89th Guards Rifle Division
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The 89th Guards Rifle Division was reformed as an elite infantry division of the Red Army in April 1943, based on the 1940 formation of the 160th Rifle Division, and served in that role until after th
89th Guards Rifle Division troops in Belgorod 5 August 1943
Major V. A. Muradyan (left) and Yefreytor A. Tsarev (right) hanging the Red Banner over Dzerzhinsky Square in Kharkov, 23 August
Soviet soldiers crossing the Dniepr on improvised rafts.
Private Aleksey Markov, a machine gunner of the 273rd Guards Rifle Regimen and Private Ivan Mazuk of the 94th Guards Rifle Division, residents of the same village, embrace after meeting each other on the streets of Berlin
Mikhail Seryugin
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Mikhail Petrovich Seryugin was a Soviet Army lieutenant general who held division command during World War II.
89th Guards Rifle Division
…Decorations Order of the Red Banner Order of Suvorov Battle honours Belgorod Kharkov Commanders Notable commanders Col. Aleksei Ivanovich Baksov Maj. Gen. Mikhail Petrovich Seryugin Col. Ivan Alekseevich Pigin The 89th Guards Rifle Division was reformed as an elite infantry division of the Red Army in April 1943, based on the 1940…
Seryugin, 1943