Red Army (1943-1946) Soviet Army (1946-1991) Russian Ground Forces (1991-1997)
Type
Division
Role
Infantry
Engagements
Siege of Leningrad Operation Polyarnaya Zvezda Leningrad-Novgorod Offensive Narva Offensive Vyborg-Petrozavodsk Offensive Tallinn Offensive Courland Pocket
Decorations
Order of the Red Banner
Battle honours
Krasnoye Selo
Commanders
Notable commanders
Mjr. Gen. N. A. Poliakov Mjr. Gen. I. D. Romantsov
Military unit
The 64th Guards Rifle Division was created on January 19, 1943, from the 327th Rifle Division, in recognition of that division's distinguished combat record in the Second Siniavino Offensive and Operation Iskra. It was one of a relatively small number of formations raised to Guards status in the northern sector of the Soviet-German Front. As such, it was employed as an assault division in the subsequent fighting, particularly in the final defeat of the German forces before Leningrad, and the final offensive against Finland. The division ended the war in Lithuania, helping to contain the enemy forces trapped in the Courland Pocket, and went on to serve well into the postwar era, still in the Leningrad/St. Petersburg area.
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