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Unidades da Guarda
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As unidades da Guarda (em bielorrusso: Гвардыя, transl. Hvardiia; em russo: Гвардия, transl. Gvardiia; em ucraniano: Гвардія, transl. Hvardiia) são unidades e formações de elite, nas forças armadas da antiga União Soviética e atualmente nas forças armadas da Bielorrússia e Rússia.
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Embora a expressão "unidades da Guarda" transmita a ideia de uma unidade militar coesa, trata-se de unidades independentes às quais foi atribuído o título honorífico "da Guarda", uma recompensa por se distinguirem em serviço e por pertencerem à elite das forças armadas. Originado durante a Grande Guerra Patriótica de 1941-45, seu nome faz referência à Guarda Imperial czarista, a força de elite do Império Russo.[1]