17th Rifle Division

The 17th Rifle Division was an infantry division of the Soviet Union's Red Army during World War II.

17th Rifle Division
ActiveI Formation: 1918–1941 II Formation: 1941–1945
CountrySoviet Union
BranchRed Army
SizeDivision
EngagementsRussian Civil War
Polish–Soviet War
Winter War

World War II

Decorations Order of the Red Banner
Battle honoursMoscow
Rezkaja
Bobruysk
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Georgy Sofronov (1922—1923, 1924—1930)
Pyotr Filatov (1923-1924)
Georgy Bondar (1932—1937)
Terenty Batsanov (1938–1941)
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