The 136th Separate Guards Uman-Berlin, Apsheron Red Banner Orders of Suvorov, Kutuzov and Bogdan Khmelnitsky Motor Rifle Brigade is a

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brigade of the

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. On December 1, 1993, the 136th Motor Rifle Brigade was established at

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. In 1996-97, the brigade was merged with the 204th Guards Motor Rifle Regiment "Uman-Berlin" as the 136th Guards Motor Rifle Brigade. The 204th Guards Motor Rifle Regiment was transferred to the

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at some point during the transformation of the 94th Guards Motor Rifle Division, returning from the

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, to become the 74th Guards Motor Rifle Brigade in the

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. Plans from 2018 to upgrade the brigade to division status had apparently not completed by 2022, unlike the 19th Motor Rifle Brigade which was reestablished as a division in 2020.

War in Ukraine

The 136th Guards Motor Rifle Brigade conducted combat operations in

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, Ukraine, in 2014, during the

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. The brigade took part in the

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, operating north-east of

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on the southern front. Reportedly, the brigade's chief of staff, Colonel Viktor Ivanovich Isaykin, was killed in the first days of the war. On 30 September 2024, the brigade was awarded with the honorary designation " Apsheron".

Subordinated units

The brigade comprises, among other units, a tank battalion, three motor rifle battalions, artillery, and engineers.

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