423rd Guards Yampolsky Motor Rifle Regiment

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423rd Guards, Order of Suvorov 2nd class and Order of Kutuzov 2nd class, Yampolsky Motor Rifle Regiment
423-й гвардейский мотострелковый Ямпольский Краснознамённый, орденов Суворова и Кутузова полк
Sleeve patch of the 423rd Guards Yampolsky Motor Rifle Regiment.svg
Sleeve patch of the 423rd Guards MR Regiment
Active1942–2009
2013–present
CountryFlag of Russia.svg Russia
BranchFlag of the Russian ground forces.svg  Russian Ground Forces
Type Mechanized infantry
Size Regiment
Part of 4th Guards Tank Division
Garrison/HQ Naro-Fominsk, 70km south-west of Moscow.
Nickname(s)Yampolsky
Motto(s)"Duty and honour"
Engagements World War II
Second Chechen War
Russian invasion of Ukraine [ citation needed ]
Decorations Order of Suvorov 2nd class.png   Order of Suvorov 2nd Class Order Kutuzov 2.png   Order of Kutuzov 2nd Class
Honorifics Yampol

The 423rd Guards Yampolsky Motor Rifle Regiment [a] is a regiment of the Soviet Army and Russian Ground Forces. For most of the post-war period, it has been a part of the 4th Guards Tank Division. [2]

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Medal of 60 years to The Yampolsky regiment

History

The 31st Motorised Brigade was formed in June 1942 under the 17th Tank Corps. On 2 January 1943, the brigade was renamed as the 3rd Guards Yampolsky Motor Rifle of Suvorov and Kutuzov.

Within three years of participation in the German-Soviet War, the brigade fought from the Don to Elbe rivers, from the city of Voronezh to the walls of Prague, inflicting heavy damage against enemy forces. For their actions, 19 members of the brigade received distinctions as Hero of Soviet Union .

Since 11 September 1945, the place of permanent deployment of the regiment has been Naro-Fominsk, Moscow Region.

On 5 May 1957 the regiment was renamed as the 423rd Guards Yampolsky Motor Rifle of Suvorov and Kutuzov's awards of II degree a regiment. The regiment has grown up 12 commanders of divisions, 2 deputy ministers of defence.

Since 11 September 1999 - 28 March 2000 The regimental tactical group 423rd regiment carried out a problem on constitutional order prompting in territory to the Chechen republic.

The regiment participated in the assault of the city of Grozny, the battle for the village of Komsomolskoye. The regiment lost 27 people.

In 2000, 2001, 2002 the regiment admitted the best regiment in Moscow Military District.

On 21 June the part celebrates an annual holiday of formation of a regiment. The regiment was disbanded in April 2009 when the division became a brigade.

Two members of the regiment were captured by Ukraine's 93rd Mechanized Brigade on the first day of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. [3] [4] On 1 March, soldiers from the regiment were captured in the village of Hrun  [ uk ], near Okhtyrka, Sumy Oblast. [5]

On 10 September 2022, during a Ukrainian counteroffensive in the Kharkiv Oblast, members of the regiment were taken prisoner in the village of Topolske  [ uk ], south of Izium, by Ukraine's Carpathian Sich Battalion. [6]

In December 2022, the regiment was reportedly deployed to the Luhansk Oblast front. [2]

Last structure

As of 2007, the Yampolsky Regiment consisted of the following units:

Personnel and equipment

The 423rd Guards Yampolsky Motor Rifle Regiment had approximately 1692 personnel in active service.

Equipment Summary

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References

  1. ↑ Uliana, Hentosh (8 November 2023). ""New fire from Kholodnyi Yar." How the 93rd Brigade fights • Ukraїner". Ukraїner. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
  2. 1 2 Рогальская, Надежда (27 December 2022). "Подмосковные мотострелки потеряли боеспособность под Сватово на Луганщине: треть подразделения - "200-е" и "300-е"" [Motorized rifles near Moscow lost their combat effectiveness near Svatovo in the Lugansk region: a third of the unit - “200s” and “300s”]. stopcor.org. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
  3. ↑ "Путін атакував Україну: всі подробиці про нове російське вторгнення". Новини.live (in Ukrainian). 24 February 2022. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
  4. ↑ Uliana, Hentosh (8 November 2023). ""New fire from Kholodnyi Yar." How the 93rd Brigade fights • Ukraїner". Ukraїner. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
  5. ↑ Члек, Крістіна (1 March 2022). ""Що ти скажеш українському народу?". У селі Грунь на Сумщині затримали російських військових". Suspilne (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  6. ↑ Trofimov, Yaroslav (2024). Our Enemies Will Vanish: The Russian invasion and Ukraine's war of independence. New York: Random House. pp. 272–273. ISBN   9780593655184.

Notes

  1. ↑ (Russian: 423-й гвардейский мотострелковый Ямпольский Краснознамённый, орденов Суворова и Кутузова полк, romanized: 423-y gvardeyskiy motostrelkovyy Yampol'skiy Krasnoznamonnyy, ordenov Suvorova i Kutuzova polk), military unit number 91701 [1]

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