Paratroopers (VDV) History of the creation - July 26, 1930 during the gathering Aviation ( Air Force (IAF ) ) of the Moscow military district of Voronezh airport was made by LG Minowa demonstration parachute jump, followed by their first jumps performed several pilots. After hearing a report on the charges , the commander of Air Force Peter Rams offered " to show a group of armed paratroopers dropping for sabotage in the" enemy " ." August 2nd landing was thrown out in the two groups of 6 people and one led Minow , the other - his assistant Jacob Moszkowski . [4 ] August 2, 1930 on the teachings of Aviation ( Air Force ) of the Moscow Military District near Voronezh was first thrown by parachute commando units in the amount of 12 people to carry out tactical mission. This experiment allowed the military theorists see the future benefits of airborne units, their huge opportunities associated with the rapid coverage of the enemy in the air. [5 ] August 2, 1930 was the birthday of the airborne troops. The first airborne unit formed in 1931 in the Leningrad Military District, based on the famous 11th Infantry Division , motorized aircraft landing ( aviamotodesantny ) detachment consisted of 164 people , according to the state. Commander of the group ( consolidated formation ) has been appointed ED Lukin . NKO Order number 0202 "On the constitution of the Office of the airborne troops of the Red Army ," June 12, 1941 . In order to improve the management of combat training and service airborne forces to form the Office of the airborne troops of the Red Army, according to the approved state my number 1/104 . The People's Commissar of Defense of the USSR Marshal Timoshenko Chief of the General Staff of the Red Army , Army General Zhukov . - State Military Archive. F. 4 . Op . 11. D. 65 . L. 2 . The original. Publ . Web . : Russian archive ... V. 13 ( 2-1). S. 279 (document number 117). Up to 1946 Airborne were part of the Red Army Air Force of the Armed Forces of the USSR . Since 1946 - as part of the Army ( NE ) Supreme Soviet , but reports directly to the Minister of Defence. In 1991, the Navy CIS Armed Forces in Russia in a separate branch of service . Main article: Margelov , Vasily Filipovich The decisive role in the development of the theory of operational use and the development of weapons of airborne troops belongs to the Soviet military commander Vasily Margelov Philippovich , the commander of the Navy from 1954 to 1979. The name is associated positioning Margelov Airborne compounds as highly mobile , hidden armor and with sufficient firepower efficiency units to participate in today's strategic operations in various theaters of war. On his initiative was launched modernization of the Navy : the businesses of defense production was maximized mass production means landing , created by modifying firearms for paratroopers , modernized and developed new weaponry ( including the first tracked combat vehicle BMD- 1) were taken into service and there were troops in the new military transport aircraft , and finally established its own symbolism Airborne - vest and blue berets . His personal contribution to the formation of the Navy in their present form formulated Fedoseevich General Pavel Pavlenko : In the history of the Airborne Troops , and the Armed Forces of Russia and other countries of the former Soviet Union, his name will remain forever. He personified a whole era in the development and establishment of Navy , his name is associated with their credibility and popularity not only in our country but also abroad ... B. ... VF Margelov realized that in modern operations successfully operate deep behind enemy can only highly mobile , capable of wide maneuver landings . He categorically rejected the setting to hold the captured landing area to approach from the front of the advancing troops by tough defense as harmful , because in this case the landing will be quickly destroyed.