Hvardiiske ( uk, Гвардійське) (translated from Ukrainian and Russian - Guards) is an urban-type settlement in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine. It is part of

Novomoskovsk Raion Novomoskovsk Raion ( uk, Новомосковський район) is a raion (district) of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, southeastern-central Ukraine. Its administrative centre is located at Novomoskovsk. Population: . On 18 July 2020, as part of the ...

. Hvardiiske is located on the left bank of the Samara River, about upstream from

Cherkaske Cherkaske ( uk, Черкаське) is the name of two urban localities in Ukraine. * Cherkaske, an urban-type settlement in Novomoskovsk Raion, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast * Cherkaske, an urban-type settlement in Sloviansk Raion Sloviansk Raion ( uk, ...

. It belongs to

Cherkaske settlement hromada Cherkaske settlement hromada () is a hromada of Ukraine, located in Kramatorsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast. Its administrative center is the town of Cherkaske. It has an area of and a population of 8,703, as of 2020. The hromada includes 11 settlemen ...

, one of the

hromada A hromada ( uk, територіальна громада, lit=territorial community, translit=terytorialna hromada) is a basic unit of administrative division in Ukraine, similar to a municipality. It was established by the Government of Ukra ...

s of Ukraine. Population: According to the 2001 census, population was 5,199. Hvardiiske is better known for housing the

25th Airborne Brigade (Ukraine) The 25th Separate Airbone Sicheslav Brigade ( uk, 25-та окрема повітрянодесантна Січеславська бригада) is an airborne formation of the Ukrainian Air Assault Forces. It is the only airborne unit of Ukra ...

(since summer of 2002) and originally was established in 1957 as a military base for the

42nd Guards Tank Division The 42nd Guards Priluki Order of Lenin Red Banner Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky Tank Division (Military Unit Number 29410) was an armoured division of the Soviet Ground Forces, active from 1957 to 1990. The division was formed with the Western F ...

. The town was named for the

Guards designation Guards units (russian: Гвардия, translit=Gvardiya) were elite Military unit, units and formations in the Soviet Union, Soviet Soviet Armed Forces, Armed Forces that continue to exist in the Russian Russian Armed Forces, Armed Forces and ot ...

of the unit.

References

External links

Hvardiiske
at the Verkhovna Rada website {{Authority control Urban-type settlements in Novomoskovsk Raion