54th Guards Rifle Division

54th Guards Rifle Division
Active	1942–1946
Country	Soviet Union
Branch	Red Army
Type	Division
Role	Infantry
Engagements	Operation Ring Operation Gallop Donbas Strategic Offensive (August 1943) Lower Dnieper Offensive Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive Prague Offensive
Decorations	Order of Lenin  Order of the Red Banner  Order of Suvorov  Order of Kutuzov
Battle honours	Makeevka

The 54th Guards Rifle Division was an infantry division of the Red Army during World War II.

The division was created on December 16, 1942, from the second formation of the 119th Rifle Division. It was assigned the honorific title of "Guards" in recognition of that division's leading role in Operation Uranus, the breakthrough that led to the encirclement of the German/Romanian forces in Stalingrad, and the subsequent elimination of the 3rd Romanian Army. The 54th Guards Division continued a record of distinguished service through the rest of World War II.