientConfig()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("Reading kubeconfig file: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	kubeCl, err := kubernetes.NewForConfig(config)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("Constructing Kubernetes clientset: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	return config, kubeCl, nil
+}
+
+func findETCDPods(kubeCl kubernetes.Interface) ([]string, error) {
+	if requestedEtcdPodName != "" {
+		if err := checkEtcdPodExistsAndReady(kubeCl, requestedEtcdPodName); err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		return []string{requestedEtcdPodName}, nil
+	}
+
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 15*time.Second)
+	defer cancel()
+
+	pods, err := kubeCl.CoreV1().Pods(etcdPodNamespace).List(ctx, metav1.ListOptions{
+		LabelSelector: etcdPodsLabelSelector,
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("listing etcd Pods: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	pods.Items = lo.Filter(pods.Items, func(pod v1.Pod, _ int) bool {
+		podIsReady := lo.FindOrElse(
+			pod.Status.Conditions, v1.PodCondition{},
+			func(condition v1.PodCondition) bool {
+				return condition.Type == v1.PodReady && condition.Status == v1.ConditionTrue
+			}).Status == v1.ConditionTrue
+
+		_, foundEtcdContainer := lo.Find(pod.Spec.Containers, func(container v1.Container) bool {
+			return container.Name == "etcd"
+		})
+
+		return podIsReady && foundEtcdContainer
+	})
+
+	if len(pods.Items) == 0 {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("no valid etcd Pods found")
+	}
+
+	return lo.Map(pods.Items, func(pod v1.Pod, _ int) string {
+		return pod.Name
+	}), nil
+}
+
+func checkEtcdPodExistsAndReady(kubeCl kubernetes.Interface, podName string) error {
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 15*time.Second)
+	defer cancel()
+
+	pod, err := kubeCl.CoreV1().Pods(etcdPodNamespace).Get(ctx, podName, metav1.GetOptions{})
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("Query Pod %s: %w", podName, err)
+	}
+
+	podReady := lo.FindOrElse(pod.Status.Conditions, v1.PodCondition{}, func(condition v1.PodCondition) bool {
+		return condition.Type == v1.PodReady
+	}).Status == v1.ConditionTrue
+
+	if !podReady {
+		return fmt.Errorf("Pod %s is not yet ready, cannot snapshot it now", podName)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/internal/backup/cmd/etcd/flags.go b/internal/backup/cmd/etcd/flags.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5b15345
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/backup/cmd/etcd/flags.go
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2024 Flant JSC
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package etcd
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+
+	"github.com/spf13/pflag"
+)
+
+func addFlags(flagSet *pflag.FlagSet) {
+	defaultKubeconfigPath := os.ExpandEnv("$HOME/.kube/config")
+	if p := os.Getenv("KUBECONFIG"); p != "" {
+		defaultKubeconfigPath = p
+	}
+
+	flagSet.StringVarP(
+		&kubeconfigPath,
+		"kubeconfig", "k",
+		defaultKubeconfigPath,
+		"KubeConfig of the cluster. (default is $KUBECONFIG when it is set, $HOME/.kube/config otherwise)",
+	)
+	flagSet.StringVarP(
+		&requestedEtcdPodName,
+		"etcd-pod", "p",
+		"",
+		"Name of the etcd pod to snapshot from. (optional)",
+	)
+	flagSet.BoolVar(
+		&verboseLog,
+		"verbose",
+		false,
+		"Verbose log output.",
+	)
+}
+
+func validateFlags() error {
+	stats, err := os.Stat(kubeconfigPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("Invalid --kubeconfig: %w", err)
+	}
+	if !stats.Mode().IsRegular() {
+		return fmt.Errorf("Invalid --kubeconfig: %s is not a regular file", kubeconfigPath)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}