List of guards units of Russia

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The 4th Guards Tank Division at the 2019 Minsk Independence Day Parade.

The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation has a large number of Guards units.

Ground Forces

Guards Armies

Guards Divisions

Motor Rifle

Tank

Guards Brigades

Motor Rifles

Tank

Engineering

Artillery

Other Guards units

Disbanded Guards units

Air Force

Disbanded Guards units

Airborne Forces

Navy

Guards formations of the Coastal Troops and Naval Infantry

Guards ships of the Navy (Cyrillic: гвардейские корабли)

    • submarine D-3 (1929),
      NF
      , I series. Awarded on April 3, 1942.
    • NF
      , XIV series. Awarded on April 3, 1942.
    • NF
      , XII series. Awarded on April 3, 1942.
    • submarine M-174 (1937),
      NF
      , XII series. Awarded on April 3, 1942.
    • destroyer Stoykiy (1938), BF, project 7U. Awarded on April 3, 1942.
    • minelayer Marti, ex-Imperial yacht Shtandart (1895), BF. Awarded on April 3, 1942.
    • base minesweeper T-205 (Gafel`) (1938), BF, project 53U. Awarded on April 3, 1942.
    • submarine Shch-205 (1934), BSF, V-bis-2 series. Awarded on March 1, 1943.
    • submarine Shch-303 (1931), BF, III series. Awarded on March 1, 1943.
    • submarine Shch-309 (1935), BF, V-bis-2 series. Awarded on March 1, 1943.
    • submarine minelayer L-3 (1931), BF, II series. Awarded on March 1, 1943.
    • destroyer Gremiashchiy (1937),
      NF
      , project 7. Awarded on March 1, 1943.
    • destroyer Soobrazitel`nyi (1939), BSF, project 7U. Awarded on March 1, 1943.
    • base minesweeper T-411 (Zashchitnik) (1937), BSF, project 53. Awarded on March 1, 1943.
    • Soviet submarine M-35 (1940), BSF, XII series. Awarded on May 31, 1943.
    • submarine Shch-402 (1935),
      NF
      , X series. Awarded on July 25, 1943.
    • submarine Shch-422, ex-Shch-314 (1935),
      NF
      , X series. Awarded on July 25, 1943.
    • NF
      , XII series. Awarded on July 25, 1943.
    • patrol boat № 065 (1938), BSF, MO-IV class. Awarded on July 25, 1943.
    • Soviet submarine S-33 (1939), BSF, IX-bis series. Awarded on July 22, 1944.
    • submarine Shch-215 (1937), BSF, X series. Awarded on July 22, 1944.
    • Soviet submarine M-62 (1939), BSF, XII series. Awarded on July 22, 1944.
    • NF
      , IX-bis-2 series. Awarded on February 23, 1945.
    • patrol ship EK-2, ex-USS Long Beach (PF-34) (1943), PF, Tacoma-class. Awarded on August 22, 1945.
    • patrol ship Metel` (1934), PF, project 4. Awarded on August 26, 1945.
    • minelayer Okhotsk (1935), PF, Okean-class. Awarded on August 26, 1945.
    • minesweeper T-278, ex-USS Nucleus (AM-268) (1943), PF, Admirable-class. Awarded on August 26, 1945.
    • minesweeper T-281, ex-USS Peril (AM-272) (1943), PF, Admirable-class. Awarded on August 26, 1945.
    • Sverdlov, ex-Vyuga (1909), AMF, Shkval-class. Awarded on August 30, 1945.
    • monitor Sun Yat-sen, ex-Shkval (1909), AMF, Shkval-class. Awarded on August 30, 1945.
    • gunboat Krasnaya Zvezda, ex-Vogul (1907), AMF, Vogul-class. Awarded on August 30, 1945.
    • gunboat Proletariy, ex-Votyak (1907), AMF, Vogul-class. Awarded on August 30, 1945.
    • large guided missile ship Gremiashchiy (1959),
      NF
      , project 57bis. Succeeded Gremiashchiy (1937).
    • large anti-submarine ship Soobrazitel`nyi (1961), BSF, project 61. Succeeded Soobrazitel`nyi (1939).
    • Kynda class cruiser Varyag, ex-Soobrazitel`nyi (1963), PF
      , project 58. Succeeded Soobrazitel`nyi (1939) too.
    • seagoing minesweeper MT-205 (Gafel`) (1964), BF, project 266. Succeeded T-205 Gafel` (1938).
    • NF
      , project 675. Succeeded K-22 (1938).
    • Kashin class destroyer Krasnyi Kavkaz (1966), BSF
      , project 61. Succeeded Krasnyi Kavkaz (1916).
    • Kashin class destroyer Krasnyi Krym (1969), BSF, project 61. Succeeded Krasnyi Krym (1915).
    • destroyer Gremiashchiy (1987),
      NF
      , project 956. Succeeded Gremiashchiy (1959).
    • Russian cruiser Varyag, ex-Chervona Ukraina (1983), PF, project 1164. Succeeded Varyag (1963) in 1996.
    • guided missile cruiser Moskva, ex-Slava (1979), BSF, project 1164. Succeeded Krasnyi Kavkaz (1966) in 1998.
    • destroyer Gremiashchiy, ex-Bezuderzhnyi (1990),
      NF
      , project 956A. Succeeded Gremiashchiy (1987) in 2007.
Soviet ships

Strategic Rocket Forces

Guards Rocket Armies

References

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