List of Soviet Army divisions 1989–91

This article is an (incomplete) listing of Soviet Ground Forces divisions in 1990, and corresponding information about their later status in 2006. The primary source is Table 2.5, pages 104-106, V.I. Feskov, K.A. Kalashnikov, V.I. Golikov, The Soviet Army in the Years of the Cold War 1945–91, Tomsk University Publishing House, Tomsk, 2004. However, it is not totally accurate, as some other information from it has been shown to be incorrect. Alternate information and corrections are welcome.

Some divisions are referred to as 'Spare'. Spare is the literal translation of the Russian zapas (reserve). It is not a status of the unit, but rather its personnel. The Soviet Union never had reserve units as such. The personnel just went on the reserve rolls, and for officers and NCOs this means they add 'v zapase' to their rank (e.g. kapitan v zapase). The unit itself changes readiness status from A, to either B (Б), V (В) or G (Г). This means a higher degree of equipment conservation, lower training and operational performance, etc.

Motor Rifle Divisions

Division	Location, Status 1990	Location, Status 2006	Origin
1st Guards "Moscow-Minsk" Motor Rifle Division	11th Guards Army, Kaliningrad, Baltic MD	Now Motor Rifle Brigade	1st Guards Rifle Division (second formation)
2nd Guards Motor Rifle Division	Alabino, Moscow Military District	No change	2nd Guards Rifle Division
3rd Guards Motor Rifle Division	Coastal defence division, Baltic Fleet, Klaipėda	Disbanded	3rd Guards Rifle Division, to MRD 1957
4th Guards Motor Rifle Division	Turkestan Military District, Termez	Disbanded 1989	4th Guards Mechanised Corps, КВО, then 4th Guards Mech Div, then 63rd Guards MRD, 4 Gds MRD 1965.
5th Guards Motor Rifle Division	40th Army, Shindand, Afghanistan, 1989	Withdrawn back to base 1989–91, Kushka, now Military of Turkmenistan	5th Guards Mechanized Corps, 53 гв.мсд, 1965 - 5 гв.мсд
6th Guards "Vitebsko-Novgorodskaya" Motor Rifle Division	Northern Group of Forces, Borne Sulinowo, Poland	Now storage base, Moscow Military District	90th Guards Rifle Division (WW2)
7th Motor Rifle Division	5th Army, Far Eastern Military District	Disbanded 1958[citation needed]	7th Mechanized Corps, World War II
8th Guards Panfilovtsy Motor Rifle Division	17th Army Corps, Frunze, Turkestan Military District	Part of Kyrgyz armed forces	316th Rifle Division->8th Guards Rifle Division
9th Guards Motor Rifle Division	Transbaikal Military District	Disbanded 1960(расформирована)	9th Guards Mechanised Corps
9th Motor Rifle Division	12th Army Corps, Maykop, North Caucasus Military District	Now 131st MR Bde, Maykop	9th Infantry Division
10th Guards Motor Rifle Division	31st Army Corps, TCMD, Akhaltsikhe, Georgia	Part of Military of Georgia	10th Guards Rifle Division
11th Guards Motor Rifle Division	Transbaikal Military District (Bezreche?)	Now storage base	7th Guards Mechanised Corps (WW2)
12th Motor Rifle Division	Baganuur, 39th Army, Mongolia	Converted to storage base, Ulan-Ude	12th Amurskaya Rifle Division
13th Motor Rifle Division	Transbaikal Military District	Disbanded 1958	179th Rifle Division
13th Motor Rifle Division	33rd Army Corps, Siberian Military District, Biysk	Storage base, Biysk	Newly formed 1960
15th Motor Rifle Division	7th Guards Army, Kirovakan, Transcaucasian Military District	Part of Armenian armed forces	15th Rifle Division
16th Motor Rifle Division	Baltic Military District, Latvia	Disbanded 1991	16th Guards Rifle Division
17th Guards Motor Rifle Division	Khmelnitskiy, Carpathian Military District, 13th Army	Part of Ukrainian Ground Forces	40th Guards Rifle Division, World War II
18th Guards Motor Rifle Division	Mladá Boleslav CGF, Czechoslovakia	Baltic Fleet Ground Forces, Kaliningrad	18th Guards Rifle Division
19th Motor Rifle Division	42nd Army Corps, North Caucasus Military District, Vladikavkaz	No change	19th MRD 1965 ← 92nd MRD 1957 <- 19th Rifle Division
20th Guards Motor Rifle Division	1st Guards Tank Army, Grimma, Group of Soviet Forces in Germany,	Withdrawn to Volgograd, North Caucasus MD	8th Guards Mechanised Corps
21st Motor Rifle Division	Group of Soviet Forces in Germany, Perleberg	Omsk, Siberian Military District?	416th Rifle Division (World War II)
22nd Motor Rifle Division	Dolinsk, Far Eastern Military District	Became Motor Rifle Brigade, 1 June 2002	22nd Rifle Division
23rd Guards Motor Rifle Division	Shamkhor, 4th Army, Transcaucasian Military District	Part of Azerbaijan armed forces	14th Guards Cavalry Divisin and 16th Guards Cavalry Division, then 31st Guards Mechanised Division
24th Motor Rifle Division	13th Army, Carpathian Military District, Yavoriv	Part of Ukrainian Ground Forces	24th Rifle Division
25th Guards Motor Rifle Division	Lubny, 1st Guards Army, Kiev Military District	Part of Ukrainian Ground Forces	25th Guards Rifle Division
26th Guards Motor Rifle Division	11th Guards Army, Baltic Military District, Gusev	Disbanded 1989	26th Guards Rifle Division
27th Guards Motor Rifle Division	Group of Soviet Forces in Germany, Halle	Totskoye, Volga-Ural Military District	27th Guards Rifle Division
28th Guards Motor Rifle Division	Chernomorskoye, Odessa Military District	Became 28th Mechanized Brigade (Ukraine) circa 2001	28th Guards Rifle Division
29th Motor Rifle Division	Kamen-Rybolov, Far Eastern Military District	No change?	29th Rifle Division
30th Guards Motor Rifle Division	Central Group of Forces, Zvolen, Czechoslovakia	Disbanded at Marina Gorka, Belarus	55th Guards Rifle Division
32nd Guards Motor Rifle Division	Kalinin, Moscow Military District	Disbanded early 1990s	32nd Guards Rifle Division
33rd Motor Rifle Division	Khomutovo, Far Eastern Military District	Now storage base	342nd Rifle Division
34th "Simpheropolskaya" Motor Rifle Division	Ural Military District, Sverdlovsk	Volga-Ural Military District, Yekaterinburg	34 MRD 1965 < 126th MRD 1957 < 1955 77th Rifle Division
35th Motor Rifle Division	20th Guards Army, Group of Soviet Forces in Germany, Krampnitz (Potsdam)	Disbanded 1992	35 MRD 1965, 19th MRD 1957, by 1955 1st Mech Div from 1st Mechanised Corps
36th Motor Rifle Division	Artemovsk, Kiev Military District	Disbanded 1992	Formed 1966
37th Motor Rifle Division	Nagorniy, Murmansk, 6th Army, Leningrad Military District	Disbanded	25th Rifle Division, 156 MRD 1957, 37 MRD 1965
38th Guards Motor Rifle Division	36th Army, Transbaikal Military District, Sretensk	MG Artillery Division	38th Guards Rifle Division, 38 Guards MRD 1965
39th Guards Motor Rifle Division ru:39-я гвардейская мотострелковая дивизия	8th Guards Army, Group of Soviet Forces in Germany, Ohrdruf	Disbanded 1992	39th Guards Rifle Division
40th Motor Rifle Division	5th Guards Army, Far Eastern Military District, Smolyaninovo	To Pacific Ocean Fleet as coastal defence division	40th Rifle Division
41st Motor Rifle Division	39th Army, Mongolia, Choir	Disbanded 1992	Formed 1967 from elements of 52nd MRD
42nd Guards Motor Rifle Division	North Caucasus Military District, Grozny	Became 173rd Training Centre, then disbanded 1992	24th Guards Rifle Division
43rd Guards(?) Motor Rifle Division	Volga Military District, Kuybyshev	Became 469th District Training Centre	43 RD (WW2), 130 MRD 1957, 43 MRD 1965
45th Guards Motor Rifle Division	30th Guards Army Corps, Leningrad Military District, Kamenka	Became 138th Guards Motor Rifle Brigade	45th Guards Rifle Division (WW2), to MRD 1957
46th Motor Rifle Division	Kiev Military District, Voroshilovgrad	Disbanded 1989	Formed 1980
47th Guards Motor Rifle Division	5th Army, Far Eastern Military District	Disbanded 1959	3rd Guards Mechanized Corps
48th Motor Rifle Division	Central Group of Forces, Vysoké Mýto, Czechoslovakia	Withdrawn to Chuguev, under KGB control, later disbanded	48th Rifle Division
50th Guards Motor Rifle Division	Belorussian Military District	Part of Armed Forces of Belarus	50th Guards Rifle Division
51st Guards Motor Rifle Division	13th Army, Carpathian Military District	Became Ukrainian Ground Forces' 51st Mechanized Brigade	76th Rifle Division, which became 51st Guards Rifle Division
52nd Motor Rifle Division	Transbaikal Military District, Nizhneudinsk	Storage base, later disbanded	347th Rifle Division
54th Motor Rifle Division	6th Army, Leningrad Military District, Alakurtti	Reduced to storage base	341st Rifle Division
56th Motor Rifle Division	Siberian Military District, Omsk	Reorganised as District Training Centre, later disbanded	56th Rifle Division
57th Guards Motor Rifle Division	8th Guards Army, Group of Soviet Forces in Germany, Naumburg	Disbanded 1992	57th Guards Rifle Division
58th Motor Rifle Division	36th Army Corps, Turkestan Military District, Kyzyl-Arvat	Became part of Turkmenistan armed forces	344th Rifle Division
59th Guards Motor Rifle Division	14th Guards Army, Odessa Military District, Tiraspol	Now 8th Motor Rifle Brigade	59th Guards Rifle Division, World War II
60th Motor Rifle Division	4th Army, Transcaucasian Military District, Lenkoran	Became part of Military of Azerbaijan	406th Rifle Division
61st Motor Rifle Division	Turkestan Military District, Ashkabad	Part of Turkmenistan armed forces	357th Rifle Division
62nd Motor Rifle Division	33rd Army Corps, Siberian Military District, Itatka	Now Omsk?	Formed 1971
63rd Guards Motor Rifle Division	Leningrad Military District, Sertolovo	Became 56th District Training Centre	63rd Guards Rifle Division
64th Guards Motor Rifle Division	30th Guards Army Corps, Leningrad Military District, Sapernoe	Reduced to storage base	64th Guards Rifle Division
65th Motor Rifle Division	Ural Military District, Chelyabinsk	Storage base, later disbanded	368th Rifle Division
66th Guards Motor Rifle Division	Carpathian Military District, Chernovtsy	Part of Ukrainian armed forces	66th Guards Rifle Division
67th Motor Rifle Division	35th Army, Far Eastern Military District, Skovorodino	1992 redesigned 115th Guards MRD	Formed 1968
68th Guards Motor Rifle Division	Turkestan Military District, Sary Ozek	Part of Military of Kazakhstan	Former 372nd Rifle Division
69th "Sevskaya" Motor Rifle Division	26th Army Corps, Leningrad Military District, Vologda	Reduced to storage base	69th "Sevskaya" Rifle Division
70th Guards Motor Rifle Division	38th Army, Carpathian Military District, Ivano-Frankovsk	Disbanded in 1991	70th Guards Rifle Division
71st Motor Rifle Division	6th Army, Leningrad Military District, Petrozavodsk	Reduced to storage base	71st Rifle Division
72nd Guards Motor Rifle Division	1st Guards Army, Kiev Military District, Belaya Tserkov	Became Ukrainian 72nd Mechanised Division	72nd Guards Rifle Division
73rd Motor Rifle Division	Far Eastern Military District, Novoe	Disbanded 1989	73rd Rifle Division
74th Motor Rifle Division	Siberian Military District, Yurga	Disbanded 1989	227th Rifle Division
75th Motor Rifle Division	7th Guards Army, Transcaucasian Military District, Nakhichevan	KGB control 1989-91, disbanded 1992	75th Rifle Division
77th Guards Motor Rifle Division	26th Army Corps, Leningrad Military District, Arkhangelsk	1989, converted to coastal defence division, 1991 disbanded	77th Guards Rifle Division
78th Motor Rifle Division	Ural Military District, Chebarkul	Converted to District Training Centre, then reduced to storage base	417th Rifle Division
79th Motor Rifle Division	51st Army, Far Eastern Military District, Poronaisk	Reduced to storage base	79th Rifle Division
80th Guards Motor Rifle Division	Turkestan Military District, Otar	Became part of Kazakh armed forces	80th Guards Rifle Division (WW2)
81st Guards Motor Rifle Division	5th Army, Far Eastern Military District, Bikin	No change	81st Guards Rifle Division
82nd Motor Rifle Division	34th Army Corps, North Caucasus Military District, Volgograd	Disbanded after 1989	Formed 1969 from 266 MRD cadres
83rd Guards Motor Rifle Division	13th Army, Carpathian Military District, Rovno	Disbanded 1986 or '89	8th Guards Cavalry Division
84th Motor Rifle Division	36th Army Corps, Turkestan Military District, Ashkabad	Became part of Turkmenistan's armed forces	Formed 1981 from 58 MRD cadre
85th Motor Rifle Division	Siberian Military District, Novosibirsk	No change	85th MRD 1957 < to 1955 85th Rifle Division
86th Guards Motor Rifle Division	14th Guards Army, Odessa Military District, Beltsy	Disbanded after 1990	86th Guards Rifle Division
87th Motor Rifle Division	25th Army Corps, Far Eastern Military District, Petropavlovsk	Disbanded 1989	Formed 1968 from elements of 22 MRD
88th Motor Rifle Division	36th Army Corps, Turkestan Military District, Kushka	Became part of Turkmenistan's armed forces	Formed 1980 from elements of 5 GMRD
91st Motor Rifle Division	29th Army, Transbaikal Military District, Bratsk	Reformed as 497th territorial educational center 1987, 5209 VKhVT 1989	Formed Dec 1, 1981 Nizhneudinsk; 1986 relocated in settlement Padun of the city of Bratsk
92nd Guards Motor Rifle Division	Odessa Military District, Nikolaev	Became Ukrainian 92nd District Training Centre	92nd Guards Rifle Division
93rd Guards Motor Rifle Division	Southern Group of Forces, Kecskemét, Hungary	Withdrawn to Ukraine, became part of Ukrainian Ground Forces	93rd GRD
94th Guards Motor Rifle Division	2nd Guards Tank Army, Group of Soviet Forces in Germany, Schwerin	Withdrawn to Yurga, Siberian Military District, became 74th Motor Rifle Brigade	94th GRD
96th Motor Rifle Division	Volga Military District, Kazan	Became storage base, later disbanded	96th Rifle Division
97th Guards Motor Rifle Division	13th Army, Carpathian Military District, Slavuta	Became Ukrainian 97th Mechanized Brigade	97th Guards Rifle Division
99th Motor Rifle Division	25th Army Corps, Far Eastern Military District, Anadyr	Reduced to 3840 Storage Base, 1 June 1999, storage base disbanded, 2002	Formed 1968(?)
100th Guards Motor Rifle Division	Transcaucasian Military District, Tbilisi	Became 173rd District Training Centre	Soviet 1st Guards Mechanized Corps
105th Motor Rifle Division	Transbaikal Military District	Disbanded 1958	From WW2 era 36 MRD
107th Motor Rifle Division	Baltic Military District, Vilnius	Disbanded 1992	Formed 1968 from cadres of 265th MRD
108th Motor Rifle Division	40th Army, Bagram, Afghanistan	Withdrawn to Termez, became part of Uzbek armed forces	360th Rifle Division
111th Motor Rifle Division	6th Army, Leningrad Military District, Sortavala	Became 23rd Base for Storage of Weapons and Equipment	367th Rifle Division
115th Guards Motor Rifle Division	Leningrad Military District, Valdai	Became storage base	67th Guards Rifle Division
118th Motor Rifle Division	43rd Army Corps, Far Eastern Military District, Birobidzhan	Became MG Artillery division	Formed 1969
120th Guards Motor Rifle Division	Belorussian Military District, Minsk	Became Belarus 120th Guards Mechanised Brigade	120th Guards Rifle Division, September 1943
121st Motor Rifle Division	5th Army, Far Eastern Military District, Sibirtsevo	Became District Training Centre	10th Mechanised Corps, WW2
122nd Guards Motor Rifle Division	36th Army, Transbaikal Military District, Dauriya	No change?	5th Guards Tank Corps
123rd Guards Motor Rifle Division	5th Army, Far Eastern Military District, Barabash	Became MG Artillery division	17th Guards Rifle Division
126th Motor Rifle Division	32nd Army Corps, Odessa Military District, Simferopol	Became Ukrainian coastal defence formation	126th Rifle Division
127th Motor Rifle Division	Seventh Guards Army, Transcaucasian Military District, Leninakan	Became Russian 102nd Military Base	261st Rifle Division
128th Guards Motor Rifle Division	38th Army, Carpathian Military District, Mukachevo	Now 128th Mechanized Brigade, part of Ukrainian Ground Forces	128th Guards Mtn Rifle Division
129th Motor Rifle Division	Far Eastern Military District, Knyaz-Volkonka	Became 392 District Training Centre 1 December 1987	Formed 1969
131st Motor Rifle Division	6th Army, Leningrad Military District, Pechenga	Became 200th Motor Rifle Brigade	45th Rifle Division (Soviet Union)
134th Motor Rifle Division	Central Asian Military District, Dushanbe	Disbanded 1989	Formed 1980
135th Motor Rifle Division	15th Army, Far Eastern Military District, Lesozavodsk	Became Machine-Gun Artillery Division	Former 39th Rifle Тихоокеанской Division
136th Motor Rifle Division	1st Guards Army, Kiev Military District, Piryatin	Became part of Ukrainian armed forces	343rd Rifle Division
144th Guards Motor Rifle Division	Baltic Military District, Tallinn	Withdrawn to Yelnya, Moscow Military District, reduced to storage base	29th Guards Rifle Division
145th Motor Rifle Division	31st Army Corps, Transcaucasian Military District, Batumi	Became 12th Military Base	Soviet 89th "Tamanyan" Rifle Division
146th Motor Rifle Division	Leningrad Military District, Chernaya Rechka	Reduced to storage base
147th Motor Rifle Division	31st Army Corps, Transcaucasian Military District, Akhalkalaki	Became 62nd Military Base
149th Motor Rifle Division	39th Army, Mongolia	Withdrawn to Borzya, became Motor Rifle Brigade
150th Motor Rifle Division	Transbaikal Military District, Borzya	Became District Training Centre
152nd Motor Rifle Division	Transcaucasian Military District, Kutaisi	Disbanded 1991
155th Motor Rifle Division	32nd Army, Turkestan Military District, Ust-Kamenogorsk	Became part of Kazakh armed forces 1992
157th Motor Rifle Division	32nd Army Corps, Odessa Military District, Kerch	Reduced to storage base
161st Motor Rifle Division	13th Army, Carpathian Military District, Izyaslav	Became part of Ukrainian Ground Forces	161st Rifle Division, briefly 24th Mech Div and 99th MRD until 1965. Later 161st Mechanised Brigade (Ukraine).
164th Motor Rifle Division	7th Guards Army, Transcaucasian Military District, Yerevan	Became part of Armenian armed forces	164th Rifle Division, briefly 69th Mech Div and 121st MRD until 1965
167th Motor Rifle Division	32nd Army, Turkestan Military District, Semipalatinsk	Became part of Kazakh armed forces 1992	167th Rifle Division, briefly in 1950s until 1957 153rd MRD
172nd Motor Rifle Division	1st Guards Army, Kiev Military District, Konotop	Reduced to storage base	172nd Rifle Division, World War II
180th Motor Rifle Division	Odessa Military District, Belgorod-Dnestrovsky	Became Ukrainian 27th Mechanised Brigade after 1992	180th 'Kievskaya' Rifle Division, Second World War
192nd Motor Rifle Division	35th Army, Far Eastern Military District, Blagoveshchensk	Reduced to Motor Rifle Brigade
194th Motor Rifle Division	15th Army, Far Eastern Military District, Khabarovsk	Reduced to Motor Rifle Brigade
199th Motor Rifle Division	5th Army, Far Eastern Military District, Krasny Kut	Reduced to storage base
201st Motor Rifle Division	40th Army, Kunduz, Afghanistan	Dushanbe, Tajikistan
203rd Motor Rifle Division	32nd Army, Turkestan Military District, Karaganda	Reduced to storage base, became part of Kazakh armd forces
206th Motor Rifle Division	13th Army Corps, Moscow MD, Tambov	Reduced to storage base	206th Rifle Division
207th Motor Rifle Division	2nd Guards Tank Army, Group of Soviet Forces in Germany, Stendal	Disbanded 1992	207th Rifle Division, formed 1942
213th Motor Rifle Division	Volga Military District, Totsk	Disbanded
216th Motor Rifle Division	4th Army, Transcaucasian Military District, Saatl?	Disbanded 1989	216th Rifle Division
218th Motor Rifle Division	Siberian Military District, Abakan	Disbanded
219th Motor Rifle Division	Far Eastern Military District, Vozhaevka	Reduced to storage base
242nd Motor Rifle Division	33rd Army Corps, Siberian Military District, Abakan	Reduced to storage base	Formed 1972
245th Motor Rifle Division	29th Army, Transbaikal Military District, Gusinoozyorsk	No change	First formed 1967
254th Motor Rifle Division	Southern Group of Forces, Székesfehérvár,Hungary	Withdrawn to Artemovsk, Ukraine, became Ukrainian Ground Forces mechanised division	254th Rifle Division
262nd Motor Rifle Division	35th Army, Far Eastern Military District, Vozhaevka	Later disbanded	262nd Rifle Division
265th Motor Rifle Division	Far Eastern Military District, Yekaterinovka	Reduced to storage base	265th Rifle Division
266th Motor Rifle Division	35th Army, Far Eastern Military District, Raichikhinsk	Reduced to storage base	266th Rifle Division
270th Motor Rifle Division	15th Army, Far Eastern Military District, Komsomolsk	No change	270th Rifle Division
272nd Motor Rifle Division	43rd Army Corps, Far Eastern Military District, Babstovo	Became MG Artillery division	272nd Rifle Division
277th Motor Rifle Division	5th Army, Far East MD, Sergevka	Became 127th MG Artillery Division	66th Rifle Division
287th Motor Rifle Division	38th Army, Carpathian Military District, Yarmolints	Became part of Ukrainian armed forces	287th Rifle Division
295th Motor Rifle Division	4th Army, Transcaucasian Military District, Baku	Became part of Azerbaijani Land Forces	295th Rifle Division

• 47th Motor Rifle Division first formed at Konotop
• 48th Motor Rifle Division first formed at Vysoke Myto CGF
• 49th Motor Rifle Division first formed at Saatly
• 50th Guards Motor Rifle Division first formed at Brest
• 51st Guards Motor Rifle Division first formed at Vladimir-Volynskiy
• 52nd Motor Rifle Division first formed at Nizhneudinsk
• 53rd Motor Rifle Division first formed at Piryatin
• 54th Motor Rifle Division first formed at Alakurtti
• 57th Guards Motor Rifle Division first formed at Naumburg GSFG
• 58th Motor Rifle Division first formed at Kyzyl-Arvat
• 59th Guards Motor Rifle Division first formed at Tiraspol
• 60th Motor Rifle Division first formed at Lenkoran
• 62nd Motor Rifle Division first formed at Itatka
• 64th Guards Motor Rifle Division first formed at Sapernoye
• 65th Motor Rifle Division first formed at Perm
• 67th Motor Rifle Division first formed at Skovorodino
• 68th Motor Rifle Division first formed at Sary-Ozek
• 69th Motor Rifle Division first formed at Vologda
• 70th Guards Motor Rifle Division first formed at Ivano-Frankovsk
• 71st Motor Rifle Division first formed at Petrozavodsk
• 72nd Guards Motor Rifle Division first formed at Belaya Tserkov
• 73rd Motor Rifle Division first formed at Novoye
• 75th Motor Rifle Division first formed at Nakhichevan
• 77th Guards Motor Rifle Division first formed at Arkhangelsk
• 79th Motor Rifle Division first formed at Poronaysk
• 81st Guards Motor Rifle Division first formed at Bikin
• 82nd Motor Rifle Division first formed at Volgograd
• 83rd Guards Motor Rifle Division first formed at Rovno
• 85th Motor Rifle Division first formed at Novosibirsk
• 86th Guards Motor Rifle Division first formed at Beltsy
• 87th Motor Rifle Division first formed at Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky
• 88th Motor Rifle Division first formed at Kushka
• 91st Motor Rifle Division first formed at Padun (Bratsk)
• 93rd Guards Motor Rifle Division It first formed at Kecskemét SGF
• 94th Guards Motor Rifle Division first formed at Schwerin GSFG
• 96th Motor Rifle Division first formed at Kazan
• 97th Guards Motor Rifle Division first formed at Slavuta
• 99th Motor Rifle Division first formed at Anadyr
• 107th Motor Rifle Division first formed at Vilnius
• 108th Motor Rifle Division first formed at Bagram (Afghanistan)
• 111th Motor Rifle Division first formed at Sortavala
• 114th Motor Rifle Division first formed at Samarkand
• 118th Motor Rifle Division first formed at Birobidzhan
• 120th Guards Motor Rifle Division first formed at Uruche
• 122nd Guards Motor Rifle Division first formed at Dauriya
• 123rd Guards Motor Rifle Division first formed at Barabash
• 126th Motor Rifle Division first formed at Simferopol
• 127th Motor Rifle Division first formed at Leninakan
• 128th Guards Motor Rifle Division first formed at Mukachevo
• 131st Motor Rifle Division first formed at Pechenga
• 132nd Motor Rifle Division first formed at Chiornaya Rechka
• 134th Motor Rifle Division first formed at Dushanbe
• 135th Motor Rifle Division first formed at Lesozavodsk
• 144th Guards Motor Rifle Division first formed at Tallinn
• 145th Motor Rifle Division first formed at Batumi
• 146th Motor Rifle Division first formed at Yarmolintsy
• 147th Motor Rifle Division first formed at Akhalkalaki
• 149th Motor Rifle Division first formed at Erdenet
• 152nd Motor Rifle Division first formed at Kutaisi
• 155th Motor Rifle Division first formed at Ust-Kamenogorsk
• 156th Motor Rifle Division first formed at Novorossisk
• 157th Motor Rifle Division first formed at Feodosiya
• 161st Motor Rifle Division first formed at Izyaslav
• 163rd Motor Rifle Division first formed at Sarapul
• 164th Motor Rifle Division first formed at Yerevan
• 166th Motor Rifle Division first formed at Belebey
• 167th Motor Rifle Division first formed at Biysk
• 180th Motor Rifle Division first formed at Belgorod-Dnestrovskyi
• 192nd Motor Rifle Division first formed at Blagoveshchensk
• 194th Motor Rifle Division first formed at Khabarovsk
• 196th Motor Rifle Division first formed at Kursk
• 198th Motor Rifle Division first formed at Petrovsk-Zabaikalsky
• 199th Motor Rifle Division first formed at Krasny Kut
• 201st Motor Rifle Division first formed at Kunduz (Afghanistan)
• 203rd Motor Rifle Division first formed at Karaganda
• 206th Motor Rifle Division first formed at Tambov
• 207th Motor Rifle Division first formed at Stendal GSFG
• 213th Motor Rifle Division first formed at Totsk
• 218th Motor Rifle Division first formed at Kyzyl
• 219th Motor Rifle Division first formed at Zavitinsk
• 225th Motor Rifle Division first formed at Mulino
• 242nd Motor Rifle Division first formed at Abakan
• 245th Motor Rifle Division first formed at Gusinoozersk
• 254th Motor Rifle Division first formed at Székesfehérvár SGF
• 258th Motor Rifle Division first formed at Fevralsk
• 262nd Motor Rifle Division first formed at Vozzhaevka
• 265th Motor Rifle Division first formed at Ekaterinovka
• 266th Motor Rifle Division first formed at Raychikhinsk
• 268th Motor Rifle Division first formed at Prokhladny
• 270th Motor Rifle Division first formed at Komsomolsk-na-Amure
• 272nd Motor Rifle Division first formed at Babstovo
• 277th Motor Rifle Division first formed at Sergeevka
• 295th Motor Rifle Division first formed at Baku-1
• 297th Motor Rifle Division first formed at Krasnoyarsk
• 95th Reserve Motor Rifle division
• 227th Reserve Motor Rifle division
• 249th Reserve Motor Rifle division
• 250th Reserve Motor Rifle division
• 251st Reserve Motor Rifle division
• 252nd Reserve Motor Rifle division
• 253rd Reserve Motor Rifle division
• 255th Reserve Motor Rifle division
• 256th Reserve Motor Rifle division
• 257th Reserve Motor Rifle division
• 259th Reserve Motor Rifle division
• 260th Reserve Motor Rifle division
• 261st Reserve Motor Rifle division
• 263rd Reserve Motor Rifle division
• 264th Reserve Motor Rifle division
• 267th Reserve Motor Rifle division
• 269th Reserve Motor Rifle division
• 271st Reserve Motor Rifle division
• 273rd Reserve Motor Rifle division
• 274th Reserve Motor Rifle division
• 275th Reserve Motor Rifle division
• 276th Reserve Motor Rifle division
• 278th Reserve Motor Rifle division
• 279th Reserve Motor Rifle division

Tank Divisions

Division	Location, Status 1990	Location, Status 2006	Origins
1st Tank Division	11th Guards Army, Kaliningrad, Baltic MD	Reduced to Tank Brigade	1st Tank Corps
2nd Guards Tank Division	39th Army, Mongolia	Withdrawn to Siberia	2nd Guards Tank Corps
3rd Guards Tank Division	7th Tank Army, Belorussian Military District, Zaslonovo	Reduced to storage base, became part of Belarus armed forces	3rd Guards Tank Corps
4th Guards Kantemirovskaya Tank Division	Moscow Military District, Naro-Fominsk	No change	4th Guards Tank Corps
5th Guards Tank Division	Transbaikal Military District, Kyakhta	Now part of Siberian Military District	5th Guards Cavalry Corps
6th Guards Tank Division	28th Army, Belorussian Military District, Grodno	Reorganised as mechanised brigade, became part of the Armed Forces of Belarus	63rd Cavalry Division
7th Guards Tank Division	3rd Shock Army, Group of Soviet Forces in Germany, Dessau–Rosslau	Disbanded 1990	7th Guards Tank Corps
8th Guards Tank Division	5th Guards Tank Army, Belorussian Military District, Pukhovichi(?)	Reduced to storage base, became part of Armed Forces of Belarus	8th Guards Tank Corps
9th Tank Division	1st Guards Tank Army, Group of Soviet Forces in Germany, Riesa/Zeithain	Disbanded in 1991 (вч пп 60990 позывной-Стрелка выведена в Смоленск)	9th Tank Corps
10th Guards Uralsko-Lvovskaya Tank Division(Volunteers)	3rd Shock Army, Group of Soviet Forces in Germany, Altengrabow	Withdrawn to Boguchar, Moscow MD	10th Guards Tank Corps
11th Guards Tank Division	1st Guards Tank Army, Group of Soviet Forces in Germany, Dresden	Withdrawn to Slonim, Belarus, became an Armed Forces of Belarus mechanised brigade	11th Guards Tank Corps
12th Guards Tank Division	3rd Shock Army, Group of Soviet Forces in Germany, Neuruppin	Disbanded at Vladikavkaz in 1991	12th Guards Tank Corps
13th Guards Tank Division	Southern Group of Forces, Veszprém, Hungary	Disbanded in 1989	13th Guards Rifle Division
14th Tank Division	North Caucasian MD, Novocherkassk	Became 100th Division of MVD 1989	Formed 1972
15th Guards Tank Division	Central Group of Forces, Milovice, Czechoslovakia	Withdrawn to Chebarkul, Volga-Ural MD	15th Guards Cavalry Division
16th Guards Tank Division	2nd Guards Tank Army, Group of Soviet Forces in Germany, Neustrelitz	Withdrawn to Chaykovsky, Volga-Ural MD, reduced to storage base	9th Guard Tank Corps
17th Guards Tank Division	6th Guards Tank Army, Kiev Military District, Krivoy Rog	Became Ukrainian 17th Guards Tank Brigade	20th Guards Rifle Division 1945
19th Guards Tank Division	Southern Group of Forces, Hungary, Esztergom	Withdrawn to Belarus, reduced to storage base	2nd Guards Mechanised Corps
20th Zvenigorodskaya Tank Division	Northern Group of Forces, Żagań, Poland	Disbanded in 1991	20th Tank Corps
21st Guards Tank Division	35th Army, Far Eastern Military District, Belogorsk	No change	31st Guards Rifle Division
23rd Tank Division	8th Tank Army, Carpathian Military District, Ovruch	Reduced to storage base, became part of Ukrainian armed forces	23rd Tank Corps
24th Tank Division	Baltic MD, Dobele	Withdrawn to Strugi Krasne, Leningrad MD, as Motor Rifle Brigade
25th Tank Division	20th Guards Army, Group of Soviet Forces in Germany, Vogelsang	Disbanded 1989	25th Tank Corps
26th Guards Tank Division	Moscow Military District, Kovrov	Reorganised as District Training Centre	53rd Guards 'Tartus' Red Banner Rifle Division
27th Tank Division	Far Eastern Military District, Zavitinsk	Reduced to storage base
28th Tank Division	28th Army, Belarus Military District, Slonim	Reduced to equipment base, became part of Belarus armed forces	8th Mechanised Corps
29th Tank Division	5th Guards Tank Army, Belarus Military District, Slutsk	Reduced to storage base	29th Tank Corps
30th Guards Tank Division	8th Tank Army, Carpathian Military District, Novograd-Volinsky	Now 30th Mechanized Brigade (Ukraine)	13th Guards Cavalry Division
31st Tank Division	28th Army Corps, Central Group of Forces, Bruntál	Withdrawn to Moscow MD, amalgamated with another division	31st Tank Corps
32nd Guards Tank Division	20th Guards Army, Group of Soviet Forces in Germany, Jüterbog	Disbanded 1989	116th Guards Rifle Division
34th Tank Division	7th Tank Army, Belorussian Military District, Borisov	Reduced to storage base, became part of Belarus armed forces	10th Tank Corps
37th Tank Division	7th Tank Army, Belorussian Military District, Polotsk	Reduced to storage base, became part of Belarus armed forces
40th Guards Tank Division	11th Guards Army, Baltic Military District, Sovetsk	Reduced to tank brigade, then storage base
41st Guards Tank Division	1st Guards Army, Kiev Military District, Uman	Reduced to storage base, became part of Ukrainian armed forces	41st Guards Rifle Division
42nd Guards Tank Division	6th Guards Tank Army, Kiev Military District, Dnepropetrovsk	Reduced to storage base, became part of Ukrainian armed forces	42nd Guards Rifle Division
44th Tank Division	Ural Military District, Kamyshin	Reorganised as district training centre	279th Rifle Division
45th Guards Tank Training Division (I)	Belorussian Military District	Disbanded 1960	69th Guards Rifle Division
45th Guards Tank Division (II)	Belorussian Military District, Pechi	Reorganised as 72nd Training Centre, became part of Belarus armed forces	6th Guards Rifle Division
47th Guards Tank Division	1st Guards Tank Army, Group of Soviet Forces in Germany, Hillersleben	Withdrawn to Moscow Military District, amalgamated	47th Guards Rifle Division
48th Guards Tank Division	Desna, Kiev Military District	Became 169th District Training Centre, Ukrainian Ground Forces	5th Guards Airborne Division
49th Tank Division	Transbaikal Military District, Chita	Became 212th Dist Trng Centre	Formed 1965 as MR training division; by 1989 49 TD
51st Tank Division	39th Army, Bogandur, Mongolia	Withdrawn, reduced to storage base	Formed 1967
60th Tank Division	Moscow Military District	Disbanded 1990	Formed from 60 RD? 1947
65th Tank Division	Moscow Military District, Ryazan?	'Spare' division (cadre?)
67th Tank Division	Siberian Military District	'Spare' division (cadre?)	Reduced to storage base, post 1989
68th Tank Division	Siberian Military District	'Spare' division (cadre?)	Reduced to storage base, post 1989
75th Guards Tank Division	Kiev Military District, Chuguyev	Disbanded 1989	75th Guards Rifle Division, 1965(?)
76th Tank Division	Belorussian Military District, Brest	Reduced to storage base, 1989
77th Tank Division	Far Eastern Military District	Reduced to storage base, post 1989	264th Rifle Division
78th Tank Division	Ayaguz, Turkestan Military District	Became part of Kazakh armed forces	78th Rifle Division
79th Tank Division	8th Guards Army, Group of Soviet Forces in Germany, Jena	Disbanded 1992	79th Guards Rifle Division
90th Guards Tank Division	20th Guards Army, Group of Soviet Forces in Germany, Bernau	Withdrawn to Soviet Union	6th Guards Mechanised Corps
117th Guards Tank Division	Carpathian Military District, Berdychiv	Became 119th District Training Centre of the Ukrainian Ground Forces	111th Guards Rifle Division
193rd Tank Division	Belorussian Military District	Reduced to storage base	193rd Rifle Division

Artillery Divisions

• 3rd Guards Artillery Division, Pushkin, Leningrad Military District (Feskov, 58)
• 4th Guards Training Artillery Division/468th District Training Centre, Mulino, Moscow Military District
• 12th Artillery Division, Шелехов/Shelekhov, Transbaikal Military District
• 15th Guards Artillery Division, Красная Речка (Khabarovsk), Far East Military District
• 26th Artillery Division, Ternopol, Carpathian Military District (66th Artillery Corps)
• 34th Artillery Division, Potsdam, Group of Soviet Forces in Germany (formed 25 June 1945 to July 9, 1945 in Germany)
• 51st Guards Artillery Division, Osipovichi, Belarussian Military District (Feskov et al. 2004, 53.)
• 55th Artillery Division, Zaporozhia, Odessa Military District (Feskov, 57)
• 81st Artillery Division, Виноградов/Vinogradov, Carpathian Military District (66th Artillery Corps)
• 110th Guards Artillery District, Buinaksk, North Caucasus Military District
• 149th Artillery Division, Kaliningrad, Baltic Military District (Feskov, 59)

Divisions of the Airborne Forces

• 7th Guards Cherkassy Airborne Division (Kaunas, Lithuanian SSR)
• 76th Guards Chernigov Airborne Division (Pskov, RSFSR)
• 98th Guards Svir Airborne Division (Bolgrad & Kishinev, Moldovan SSR)
• 103rd Guards Airborne Division (Vitebsk, Belorussian SSR)
• 104th Guards Airborne Division (Kirovabad, Azerbaijan SSR)
• 106th Guards Tula Airborne Division (Tula, RSFSR)
• 242nd District Training Centre of the Airborne Forces (Gaižiūnai/Jonava, Lithuanian SSR) created from the 44th Training Airborne Division, 1987.

Divisions Disbanded 1945–89

• Disbanded 1958(?)← 1957 7th MRD<-7th Mech Div <-1946/55← 7th Mech Corps
• 343 (55) Rifle Division 1946–55, 136 MRD 1957, Disbanded 1958
• Disbanded 1958←137 MRD 1957 ←345 (57) RD 1946–55
• Disbanded 1959←138 MRD 1957 ←358 (59) RD 1946–55
• Disbanded 1960←139 MRD 1957 ←349 (60) RD 1946–55
• Disbanded 1959←140 MRD 1957 ←374 (70) RD 1946–55
• Disbanded 1958←142 Mtn RD 1957 ←376 (72) RD 1955
• Disbanded 1960←143 Gds MRD 1957←72G Mech Div 1946(1955) ←110 GRD
• Disbanded 1958<144 MRD 1957<97 RD 1946 (1955)

Sources and references

• V.I. Feskov, K.A. Kalashnikov, V.I. Golikov, The Soviet Army in the Years of the Cold War 1945–91, Tomsk University Publishing House, Tomsk, 2004
• Note: this source is not totally accurate, as some other information from it has been shown to be incorrect. Alternate information is welcome!

See also

• List of Soviet Union divisions 1917–1945

External links

• http://www.soldat.ru/force/sssr/sp/division/through.html - expanded list of divisions from updated sources (Russian)