119th Guards order of Aleksandr Nevskiy Parachute Regiment

119-й гвардейский парашютно-десантный ордена Александра Невского полк

Military Unit: 10075; from 8.93: 59236

Activated 1.10.48 in Polotsk, Vitebsk Oblast, as the 119th Guards Air-Landing Regiment, from parts of the 322nd Guards Air-Landing Regiment.

18.2.49 converted and renamed 119th Guards Parachute Regiment.

Disbanded 16.7.05.

Operations:

• 21.8.68 landed in the Prague area (Vodochny airport), Czechoslovakia

• 22.11.88 to 25.5.89 deployed to Baku for peacekeeping duties in the Azerbaizhan SSR.

Bases:

• Polotsk, Vitebsk Oblast, 1.10.48 - 14.10.48

• Mariampole, Lithuanian SSR, 14.10.48 - 8.93 [known as Kapsukas, 1955 to 1986] [54 32 28N, 23 20 26E]

• Naro-Fominsk, Moscow Oblast, 8.93 - 7.05 [55 25 08N, 36 42 51E]

Equipment:

• 19.11.90: 40 BMD-2, 70 BMD-1, 32 BTR-D, 18 2s9 Nona, 6 BTR-RD, 13 BTR-3D, 8 BMD-1KSh, 10 1V119 [CFE treaty data exchange]

• 1.1.2000: 31 BMD-3, 71 BMD-2, 33 BTR-D, 18 2s9 Nona, 13 BTR-3D, 6 BTR-RD, 7 BMD-1KSh, 1 BMD-1R, 7 1V119 and 1602 men [CFE treaty data exchange]

Subordination:

• 7th Guards Airborne Division, 10.48 - 8.93

• 106th Guards Airborne Division, 8.93 - 7.05