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98th Guards Airborne Division
Russian: 98-я гвардейская воздушно-десантная Свирская Краснознамённая, ордена Кутузова дивизия имени 70-летия Великого Октября
Great emblem of the 98th Guards Airborne Division[1]
Active1943–present
Country98th Guards Airborne Division Soviet Union
(1943–1991)
98th Guards Airborne Division Russia
(1991–present)
Branch Russian Airborne Forces
TypeAirborne forces
RoleLight Infantry
Airborne Infantry
Airmobile infantry
SizeDivision
Part of Russian Armed Forces
Garrison/HQIvanovo
Motto(s)Честь и Родина превыше всего!
(Honor and Motherland above all!)
AnniversariesMay 3rd
EngagementsWinter War
World War II
  • Budapest Offensive
  • Vienna Offensive
  • Prague Offensive

Soviet–Afghan War
First Chechen War
Second Chechen War
Russo-Georgian War
War in Donbass
Russian invasion of Ukraine

  • Kyiv offensive[2]
  • 2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive[3]
DecorationsOrder of the Red Banner Order of the Red Banner
Order of Kutuzov 2nd Class Order of Kutuzov
Battle honoursGuards unit Guards
Svir
Commanders
Current
commander
Guards Colonel Viktor Igoryevich Gunaza
Insignia
1993 shoulder sleeve insignia[1]

The 98th Guards Airborne Division is an airborne division of the Russian Airborne Troops, currently based in Ivanovo.

  1. ^ a b "ведомственные эмблемы Российской Федерации". www.heraldicum.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 1 August 2016.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference tweet was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Institute for the Study of War".

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