137th Guards Airborne Regiment

137th Guards Airborne Regiment Sleeve patch of the 137th Guards Airborne Regiment.svg 200 137th Guards Airborne Regiment shoulder sleeve insignia 1948present Russia Regiment 106th Guards Tula Airborne Division Guards Colonel Roman Andreyevich BorsukSeptember 2022 Ryazan41450 War in Donbas• Battle of IlovaiskRussian invasion of Ukraine• Battle of Izyum• Battle of Bakhmut Kuban Cossacks ru 137-й парашютно-десантный Кубанский казачий ордена Красной Звезды полк The 137th Guards Airborne Regiment (military unit 41450) at Ryazan 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.Sutyagin Igor March 2015 RUSI Briefing Paper: Russian Forces in Ukraine https://rusi.org/sites/default/files/201503_bp_russian_forces_in_ukraine.pdf Royal United Services Institute 3 3 November 2016 11 January 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210111112810/https://rusi.org/sites/default/files/201503_bp_russian_forces_in_ukraine.pdf dead It fought again in the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022. At the Battle of Izium (counteroffensive phase) the unit fell into an ambush, losing their commander, Lieutenant Colonel Pavel Krivov.https://vk.com/wall126522618_709 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.http://www.ww2.dk/new/vdv/137gvpdp.htm 137/th Guards Parachute Regiment Holm Michael www.ww2.dk 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. On 4 April 2024, Michael Gloss, the son of a CIA Deputy Director was killed while fighting in an offensive push in Donetsk, Ukraine. Gloss was a member of the regiment.Reilly Patrick 2025-04-25 Son of a CIA leader killed fighting for Russia in Ukraine: report https://nypost.com/2025/04/25/world-news/son-of-a-cia-leader-killed-fighting-for-russia-in-ukraine-report/ 2025-04-25 en-US https://archive.today/20250425174553/https://nypost.com/2025/04/25/world-news/son-of-a-cia-leader-killed-fighting-for-russia-in-ukraine-report/ 25 April 2025Савина (Savina) Соня (Sonya) Феоктистов (Feoktistov) Егор (Yegor) https://istories.media/stories/2025/04/25/koval-svoi-put-geroya-poka-ne-pogib-vo-vremya-puteshestviya-v-vostochnoi-yevrope/ «Ковал свой путь героя, пока не погиб во время путешествия в Восточной Европе»: Как сын замдиректора ЦРУ хотел объехать весь мир налегке и спасти планету от экологического кризиса, но оказался в российской армии и погиб на войне в Украине "Forged his path as a hero until he died during a trip in Eastern Europe": As the son of the deputy director of the CIA, he wanted to travel the whole world light and save the planet from an environmental crisis, but ended up in the Russian army and died in the war in Ukraine ru Важные истории (istories.media) 25 April 2025 1 May 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20250501194303/https://istories.media/stories/2025/04/25/koval-svoi-put-geroya-poka-ne-pogib-vo-vremya-puteshestviya-v-vostochnoi-yevrope/ 1 May 2025https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/04/25/top-cia-official-s-21-year-old-son-killed-in-ukraine-after-joining-russian-army Top CIA official's 21-year-old son killed in Ukraine after joining Russian army Meduza (meduza.io) 25 April 2025 1 May 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20250501194456/https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/04/25/top-cia-official-s-21-year-old-son-killed-in-ukraine-after-joining-russian-army 1 May 2025https://www.fairfaxmemorialfuneralhome.com/obituaries/Michael-Alexander-Gloss?obId=34085063 Obituary: Michael Alexander Gloss (December 4, 2002 - April 4, 2024) Fairfax Memorial Funeral Home (www.fairfaxmemorialfuneralhome.com) Fairfax, Virginia December 2024 1 May 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20250123081145/https://www.fairfaxmemorialfuneralhome.com/obituaries/Michael-Alexander-Gloss?obId=34085063 23 January 2025 References Category:Regiments of the Russian Airborne Troops Category:Military units and formations established in 1949 Category:Airborne units and formations of the Soviet Union Category:Military units and formations of Russia in the war in Donbas