11th independent Landing-Assault Brigade
11-я отдельная десантно-штурмовая бригада
Military Unit: 21460, from 6.90: 32364
Activated 1.8.68 in Mogocha, Chita Oblast, as the 11th
independent Airborne Brigade:
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617th independent Airborne Battalion from the 1st battalion
of the 113th Guards Motorised Rifle Regiment
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211th Aviation Group from a squadron of the 696th
independent Helicopter Regiment
In 11.68 the 618th and 619th independent Airborne Battalions
were activated from two battalions of the 56th Motorised Rifle Division.
Organisation 1.69:
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617th independent Airborne Battalion (Mogocha, Chita Oblast)
- military unit: 21498
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618th independent Airborne Battalion (Mogocha, Chita Oblast)
- military unit: 21463
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619th independent Airborne Battalion (Amazar, Chita Oblast)
- military unit: 21400
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284th independent Artillery Battalion (Mogocha, Chita
Oblast) - attached from 11.68
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211th Aviation Group (Mogocha, Chita Oblast)
4.69 the independent Airborne Battalions were renamed
independent Landing-Assault Battalions.
7.71 the brigade was renamed 11th independent Landing-Assault
Brigade.
1.9.77 re-organised:
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211th Aviation Group was disbanded, and was divided into
307th and
329th independent
Helicopter Regiments
-
284th independent Artillery Battalion was disbanded, and was
replaced by two independent batteries (artillery and anti-aircraft
artillery)
1987 took part in a large landing exercise at Cape Schmidt, near
the Arctic seashore (68 53 55N, 179 20 35W].
In early 1988 both helicopter regiments were detached from the
brigade.
1.6.90 transferred to the VDV, and renamed 11th indpendent
Airborne Brigade.
Organisation 1996 (battalions were renumbered in 1996):
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498th independent Ariborne Battalion
-
499th independent Ariborne Battalion
-
500th independent Ariborne Battalion
The 500th independent Ariborne Battalion was disbanded in 2006.
Headquarters:
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Mogocha, Chita Oblast, 8.68 - 11.92
- one battalion at Amazar, Chita Oblast: 53 48 26N, 120 54 39E
-
Sosnovyy Bor, Buryatskaya ASSR, 11.92 - today
Subordination:
Brigade coordinates:
- Mogocha barracks [US designation: Mogocha Army Barracks AL 1]: 53 43
26N, 119 46 08E
- Sosnovyy Bor barracks: 51 50 43N, 107 52 50E