20th Guards Motor Rifle Division

20th Guards Motor Rifle Division
8th Guards Mechanised Division
8th Guards Mechanised Corps
3rd Mechanised Corps
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Active3 April 1943 – 2009; reformed 2021
CountrySoviet Union (until 1991)
Russian Federation
BranchRed Army (until 1945)
Soviet Ground Forces (1945-1991)
Russian Ground Forces
TypeMechanized infantry
SizeDivision
Part of8th Guards Combined Arms Army, Southern Military District
Garrison/HQVolgograd
Nickname(s)Zaleshchitskaya (Russian: Залещицкая)
EngagementsWorld War II
Cold War
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
Decorations
HonorificsCarpathian
Berlin
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The 20th Guards Carpathian-Berlin Motor Rifle Division (Russian: 20-я гвардейская мотострелковая Прикарпатско-Берлинская дивизия) is a formation of the Russian Ground Forces, originally formed within the Soviet Red Army as the 3rd Mechanised Corps. The division was reformed in 2021 from the former 20th Guards Motor Rifle Brigade.[1]

  1. ^ "В Волгограде 20-я гвардейская мотострелковая бригада вновь выросла до дивизии". December 2021.