268th Rifle Division

268th Rifle Division
ActiveJuly 1941 – 1945
Country Soviet Union
Branch Red Army
TypeRifle division
EngagementsWorld War II
Decorations
Battle honours
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Mikhail Yenshin

The 268th Rifle Division (Russian: 268-я стрелковая дивизия) was an infantry division of the Soviet Union's Red Army during World War II.

Formed in the summer of 1941, the 268th fought on the Leningrad Front until the end of the siege of Leningrad in 1944. In June and July of that year, it participated in the Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive against Finland, then was relocated to the Baltic states, where it fought in the blockade of the Courland Pocket. Postwar, the division was disbanded in the fall of 1945.