8th Rifle Division (Soviet Union)

8th Rifle Division
8th Rifle Division
Active	First Formation September 1918 – July 1941; Second Formation effective July – October 1941; Third Formation 1941–1945
Country	Soviet Union
Branch	Red Army
Type	Infantry
Engagements	Russian Civil War; Polish-Soviet War; Soviet invasion of Poland; Winter War; World War II Battle of Bialystok-Minsk; Battle of Moscow; Battle of Kursk; Battle of the Dnieper; Zhitomir-Berdichev Offensive; Prague Offensive;
Decorations	Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1st formation); Order of the Red Banner (3rd formation); Order of Suvorov 2nd class (3rd formation)
Battle honours	Minsk (1st formation); Named for F.E. Dzerzhinsky (1st formation); Yampol (3rd formation)
Commanders
Notable; commanders	Vladimir Kolpakchi; Nikolay Ugryumov; Porfiry Hutz

The 8th Rifle Division was a military formation of the Soviet Union's Red Army in the Winter War, the Soviet invasion of Poland, and World War II. It was formed three times.

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