345th Independent Guards Airborne Regiment
Inactive Soviet/Russian Airborne Troops unit / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 345th Guards Airborne Regiment (345th PPD) of the Soviet Airborne Forces, and after 1992, the Russian Airborne Forces, was active from 1944 to 1998.
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345th Guards Red Banner Order of Suvorov IIIrd Degree 70th anniversary of Lenin Komsomol Airborne Regiment | |
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Active | 30 December 1944 – 1 May 1998 |
Country | Soviet Union (until 1991) Russian Federation (since 1992) |
Branch | Soviet Army |
Size | Regiment |
Garrison/HQ | Kostroma, Fergana, Uzbek SSR (1960 – December 1979), Bagram, Afghanistan (December 1979 – February 1989), Kirovabad, Azerbaijan SSR (February 1989 – August 1992), Gudauta, Abkhazia (August 1992 – May 1998) |
Motto(s) | Strength and honour! / Сила и честь! |
Engagements | Vienna Offensive (1945) Soviet–Afghan War War in Abkhazia |
Commanders | |
Notable commanders | Valery Vostrotin |
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