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based in

. The division traces its lineage back to the 76th Guards Rifle Division, formed in March 1943 from the 157th Rifle Division for that division's actions during the

. The division fought in the

, the

, the East Pomeranian Offensive, and the

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. Postwar, it was converted into an airborne division. The division moved to

, its current base, in 1947. The division was involved in

and the

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, the division became part of the

. The division fought in the

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, the

, and the

including committing mass murder of civilians in Bucha. The division became an

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division in 2006.

History

World War II

The 76th Air Assault Division was originally established in 1939 as the 157th Rifle Division. On 1 March 1943 it became the 76th Guards Rifle Division for its actions in the

. Major General Alexander Kirsanov commanded the division. The division fought in the

, fighting in the northern part of the Kursk Bulge. Until 3 July the division was part of the

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in the area of

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. On 12 July the division began the crossing of the

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. By the end of the day the division had captured bridgeheads. The division received thanks from the Supreme Commander (Stalin) for this action. On 8 September, the division began to advance from the

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area to

. After three days the division had advanced 70 kilometers and reached the village of Tolstoles on 20 September, three kilometers northeast of Chernigov. The division then helped capture the city and advanced to the west. By an order of the Supreme Commander on 21 September the division was thanked and awarded the honorific "Chernigov". The division then advanced into Belarus. It became part of the

1st Belorussian Front The 1st Belorussian Front (Russian: Пéрвый Белорусский фронт, ''Perviy Belorusskiy front'', also romanized " Byelorussian") was a major formation of the Soviet Army during World War II, being equivalent to a Western army ...

. On 17 July 1944 it began an attack northwest of

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. On 21 July the vanguard of the division moved north towards

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in heavy fighting. On 26 July, troops advancing from the north and south linked up 20 to 25 kilometers west of Brest. German troops in the area were surrounded. For its actions in the capture of Brest, the division was awarded the

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. On 25 January 1945, the division, as part of the

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, blocked the route out of

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, surrounding German forces. In late February, the division attempted to cut the road out of

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. German troops were able to escape in the fighting. On 23 March the division captured

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and advanced to the

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. By 25 March it had captured

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and was advancing towards Danzig. The division helped captured Danzig on 30 March. The division was moved from Danzig to Germany and on 24 April was concentrated near Kortenhaten, 20 kilometers south of

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. On 26 April the division crossed the Rondov canal and broke through the German line. By the end of the day it had captured Pretslavu. On 2 May, the division captured

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. On 3 May, after advancing 40 kilometers, it captured Karow and Butzow. The forward detachments of the 76th Guards Rifle Division reached the Baltic and on the outskirts of

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met with Allied airborne units of the

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. The division was part of the 114th Rifle Corps of the

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of the

in May 1945.

Cold War

On 6 July 1946, it became the 76th Guards Airborne Division in

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, directly subordinated to Airborne headquarters. In April 1947, it moved to

. Future Soviet Airborne Troops commander

became the division's commander in April 1948. The division became part of the 15th Guards Airborne Corps in October 1948. It was composed of the 234th Guards Air-Landing Regiment, the 237th Guards Airborne Regiment and the 154th Guards Artillery Regiment. On 18 February 1949 the 234th became an airborne regiment. On 30 April 1955, the 104th Guards Airborne Regiment moved to the division after the 21st Guards Airborne Division was disbanded. On 6 January 1959, the 242nd Separate Military-Transport Aviation Squadron was activated with the division. It included 10 An-2 Colt transports. On 15 August 1960, the 154th Guards Artillery Regiment became the 819th Separate Guards Artillery Battalion. On 27 April 1962, the battalion was upgraded to the 1140th Guards Artillery Regiment. In 1967, the division participated in Exercise "Dnieper". In March 1970, the division participated in the combined arms exercise "Dvina". During the exercise, the division used the

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for the first time. The division participated in Exercise "Autumn-88". Between 1988 and 1992 the division participated in the suppression of interethnic conflicts in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, the Baltic region, Transdnistria, North Ossetia, and South Ossetia. In 1991, the 104th and 234th Guards Airborne Regiments were awarded the Ministry of Defense Pennant "For Courage and Valor". Earlier, the division and its artillery regiment had been awarded the pennant. The division took part in the August Coup of 1991, when it was sent to Estonia by the Coup's leaders to take over the

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Russian Airborne Troops

The division fought in the

during 1994 and 1995. 120 military personnel of the division were killed during the war. For their actions, ten officers of the division received the title

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, two of them posthumously. The division fought in the Second Chechen War between 1999 and 2004. From 18 August 1999 elements of the division fought in the capture of

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, Argun, and the blocking of the Vedeno gorge. The 6th Company of the 104th Guards Airborne Regiment blocked the Argun Gorge in March 2000. For their actions, 22 soldiers were awarded the title Hero of the Russian Federation, all but one posthumously. 63 received the Order of Courage posthumously. On 22 June 2001, the 237th Guards Airborne Regiment was disbanded. After an experimental period, the 104th Guards Airborne Regiment of the 76th Airborne Division in 2002 became the first Russian ground forces regiment that was fully composed of professional soldiers (and not of "srochniki" – the

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soldiers aged eighteen). The division became the first to move to the contract manning system in 2004. In 2006, the 76th Airborne Division became an Air Assault Division. In 2008 the 76th Air Assault Division was involved in the

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, being deployed to

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and fought in the

. Since 27 February 2013, the division has been commanded by Major General

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Crimea and the war in Donbas

In 2014 division units spearheaded the 2014 Russian military invasion of Ukraine, and were used in the annexation of Crimea. On 18 August, the division was awarded the

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for the "successful completion of military missions" and "courage and heroism". On 20 August 2014, two

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s of the 76th Guards Air Assault Division were captured by Ukrainian forces near Lutuhino in the

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region. Ukrainian government officials presented Russian soldiers' IDs and other military documents from the vehicles. Russia's defence ministry denied the claim. Several members of the division, among whom was the platoon commander Anton Korolenko, died on 19–20 August, under circumstances their families would not reveal. A

newspaper reported that nearly an entire company of paratroopers from the 76th Guards Air Assault Division allegedly was lost during combat as part of the

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, having 80 dead, though without any conclusive proof. In January 2022, elements of the division's 234th Air Assault Regiment and the 124th Tank Battalion were reportedly deployed to

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in the context of the

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2022 Russian Invasion of Ukraine

A command post of the 76th Guards Air Assault Division was attacked during the

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of the

on 5 August 2022. The 76th Guards Airborne Assault Division participated in assaults on Kyiv, Izyum, and Popasna. They were responsible of running the cleansing operations during the

arresting, torturing and executing Ukrainian civilians. In September 2022 reports emerged from Ukrainian sources claiming the 237th Guards Air Assault Regiment "no longer exists due to either death or injury of all soldiers."

Subordinated units and fighting strength

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76th Guards Air Assault Division consists of a division headquarters, three air assault regiments, one tank battalion, an artillery regiment, an anti-aircraft missile regiment, a reconnaissance battalion, and several directly subordinated

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and

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battalions and companies. As of 2021, the 76th Air Assault Division consisted of the following units: *Division Headquarters (

, Western Military District) **175th Reconnaissance Battalion **124th Tank Battalion (T-72B3) **7th Maintenance Battalion **656th Engineering Battalion **728th Communications Battalion **1682nd Material Support Battalion **3996th Military Hospital (Airmobile) **201st Postal Station ** Airborne Support Company **NBC Defense Company **Commandant's Company *104th Guards Air Assault Regiment *234th Guards Air Assault Regiment *237th Guards Air Assault Regiment (reinstated 2018) *1140th Guards Artillery Regiment *4th Guards Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment

Commanders (since 2005)

* 2005—2009 Guards Major General Aleksandr Kolpachenko * 2009—2013 Guards Colonel Igor Vinogradskiy * 27.02.2013—February 2018 Guards Major General Aleksey Naumets * February 2018 — July 2020 Guards Major General Igor Kapliy * 19.07.2020 — 2022 Guards Major General Sergey Chubarykin * April 2022 — Guards Colonel Denis Shishov

Gallery

File:Russian 76th Airborne Division patch.svg, 76th Guards Airborne Division shoulder sleeve insignia (1993-2006) File:Заграничная командировка в г. Минск, республика Беларусь.jpg, Troops of the division during a

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in 2015. File:BMD-4M 11.jpg,

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commander

Andrey Serdyukov Andrey Nikolaevich Serdyukov (; born 4 March 1962) is a Russian Armed Forces colonel general and commander of the Russian Airborne Troops from 2016 to 2022. Serdyukov served in the Soviet Airborne Forces as a junior officer and rose to battalion ...

visiting the 76th Guards Air Assault Division. File:Руководство ВДВ России и Вооруженных сил Белоруссии обсудили в Минске совместную подготовку военнослужащих 05.jpg, Personnel of the division at the 2018

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Notes

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