90th Guards Rifle Division

90th Guards Rifle Division
(April 18, 1943 – 1946)
26th Guards Mechanized Division
(1946 – 1957)
38th Guards Tank Division
(1957 – 1965)
90th Guards Tank Division
(1965 – 1985)
Colonel (later Major General) V. G. Chernov
Active1941 – 1985
Country Soviet Union
BranchRed Army, Soviet Army
TypeInfantry (former), Armored
Engagements
DecorationsOrder of the Red Banner Order of the Red Banner
Battle honoursVitebsk
Novgorod
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Col. Viktor Georgievich Chernov
Maj. Gen. Vasilii Efimovich Vlasov

The 90th Guards Rifle Vitebsk Division was an infantry division of the Red Army during World War II. Formed from the 325th Rifle Division in recognition of its actions during the winter of 1943, the division fought in the Battle of Kursk, the Belgorod-Khar'kov Offensive Operation, Operation Bagration, the Baltic Offensive, the Vistula–Oder Offensive, and the East Prussian Offensive.