Ground Forces

• Moscow Military District
  Moscow Military District
  The Moscow Military District was a military district of the Soviet Armed Forces and the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. In 2010 it was merged with the Leningrad Military District, the Northern Fleet and the Baltic Fleet to form the new Western Military District.-History:In the beginning of...
  
  
  • 20th Guards Combined Arms Army
    • 4th "Kantemirovskaya" Guards Tank Division, (Cyrillic
      Cyrillic alphabet
      The Cyrillic script or azbuka is an alphabetic writing system developed in the First Bulgarian Empire during the 10th century AD at the Preslav Literary School...
      
      : гвардейская танковая Кантемировская дивизия)
    • 2nd "Tamanskaya" Guards Motor Rifle Division, (Cyrillic
      Cyrillic alphabet
      The Cyrillic script or azbuka is an alphabetic writing system developed in the First Bulgarian Empire during the 10th century AD at the Preslav Literary School...
      
      : гвардейская мотострелковая Таманская дивизия)
    • 10th "Uralsko-Lvovskaya" Guards Volunteers Tank Division, (Cyrillic
      Cyrillic alphabet
      The Cyrillic script or azbuka is an alphabetic writing system developed in the First Bulgarian Empire during the 10th century AD at the Preslav Literary School...
      
      : гвардейская танковая добровольческая Уральско-Львовская дивизия) (?) (former Urals Volunteers Tank Corps)

• North Caucasus Military District
  North Caucasus Military District
  The North Caucasus Military District was a military district of the Russian Ground Forces, which became in 2010 the Southern Military District and lately also includes the Black Sea Fleet and Caspian Flotilla....
  
  
  • 58th Combined Arms Army
    • 20th "Prikarpatsko-Berlinskaya" Guards Motor Rifle Division, (Cyrillic
      Cyrillic alphabet
      The Cyrillic script or azbuka is an alphabetic writing system developed in the First Bulgarian Empire during the 10th century AD at the Preslav Literary School...
      
      : гвардейская мотострелковая Прикарпатско-Берлинская дивизия)
    • 136th "Umansko-Berlinskaya" Separate Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade, (Cyrillic
      Cyrillic alphabet
      The Cyrillic script or azbuka is an alphabetic writing system developed in the First Bulgarian Empire during the 10th century AD at the Preslav Literary School...
      
      : гвардейская мотострелковая Уманско-Берлинская дивизия)

• Siberian Military District
  Siberian Military District
  The Siberian Military District was a Military district of the Russian Ground Forces. In 2010 it was divided between the two newly formed Central and Eastern Military Districts.- History :...
  
  
  • 5th Guards Tank Division
    5th Guards Tank Division
    The 5th Guards Tank Division was a tank division of the Soviet Ground Forces and Russian Ground Forces, active from around 1945 to 2009. It drew its heritage from a illustrious Soviet World War II cavalry formation, the 5th Guards Cavalry Corps...
    
    
  • 122nd Guards Motor Rifle Division

• Volga-Ural Military District
  • 3rd Guards Separate Brigade of Special Designation

• Far East Military District
  • 21st Guards Motor Rifle Division
  • 81st Guards Motor Rifle Division
  • 129th Guards Machinegun-Artillery Division

Air Force

• Guards formations of the Air Force
  Russian Air Force
  The Russian Air Force is the air force of Russian Military. It is currently under the command of Colonel General Aleksandr Zelin. The Russian Navy has its own air arm, the Russian Naval Aviation, which is the former Soviet Aviatsiya Voyenno Morskogo Flota , or AV-MF).The Air Force was formed from...
  
  
  • 14th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment (MiG-29) Kursk
    Kursk
    Kursk is a city and the administrative center of Kursk Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Kur, Tuskar, and Seym Rivers. The area around Kursk was site of a turning point in the Russian-German struggle during World War II and the site of the largest tank battle in history...
    
     - Khalino
  • 28th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment (MiG-29) Andreapol Air Base
    Andreapol (air base)
    Andreapol is an air base in Tver Oblast, Russia located 3 km east of Andreapol. It was built as an interceptor base. It is home to 28 Gv IAP , which flew MiG-23P aircraft in the early 1990s and soon acquired MiG-29 aircraft, which continue in service to this day .A MiG-29 crashed on May 12,...
    
    , Tver oblast
    Tver Oblast
    Tver Oblast is a federal subject of Russia . Its administrative center is the city of Tver. From 1935 to 1990, it was named Kalinin Oblast after Mikhail Kalinin. Population: Tver Oblast is an area of lakes, such as Seliger and Brosno...
    
    
  • 120th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment, Domna
    Domna
    Domna is a Russian Air Force base in Chita, Russia located 27 km southwest of Chita. It is a large, hardened facility with six areas of revetments probably holding 50 fighter aircraft...
    
    , 27 km southwest of Chita (MiG-29)
  • 42nd Guards Bomber Aviation Regiment (42 Gv BAP) (Su-24) (Verino - Pereyaslavka, Khabarovsk Kray) (to disband(?))

• • 22nd Guards "Donbass" Heavy Bomber Aviation Division
    22nd Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Division
    The 22nd Guards Donbass Red Banner Heavy Bomber Aviation Division was a Soviet Air Forces formation. It was a Long Range Aviation division active from 1942 to 2008-9. Included in the 37th Air Army High Command. Commander of the division was Major General Alexander Blazhenko...
    
    , Engels-2
    Engels-2
    Engels Air Force Base is a strategic air base in Russia located east of Saratov. Engels is a major bomber operations base, and is Russia's sole operating location for the Tupolev Tu-160 strategic bombers. The base contains a runway and about 10 large revetments...
    
    , Saratov
    Saratov
    -Modern Saratov:The Saratov region is highly industrialized, due in part to the rich in natural and industrial resources of the area. The region is also one of the more important and largest cultural and scientific centres in Russia...
    
    
    • 52nd Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment, Shaykovka
      Shaykovka
      Shaykovka , also given variously as Kirov Shaykovka, Anisovo Gorod, Anisovo Gorodishche, Shaykovo, Shajkovka, Gorodische, Chaikovka, is an air base in Kaluga Oblast, Russia located 17 km north of Kirov, Kaluga Oblast. It is a large airfield with hangars and an extensive alert area for fighters...
      
       (Tu-22M)
    • 121 Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment, Engels-2
      Engels-2
      Engels Air Force Base is a strategic air base in Russia located east of Saratov. Engels is a major bomber operations base, and is Russia's sole operating location for the Tupolev Tu-160 strategic bombers. The base contains a runway and about 10 large revetments...
      
       (Tu-160)
    • 184 Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment, Engels-2
      Engels-2
      Engels Air Force Base is a strategic air base in Russia located east of Saratov. Engels is a major bomber operations base, and is Russia's sole operating location for the Tupolev Tu-160 strategic bombers. The base contains a runway and about 10 large revetments...
      
       (Tu-95)
    • 203rd Air Refueling Regiment, Dyagilevo
      Dyagilevo
      Dyagilevo is an air base in Ryazan Oblast, Russia located 3 km west of Ryazan. It has served as a training center for Russia's strategic bomber force....
      
      , near Ryazan
      Ryazan
      Ryazan is a city and the administrative center of Ryazan Oblast, Russia. It is located on the Oka River southeast of Moscow. Population: The strategic bomber base Dyagilevo is just west of the city, and the air base of Alexandrovo is to the southeast as is the Ryazan Turlatovo Airport...
      
       (Il-78)
    • 840th Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment, Soltsy-2
      Soltsy-2
      Soltsy-2 is an air base in Novgorod Oblast, Russia located 2 km north of Soltsy and 72 km southwest of Novgorod...
      
       (Tu-22M)

Airborne

• Guards formations of the Airborne Troops
  VDV
  The Russian Airborne Troops or VDV is a military branch of service of the Russian Military, on par with the Strategic Rocket Forces and the Russian Space Forces...
  
  (Cyrillic
  Cyrillic alphabet
  The Cyrillic script or azbuka is an alphabetic writing system developed in the First Bulgarian Empire during the 10th century AD at the Preslav Literary School...
  
  : гвардейские соединения воздушно-десантных войск):
  • 7th Guards Airborne Division
  • 76th Guards Air Assault Division
    76th Airborne Division (Russia)
    The 76th Guards Air Assault Division is a division of the Russian Airborne Troops based in Pskov.-History:The 76th Air Assault Division was originally established in 1939 as the 157th Rifle Division. On 1 March 1943 it became the 76th Guards Rifle Division...
    
    
  • 98th Guards Airborne Division
    98th Guards Airborne Division
    The 98th Guards Airborne Division is an airborne division of the Russian Airborne Troops, stationed in Ivanovo. It took part in the 2008 South Ossetian War....
    
    
  • 106th Guards Airborne Division
  • 31st Guards Airborne Brigade
  • 45th Guards Separate Reconnaissance Regiment
    45th Detached Reconnaissance Regiment
    45th Guards Separate Reconnaissance Regiment of VDV is a special reconnaissance and special operations unit within the Russian Airborne Troops, and based in Moscow....
    
    

Navy

• Guards ships of the Navy
  Soviet Navy
  The Soviet Navy was the naval arm of the Soviet Armed Forces. Often referred to as the Red Fleet, the Soviet Navy would have played an instrumental role in a Warsaw Pact war with NATO, where it would have attempted to prevent naval convoys from bringing reinforcements across the Atlantic Ocean...
  
  (Cyrillic
  Cyrillic alphabet
  The Cyrillic script or azbuka is an alphabetic writing system developed in the First Bulgarian Empire during the 10th century AD at the Preslav Literary School...
  
  : гвардейские корабли):
  • submarine D-3 (1929), NF, I series. Awarded on April 3, 1942.
  • Soviet submarine K-22 (1938), NF, XIV series. Awarded on April 3, 1942.
  • Soviet submarine M-171 (1937), NF, XII series. Awarded on April 3, 1942.
  • submarine M-174 (1937), NF, XII series. Awarded on April 3, 1942.

• • destroyer Stoykiy (1938), BF
    Baltic Fleet
    The Twice Red Banner Baltic Fleet - is the Russian Navy's presence in the Baltic Sea. In previous historical periods, it has been part of the navy of Imperial Russia and later the Soviet Union. The Fleet gained the 'Twice Red Banner' appellation during the Soviet period, indicating two awards of...
    
    , project 7U. Awarded on April 3, 1942.
  • minelayer Marti, ex-Imperial yacht Shtandart (1895), BF
    Baltic Fleet
    The Twice Red Banner Baltic Fleet - is the Russian Navy's presence in the Baltic Sea. In previous historical periods, it has been part of the navy of Imperial Russia and later the Soviet Union. The Fleet gained the 'Twice Red Banner' appellation during the Soviet period, indicating two awards of...
    
    . Awarded on April 3, 1942.
  • base minesweeper T-205 (Gafel`) (1938), BF
    Baltic Fleet
    The Twice Red Banner Baltic Fleet - is the Russian Navy's presence in the Baltic Sea. In previous historical periods, it has been part of the navy of Imperial Russia and later the Soviet Union. The Fleet gained the 'Twice Red Banner' appellation during the Soviet period, indicating two awards of...
    
    , project 53U. Awarded on April 3, 1942.

• • submarine Shch-205 (1934), BSF
    Black Sea Fleet
    The Black Sea Fleet is a large operational-strategic sub-unit of the Russian Navy, operating in the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea since the late 18th century. It is based in various harbors of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov....
    
    , V-bis-2 series. Awarded on March 1, 1943.
  • submarine Shch-303 (1931), BF
    Baltic Fleet
    The Twice Red Banner Baltic Fleet - is the Russian Navy's presence in the Baltic Sea. In previous historical periods, it has been part of the navy of Imperial Russia and later the Soviet Union. The Fleet gained the 'Twice Red Banner' appellation during the Soviet period, indicating two awards of...
    
    , III series. Awarded on March 1, 1943.
  • submarine Shch-309 (1935), BF
    Baltic Fleet
    The Twice Red Banner Baltic Fleet - is the Russian Navy's presence in the Baltic Sea. In previous historical periods, it has been part of the navy of Imperial Russia and later the Soviet Union. The Fleet gained the 'Twice Red Banner' appellation during the Soviet period, indicating two awards of...
    
    , V-bis-2 series. Awarded on March 1, 1943.
  • submarine minelayer L-3 (1931), BF
    Baltic Fleet
    The Twice Red Banner Baltic Fleet - is the Russian Navy's presence in the Baltic Sea. In previous historical periods, it has been part of the navy of Imperial Russia and later the Soviet Union. The Fleet gained the 'Twice Red Banner' appellation during the Soviet period, indicating two awards of...
    
    , II series. Awarded on March 1, 1943.
  • destroyer Gremiashchiy (1937), NF, project 7. Awarded on March 1, 1943.
  • destroyer Soobrazitel`nyi (1939), BSF
    Black Sea Fleet
    The Black Sea Fleet is a large operational-strategic sub-unit of the Russian Navy, operating in the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea since the late 18th century. It is based in various harbors of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov....
    
    , project 7U. Awarded on March 1, 1943.
  • base minesweeper T-411 (Zashchitnik) (1937), BSF
    Black Sea Fleet
    The Black Sea Fleet is a large operational-strategic sub-unit of the Russian Navy, operating in the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea since the late 18th century. It is based in various harbors of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov....
    
    , project 53. Awarded on March 1, 1943.
  • Soviet submarine M-35 (1940), BSF
    Black Sea Fleet
    The Black Sea Fleet is a large operational-strategic sub-unit of the Russian Navy, operating in the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea since the late 18th century. It is based in various harbors of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov....
    
    , XII series. Awarded on May 31, 1943.
  • submarine Shch-402 (1935), NF, X series. Awarded on July 25, 1943.
  • submarine Shch-422, ex-Shch-314 (1935), NF, X series. Awarded on July 25, 1943.
  • Soviet submarine M-172 (1937), NF, XII series. Awarded on July 25, 1943.
  • patrol boat № 065 (1938), BSF
    Black Sea Fleet
    The Black Sea Fleet is a large operational-strategic sub-unit of the Russian Navy, operating in the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea since the late 18th century. It is based in various harbors of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov....
    
    , MO-IV class. Awarded on July 25, 1943.
  • Soviet submarine S-33 (1939), BSF
    Black Sea Fleet
    The Black Sea Fleet is a large operational-strategic sub-unit of the Russian Navy, operating in the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea since the late 18th century. It is based in various harbors of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov....
    
    , IX-bis series. Awarded on July 22, 1944.
  • submarine Shch-215 (1937), BSF
    Black Sea Fleet
    The Black Sea Fleet is a large operational-strategic sub-unit of the Russian Navy, operating in the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea since the late 18th century. It is based in various harbors of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov....
    
    , X series. Awarded on July 22, 1944.
  • Soviet submarine M-62 (1939), BSF
    Black Sea Fleet
    The Black Sea Fleet is a large operational-strategic sub-unit of the Russian Navy, operating in the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea since the late 18th century. It is based in various harbors of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov....
    
    , XII series. Awarded on July 22, 1944.
  • Soviet submarine S-56 (1939), NF, IX-bis-2 series. Awarded on February 23, 1945.
  • patrol ship EK-2, ex-USS Long Beach (PF-34)
    USS Long Beach (PF-34)
    USS Long Beach , a , was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Long Beach, California and Long Beach, New York....
    
     (1943), PF
    Pacific Fleet (Russia)
    The Pacific Fleet is the part of the Russian Navy that is stationed in the Pacific Ocean, which formerly secured the Far Eastern borders of the Soviet Union. The fleet headquarters is located at Vladivostok and a number of fleet bases are located in the Vladivostok area...
    
    , Tacoma-class. Awarded on August 22, 1945.
  • patrol ship Metel` (1934), PF
    Pacific Fleet (Russia)
    The Pacific Fleet is the part of the Russian Navy that is stationed in the Pacific Ocean, which formerly secured the Far Eastern borders of the Soviet Union. The fleet headquarters is located at Vladivostok and a number of fleet bases are located in the Vladivostok area...
    
    , project 4. Awarded on August 26, 1945.
  • minelayer Okhotsk (1935), PF
    Pacific Fleet (Russia)
    The Pacific Fleet is the part of the Russian Navy that is stationed in the Pacific Ocean, which formerly secured the Far Eastern borders of the Soviet Union. The fleet headquarters is located at Vladivostok and a number of fleet bases are located in the Vladivostok area...
    
    , Okean-class. Awarded on August 26, 1945.
  • minesweeper T-278, ex-USS Nucleus (AM-268) (1943), PF
    Pacific Fleet (Russia)
    The Pacific Fleet is the part of the Russian Navy that is stationed in the Pacific Ocean, which formerly secured the Far Eastern borders of the Soviet Union. The fleet headquarters is located at Vladivostok and a number of fleet bases are located in the Vladivostok area...
    
    , Admirable-class. Awarded on August 26, 1945.
  • minesweeper T-281, ex-USS Peril (AM-272) (1943), PF
    Pacific Fleet (Russia)
    The Pacific Fleet is the part of the Russian Navy that is stationed in the Pacific Ocean, which formerly secured the Far Eastern borders of the Soviet Union. The fleet headquarters is located at Vladivostok and a number of fleet bases are located in the Vladivostok area...
    
    , Admirable-class. Awarded on August 26, 1945.
  • Sverdlov, ex-Vyuga (1909), AMF
    Amur Military Flotilla
    Amur military flotilla was a military flotilla on the Amur River in the Far East region of Russia.In 1900, the Russians formed a temporary flotilla on the Amur river out of private steamers and barges. Initially, it served transportation purposes during the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905...
    
    , Shkval-class. Awarded on August 30, 1945.
  • monitor Sun Yat-sen, ex-Shkval (1909), AMF
    Amur Military Flotilla
    Amur military flotilla was a military flotilla on the Amur River in the Far East region of Russia.In 1900, the Russians formed a temporary flotilla on the Amur river out of private steamers and barges. Initially, it served transportation purposes during the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905...
    
    , Shkval-class. Awarded on August 30, 1945.
  • gunboat Krasnaya Zvezda, ex-Vogul (1907), AMF
    Amur Military Flotilla
    Amur military flotilla was a military flotilla on the Amur River in the Far East region of Russia.In 1900, the Russians formed a temporary flotilla on the Amur river out of private steamers and barges. Initially, it served transportation purposes during the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905...
    
    , Vogul-class. Awarded on August 30, 1945.
  • gunboat Proletariy, ex-Votyak (1907), AMF
    Amur Military Flotilla
    Amur military flotilla was a military flotilla on the Amur River in the Far East region of Russia.In 1900, the Russians formed a temporary flotilla on the Amur river out of private steamers and barges. Initially, it served transportation purposes during the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905...
    
    , Vogul-class. Awarded on August 30, 1945.
  • large guided missile ship Gremiashchiy (1959), NF, project 57bis. Succeeded Gremiashchiy (1937).
  • large anti-submarine ship Soobrazitel`nyi (1961), BSF
    Black Sea Fleet
    The Black Sea Fleet is a large operational-strategic sub-unit of the Russian Navy, operating in the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea since the late 18th century. It is based in various harbors of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov....
    
    , project 61. Succeeded Soobrazitel`nyi (1939).
  • Kynda class cruiser
    Kynda class cruiser
    The Project 58 Missile cruisers, known to NATO as the Kynda class were the first Soviet missile cruisers and a considerable advance for the Soviet Navy. Their main role was anti-surface warfare using the SS-N-3b 'Shaddock' missile...
    
     Varyag, ex-Soobrazitel`nyi (1963), PF
    Pacific Fleet (Russia)
    The Pacific Fleet is the part of the Russian Navy that is stationed in the Pacific Ocean, which formerly secured the Far Eastern borders of the Soviet Union. The fleet headquarters is located at Vladivostok and a number of fleet bases are located in the Vladivostok area...
    
    , project 58. Succeeded Soobrazitel`nyi (1939) too.
  • seagoing minesweeper MT-205 (Gafel`) (1964), BF
    Baltic Fleet
    The Twice Red Banner Baltic Fleet - is the Russian Navy's presence in the Baltic Sea. In previous historical periods, it has been part of the navy of Imperial Russia and later the Soviet Union. The Fleet gained the 'Twice Red Banner' appellation during the Soviet period, indicating two awards of...
    
    , project 266. Succeeded T-205 Gafel` (1938).
  • Soviet submarine K-22 (Krasnogvardeets) (1964), NF, project 675. Succeeded K-22 (1938).
  • Kashin class destroyer
    Kashin class destroyer
    The Kashin class destroyers were a group of guided missile destroyers built for the Soviet Navy in the 1960s and early 1970s. Their Soviet designation was Project 61...
    
     Krasnyi Kavkaz (1966), BSF
    Black Sea Fleet
    The Black Sea Fleet is a large operational-strategic sub-unit of the Russian Navy, operating in the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea since the late 18th century. It is based in various harbors of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov....
    
    , project 61. Succeeded Krasnyi Kavkaz (1916).
  • Kashin class destroyer Krasnyi Krym (1969), BSF
    Black Sea Fleet
    The Black Sea Fleet is a large operational-strategic sub-unit of the Russian Navy, operating in the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea since the late 18th century. It is based in various harbors of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov....
    
    , project 61. Succeeded Krasnyi Krym (1915).
  • destroyer Gremiashchiy (1987), NF, project 956. Succeeded Gremiashchiy (1959).
  • Russian cruiser Varyag
    Russian cruiser Varyag (1983)
    Russian cruiser Varyag , , is the third ship of the Slava class of guided missile cruisers built for the Soviet Navy now serving the Russian Navy.- History :...
    
    , ex-Chervona Ukraina (1983), PF
    Pacific Fleet (Russia)
    The Pacific Fleet is the part of the Russian Navy that is stationed in the Pacific Ocean, which formerly secured the Far Eastern borders of the Soviet Union. The fleet headquarters is located at Vladivostok and a number of fleet bases are located in the Vladivostok area...
    
    , project 1164. Succeeded Varyag (1963) in 1996.
  • guided missile cruiser Moskva, ex-Slava (1979), BSF
    Black Sea Fleet
    The Black Sea Fleet is a large operational-strategic sub-unit of the Russian Navy, operating in the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea since the late 18th century. It is based in various harbors of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov....
    
    , project 1164. Succeeded Krasnyi Kavkaz (1966) in 1998.
  • destroyer Gremiashchiy, ex-Bezuderzhnyi (1990), NF, project 956A. Succeeded Gremiashchiy (1987) in 2007.

• • Soviet cruiser Krasnyi Krym
    Soviet cruiser Krasnyi Krym
    Krasnyi Krym was a light cruiser of the Soviet Navy. She was laid down in 1913 as Svetlana for the Imperial Russian Navy, the lead ship of the . She was built by the Russo-Baltic Yard in Tallinn, Estonia and launched in 1915. Her hull was evacuated to Petrograd when the Germans approached the port...
    
     (1915), BSF
    Black Sea Fleet
    The Black Sea Fleet is a large operational-strategic sub-unit of the Russian Navy, operating in the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea since the late 18th century. It is based in various harbors of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov....
    
    , Svetlana-class. Awarded on June 18, 1942.
  • Soviet cruiser Krasnyi Kavkaz (1916), BSF
    Black Sea Fleet
    The Black Sea Fleet is a large operational-strategic sub-unit of the Russian Navy, operating in the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea since the late 18th century. It is based in various harbors of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov....
    
    , Svetlana-class. Awarded on April 3, 1942.