295th Rifle Division

295th Rifle Division
295th Rifle Division
Active	1st formation: July–September 1941; 2nd formation: October 1941 – 1946, 1953–1955;
Country	Soviet Union
Branch	Red Army
Type	Rifle division
Engagements	World War II
Decorations	2nd formation: Order of Lenin; Order of the Red Banner; Order of Suvorov 2nd class;
Battle honours	Kherson (2nd formation);
Commanders
Notable; commanders	Alexander Dorofeyev

The 295th Rifle Division (Russian: 295-я стрелковая дивизия) was an infantry division of the Soviet Union's Red Army and later the Soviet Army, formed twice.

The 295th's first formation was formed in the summer of 1941 and destroyed within months during the Battle of Kiev. Reformed in October, the 295th fought in the North Caucasus, the Second Jassy–Kishinev Offensive, Poland, and Germany during the rest of the war. The 295th was downsized into a brigade after the end of the war and was relocated to the North Caucasus. It was reformed from the brigade in 1953 and renumbered in 1955.

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