With the demise of the Soviet Union, the number of VDV divisions shrank from seven to four, plus four brigades and a brigade-sized training center. Traditionally, they have had a larger complement of heavy weaponry than most contemporary airborne forces. The Russian Airborne Forces utilizes a range of specialist airborne warfare vehicles and are fully mechanized.
Troops of the Russian Airborne Forces have traditionally worn a blue beret and blue-striped telnyashka undershirt and are called desant (Russian: Десант) from the French Descente. It was formed in 1992 from units of the Soviet Airborne Forces that came under Russian control following the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The Russian Airborne Forces ( Russian: Воздушно-десантные войска России, ВДВ, romanized: Vozdushno- desantnye voyska Rossii, VDV) are the airborne forces branch of the Russian Armed Forces.
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