10th Guards Motor Rifle Division
The 10th Guards Motor Rifle Division was a division of the Soviet Ground Forces. The full name of its predecessor division was the 10th Guards Rifle Pechengskii, Twice Order of the Red Banner, Order of Alexander Nevsky, Order of the Red Star Division. (Russian: 10ая гвардейская стрелковая Печенгский, дважды орденом Красного Знамени, орденом Александра Невского, орденом Красной звезда дивизия.) The 10th Guards Rifle Division was formed from the 52nd Rifle Division in late 1941.
| 52nd Rifle Division (1935 – Dec. 1941) 10th Guards Rifle Division (Dec. 1941 – 1946) 10th Guards Mountain Division (1946–1962) 10th Guards Motor Rifle Division (1962–1991) | |
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| Active | 1941–1991 |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Branch | Red Army, Soviet Ground Forces |
| Type | Division |
| Role | Infantry |
| Part of | Karelian Front 2nd Belorussian Front Transcaucasus Military District |
| Nickname(s) | Honorary title = "Pechengskii" |
| Engagements | 1939: Battle of Petsamo 1941–1944: Arctic Defensive 1944: Petsamo-Kirkenes Operation 1945: East Pomeranian Offensive Konitz-Köslin Offensive Operation |
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