137th Guards Airborne Regiment
{{Infobox military unit
| unit_name = 137th Guards Airborne Regiment
| image = Sleeve patch of the 137th Guards Airborne Regiment.svg
| image_size = 200
| caption = 137th Guards Airborne Regiment shoulder sleeve insignia
| dates = 1948{{endash}}present
| country = {{flagcountry|Russia}}
| allegiance =
| branch = {{Russia airborne troops branch}}
| type =
| role =
| size = Regiment
| command_structure = 106th Guards Tula Airborne Division
| current_commander = Guards Colonel Roman Andreyevich Borsuk{{cn|date=September 2022}}
| garrison = Ryazan
{{MUN}}41450
| march =
| mascot =
| battles = War in Donbas
• Battle of Ilovaisk
Russian invasion of Ukraine
• Battle of Izyum
• Battle of Bakhmut
| decorations = {{Order of the Red Star Decoration}}
Kuban Cossacks
| native_name = {{langx|ru|137-й парашютно-десантный Кубанский казачий ордена Красной Звезды полк}}
}}
The 137th Guards Airborne Regiment is a formation of the Russian Airborne Troops. It is part of the 106th Guards Tula Airborne Division.
In 2014, the regiment was involved in the Russian military intervention in Ukraine.{{Cite web|last=Sutyagin|first=Igor|date=March 2015|title=RUSI Briefing Paper: Russian Forces in Ukraine|url=https://rusi.org/sites/default/files/201503_bp_russian_forces_in_ukraine.pdf|publisher=Royal United Services Institute|page=3|access-date=3 November 2016|journal=|archive-date=11 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111112810/https://rusi.org/sites/default/files/201503_bp_russian_forces_in_ukraine.pdf|url-status=dead}} It fought again in the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022. At the Battle of Izium (counteroffensive phrase) the unit fell into an ambush, losing their commander, Lieutenant Colonel Pavel Krivov.{{cite web | url=https://vk.com/wall126522618_709 | title=Error | VK }}
History
The regiment was formed on 1 October 1948 in Ryazan as the 137th Guards Air-Landing Regiment of the 11th Guards Airborne Division. In 1949 it was converted into an airborne regiment. In May 1955 it became part of the 106th Guards Airborne Division after the 11th Guards Airborne Division was disbanded.{{Cite web|url=http://www.ww2.dk/new/vdv/137gvpdp.htm|title=137/th Guards Parachute Regiment|last=Holm|first=Michael|website=www.ww2.dk|access-date=2016-08-12}}
A battalion of the regiment was involved in the August 1991 Soviet coup attempt, guarding the Russian White House against potential assault.William E. Odom, "The Collapse of the Soviet Military," 1998, 330-331.