33rd Motor Rifle Division
Originally formed as a fortified region, the 33rd Motor-Rifle Order of the Red Banner Division was a rifle (infantry) division of the Soviet Union's Red Army. The Blagoveshchensk Fortified Region was created in 1932 and, from 1965 known as the 33rd Motor Rifle Division, continues to serve in the Russian Army to this day.
Read more about 33rd Motor Rifle Division: Pre-war Origin, World War Two Service, Service in The Invasion of Manchuria, Post-war Service Record
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