35th Rifle Division (Soviet Union)

35th Rifle Division
Active

I Formation: 1919-1945

II Formation: 1955-1957
Country  Soviet Union
Branch Soviet Army
Type Infantry
Engagements

Russian Civil War
Sino-Soviet conflict (1929)
World War II

Decorations Order of the Red Star (1st formation)
Battle honours Siberian (1st formation)

The 35th Rifle Division was a division of the Red Army, formed twice.

It was established in 1919.[1] Served in Far East Military District during World War II and part of the 5th Rifle Corps there in May 1945. The division disbanded in the fall of 1945.[2]

In 1955, it was reformed from the 255th Rifle Division at Ust-Bolsheretsk in the Far Eastern Military District. On 17 May 1957, it became the 125th Motor Rifle Division[3] of the 43rd Army Corps. It was disbanded on 7 March 1958.[4]

References

  1. Russian wikipedia
  2. Feskov et al 2013, p. 579
  3. Feskov et al 2013, p. 151
  4. "125th Motorised Rifle Division". www.ww2.dk. Retrieved 2016-02-02.
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