Entrance31st Guards Airborne Division. A new commander was introduced in the Ulyanovsk airborne brigade
air assault brigade
31st Separate Guards Air Assault Order of Kutuzov II Class Brigade (31st Airborne Brigade) - a military formation within the Airborne Forces of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.
History of formation
Creating a formation
The brigade was created as a result of the reform of the 104th Guards Airborne Order of Kutuzov II degree division in 1998, receiving its final name in 2007
Participation in hostilities
The 31st Airborne Brigade took part in combat operations on the territory of Chechnya during the Second Chechen War
The combined battalion tactical group of the 31st airborne brigade took part in the armed conflict in South Ossetia in August 2008.
Current state
The brigade is stationed in the city of Ulyanovsk (Polivno village). Since 2005, the brigade has been transferred to a contract acquisition system.
Near the territory of the brigade there is a park and a monument to Paratrooper No. 1, Hero of the Soviet Union, Army General Vasily Filippovich Margelov
On June 4, 2015, the Russian Ministry of Defense decided to recreate the 104th Guards Air Assault Division of three regiments on the basis of the 31st Airborne Brigade.
Compound
The brigade (military unit 73612) includes:
- Brigade management and headquarters
- parachute battalion
- 2 air assault battalions
- artillery battalion
- combat and logistics support units
- military transport aviation squadron
Heroes of the Formation
Igoshin, Roman Viktorovich - commander of the reconnaissance platoon of the 31st separate air assault brigade. Posthumously awarded the title of Hero of Russia on March 23, 2000.
Command
- Guard Major General Orlov Vadim Ivanovich 1998-2000
- Guard Colonel Kapustin Sergey Evgenievich 2000-2002
- Guard Colonel Nikulnikov Nikolai Sergeevich 2002-2005
- Guard Colonel Kochetkov Vladimir Anatolyevich since 2005
- Guard Colonel Dmitry Valerievich Glushenkov 2010-2012
- Guard Colonel Anashkin Gennady Vladimirovich August 2012 - July 2014
- Guard Colonel Dmitry Ovcharov from July 2014 to present.
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Moscow, meanwhile, was empty. There were still people in it, a fiftieth of all the former inhabitants still remained in it, but it was empty. It was empty, just as a dying, exhausted hive is empty.There is no longer any life in a dehumidified hive, but at a superficial glance it seems just as alive as the others.
The bees hover just as happily in the hot rays of the midday sun around the dehumed hive, as around other living hives; it also smells like honey from afar, and bees fly in and out of it. But you have to take a closer look at it to understand that there is no longer life in this hive. Bees fly differently than in living hives; the wrong smell, the wrong sound amazes the beekeeper. When a beekeeper knocks on the wall of a sick hive, instead of the previous, instant, friendly response, the hissing of tens of thousands of bees, menacingly pressing their butts and quickly beating their wings producing this airy vital sound, he is answered by scattered buzzing sounds echoing in different places of the empty hive. From the entrance there is no smell, as before, of the alcoholic, fragrant smell of honey and poison, it does not bring from there the warmth of fullness, and the smell of emptiness and rot merges with the smell of honey. At the entrance there are no more guards preparing to die for protection, raising their butts in the air, trumpeting the alarm. No Furthermore smooth and quiet sound, the fluttering of labor, similar to the sound of boiling, but one hears the awkward, disjointed noise of disorder. Black oblong robber bees, smeared with honey, timidly and evasively fly in and out of the hive; they do not sting, but escape from danger. Previously, they only flew in with burdens, and empty bees flew out, now they fly out with burdens. The beekeeper opens the bottom well and peers into the lower part of the hive. Instead of the previously black lashes of succulent bees, pacified by labor, holding each other’s legs and pulling the foundation with a continuous whisper of labor, sleepy, shriveled bees wander in different directions absent-mindedly along the bottom and walls of the hive. Instead of a floor cleanly sealed with glue and swept away by fans of wings, at the bottom lie crumbs of wax, bee excrement, half-dead bees, barely moving their legs, and completely dead, untidy bees.
The beekeeper opens the top well and examines the head of the hive. Instead of continuous rows of bees, clinging to all the spaces of the honeycombs and warming the babies, he sees the skillful, complex work of the honeycombs, but no longer in the form of virginity in which it was before. Everything is neglected and dirty. Robbers - black bees - scurry quickly and stealthily around the work; their bees, shriveled, short, lethargic, as if old, slowly wander, not bothering anyone, not wanting anything and having lost consciousness of life. Drones, hornets, bumblebees, and butterflies knock stupidly on the walls of the hive in flight. Here and there, between the wax fields with dead children and honey, angry grumbling is occasionally heard from different sides; somewhere two bees, out of old habit and memory, cleaning the nest of the hive, diligently, beyond their strength, drag away a dead bee or bumblebee, not knowing why they are doing this. In another corner, two other old bees are lazily fighting, or cleaning themselves, or feeding one another, not knowing whether they are doing it in a hostile or friendly manner. In the third place, a crowd of bees, crushing each other, attacks some victim and beats and strangles it. And the weakened or killed bee slowly, lightly, like fluff, falls from above into a pile of corpses. The beekeeper unfolds the two middle foundations to see the nest. Instead of the previous solid black circles of thousands of bees sitting back and forth and observing the highest secrets of their native work, he sees hundreds of dull, half-dead and sleeping skeletons of bees. Almost all of them died, without knowing it, sitting on the shrine that they cherished and which no longer exists. They smell of rot and death. Only some of them move, rise, sluggishly fly and sit on the enemy’s hand, unable to die, stinging him - the rest, dead, like fish scales, easily fall down. The beekeeper closes the well, marks the block with chalk and, having chosen the time, breaks it out and burns it.
So empty was Moscow when Napoleon, tired, restless and frowning, walked back and forth at the Kamerkollezhsky Val, waiting for that, although external, but necessary, according to his concepts, observance of decency - a deputation.
In different corners of Moscow people were still moving senselessly, keeping old habits and not understanding what they were doing.
When it was announced to Napoleon with due caution that Moscow was empty, he looked angrily at the person who reported this and, turning away, continued to walk in silence.
“Bring the carriage,” he said. He got into the carriage next to the adjutant on duty and drove to the suburbs.
The SAA continues to attack terrorist positions east of Damascus, Aleppo and Homs . IN in social networks There have been reports that the 31st separate guards air assault brigade of the Russian Federation has been deployed to Suwayda (southern Syria). These are not Special Operations Forces (SSO), not units serving the Aerospace Forces group in Syria (like the Marines in Latakia). So far, nothing can be said about the composition of the brigade (which battalions).
Syrian Arab Army (SAA) fired at militant positions near the town of Douma in Eastern Ghouta of Damascus , released from SSA Research Center near the Damascus-Baghdad highway; took control of the village of Zuluf and territories along the Syrian-Jordanian border in the east of Damascus; occupied the villages of Tell Fida and Al-Mazraat Al-Salisa south of the Al-Jirah airbase; fought with ISIS in the area of the Arak oil field, as well as in the Al-Shumariya mountains northeast of Palmyra, destroyed several vehicles of ISIS terrorists near the Deir ez-Zor airbase; attacked the positions of radicals in the Daraa Al-Balad area; destroyed three IS military pickup trucks east of Salamiyah; carried out airstrikes on positions of ISIS militants in the vicinity of the city of Uqeiribat in Hama.
"Islamic State" (IS): exchanged prisoners with Jaysh Al-Islam; fought with Tahrir al-Sham near the Yarmouk refugee camp in southern Damascus; shelled the neighborhoods of Kharabesh, Al-Jura and Al-Qusur in Deir ez-Zor, and shelled the city of Salamiya in the east of Hama.
Free Syrian Army (FSA) fought with the SAA in the area of the city of Al-Hula in the north-west of Homs, destroyed a SAA military vehicle in the Al-Manshiya quarter in the south of Daraa, and shot down a Syrian Su-24 aircraft in Daraa.
"Jabhat Fatah Al-Sham" shelled Daraa neighborhoods, there were casualties among civilians.
Kurds fought with ISIS near the village of Huneydah east of At-Tabqa, captured the villages of Tal Malla and Salhabiyat Al-Sharqiya near Raqqa; lost six soldiers in an ISIS attack in Raqqa.
International coalition carried out airstrikes on strongholds of ISIS terrorists in the area of the village of Qudairan to the west of Raqqa.
Damascus Province
05/23/2017 (06:00) - FAN. In the south of Damascus, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an exchange of prisoners took place between militants of the Jaysh Al-Islam group and IS terrorists. After this, fighting resumed between IS and Tahrir Al-Sham Islamists near the Yarmouk refugee camp. This was reported by the Twitter channel (@P_Strickland).
Let us recall that in the southern suburbs of Damascus, detachments of the “Islamic State” and the armed opposition are stationed. However, according to news agency Al Masdar News, IS terrorists intend to leave the territories they occupy and move to areas under the control of the Islamic State. 
Northeast of Damascus in the Eastern Ghouta region, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) fired at militant positions in the area of the city of Douma, where the Jabhat Fatah Al-Sham group operates, which is not covered by the ceasefire.
In the southeast of Damascus, the SAA continued its offensive against the positions of the Free Syrian Army (FSA). During the offensive by government forces, a research center located south of the Zaza intersection on the Damascus-Baghdad highway was liberated.
Also, according to AMN, the Syrian army, with the support of allied pro-government units, took control of the village of Zuluf along with vast territories along the Syrian-Jordanian border, approaching the At-Tanf checkpoint.
Aleppo Province
05/23/2017 (06:00) - FAN. In the eastern part of Aleppo province, a large-scale offensive against the strongholds of the Islamic State terrorists continued. Damascus Now reported that government troops occupied the villages of Tell Fida and Al-Mazraat Al-Salisa, located south of the Al-Jirah military airbase. 
The Syrian army plans to soon liberate the city of Maskana, a key IS outpost in Aleppo. On this moment Bashar al-Assad's army operates just 10 km from the city. Maskana has been occupied by IS militants since 2014.
Homs Province
05/23/2017 (06:00) - FAN. The liberated Al-Waer district in the north-east of Homs, from which militants of the armed opposition were completely evacuated, yesterday began to be cleared of barricades and construction waste left by the Islamists. The radicals moved to the city of Jarablus in northern Aleppo. For the first time since 2011, the regional capital is under full control of government forces. 
In the east of the province, the Syrian army continued its large-scale offensive against the fortified areas of IS militants. Over the past 24 hours, fighting took place in the area of the Arak oil field, as well as in the Al-Shumariya mountains northeast of Palmyra. The SAA operated with the support of special forces of the 5th Assault Corps, the Tigers, as well as the pro-government Palestinian Liwa Al-Quds forces.
According to Al Masdar News, the Syrian army is preparing an offensive towards the largest ISIS stronghold in the region - the city of Al-Sukhna, which is located on the way to Deir ez-Zor.
In the north-west of the province, clashes were also recorded between SAR troops and militants of the armed opposition - in the area of the city of Al-Hula. This was reported by the opposition portal Aleppo Media Center. Let us remind you that these territories are in the de-escalation zone, in the area of which there is a no-fire regime, however, the radicals do not stop attacking SAA positions, forcing government troops to return fire.
Deir ez-Zor Province
05/23/2017 (06:00) - FAN. Throughout the day, Islamic State terrorists continued to shell neighborhoods administrative center provinces. As a result of an attack by IS militants on the Kharabesh area in Deir ez-Zor, one civilian was killed and 13 were injured. This was reported by the Damascus Now portal. Also, during the shelling of the Al-Jura and Al-Qusur neighborhoods by IS militants, according to the Damascus Now news agency, five people, including two children, were injured.
Government troops returned fire at strongholds of IS radicals near the Deir ez-Zor military air base and in the area of the city cemetery. According to AMN, several vehicles of IS terrorists were destroyed.
Military experts agree that the militants intend to transfer their troops to Deir ez-Zor after the defeat in Mosul and to do this they are trying to drive government units out of the provincial capital as quickly as possible.
Daraa Province
05/23/2017 (06:00) - FAN. Despite the ceasefire, clashes between government troops and “free army” militants continued near the regional capital. According to a military source on Twitter (@Step_Agency), militants destroyed a SAA military vehicle in the Al-Manshiya neighborhood in the south of Daraa. There was also shelling of areas of the city by the anti-government group Jabhat Fatah Al-Sham, as a result of which two women and a child were injured. Bashar al-Assad's army, in turn, fired rockets at radical positions in the Daraa Al-Balad area. 
Opposition sources claimed that militants managed to shoot down a Syrian Su-24 military aircraft, but the data was not confirmed. The plane did suffer wing damage but managed to land, a government source said.
Hama Province
05/23/2017 (06:00) - FAN. In the province of Hama, over the course of yesterday, battles unfolded around the key city of Salamiyah, one of the connecting links of the “Road of Life” strategic highway. Islamic State terrorists fired rockets at the city, killing one person and injuring three civilians. Damascus Now later reported that the Syrian Air Force destroyed three IS terrorist vehicles east of Salamiyah.
In the eastern part of the province, Syrian warplanes carried out a series of airstrikes against IS positions in the area of the villages of Suha and Rasm al-Awabid near the city of Uqairibat, the main IS stronghold in Hama. There were no data on losses in the ranks of the radicals.
Opposition sources also reported artillery shelling by the Syrian army in the area settlements Al-Lataminah and Kafr Zeta in the north of the region. Official confirmation this information I have not received it at the moment. Let us remind you that the territories in the north of Hama are part of one of the security zones, but the Islamists, conducting regular provocative attacks on fortified areas of government troops, force the SAA to launch retaliatory strikes.
31st Separate Guards Air Assault Brigade
31st Separate Guards Air Assault Order of Kutuzov Brigade (31st Airborne Brigade) — military formation as part of the Airborne Forces Armed Forces Russian Federation. The brigade was created as a result of the reform of the 104th Guards Airborne Division of the Order of Kutuzov in 1998, receiving its final name in 2007.
The 31st Airborne Brigade took part in combat operations on the territory of Chechnya during the Second Chechen war
The combined battalion tactical group of the 31st airborne brigade took part in armed conflict in South Ossetia in August 2008. The brigade is stationed in the city of Ulyanovsk (Polivno village). Since 2005, the brigade has been transferred to a contract recruitment system.
On June 4, 2015, the Russian Ministry of Defense decided to recreate the 104th Guards Air Assault Division of three regiments on the basis of the 31st Airborne Brigade.
IN brigade composition(military unit 73612) includes:
— Management and headquarters of the brigade
- parachute battalion
— 2 air assault battalions
- artillery battalion
— combat and logistics support units
- military transport aviation squadron
- engineering company
In the military section of the “Global Adventure” forum there is a video from two years ago, which talks about participation 31st Airborne Brigade in the exercises of the CSTO collective rapid reaction forces, held in April 2014 on the territory of Belarus. According to legend, soldiers repel terrorists who decided to carry out a military coup.
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Guard Colonel Dmitry Ovcharov became the new commander of the 31st Separate Guards Order of Kutuzov II degree airborne brigade located in Ulyanovsk. The former head of the military unit, Gennady Anashkin, was appointed to a higher position - deputy commander of the 58th Southern Army. The corresponding decree was signed by the President of the Russian Federation.
I commanded the illustrious formation for almost two years. During this time, the brigade completely switched to a contract, became a formation of immediate use, and became part of the peacekeeping forces of the Russian Federation. The paratroopers carried out combat training and combat missions not only in Russia, but also far beyond its borders. “I thank everyone who stands in the ranks for their understanding and support,” Gennady Anashkin said in his farewell speech.
The introduction of the new commander took place in a solemn atmosphere on the parade ground of the 31st brigade. The ritual included farewell and the transfer of the banner of the military unit. After this, the paratroopers marched in formation, saluting Dmitry Ovcharov. The first commander of the brigade, Major General Vadim Orlov, wished him to quickly take office, get comfortable, and not forget that the success of any operation - combat or peacekeeping - depends on the junior staff: officers, sergeants, soldiers.
I have already met the personnel. Impressions of the brigade are positive, even to some extent enthusiastic. I am ready to command such a formation. I think we will raise the high bar that the brigade holds, and we will multiply the tradition,” said the new commander.
The 31st Airborne Brigade was created as a result of the reform of the 104th Guards Order of Kutuzov II degree airborne division in 1998. This is a universal military unit that is planned to be used, including peacekeeping activities. From August 18 to 22, Ulyanovsk paratroopers will take part in large-scale international exercises “Interaction” of the CSTO collective rapid reaction forces, which will be held at a training ground near Karaganda in Kazakhstan.
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Dmitry Ovcharov graduated from the Ryazan Higher Airborne Forces command school in 1995. In 2007, he completed his studies with honors at the Combined Arms Academy of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. From 2011 to 2014, he was deputy commander of the 7th Airborne Assault Division (Mountain) of the Southern Military District.
For courage and heroism during the performance of military duty in the second company in Chechnya, he was awarded the Order of Courage and the medal "For Courage". Ovcharov's awards include a medal of the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, II degree, as well as gratitude from the President of the Russian Federation for leading a group from the Airborne Forces to ensure security during the XXII Olympic Games winter games and the 2014 Paralympic Winter Games in Sochi.
The SAA continues to attack terrorist positions east of Damascus, Aleppo and Homs . There have been reports on social networks that the 31st separate guards air assault brigade of the Russian Federation has been deployed to Suwayda (southern Syria). These are not Special Operations Forces (SSO), not units serving the Aerospace Forces group in Syria (like the Marines in Latakia). So far, nothing can be said about the composition of the brigade (which battalions).
Syrian Arab Army (SAA) fired at militant positions near the town of Douma in Eastern Ghouta of Damascus , liberated a research center near the Damascus-Baghdad highway from the FSA; took control of the village of Zuluf and territories along the Syrian-Jordanian border in the east of Damascus; occupied the villages of Tell Fida and Al-Mazraat Al-Salisa south of the Al-Jirah airbase; fought with ISIS in the area of the Arak oil field, as well as in the Al-Shumariya mountains northeast of Palmyra, destroyed several vehicles of ISIS terrorists near the Deir ez-Zor airbase; attacked the positions of radicals in the Daraa Al-Balad area; destroyed three IS military pickup trucks east of Salamiyah; carried out airstrikes on positions of ISIS militants in the vicinity of the city of Uqeiribat in Hama.
"Islamic State" (IS): exchanged prisoners with Jaysh Al-Islam; fought with Tahrir al-Sham near the Yarmouk refugee camp in southern Damascus; shelled the neighborhoods of Kharabesh, Al-Jura and Al-Qusur in Deir ez-Zor, and shelled the city of Salamiya in the east of Hama.
Free Syrian Army (FSA) fought with the SAA in the area of the city of Al-Hula in the north-west of Homs, destroyed a SAA military vehicle in the Al-Manshiya quarter in the south of Daraa, and shot down a Syrian Su-24 aircraft in Daraa.
"Jabhat Fatah Al-Sham" shelled Daraa neighborhoods, there were casualties among civilians.
Kurds fought with ISIS near the village of Huneydah east of At-Tabqa, captured the villages of Tal Malla and Salhabiyat Al-Sharqiya near Raqqa; lost six soldiers in an ISIS attack in Raqqa.
International coalition carried out airstrikes on strongholds of ISIS terrorists in the area of the village of Qudairan to the west of Raqqa.
Damascus Province
05/23/2017 (06:00) - FAN. In the south of Damascus, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an exchange of prisoners took place between militants of the Jaysh Al-Islam group and IS terrorists. After this, fighting resumed between IS and Tahrir Al-Sham Islamists near the Yarmouk refugee camp. This was reported by the Twitter channel (@P_Strickland).
Let us recall that in the southern suburbs of Damascus, detachments of the “Islamic State” and the armed opposition are stationed. However, according to the Al Masdar News news agency, IS terrorists intend to leave the territories they occupy and move to areas under the control of the Islamic State.
Northeast of Damascus in the Eastern Ghouta region, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) fired at militant positions in the area of the city of Douma, where the Jabhat Fatah Al-Sham group operates, which is not covered by the ceasefire.
In the southeast of Damascus, the SAA continued its offensive against the positions of the Free Syrian Army (FSA). During the offensive by government forces, a research center located south of the Zaza intersection on the Damascus-Baghdad highway was liberated.
Also, according to AMN, the Syrian army, with the support of allied pro-government units, took control of the village of Zuluf along with vast territories along the Syrian-Jordanian border, approaching the At-Tanf checkpoint.
Aleppo Province
05/23/2017 (06:00) - FAN. In the eastern part of Aleppo province, a large-scale offensive against the strongholds of the Islamic State terrorists continued. Damascus Now reported that government troops occupied the villages of Tell Fida and Al-Mazraat Al-Salisa, located south of the Al-Jirah military airbase.
The Syrian army plans to soon liberate the city of Maskana, a key IS outpost in Aleppo. At the moment, Bashar al-Assad’s army is operating just 10 km from the city. Maskana has been occupied by IS militants since 2014.
Homs Province
05/23/2017 (06:00) - FAN. The liberated Al-Waer district in the north-east of Homs, from which militants of the armed opposition were completely evacuated, yesterday began to be cleared of barricades and construction waste left by the Islamists. The radicals moved to the city of Jarablus in northern Aleppo. For the first time since 2011, the regional capital is under full control of government forces.
In the east of the province, the Syrian army continued its large-scale offensive against the fortified areas of IS militants. Over the past 24 hours, fighting took place in the area of the Arak oil field, as well as in the Al-Shumariya mountains northeast of Palmyra. The SAA operated with the support of special forces of the 5th Assault Corps, the Tigers, as well as the pro-government Palestinian Liwa Al-Quds forces.
According to Al Masdar News, the Syrian army is preparing an offensive towards the largest ISIS stronghold in the region - the city of Al-Sukhna, which is located on the way to Deir ez-Zor.
In the north-west of the province, clashes were also recorded between SAR troops and militants of the armed opposition - in the area of the city of Al-Hula. This was reported by the opposition portal Aleppo Media Center. Let us remind you that these territories are in the de-escalation zone, in the area of which there is a no-fire regime, however, the radicals do not stop attacking SAA positions, forcing government troops to return fire.
Deir ez-Zor Province
05/23/2017 (06:00) - FAN. Throughout the day, Islamic State terrorists continued to fire at neighborhoods in the administrative center of the province. As a result of an attack by IS militants on the Kharabesh area in Deir ez-Zor, one civilian was killed and 13 were injured. This was reported by the Damascus Now portal. Also, during the shelling of the Al-Jura and Al-Qusur neighborhoods by IS militants, according to the Damascus Now news agency, five people, including two children, were injured.
Government troops returned fire at strongholds of IS radicals near the Deir ez-Zor military air base and in the area of the city cemetery. According to AMN, several vehicles of IS terrorists were destroyed.
Military experts agree that the militants intend to transfer their troops to Deir ez-Zor after the defeat in Mosul and to do this they are trying to drive government units out of the provincial capital as quickly as possible.
Daraa Province
05/23/2017 (06:00) - FAN. Despite the ceasefire, clashes between government troops and “free army” militants continued near the regional capital. According to a military source on Twitter (@Step_Agency), militants destroyed a SAA military vehicle in the Al-Manshiya neighborhood in the south of Daraa. There was also shelling of areas of the city by the anti-government group Jabhat Fatah Al-Sham, as a result of which two women and a child were injured. Bashar al-Assad's army, in turn, fired rockets at radical positions in the Daraa Al-Balad area.
Opposition sources claimed that militants managed to shoot down a Syrian Su-24 military aircraft, but the data was not confirmed. The plane did suffer wing damage but managed to land, a government source said.
Hama Province
05/23/2017 (06:00) - FAN. In the province of Hama, over the course of yesterday, battles unfolded around the key city of Salamiyah, one of the connecting links of the “Road of Life” strategic highway. Islamic State terrorists fired rockets at the city, killing one person and injuring three civilians. Damascus Now later reported that the Syrian Air Force destroyed three IS terrorist vehicles east of Salamiyah.
In the eastern part of the province, Syrian warplanes carried out a series of airstrikes against IS positions in the area of the villages of Suha and Rasm al-Awabid near the city of Uqairibat, the main IS stronghold in Hama. There were no data on losses in the ranks of the radicals.
Opposition sources also reported artillery shelling by the Syrian army in the area of the settlements of Al-Latamina and Kafr Zeta in the north of the region. This information has not yet received official confirmation. Let us remind you that the territories in the north of Hama are part of one of the security zones, but the Islamists, conducting regular provocative attacks on fortified areas of government troops, force the SAA to launch retaliatory strikes.
31st Separate Guards Air Assault Brigade
31st Separate Guards Air Assault Order of Kutuzov Brigade (31st Airborne Brigade)- a military formation within the Airborne Forces of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. The brigade was created as a result of the reform of the 104th Guards Airborne Division of the Order of Kutuzov in 1998, receiving its final name in 2007.
The 31st Airborne Brigade took part in combat operations on the territory of Chechnya during the Second Chechen War
The combined battalion tactical group of the 31st Airborne Brigade took part in the armed conflict in South Ossetia in August 2008. The brigade is stationed in the city of Ulyanovsk (Polivno village). Since 2005, the brigade has been transferred to a contract recruitment system.
On June 4, 2015, the Russian Ministry of Defense decided to recreate the 104th Guards Air Assault Division of three regiments on the basis of the 31st Airborne Brigade.
IN brigade composition(military unit 73612) includes:
— Management and headquarters of the brigade
- parachute battalion
— 2 air assault battalions
- artillery battalion
— combat and logistics support units
- military transport aviation squadron
- engineering company
In the military section of the “Global Adventure” forum there is a video from two years ago, which talks about participation 31st Airborne Brigade in the exercises of the CSTO collective rapid reaction forces, held in April 2014 on the territory of Belarus. According to legend, soldiers repel terrorists who decided to carry out a military coup.
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It is reported that by 2023 the brigade will be reorganized into the 104th Guards Air Assault Division.
On May 5, festive events dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the 31st Guards took place. ODSBr. The program began with a ceremonial meeting.
The event was attended by Deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Defense Vladimir Shamanov, First Deputy Commander of the Russian Airborne Forces Nikolai Ignatov, Governor Ulyanovsk region Sergey Morozov.
According to the plan for the construction of airborne troops until 2030, it is expected that by the 25th anniversary of the 31st brigade the 104th Guards Air Assault Division will be revived. Deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Vladimir Shamanov noted that the deployment of the 104th division is planned in three cities: Ulyanovsk, Penza and Orenburg. “This is a tribute to feat and heroism wonderful people, professional defenders of our Fatherland. We must be confident in Russia’s future,” the deputy said.
Governor Sergei Morozov addressed veterans and military personnel with a congratulatory speech: “A quarter of a century ago, Ulyanovsk hosted the 104th Airborne Division, withdrawn from the Republic of Azerbaijan. The 31st brigade became the successor to that same division. But no matter what the name of the illustrious formation was, it always remained worthy of the glory of the warriors of previous generations, preserving and enhancing their military traditions. Thanks to your example, an obvious change has occurred in the minds of young people, in their attitude towards serving in the army - more and more young guys, seeing before them the standards of courage, valor, courage, voluntarily strive to fulfill their duty to the Motherland. This became possible thanks to the conscientious and professional work of each of you. Thank you to every brigade soldier for your service! Best wishes to you and your families. New successes and brilliant victories!”
The 31st Guards Air Assault Brigade traces its history back to the times of the Great Patriotic War, when the 104th Guards Airborne Division was created in 1945. The formation took part in the liberation of Hungary. After the collapse of the USSR, the 104th Airborne Division was relocated to Ulyanovsk, where in 1998 the unit was reorganized into the 31st Airborne Brigade. Its military personnel demonstrate the professional skills and appropriate training of the national landing force. In 2013, the brigade completely switched to being staffed by contract soldiers and, from the same year, has peacekeeping status.
On behalf of the plenipotentiary representative of the President of the Russian Federation in Privolzhsky federal district Mikhail Babich was congratulated by the chief federal inspector for the Ulyanovsk region, Vladimir Kozin.
“Today is your solemn day - the 25th anniversary of the redeployment of the famous 104th Airborne Division from the Republic of Azerbaijan to the Ulyanovsk region and the 20th anniversary of the formation of the 31st Separate Guards Air Assault Order of Kutuzov Brigade. This is a military formation that not only Ulyanovsk, the Volga Federal District, but also the whole of Russia is proud of. Over the past decades, thousands Russian soldiers and officers chose to serve in the “winged infantry”, passed difficult tests of strength with honor, always clearly solved the tasks set by the command, and made a significant contribution to strengthening the defense capability of our state. You are truly one of the best formations of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. I wish you high results in performing combat missions and mastering new equipment,” emphasized Vladimir Kozin.
On a holiday at the base of the 31st Guards. The Special Airborne Brigade held demonstrations in parachute acrobatics, hand-to-hand combat, capturing an object and overcoming an obstacle course. Exhibition compositions of samples of small arms, engineering equipment, communications and landing equipment, and paratroopers' equipment were organized. In addition, exhibitions of the 31st Brigade and the regional branch of DOSAAF of the Ulyanovsk region were held in the open area near the Lenin Memorial.
For military personnel, their families, veterans of the 31st Guards. The ODSBr at the Lenin Memorial was performed by the song and dance ensemble of the Russian Airborne Forces, the ensemble of the Ryazan Guards Airborne School “Winged Infantry”, the group “Airborne Brotherhood” and creative teams Ulyanovsk region.
For reference
By order of the Governor of the Ulyanovsk Region, for exemplary performance of military duty, conscientious service and merits in improving the system of patriotic education of the younger generation, military personnel of the 31st separate guards air assault brigade were awarded:
Medal of Honor
- Guard Lieutenant Colonel Chikunov Alexander Anatolyevich - chief of artillery - head of the artillery department.
Honorary Badge of the Ulyanovsk Region “For Faith and Valor”:
- Guard senior sergeant Elena Mikhailovna Balandina - sanitary instructor of the material support company.
Letter of gratitude from the Governor of the Ulyanovsk region:
- Guard Sergeant Vorobiev Andrey Vladimirovich - senior technician of the engineering company
- Guard senior sergeant Svetlichnaya Elvira Evgenievna - nurse of the medical platoon of the medical company
- Guard Sergeant Sinitsin Sergey Anatolyevich - deputy platoon commander - commander of the platoon section (delivery of materiel) of the logistics company
- Guard Corporal Yashin Roman Igorevich - senior foreman of the repair company.
