23rd Guards Motor Rifle Division

23rd Guards Motor Rifle Division
(17 November 1964–July 1992)

25th Guards Motor Rifle Division
(25 June 1957–17 November 1964)


31st Guards Mechanised Division
(January 1946–25 June 1957)
Active1946–1992
CountrySoviet Union
BranchInfantry
SizeDivision
Part of4th Army
Garrison/HQGanja (named Kirovabad before 1989)
EngagementsOperation Ring Battle of Shusha (1992)
Decorations
Battle honoursBrandenburg

The 23rd Guards Motor Rifle Division of the Soviet Union's Red Army was a motor rifle division active during the Cold War. After 1991-92, the division's remnants were eventually incorporated into the new Army of Azerbaijan.