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30th Rifle Division | |
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Active | I Formation: October 1918 – 18 December 1942 II Formation: 1943–1945 III Formation: 1955–1957 |
Country | Soviet Union |
Branch | Red Army |
Engagements | Russian Civil War World War II |
Decorations | Order of Lenin (1st formation) Order of the Red Banner (2nd, and 3rd formations) (2; 1st formation) |
Battle honours | Irkutsk (1st formation) Kiev (2nd formation) |
Commanders | |
Notable commanders | Vasily Blyukher |
The 30th Rifle Division was an infantry division of the Soviet Union, formed three times. The final full name of its first formation was the 30th Rifle Irkutsk Order of Lenin, three Orders of the Red Banner, Order of the Red Banner of Labour Division of the name of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR. After being redesignated the 55th Guards Rifle Division in December 1942, the Second Formation of the division was recreated at Rossosh in April 1943. The division was formed a third time in 1955.