83rd Guards Air Assault Brigade

83rd Separate Guards Air Assault Brigade

83rd Separate Air Assault Brigade
(1998–2015)


83rd Separate Airborne Brigade
(1990–1998)


83rd Separate Air Assault Brigade
(1986–1990)
Active1986–present
Country Soviet Union (1986–1991)
 Russia (1991–)
Branch Russian Airborne Forces
TypeAirborne forces
RoleLight Infantry
Airborne Infantry
Airmobile infantry
SizeBrigade
Garrison/HQUssuriysk
PatronSt. Elijah the Prophet
Motto(s)Честь дороже жизни!
(Honour over life)
March"We Need One Victory (Our 10th Parachute Battalion)"
Anniversaries29 November
EngagementsRusso-Ukrainian War
Battle honoursGuards unit Guards
Commanders
Current
commander
Guards Colonel Aleksandr Shipov

The 83rd Separate Guards Air Assault Brigade[a] is an airborne brigade of the Russian Airborne Troops, first formed in 1986. It is currently based in Ussuriysk,[1] in the Russian Far East.


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  1. ^ "83-я отдельная гвардейская десантно-штурмовая бригада : Министерство обороны Российской Федерации" [83rd Separate Guards Airborne Assault Brigade]. structure.mil.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2015-11-12.

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