90th Guards Tank Division (2016–present)

90th Guards Tank Vitebsk-Novgorod Twice Red Banner Division (Russian: 90-я гвардейская танковая Витебско-Новгородская дважды Краснознамённая дивизия; Military Unit Number 86274) is a Russian armoured division. The division was formed by December 2016 in the Central Military District.[5]

90th Guards Tank Division
90-я гвардейская танковая дивизия
A T-34 tank at the entrance to the division's base in Chebarkul
Active2016–present[1]
Country Russia
BranchRussian Ground Forces (2016)
Typedivision
Rolearmoured warfare
Part ofCentral Military District
Garrison/HQChebarkul
EquipmentT-72A/B/BA/B3, BMP-2, BTR-82A, Grad MLRS, TOS-1,[2][3] 2S12, 2S3.[4]
Engagements2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
Decorations Order of the Red Banner (2)
Battle honoursVitebsk
Novgorod
Commanders
Current
commander		Colonel Ramil Rakhmatulovich Ibatullin

History
Main article: 6th Guards Motor Rifle Division

The division inherits the awards and history of the 6th Guards Motor Rifle Division, the former 90th Guards Rifle Division.

The formation was founded in accordance to the order of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Armed Forces and regulation of the Russian Defence Minister dated September 13, 2016. The division is based in the Chelyabinsk and Sverdlovsk Regions.[6]

On August 19, 2017, the 90th anniversary of the division and the 76th anniversary of the 239th Guards Tank Regiment were solemnly celebrated. For the participants of the solemn event, a reconstruction of the liberation of the city of Vitebsk was organized, in which the legendary T-34/85 tank was involved. Demonstration performances of the servicemen of the reconnaissance battalion took place. The company of the Guard of Honor of the Central Military District demonstrated combat bearing and possession of weapons. The division's amateur art ensemble of the 90th performed.

On June 30, 2018, an ukaz of President Vladimir Putin officially conferred the honorifics Guards Vitebsk-Novgorod upon the division, while the 6th Tank Regiment became the 6th Guards Lvov Tank Regiment and the 400th Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment received the honorific Transylvania.[7]

The division is participating in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine to the north-east of Kyiv.[8] The division have allegedly suffered significant losses in personnel and equipment.[9] One of the division tank regiment commanders (6th Tank Regiment), Colonel Andrey Zakharov has allegedly been killed in action in Brovary, northeast of Kyiv as reported on March 10 by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. [10][11][12][13][14][15]

Composition and Equipment
Composition
  • 228th Motorized Rifle Regiment
  • 400th Transylvania Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment[18]
  • Anti-Aircraft Regiment
Equipment

Equipment in 2018: T-72A/B/BA/B3, BMP-2, BTR-82A, Grad MLRS, TOS-1,[19][20] 2S12, 2S3.[21]

Commanders
  • Colonel/Major General (Guards) Denis Igorevich Lyamin (2016–2017)[22]
  • Major General (Guards) Vyacheslav Nikolayevich Gurov (2017–2019)
  • Major General (Guards) Vitaly Petrovich Gerasimov (2019–2020)
  • Colonel (Guards) Ivan Mikhailovich Shkanov (Septembre 2020 – July 2021)
  • Colonel (Guards) Ramil Rakhmatulovich Ibatullin (since July 2021)

Notes
  1. Более 5 000 военных с семьями едут на Южный Урал
  2. "Более 1,5 тыс. военных применили новые формы ведения боя в ходе учений на Урале". TASS (in Russian). 2017-04-21. Retrieved 2017-04-23.
  3. "На Урале около 10 тыс. военнослужащих ЦВО приступили к занятиям на полигонах". Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation. 12 January 2018. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  4. "Полупрямые "карусели" Чебаркуля". Red Star (in Russian). 2016-03-29. Archived from the original on 2017-04-24. Retrieved 2017-04-24.
  5. "Танковая дивизия на Урале будет сформирована до 1 декабря этого года" [Tank division in the Urals will be formed by 1 December this year]. TASS (in Russian). 11 September 2016. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
  6. "90th Vitebskaya-Novgorodskaya tank division of the Red Banner of the Central MD started combat training". Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation. 2016-12-01. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  7. "In Provocative Move, Putin Names Regiments After Ukrainian Cities, Warsaw, Berlin". RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty. Retrieved 2018-07-02.
  8. "Equipment identification of possible elements of 6th Guards Tank Regiment (в/ч 93992), 90th GTD highlighted from the earlier footage near Brovary". Twitter. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
  9. "Украинские военные разбили танковый полк российских войск и ликвидировали командира Захарова в Броварском районе - ГУР МО". Интерфакс-Украина (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-03-17.
  10. Kaonga, Gerrard (2022-03-10). "Russian commander allegedly killed as tank convoy ambushed in drone footage". Newsweek. Retrieved 2022-03-16.
  11. report, Ground (2022-03-10). "Who was Russian Colonel Andrei Zakharov Killed in Ukraine?". Ground Report. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
  12. "Colonel Andrey Zakharov, the commander of Russia's 6th Tank Regiment (90th Tank Division) was killed". Twitter. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
  13. "Russia's Commander of tank regiment was killed near Brovary". Militarnyi (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-03-17.
  14. "According to the Ukrainian MoD's Chief Directorate of Intelligence, the commander of Russia's 6th Tank Regiment (90th Tank Division) Colonel Andrey Zakharov was killed during yesterday's fighting in Brovary". Twitter. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
  15. https://censor.net/ru/video_news/3323518/v_brovarskom_rayione_likvidirovan_polkovnik_zaharov_komandir_polka_okkupanta_razvedka_video
  16. "Центральный военный округ". Milkavkaz (in Russian). 22 Mar 2016. Archived from the original on 2017-04-05. Retrieved 2017-05-03.
  17. "Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 30.06.2018 № 382 'О присвоении 6 танковому полку почетного наименования'". publication.pravo.gov.ru. Retrieved 2018-07-02.
  18. "Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 30.06.2018 № 383 'О присвоении 400 самоходному артиллерийскому полку почетного наименования'". publication.pravo.gov.ru. Retrieved 2018-07-02.
  19. "Более 1,5 тыс. военных применили новые формы ведения боя в ходе учений на Урале". TASS (in Russian). 2017-04-21. Retrieved 2017-04-23.
  20. "На Урале около 10 тыс. военнослужащих ЦВО приступили к занятиям на полигонах". Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation. 12 January 2018. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  21. "Полупрямые "карусели" Чебаркуля". Red Star (in Russian). 2016-03-29. Archived from the original on 2017-04-24. Retrieved 2017-04-24.
  22. https://function.mil.ru/news_page/country/more.htm?id=12105158@egNews
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