56th Guards Air Assault Regiment

56th Guards Air Assault Regiment
(Dec 2021 – present)

56th Guards Air Assault Brigade
(Oct 1979 – Dec 2021)

351st Guards Airborne Regiment
(Jan 1949 – Oct 1979)

351st Guards Air Landing Regiment
(Jun 1946 – Jan 1949)

351st Guards Rifle Regiment
(Dec 1944 – Jun 1946)

7th Guards Airborne Brigade
(Jun 1943 – Dec 1944)
56th Guards Air Assault Regiment; (Dec 2021 – present); 56th Guards Air Assault Brigade; (Oct 1979 – Dec 2021); 351st Guards Airborne Regiment; (Jan 1949 – Oct 1979) 351st Guards Air Landing Regiment; (Jun 1946 – Jan 1949); 351st Guards Rifle Regiment; (Dec 1944 – Jun 1946); 7th Guards Airborne Brigade; (Jun 1943 – Dec 1944)
Russian: 56-й гвардейский десантно-штурмовой орденов Кутузова и Отечественной войны 1-й степени Донской казачий полк
Active	1943–present
Country	Soviet Union (1943–1991) ; Russia (1991–present)
Branch	Soviet Armed Forces Soviet Airborne Forces; Russian Armed Forces Russian Airborne Forces;
Type	Airborne forces
Role	Light Infantry; Airborne Infantry; Airmobile infantry
Size	Regiment
Part of	7th Guards Mountain Air Assault Division; Southern Military District
Garrison/HQ	Feodosia, Crimea
Patron	St. Elijah the Prophet
Anniversaries	11 June
Engagements	World War II Battle of the Dnieper; Crimean offensive; Vienna Offensive; Prague offensive; ; Soviet–Afghan War Operation Magistral; ; First Chechen War; Second Chechen War Battle of Komsomolskoye; ; Russo-Ukrainian War;
Decorations	Guards; Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class; Order of Kutuzov, 2nd class
Battle honours	Don Cossack
Commanders
Notable; commanders	Vitaly Raevsky

The 56th Guards Air Assault Orders of Kutuzov and the Patriotic War 1st class Don Cossack Regiment (Russian: 56-й гвардейский десантно-штурмовой орденов Кутузова и Отечественной войны 1-й степени Донской казачий полк) is an airborne regiment of the Russian Airborne Forces (VDV). Based at Feodosia in Crimea, the regiment is part of the 7th Guards Mountain Air Assault Division. It was formed in 2021 from the 56th Guards Airborne Brigade, based at Kamyshin. The brigade was first formed in 1979 and fought in the Soviet–Afghan War, the First Chechen War and the Second Chechen War.