The 36th Airborne Brigade was an airborne brigade of the

Russian Airborne Troops The Russian Airborne Forces (russian: Воздушно-десантные войска России, ВДВ, Vozdushno-desantnye voyska Rossii, VDV) are the airborne forces branch of the Russian Armed Forces. It was formed in 1992 from units of ...

, disbanded in 1997. It was originally formed in 1979 as the 36th Separate Air Assault Brigade.

History

The 36th Separate Air Assault Brigade was formed in October 1979 in Garbolovo,

Leningrad Oblast Leningrad Oblast ( rus, Ленинградская область, Leningradskaya oblast’, lʲɪnʲɪnˈgratskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ, , ) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast). It was established on 1 August 1927, a ...

(

Leningrad Military District The Leningrad Military District was a military district of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. In 2010 it was merged with the Moscow Military District, the Northern Fleet and the Baltic Fleet to form the new Western Military District. Hi ...

). It was composed of three airborne battalions, an air assault battalion, an artillery battalion and an antiaircraft artillery battalion. On 1 June 1990, the brigade was transferred to the

Soviet Airborne Troops The Soviet Airborne Forces or VDV (from ''Vozdushno- desantnye voyska SSSR'', Russian: Воздушно-десантные войска СССР, ВДВ; Air-landing Forces) was a separate troops branch of the Soviet Armed Forces. First formed be ...

and was renamed the 36th Separate Airborne Brigade after its air assault battalion was disbanded. On 24 September 1996, it was ordered that the brigade be disbanded. The process was completed on 1 February 1997.{{Cite book, title = Армия Отечества, url = https://books.google.com/books?id=otEhAQAAIAAJ, date = 2005, language = ru, first = Andrei, last = Lenski, first2 = M.M., last2 = Tsybin, trans-title = Army of the Fatherland

References

Military units and formations established in 1992 Military units and formations disestablished in 1997 Airborne infantry brigades of Russia Infantry brigades of the Soviet Airborne Forces