The 56th Guards Air Assault Brigade is an airborne brigade of the Russian Airborne Troops. As of 2021 it was based in Kamyshin. However, it has been announced that it is planned to reform the brigade as a regiment and to relocate it to Feodosia in Crimea. The brigade was first formed in 1979 and fought in the Soviet–Afghan War, the First Chechen War and the Second Chechen War.