81st Guards Rifle Division (March 1, 1943 – June 4, 1957)81st Guards Motor Rifle Division (June 4, 1957 – June 1, 2009)57th Guards Motor Rifle Brigade (June 1, 2009 - present)
Active
1943–2009 2009–present
Country
Soviet Union Russia
Branch
Red Army (1943–1946) Soviet Army (1946–1991) Russian Ground Forces (1991–present)
Type
Division
Role
Infantry
Engagements
World War II
Battle of Kursk
Belgorod-Khar'kov Offensive Operation
Battle of the Dniepr
Kirovograd Offensive
Uman–Botoșani Offensive
First Jassy-Kishinev Offensive
Battle of Târgu Frumos
Second Jassy-Kishinev Offensive
Siege of Budapest
Vienna Offensive
Prague Offensive
Operation Whirlwind
Decorations
Order of the Red Banner Order of Suvorov
Battle honours
Krasnograd
Commanders
Notable commanders
Maj. Gen. Ivan Konstantinovich Morozov Col. Sergei Grigorevich Nikolaiev Col. Mikhail Andreevich Orlov
Military unit
The 81st Guards Rifle Division is an infantry division of the Russian Ground Forces, previously serving in the Red Army and the Soviet Army. It was formed after the Battle of Stalingrad from the 422nd Rifle Division in recognition of that division's actions during the battle, specifically the encirclement and the siege of the German forces in the city. The 81st Guards continued a record of distinguished service through the rest of the Great Patriotic War, and continued to serve postwar, as a rifle division and later a motor rifle division, until being reorganized as the 57th Separate Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade in 2009 in the Russian Ground Forces. Most of its postwar service was in the Soviet (Russian) far east, where it was originally formed as the 422nd.
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Global Information
Soviet Union
Russia
Red Army (1943–1946)
Russian Ground Forces (1991–present)
Order of the Red Banner
Order of Suvorov