23rd Rifle Division (Soviet Union)

23rd Rifle Division
Active	I Formation: 1922–1943 II Formation: 1943–1945 III Formation: 1955–1957
Country	Soviet Union
Allegiance	Red Army
Branch	Infantry
Size	Division
Engagements	World War II Soviet invasion of Poland Soviet occupation of Latvia Baltic Operation Toropets–Kholm Offensive Battle of Stalingrad Battle of Kiev (1943) Operation Bagration Riga Offensive (1944) Vistula-Oder Offensive East Pomeranian Offensive Berlin Offensive
Decorations	Order of Lenin (1st formation) Order of the Red Banner (1st and 2nd formations) Order of Suvorov (2nd formation) Order of Kutuzov (2nd formation)
Battle honours	Kiev (2nd formation) Zhitomir (2nd formation)
Commanders
Notable commanders	Mikhail Fyodorovich Lukin Ivan Sivakov Alexander Ignatievich Korolev Sergey Andryushchenko Ivan Basteyev Alexander Seregin

I Formation: 1922–1943
II Formation: 1943–1945

Order of Lenin (1st formation)
Order of the Red Banner (1st and 2nd formations)
Order of Suvorov (2nd formation)

Kiev (2nd formation)

The 23rd Rifle Division was an infantry division of the Red Army and Soviet Army, formed three times.

It was formed in July 1922, inheriting the Order of the Red Banner from the predecessor Zavolzhskaya Rifle Brigade. On 23 May 1932 the division was awarded the Order of Lenin for helping to construct the Kharkov Tractor Factory. On 1 March 1943 it became the 71st Guards Rifle Division for its actions in the Battle of Stalingrad.