3rd Rifle Division (Soviet Union)

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3rd Rifle Division
3-я стрелковая Краснознамённая дивизия имени Президиума Верховного Совета Крымской АССР
Active	1918–1946
Country	Soviet Union
Branch	Red Army
Type	Infantry
Part of	2nd Red Banner Army
Engagements	Russian Civil War Southern Front counteroffensive Orel–Kursk operation Donbas operation Northern Taurida Operation World War II Invasion of Manchuria
Decorations	Order of the Red Banner (1945)
Battle honours	named after the Praesidium of the Supreme Council of the Crimean Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
Commanders
Notable commanders	Marcian Germanovich (1921–1922) Maksim Antoniuk (1925–1930)

The 3rd Rifle Division was an infantry division of the Soviet Army. It was formed in 1921 in Crimea. The division relocated to Svobodny in the Far East during 1939 and moved to Blagoveshchensk soon after. The division fought in the Soviet invasion of Manchuria and was disbanded in 1946.