What is "dzhida"

Dzhida (also given as Nyangi or Eleagnus) is an air base in the Lake Baikal region of Russia. It is a large fighter base with small revetment groups scattered around the airfield.

It has been home to:

• 2 Gv BAP (2nd Guards Bomber Aviation Regiment) flying Su-24M aircraft as recently as [1991].
• 21 BAP (21st Bomber Aviation Regiment) flying Su-24.

On rare occasion the airfield's name appears as Eleagnus, which is Latin for the Russian word dzhida ( Elaeagnus) although the name Dzhida is derived not from plant name but from Buryat ƶede ‘copper’.

Dzhida may refer to:

• Dzhida, Kyrgyzstan, a village in Osh Province, Kyrgyzstan
• Dzhida, Russia, several rural localities in Russia
• Dzhida (air base), an air base in Russia
• Dzhida River, a river in the Republic of Buryatia, Russia, on which the town of Zakamensk stands