43rd Rifle Division

43rd Rifle Division
Active1924–1946; 1953–1957
Country Soviet Union
Branch Red Army (1924-1946)
 Soviet Army (1946-1957)
TypeInfantry Division
RoleInfantry
EngagementsWinter War

World War II

DecorationsOrder of the Red Banner (2)
Battle honoursTartu
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Vasily Sokolovsky

Ilya Smirnov
Andrei Bondarev
Vladimir Kirpichnikov

Andrey Matveyevich Andreyev

The 43rd Rifle Division was a formation of the Red Army, which took part in the Second World War, known to the Soviets as the "Great Patriotic War".