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1st Guards Airborne Division (1942–1945)

124th Guards Rifle Division (1945–1946; 1953–1956)

20th Guards Rifle Brigade (1946–1953)
Active1942–1956
CountrySoviet Union
AllegianceRed Army
BranchAirborne/Infantry
EngagementsBattle of the Korsun–Cherkassy pocket
Uman–Botoșani offensive
Second Jassy–Kishinev offensive
Battle of Debrecen
Siege of Budapest
Bratislava–Brno offensive
Prague offensive
Khingan–Mukden offensive
DecorationsOrder of the Red Banner
Order of Suvorov 2nd class
Battle honoursZvenigorod
Bucharest

The 1st Guards Zvenigorod–Bucharest Red Banner Order of Suvorov Airborne Division (Russian: 1-я гвардейская воздушно-десантная Звенигородско-Бухарестская Краснознамённая ордена Суворова дивизия) was a division of the Soviet Airborne Troops. The division was first formed in December 1942 and fought in the Battle of the Dnieper, the Battle of the Korsun–Cherkassy Pocket, the Uman–Botoșani offensive, the second Jassy–Kishinev offensive, the Battle of Debrecen, the siege of Budapest and the Prague offensive. In August 1945 it was sent east and fought in the Soviet invasion of Manchuria. The division became the 124th Guards Rifle Division in November 1945 and disbanded in 1956.

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