23. gardová mechanizovaná divize [1953-1957]

23rd Guards Mechanised Division
23. gardová mechanizovaná divízia
23-я гвардейская механизированная дивизия (23 гв. мехд)

Title:
Name:
23. guards mechanized division 23rd Guards Mechanised Division
Original title:
Original Name:
23-я гвардейская механизированная дивизия
Date of creation:
Raised/Formed:
29.12.1953
Predecessor:
Predecessor:
2. guards missile division 2nd Guards Rifle Division
Date of termination:
Disbanded:
05.06.1957
Successor:
Successor:
23. guards motostřelecká division 23rd Guards Motor Rifle Division
Parent headquarters:
Higher Command:
29.12.1953-12.06.1956 11. guards rifle corps
12.06.1956-05.06.1957 of the Moscow military district
29.12.1953-12.06.1956 the 11th Guards Rifle Corps
12.06.1956-05.06.1957 Moscow District Military
Dislocation:
Deployed:
29.12.1953-05.06.1957 Moscow, ? /
Commander:
Commander:
29.12.1953-DD.MM.1954 Bočkov, Fyodor Fyodorovich (guards major general)
DD.MM.1954-DD.MM.1956 Bělik, Pyotr Alexeyevich (guards major general of tank troops)
DD.MM.1956-05.06.1957
Chief of staff:
Chief of Staff:
-
Subordinate units:
Subordinated Units:

Honorary title:
Honorary Name:
29.12.1953-05.06.1957 Guards tamaňská mechanized division Mikhail Ivanovich Kalinina 1)
29.12.1953-05.06.1957 Guards Taman Mechanised Division of Mikhail Ivanovich Kalinin 1)
Honors:
Decorations:
29.12.1953 Order of the red banner
29.12.1953 Order of Suvorov, 2. class
29.12.1953 , the Order of Kutuzov, 2. class
Note:
Note:
29.12.1953-05.06.1957 WOO 23626


1) Mikhail Ivanovich Kalinin
29.12.1953-05.06.1957 HIM 23626


1) Mikhail Ivanovich Kalinin
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.
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