Back قوات الإنزال الجوي الروسية Arabic Паветрана-дэсантныя войскі Расійскай Федэрацыі Byelorussian Въздушно-десантни войски на Руската федерация Bulgarian VDV Catalan Výsadkové vojsko (Rusko) Czech De russiske luftbårne styrker Danish Luftlandetruppen (Russland) German Ρωσικές Αερομεταφερόμενες Δυνάμεις Greek VDV Esperanto Tropas Aerotransportadas de Rusia Spanish
| Russian Airborne Forces | |
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| Воздушно-десантные войска России Vozdushno-desantnye voyska Rossii | |
 Emblem of the Russian Airborne Forces | |
| Founded | 7 May 1992 |
| Country | Russia |
| Branch | Russian Armed Forces |
| Type | Airborne forces |
| Role | |
| Size | 45,000 (pre-expansion 2022)[1] |
| Nickname(s) | Blue Berets, Winged Infantry, Troops of Uncle Vasya, Angels of Death |
| Motto(s) | Никто, кроме нас! (Nobody, but us!) |
| Color of Beret | Sky Blue |
| Anniversaries | Paratroopers' Day (2 August) |
| Engagements | |
| Website | Official website |
| Commanders | |
| Commander | Colonel General Mikhail Teplinsky |
| Chief of Staff and First Deputy Commander | Lieutenant General Anatoly Kontsevoy |
| Notable commanders | Georgy Shpak, Vladimir Shamanov |
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| Staff |
| Services (vid) |
| Independent troops (rod) |
| Special operations force (sof) |
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| History of the Russian military |
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The Russian Airborne Forces (Russian: Воздушно-десантные войска России, ВДВ, romanized: Vozdushno-desantnye voyska Rossii, VDV) is the airborne separate combat arm of the Russian Armed Forces. It is a rapid response force and strategic reserve that is under the President of Russia, reporting directly to the Chief of the General Staff, and is organized into airborne and air assault units. It was formed in 1992 from divisions of the Soviet Airborne Forces that came under Russian control following the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
Troops of the Russian Airborne Forces have traditionally worn a blue beret and blue-striped telnyashka undershirt and are called desant (Russian: Десант), from the French Descente.[3]
The Russian Airborne Forces utilizes a range of specialist airborne warfare vehicles and are fully mechanized. Traditionally they have had a larger complement of heavy weaponry than most contemporary airborne forces.[4]
- ^ "Russian Defense Ministry to build up strength of airborne assault divisions". tass.com. TASS. 24 February 2023. Retrieved 2022-03-27.
- ^ СМИ: Элитные отряды сирийской армии и российские морпехи переброшены на восток Хамы Vzglyad (newspaper), 26 May 2017.
- ^ "ДЕСАНТ". Classes.RU. Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2015-08-09.
- ^ "A look into the modern Russian Airborne Forces | the Vineyard of the Saker". Archived from the original on 2019-01-17. Retrieved 2019-01-17.