15th Rifle Division (Soviet Union)

15th Rifle Division
15th Motorized Rifle Division
15th Rifle Division15th Motorized Rifle Division
Active	1919–1992
Country	Soviet Union
Branch	Red Army
Type	infantry
Engagements	Russian Civil War World War II Operation München; Battle of Uman; Battle of Voronezh (1942); Battle of Voronezh (1943); Battle of Kursk; East Pomeranian Offensive; Battle of Berlin;
Decorations	Order of Lenin; Order of the Red Banner (2); Order of Suvorov;
Battle honours	Sivash; Stettin;
Commanders
Notable; commanders	Semyon Krivoshein; Vladimir Janjgava; Kuzma Grebennik;

The 15th Rifle Division (Russian: 15-я стрелковая дивизия) was a military formation of the Red Army formed by renaming the Red Army's Inza Revolutionary Division on 30 April 1919. The division was active during the Russian Civil War and World War II.

The 15th Rifle Division was awarded the Order of Lenin, two Orders of the Red Banner, the Order of Suvorov, and the Red Banner of Labour of the Ukrainian SSR, ultimately receiving the honorific designation 15th Sivash-Stettin Order of Lenin, Twice Order of the Red Banner, Order of Suvorov, Order of the Red Banner of Labour Division (15-я стрелковая Сивашско-Штеттинская, ордена Ленина, дважды Краснознамённая, орденов Суворова, Трудового Красного Знамени дивизия).

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