51st Parachute Regiment. Tula paratroopers: Nobody but us! About combat use

The airborne troops are represented by regiments, separate brigades and four divisions. The locations of military formations are Pskov, Ivanovo, Novorossiysk and Tula.

The 51st Airborne Regiment (military unit 33842) is one of the military formations of the 106th Guards Airborne Division. The military unit is geographically located in Tula and is part of the most trained military formations.

History of formation

This military unit of the airborne troops dates back to January 1944. It was then that in the city of Stupino the 4, 7 and 17 airborne brigades were united into a single 16th airborne division.

A little later - in the second half of December 1944 - the command decided to reorganize it into the 106th Guards Rifle Division, which gave rise to the famous Tula Division.

At the beginning of 1945, the unit redeployed to Budapest to take part in large-scale offensives of the Red Army. His fighters helped in the liberation of many cities and, in particular, Vienna. The end of the war for the paratroopers was May 11, 1945. It was on this day that a meeting took place with the allied forces on the Vltava River.

Post-war period

In the spring of 1946, the airborne units that were part of the division returned to the USSR. The place of registration was the city of Tula. In the summer, the military unit was reorganized, and it became the 106th Guards Airborne Division. In December of the following year, the unit received the Guards Banner.

The 106th Airborne Division was created on the basis of three separate brigades, the 4th ODVBr was renamed the 347th Guards Rifle Regiment. On September 28, 1948, by decision of the Council of Ministers of the USSR, the 51st Guards Parachute Regiment was created on the basis of the third battalion of the 347th Guards Rifle Regiment. Military unit 33842 is still located on the territory of Tula. The Guards banner was received in March 1949.

For the next two decades, the division was regularly involved in almost all large-scale exercises of the USSR Airborne Forces. An experimental air assault brigade was formed on the basis of the 51st parachute regiment. Based on the results of field exercises, the regiment in 1974 and 1982 received the Ministry of Defense pennant “For Military Valor” as a reward.

Important! It is the 51st Airborne Regiment that is carrying out landings with heavy BMD-1 equipment for the first time.

Hot Spots

The 51st airborne regiment as part of the 106th Guards Airborne Division took direct part in various military operations from 1980 to 1990.

• 1988 Restoration of constitutional order in the republics of Transcaucasia. Military resolution of the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh between the peoples of Azerbaijan and Armenia.
• 1989 Suppression of nationalist opposition in Tbilisi (Georgia).
• 1990 Resolution of the armed conflict on the territory of Fergana. In the history of the USSR, the event is known as the Osh massacre.
• January 1990. Suppression of the Azerbaijani opposition in Baku.
• June 1990. Resolution of the Uzbek-Kyrgyz conflict.
• August 1991. The paratroopers of the 51st regiment, at that time under the command of Alexander Lebed, guarded the building of the Supreme Council of the RSFSR and Boris Yeltsin personally.
• 1992 They took a military part in the settlement of the Ossetian-Ingush conflict. Then the regiment remained on the territory of Beslan for another month as peacekeepers.
• 1992 Operation in Kabul - evacuation of diplomats and their families. For his participation, the title of Hero of Russia was awarded to senior sergeant of the 51st parachute regiment Sergei Arefiev.

The combined detachment of the 106th Airborne Division participated as part of the UN peacekeeping forces in operations to resolve the conflict between the Serbs and Croats

Chechen wars

The first Chechen war for Tula paratroopers began on November 27, 1994. The fighters fought fierce battles until April of the following year. The 51st airborne unit began to take part in the Second Chechen Company in 1999 and continued the battle until 2003 (until the regiment was united).

Naming of the name of St. Dmitry Donskoy

Since February 2008, the 51st regiment of airborne troops bears the title named after Dmitry Donskoy. The personal decree was signed by President Vladimir Putin. The regiment was awarded such a high honor for its steadfastness, courage, massive courage and heroism in defending the interests of Russia during the period of participation in armed conflicts.

The merits of military paratroopers in peacetime were also taken into account. Additionally, as an encouragement, the fighters’ uniforms were supplemented with regimental chevrons, which is extremely rare for wax compounds of this type.

Change of commander

In May 2003, the 51st Guards Parachute Regiment said goodbye to its guard commander, Colonel Andrei Vasiliev. By decree of the Russian Ministry of Defense, he was transferred to a higher position, becoming deputy head of the Ryazan Higher Airborne Command School named after V.F. Margelov. Vasiliev was replaced by Guard Colonel Dmitry Bondarev.

Helpful information

The 51st regiment does not have an official website. Address: military unit 33842, Tula, st. Komsomolskaya, 190. On the envelope it is necessary to indicate the unit (company number) and full name, patronymic and surname.

Important! You are allowed to visit a serviceman on weekends and holidays, as well as when he is not on duty.

Soldiers take the oath in the city of Tula at the address: st. Komsomolskaya, 190. Letters and parcels can be sent to the following addresses (depending on where the conscript is serving):

• 300020, military unit 33842, Tula, st. Komsomolskaya, 190 (company number and full name of the serviceman must be indicated);
• 301113, military unit 33842, Tula region, Leninsky district, p/o Slobodka (required unit number, full name).

The 51st Airborne Regiment is located in military unit 33842

What to put in the parcel

In addition to products - nuts, dried fruits, sweets, cookies, waffle cake, etc. – you must put:

• disposable razors (two to three pieces);
• cream for shaving and subsequent skin care (to avoid irritation);
• brush;
• toothpaste;
• cheap toilet soap (better than Russian production);
• nail clipper (folding nippers so you can quickly cut your nails or remove a hangnail);
• white cotton fabric for hemming collars;
• threads of white, black, protective green shade;
• strong needles with a large, medium-sized eye;
• black polish and a brush for cleaning boots.

Let the parcels be small - two to three kilograms, but it is advisable to send them more often.

What comes to the average person’s mind if you ask him about the Airborne Forces? For some, drunk guys in the fountain of the Central Park of Culture and Culture; some people have bricks and bottles breaking on their heads; someone probably heard the motto of the paratroopers “Nobody but us!”; someone will remember the armed conflicts of recent history - Afghanistan, both Chechen wars; some even know that the Airborne Forces are Uncle Vasya’s Troops, meaning Vasily Filippovich Margelov. Frankly speaking, the average person doesn’t know much about the Airborne Forces. Armed with this ignorance, I went on a press tour to the 51st Airborne Division of the 106th Airborne Division (51st Parachute Regiment of the 106th Airborne Division).

At the beginning, an excursion to the training ground named after. 40 years of the Airborne Forces. A training ground is just that – a training ground - lots of space and silence.

Quiet for the time being. While the tapes are being loaded into machine guns.

And the soldiers are forming.

Now let's go...

Also a reminder for credibility.

And the commander flogs. Everything hurts.

But that’s the job: don’t take your eyes off young people. But in general, paratroopers are smiling and sociable people. And very hospitable.

It's not May outside,

but the frost-covered Kalashes work properly.

Then we drank tea, chewed bread and lard and headed to the location of the 51st Parachute Regiment.
And there - well, you have to! - no wild screams or bricks breaking on heads. The educational process is in full swing. The young recruit (autumn conscription 2011) is preparing for its first jump.

Parachutes aren't real yet. Layouts. That is, they were once real, but have now been written off. Just right for ground training.

They equip themselves in pairs to check and insure each other. And tightening the straps on yourself is not as comfortable and pleasant as on someone else. For some pull-ups, you have to rest your partner's knee on the stomach. True, there is a reserve parachute hanging on the stomach.

Already at the beginning of next year, after the January holidays, in this way these guys will have to leave a real plane, and not a training simulator.

And the commander flogs. Everything hurts!

Nowadays only paratroopers have parachute towers. And before there were several of them in Moscow, for everyone.

Having seen enough of the training sessions, we go on a tour of the unit: a club with a museum, barracks and, of course, a dining room! At the club we get acquainted with the small arms of paratroopers and new ammunition.

The barracks are generally traditional. Orderly.

The bunks are two-tiered. But with new mattresses. Orthopedic. It's no different on coconut flakes.

Everything is ready for winter again. Whatever you say, in our winter it’s better not to go without felt boots.

And at the end - lunch!

Now the Armed Forces have only civilian service personnel. A soldier has no time to stand in the kitchen. The paratroopers only have physical exercise for 5 hours every day.

They feed not only well, but like food for slaughter.

It was on such a tasty note that the press tour to the 51st Airborne Division of the 106th Airborne Division ended. Although there is a lot more that can be said about the paratroopers. But maybe some other time.
And in the regiment museum they found such a magnificent portrait of Vasily Filippovich Margelov. What an eagle!

Instead of a postscript, a few words about bloggers.
The blogger is as curious as a young raccoon. So a paratrooper says to a blogger: what, blogger, shall we shoot? But of course! Will you use a pistol? Certainly! And from a machine gun? Of course! And with a machine gun too? Naturally! And he won’t be too lazy to put on a bulletproof vest and a helmet.

And let's fire!

What if you, blogger, climb onto a parachute simulator? Oh, I always dreamed of it!

Well, how about refreshment after such exercises? It is high time!

So we had fun all the way.

Since July 10, over 200 parents have contacted the “Committee of Soldiers’ Mothers of Russia” and the NGO “For Human Rights”. Among them are the fathers and mothers of Tula conscripts.

According to worried relatives, their children are forcibly sent to serve in “hot spots” in the south-east of Ukraine. The parents sent an official request to the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Sergei Shoigu. They never received an answer, writes ECHO of Moscow.

Here are some of the letters that were received by the ministry and the NGO “For Human Rights”: (spelling and punctuation of the authors have been preserved)

"Ponomarev L.A.,
To the head of a public organization
"For Human Rights"
From a soldier's father
Titov Sergei Viktorovich

Statement

Our son and brother Nikita Sergeevich Titov is a soldier of the 106th division of the 51st regiment in the city of Tula. He was drafted into the army on November 25, 2013 from Moscow. As we learned, on August 24, he, as part of a company of the 51st regiment, arrived on the territory of Ukraine and advanced approximately 70 km from the border towards Donetsk and participated in military operations near the village of Ekaterinivka. Our guys are URGENT! They were repeatedly forced to sign reports on voluntary border crossing without specifying a date and other documents.
On September 4, 2014, they got in touch and reported that they were already on Russian territory, namely Matveev Kurgan. They also reported that they were thrown into the territory of Ukraine. In their company there is one shell-shocked person who is currently in a hospital near Krasnogorsk. We know that there are dead. We sent our son to defend the Fatherland.
BUT THERE IS NO WAR BETWEEN RUSSIA AND UKRAINE OFFICIALLY.
BRING OUR SONS BACK.

We do not want our son to be considered an occupier, although he had to shoot at people and see the corpses of soldiers, which causes him moral and psychological trauma.

I ask you to facilitate the speedy return of our son and his colleagues, who are being forced to go to war, to the territory of military unit 33842 in Tula. The leadership of the military unit does not provide any information about the location and timing of their return to the unit. The official version is an exercise.
TAKE ACTION.
09/12/2014"

To a public organization
"For Human Rights"
From the mother of a conscript
Shelukhin Alexey Mikhailovich
Kamaletdinova Adele Abdulbarovna

Statement

My son, Alexey Mikhailovich Shelukhin, born in 1995, was drafted into the army on November 25, 2013 and is serving in military unit 33842 Tula (106th division, 51st regiment, 5th reconnaissance company). From August 19 to September 4, 2014, they (he and his colleagues) were not in touch. On 09/04/2014, my son called me on my cell phone, and during the conversation it turned out that all this time they were and took part in military operations on the territory of Ukraine (one of the listed settlements is Ekaterinivka, Lugansk region, but they were also named other settlements). One of the soldiers, Alexey Korneev, is currently in a hospital near Krasnogorsk Moscow Region, having previously spent several days in a hospital in Rostov-on-Don.

According to reports from our children, they may be sent back to the territory of Ukraine. They force you to write a report about crossing the border WITHOUT A DATE!

Text of the message: “Dear Sergei Kuzhugetovich! Our children, conscripts from military unit 33842 in Tula, 106th division, 51st regiment, 5th company (reconnaissance unit) were sent to the Rostov region. and from August 19 to September 4, 2014, they were not in touch. On 09/04/2014, our sons called back and reported that they took part in military operations on the territory of Ukraine.

Their most serious battle was near Ekaterinivka, but other settlements were also named.

We know for sure that one of their company, Alexey Korneev, is currently in a hospital near Krasnogorsk with a shell shock.

Now they have again been forced, as before, to write reports about voluntarily crossing the border with Ukraine, without specifying a date. They had already fought, they had to shoot at people and step over corpses. We cannot reach the command of the unit; they answer us: “they are on training exercises.” At the moment (09/05/2014) they should again be transferred to the territory of Ukraine. THEY ARE URGENTS! We, as they say, have enough contract soldiers and volunteers not to send our conscript children there! HELP!!! STOP SENDING OUR CHILDREN TO WAR!!! BRING OUR CHILDREN BACK! Mother of serviceman Nikolai Titov / Natalya Nikolaevna Titova. Mother of serviceman Alexei Shelukhin/ Kamaletdinova Adela Abdulbarovna"

Parents of Tula paratroopers: “Our children are fighting in Ukraine.”

Let us note that information about paratroopers who died “during exercises” while serving in Tula appeared more than once. Thus, 22-year-old Artem Yakovlev from the city of Poltavka, near Omsk, served in the 106th Guards Airborne Division in the city of Tula.

In August 2014, he went to the border with Ukraine, in the Rostov region, writes a user with the nickname avmalgin in Zh. Zh. His unit crossed the border around August 10-11 - that’s when the Tula paratroopers ended up in the Lugansk region... He disappeared on August 18. It is not known exactly how and when the guy was returned to his parents. Only the date of the funeral is known - September 4. According to the official version, Artem Yakovlev died during an exercise near the border with Ukraine.

A Myslo correspondent contacted the girl whose comment was listed in LiveJournal - Elena. This is what she replied:

We were unable to find out anything from the authorities. The Tula 106th Airborne Forces refuse to comment, and an official request to the Russian Airborne Forces, sent back on August 28, was never answered.

REMINDER

At the beginning of September, the Tula Airborne Forces assured that their soldiers were neither in Ukraine nor near it.

Alexey Sidorov, a resident of Cheboksary, after reading an article on the Novaya Gazeta website - “There is no other job” about the death of contract soldier Anton Tumanov, conducted his own investigation and went to the homeland of the deceased - Kozmodemyansk. He recorded everything that happened on video.

History of the 51st Guards Parachute Regiment

On the territory of military unit 33842, which is located in the city of Tula, the village of Gorelki, today the 51st Guards Parachute Landing Red Banner Order of Suvorov III Class Regiment named after Dmitry Donskoy, which is part of the 106th Guards Airborne Division, is stationed. Units of the 106th Airborne Division are located today in addition to Tula in Ryazan and Narofominsk. This airborne division is one of the oldest in the country; back in January 1944, the 16th Airborne Division was formed on the basis of the 4th, 7th and 17th separate airborne brigades in the city of Stupino; on December 18, 1944, the 106th Guards Rifle Division was formed on its basis.

It is from her that the legendary Airborne Division in Tula takes its roots.

In February 1945, this military unit was transferred to Budapest, where personnel took part in the offensive operations of the Great Patriotic War. During the fighting, the soldiers and officers of the division, as well as the soldiers of some other airborne units, showed their best side - the forces of the unit captured the cities of Mor, Papa, Reb-Chelich, Arkahati, Rebtsesemere and others. As a result of the operation, during which Soviet troops occupied the city of Mor, the 106th division was awarded the Order of Suvorov, III degree, and for the capture of Papa, all personnel received gratitude from the Supreme High Command. The 106th Airborne Division took the most effective part in the capture of Vienna, for which it also received gratitude. The Second World War for paratroopers ended on May 11, 1945, when on the river. Vlatva held a meeting with Allied troops.

As a result of the Second World War, 7,401 soldiers were awarded various government awards, and three servicemen of the unit were awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union - this is Sergeant Major N.S. Rybakov, senior lieutenant V.P. Selishchev (both posthumously) and V.T. Polyakov. Lieutenant Vasily Polyakov earned a hero's star as part of the Sandomierz-Silesian operation when, while holding a captured bridgehead behind enemy lines, he completely destroyed one enemy tank and knocked out two. Modern fighters of the Airborne Forces unit in Tula had such glorious predecessors.

Tula paratroopers in the post-war period

In the spring of 1946, all airborne units included in the division were transferred to the territory of the USSR in Tula, and in the summer of the same year the unit was reorganized into the 106th Guards Airborne Red Banner Order of Kutuzov Division, by that time already fully functioning within the framework of the Airborne Forces program. In December 1947, the 106th Guards Airborne Division was awarded the Guards Banner.

As already mentioned, it was formed on the basis of three separate brigades; the 4th ODVBr was then renamed the 347th Guards Rifle Regiment. By decree of the Council of Ministers of the USSR, the 51st Guards RPD was formed on the basis of the 3rd battalion of this regiment, this happened in September 1948. September 28th and today is the day of military unit 33842 in Tula. The Guards banner was awarded to the regiment in March 1949.

Over the next two decades, the 106th Division took part in most major airborne exercises. As part of the Dnepr-67 exercises, the first experimental air assault brigade was created on the basis of units of the 51st RPD, thus, the Tula paratroopers also took part in the creation of a new powerful military force of the USSR - the DSB.

Based on the results of field exercises, the parachute regiment was awarded the pennant of the Minister of Defense “For Military Valor” twice - in 1974 and 1982. The serial production of the BMD-1 airborne combat vehicle, which began in 1968, became a new milestone in the development of the Airborne Forces. Finally, troops could parachute along with heavy equipment. For the first time, work with the BMD-1 was carried out precisely at the base of the 51st traffic control point in Tula.

Units of the 106th Guards Airborne Division in hot spots of the 80s-90s

Since 1988, units of the 106th Guards Airborne Division participated in operations to restore constitutional order in the Transcaucasian republics, it all started with Nagorno-Karabakh, where at the end of November 1988 the confrontation between Azerbaijanis and Armenians escalated - the outbreak of military clashes and the genocide of civilians was then suppressed only by the introduction troops. The next year, 1989, is remembered by the soldiers of the 106th division primarily for the April events in Tbilisi, where they participated in the suppression of the nationalist opposition.

In 1990, Tula paratroopers took part in resolving the conflict in Fergana, known as the “Osh Massacre.” About 30 thousand people then took part in the Uzbek-Kyrgyz conflict. About 1,200 Kyrgyz and 10,000 Uzbeks died in June 1990, and only the intervention of the Soviet Airborne Forces prevented the clashes from escalating into large-scale hostilities. A little earlier, in January of the same year, soldiers of the 106th Airborne Division, along with soldiers of other airborne units, participated in the suppression of Azerbaijani opposition forces in Baku.

The operation to restore constitutional order began on the night of January 20. The then division commander, General Alexander Lebed, recalling the events of Black January, said that the landing plane of the Tula paratroopers was met by armed detachments of the local population, who barricaded the airfield. True, the fighters of the airborne forces from Tula in blue berets quite quickly solved the problem - a very entertaining story about this can be read in the memoirs of the now deceased A. Lebed.

In Baku itself, the resistance was much more serious; suffice it to say that from the beginning of the conflict until February 11, about 50 Soviet soldiers died there, and the extremist losses amounted to 140 people. The movement of column 106 of the Airborne Division was accompanied, according to the testimony of the same A. Lebed, by a continuous barrage of fire. In general, there are still debates about the advisability of those operations in the Transcaucasus, in Baku, for example, in addition to the separatists, many civilians died, but the Russian paratroopers first of all carried out the orders of the command, and did it honestly and selflessly, as the landing party says, no one but us .

The famous events of August 1991 did not bypass the fighters of the Tula Airborne Division, which is not surprising, given, perhaps, the excessive politicization of the then division commander. Paratroopers of the Guards 106th Airborne Division under the command of A. Lebed were responsible for protecting the building of the Supreme Council of the RSFSR (“White House”) and the safety of B.N. personally. Yeltsin, being in close proximity to the latter at the time of the famous attack from the tank turret.

In 1992, the Ossetian-Ingush conflict occurred, from October 31 to November 1, 1992, units of the 106th Airborne Division were put on alert, and a consolidated regiment was formed in Ryazan and transported to Beslan. The forces of the Russian landing force stopped the armed confrontation by November 4, but for another month, fighters of the Airborne Forces from Tula were on the territory of Ossetia on a peacekeeping mission.

In the same year, a group of Russian paratroopers from the Tula 51st parachute regiment, consisting of 27 people, carried out an unprecedented operation in Kabul. The paratroopers were tasked with evacuating the personnel of the Russian Embassy and foreign diplomatic missions from the capital of Afghanistan. On August 28, 1992, under massive shelling, our soldiers managed to organize the boarding of transport planes and the evacuation of diplomats and their families.

After this, for another day, 27 Russian paratroopers successfully repulsed attacks by significantly superior Mujahideen forces - only the next day they were rescued from there. This was one of the first military operations, the participants of which were awarded the title “Hero of Russia” - pilots E.A. Zelenov and A.S. Kopyrkin, as well as senior sergeant 51 PDP 106 VD S.A. Arefiev.

During the evacuation, one of the planes with passengers caught fire, soldiers of the Tula Airborne Forces evacuated people from the burning plane onto the spare plane. However, during the process of removing passengers, the company commander, senior lieutenant I. Matvienko, was wounded by shrapnel, lost consciousness and remained on the plane. Sergei Arefiev, without hesitation, jumped into the burning car, by some miracle he found the commander in the smoke and carried him out. For this feat, the senior sergeant of the airborne troops was awarded the title “Hero of Russia” by presidential decree of January 15, 1993.

It is impossible not to mention that the combined detachment of the 106th Airborne Division, as part of the UN peacekeeping forces, took part in the peacekeeping operation to resolve the Serbian-Croatian conflict. This was the first military contingent of the Russian armed forces within the UN.

51st Airborne Regiment in the Chechen Wars

Tula paratroopers entered the First Chechen War on November 27, 1994 and fought fierce battles with the separatists until April 1995. As part of the 51st PDP of the 106th Airborne Division, the service was led by Captain Sergei Gromov, a counterintelligence officer and FSB officer who worked in the division. According to the testimony of his colleagues, Gromov was one of the most skillful and courageous officers in our group of troops in Chechnya.

On February 5, 1995, the command planned an operation to capture the bridgehead with the forces of the 51st RPD detachment; during this operation, the captain was killed by a sniper shot. S.S. Gromov was posthumously awarded the title “Hero of Russia” for the courage and courage shown during the hostilities, this happened on February 27 of the same year.

The Second Chechen War began for 51 RPD in 1999 and until 2003, the regiment's formations participated in the counter-terrorist operation. In September 1999, personnel arrived at the border of Chechnya and Dagestan, in the conflict zone, among the landing party was the deputy platoon commander, senior sergeant Denis Zuev, at the personal request of a soldier of the 51st regiment of the 106th Airborne Division, he was included in the reconnaissance platoon that advanced to the village of Novogroznenskoye on the morning of November 28. The group was discovered and pinned to the ground by heavy fire from the bandits.

Denis Zuev crawled around the enemy firing points from the flank and, with the help of two grenades, destroyed a machine-gun firing point. Then, breaking into a strong point, he destroyed several more militants, captured a machine gun and opened fire on the enemy. The paratrooper did it all on his own; the confusion and panic of the separatists allowed the reconnaissance platoon to withdraw without losses. However, the senior sergeant of the airborne troops who remained on enemy territory was shot at point-blank range by the militants who came to their senses.

In 2000, Guard Sergeant D.S. Zuev was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of Russia. Today, a monument to the hero is erected on the territory of military unit 33842. His feat will forever remain not only in the hearts and memory of all those who wear the blue beret - Russian paratroopers, but also in the hearts and memory of all Russian citizens.

On April 23, 2000, 3 kilometers southeast of the village of Serzhen-Yurt, an attack occurred on a convoy of the 51st Airborne Regiment returning to the base with a cargo of fuel and lubricants. A large group of militants led by Arab mercenaries Abu Jafar and Abu al-Walid attacked the paratroopers; during the battle, the regiment suffered significant losses - 16 people - however, despite careful preparation of the ambush, the attack of the bandits was repulsed and they were forced to retreat.

The result of the two-hour battle could have been much more disastrous if not for the actions of senior lieutenant of the Airborne Forces Dmitry Pilyugin, who skillfully and selflessly fought and coordinated the actions of his subordinates. The guard lieutenant was posthumously awarded the Order of Courage - one of the main military awards of the Russian Federation.

In general, the personnel of the 106th Guards Airborne Division showed their best side during the campaign - almost every soldier received a government award, 10 paratroopers were awarded the title Hero of Russia.

51st regiment of Tula paratroopers in peacetime

Since February 2006, the 51st regiment of the 106th Airborne Division, in accordance with the personal decree of the President of the Russian Federation V. Putin, bears the honorary title “Name of Dmitry Donskoy”. In a statement, the presidential press service said that this is an award for massive “heroism and courage, fortitude and courage shown by the regiment’s personnel in combat operations to defend the Fatherland and state interests in armed conflicts, and taking into account its merits in peacetime.” Also in the new millennium, regimental chevrons were officially introduced, which is very rare for military formations of this size.

During the 2008 Airborne Forces reform, the 106th Guards Airborne Division was on the verge of disbandment, but the command came to its senses in time and everything remained in place. Today, the Tula Airborne Forces military unit is one of the most exemplary and well-equipped, so everyone who wants to serve in the airborne forces should strive to join the Airborne Division in Tula.

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The basis for this banner was the unofficial flag of the Airborne Forces, the so-called “demobilization” - with a white dome near the parachute and a red star in the center. This basis was not chosen by chance - in the upper right corner of the flag you can see the inscription “DMB 06/29/12”.

If you or someone close and dear to you served in the paratroopers, wore a blue beret and “went on demobilization” in June 2012, then such a flag will not only be a great gift for February 23 or Airborne Forces Day, but also a memory for a lifetime . In the upper left corner is the name of the airborne landing unit. The entire Lower part is occupied by the famous motto of the airborne troops - “Nobody but us. For the airborne forces!" - all Russian paratroopers will appreciate such a gift.