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21st Guards Airborne Division
Active
1948–1955
Country
Soviet Union
Branch
Soviet airborne
Type
Airborne
Size
Division
Part of
15th Guards Airborne Corps
Garrison/HQ
Valga
Decorations
Order of Alexander Nevsky
Military unit
The 21st Guards Airborne Division was an airborne division of the Soviet airborne from 1948 to 1955. It was based in Valga and was formed from a regiment of the 104th Guards Airborne Division. It was disbanded in 1955, with two regiments being transferred to the 104th Guards Airborne Division and 76th Guards Airborne Division.[1]
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