217th Guards order of Kutuzov Parachute Regiment
217-й гвардейский парашютно-десантный ордена Кутузова полк
Military Unit: 42246; from 5.93: 62295
Activated 1.10.48 in Galenki, Primorskiy Kray, from parts of the 296th Guards Air Landing Regiment.
22.2.68 awarded the order of Kutuzov.
Deployments:
23.3.88 - 29.3.88: Oktembryan, Armenian SSR
21.6.88 - 2.8.88: Stepanakert
21.9.88 - 16.11.88: Yerevan, Armenian SSR
24.5.89 - 25.8.89: Yerevan, Armenian SSR
3.10.89 - 18.10.89: Baku, Azerbaizhan SSR
16.1.90 - 16.3.90: Baku, Azerbaizhan SSR
On 18.10.89 the worst disaster in VDV history happened, when an Il-76MD crashed near Baku, killing 9 crew members and 48 paratroopers from the regiment.
Bases:
Galenki, Primorskiy Kray, 10.48 - 11.8.69 [44 02 00N, 131 45 27E] - transfer to Bolgrad began 25.7.69
Bolgrad, Odessa Oblast, 11.8.69 - 3.5.93 [45 41 57N, 28 36 30E] - transfer to Ivanovo began 23.4.93
Ivanovo, Ivanovo Oblast, 3.5.93 - today [57 00 07N, 40 55 11E]
Equipment:
19.11.90: 37 BMD-2, 64 BMD-1, 23 BTR-D, 18 2s9 Nona, 6 BTR-RD, 13 BTR-3D, 8 BMD-1KSh, 10 1V119 [CFE treaty data exchange]
1.1.2000: 109 BMD-1, 32 BTR-D, 18 2s9 Nona, 22 BTR-3D, 6 BTR-RD, 7 BMD-1KSh, 1 BMD-1R, 10 1V199 and 1555 men [CFE treaty data exchange]
Subordination:
13th Guards Airborne Division, 10.48 - 4.55
98th Guards Airborne Division, 4.55 - today