27th Guards Omsk-Novoburgskaya Red Banner order of Bogdan Khmelnitskiy Motorised Rifle Division | |
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Russian: 27-я гвардейская мотострелковая Омско-Новобургская Краснознамённая ордена Богдана Хмельницкого дивизия | |
Active | 1945–1964, 1964–2009, 2024–present |
Country | Soviet Union (1945–1991) Russia (1991–2009, 2024–present) |
Branch | Russian Ground Forces |
Type | Motorized Infantry |
Size | Division |
Part of | Central Military District 2nd Combined Arms Army |
Garrison/HQ | Totskoye, Orenburg Oblast MUN 35100 |
Nickname(s) | "Omsk-Novobugskaya" |
Engagements | Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia Second Chechen War War in Donbass • Battle of Ilovaisk Russian invasion of Ukraine • Pokrovsk offensive |
Decorations | Order of the Red Banner Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky |
Battle honours | Guards |
Commanders | |
Current commander | Colonel Dmitri Zavyalov (as of 2019) |
The 27th Guards Omsk-Novoburgskaya Red Banner Order of Bogdan Khmelnitskiy Motorised Rifle Division (Russian: 27-я гвардейская мотострелковая Омско-Новобургская Краснознамённая ордена Богдана Хмельницкого дивизия; Military Unit Number 35100)[1] is a Guards mechanised infantry division of the Russian Ground Forces. It was a Red Army rifle division in World War II which later became a Soviet Ground Forces motor rifle division. In 2009, it was reformed into the 21st Guards Motor Rifle Brigade. In the spring of 2024, the 27th Guards Motorized Rifle Division was revived.[2]