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| 26th Rifle Division | |
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| Active | 3 November 1918–1952 |
| Country |  Soviet Union |
| Branch | Red Army (1918–1946) Soviet Army (1946–1952) |
| Type | Rifle Division |
| Nickname(s) | 26th Zlatoust Red Banner Order of Suvorov Rifle Division[1] |
| Engagements | Russian Civil War |
| Decorations | Honorary Revolutionary Red Banner Order of Suvorov |
| Battle honours | Zlatoust Stalin |
| Commanders | |
| Notable commanders | Vasily Shorin Mikhail Matiyasevich |
The26th Rifle Division was a rifle division in theSovietRed Army during theRussian Civil War,World War II and theCold War. The division was formed on 3 November 1918 on the Eastern Front (China Border), sent to the Soviet-German Front in August 1941. Ended the war in Poland, where it was assigned to theNorthern Group of Forces. It was disbanded in 1952.
The division was formed on the Eastern Front in November 1918. It fought the entire civil war period on the eastern front and ended the war on the Chinese border. The division remained there until 1929 when it moved to the coastal region.[1]
Assigned to the1st Red Banner Army at the start of the World War II, the division was ordered west in August 1941. Assigned to theNorthwestern Front's11th Army upon arrival. The division spent 1942 through September 1944 assigned to Northwestern or2nd Baltic Fronts 11th,27th,34th,1st Shock, and22nd Armies. During this time the division took part in theDemyansk Army Group offensive operation (1st phase) from 7 January to 20 May 1942 and second phase from 15 to 28 February 1943. It also fought in theLeningrad-Novgorod Strategic Offensive'sStaraya Russa-Novorzhev Offensive from 18 February 1944 to 1 March 1944.
In September 1944 the division was reassigned to the43rd Army's90th Rifle Corps of the1st Baltic Front. The army was reassigned to the3rd Belorussian Front in January 1945 where it remained assigned for the remainder of the war. In the last part of the war the division participated in theBaltic Strategic Offensive'sRiga Army Group offensive from 14 September to 24 October 1944 and theEast Prussian Offensive'sInsterburg–Königsberg Offensive,Königsberg Offensive, andZemland Offensive.
The division was assigned to theNorthern Group of Forces after the war and remained inPoland. In June 1946 it became part of the132nd Rifle Corps, replacing the disbanded18th Rifle Division. It became part of the18th Rifle Corps and was based atWrocław between 1946 and 1948. The division disbanded along with its corps in 1952.[2]
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