For the Soviet motor rifle brigade of the Soviet–Afghan War, see 70th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade.
17th Guards Rifle Division (17 Mar 1942 – 17 May 1957) 123rd Guards Motor Rifle Division (17 May 1957 – 1 Oct 1989) 129th Guards Machine-Gun Artillery Division (1 Oct 1989 – Sep 2001) 17th Guards Motor Rifle Division (Sep 2001 – Jun 2009) 70th Guards Motor Rifle Brigade (Jun 2009 – 2018)
Active
1942–2018
Country
Soviet Union (until 1991) Russia
Branch
Soviet Army (until 1991) Russian Ground Forces
Type
Mechanized infantry
Size
Division
Garrison/HQ
Ussuriysk
Engagements
Battle of Smolensk (1943) Operation Bagration East Prussian Offensive Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation Khingan–Mukden Offensive Operation [ru]
Decorations
Order of the Red Banner
Order of Suvorov 2nd Class
Battle honours
Dukhovshchina
Khingan
Commanders
Notable commanders
Maj. Gen. Aleksandr Dimitrievich Berezin Maj. Gen. Aleksandr Petrovich Kvashnin
Military unit
The 17th Guards Rifle Division (Russian: 17-я гвардейская стрелковая дивизия) was an infantry division of the Red Army during World War II. It was created on March 17, 1942, from the first formation of the 119th Rifle Division, in recognition of that division's stalwart defense against German Army Group Center in the Battle of Moscow, and in the subsequent strategic offensive that threw the German forces back from the capital. It became the 123rd Guards Motor Rifle Division in 1957 and converted into the 129th Guards Machine-Gun Artillery Division in 1989. In 2001, it was converted to the 17th Guards Motor Rifle Division and became the 70th Guards Motor Rifle Brigade in 2009. The brigade was reorganized as the 114th Guards Motor Rifle Regiment of the reformed 127th Motor Rifle Division in 2018. The regiment is currently based in Ussuriysk.
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