Address of the 106th Airborne Division. Russian military exercises. About division names

On June 11, 1943, the 7th and 17th Guards Airborne Brigades (VDBR) were formed in the Moscow Military District. The number of brigades in the state was 5,800 people.

During the Great Patriotic War, a strong group of Airborne Forces (Airborne Forces) was on the 4th Ukrainian Front (4th, 6th and 7th Guards Airborne Brigades), which they wanted to use during the liberation of Crimea.

In December 1943, 4th and 7th Guards. The Airborne Brigades were redeployed to the Moscow Military District. On January 15, 1944, in accordance with the order of the commander of the Red Army Airborne Forces, the 16th Guards Airborne Division (Airborne Division) was formed in the city of Stupino, Moscow Region, on the basis of the 4th, 7th and 17th separate guards airborne brigades.

In August 1944. The 16th Guards Airborne Division was redeployed to Starye Dorogi, Mogilev Region, and on August 9, 1944, became part of the newly formed 38th Guards Airborne Corps (VDK). In October 1944, the 38th Guards Airborne Forces became part of the newly formed separate Guards Airborne Army.

On December 8, 1944, the separate Guards Airborne Army was reorganized into the 9th Guards Army, the 38th Guards Airborne Forces became the 38th Guards Rifle Corps.

By order of the Headquarters of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of December 18, 1944, the 16th Guards Airborne Division was reorganized into the 106th Guards Rifle Division (SD) of the 38th Guards Rifle Corps. 4th Guards The OVDBR was reorganized into the 347th Guards Rifle Regiment, the 7th Guards OVDBR into the 351st Guards Rifle Regiment, and the 17th Guards OVDBR into the 355th Guards Rifle Regiment.

The 106th Guards Infantry Division received its baptism of fire during the Vienna operation and participated in the liberation of Austria, Hungary, and Czechoslovakia.

On April 26, 1945, for breaking through the fortified defense line and capturing the city of Mor, all personnel received the gratitude of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief, and the division was awarded the first order - the Order of Kutuzov, II degree. Since then, April 26 has been considered the holiday of union.

All active participants in the fighting for the liberation of Vienna were awarded the medal “For the Capture of Vienna” established at that time. The 38th Guards Rifle Corps received the honorary name "Vienna", and the 106th Guards Infantry Division was awarded a second order - the Order of the Red Banner.

On April 16, 1945, continuing hostilities, the division captured the city of Wilhelmsburg. Continuous fighting continued until April 25. By the end of this day, the units were withdrawn from the battle and concentrated in full force on the outskirts of Vienna.

On May 5, the division was alerted, marched to the Austrian-Czechoslovak border and relieved the 107th Infantry Division. Having come into contact with the enemy, on May 8 she crossed the border of Czechoslovakia and immediately captured the city of Znojmo. All personnel received the gratitude of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief.

On May 9, all units and units of the division continued combat operations to pursue the enemy. It was necessary to force him to capitulate. The division marched, pursuing the enemy, and in three days fought 80-90 km. On May 11, 1945, the advanced detachment of the division reached the river. Vlatva and 3.5 km northeast of the village of Oleshnya met with units of the 5th American Tank Army.

In total, 7,401 servicemen in the division were awarded government awards during the Great Patriotic War, and three were awarded the high title of Hero of the Soviet Union. This is foreman Rybakov N.S., senior lieutenant Polyakov V.T. and senior lieutenant Selishchev V.P.

After the war, on the basis of the Resolution of the Council of Ministers of the USSR of June 3, 1946 and the directive of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the USSR of June 7, 946, by June 15, 1946, the 106th Guards Rifle Red Banner Order of Kutuzov Division was reorganized into the 106th Guards Air Force -airborne Red Banner Order of Kutuzov division.

Since July 1946, the division has been stationed in the city of Tula and is part of the 38th Guards Airborne Vienna Corps.

Based on the directive of the General Staff of January 21, 1955, by April 25, 1955, the 106th Guards Airborne Division withdrew from the 38th Guards Airborne Vienna Corps, which was disbanded in 1956. The division began to report directly to the commander of the Airborne Forces and switched to a new staff of three regiments with a cadre battalion in each parachute regiment.

The division took part in establishing constitutional order in the territory of the Chechen Republic and in the counter-terrorist operation in the North Caucasus.

Currently, units of the 106th Airborne Division are deployed in Tula, Ryazan and Naro-Fominsk. The division headquarters is in Tula. The day (holiday) of connection is April 26.

14.08.2013
Already this year, the 106th Airborne Division will receive the latest weapons. This was announced today by the commander of the Airborne Forces, Vladimir Shamanov, who arrived in Tula to hand over the banner of the formation to the new division commander. “Next year a reconnaissance battalion will be deployed in the division,” Shamanov said. “Controlled parachutes are already arriving, and just recently, during exercises in the Belgorod region, paratroopers performed special tasks. The Ryazan regiment will receive BMD-4M vehicles this year. This formation will be the first in the Airborne Forces, as the base regiment of the Ryazan School, to be transferred to new types of equipment. The process will take place in parallel in the Tula regiment. Artillery will receive new systems. The Polet automated control system for troops and weapons is currently being implemented.

17.07.2015


During a tactical exercise with the Tula formation of the Airborne Forces, ATVs were landed for the first time.
After landing, the airborne units marched to the areas of intended action. Troop control was carried out using Andromeda-D automated control systems.
Currently, paratroopers deployed to the Pskov region are conducting maneuverable defense in the area of ​​the Strugi Krasnye training ground. Military personnel practice defensive actions without the support of army aviation helicopters. According to legend, paratroopers carry out assigned tasks behind enemy lines, where the use of helicopters is impossible.
The day before, there was also a landing at the Kislovo landing site in the Pskov region. In 30 minutes, more than 20 Il-76 military transport aircraft dropped about 2 thousand military personnel and more than 30 units of combat and special equipment from the Tula Airborne Forces.
The paratroopers assembled and crossed the water barrier using standard equipment. Then, having captured the airfield and destroyed a mock enemy camp there, they made a 100-km march to the Strugi Krasnye training ground area.
A four-day tactical exercise with units of the Tula Airborne Forces in the Ryazan and Pskov regions will be completed by the end of the current day.
The exercise is led by Deputy Commander of the Airborne Forces, Major General Alexey Ragozin.
Directorate of Press Service and Information of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation

05.09.2016


The Airborne Forces (Airborne Forces) are planning to conduct three major exercises in Russia this fall.
Deputy Commander of the Russian Airborne Forces, Lieutenant General Andrei Kholzakov, stated this on the air of the Life Sound radio station.
“We are finishing the year with a command and staff exercise with the 106th Tula Division - the exercise will be held at the end of September, immediately after the Army 2016 forum, and in October we are planning two regimental tactical exercises - one in Pskov with the 104th Parachute -an airborne regiment and one in Ivanovo with the 217th parachute regiment,” he said.
According to Kholzakov, the Airborne Forces have conducted many exercises this year, and now “all that remains is to complete the (training) period.”
TASS

29.09.2016


At the Dubrovichi training ground in the Ryazan region, the active phase of the command and staff exercise with the 106th Airborne Division of the Airborne Forces (Airborne Forces) ended with the live firing stage of the battalion tactical group.
During live firing, carried out both during the day and at night, the paratroopers hit over 1,000 targets, using more than 1,5 thousand ammunition for arming BMD-2 airborne combat vehicles and Nona self-propelled artillery guns.
To hit targets simulating armored vehicles and tanks of a mock enemy, the paratroopers used hand-held anti-tank grenade launchers, firing more than 150 grenades from them.
A large-scale command-staff exercise with the Tula Airborne Forces unit, led by Deputy Commander of the Airborne Forces, Lieutenant General Andrei Kholzakov, will end on September 30 with the return of command and control bodies and units to their permanent deployment points.
The exercise is being conducted on the territory of three constituent entities of the Russian Federation, about 3.5 thousand military personnel are involved, and 350 units of weapons, military and special equipment are involved.
During the exercise, the combat training of the paratroopers was assessed by representatives of the Military Inspectorate of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

25.12.2016


A solemn ceremony of handing over the BMD-4M to the Guards Parachute Regiment of the 106th Guards Airborne Division took place in Ryazan.
In his speech, expressing words of gratitude to the creators of the new generation combat vehicle, Airborne Forces Commander Colonel General Andrei Serdyukov said: “This is the result of the work of a huge team of the military-industrial complex. Not a single country in the world, not a single armed force, much less not a single airborne force, has such a combat vehicle. We are proud that this combat vehicle has entered our service.”
“This vehicle is capable of firing at a range of up to 7 km and fighting the most modern tanks at a distance of up to 5 km. This is a maneuverable, high-speed, floating, landing vehicle. Its combat module is unique. The vehicle has a navigation system,” the Airborne Forces commander emphasized, characterizing the capabilities of the BMD-4M.

Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation

23.01.2017


On December 24, 2016, a solemn ceremony took place in Ryazan to transfer the second battalion set of new BMD-4M airborne combat vehicles to the 137th Guards Parachute Regiment of the 106th Guards Airborne Division of the Russian Airborne Forces. The first battalion kit was handed over in September 2016.
“In the future, the Airborne Forces will continue to be equipped with the same battalion sets of BMD-4M. Next year, two battalion sets will go into service with the 31st Guards Separate Air Assault Brigade, which is stationed in the city of Ulyanovsk,” said Colonel General Andrei Serdyukov.
Original taken from http://altyn73.livejournal.com in BMD-4M in Ryazan.
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Airborne landing, combat one hundred and sixth.

We will be honest: “Our service is not easy!”

Naro-Fominsk, Ryazan and Tula are twin cities,

And there are no tasks impossible for us!

Towards the division's anniversary!

From 8 airborne divisions of Russia, the 106th Guards Red Banner Order of Kutuzov, 1st degree, went through a glorious military path both during the Great Patriotic War and when performing special tasks in peacetime.

Between February and December 1944 the division was being formed. April 26, 1944 brave paratroopers of the division broke through the enemy fortifications and captured the city Mor (Hungary), for which the unit was awarded the Order of Kutuzov, 2nd degree.

Day 26 April is a holiday for the division's personnel. Austria and Czechoslovakia were liberated by paratroopers. May 17, 1945 for taking over the city Vienna, Austria) The division was awarded the Order of the Red Banner.

Almost 70 years The 106th is deployed in the Tula region. During this time, units of the division had to carry out combat and service missions in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Kosovo, Transnistria, Afghanistan, Chechnya, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, the Georgian-Abkhaz conflict, Baku, Sumgait, Ingushetia.

There were many ostentatious tactical exercises involving the landing of military equipment and personnel on our territory and in foreign countries. In January 1973 For the first time in the world, a crew was landed as part of a guard lieutenant colonel L. Zueva and captain A. Margelova (son of the Airborne Forces Commander) inside an airborne combat vehicle (BMD-1) at the Slobodka parachute track in the Tula region. The personnel of the formation's units extinguished forest fires, participated in sports competitions, international sports competitions, received foreign delegations, and took part in military parades. Since the formation of the division more than 4 thousand paratroopers were awarded orders, more than 44 thousand medals. Three guardsmen became Heroes of the Soviet Union, 26 - heroes of the Russian Federation.

I would like to remind everyone of the outstanding merit of the inspirer and creator of the airborne troops, an unsurpassed teacher, Commander, participant in the Great Patriotic War, Hero of the Soviet Union, Vasily Fillipovich Margelov. Thanks to him, the division was equipped with modern military equipment and weapons, combat readiness increased, and military discipline was strengthened.

February, 15 this year we all celebrated 25th anniversary of the end of the war in Afghanistan. Governor of the Tula region Vladimir Gruzdev, The regional government headed by Yuri Andrianov, Regional and City Dumas, headed by Igor Panchenko And Alexander Prokopuk, Administration of the hero city of Tula, headed by Evgeny Avilov They treated their participation in the Afghan anniversary events with a feeling of great respect. Newspapers "Tula News", "Range", "Tula", television channels covered events of this nature. In schools and lyceums, lessons of courage were held, meetings with “Afghans” were held, exhibitions and visual propaganda were organized, rallies and memorial services were organized. All this brought into the consciousness of every Tula citizen, and especially young people, a piece of love for our Motherland. Dozens of veterans of the Afghan war were awarded orders and medals. Today this work continues actively. Participants in hostilities are presented with state and departmental awards, letters of gratitude and certificates.

In the Tula region and the hero city of Tula, the main category of veterans is paratroopers. They span several generations.

• Paratroopers who participated in the Great Patriotic War represented by the Guard Major General Anatoly Dobrovolsky, Guard Colonel Ivan Fedoseeva, guard senior warrant officer Dmitry Evdokimov, Dmitry Dudka, Dmitry Bimbirekov, Mikhail Tsarelungi.
• Children of war in the face Victor Vyrodov, Nikolai Shein, Ivan Zhdanov.
• The next generation of paratroopers are combatants who form the main core. These are those who participated in the events of Hungary, Czechoslovakia, and Afghanistan. Among them are social activists and twin brothers. Alexei And Alexander Alkhoviki, Mikhail Alekhin, Vladimir Puzankov, Arkady Smirnov, Mikhail Bykov, Igor Bedrinets, Andrey Samoshin, Victor Sholokhov, Alexander Lavrentyuk, Sergey Zhilkin, Valery Koreltsev, Sergey Kolegai, Gennady Yatskin and many others.
• The generation of paratroopers who went through the Chechen wars, especially the difficult first campaign. Among them Mikhail Zhdanenya, Yuri Levchenko, Alexander Levchenko, Victor Grechishnikov, Valery Klepikov and etc.
• The next generation of paratroopers - participants in the five-day war of the Georgian-Abkhaz conflict - are those officers who serve Russia and are always ready to provide assistance to peoples in need, if the order of the Motherland, the Minister of Defense, the Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces of our Fatherland is followed.

As for Russia, the landing force, young and old, will stand up for its defense. There is not the slightest doubt about this. Devotion to the Motherland and high patriotism have been inherent in our paratroopers since the creation of this type of military force. The United States and the countries that support them understand this very well and, accordingly, are afraid to conflict with Russia to the end. She was, is and will be invincible.

Two rallies held under the auspices of Afghan veterans led by their wonderful leader Alexey Ivanovich Alkhovik, showed that parties, deputies, veterans, workers and employees, students of the Tula region, as never before, rallied, united and with the highest sense of dignity were with the people of Crimea and Sevastopol. Our veterans Anatoly Gagarinov, Evgeny Kutepov, Vasily Tyunkov During the days of the referendum, we visited Crimea and upon returning to Tula spoke in detail about the unity of Crimeans on voting day. The paratroopers of the Tula garrison in full force express their deep gratitude to Alexey Alkhovik for the excellent preparation and holding of rallies in the hero city of Tula, dedicated to supporting the people of Crimea and Sevastopol.

Today, veterans are especially grateful to the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin for his bright, clear, smart and diplomatic policy regarding events in Ukraine. We believed in the fairness of providing comprehensive assistance to Crimea and we were not mistaken. Crimea and the hero city of Sevastopol are forever in Russia today. God grant that in the future there will be no short-sighted, ambitious politicians in our Russia and that presidents will never allow sudden decisions to be made in our state, but always following the example of V.V. Putin consulted with the people, who had already learned to distinguish the good from the feigned, absurd and false. The veteran “corps” of the Tula region is filled with emotions in connection with what happened, raised its head high and proud and is always ready to carry out the order of the Motherland to protect it.

Dozens of public organizations of veterans have been created in the Tula garrison, including the regional branch of the region’s airborne troops "Union of Russian Paratroopers" which is headed by a guard colonel Levchenko Yuri Georgievich. In the 106th division, veterans also united and created their own organization under the leadership of a guard colonel Ivanov Nikolai Mikhailovich. Many veteran paratroopers are members of regional and city organizations Russian Union of Afghanistan Veterans, V Russian Union of Veterans of the region, V Tula City Committee of War and Military Service Veterans, regional veteran organizations.

The main task of all veteran organizations is to educate the younger generation in the spirit of patriotism, high moral and combat qualities, moral principles, and readiness to defend the Fatherland. At the beginning of February, a combat paratrooper, a colonel in reserve Yuri Levchenko organized and held basketball competitions for Tula youth, in which teams from eight schools took part. In addition to coaches and school principals, the competition was attended by parents of athletes, participants in the Great Patriotic War, veterans of combat operations and military service, who presented the children with medals, pennants, certificates, and gifts. All paratroopers, both veterans and personnel, were in military uniform with orders and medals. From beginning to end, the competition was permeated with the spirit of not only competition, but also military patriotism. The guys were very pleased to receive awards from the hands of veterans - defenders of the Fatherland. I am sure that many of the guys will someday wear shoulder straps and wear them with honor all their lives.

The Russian airborne troops are currently a force that is always ready to solve the most complex and difficult combat missions both on the ground and in the air. I do not belittle the fighting qualities and combat effectiveness of other branches of the military. Space forces, missile forces, air force, navy, ground forces, anti-aircraft forces - they have no price, but the paratroopers have an anniversary, and since they are closest to the cosmonauts, according to the cosmonaut Hero of the Soviet Union German Titov, their preference.

Taking advantage of the fact that the 106th Airborne Division 26 April performed 70 years old, allow me to sincerely and heartily congratulate the division command in the person of the Guard Colonel on behalf of all veteran paratroopers Glushenkov Dmitry Valerievich, all personnel of units and units on their 70th anniversary. We wish everyone great happiness, military success, personal well-being, strong military discipline, clear, windless and blue skies, and a soft landing. Glory to the Airborne Forces!

Veteran of the Airborne Forces, participant in combat operations in Afghanistan,

retired colonel

Anatoly Kuts

April 2014

The story of one tragic landing
(on the issue of the exercises of the 106th Airborne Division in Mongolia at the beginning of 1979)

In the history of the Soviet Airborne Forces there were and still remain many non-
questions studied. And, of course, there are reasons for this. Od-
one of the poorly covered problems of the historiography of the Winged Guard
are the facts of the tragic death of Soviet paratroopers during training
ny in peacetime.
Such an almost unexplored page in the annals of the Soviet landing
This is the history of the exercises of the 106th (Tula) Airborne Division
zia on the Mongolian-Chinese border in February 1979, when both
More than 40 airborne troops were injured. This tragedy, hidden by the leadership
the Soviet Union from the Soviet people, could obviously not have happened,
if the top management of these major exercises had abstained
from an ill-conceived order to parachute guards onto the Mongolian
land in completely unacceptable conditions.
Our version of this story is this. The beginning of 1979 was marked
a new aggravation of Soviet-Chinese relations. This process, trained
influenced by geopolitical and other factors, has become progressive
after the death of the famous Chinese leader Mao Zedong in
1976, when China's new political leadership led by Deng Xiao
Pinom began to revise some of the previous principles of external
policies of the People's Republic of China. The XI Congress of the CPC declared openly anti-Soviet
well. Moreover, the Constitution of the People's Republic of China was also introduced at the same time (according to
decisions of the XI Congress of the CPC) the most important amendment, in accordance with which
The USSR swarm was proclaimed the first enemy of China. At the same time
long-suffering Vietnam was also proclaimed the home of China, recently
victorious in the war against the American invaders. Vietnam, transformed
which by this time was developing into a single social republic, sought
pursue an independent foreign policy aimed at friendship
with the countries of the socialist camp. The Vietnamese leadership also
begins to pursue a course of rapprochement with neighboring Laos, a small
a country (3.4 million people) that chose socialism.
This is the situation for the envious and malicious leaders of China.
things were haunted, which ultimately led to war. February 17, 1979
China carried out aggression against Vietnam.

On the same day 12 Chinese
Russian divisions on a front of 1200 km invaded Vietnamese territory.
The Soviet Union, bound by alliance obligations with friendly relations,
war Vietnam, could not react indifferently to this event.
Already on February 19, the government newspaper Pravda published
A statement was made by the leadership of the USSR. This statement stated
“that China’s attack on Vietnam once again demonstrates that
How irresponsible is Beijing's attitude towards the fate of the world, with what
With criminal ease, the Chinese leadership uses weapons.” The statement also spoke of the USSR's assurance to fulfill
obligations assumed by the Soviet side under the Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation
cooperation between the USSR and Vietnam.
What practically supported the Soviet demarche?
According to the official version of Soviet historiography, the USSR had
additional assistance to friendly Vietnam in the form of supplies,
provision of military advisers, etc. In the second volume of "History"
foreign policy of the USSR" (M., 1986) on this occasion it is said: "One
At the same time, the Soviet Union took measures to provide additional
additional assistance to Vietnam, supplying it with everything it needed
to repel the aggressor."
Already on February 19, 1979, a group of advisers (20 people), headed
Army General G. Obaturov arrived in Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam.
Having assessed the situation on the ground and listened to reports from the Vietnamese leadership,
of the General Staff, Soviet specialists convinced the Vietnamese leader
Le Duan to transfer the army corps from Kampuchea to Lang Son
direction, and also redeploy in the same direction
active division BM-21.
A group of different Soviets took part in repelling Chinese aggression.
Russian specialists (pilots, signalmen, rocket scientists, etc.). Unfortunately not
There were no casualties among Soviet officers. In March 1979, under
Da Nang (port in South Vietnam) crashed during landing
Vietnamese airliner AN-24, on board which were Air Force General Malykh
and five training officers. They all died.
However, the USSR took another action to put pressure on China.
tai. In order to intimidate the aggressive neighbor, it was decided to carry out
Mongolian-Chinese border a demonstration of military power, figuratively
while stealing, rattling weapons and flexing their muscles. Today few people
knows that in Mongolia, a vassal state of the USSR at that time (with
1967) there was a group of thousands of Soviet troops in co-
becoming the 39th Combined Arms Army, stationed on Mongolian soil
le. It included several motorized rifle and tank divisions, including
subordinate to the Transbaikal Military District. At first
In 1979, three divisions from Siberia and Transbai-
Kalya. In this situation, it was decided to use advanced
parts of the 39th Army as a political cudgel against the aggressor -
China. In February-March 1979, large combined arms
military exercises in the military districts bordering China in Mongolia and
Far East. These unprecedented maneuvers involved
about 200 thousand people. Transferred from Ukraine and Belarus
combat aviation. In the demonstration of forces it was also decided to involve
to fight an entire formation of Soviet airborne forces.
Logically, it was reasonable to involve
to name those units of the Airborne Forces that were stationed in the Far East. Od-
However, the main forces of the Airborne Forces were located on the western borders of the USSR, and
also in Transcaucasia and Central Asia. On the Far Eastern borders with
China has only the 11th separate airborne battalion, stationed in Mogocha, near
Cheats. This one of the first airborne assault brigades was created in 1968 and was located
operationally subordinate to the Transbaikal Military District. But this
They decided not to touch the brigade.
The choice of the top military leadership fell on the 106th Guards
Airborne Red Banner Order of Kutuzov, 2nd degree
division. Why was it decided to use this airborne force?
The 106th (Tula) Airborne Division was rightfully considered one of the best formations
Winged Guard. It is no coincidence that this particular division participated
repeatedly in responsible and experimental exercises, as well as
carried out high government tasks. Here are some examples:
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In 1957, Tula paratroopers ensured the landing of the first
space shells with four-legged cosmonauts - dogs Bel-
ka, Strelka, Chernushka. And a few years later, the guardsmen of the 106th Airborne Division
were honored to meet cosmonaut Yuri at the landing site
Gagarin.
At the end of the 50s. (already under V.F. Margelov) soldiers of the Tula division
Airborne Forces took part in extreme climatic landings in
the vastness of the Arctic. At the height of Margelov’s reforms of the Airborne Forces in the early 70s
x years Tula paratroopers were among the first to begin mastering the new
sleigh armored vehicles BMD-1 and BTRD. The award was a pennant of the USSR Ministry of Defense
"For courage and military valor." Tula division repeatedly
was also involved in extinguishing forest fires in the Moscow region and Central
trawling Non-Black Earth region.
The question arises: why exactly the 106th Airborne Division was decided to land
to sit on the Mongolian-Chinese border? After all, this division was
stationed near Moscow and, obviously, was aimed at European
Russian theater of military operations. Why didn’t they choose airborne divisions, dislocated
cited in Transcaucasia (104th Kirovobad Airborne Division) and Central Asia
(105th Fergana Airborne Division)? These formations of the Winged Guard were trained
They are ready to fight in mountainous desert conditions. Obviously,
the reasons should be sought in the political field. At the beginning of 1979 in
Iran was uneasy. Iranians' dissatisfaction with the despotism of the Shah
the regime threatened to turn into a revolutionary explosion, which is what happened
November 10-11, 1979 The monarchical regime in Iran was overthrown, and
The Muslim clergy, led by Ayatollah R. Kha-
me. There was also unrest in neighboring Afghanistan, where in April
1978, having overthrown the Daoud regime, the PDPA communists came to power. IN
a civil war flared up in this then still friendly country,
there was a threat of drawing Soviet troops into the civil strife of the DRA.
Therefore, the 105th and 104th Airborne Divisions were on alert.
The 106th Airborne Division, although considered a “forest” division, nevertheless
had experience of landing in mountainous desert areas. Back in 1966
The 137th Guards Parachute Regiment took part in a major
military exercises in the Transcaucasus and successfully landed on
mountainous firmament. In 1978, the same 137th regiment, as part of the de-
settled into a mountain-desert territory.
So, the choice was made. The 106th Airborne Division was transferred to Mongolia.
Based on fragmentary source information, it is difficult to determine exactly
Is the Tula division at full strength headed for exercises in the distant
Mongolia.
The book “Russian Airborne Forces” states: “In
1979, the division was alerted and a few days later accepted
la participation in exercises on the territory of Mongolia."
Armada of military transport aircraft with Tula paratroopers
and armored vehicles on board headed to the East. It was almost hopeless
an approximate airborne campaign lasting several
thousand kilometers. The landing planes were flying at high altitude. For
several landings were made to refuel aviation fuel.
The researcher cannot determine the exact location of the exercise.
managed. It is only known that the landing took place in the desert
Gobi is a few kilometers from the Mongolian-Chinese border. In our
at our disposal is a valuable memoir source that allows us to partially
reproduce a dramatic picture of what happened. This is a memory
of Air Force officer (helicopter pilot) V.G. Domracheva, included in the collection -
nickname “Scorched by Afghanistan. Participants of the Afghan War tell their stories.”
At the beginning of 1979, this officer served in a squadron of transport helicopters.
years, providing transportation of goods throughout Mongolia, in the territory
where many Soviet military units were stationed.
As is clear from the memoirs of V.G. Domrachev and some others
sources, the exercise was led by a group of high-ranking officials
rov, headed by the First Deputy Minister of Defense of the USSR Marshal-
scrap by Sergei Leonidovich Sokolov, on whom she now depended
the fate of the landing, for it was this man who had to give the command
for landing in frosty and very windy weather.
V.G. Domrachev recalls: “A piercing wind was blowing. Blades
The helicopter flapped like the wings of a bird. “If the wind does not calm down, then you-
There will be no landing,” I thought.
Forty minutes later a messenger came to us from the head of the field.
Comrade and told us to prepare for the meeting of the main helicopter group
comrade with the leadership of the exercises. We had to show those sitting down
helicopter landing sites.
Ten minutes later, real pandemonium began -
One after another, helicopters with high-ranking officers flew up and landed.
rank.
10 helicopters landed, but the Chief was not there, and the place was near the podium
remained free. The officers walked onto the podium, and immediately appeared
helicopter with the Chief. When Marshal Sokolov appears, the situation
became animated, the officers ran around and began to fuss. After short reports
seats on the podium were occupied, and one after another with an interval of one
minute, IL- landing planes began to appear from the north
76.
An on-board technician came up to me and asked: “Commander, is it really
will the paratroopers be abandoned by such a wind?
“They shouldn’t,” I replied, “it’s murder!”
The movement of the generals began in the stands; Sokolov was approached
commander of the Airborne Forces and reported that there was a strong wind and the drop should be carried out
it is impossible (emphasis added by us – D.S.). He lowered his head, shook it and said,
hall: “We’ll do a test landing - from one plane of people,
of the two – technology.” No one objected, everyone began to silently watch
impending tragedy.
From the side of the head of the ejection came the words: “To the ejection
I give permission!”
So, the order came. Military transport airliners one after another
the gym soared into the sky. In the bellies of the planes there were personnel 137-
th regiment of the 106th Airborne Division with standard armored landing equipment. At the forefront
The divisional landing force consisted of soldiers from the regiment's reconnaissance company. In addition to
In one plane there were BMD-1 driver mechanics, and
also regiment officers. In the second IL-76 aircraft there were three zashfarto-
"baemdeshki" bathrooms.
The advanced detachment of Tula paratroopers, as already noted,
had to land with equipment in truly extreme conditions -
during the Mongolian winter. Those who served in the Airborne Forces may, probably,
imagine what the guardsmen felt in those moments, some of whom
was, alas, destined to live the last minutes. The angel of sorrow was already waiting
the souls of warriors who were destined for a terrible death in the Mongolian
earth.
The landing has begun. At this moment the wind force reached 40
meters per second is a crazy indicator for landing. Che-
a few minutes after the start of the drop, several paratroopers (according to
According to some reports, more than 10 people) fell to their death on the rock-
the empty desert firmament. Several dozen guardsmen from the terrible
from contact with the ground were injured and mutilated. Crashed and
all three BMD. The release of the main forces of the airborne regiment was immediately cancelled.
whether.
This is how the aforementioned eyewitness describes the death of the landing party: “Under one
two dots appeared from the flying planes, under the next one
two more, which after a few seconds grew into parachute domes -
Comrade with technology.
The parachuted equipment was rapidly approaching
to the ground, growing before our eyes. People around were carried away by what was happening
and did not notice how landing troops “fell down” from the next plane
nicknames
About two kilometers from the stands, landing equipment began to land.
ka. The brake systems worked in some places and did not work in others. I
I saw for the first time how turrets fly off a BMD when they hit the ground. "Good
“It’s obvious that there are no people there,” someone said from behind. These words became like
signal: everyone remembered that the paratroopers had also been thrown out. Again, no
conspiring, raised their heads and saw how the whole sky was dotted with
parachute floors.
The paratroopers bravely fought the wind, trying to land
staying as close as possible to the landing equipment, but, having touched the ground, somehow
hung helplessly on the straps and, without rising to their feet, dragged themselves
filled with the canopies of their parachutes across the desert.
At first there was silence in the stands. Everyone understood that
was happening, but no one could say a word.
Suddenly someone shouted in a loud voice: “Pilots, urgently launch
helicopters and collect the wounded.” We rushed to the helicopters and launched
them and flew to the victims. Had to fly through the desert
further than the paratroopers, release the on-board technician and the right
pilot so that they extinguish the parachutes and carry the paratroopers into the cockpit
helicopter. There were five or six casualties in each helicopter. Pe-
There was dust, blood and snow mixed in. Moans, screams. There were also dead.
We transported them to a field hospital and flew away to carry out our duties.
tasks. Later we learned that out of 108 paratroopers, exactly half were injured.
guilt, but the exercises continued, and so did the losses.”
Of course, the release of the main landing forces was canceled, thereby
the life and health of paratroopers from other units was saved
shelf. Airplanes with landing forces, already in the air, turned
Having walked away, they began to return.
The exercises were completed, units and units of the 106th Airborne Division at
transport aviation returned to “winter quarters.” Warriors of the 137th
The regiment returned to Tula via railway communications.

Is it possible to raise the question of personal responsibility of the then-
him to the commander of the Airborne Forces, General D. Sukhorukov, for the tragic events -
tiya in Mongolia in early 1979? The answer to this is, of course,
difficult. Probably, the formulation of this question is also fair historically.
appropriate. After all, we are talking about the man who then commanded our
Winged Guard and could influence in one way or another the description
current events. But D. Sukhorukov is not V.F. Margelov. Willpower and courage
The identity of these historical subjects is unequal. Of course, Sukhorukov and
as a commander, and as a veteran of the Airborne Forces, and as a person who mentally experienced
shaft for the tragedy that happened on the Mongolian-Chinese border. This and
It's clear. But it seems that within his nature he felt
guilt for the death of the paratroopers, although it was difficult for him to openly admit it -
But. Therefore, it is no coincidence that in his memoirs (“Records of the Commander-
paratrooper") about the tragic landing D. Sukhorukov writes in passing:
“We had to land on a bare stone, gray as cement,
desert. On the day of the landing, a strong wind arose. First
A reconnaissance company was about to jump. It was a leap into hell.
The release of the main forces was cancelled. Aircraft located
already in the air, they turned around and began to return to their airfields.
Soon the division was transported by military transport aircraft
aviation and partly by rail to places of permanent
dislocations.
The exercise showed the real possibility of military transport
aviation to carry out long-distance transfers in a short time;
formation of the airborne division in full strength with military equipment.
The paratroopers gained experience in preparing to land on unfamiliar
airfields, but at the same time some logistical issues surfaced
security and a number of others, on which decisions were later made"
.
That's all. About the tragedy that occurred in this territory, about the death and
injuries of almost 50 paratroopers from the Tula division, ex-commander
The Airborne Forces chose not to write.
Why? Perhaps because he felt some of his guilt in
What's happened? Who knows…
How did “Iron Man” feel, V.F. Margelov, when should he
became aware of what happened in Mongolia? It's clear. Newly minted
The retired inspector, of course, felt pain with all his soul and
Renne mourned the fallen guardsmen. There is no doubt that the "landing
Dad" more than once wondered then: who gave, in fact, a criminal
new order to begin the landing?
Really, who? Available source materials, allowing
Unfortunately, we don’t have anyone at our disposal to answer the question. Logically
things, the final word, obviously, was with the person who commanded
did some teaching then. And he was Marshal S.L. Sokolov, a long-standing undesirable
birth wisher V.F. Margelova. According to the mentioned memories
eyewitness, helicopter officer V.G. Domrachev, the order came from
Marshal S.L. himself Sokolova. Answer exactly the question asked
the then commander of the 106th Airborne Division, E.N., could have asked. Podkolzin, but
his soul had long since ascended to pro patria.
Thus, 1979 turned out to be a landmark year for the destinies of Soviet
Airborne Forces Resigned from the post of commander of the Winged Guard V.F. Margelov,
The Margelov era also faded into oblivion. And it’s probably symbolic that this
the event was marked by the fact of the tragic landing of the Tula children
santnikov in Mongolia. According to an ancient philosophical maxim, nothing
There are no accidents in our lives. Several months will pass, and
In the same 1979, the era of the nine-year war in the history of the Airborne Forces will begin.
Afghanistan, in which our paratroopers will have to fight
truly with a daring enemy, to fight according to Margelov, maintaining reno-
me elite of the Soviet Army. 106th Airborne Division until the end of the 20th century. to this day
maintained a reputation as an excellent airborne unit.
This division not only preserves glorious traditions, but also
married to the great V.F. Margelov, but also involved modern
combat experience gained in local wars and conflicts.
It is believed, for example, that in the 80s 70% of officers and warrant officers of Tul-
sky division fought in Afghanistan.
A third of a century has passed since the tragedy occurred in February
1979 in Mongolia. The ashes of dead soldiers have long since decayed in zinc
coffins
Marshal S.L. Sokolov, who became after Marshal D.S. Ustinova Mi-
Minister of Defense of the USSR, lived a long, dignified life. He passed away-
Xia recently, in 2012 at the age of 102. Did he remember before leaving?
to another world about the paratroopers who died and were maimed by those ill-fated
new teachings? God will be his judge. Undoubtedly, future historians of the Airborne Forces will more than once
will return to covering the events in question in Mongolia. Let it go
they will be able to restore and publish the names and ranks of those soldiers
The Winged Guard, who heroically carried out the order, in a peaceful
time doomed some of them to destruction.
Tragic landing
(in blessed memory of the guardsmen of the 137th Airborne Regiment,
killed during exercises in Mongolia in February 1979)

Troops thrown into the jaws of death
And the fate of the warriors was fulfilled;
The karmic guarantor is watching,
So that the gates to Paradise open for warriors.
* * *
The wind raged over the desert,
Domes crack and tear,
And the marshal is intoxicated with pride,
He is silent, and God is his judge.
* * *
The frozen ground is hard as stone,
Our landing forces are beating against this firmament.
Death came for 10 fighters;
Oh, how many tears my dear ones will shed.
* * *
Blood sprinkled the landing field,
Wounded soldiers are carried by domes.
And salvation awaits many in that nightmare;
Fate saved them from cruel death.
* * *
Who is to blame for the landing tragedy?
That proud marshal who gave the order
Doom people to death? He's not worthy
To be understood, justified among us?

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January 15, 1944, in accordance with the order of the commander of the Red Army Airborne Forces No. 00100 dated December 26, 1943 in the city of Stupino, Moscow Region, on the basis of the 4th, 7th and 17th separate guards airborne brigades (the brigades were stationed in Vostryakovo, Vnukovo, Stupino) the 16th Guards Airborne Division was formed. The division had a staff of 12,000 people. Units of the division were staffed mainly by young people aged 18-20, fit for service in the Airborne Forces, Komsomol members and cadet graduates of military schools, equipped with the latest weapons and equipment, including off-road vehicles. 90% of the division's officers had combat experience, many of them arrived from hospitals after treatment for wounds. A significant part of the personnel had experience in conducting combat operations behind enemy lines.

In August 1944, the 16th Guards Airborne Division was redeployed to Starye Dorogi, Mogilev Region, and on August 9, 1944, became part of the newly formed 38th Guards Airborne Corps.

In October 1944, the 38th Guards Airborne Corps became part of the newly formed Separate Guards Airborne Army.

On December 8, 1944, the Separate Guards Airborne Army was reorganized into the 9th Guards Army (formed on the basis of the field control of the 7th Army on January 5, 1945). The 38th Guards Airborne Corps became the 38th Guards Rifle Corps.

By order of the Headquarters of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief No. 0047 of December 18, 1944, the 16th Guards Airborne Division was reorganized into the 106th Guards Rifle Division of the 38th Guards Rifle Corps. The 4th Guards Airborne Brigade was reorganized into the 347th Guards Rifle Regiment, the 7th Guards Airborne Brigade into the 351st Guards Rifle Regiment, and the 17th Guards Airborne Brigade into the 355th Guards Rifle Regiment.

On February 21, 1945, the 9th Guards Army, which included the 106th Guards Rifle Division, was introduced into the active army. On February 26, the division concentrated east of Budapest. In March 1945, the formation received the task of reaching the initial positions for the offensive in the Budakeszi-Pat-Bichke area. March 13 - offensive planning and reconnaissance in force in the area of ​​\u200b\u200bthe village of Cakbereny west of Budapest.

On March 16, after a 60-minute preliminary artillery preparation, which began at 14:30, the guards went on the attack and by 16:00 captured the first trench, at 18:00 they broke into the second trench, and over the rest of the day they advanced 4-7 km, capturing the town of Chakberen, the forest area to the north and the settlement of Kapolnopusta. The offensive continued. By March 18, having crossed the Sharviz (?) and Gaya rivers, the formation captured the city of Mor by attacking all units. For breaking through the fortified defense line and capturing the city of Mor, all personnel received the gratitude of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief, and on April 26, 1945, the division was awarded its first order - the Order of Kutuzov, II degree. Since then, April 26 has been considered a division holiday.

On March 25, the division marched to the Bakonszentlaszlo - Fenyera area and on the morning of March 26 began bypassing the city of Papa from the north with the task of capturing the city in cooperation with other parts of the corps. For the military actions to capture the city of Papa, the entire personnel of the division received the gratitude of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief, and the Motherland saluted the winners on March 26.

On March 29, the division launched a decisive offensive and captured Reb-Cheleg, Nitzig, Arkahati, Ureygnui-falu, Chalad, Rebtsesemere, Rebsekafora, and by 16:00 of the same day reached the line Ivan, Felshemag, Paytoshkil, Porladone. On March 30, pursuing the enemy, the division crossed the Austro-Hungarian border. The 38th Guards Rifle Corps, which included the division, was withdrawn to the second echelon, since battles for Vienna were imminent and reserves were needed. On April 13, Soviet troops completely captured the city of Vienna, and the formation went on the offensive, and St. Pölten was taken on April 15, 1945. On this day, Moscow again saluted the winners. For the military actions, all personnel received gratitude; active participants in the battles for Vienna were awarded the medal “For the Capture of Vienna.” The 38th Guards Corps received the honorary name "Vienna", and the division was awarded a second order - the Order of the Red Banner.

On April 16, the division captured the city of Wilhelmsburg. Continuous fighting continued until April 25. By the end of this day, parts of the division were withdrawn from the battle and concentrated in full force on the outskirts of Vienna.

On May 5, the division was alerted and marched to the area of ​​Fribritz, Hindodorf, the forest southwest of Fribritz to the Austro-Czechoslovak border and relieved the 107th Infantry Division. Having come into contact with the enemy, on May 8 she crossed the border of Czechoslovakia and immediately captured the city of Znojmo. All personnel received the gratitude of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief, and the Motherland once again saluted the liberating soldiers.

On May 9, all units of the division continued combat operations to pursue the enemy in order to force him to capitulate. The division marched, pursuing the enemy, and in three days fought 80-90 km. At 12:00 on May 11, 1945, the advance detachment of the 355th Guards. rifle regiment and 211th Guards. artillery regiment reached the river. Vltava and 3.5 km northeast of the village of Oleshnya met with units of the 5th American Tank Army.

The Great Patriotic War ended for the soldiers of the formation. During the period of hostilities, the guards destroyed and captured 64 thousand enemy soldiers and officers, as well as 316 tanks and self-propelled guns, guns of various calibers - 971, vehicles - 6,371, railway cars - 3,600, aircraft - 29, a large number of military warehouses technology. About 6,100 km were covered with fighting.

In total, 7,401 people in the division were awarded government awards during combat operations. It should be added that many of the recipients had two or three awards, and three paratroopers of the formation were awarded the high title of Hero of the Soviet Union for courage and heroism - Guard Sergeant Major N. S. Rybakov (posthumously), Guard Junior Lieutenant V. T. Polyakov, Guard senior lieutenant Selishchev V.P. (posthumously).

By the spring of 1946, units of the 106th Guards Rifle Division in full force redeployed to the USSR and began planned combat training under the Airborne Forces program.

Based on Resolution of the Council of Ministers of the USSR No. 1154474ss of June 3, 1946 and the directive of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the USSR No. org/2/247225 of June 7, 1946, by June 15, 1946, the 106th Guards Rifle Red Banner Order of Kutuzov division was reorganized into 106th Guards Airborne Red Banner Order of Kutuzov Division.

Since July 1946, the division was stationed in Tula and was part of the 38th Guards Airborne Vienna Corps (corps headquarters - Tula). On December 3, 1947, the division was awarded the Guards Battle Banner.

Based on the directives of the General Staff of September 3, 1948 and January 21, 1949, the 106th Guards Airborne Red Banner Order of Kutuzov Division as part of the 38th Guards Airborne Vienna Corps became part of the Airborne Army. In April 1953, the Airborne Army was disbanded.

Based on the directive of the General Staff of January 21, 1955, by April 25, 1955, the 106th Guards Airborne Division withdrew from the 38th Guards Airborne Vienna Corps, which was disbanded in 1956, the division became directly subordinate to the commander of the Airborne Forces and switched to a new staff of three regiments with a staffed battalion in each parachute regiment. From the disbanded 11th Guards Airborne Division, the 137th Guards Parachute Regiment (deployment point - the city of Ryazan) was transferred to the 106th Guards Airborne Division.

The personnel of the 351st Guards Parachute Regiment participated in military parades on Red Square in Moscow, took part in large exercises of the Ministry of Defense and in 1955 landed near the city of Kutaisi (Transcaucasian Military District).

In 1957, the 351st conducted demonstration airborne exercises for military delegations from Yugoslavia and India.

Based on the directives of the USSR Minister of Defense dated March 18, 1960 and the Commander-in-Chief of the Ground Forces dated June 7, 1960, the 351st Guards Airborne Vienna Red Banner Division was transferred from the 106th Guards Airborne Red Banner Order of Kutuzov Division to the 105th Guards Airborne Red Banner Order of Kutuzov Division. 1st Guards Parachute Regiment (city of Efremov, Tula region); The 105th Guards Airborne Division (without the 331st Guards Parachute Regiment) was redeployed to the Turkestan Military District in the city of Fergana, Uzbek SSR.

In 1960, the 331st Guards Parachute Regiment (withdrawn from the 105th Guards Airborne Division) became part of the 106th Guards Airborne Division. In 1993, this regiment was transferred to the 98th Guards Airborne Division.

In connection with the outbreak of the armed conflict between the People's Republic of China and Vietnam on March 9, 1979, the 137th airborne division of the 106th Guards Airborne Division was transferred to Transbaikalia. After the active withdrawal of Chinese troops from Vietnam began, a decision was made to conduct regimental live-fire exercises. They were supposed to take place on the territory of the Mongolian People's Republic (MPR), 200 km south of the administrative center of Arvaikheer (in Russian, Arbai-Khere) in the area of ​​the Mongolian-Chinese border. On March 24, troops were dropped from two aircraft: the first with three infantry fighting vehicles (all crashed), the second with people (regiment commander Major V.M. Toporov, part of the regiment control, battalion commanders, company commanders, driver mechanics, reconnaissance company officers). There was a strong wind near the ground (up to 40 m/s), and as a result of the drop, 3 people died (Corporal Bessoltsev V.E., mechanic driver of the 3rd platoon and Corporal Saidov T.O. mechanic driver of the 2nd platoon of the 7th PDR, and Corporal Pugach A. A. senior mechanic driver of the 1st platoon of the 8th PDR), many received serious injuries and fractures of varying severity. About 50 people were hospitalized. After landing from the first two planes, the exercise was canceled.

On April 23, 2000, Chechen militants under the command of Abu Jafar and Abu al-Walid staged a fire near the village of Serzhen-Yurt.

From mid-December 1992 to April 2005, the 106th Guards Airborne Division included the 119th Guards Parachute Regiment, which was rightfully one of the best regiments of the division. During the period it was part of the division, the 119th Guards Reconnaissance Division performed the most important and complex tasks, being considered one of the most combat-ready units not only of the division, but of all airborne troops. From 1993 to 1999, seventeen guardsmen of the regiment were awarded the title of Hero of Russia.

On August 13, 2015, by decree of the President of the Russian Federation, the division was given the honorary name “Tula”.

106th Guards Rifle Red Banner Order of Kutuzov Division in the Active Army from 02/21/1945 to 05/11/1945

Three front-line paratroopers were awarded the Star of the Hero of the Soviet Union. Five servicemen of the division were awarded the title