67th Rifle Division

67th Rifle Division
67-я стрелковая дивизия
The unit's headquarters in Liepāja
Active1939-1941
Country Soviet Union
Branch Red Army
Soviet Army
TypeInfantry division
SizeSeveral corps or divisions
Garrison/HQLiepāja
Engagements

The 67th Rifle Division (Russian: 67-я стрелковая дивизия) was an infantry division of the Red Army. The 20th Rifle Division (territorial defence) was formed from militia brigades in the Leningrad Military District in 1923. On May 21, 1936, it was named the 67th Rifle Division. In June 1941, was part of the 27th Army in the Baltic Special Military District. After being badly battered during the early part of Operation Barbarossa, it was disbanded 19 September 1941.

Re-formed in September 1941. Fought on Finnish front. With 14th Army in northern Norway May 1945.

In 1957, it became the 116th Motor Rifle Division, but was then disbanded in 1960. For some part of the postwar period it was part of the 6th Army (Soviet Union).[1]

  1. ^ V.I. Feskov et al 2004, 73.