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 | |
| 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
- ↑ Russian wikipedia
- ↑ Feskov et al 2013, p. 579
- ↑ Feskov et al 2013, p. 151
- ↑ "125th Motorised Rifle Division". www.ww2.dk. Retrieved 2016-02-02.
- Feskov, V.I.; Golikov, V.I.; Kalashnikov, K.A.; Slugin, S.A. (2013). Вооруженные силы СССР после Второй Мировой войны: от Красной Армии к Советской [The Armed Forces of the USSR after World War II: From the Red Army to the Soviet: Part 1 Land Forces] (in Russian). Tomsk: Scientific and Technical Literature Publishing. ISBN 9785895035306.
- Robert G. Poirier and Albert Z. Conner's The Red Army Order of Battle in the Great Patriotic War, Novato: Presidio Press, 1985
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