Soviet Airborne Troops

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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:decorations gptkb:Order_of_the_Red_Banner
gptkb:Order_of_Suvorov
gptkb:Order_of_Kutuzov
gptkbp:disbanded 1991
gptkbp:engagedIn gptkb:Hungarian_Revolution_of_1956
gptkb:Soviet–Afghan_War
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkb:Prague_Spring
Chernobyl disaster response
gptkbp:equipment gptkb:Il-76
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 Soviet Airborne Troops
gptkbp:motto Nobody but us
gptkbp:nativeName gptkb:Vozdushno-desantnye_voyska_SSSR
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Blue_Berets
gptkbp:notableCommander gptkb:Alexander_Lebed
gptkb:Vasily_Margelov
gptkb:Vasily_Glazunov
gptkbp:notableOperation gptkb:Budapest_1956
gptkb:Dnieper_Airborne_Operation
gptkb:Prague_1968
gptkb:Vyazma_Airborne_Operation
gptkbp:notableUnit gptkb:103rd_Guards_Airborne_Division
gptkb:104th_Guards_Airborne_Division
gptkb:242nd_Training_Centre
gptkb:76th_Guards_Airborne_Division
gptkb:7th_Guards_Airborne_Division
gptkb:106th_Guards_Airborne_Division
gptkb:98th_Guards_Airborne_Division
gptkbp:parentOrganization gptkb:Ministry_of_Defence_of_the_Soviet_Union
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Soviet_Armed_Forces
gptkbp:role air assault
paratroopers
airborne forces
gptkbp:size up to 7 divisions
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Russian_Airborne_Troops
gptkb:Belarusian_Airborne_Forces
gptkb:Ukrainian_Airmobile_Forces
gptkbp:trainer gptkb:Ryazan_Guards_Higher_Airborne_Command_School
gptkbp:uniform blue beret
telnyashka
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Vasily_Margelov
gptkb:Operation_Storm-333
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6