285th Training Parachute Regiment

285-й учебный парашютно-десантный полк

Military Unit: 74993; from 8.93: 63365

Activated 16.11.61 in Gayzhunay, Lithuanian SSR.

Disbanded 30.11.2009.

Bases:

• Gayzhunay, Lithuanian SSR, 11.61 - 10.9.64 [55 03 14N, 24 22 54E]

• Kaunas, Lithuanian SSR, 10.9.64 - 6.75 [54 51 36N, 23 57 42E]

• Gayzhunay, Lithuanian SSR, 6.75 - 30.8.93 [55 03 14N, 24 22 54E]

• Omsk, Omsk Oblast, 8.93 - 30.11.09 [54 53 14N, 73 29 52E]

Equipment:

• 19.11.90: 28 BMD-2, 62 BMD-1, 10 BTR-D [CFE treaty data exchange]

Subordination:

• 44th Training Airborne Division, 11.61 - 12.87

• 242nd Training Center for Airborne Forces, 1.12.87 - 30.11.09