80th Rifle Division (Soviet Union)
The 80th Lubanskaya Order of Kutuzov 2nd Class Rifle Division (Russian: 80-я Любанская Ордена Кутузова 2-й степени стрелковая дивизия) was a rifle division of the Red Army during the Russian Civil War and the German-Soviet War.
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