List of guards units of Russia

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

• Moscow Military District
  • 20th Guards Combined Arms Army
    • 4th "Kantemirovskaya" Guards Tank Division, (Cyrillic: гвардейская танковая Кантемировская дивизия)
    • 2nd "Tamanskaya" Guards Motor Rifle Division, (Cyrillic: гвардейская мотострелковая Таманская дивизия)
    • 10th "Uralsko-Lvovskaya" Guards Tank Division, (Cyrillic: гвардейская танковая Уральско-Львовская дивизия) (?)

• North Caucasus Military District
  • 58th Combined Arms Army
    • 20th "Prikarpatsko-Berlinskaya" Guards Motor Rifle Division, (Cyrillic: гвардейская мотострелковая Прикарпатско-Берлинская дивизия)
    • 136th "Umansko-Berlinskaya" Separate Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade, (Cyrillic: гвардейская мотострелковая Уманско-Берлинская дивизия)

• Guards formations of the Air Force
  • 14th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment (MiG-29) Kursk - Khalino
  • 28th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment (MiG-29) Andreapol Air Base, Tver oblast
  • 120th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment, Domna, 27 km southwest of Chita (MiG-29)
  • 42nd Guards Bomber Aviation Regiment (42 Gv BAP) (Su-24) (Verino - Pereyaslavka, Khabarovsk Kray) (to disband(?))

• • 22nd Guards "Donbass" Heavy Bomber Aviation Division, Engels-2, Saratov
    • 52nd Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment, Shaykovka (Tu-22M)
    • 121 Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment, Engels-2 (Tu-160)
    • 184 Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment, Engels-2 (Tu-95)
    • 203rd Air Refueling Regiment, Dyagilevo, near Ryazan (Il-78)
    • 840th Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment, Soltsy-2 (Tu-22M)

• Guards formations of the Airborne Troops (Cyrillic: гвардейские соединения воздушно-десантных войск):
  • 7th Guards Airborne Division
  • 76th Guards Air Assault Division
  • 98th Guards Airborne Division
  • 106th Guards Airborne Division
  • 31st Guards Airborne Brigade
  • 45th Guards Separate Reconnaissance Regiment
• Other units and Russian Navy ships