7th Guards Rifle Division
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The 7th Guards Rifle Division was reformed as an elite infantry division of the Red Army in September 1941, based on the 1st formation of the 64th Rifle Division and served in that role until after th
Soviet positions at Demyansk, spring 1943. The 7th Guards was in the 1st Shock Army sector south of the Ramushevo corridor
German POWs march through Rezekne, 1944
171st Rifle Division
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The 171st Rifle Division was originally formed as an infantry division of the Red Army in the North Caucasus Military District on September 18, 1939, based on the shtat of that same month. It was in t
Memorial plaque in Zlatoust which lists the 2nd Formation of the 171st near the top
The Reichstag in ruins, June 1945