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70th Guards Rifle Division

70th Guards Rifle Division (Feb. 1943 – 1957)
70th Guards Motor Rifle Division (1957–1991)
Active 1943–1991
Country  Soviet Union
Branch Red Army flag.svg Red Army
Type Division
Role Infantry
Engagements

World War II

Operation Whirlwind
Decorations

Order of Lenin Order of Lenin
Order of the Red Banner Order of the Red Banner (2)
Order of Suvorov 2nd Class Order of Suvorov
Order of Kutuzov 2nd Class Order of Kutuzov

Order of Khmelnitsky 2nd Class (USSR) Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky
Battle honours Glukhov
Commanders
Notable
commanders		 Mjr. Gen. Ivan Lyudnikov
Mjr. Gen. I. A. Gusev

World War II

Order of Lenin Order of Lenin
Order of the Red Banner Order of the Red Banner (2)
Order of Suvorov 2nd Class Order of Suvorov
Order of Kutuzov 2nd Class Order of Kutuzov

The 70th Guards Rifle Division was an infantry division of the Red Army and Soviet Army. It was formed after the Battle of Stalingrad from the 138th Rifle Division in recognition of that division's actions during the battle. The 70th Guards continued a record of distinguished service through the rest of the Great Patriotic War, and continued to serve postwar, as a motor rifle division, until being finally disbanded in 1991.


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