1529th Guards Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment
Identification
Open sources identify military unit 16802 as the 1529th Guards Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment. A historical order-of-battle reference places the headquarters at Knyaze-Volkonskoye-1, Khabarovsk Krai, and business-registry records tied to v/ch 16802 likewise list a legal address in Knyaze-Volkonskoye-1 on ul. DOS. ([ww2.dk](https://www.ww2.dk/new/pvo/sam/109zrbr.htm))
Footprint
The regiment does not appear to be confined to one small point location. A 2024 Khabarovsk Krai election-commission roll places v/ch 16802 within the precinct boundaries for settlement 34 km, while registry and historical references place the unit headquarters in Knyaze-Volkonskoye-1; together, this indicates a footprint spread across the Knyaze-Volkonskoye garrison area and nearby military settlement(s). ([ik-vestnik.ru](https://ik-vestnik.ru/images/2024/08_09/%D0%97%D0%94%D0%A5%D0%9A/27_SpravochnikUIK_28082024.pdf))
SAM position
The eastern placemark is consistent with a long-used SAM position tied to this unit’s predecessor. The same historical reference lists a 109th Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade S-200 group at roughly 48.54N, 135.54E and states that this element was later converted to S-300; that closely matches the supplied second placemark, making it a credible legacy launch/support area associated with the regiment. Public sources do not, however, confirm the exact current battery identity at that coordinate. ([ww2.dk](https://www.ww2.dk/new/pvo/sam/109zrbr.htm))
Current equipment
Russian state media reported on 5 August 2020 that a regimental set of S-400 Triumf systems was delivered to the 1529th Guards Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment in the Khabarovsk area, and the regiment commander said the 2020 re-equipment was complete. An Eastern Military District press-service report carried by Interfax-Russia later described S-400 crews in Khabarovsk Krai conducting an air-defense drill on 17 July 2023; that report did not name the regiment, but it supports the assessment that long-range SAM forces in this area remained active after the 2020 conversion. ([tass.ru](https://tass.ru/armiya-i-opk/9126455?utm_source=openai))
Command context
Historical reference traces military unit 16802 in Knyaze-Volkonskoye back to the Soviet 109th Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade and records its redesignation as the 1529th regiment in 1994. Official Russian reporting shows the broader Khabarovsk-based 11th Air and Air Defence Army was re-formed in the Eastern Military District in August 2015 and received the Guards title in September 2024, but publicly accessible official sources do not clearly expose the regiment’s exact current divisional subordination at site level. ([ww2.dk](https://www.ww2.dk/new/pvo/sam/109zrbr.htm))