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War II. The 257th Rifle Division, the third unit to bear the designation during World War II, was formed in accordance with a 1 July 1943 order of the...

The 257th Rifle Division (Russian: 257-я стрелковая дивизия) was an infantry division of the Red Army, the first unit to bear the designation during World...

The 257th Rifle Division (Russian: 257-я стрелковая дивизия) was an infantry division of the Red Army, the second unit to bear the designation during...

The 249th Rifle Division was the fifth of a group of 10 regular rifle divisions formed from cadres of NKVD border and internal troops as standard Red...

Kievskaya of the Red Banner Rifle Division of Nikolay Shchors, or 44th Kievskaya for short, was an elite military formation of the Soviet Union. Created...

The May 1943 formation of the 127th Rifle Division was an infantry division of the Red Army, the third unit to bear the designation during World War II...

Kazimirovich Urbanovich. This NKVD officer had previously led the 257th and 252nd Rifle Divisions. In October the 186th was transferred to 39th Army, still in...

The 253rd Rifle Division was formed in the Odessa Military District as a reserve infantry division of the Red Army about two weeks after the German invasion...

issued on 31 December 1926. The division was formed with three rifle brigades and a separate squadron with formation to be completed by 1 February 1927...

96th Guards Rifle Division on May 4. A third 258th was formed in 25th Army of Far Eastern Front in July 1943, based on a separate rifle regiment. It...

The 195th Rifle Division was an infantry division of the Red Army, originally formed as part of the prewar buildup of forces, based on the shtat (table...

Guards Airborne Division as part of the 38th Guards Airborne Corps in December 1943. In December 1944, it became the 105th Guards Rifle Division of the 9th...

early 1943, before spending most of the year fighting to capture the Kuban bridgehead. Reorganized as the 9th Rifle Division in September, the division transferred...

first formation in early 1944 to preserve historical continuity. The division became a motor rifle division in 1957. The full name of the division was the...

as a territorial formation. In 1923 it was awarded the 'Tambov' placename and renamed the 19th Voronezh Rifle Division. The division was downsized to...

Rifle Division. It served with the 8th Guards Army from late 1943. In late 1945, the division was converted into the 19th Guards Mechanized Division as...

Motor Rifle Division, part of the 12th Army Corps, on 18 October 1960. The division was formed in July 1940 in Vologda as the 111th Rifle Division based...

Airborne division of World War II. On 19 June 1945, it became the 116th Guards Rifle Division. In 1946, it became the 14th Guards Mechanized Division. In 1957...

The 93rd Rifle Division (Russian: 93-я стрелковая дивизия) was an infantry division of the Red Army during World War II. The 93rd Rifle Division was formed...

99th Guards Rifle Division Jan 1944, reformed September 1944, 2nd formation became 114th Guards Rifle Division 15th Guards Airborne Division – became the...