37th Guards Airborne Corps

The 37th Guards Airborne Corps was a Red Army airborne corps. The corps was established as the 37th Guards Rifle Corps on 19 January 1944. In August, it was converted into an airborne corps. On 18 December, it became an infantry corps again. The corps was converted to an airborne corps on 10 June 1946 and disbanded in June 1956.

37th Guards Rifle Corps
37th Guards Airborne Corps
Active1944–1956
Country Soviet Union
BranchRed Army
Typeinfantry, airborne
Sizecorps
EngagementsWorld War II
  • Vyborg-Petrozavodsk Offensive
  • Vienna Offensive
  • Prague Offensive
Battle honoursSvir
Order of the Red Banner
Commanders
Notable
commanders		Pavel Mironov Vasily Margelov
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