150th Guards Motor Rifle Division | |
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Active | September 1939 – December 1946 December 2016 – present |
Country | Soviet Union (1939–1946) Russia (2016–) |
Branch | Red Army Russian Ground Forces |
Type | Mechanized infantry |
Role | Motorized Rifle Troops |
Nickname(s) | Idritskaya |
Engagements | |
Decorations | Order of Kutuzov, 2nd Class |
Honorifics | Idritsa |
Insignia | |
Division SSI |
The 150th Guards Motor Rifle Idritsa-Berlin Order of Kutuzov Division (Russian: Russian: 150-я гвардейская мотострелковая Идрицко-Берлинская ордена Кутузова дивизия) of the Russian Ground Forces is a motorized rifle division that was re-instituted in 2016.[1][2][3] It is part of the 8th Guards Combined Arms Army, which was reformed in 2017, in the Southern Military District.
Its Red Army predecessor fought on the Eastern Front of World War II from 1941 to 1945. It gained fame when its soldiers raised the Soviet flag over the Reichstag on May 2, 1945. The nickname ‘Idritskaya’ was given to the Soviet division on July 23, 1944, by the order № 207 for its heroic battle in the town of Idritsa. The division fought at Schneidemühl and Berlin.