83rd independent Landing-Assault Brigade
83-я отдельная десантно-штурмовая бригада
Military Unit: 15555; from 5.86: 54009; from 7.90: 71289
Activated 11.85 in Byalograd, Poland, as the 65th independent
Landing-Assault Battalion, from the 126th independent Guards Reconnaissance
Battalion.
5.86 to 11.86 enlarged, and renamed 83rd independent
Landing-Assault Brigade.
Organisation 1986:
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1st Airborne Battalion (foot)
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2nd Airborne Battalion (foot)
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3rd Landing Assault Battalion (vehicle)
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Artillery Battalion
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Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion
1.6.90 transferred to the VDV, and renamed 83rd indpendent
Airborne Brigade.
Organisation 1990:
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1st Airborne Battalion (foot)
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2nd Airborne Battalion (foot)
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3rd Airborne Battalion (foot)
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Artillery Battalion
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Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battery
From 1996 the battalions received their own numbers -
organisation 1996:
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598th independent Airborne Battalion
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635th independent Airborne Battalion
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654th independent Airborne Battalion
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9th independent Guards Artillery Battalion
Bases:
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Byalograd, Poland, 11.85 - 7.90 [54 00 48N, 16 00 14E] [US designation:
Bialograd Army Barracks 202]
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Ussuryisk, Primorskiy Kray, 7.90 - today [43 44 16N, 131 59
41E]
Subordination: