140th Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade

189th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment(1960s–1973) The 140th Borisov Order of Kutuzov Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade (Russian: 140-я зенитная ракетная Борисовская ордена Кутузова бригада; Military Unit Number 32390) is an air defense brigade of the Russian Ground Forces' 29th Army in the Eastern Military District, stationed at Domna in Zabaykalsky Krai.

The brigade traces its lineage back to the formation of the 66th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Division (Russian: 66-я зенитная артиллерийская дивизия) in October 1943 during World War II.

In 1973 the regiment was expanded into the 140th Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade, deploying to Trzebień in Poland as part of the Northern Group of Forces.

On 30 June, during Operation Bagration, the Soviet strategic offensive into western Belarus and eastern Poland, the division reached the Berezina River following a rapid advance by the 31st Army.

[5] On 12 November, the division was operationally subordinated to the 11th Guards Army,[6] fighting in the capture of Vilkaviškis and crossing the border of East Prussia near Eydtkuhnen.

[5] Between 16 June 1944 and 9 May 1945, a period of eleven months of combat, the division was credited with 38 German aircraft destroyed and one downed, killing 3,094 soldiers, 25 artillery and mortar batteries, 118 pillboxes, sixteen command posts, nine automobiles, and 63 wagons.

It was further relocated to Dagestan by 2 November, stationed in the area of Izberg and Dvigatelstroy as part of the reserve of the Transcaucasian Military District.

[9] In 1992, after the end of the Cold War and the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the brigade became part of the Russian Ground Forces and was withdrawn from Poland to Drovyanaya in Chita Oblast, joining the 36th Army.

A 37 mm AA gun of the type used by the division during World War II
Vehicles of the brigade moving to the Telemba training range