76th Guards Air Assault Division

76th Guards Air Assault Division
76th Guards Airborne Division (6 Jul 1946 – 2006)
76th Guards Rifle Division (1 Mar 1943 – 6 Jul 1946)
157th Rifle Division (1 Sep 1939 – 1 Mar 1943)
76th Guards Air Assault Division; 76th Guards Airborne Division (6 Jul 1946 – 2006)76th Guards Rifle Division (1 Mar 1943 – 6 Jul 1946)157th Rifle Division (1 Sep 1939 – 1 Mar 1943)
Russian: 76-я гвардейская десантно-штурмовая Черниговская Краснознаменная, ордена Суворова дивизия
	Great emblem of the 76th Guards Air Assault Division
Active	1 September 1939 – present
Country	Soviet Union; (1939–1991); Russia; (1991–present)
Branch	Russian Airborne Forces
Type	Airborne forces
Role	Light Infantry; Airborne Infantry; Airmobile infantry
Part of	Russian Armed Forces
Garrison/HQ	Pskov, MUN 07264
Nickname(s)	Псковские десантники (Pskov Paratroopers)
Motto(s)	Мы всюду там, где ждут победу! (We are everywhere where victory is awaited!)
Anniversaries	1 September; 2 August (day of the VDV)
Engagements	World War II Siege of Odessa; Defense of Sevastopol; Battle of the Kerch Peninsula; Battle of Stalingrad; Battle of Kursk; Battle of the Dnieper; Operation Bagration; ; Black January; January Events; First Nagorno-Karabakh War; First Chechen War; Second Chechen War Battle for Height 776; ; Russo-Georgian War Battle of Tskhinvali; ; Russo–Ukrainian War Annexation of Crimea; War in Donbas; Invasion of Ukraine 2022 Chornobaivka attacks; Battle of Bucha Bucha massacre; ; 2022 Kherson counteroffensive; 2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive; ; ;
Decorations	Guards; Order of the Red Banner; Order of Suvorov
Battle honours	Chernigov
Commanders
Notable; commanders	Gen. Vasily Margelov

The 76th Guards Chernigov Red Banner Order of Suvorov Air Assault Division (Russian: 76-я гвардейская десантно-штурмовая Черниговская Краснознаменная, ордена Суворова дивизия; MUN 07264) is a division of the Russian Airborne Forces based in Pskov. The division traces its lineage back to the 76th Guards Rifle Division, formed in March 1943 from the 157th Rifle Division for that division's actions during the Battle of Stalingrad. The division fought in the Battle of Kursk, the Battle of the Dnieper, Operation Bagration, the East Pomeranian Offensive, and the Berlin Offensive. Postwar, it was converted into an airborne division.

The division moved to Pskov, its current base, in 1947. The division was involved in Black January and the January Events in Lithuania. After the Dissolution of the Soviet Union, the division became part of the Russian Airborne Troops. The division fought in the First Chechen War, Second Chechen War, the Russo-Georgian War, and Donbas then 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, including committing alleged mass murder of civilians in Bucha. The division became an air assault division in 2006.