17th Guards Rifle Division
The 17th Guards Rifle Division was created on March 17, 1942 from the first formation of the 119th Rifle Division, in recognition of that division's stalwart defense against German Army Group Center in the Battle of Moscow, and in the subsequent strategic offensive that threw the German forces back from the capital. The 17th Guards continued a record of distinguished service through the rest of the Great Patriotic War. It became the 123rd Guards Motor Rifle Division in 1957 and converted into the 129th Machine-Gun Artillery Division in 1989. In 2001, it was converted to the 17th Guards Motor Rifle Division and became the 70th Guards Motor Rifle Brigade. The brigade is currently based in Ussuriysk.
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17th Guards Rifle Division
The 17th Guards Rifle Division was created on March 17, 1942 from the first formation of the 119th Rifle Division, in recognition of that division's stalwart defense against German Army Group Center in the Battle of Moscow, and in the subsequent strategic offensive that threw the German forces back from the capital. The 17th Guards continued a record of distinguished service through the rest of the Great Patriotic War. It became the 123rd Guards Motor Rifle Division in 1957 and converted into the 129th Machine-Gun Artillery Division in 1989. In 2001, it was converted to the 17th Guards Motor Rifle Division and became the 70th Guards Motor Rifle Brigade. The brigade is currently based in Ussuriysk.
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17-я гвардейская стрелковая ди ...... в Великой Отечественной войне
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The 17th Guards Rifle Division ...... currently based in Ussuriysk.
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Dukhovshchina
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Mjr. Gen. A.D. Berezin
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Motorized infantry
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17-я гвардейская стрелковая ди ...... в Великой Отечественной войне
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The 17th Guards Rifle Division ...... currently based in Ussuriysk.
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17-я гвардейская стрелковая дивизия
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17th Guards Rifle Division
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123rd Guards Motor Rifle Division (17 May 1957-1 Oct 1989)
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129th Machine-Gun Artillery Division (1 Oct 1989-Sep 2001)
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17th Guards Motor Rifle Division (Sep 2001-Jun 2009)
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17th Guards Rifle Division (17 Mar 1942 - 17 May 1957)
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70th Guards Motor Rifle Brigade (Jun 2009-present)
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