The57th Guards Motor Rifle Division was a division of theSoviet Ground Forces.Volodymyr Zelensky's Grandfather,Semyon Ivanovych Zelenskyy served in this division as rank of colonel.
It traces its history to the 57th Guards Rifle Division. The 57th Guards Rifle Division was formed from the153rd Rifle Division (Second formation) on 31 December 1942. It was part of the 'operational army' (ru:Действующая_армия) from 31.12.1942 to 07.06.1944 and from 15.06.1944 to 09.05.1945. Its operations included:
It fought on theDon River, inUkraine, on the Vistula River, and in theBerlin Operation. With8th Guards Army of the1st Belorussian Front May 1945.
Became 57th Guards Motor Rifle Division on 17 May 1957 atNaumburg, still with 8th Guards Army. During the 1980s it consisted of the:
The division withdrew from Germany in April 1993 and moved toChelyabinsk, part of theUral Military District. It was disbanded in June 1993.[1]
The 57th Guards Motor Rifle Division is featured in the board game Red Storm Rising, based onTom Clancy's bookRed Storm Rising.
The Division is also featured in the Operation (single-mission) Sledgehammer inWARNO.
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