23rd independent Landing-Assault Brigade

23-я отдельная десантно-штурмовая бригада

Military Unit: 51170

Activated 25.9.86 in Kremenchug, Poltava Oblast.

Organisation 1986:

• 1st Airborne Battalion (foot)
• 2nd Airborne Battalion (foot)
• 3rd Airborne Battalion (foot)
• 4th Landing Assault Battalion (vehicle)
• Artillery Battalion
• Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion

1.6.90 transferred to the VDV, and renamed 23rd indpendent Airborne Brigade.

Organisation 1990:

• 1st Airborne Battalion (foot)
• 2nd Airborne Battalion (foot)
• 3rd Airborne Battalion (foot)
• Artillery Battalion
• Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battery

1.92 taken over by Ukraine.

Headquarters:

• Kremenchug, Poltava Oblast, 9.86 - 1.92

Subordination:

• Southwestern TVD, 9.86 - 1.6.90
• HQ VDV, 1.6.90 - 1994

Brigade coordinates:

• Kremenchug barracks [US designation: Kremenchug Army Barracks Lenina AL 2]: 49 05 48N, 33 25 42E