Today, the Russian Air Force consists of regiments, separate brigades and four divisions. These military formations are deployed in Pskov, Ivanovo, Novorossiysk and Tula. According to experts, the 106th Tula Airborne Division is rightfully considered legendary. The connection has a rich history, which with its origins dates back to the times of the Great Patriotic War. Information on the creation, composition and tasks of the 106th Airborne Division can be found in this article.
Introduction to the military formation
Tula Red Banner Order of Kutuzov 106 Airborne Division is a unit of airborne troops of the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union, and later - Russia. Parts are deployed in Tula, Naro-Fominsk and Ryazan. April 26 is the day of the 106th Airborne Division. The military unit is conventionally referred to as military unit 55599. Its headquarters is in the city of Tula.
Address of the 106th Airborne Division
To those who wantto meet directly with the deputy commander of the regiment in charge of personnel, you should contact the headquarters of the division of military unit 55599. It is located on Svobody Street, 52 in Tula. The address of the 51st regiment of the 106th airborne division is st. Komsomolskaya, 190. Military unit 33842 is stationed here. The oath is also taken here. Anyone who wants to attend the celebration should arrive at this address. The 106th Airborne Division was created in 1943. In the following decades, the connection was repeatedly reformed. About the history of the creation of the airborne division No. 106 later in the article.
The beginning of the creation of a military unit
In June 1943, the 7th and 17th Airborne Guards Brigades were formed. There were 5,800 soldiers in the state. These formations were assigned to the Moscow Military District (VO). At the end of 1943, the district was replenished with the guards airborne brigades No. 4 and 7, which had previously been deployed on the Ukrainian front. 1944 became the year of the formation in the city of Stupino of the 16th Guards Airborne Division with a strength of 12,000 servicemen. It was based on separate brigades No. 4, 7 and 17. The staff consisted of Komsomol members and cadets-graduates of military schools, as well as officers, for the most part with rich combat experience.
The division used the latest weapons and equipment, including vehicles with high cross-country ability. In 1944, the 16th Guards Airborne Division was relocated to the Mogilev region in the city of Starye Dorogi. In August of the same year, it was supplemented by the newly formed 38th Guards Airborne Corps, which soon reinforced the SeparateGuards Airborne Army. In December, this military unit was reorganized into the 9th Guards Army, and the 38th Corps was renamed the Guards Rifle Corps. After Order No. 0047 issued by the Supreme Commander-in-Chief, the 16th Guards Airborne Division is listed as the 106th Guards Rifle Division, assigned to the 38th Guards Rifle Corps.
Further reforms
At the end of the Great Patriotic War, the military command of the Soviet Union considered it necessary to conduct planned combat training in the Red Army Airborne Forces. In 1946, all formations of the 106th division were returned back to the USSR. In accordance with Decree No. 1154474 issued by the Council of Ministers, the 106th Guards Rifle Division of the Red Banner Order of Kutuzov was reorganized into the 106th Guards Airborne Division. In July, the city of Tula became the place of deployment. The division reinforced the 38th Guards Airborne Vienna Corps with headquarters in Tula.
In 1947, the Airborne Division was awarded the Guards Battle Banner. In 1948, the 38th Vienna Corps, together with the 106th division, became part of the USSR Airborne Forces Army. In 1953, this military unit was disbanded. In 1956, the same fate awaited the Vienna Corps.
The division from now on is directly subordinate to the commander of the Airborne Forces. The state is represented by three regiments, each of which has its own battalion. Additionally, the 137th Guards was included in the 106th division. parachute regiment, formerly part of the 11th airborne division. The regiment was stationed in Ryazan. In March 1960, the Minister of Defense of the Soviet Union wasa Directive was signed, in accordance with which the 351st Guards Airborne Regiment (RPA) was transferred from the 106th Division to the 105th Guards Vienna Red Banner Division. The 105th Airborne Division itself was transferred to the Uzbek SSR in the city of Fergana. This military formation is listed behind the Turkestan military district.
About division names
From its inception to the present day, the 106th Airborne Division had several full names. The formations were called:
- 16th Guards Airborne Division (since January 1944);
- 106th Guards Rifle Division (since December 1944);
- 106th Guards Rifle Division of the Order of Kutuzov (since April 1945);
- 106th Guards Red Banner Rifle Division (at the end of the Great Patriotic War);
- 106th Guards Airborne Red Banner Division, Order of Kutuzov (since June 1946);
- 106th Guards Airborne Tula Red Banner Division, Order of Kutuzov (since August 2015).
About purpose
Airborne troops, being an effective tool in offensive wars, perform the following tasks:
- operating behind enemy lines;
- do deep raids;
- capturing strategically important and command and control facilities of the enemy, bridgeheads and enemy communications by parachute and landing landing;
- carry out sabotage.
Composition of the 106th Airborne Division
Since 2017, the airborne division has been completedfollowing military formations.
- Guards Airborne Red Banner, Order of Suvorov Regiment No. 51. The regiment of the 106th Airborne Division is stationed in the city of Tula.
- 137th Guards Airborne Regiment of the Order of the Red Star (Ryazan military unit 41450).
- 1182 Novgorod Red Banner Guards Artillery Regiment of the Orders of Kutuzov, Suvorov, Alexander Nevsky and Bogdan Khmelnitsky (military unit 93723 in Naro-Fominsk).
- The First Guards Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment (military unit 71298 in Naro-Fominsk).
- Separate tank company in Tula.
- 173rd Separate Guards Reconnaissance Battalion (military unit 54392 in Tula).
- 388th Separate Guards Engineer Battalion (military unit 12159 in Tula).
- 731st Separate Guards Communications Battalion. Soldiers serve in the Tula military unit No. 93687.
- A separate EW company in Tula.
- Separate battalion 1060, engaged in material support. Service is carried out in military unit No. 14403 in Slobodka.
- Separate airmobile medical unit No. 39. (military unit 52296 in Tula).
- 970th separate company responsible for amphibious support. Conditionally listed as military unit 64024. Stationed in Tula.
- 1883 courier-postal communication station. (Tula military unit No. 54235).
About command
From 1991 to the present day, the leadership of the military unit was carried out by officers:
- Major General Kolmakov A. P. (commander of the airborne division from 1991 to 1993);
- since 1993until 2004, Major General Savilov E. Yu.;
- from 2004 to 2007 of the Guard by Major General Serdyukov A. N.;
- in 2007, Major General Ustinov E. A.;
- Guard Major General A. Yu. Vyaznikov (2007-2010);
- Guards Colonel Naumts A. V. (2010);
- Guards Colonel Anashkin G. V. (from 2010 to 2011);
- from 2011 to 2013 of the Guard Major General Kochetkov V. A.;
- from 2013 to 2015 - Major General Glushenkov D. V.
From 2015 to the present, the commander of the 106th Airborne Division - Kirsi P. V. in the rank of Major General of the Guard.
The result of the activities of the military unit
At the end of the Great Patriotic War, military experts calculated that the guards destroyed and captured 64 thousand German soldiers and officers, 316 self-propelled artillery installations and tanks, 971 various-caliber guns, 6,371 military vehicles, 3,600 railway cars and 29 aircraft. In addition, a huge number of warehouses with ammunition and military equipment were destroyed. The division's servicemen covered over 6,000 km.
About awards
7,401 servicemen of the 106th division received government awards. According to experts, some soldiers and officers were awarded several awards for their courage during the hostilities. The title of Hero of the Soviet Union was received by N. S. Rybakov (guard foreman), V. T. Polyakov (guards junior lieutenant) and V. P. Selishchev (senior guardslieutenant).
On the military reform of 2008-2009
After the collapse of the Soviet Union until 2005, the division included the Guards Parachute Regiment No. 119, which was considered one of the best in the unit. According to experts, it was the most combat-ready unit in the division. The fighters of this regiment were attracted to perform the most responsible and complex tasks. Seventeen of her soldiers were awarded the title of Hero of Russia. In 2008, the Russian army command planned to disband the division, and equip other divisions with the remaining formations. However, this decision was cancelled. In August 2015, the President of Russia signed a decree, according to which the 106th division was given the name "Tula".
About combat use
Servicemen of the regiment 51, 106 Airborne Division (Tula) participated in combat operations in Austria, the Czech Republic and Hungary. Unlike many similar military formations, Division 106 has never changed its location.
In the city of Tula, the connection has been registered since 1946. In 1967, an armed conflict began between the People's Republic of China and the SRV. The command of the USSR was forced to transfer the 137th Airborne Regiment of the Guards Division to Transbaikalia. When the Chinese troops were withdrawn from Vietnam, the Soviet command decided to conduct regimental exercises on the territory of Mongolia. The landing took place near the Chinese border from two aircraft. Due to strong winds, three soldiers were killed. Many soldiers escaped with various injuries and fractures. AT50 people needed urgent hospitalization. As a result, the Soviet command was forced to stop the exercises.
In 1967, as a result of a coup in Athens, the “black colonels” of G. Papodopouls came to power. A new anti-communist military regime was approved in Greece. In order to protect the socialist People's Republic of Bulgaria from possible aggression from Greece, the Soviet military command held joint military exercises in the Black Sea, which are known in history as Operation Rhodopi.
In February 1988, the soldiers of the regiment under the command of Colonel V. Khatskevich were sent to the airfield near the city of Baku. At that time, Armenian pogroms began to gain momentum there. The mission of the airborne division was to restore order in the city.
In addition, this military unit was involved in the First and Second Chechen wars. In April 2000, near the settlement of Serzhen-Yurt, soldiers of the division were ambushed by Chechen fighters led by commanders Abu al-Walid and Abu Jafar. According to experts, despite the tragic events that took place in the history of the Guards Parachute Regiment, the formation of the Chechen war passed with dignity.
The 106th division was not sent to Afghanistan, but more than half of the officers and ensigns were there. The division also performed combat missions, namely, suppressed anti-Soviet speeches and put things in order,territories of Transcaucasia and Northern Asia. After the collapse of the USSR, the unit had to operate in Kabul and Transnistria.
