83rd Guards Air Assault Brigade | |
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Active | 1986–present |
Country | Soviet Union (1986–1992) Russia |
Branch | Airborne Troops |
Type | Airborne |
Size | Brigade |
Garrison/HQ | Ussuriysk |
Patron | St. Elijah the Prophet |
Motto(s) | Честь дороже жизни! (Honour over life) |
March | "We Need One Victory (Our 10th Parachute Battalion)" |
Anniversaries | 29 November |
Engagements | Russian invasion of Ukraine |
Commanders | |
Current commander | Guards Colonel Aleksandr Kornev |
The 83rd Guards Air Assault Brigade 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.