31st Guards Rifle Division
| 328th Rifle Division (1941-1942) 31st Guards Rifle Division (1942-1945) 29th Guards Mechanised Division (1945-1957) 29th Guards Motor Rifle Division (1957-1964) 31st Guards Motor Rifle Division (1964-1978) 21st Guards Tank Division (1978-ca.2004-6) 21st Guards Motor Rifle Division (ca.2004-6-Pres) |
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| Active | 1941 - Present |
| Country |
 Soviet Union
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| Branch |
 Red Army
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| Type | Mechanised Infantry |
| Size | Division |
| Engagements | World War II |
| Decorations |
 Order of Suvorov 2nd class |
| Battle honours | Vitebsk |
| Commanders | |
| Notable commanders |
Ivan Burmakov |
Order of the Red Banner
Order of Lenin
The 21st Guards Motor Rifle Division is a unit of the Russian Ground Forces, within the Far East Military District, formed from the Red Army 31st Guards Rifle Division, an infantry division of World War II which subsequently became a motor-rifle, a tank division and then back to a motor-rifle division. The division appears to have been disbanded, probably in 2009. At least one of its regiments became a separate motor rifle brigade.
The division traces its origin to the 328th Rifle Division, which was formed in the Yaroslavl area in August – September 1941. The division initially consisted of the 1103rd, 1105th and 1107th Rifle Regiments and the 889th Artillery Regiment. Colonel P.A. Yeremin (August, 1941 – April, 1942) took command. On December 7, 1941 the division entered battle in area of the city of Mikhajlov of the Ryazan area. Colonel P.M. Gudz (April – September, 1942) held command from April 1942.
As part of the 10th Army, then the 16th Army, the division joined the Western Front, participated in counterattack near Moscow and the winter offensive of 1942, around Zhizdra and Kirov. On 24 May 1942 for its courage and heroism the division became the 31st Guards Rifle Division. The new regimental titles were the 95th, 97th, and 99th Guards Rifle Regiments and the 64th Guards Artillery Regiment. In the summer of 1942 the division fought in the Bryansk area. General-Major A.F. Naumov (October, 1942 – February, 1943) took command in October 1942.
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