76th Airborne Division (Russia)
- 76th Airborne Division (Russia)
Infobox Military Unit
unit_name=76th Guards Chernigov Airborne Division
caption=76th Airborne Division shoulder sleeve insignia.
dates= September 1, 1939 [ [http://www.pskovgorod.ru/news.html?id=955 1 сентября свою 69 годовщину отметит 76-я десантно-штурмовая дивизия ] ("On September 1, the 76th Air Assault Division will celebrate its 69th anniversary"), verified August 2008] - present
country= flagicon|Soviet Union Soviet Union
flagicon|Russia Russia
branch=
type=Paratroopers
role=Parachute Infantry
size=6-8,000
garrison=Pskov
battles=World War II
Soviet-Afghan War
First Chechen War
Second Chechen War
2008 South Ossetia warThe 76th Guards Airborne Division (76-я гвардейская десантно-штурмовая Черниговская Краснознаменная дивизия) is an airborne division of the Russian Airborne Troops based in Pskov. It originally formed as the 157th Rifle Division in 1939. On 1 Mar 1943 it became the 76th Guards Rifle Division. It fought at Chernigov, Odessa, Brest, and Danzig. With 70th Army of the 2nd Belorussian Front May 1945. Soon after the war it became an airborne division, by 1946 as part of the 15th Airborne Corps.
The 76th Division originally had three regiments, the 104th, 234th, and 237th, with the 237th Guards Airborne Regiment disbanded circa 2002.
After an experimental period, the 104th Parachute Regiment of the 76th Airborne Division became the first Russian ground forces regiment that was fully composed of professional soldiers (and not of "srochniki" - the conscripted soldiers aged eighteen).
Elements of the 104th Regiment were ambushed in Chechneya in March of 2000. [Federation of American Scientists, [http://www.fas.org/irp/world/russia/fbis/AirborneTroops.html#76thAirborneDivision(Pskov) 76th Airborne Division (Pskov)] , verified August 2008]
In 2008 the 76th Airborne Division was involved in the 2008 South Ossetia war, being deployed to South Ossetia and fought at the Battle of Tskhinvali.
References
External links
* [http://www.76vdd.mil.ru/ 76th Airborne Division] (official site)
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