345th Independent Guards Airborne Regiment
- 345th Independent Guards Airborne Regiment
Infobox Military Unit
unit_name=345th Independent Guards Airborne Regiment
caption=345th Independent Guards Airborne Regiment Motto
nickname=
motto=Сила и честь!
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branch=Soviet Army
dates=1944-1998
country=Soviet Union
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size=regiment
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current_commander=
garrison=Afghanistan, later Gudauta
battles=Soviet war in Afghanistan
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The 345th Guards Airborne Regiment of the Soviet Airborne Troops was active from 1944 to 1998. It was originally part of 105th Guards Rifle Division, which then became 105th Guards Airborne Division at Fergana in the Uzbek SSR. It served for several years with the 40th Army in Afghanistan, during which its units fought in the Battle for Hill 3234.
The Regiment, later withdrawn to Gudauta in the Abkhaz ASSR of the Georgian SSR, took part in the April 9, 1989, crack-down on demonstrators in the centre of Tbilisi, and in the Abkhaz war. It was subsequently renamed the 50th Military Base and then the 10th Peacekeeping Airborne Regiment.
External links
* [http://www.combat345.ru/ 345th Independent Guards Airborne Regiment official web site] ru icon
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