Divisions of the Soviet Union - List of Infantry Divisions of the Soviet Union 1917-1957, List of Soviet Union Divisions 1917-1945 (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 40. Chapters: List of infantry divisions of the Soviet Union 1917-1957, List of Soviet Union divisions 1917-1945, List of Soviet Army divisions 1989-91, 66th Guards Rifle Division, 33rd Motor Rifle Division, 201st Motor Rifle Division, 10th Guards Motor Rifle Division, 2nd Guards Tamanskaya Motor Rifle Division, 102nd Military Base, 128th Mechanized Brigade, 51st Mechanized Brigade, 72nd Guards Mechanized Brigade, 1st Guards Motor Rifle Division, 45th Rifle Division, 127th Machine Gun Artillery Division, 19th Motor Rifle Division, 93rd Mechanized Brigade, 42nd Motor Rifle Division, Western Rifle Division, 92nd Mechanized Brigade, 18th Guards Motor Rifle Division, 245th Motor Rifle Division, 216th Rifle Division. Excerpt: The list of infantry divisions of the Soviet Union 1917-1957 details development and composition of infantry forces in the Soviet Union from the 1917 Revolution to the reorganisation of the Soviet Army in the aftermath of the Stalinist era. Mechanised Divisions were formed during 1945-46, and then all remaining Rifle Divisions were converted to Motor Rifle Divisions in 1957. Many infantry (pekhotniye), literally 'movement', and rifle (strelkoviye), literally 'sharpshooter', divisions were inherited by the Workers-Peasants Army from the former Imperial Russian Army, but were renamed in the spirit of the Revolutionary times, often with names including words such as "Proletariat," "workers and peasants," or other titles that differentiated them from the past. They employed some of the 48,000 former Tsarist officers and 214,000 Tsarist NCOs along with over 10,000 administrative personnel. Initially the new Bolshevik rifle divisions were composed of rifle brigades, and included: two or three brigades of two regiments eachan artillery brigadea cavalry regimenta communications battaliona reconnaissance companyan enginee...