354th Rifle Division
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The 354th Rifle Division was raised in 1941 as a standard Red Army rifle division, and served for the duration of the Great Patriotic War in that role. It took part in the defense of Moscow and the wi
Maj. Gen. Vladimir Dzhandzhgava, Hero of the Soviet Union
193rd Tank Division
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The 193rd Tank Division was originally a Red Army infantry division that was reorganised after World War II as a mechanised and then a tank division of the Soviet Army.
354th Rifle Division
…Bagration, the 105th Rifle Corps was in the first echelon of 65th Army, with the 354th in second echelon of the Corps, behind the 75th Guards and 193rd Rifle Divisions. The 1st Guards Tank Corps was assigned to support the rifle divisions. They faced the German 36th Infantry Division of XXXXI Panzer Corps, a division…
Squad leader Vasily Matasov of the 883rd Rifle Regiment, made a Hero of the Soviet Union for his bravery during the crossing of the Dnieper