Airborne Forces of the Soviet Union

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Airborne_Forces_of_the_Soviet_Union
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:abbreviation gptkb:VDV
gptkbp:anniversary 2 August
gptkbp:country gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkbp:disbanded 1991
gptkbp:equipment gptkb:Il-76_transport_aircraft
gptkb:BTR-D
gptkb:BMD-1
gptkb:BMD-2
gptkbp:established 1930
gptkbp:garrison gptkb:Moscow
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Airborne Forces of the Soviet Union
gptkbp:motto gptkb:Nobody_but_us_(Никто_кроме_нас)
gptkbp:nativeName gptkb:Воздушно-десантные_войска_СССР
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:VDV
gptkbp:notableCommander gptkb:Alexander_Lebed
gptkb:Vasily_Margelov
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:Red_Square
gptkbp:notableOperation gptkb:Hungarian_Revolution_of_1956
gptkb:Soviet–Afghan_War
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkb:Prague_Spring_(1968)
gptkbp:notableUnit gptkb:103rd_Guards_Airborne_Division
gptkb:76th_Guards_Airborne_Division
gptkb:7th_Guards_Airborne_Division
gptkb:106th_Guards_Airborne_Division
gptkb:98th_Guards_Airborne_Division
gptkbp:parentOrganization gptkb:Soviet_Armed_Forces
gptkbp:role airborne operations
air assault operations
paratrooper operations
gptkbp:size up to 7 divisions
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Russian_Airborne_Forces
gptkb:Belarusian_Airborne_Forces
gptkb:Ukrainian_Airmobile_Forces
gptkbp:trainer gptkb:Ryazan_Guards_Higher_Airborne_Command_School
gptkbp:uniform blue beret
telnyashka (striped shirt)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:General_Vasily_Glagolev
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7