57th Motor Rifle Regiment
Identity
The record clearly matches an active Russian ground-force regiment, but not a uniquely verified fixed installation. The unit received the honorary title "Guards" by Presidential Decree No. 784 on 27 October 2025 and is therefore publicly styled the 57th Guards Motor Rifle Regiment after that date. ([kremlin.ru](https://www.kremlin.ru/acts/bank/page/11?utm_source=openai))
Hierarchy
The supplied chain to 6th Motor Rifle Division / 3rd Army Corps remains only partially corroborated. Tatarstan memorial and media sources tie battalion "Timer" to the 57th regiment and military unit 31832, while a Moscow court record says v/ch 31832 belongs to the Southern Military District; separate OSINT compilations instead place the regiment under 6th Motor Rifle Division / 3rd Army Corps. Higher-echelon affiliation should therefore be treated as disputed in open sources. ([slava-dan.tatarstan.ru](https://slava-dan.tatarstan.ru/mishagin-vladislav-andreevich.htm?utm_source=openai))
Composition
Regional reporting after the Guards award states that the regiment includes Bashkortostan's Aleksandr Dostavalov battalion, Tatarstan's "Timer" battalion, and the 1st Moscow battalion. RT Online also quoted a 58th Combined Arms Army letter saying "Timer" had served as the regiment's 3rd motor-rifle battalion under that army's operational control since November 2022, suggesting a force-generation model built around regional volunteer battalions. ([tatar-inform.ru](https://www.tatar-inform.ru/news/putin-prisvoil-gvardeiskoe-zvanie-57-mu-polku-v-sostave-kotorogo-srazaetsya-timer-6004566?utm_source=openai))
Combat Activity
Traceable public records link regiment personnel to multiple fronts. Official Tatarstan memorial and education materials record "Timer" battalion servicemen from v/ch 31832 killed near Robotyne and Pyatykhatky in Zaporizhzhia in 2023; by 16 December 2024, TASS, citing the Russian Ministry of Defense, said the 57th regiment was fighting on the Kurakhove axis and had taken Yelizavetivka. ([slava-dan.tatarstan.ru](https://slava-dan.tatarstan.ru/mishagin-vladislav-andreevich.htm?utm_source=openai))
Location Confidence
Site-specific installation analysis is low confidence. The reviewed public record identifies the regiment mainly through unit number 31832, volunteer-battalion memorials, court paperwork, and combat reporting rather than a clearly public permanent base, so exact garrison, infrastructure, vehicle parks, and coordinates are not publicly confirmed here. ([slava-dan.tatarstan.ru](https://slava-dan.tatarstan.ru/mishagin-vladislav-andreevich.htm?utm_source=openai))