127th Motor Rifle Division (Russia)

2nd Collective Farm Rifle Division (1932–1936)
66th Rifle Division (1936–1946)
2nd Tank Division (1946–1957)
32nd Tank Division (1957–1965)
66th Tank Division (1965–1974)
277th Motor Rifle Division (1974–1990)
127th Machine Gun Artillery Division (1990–2009)
59th Motor Rifle Brigade (2009–2018)
127th Motor Rifle Division (2018–present)
Sleeve patch of the 127th Motor Rifle Division
Active1932–present (as 127th MRD)
Country Soviet Union (until 1991)
 Russia
Branch Soviet Army (until 1991)
 Russian Ground Forces
TypeMechanized infantry
SizeDivision
Part of5th Combined Arms Army
Garrison/HQSergeyevka, Pogranichny Raion, Primorsky Krai [ru]
EngagementsWorld War II

Russian invasion of Ukraine[1]

Decorations

The 127th Order of Kutuzov Motor Rifle Division (Russian: 127-я мотострелковая дивизия) is a division of the Russian Ground Forces. It was reformed from the 59th Separate and 70th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigades in 2018, and was the 127th Machine-Gun Artillery Division (127 пулемётно-артиллерийская дивизия) from 1990 to 2009. The division traces its history to the 66th Rifle Division of World War II.

  1. ^ "Bato Basanov Reportedly Killed By Ukrainian Forces". newsnaira.net. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  2. ^ Mappes, Grace; Wolkov, Nicole; Stepanenko, Kateryna; Barros, George; Clark, Mason. "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, June 11, 2023". Institute for the Study of War. Archived from the original on 12 June 2023. Retrieved 12 June 2023.