Russian Airborne Troops (VDV)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Russian_Airborne_Troops_(VDV)
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:abbreviation gptkb:VDV
gptkbp:anniversary August 2
gptkbp:colors blue
green
light blue
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Colonel_General_Mikhail_Teplinsky
gptkbp:country gptkb:Russia
gptkbp:distinctiveUniform blue beret
telnyashka (striped shirt)
gptkbp:founded 1930
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Moscow,_Russia
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Russian Airborne Troops (VDV)
gptkbp:motto gptkb:Nobody_but_us_(Никто,_кроме_нас)
gptkbp:nativeName gptkb:Воздушно-десантные_войска_России
gptkbp:notableOperation gptkb:Soviet–Afghan_War
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkb:First_Chechen_War
gptkb:Russo-Georgian_War
gptkb:Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine
gptkb:Second_Chechen_War
gptkb:Annexation_of_Crimea
gptkbp:parentOrganization gptkb:Ministry_of_Defence_of_the_Russian_Federation
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Russian_Armed_Forces
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Soviet_Airborne_Forces
gptkbp:role air assault
rapid reaction force
airborne forces
paratrooper operations
gptkbp:size estimated 45,000–60,000 personnel
gptkbp:website http://www.mil.ru/forces/airborne.htm
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Airborne_Warfare
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6