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55th Naval Infantry Division
55-я Дивизия Морской пехоты Тихоокеанского Флота
Shoulder Patch
Founded
1 December 1968 2023 (reformation)
Disbanded
1 December 2009
Country
Russia
Allegiance
Russian Armed Forces
Branch
Pacific Fleet
Type
Marines
Garrison/HQ
Vladivostok
Engagements
World War II
Soviet invasion of Manchuria
First Chechen War
Second Chechen War
Russian Invasion of Ukraine
2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive
Military unit
Soviet Naval Infantry put on a hand-to-hand combat demonstration, Vladivostok, 1 September 1990
The 55th Naval Infantry Division (55-я Дивизия Морской пехоты Тихоокеанского Флота, Military Unit Number 30926) was an infantry division of the Soviet Navy and Russian Navy's Naval Infantry, established in 1968 and disestablished in 2009. The unit was re-established during the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2023 in the aftermath of the 2022 Russian mobilization.[1]
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