56th Guards Air Assault Regiment

56th Guards Air Assault Regiment
(Dec 2021 – present)

56th Guards Air Assault Brigade
(Oct 1979 – Dec 2021)

351st Guards Airborne Regiment
(Jan 1949 – Oct 1979)

351st Guards Air Landing Regiment
(Jun 1946 – Jan 1949)

351st Guards Rifle Regiment
(Dec 1944 – Jun 1946)

7th Guards Airborne Brigade
(1943 – Dec 1944)
56th Guards Air Assault Regiment; (Dec 2021 – present); 56th Guards Air Assault Brigade; (Oct 1979 – Dec 2021); 351st Guards Airborne Regiment; (Jan 1949 – Oct 1979) 351st Guards Air Landing Regiment; (Jun 1946 – Jan 1949); 351st Guards Rifle Regiment; (Dec 1944 – Jun 1946); 7th Guards Airborne Brigade; (1943 – Dec 1944)
Russian: 56-й гвардейский десантно-штурмовой полк
Active	1943–present
Country	Soviet Union (1943–1991) ; Russia
Branch	Airborne Troops
Type	Airborne forces
Size	Brigade
Garrison/HQ	Feodosia, Crimea, Ukraine
Engagements	World War II Battle of the Dnieper; Vienna Offensive; Soviet–Afghan War; First Chechen War; Second Chechen War; Russo-Ukrainian War
Decorations	Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class
Battle honours	Don Cossack
Commanders
Notable; commanders	Vitaly Raevsky

The 56th Guards Air Assault Regiment is an airborne regiment of the Russian Airborne Troops (VDV). Based at Feodosia in Crimea, the regiment is part of the 7th Guards Mountain Air Assault Division. It was formed in 2021 from the 56th Guards Airborne Brigade, based at Kamyshin. The brigade was first formed in 1979 and fought in the Soviet–Afghan War, the First Chechen War and the Second Chechen War.

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