234th Guards order of Kutuzov Parachute Regiment

234-й гвардейский парашютно-десантный ордена Кутузова полк

Military Unit: 74268

Activated 7.6.46 in Novgorod, Novgorod Oblast, from the 234th Guards Rifle Regiment.

Initially known as an air landing regiment, but 18.2.49 converted to a parachute regiment.

Deployments:

• 12.89: Armenia

• 1999/2000: Chechnya

• 2003/2004: Chechnya

1996 renamed 234th Guards Chernomorskiy order of Kutuzov Parachute Regiment imeni Aleksandr Nevskiy.

2006 renamed 234th Guards Chernomorskiy order of Kutuzov Air-Landing Assault Regiment imeni Aleksandr Nevskiy.

Bases:

• Novgorod, Novgorod Oblast, 6.46 - 4.47

• Pskov, Pskov Oblast, 4.47 - today [57 48 00N, 28 17 59E]

Equipment:

• 19.11.90: 31 BMD-2, 70 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: 98 BMD-1, 32 BTR-D, 18 2s9 Nona, 13 BTR-3D, 6 BTR-RD, 5 BMD-1KSh, 1 BMD-1R, 1 SA-20, 8 1V119 and 1601 men [CFE treaty data exchange]

Subordination:

• 76th Guards Airborne Division, 6.46 - 2006

• 76th Guards Air Landing Assault Division, 2006 - today