| 810th Separate Guards Order of Zhukov Naval Infantry Brigade named for the 60th Anniversary of the Soviet Union | |
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| 810-я отдельная гвардейская ордена Жукова бригада морской пехоты имени 60-летия образования СССР | |
 Brigade insignia | |
| Active | 1967–present |
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| Type | Naval infantry |
| Size | 2,500 marines, 36 T-80 or T-55 tanks[1][better source needed] |
| Part of | Black Sea Fleet |
| Garrison/HQ | Kazachya Bay, Sevastopol |
| Engagements | Second Chechen War Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation |
| Decorations | |
| Honorifics | 60th Anniversary of the Soviet Union |
The 810th Separate Guards Order of Zhukov Naval Infantry Brigade named for the 60th Anniversary of the Soviet Union (810 gv. obrmp) (Russian: 810-я отдельная гвардейская ордена Жукова бригада морской пехоты имени 60-летия образования СССР (810 гв. обрмп); Military Unit Number 13140) is a brigade of the Russian Naval Infantry. Based in Sevastopol with one battalion in Temryuk, the brigade is the naval infantry brigade of the Black Sea Fleet.[2]
The brigade was formed as the 810th Separate Naval Infantry Regiment at Sevastopol in 1967 during the expansion of the Soviet Naval Infantry. It was expanded into the 810th Separate Naval Infantry Brigade in 1979, and remained stationed in Sevastopol as one of the Russian units based there under an agreement with Ukraine after the Soviet Union collapsed. In 1998, the brigade was reduced to a regiment again. It was expanded into a brigade again in 2008 and participated in the 2014 seizure of Crimea by Russia. It received Guards status in 2018.