6th Rifle Division (Soviet Union)

6th Rifle Division
6th Rifle Division
Active	1918–1939 (1st formation); 1939–1945 (2nd formation); 1955–1957 (3rd formation)
Country	Soviet Union
Branch	Soviet Army
Type	Infantry
Engagements	Russian Civil War Soviet westward offensive of 1918–19; Estonian War of Independence Polish-Soviet War Battle of Warsaw (1920); World War II Soviet invasion of Poland; Operation Barbarossa; Battle of Voronezh (1942); Third Battle of Kharkov; Battle of the Korsun–Cherkassy Pocket; Uman–Botoșani Offensive; Battle of Debrecen; Bratislava-Brno Offensive; Soviet invasion of Manchuria;
Decorations	Order of the Red Banner (2) (1st formation); Order of Suvorov, 2nd class (1st formation);
Battle honours	Orel (1st formation)
Commanders
Notable; commanders	Dmitri Parsky

The 6th Rifle Division was an infantry division of the Soviet Union's Red Army. Formed multiple times, it participated in several battles, most notably the Soviet westward offensive of 1918–1919, the Estonian War of Independence and the Polish–Soviet War.The division's first formation was awarded the Order of the Red Banner twice and the Order of Suvorov 2nd class for its valor in combat. In November 1945, the division was disbanded. It was briefly reformed in 1955 but disbanded again in 1957.

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