108th Guards Kuban Cossack Air Assault Regiment

108th Guards Air Assault Regiment
Active1948–present
Country Soviet Union (1948–1991)
 Russia (1992–present)
BranchSoviet airborne (1948–1991)
Russian Airborne Troops (1992–present)
Part of7th Guards Airborne Division
Garrison/HQNovorossiysk
EngagementsWarsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia

First Chechen War
War in Dagestan
Second Chechen War

Invasion of Ukraine
Decorations Order of the Red Star
Battle honoursKuban Cossack
Commanders
Current
commander
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Notable
commanders
Dmitry Sukhorukov

The 108th Guards Kuban Cossack Air Assault Regiment is a regiment of the Russian Airborne Troops' 7th Guards Airborne Division, based at Novorossiysk. The regiment fought in the suppression of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia, the War in Abkhazia, the First Chechen War, the War of Dagestan[1] and the Second Chechen War,[2] and the Invasion of Ukraine of 2022.

  1. ^ Holm, Michael. "108th Guards Parachute Regiment". www.ww2.dk. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
  2. ^ "108-й гвардейский парашютно-десантный ордена Красной Звезды полк" [108th Guards Airborne Order of the Red Star Regiment]. Union of Russian Paratroopers (in Russian). Retrieved 28 February 2016.

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