38th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade

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328th Rifle Division (1941–1942) 31st Guards Rifle Division (1942–1945) 29th Guards Mechanised Division (1945–1957) 29th Guards Motor Rifle Division (1957–1964) 31st Guards Motor Rifle Division (1964–1978) 21st Guards Tank Division (1978 – ca. 2004–6) 21st Guards Motor Rifle Division (ca. 2004–6 – 2009) 38th Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade
Sleeve insignia of the 38th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade
Active	1941–present
Country	Soviet Union (1941–1992) Russia (1992–present)
Branch	Red Army (1941-1946)  Soviet Army (1946-1991)  Russian Ground Forces (1991-present)
Type	Mechanised Infantry
Engagements	World War II Russo-Ukrainian War
Decorations	Order of Lenin  Order of the Red Banner  Order of Suvorov 2nd class
Battle honours	Vitebsk
Commanders
Notable commanders	Porfiry Gudz Ivan Burmakov

The 38th Separate Guards Vitebskaya order of Lenin Red Banner order of Suvorov Motor Rifle Brigade is a mechanized infantry brigade of the Russian Ground Forces, part of the Eastern Military District. Military Unit в/ч 21720.

The brigade was formed during the 2009 Russian military reforms from the 21st Guards Motor Rifle Division of the Far East Military District, formed from the Red Army 31st Guards Rifle Division, an infantry division of World War II which subsequently became a motor-rifle, a tank division and then back to a motor-rifle division. The division was disbanded in 2009 and its traditions inherited by the 38th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade, formed from at least one of its regiments.