In 1965, for its performance in exercises on Sakhalin, the regiment received thanks from the USSR Ministry of Defense.

As a result of the Dissolution of the Soviet Union, elements of the regiment became the Ukrainian 25th Airborne Brigade.

[1] The regiment fought in the Second Chechen War, during which its chief of staff was Yunus-bek Yevkurov.

[6] In January 2022, the regiment was reportedly deployed to Belarus in the context of the Ukraine crisis.

[8] The regiment reportedly sided with Prigozhin during the rebellion between Wagner group and Russian MoD.