Russian Guards

Guards (Russian (language): ???????) or Guards units (Russian (language): ??????????? ?????) were and are elite military units in Imperial Russia, Soviet Union and Russian Federation. The exact meaning of the term "Guards" varied over the time.

Russian Federation

The military of Russia has the following Guards units:

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• Moscow Military District
• 20th Guards Combined Arms Army
• 4th 'Kantemirovskaya' Guards Tank Division, ??????????? ???????? ?????????????? ???????,
• 2nd 'Tamanskaya' Guards Motor Rifle Division, ??????????? ?????????????? ????????? ???????
• 10th 'Uralsko-Lvovskaya' Guards Tank Division, ??????????? ???????? ????????-????????? ??????? (?)
• 22nd Combined Arms Army
• 3rd 'Vislenskaya' Guards Motor Rifle Division, ??????????? ?????????????? ?????????? ???????
• North Caucasus Military District
• 58th Combined Arms Army
• 20th 'Prikarpatsko-Berlinskaya' Guards Motor Rifle Division, ??????????? ?????????????? ????????????-?????????? ???????
• 136th 'Umansko-Berlinskaya' Separate Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade, ??????????? ?????????????? ???????-?????????? ???????
• Guards formations of the Airborne Troops (??????????? ?????????? ????????-????????? ?????)
• Other units and Russian Navy ships