104th Guards Air Assault Regiment

The regiment was formed on 24 September 1948 in Valga, Karelian ASSR as the 104th Guards Air-Landing Regiment of the 21st Guards Airborne Division from elements of the 3rd Parachute Battalion of the 346th Guards Air-Landing Regiment. In September 1953, it would convert to a parachute regiment and be renamed the 104th Guards Airborne Regiment. Later, in 1955, the regiment would relocate to {{ill|Cheryokha (settlement)|lt=Cheryokha|ru|Черёха (Псковская область)}}, Pskov Oblast and become a part of the 76th Guards Air Assault Division.

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In 1967, the regiment was in the Exercise Dnepr, and in 1970, Exercise Dvina. In 1972, the regiment would conduct exercises beyond the arctic circle, and in 1977, it was fully armed with the BMD-1. Exercise Dvina On February 21st, 1978, it was awarded the Order of the Red Banner. From 1979 to 1989, soldiers of the regiment operated in Afghanistan. On November 26, 1979, it was awarded the pennant of the Minister of Defense of the USSR "For courage and military valor". In 1981, regiment personnel were involved in the large-scale exercise "West-81". In June 1987, General of the Army V.F. Margelov was eternally included in the list of honorary soldiers.

From 1988 to 1993, the regiment was involved in multiple peacekeeping operations across the Caucasus, and was stationed in Yerevan in 1988, Baku from 1988 to 1989, Osh, Fergana in 1990, and Transnistria and South Ossetia from 1992 to 1993. From November 1994 to May 1995, the regiment conducted military operations within Chechnya. For their courage and heroism, hundreds of regiment servicemen were awarded orders and medals, and Guards Colonel Tulin S.Z., Guards Lieutenant Colonel Pyatnitskikh S.I. (posthumously), Guards Major Urazayev I.K. were awarded the title of Hero of Russia. From August 1999 to 2004, the regiment conducted counter-terrorist operations in Chechnya, where famously the 6th Company of the 2nd Battalion fought until the last man at the Battle for Height 776. {{Cite web |title=104-й гвардейский десантно-штурмовой Краснознаменный полк — Союз Десантников России имени Героя Советского Союза, генерал-полковника Востротина В.А. |url=http://sdrvdv.ru/104-j-gvardejskij-desantno-shturmovoj-krasnoznamennyj-polk/ |access-date=2024-08-23 |website=sdrvdv.ru}}

In 2014, the regiment was involved in the War in Donbas. In 2022, the regiment participated in the Russian invasion of Ukraine.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/3495755-ukraines-armed-forces-destroy-platoon-of-pskov-paratroopers.html|date=2022-05-30|access-date=2022-10-28|title=Ukraine's Armed Forces destroy platoon of Pskov paratroopers}} The regiment has suffered very heavy casualties including at least four battalion commanders.{{Cite web|url=https://topcargo200.com/tag/104gaar/|title=104th Guards Air Assault Regiment|website=www.topcargo200.com|access-date=2022-12-14}} On 7 June 2022, Ukraine's 80th Air Assault Brigade claimed that they had destroyed the regiment in a battle on a highway in the Donbas.{{Cite web|url=https://sofrep.com/news/ukraine-claims-to-have-destroyed-russias-104th-airborne-regiment-in-14-hour-firefight/|website=www.sofrep.com|title=Ukraine Claims to Have Destroyed Russia’s 104th Airborne Regiment in 14-Hour Firefight|date=2022-06-09|access-date=2022-12-14}} The regiment has been accused of participating in the Bucha massacre by Ukrainian prosecutors.{{Cite web|url=https://www.rferl.org/a/bucha-war-crimes-military-units/31789259.html|date=2022-04-06|access-date=2022-10-28|title=As Evidence Of War Crimes In Bucha Mounts, A Hunt For Russian Military Units}}

• regiment HQ,
• 1st airborne assault battalion,
• 2nd airborne assault battalion,
• parachute assault battalion,
• self-propelled artillery division,
• anti-tank battery,
• anti-tank battery of self-propelled anti-tank guns,
• anti-aircraft battery,
• reconnaissance company,
• engineer-sapper company,
• communications company,
• airborne support company,
• logistics company,
• repair company,
• NBC protection platoon.

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