26th Rifle Division (Soviet Union)
| 26th Rifle Division | |
|---|---|
| Active | 3 November 1918–1952 |
| Country |
 USSR
|
| Branch |
Red Army (1918–1946) Soviet Army (1946–1952) |
| Type | Rifle Division |
| Engagements | |
| Decorations |
Honorary Revolutionary Red Banner  Order of Suvorov
|
| Battle honours | Zlatoust Stalin |
| Commanders | |
| Notable commanders |
Kornily Cherepanov |
Honorary Revolutionary Red Banner
The 26th Rifle Division was a rifle division in the Soviet Red Army during the Russian Civil War, World War II and the Cold War. The division was formed on 3 November 1918 on the Eastern Front (China Border), sent to the Soviet-German Front in August 1941. Ended the war in Poland, where it was assigned to the Northern Group of Forces. It was disbanded in 1952.
The division was formed on the Eastern Front in November 1918. It fought the entire civil war period on the eastern front and ended the war on the Chinese border. The division remained there until 1929 when it moved to the coastal region.
Assigned to the 1st Red Banner Army at the start of the World War II, the division was ordered west in August 1941. Assigned to the Northwestern Front's 11th Army upon arrival. The division spent 1942 through September 1944 assigned to Northwestern or 2nd Baltic Fronts 11th, 27th, 34th, 1st Shock, and 22nd Armies. During this time the division took part in the Demyansk Army Group Offensive Operation (1st Phase) from 7 January to 20 May 1942 and second phase from 15 to 28 February 1943. It also fought in the Leningrad-Novgorod Strategic Offensive's Staraia Russa-Novorzhev Offensive from 18 February 1944 to 1 March 1944.
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