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. |