| Title: Name: | 71. mechanized division | 71st Mechanised Division |
| Original title: Original Name: | 71-я механизированная дивизия | |
| Date of creation: Raised/Formed: | 18.09.1953 | |
| Predecessor: Predecessor: | 265. missile division | 265th Rifle Division |
| Date of termination: Disbanded: | 05.06.1957 | |
| Successor: Successor: | 119. motostřelecká division | 119th Motor Rifle Division |
| Parent headquarters: Higher Command: | 18.09.1953-05.06.1957 10. rifle corps | 18.09.1953-05.06.1957 10th Rifle Corps |
| Dislocation: Deployed: | 18.09.1953-DD.08.1956 Ivan's, ? DD.08.1956-05.06.1957 Vilnius, ? | |
| Commander: Commander: | | |
| Chief of staff: Chief of Staff: | - | |
| Subordinate units: Subordinated Units: | | |
| Honorary title: Honorary Name: | 18.09.1953-05.06.1957 Vyborská mechanized division | 18.09.1953-05.06.1957 Vyborg Mechanised Division |
| Honors: Decorations: | - | |
| Note: Note: | 18.09.1953-05.06.1957 В/Ч 48613 | |
| Source: Sources: | Drogovoz Igor Grigorjevič: Tankovyj sword of the Party Rooms. Minsk, Charvest 2001. Feskov, Vitaly Ivanovich - Golikov, Valery Ivanovich - the Kalashnikov, Konstantin Anatolyevich: Sovětskaja Armija in goda "Cholodnoj war" (1946-1991 gg.). Tomsk, ITGU 2004. Feskov, Vitaly Ivanovich - Golikov, Valery Ivanovich - the Kalashnikov, Konstantin Anatolyevich - Slugin, Sergey Anatolyevich: Vooružennyje Forces of the USSR messenger Velikoj Otěčestvennoj the army. No. 1. Tomsk, INTL 2013. | |