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Soviet War Memorial (Tiergarten). The Soviet Union's Red Army raised divisions during the Russian Civil War, and again during the interwar period in 1926.Only a few of the Civil War divisions were retained in this period, and even fewer survived the reorganization of the Red Army during the 1937–1941 period.
It lists infantry divisions in the Soviet Union from the Russian Revolution to the reorganization of the Soviet Army in the aftermath of the Stalinist era. Mechanized Divisions were formed during 1945–46, and then all remaining Rifle Divisions were converted to Motor Rifle Divisions in 1957. During World War II more than 700 Rifle Divisions ...
As World War II went on, the complement of supporting units attached to a Soviet army became larger and more complex. By 1945, a Soviet army typically had attached mortar, antitank, anti-aircraft, howitzer, gun–howitzer, rocket launcher, independent tank, self-propelled gun, armored train, flamethrower, and engineer-sapper units.
0–9. 1st Guards Fortified Region; 1st Leningrad Tank Brigade; 1st Separate Women's Volunteer Rifle Brigade; 1st Tank Brigade (Soviet Union) 44th Guards Cannon Artillery Brigade
Over 75% of Red Army divisions were listed as "rifle divisions" (as infantry divisions were known in the Red Army). [90] In the Imperial Russian Army, the strelkovye (rifle) divisions were considered more prestigious than pekhotnye (infantry) divisions, and in the Red Army, all infantry divisions were labeled strelkovye divisions. [90]
Pages in category "Infantry divisions of the Soviet Union in World War II" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 500 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Infantry divisions of the Russian Empire (3 C, 84 P) Pages in category "Infantry divisions of Russia" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total.
The direct ancestor of the Division was the Red Army's 17th Tank Corps, initially formed in Stalingrad in 1942 shortly after the 1941 start of the German invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II. The 17th Tank Corps commenced combat operations on 26 June 1942, when it deployed to the west of Voronezh, just before the Battle of Voronezh.