30th Mechanized Brigade (Ukraine)
| 30th Mechanized Brigade (2016–present) 30th Guards Mechanized Brigade 30th Guards Tank Division 11th Guards Mechanised Division 13th Guards Cavalry Division 83rd Cavalry Division (1941–1943) |
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| Ukrainian: 30-та окрема механізована Новоград-Волинська Рівненська бригада | |
30th Mechanized Brigade shoulder sleeve insignia
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| Active | 1 September 1941–present |
| Country |
 Soviet Union(1941–6 Dec 1991)  Ukraine(6 Dec 1991–present) |
| Branch |
 Ground Forces
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| Type |
 Mechanized Infantry
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| Size | Brigade |
| Part of | Operation Command West |
| Garrison/HQ |
Novohrad-Volynskyi MUN A0409 |
| Engagements |
World War II Cold War War in Donbass |
| Decorations |
 Order of the Red Banner (removed) Order of Suvorov (removed) |
| Battle honours |
 Guards (removed)Novohrad-Volynskyi Rivne |
| Commanders | |
| Current commander |
Colonel Ihor Dovhan |
| Notable commanders |
Pyotr Zubov Mykhailo Mnyshenko |
30th Guards Mechanized Brigade
(2004–2016)
30th Guards Tank Division
(1957–2004)
11th Guards Mechanised Division
(1945–1957)
13th Guards Cavalry Division
(1943–1945)
The 30th Mechanized Brigade is a formation of the Ukrainian Ground Forces. The full name of the unit is 30th Separate Mechanized Novohrad-Volynskyi Rivne Brigade.
Between September 1 and October 1, 1941, the 83rd Cavalry Division was formed in the city of Samarkand, Uzbekistan.
The division consisted of the following units:
From September 5, 1941, the commanding officer of the Division was Lieutenant General Selivanov.
On November 7, 1941, the Division was sent to the Volga Military District where it was assigned to the newly forming Cavalry mechanized group of the 61st Army. Until December 28, 1941, the Division was fortifying near the station of Lysi Gory Saratov Oblast.
The first battle that the Division took part in was near the city of Ryazhsk, Ryazan Oblast as part of the Cavalry mechanized group of the 61st Army as part of the Bryansk Front and the Soviet winter counter offensive in front of Moscow. In January 1942 the division was assigned to the 7th Cavalry Corps and was assigned to be a Mobile Group in the Moscow Defense Zone for the 61st Army. The division remained with the 7th Cavalry Corps for the rest of 1942 and when the Corps was redesignated as the 6th Guards Cavalry Corps in January 1943 the division became the 13th Guards Cavalry Division on 19 January 1943. The division was under the command of General Major Pyotr Zubov.
The 13th Guards Cavalry Division fought at Dubno in 1944, as well as at the Battle of Debrecen and was with 6th Guards Cavalry Corps of the 2nd Ukrainian Front in May 1945.
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