"3rd Mechanized Corps (Soviet Union)" redirects here. For the 1940-1941 Corps, see 3rd Mechanized Corps (1940 formation).
20th Guards Motor Rifle Division 8th Guards Mechanised Division 8th Guards Mechanised Corps 3rd Mechanised Corps
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Active
3 April 1943 – 2009; reformed 2021
Country
Soviet Union (until 1991) Russian Federation
Branch
Red Army (until 1945) Soviet Ground Forces (1945-1991) Russian Ground Forces
Type
Mechanized infantry
Size
Division
Part of
8th Guards Combined Arms Army, Southern Military District
Garrison/HQ
Volgograd
Nickname(s)
Zaleshchitskaya (Russian: Залещицкая)
Engagements
World War II Cold War 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
Decorations
Order of the Red Banner
Order of Suvorov 2nd class
Honorifics
Carpathian Berlin
Commanders
Notable commanders
Lt. General Mikhail Katukov
Major General Kurkin
Colonel Aleksey Gorobets
Military unit
The 20th Guards Carpathian-Berlin Motor Rifle Division (Russian: 20-я гвардейская мотострелковая Прикарпатско-Берлинская дивизия) is a formation of the Russian Ground Forces, originally formed within the Soviet Red Army as the 3rd Mechanised Corps. The division was reformed in 2021 from the former 20th Guards Motor Rifle Brigade.[1]
^"В Волгограде 20-я гвардейская мотострелковая бригада вновь выросла до дивизии". December 2021.
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