91st Motor Rifle Division
91st Motor Rifle Division | |
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Active | 1957–1959; 1970–1987 |
Country | ![]() |
Branch | Red Army |
Type | Infantry, Motorized Infantry |
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Battle honours | Melitopol (1st formation) |
The 91st Motor Rifle Division was a division of the Soviet Army, formed twice. The division was first formed from a rifle division in 1957 and disbanded two years later. The division was reformed in 1970 without inheriting the lineage of the first formation, and was stationed in Mongolia between 1979 and 1987. After being pulled back to the Soviet Union it was downsized into a territorial training center, which later became a storage base.
First formation
In June 1957 the 91st Melitopolskaya Order of Suvorov MRD (Military Unit Number (v/ch) 34562) was formed at Perm in the Ural Military District from the 91st Rifle Division.[1] It comprised four regiments, all at Perm: the 2nd Motorised Rifle Regiment; the 26th Motorised Rifle Regiment; the 434th Guards Motorised Rifle Regiment; and the 345th Tank Regiment. It was disbanded on 1 March 1959.[2]
Second formation
In July 1970 the 91st Motor Rifle Division (Military Unit Number (v/ch) 58421) was reformed for the second time at Chistye Kluychi (
It moved to Mongolia in 1979. In 1987 it was withdrawn to
References
- ^ Feskov et al 2013, p. 163.
- ^ Michael Holm, 91st Motor Rifle Division
- ^ a b Holm, Michael. "91st Motorised Rifle Division (II)". www.ww2.dk. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
- Feskov, V.I.; Golikov, V.I.; Kalashnikov, K.A.; Slugin, S.A. (2013). Вооруженные силы СССР после Второй Мировой войны: от Красной Армии к Советской [The Armed Forces of the USSR after World War II: From the Red Army to the Soviet: Part 1 Land Forces] (in Russian). Tomsk: Scientific and Technical Literature Publishing. ISBN 9785895035306.