345th Guards Red Banner order of Suvorov Parachute Regiment im. 70th Anniversary Leninskiy Komsomol
345-й гвардейский парашютно-десантный Краснознаменный ордена Суворова полк им. 70-летия Ленинского комсомола
Military Unit: 00000; from 12.79: 53701; from 2.89: 63368
Activated 7.6.46 in Kostroma, Kostroma Oblast, from the 345th Guards Rifle Regiment, as the 345th Guards Air Landing Regiment.
1.49 renamed 345th Guards Parachute Regiment.
10.9.56 deployed to the Semipalatinsk nuclear test area (2nd battalion), to test the effects and conditions just after a nuclear test, on the soldiers.
1.12.79 renamed 345th independent Guards Parachute Regiment.
7.80 awarded the Red Banner.
1988 named "70th Anniversary Leninskiy Komsomol".
2.89 renamed 345th Guards Parachute Regiment.
Disbanded 5.98.
Bases:
Kostroma, Kostroma Oblast, 6.46 - 6.60
Fergana, Fergana Oblast, 6.60 - 12.79 [40 23 11N, 71 45 20E]
Bagram, Afghanistan, 16.12.79 - 11.2.89 [34 57 20N, 69 16 43E]
Gyandzha (Kirovobad), Azerbaizhan SSR, 2.89 - 8.92 [40 43 09N, 46 21 54E]
Gudauta, Abkhazian ASSR, 8.92 - 5.98 [43 05 54N, 40 34 34E] - in 9.93 home base was changed to Novorossiysk, Krasnodar Kray
Equipment:
19.11.90: 31 BMD-2, 70 BMD-1, 28 BTR-D, 18 2s9 Nona, 6 BTR-RD, 8 BTR-3D, 8 BMD-1KSh, 10 1V119 [CFE treaty data exchange]
Subordination:
105th Guards Airborne Division, 6.46 - 12.79
40th Combined Arms Army, 12.79 - 2.89
104th Guards Airborne Division, 2.89 - 8.93
7th Guards Airborne Division, 8.93 - 5.98