97th Guards Parachute Regiment

97-й гвардейский парашютно-десантный полк

Military Unit: 10999; from 8.93: 65264

Activated 1.10.48 in Valga, Karelian ASSR, from parts of the 346th Guards Air Landing Regiment.

Disbanded 1.5.98.

Operations:

• 20.8.68 landed in the Prague area, Czechoslovakia

• 1988/1989 operations in the Transcaucasus Military District

• 1993 peacekeeping operations in Abkhaziya

• 1996 peacekeeping operations in Abkhaziya

• 1995/1996 parts in Czechnya

• from 1998 parts in Dagestan

Bases:

• Valga, Karelian SSR, 10.48 - 4.55

• Alitus, Lithuanian SSR, 1959 - 8.93 [54 22 48N, 24 03 11E]

• Novorossiysk, Krasnodar Kray, 8.93 - 1.5.98 [44 44 09N, 37 44 20E]

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]

Subordination:

• 21st Guards Airborne Division, 10.48 - 4.55

• 104th Guards Airborne Division, 4.55 - 1959

• 7th Guards Airborne Division, 1959 - 1.5.98