7th Rifle Division (Soviet Union)

7th Rifle Division
7th Rifle Division
Active	I Formation: 1918–1941 II Formation: 1941–1945
Country	Soviet Union
Branch	Red Army
Type	Infantry
Engagements	Russian Civil War Perm Operation (1918–19); Soviet invasion of Poland; Winter War; World War II Battle of Kiev (1941); Battle for Velikiye Luki; Baltic Offensive; Courland Pocket;
Decorations	Order of the Red Banner (2; 1st formation) (1; 2nd formation) Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1st formation)
Battle honours	Chernigov (1st formation); In the name of Frunze (1st formation); Tallinn (2nd formation)
Commanders
Notable; commanders	Ivan Sovetnikov

The 7th Rifle Division was an infantry division of the Soviet Union's Red Army, formed twice.

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