On August 2, 1930, a 12-man paratrooper unit parachuted from a TB-3 heavy bomber during military exercises in the Moscow Military District near Voronezh. This... 02.08.2011, Sputnik International
On August 2, 1930, a 12-man paratrooper unit parachuted from a TB-3 heavy bomber during military exercises in the Moscow Military District near Voronezh. This was Russia’s first airborne unit. On this day, the Russian Airborne Forces were born.
On August 2, 1930, a 12-man paratrooper unit parachuted from a TB-3 heavy bomber during military exercises in the Moscow Military District near Voronezh. This was Russia’s first airborne unit. On this day, the Russian Airborne Forces were born.
On August 2, 1930, a 12-man paratrooper unit parachuted from a TB-3 heavy bomber during military exercises in the Moscow Military District near Voronezh. This was Russia’s first airborne unit. On this day, the Russian Airborne Forces were born.
The patron saint of the Russian Airborne Forces is the Prophet Elijah. It has become tradition to celebrate St. Elijah's Day on Moscow’s Ilyinka Street – which means Elijah’s Street – with military performances on Red Square.
It is reported that about five thousand people, who consider themselves “more relatives than friends” of the Russian Airborne Forces, celebrated the holiday in St. Petersburg.
Soldiers of 247th Airborne Assault Caucasian Cossack Regiment show off their skills.
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