The 1st Guards Fortified Region (Russian: 1-й гвардейский укреплённый район, also translated as 1st Guards Fortified District) was a field fortified region...
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of the Red Banner on 29 March, and the 76th Fortified Region became the elite 1st Guards Fortified Region on 4 May. The recommendation read: A strong-willed...
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transferring its five rifle divisions, the 10th Guards Rifle Corps headquarters and the 1st Guards Fortified Region to the 5th Shock Army. In turn the 5th Shock...
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A fortified district or fortified region (Russian: Укреплённый район, Укрепрайон, ukreplyonny raion, ukrepraion) in the military terminology of the Soviet...
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the 1st Battalion, Rajput Regiment as the 4th Battalion. It was the only regiment of foot guards in the Indian Army. Though the Brigade of The Guards is...
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Division 1st Guards Mechanized Corps (Major General Ivan Russiyanov) 1st Guards Mechanized Brigade 2nd Guards Mechanized Brigade 3rd Guards Mechanized...
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Lieutenant General Mikhail Sharokhin Lieutenant General Vasily Glagolev The 31st Guards Rifle Corps was in the army's second echelon at the beginning of the offensive...
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(69th Guards, 252nd Rifle Division and 1st Guards Fortified Region) defended along the Army's left flank. Overnight on 7 and 8 January, the 69th Guards' sector...
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Rifle Division 59th Rifle Division 1st Rifle Brigade 4th Rifle Brigade 8th Cavalry Division 105th Fortified Region 30th Mechanized Corps 26th Rifle Corps...
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the Russian Ground Forces. Originally formed as the Blagoveshchensk Fortified Region of the Soviet Union's Red Army in 1932, it became the basis for the...
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Soviet Army lists 1st Reserve Army with the 1st Guards Rifle Corps – 24th Guards, 33rd Guards and 98th rifle divisions [under Guards General-Major I. I...
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Regiment), 3rd Guards Mechanized Corps, 4th Guards Mechanized Corps, 76th Fortified Region, 78th Fortified Region, 116th Fortified Region. Southern Front...
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Division 161st Fortified Region 8th Guards Tank Corps 58th Guards Tank Brigade 59th Guards Tank Brigade 60th Guards Tank Brigade 28th Guards Motorized Rifle...
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Guards Leningrad Peoples' Militia Divisions. The 51st Corps, 690th Anti-Tank and 740th Artillery Regiments, and the Krasnogvardeisk Fortified Region soon...
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Division 116th Fortified Region 2nd Guards Breakthrough Artillery Division (4th Guards Light Artillery Brigade, 114 Gun Artillery Brigade, 5th Guards Howitzer...
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Svoboda) Elements of 4th Ukrainian Front: Soviet 1st Guards Army (Andrei Grechko) Army Group Heinrici 1st Panzer Army (Gotthard Heinrici) Elements of Hungarian...
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with the 30th Guards Rifle Corps, the army included the 9th, 16th, 17th, and 22nd Fortified Regions. The fortified regions had become the 1st and 22nd Machine...
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of the Reserve of Highest Command 26th Sortavala Fortified Region 1st, 73rd, 80th and 3rd Border Guard Detachments 55th Mixed Air Division (Petrozadovsk)...
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1st Guards Cavalry Zhytomyr Red Banner Corps (Russian: 1-й гвардейский кавалерийский Житомирский Краснознаменный корпус) was a military unit of the Soviet...
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Soviet 6th Guards Army, which was composed of the 22nd Guards Rifle Corps and 23rd Guards Rifle Corps. The Soviets had constructed three fortified defensive...
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72nd Mechanized Brigade (Ukraine) (redirect from 72nd Guards Rifle Division)
became the 7th Guards Rifle Brigade, part of the 33rd Guards Rifle Corps. In October 1953, it became a division again. The 72nd Guards Rifle Division...
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1970s and 1980s, the 81st Guards MRD and the 199th MRDs became part of the 5th Army. The 4th, 5th, 13th 15th, and 20th Fortified Regions were also part of...
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penetrate the Târgu Frumos fortified region, the armies of General Shumilov [7th Guards] and Marshal Rotmistrov [5th Guards Tank] did not succeed. Here...
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was captured. After encircling Poznań, the 1st Guards Tank Army advanced deep into the fortified region around the Obra River against patchy resistance...
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Rifle Brigade, 31st Ski Brigade)) 10th Guards Rifle Division 14th Rifle Division (Soviet Union) 2nd Fortified Region 19th Army (Georgy Kozlov) 21st Rifle...
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Novorossiysk 76th Guards Air Assault Division in Pskov 98th Guards Airborne Division in Ivanovo 104th Guards Airborne Division in Ulyanovsk 106th Guards Airborne...
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following day. The 1st Ukrainian Front forces besieged the city with the 22nd and 74th Rifle Corps, and the 77th Fortified Region, as well as other smaller...
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joined a druzhina of the Red Guards formed in Zavarzino. In early 1918, the druzhina was assigned to the 1st Red Guards Regiment at Tomsk. In late May...
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Corps (Çatalca) Çatalca Fortified Area Command 3rd Corps (Çorlu) Istanbul and Bosporus Area Istanbul Command Bosporus Fortified Area Command In the late...
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Konev's 1st Ukrainian Front opened the Prague Offensive with an attack by the 3rd and 4th Guard Tank Armies and the 13th, 3rd Guards, and 5th Guards combined-arms...
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