97th Guards Parachute Regiment
97-й гвардейский парашютно-десантный полк
Military Unit: 10999; from 8.93: 65264
Activated 1.10.48 in Valga, Karelian ASSR, from parts of the 346th Guards Air Landing Regiment.
Disbanded 1.5.98.
Operations:
20.8.68 landed in the Prague area, Czechoslovakia
1988/1989 operations in the Transcaucasus Military District
1993 peacekeeping operations in Abkhaziya
1996 peacekeeping operations in Abkhaziya
1995/1996 parts in Czechnya
from 1998 parts in Dagestan
Bases:
Valga, Karelian SSR, 10.48 - 4.55
Alitus, Lithuanian SSR, 1959 - 8.93 [54 22 48N, 24 03 11E]
Novorossiysk, Krasnodar Kray, 8.93 - 1.5.98 [44 44 09N, 37 44 20E]
Equipment:
19.11.90: 40 BMD-2, 70 BMD-1, 32 BTR-D, 18 2s9 Nona, 6 BTR-RD, 13 BTR-3D, 8 BMD-1KSh, 10 1V119 [CFE treaty data exchange]
Subordination:
21st Guards Airborne Division, 10.48 - 4.55
104th Guards Airborne Division, 4.55 - 1959
7th Guards Airborne Division, 1959 - 1.5.98