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56th Guards Air Assault Regiment (Dec 2021 – present)
56th Guards Air Assault Brigade (Oct 1979 – Dec 2021)
351st Guards Airborne Regiment (Jan 1949 – Oct 1979)
351st Guards Air Landing Regiment (Jun 1946 – Jan 1949)
351st Guards Rifle Regiment (Dec 1944 – Jun 1946)
7th Guards Airborne Brigade (1943 – Dec 1944)
Russian: 56-й гвардейский десантно-штурмовой полк
Active
1943–present
Country
Soviet Union (1943–1991) Russia
Branch
Airborne Troops
Type
Airborne forces
Size
Brigade
Garrison/HQ
Feodosia, Crimea, Ukraine
Engagements
World War II
Battle of the Dnieper
Vienna Offensive
Soviet–Afghan War First Chechen War Second Chechen War Russo-Ukrainian War
Decorations
Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class
Battle honours
Don Cossack
Commanders
Notable commanders
Vitaly Raevsky
Military unit
The 56th Guards Air Assault Regiment is an airborne regiment of the Russian Airborne Troops (VDV). Based at Feodosia in Crimea, the regiment is part of the 7th Guards Mountain Air Assault Division.[1] It was formed in 2021 from the 56th Guards Airborne Brigade, based at Kamyshin.[2] The brigade was first formed in 1979 and fought in the Soviet–Afghan War, the First Chechen War and the Second Chechen War. [3][4]
^"Россия к началу декабря усилит военную группировку в Крыму десантным полком -".
^"Шойгу сообщил о создании нового полка ВДВ в Крыму". 25 March 2021.
^"56-я отдельная гвардейская десантно-штурмовая ордена Отечественной войны Донская казачья бригада" [56th separate Guards Airborne Assault Order of the Patriotic War Don Cossack Brigade]. structure.mil.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2015-11-06.
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Global Information
Soviet Union (1943–1991) 
Russia
Airborne Troops