104th Guards Airborne Division
Site ID
This record most likely refers to the 104th Guards Air Assault Division’s Ulyanovsk garrison, inherited from military unit 73612 of the former 31st Guards Air Assault Brigade. Public registry records place v/ch 73612 at Ulyanovsk, Inzhenerny Proezd 3, and a 2025 regional registry lists v/ch 73612 infrastructure on 3rd Inzhenerny Passage at coordinates close to the supplied placemarks; that makes the Ulyanovsk Zavolzhsky-area garrison the best open-source match. ([tass.ru](https://tass.ru/armiya-i-opk/19132377))
Reactivation
Russian official reporting stated on September 26, 2023 that formation of the 104th Air Assault Division was nearing completion, and on January 3, 2024 the Russian MoD said an Ulyanovsk air-assault division had been formed in 2023. TASS reporting on October 27, 2023 said the division was being re-created on the basis of the 31st brigade; the same report noted that the 104th had moved to Ulyanovsk in 1993 and been reorganized into the 31st brigade in 1998. ([tass.ru](https://tass.ru/armiya-i-opk/18843259))
Structure
TASS reported in October 2023 that the initial structure would include three air-assault regiments, including the re-created 345th Regiment, plus an artillery regiment, a separate tank battalion, and later an air-defense regiment. Putin’s June 2024 decree gave the 345th Air Assault Regiment an honorific title, and TASS stated that the regiment had been formed in Ulyanovsk in 2023 as part of the 104th Division. By December 9, 2024, TASS reported battle colors had been presented in Ulyanovsk to five regiments of the division, indicating continued build-out of the formation. ([tass.ru](https://tass.ru/armiya-i-opk/19132377))
Combat Use
External assessments tied elements of the newly formed division to Kherson fighting by late 2023. UK Defence Intelligence reporting, later summarized by Chatham House, assessed that the division suffered exceptionally heavy losses during its combat debut near Krynky in early December 2023, with inexperience likely contributing. ([pravda.com.ua](https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/11/30/7431003/?utm_source=openai))
Local Footprint
Open reporting through 2025 continued to treat the division as a standing Ulyanovsk formation. On August 1, 2025 a street in Ulyanovsk’s Zavolzhsky district was named for the 104th Guards Air Assault Division, with officials saying nearby streets would carry regimental names; on November 1, 2025 monuments to fallen paratroopers and scouts of the division were unveiled in Park Margelov. ([tass.ru](https://tass.ru/obschestvo/24689247))
Confidence
The supplied 345th Regiment placemark is compatible with public reporting that the 345th Regiment was re-formed in Ulyanovsk as part of the division. However, the exact regiment-to-building layout inside the Ulyanovsk garrison, the identity of the second nearby placemark, and the placemark equipment list were not publicly confirmed in the authoritative sources reviewed, so those details remain unverified. ([tass.ru](https://tass.ru/armiya-i-opk/21185651))