| Title: Name: | 73. mechanized division | 73rd Mechanised Division |
| Original title: Original Name: | 73-я механизированная дивизия | |
| Date of creation: Raised/Formed: | 18.09.1953 | |
| Predecessor: Predecessor: | 164. missile division | 164th Rifle Division |
| Date of termination: Disbanded: | 25.06.1957 | |
| Successor: Successor: | 121. motostřelecká division | , the 121st Motor Rifle Division |
| Parent headquarters: Higher Command: | 18.09.1953-DD.08.1956 Jihouralský military district DD.08.1956-25.06.1957 7. guards army | 18.09.1953-DD.08.1956 South Ural Military District DD.08.1956-25.06.1957 the 7th Guards Army |
| Dislocation: Deployed: | 18.09.1953-DD.08.1956 Orenburg, ? DD.08.1956-25.06.1957 Yerevan, ? | |
| Commander: Commander: | | |
| Chief of staff: Chief of Staff: | - | |
| Subordinate units: Subordinated Units: | | |
| Honorary title: Honorary Name: | 18.09.1953-25.06.1957 Vitěbská mechanized division | 18.09.1953-25.06.1957 Vitebsk Mechanised Division |
| Honors: Decorations: | 18.09.1953 Order of the red banner | |
| Note: Note: | 18.09.1953-25.06.1957 В/Ч 29416 | |
| 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. | |