25th Rifle Division
| 25th Rifle Division | |
|---|---|
| Active |
I Formation: 1918–42 |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Branch | Red Army |
| Type | Infantry |
| Engagements |
Soviet invasion of Poland |
| Decorations |
 Order of Lenin (1st formation) Order of the Red Banner (1st formation) |
| Battle honours | named for V.I. Chapayev |
| Commanders | |
| Notable commanders |
Mikhail Velikanov |
I Formation: 1918–42
Soviet invasion of Poland
Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina
World War II
Mikhail Velikanov
Vasily Chapayev
Vladimir Kurdyumov
Kuzma Trubnikov
The 25th Rifle Division (Russian: 25-я Чапаевская стрелковая дивизия) was a rifle division of the Soviet Union's Red Army during the Second World War. Formed in 1918, it was a Russian, and later Soviet, Red Army formation formed during the Russian Civil War. It was named after its first commander, Vasily Chapayev.
The division was formed in 1918 at the beginning of the Russian Civil War under the command of General Vasily Chapayev. Chapayev previously served in the Imperial Russian Army during World War I. The division deployed to the Urals where it fought the Ural Cossacks in the Zavolzhye region. On October 7, 1918 the division fought at Samara, on March 11, 1919 it fought at Uralsk, and on January 2, 1920 the division occupied entered Atyrau (then Guriev) for the Bolsheviks.
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