Who they are

It was established as the 27th Separate Railway Bridge Battalion, on 10 February 1942 in Novospasske, Kuibyshev Oblast. In 1946, the battalion was transferred to Manchuria, following Japan's surrender in the Second World War. In peacetime, it constructed new infrastructure in Kazakhstan, Irkutsk, Kuibyshev and other regions. In 1957, it was reformed into the 113th Separate Bridge Railway  Battalion. In 1958, it became a Pontoon battalion and was deployed to Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi.  In 1976, it was reorganized into the 644th Separate Pontoon Bridge  Battalion. In 1980, the battalion was reorganized into the 194th  Pontoon-Bridge Regiment of the 14th Guards Combined Arms Army.