VDV (Russian Airborne Forces)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/VDV_(Russian_Airborne_Forces)
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:abbreviation gptkb:VDV
gptkbp:anniversary August 2
gptkbp:branch gptkb:Russian_Armed_Forces
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Colonel_General_Mikhail_Teplinsky
gptkbp:country gptkb:Russia
gptkbp:established 1930
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Moscow
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label VDV (Russian Airborne Forces)
gptkbp:motto gptkb:Nobody_but_us_(Никто_кроме_нас)
gptkbp:nativeName gptkb:Воздушно-десантные_войска
gptkbp:notableOperation gptkb:Soviet–Afghan_War
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkb:First_Chechen_War
gptkb:2022_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine
gptkb:Second_Chechen_War
gptkb:Annexation_of_Crimea
gptkbp:paradeUniform telnyashka (striped shirt)
gptkbp:parentOrganization gptkb:Ministry_of_Defence_of_the_Russian_Federation
gptkbp:previousName gptkb:Soviet_Airborne_Forces
gptkbp:role rapid reaction force
airborne forces
gptkbp:size about 45,000 personnel
gptkbp:uniform blue beret
gptkbp:website https://vdv.mil.ru/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:106th_Guards_Airborne_Division
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6