3rd Rifle Corps

3rd Rifle Corps 3rd Mountain Rifle Corps
Active	1923–1957
Country	Soviet Union
Branch	Soviet Army
Type	Infantry
Engagements	Soviet invasion of Poland Winter War World War II Battle of the Caucasus Crimean Offensive Battle of Dukla Pass Western Carpathian Strategic Offensive Prague Offensive Soviet invasion of Hungary
Battle honours	Carpathian
Commanders
Notable commanders	Mikhail Grigoryevich Yefremov Pavel Batov Grigory Kulik Konstantin Leselidze Nikolai Gagen Aleksi Inauri Mikhail Mikhailovich Ivanov Dmitry Onuprienko

The 3rd Rifle Corps was a corps of the Soviet Red Army which saw service in World War II and in the 1950s. The corps was first formed in 1923 from the 3rd Army Corps in the Moscow Military District and fought in the Soviet invasion of Poland and the Winter War. The corps was disbanded in the summer of 1941 and its headquarters became the 46th Army. The 3rd Mountain Rifle Corps was formed in summer 1942 and fought in the Caucasus, Crimea, Dukla Pass, Carpathia and at Prague. The corps was retained in the Soviet Army postwar and moved to Uzhhorod. The corps fought in the Soviet invasion of Hungary and was disbanded there in 1957. Its headquarters was absorbed by the 38th Army.