26th Rifle Division

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26th Rifle Division
Active	3 November 1918–1952
Country	Soviet Union
Branch	Red Army (1918–1946) Soviet Army (1946–1952)
Type	Rifle Division
Nickname(s)	26th Zlatoust Red Banner Order of Suvorov Rifle Division[1]
Engagements	Russian Civil War World War II Demyansk Pocket Leningrad-Novgorod offensive Riga offensive East Prussian Offensive Battle of Königsberg Samland Offensive
Decorations	Honorary Revolutionary Red Banner  Order of Suvorov
Battle honours	Zlatoust Stalin
Commanders
Notable commanders	Vasily Shorin Mikhail Matiyasevich Yan Gaylit Genrich Eiche Kornily Cherepanov

The 26th Rifle Division was a rifle division in the Soviet Red Army during the Russian Civil War, World War II and the Cold War. The division was formed on 3 November 1918 on the Eastern Front (China Border), sent to the Soviet-German Front in August 1941. Ended the war in Poland, where it was assigned to the Northern Group of Forces. It was disbanded in 1952.