3rd Motor Rifle Division
The 3rd Vislenskaya Red Banner Order of Suvorov and Kutuzov Motor Rifle Division (Russian: 3-я мотострелковая Висленская Краснознамённая, орденов Суворова и Кутузова дивизия, romanized: 3-ya motostrelkovaya Vislenskaya Krasnoznamonnaya, ordenov Suvorova i Kutuzova diviziya), is a motorized infantry division of the Russian Ground Forces.
| 3rd Motor Rifle Division | |
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| 3-я мотострелковая Висленская Краснознамённая, орденов Суворова и Кутузова дивизия | |
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| Active | 1997–2009, 2016–present |
| Country | Russia |
| Branch | Russian Ground Forces |
| Type | Mechanized infantry |
| Size | Division |
| Part of | 22nd Guards Army (1997–2009) 20th Guards Combined Arms Army (2016–present) |
| Garrison/HQ | Nizhny Novgorod (1997–2009) Valuyki, Belgorod Oblast (2016–present) |
| Honorific | Russian invasion of Ukraine |
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| Battle honours | Vislenskaya |
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| Current commander | Major General Aleksei Vyacheslavovich Avdeyev |
The 3rd Motor Rifle Division was formed in 1997 from the amalgamation of the 31st and 47th Guards Tank Divisions of the Moscow Military District in Nizhny Novgorod, and existed until March 2009, when the division was disbanded and split into the 6th Separate Tank Brigade and the 9th Separate Motor Rifle Brigade. The 3rd Motor Rifle Division was reformed in 2016 and based in the town of Valuyki, Belgorod Oblast, as part of the 20th Guards Army in the Western Military District.