98th Guards Airborne Division

98th Guards Airborne Division
Russian: 98-я гвардейская воздушно-десантная Свирская Краснознамённая, ордена Кутузова дивизия имени 70-летия Великого Октября
Great emblem of the 98th Guards Airborne Division[1]
Active1943–present
Country Soviet Union
(1943–1991)
 Russia
(1991–present)
Branch Russian Airborne Forces
TypeAirborne forces
RoleLight Infantry
Airborne Infantry
Airmobile infantry
SizeDivision
Part of Russian Armed Forces
Garrison/HQIvanovo
Motto(s)Честь и Родина превыше всего!
(Honor and Motherland above all!)
AnniversariesMay 3rd
Engagements
DecorationsOrder of the Red Banner Order of the Red Banner
Order of Kutuzov 2nd Class Order of Kutuzov
Battle honoursGuards unit Guards
Svir
Commanders
Current
commander
Guards Colonel Viktor Igoryevich Gunaza
Insignia
1993 shoulder sleeve insignia[1]

The 98th Guards Airborne Division is an airborne division of the Russian Airborne Troops, currently based in Ivanovo.

  1. ^ a b "ведомственные эмблемы Российской Федерации". www.heraldicum.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 1 August 2016.
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  3. ^ "Institute for the Study of War".