49th Rifle Division (Soviet Union)

49th Rifle Division
Active	1931–1946, 1955–1957
Country	Soviet Union
Branch	Red Army Soviet Army
Type	Infantry
Engagements	World War II Winter War Eastern Front Operation Barbarossa Battle of Stalingrad Battle of Kursk Vistula-Oder Offensive Battle of Berlin
Decorations	Order of Lenin (3rd formation) Order of the Red Banner Order of Suvorov, 2nd class (2nd & 3rd formation)
Battle honours	Roslavl (2nd formation) Kherson (3rd formation)
Commanders
Notable commanders	Pyotr Bogdanovich

The 49th Rifle Division was a Soviet Army infantry division, formed three times. First formed as a territorial division in 1931, the 49th Rifle Division's first formation became a regular division by 1939 and fought in the Winter War. For its actions during the war, it was awarded the Order of the Red Banner. However, the 49th Rifle Division was wiped out during the first ten days of Operation Barbarossa.^[1] Its second formation occurred in December 1941 and fought at Stalingrad, Kursk, the Vistula-Oder Offensive and the Battle of Berlin.^[2] The second formation was disbanded in 1946. The division was reformed in 1955 by renaming the 295th Rifle Division and became the 49th Motor Rifle Division in 1957.^[3][4]