| 87th Guards Rifle Division (16 April 1943 – July 1946) 87th Guards Rifle Division (October 1953 - June 1957) 87th Guards Motor Rifle Division (June 1957 - March 1959) | |
|---|---|
 Maj. Gen. Kirill Yakovlevich Tymchik | |
| Active | 1943–1946, 1953-1959 |
| Country |  Soviet Union |
| Branch | .svg){kind=small} Red Army |
| Type | Division |
| Role | Infantry |
| Engagements | Donbas strategic offensive Lower Dniepr Offensive Crimean Offensive Operation Bagration Šiauliai Offensive Courland Pocket East Prussian Offensive Battle of Königsberg |
| Decorations |  Order of the Red Banner Order of Suvorov |
| Battle honours | Stalino Sevastopol |
| Commanders | |
| Notable commanders | Maj. Gen. Kirill Yakovlevich Tymchik |
The 87th Guards Rifle Division was created on 16 April 1943 from the veterans of the 300th Rifle Division, in recognition of that division's leading role in the penetration of the German/Romanian defenses south of Stalingrad in the opening stages of Operation Uranus, its subsequent defense against Army Group Don's attempt to relieve the German Sixth Army at Stalingrad, and later for its pursuit of the defeated German forces along the Don River to Rostov-na-Donu as far as the Mius River. The 87th Guards continued a record of distinguished service through the rest of the Great Patriotic War, first in the southern sector of the front, where it participated in the liberation of the Donbas region and the Crimea, and then, after a major redeployment, in the north-central sector, advancing through the Baltic states and into East Germany. After the war it was restructured into a rifle brigade, before being reestablished as 87th Guards Rifle Division in October 1953. In June 1957, it was reorganized as a motor rifle division, but appears to have been disbanded in 1959.