On the 2nd of august russia celebrates the day of russian airborne troops. it’s called “vdv day”. vdv is abbreviation of vozdushno-desantnie voiska (airborne troops in russian).during that celebration all paratroopers put on their uniform or striped vests, gather in public places (in moscow, for example, in gorky park), drink much alcohol and traditionally swim in the fountains (where. The russian airborne troops, also known as vdv, was formed before wwii. the first airborne forces parachute jump took place on aug. 2, 1930 in moscow’s military district.. The ukrainian air assault forces were created in 1992 from units of the soviet airborne troops stationed on ukrainian territory after the dissolution of the soviet union on 25 december 21 november 2017 was the first time air assault forces day in ukraine was celebrated on 21 november. russian airborne troops; references.
