265th Motor Rifle Division

265th Motor Rifle Division
(1965–1989)

119th Motor Rifle Division
(1957–1965)

71st Mechanized Division
(1953–1957)

34th Separate Rifle Brigade
(1946–1953)

265th Rifle Division
(1941–1946)
265th Motor Rifle Division; (1965–1989) 119th Motor Rifle Division; (1957–1965) 71st Mechanized Division; (1953–1957) 34th Separate Rifle Brigade; (1946–1953) 265th Rifle Division; (1941–1946)
Active	July 1941–October 1989
Country	Soviet Union
Branch	Red Army
Type	Rifle division
Engagements	World War II
Battle honours	Vyborg;

The 265th Motor Rifle Division (Russian: 265-я мотострелковая дивизия) was a motorized infantry division of the Soviet Army during the Cold War.

The division traced its heritage back to the 265th Rifle Division, which was formed in mid-1941 from an NKVD division. The 265th fought in the Continuation War and the siege of Leningrad through 1944 and the Battle of Berlin in 1945. Postwar, it was withdrawn to the Soviet Union and downsized into a rifle brigade before being expanded into the 71st Mechanized Division in 1953. It was relocated to Vilnius and converted into the 119th Motor Rifle Division in 1957 before relocating to the Soviet Far East in 1964 and being renumbered as the 265th Motor Rifle Division. It spent the rest of its career in the Far East and was downsized into a storage base in 1989.