The 56th Guards Air Assault Orders of Kutuzov and the Patriotic War 1st class Don Cossack Regiment is an airborne regiment of the Russian Airborne Forces. Based at Feodosia in Crimea, the regiment is
Оrganizational and staff structure of the 56th Guards Airborne Brigade in December 1986.
Soldiers of the 56th Guards Airborne Brigade performing combat duties, Wardak province, Afghanistan, June 1987.
A UAZ-469 of the brigade in Gardez during 1987.
Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Colonel General Yuriy Sadovenko visiting the 56th Guards Airborne Assault Brigade, 2014.
The 7th Guards Mountain Red Banner, Orders of Suvorov and Kutuzov Air Assault Division is the only elite guards division of the Russian Airborne Forces responsible for mountain warfare and jungle warf
56th Guards Air Assault Regiment
…степени Донской казачий полк) is an airborne regiment of the Russian Airborne Forces (VDV). Based at Feodosia in Crimea, the regiment is part of the 7th Guards Mountain Air Assault Division. It was formed in 2021 from the 56th Guards Airborne Brigade, based at Kamyshin. The brigade was first formed in 1979 and fought in the Soviet–Afghan…
An-12 Soviet military-transport plane
2S9 Nona self-propelled artillery vehicle