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291st Guards Motor Rifle Regiment
17th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade
91st Guards Motor Rifle Regiment
Tajik Cavalry Squadron
291st Guards Motorized Rifle Regiment's insignia
Regimental sleev chevron.
Active 1932–1989
2000–2009
2009–2016
2016–present
Country Flag of Russia Russian Federation
Branch Flag of Russia Russia Army
Type Mechanised Infantry
Role Mountain-trained
Size Brigade
Part of 42nd Guards Motor Rifle Division
Brigade/Regiment HQ Borzoi, Chechen Republic
Insignia
Guards Badge Soviet Guards badge
Order of Suvorov Medal Order of suvorov medal 3rd class
Order of Alexander Nevsky AlexNevskyOrder

The 17th Separate Guards Order of Suvorov and Alexander Nevsky Motor Rifle Brigade (Russian: 17-я Гвардейская Мотострелковая Бригада, romanized: 17ya Gvardeyskaya Motostrelkovaya Brigada) is a mechanised infantry formation of the Russian Ground Forces (Army) of the Russian Federation.

History[]

The 17th Motor Rifle Brigade traces its history back to the Tajik Separate Cavalry Squadron formed in 1925 in Dushanbe. This squadron later became the 124th Mountain Cavalry Regiment, this regiment later became the 61st Guards Cavalry Regiment and even later the 91st Guards Mechanised Regiment. This regiment was disbanded in 1989 however, and its traditions and lineage ended.[1][2][3]

In the Spring of 2000, the regiment (military unit #44822) was recreated in Borzoi in the Argun Gorge Area as part of the 42nd Guards Motor Rifle Division. This regiment was specifically tasked with mountain warfare, and the only of its type during the period.[4]

In 2009, as part of the general reduction of the Russian Armed Forces, the 42nd Guards Motor Rifle Division was disbanded and the regiment expanded into the 17th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade and based in Shali.[5]

In 2016, many of the reductions of 2009–2012 were reversed and the brigade was reduced to become the 291st Guards Motor Rifle Regiment based in Borzoi the Chechen Republic. This regiment remains tasked with mountain warfare and has since 2017 been back part of the 42nd Guards Motor Rifle Division. On 3 December 2017, the regiment was granted its own new type of combat banner.[2][5]

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