19th Motor Rifle Division

19th Rifle Division
(1922–1957)

92nd Motor Rifle Division
(1957–1965)


19th Motor Rifle Division
(1965–2009, 2020–Present)
19-я мотострелковая Воронежско-Шумлинская Краснознамённая, орденов Суворова и Трудового Красного Знамени дивизия
Shoulder sleeve patch
Active1922–2009
2020–present
Country Soviet Union
 Russia
Branch Soviet Army
 Russian Ground Forces
TypeMechanized infantry
SizeDivision
Part of58th Combined Arms Army
Garrison/HQVladikavkaz
EngagementsWorld War II

First Chechen War

Second Chechen War

War in South Ossetia (2008)

2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine

2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive[1]
DecorationsOrder of Suvorov 2nd Class Order of Suvorov 2nd Class
Commanders
Current
commander
Colonel Dmitri Ivanovich Uskov

The 19th Voronezh-Shumlinskaya Red Banner Order of Suvorov and Red Banner of Labor Motor Rifle Division (Russian: 19-я мотострелковая Воронежско-Шумлинская Краснознамённая, орденов Суворова и Трудового Красного Знамени дивизия, romanized19-ya motostrelkovaya Voronezhsko-Shumlinskaya Krasnoznamonnaya, ordenov Suvorova i Trudovogo Krasnogo Znameni diviziya), is a division of the Russian Ground Forces. It appears to have been formed originally in July 1922 at Tambov in the Moscow Military District as a territorial formation. In 1923 it was awarded the 'Tambov' placename and renamed the 19th Voronezh Rifle Division. The division was downsized to a brigade in 2009 and reestablished as a division in 2020.

  1. ^ Mappes, Grace; Wolkov, Nicole; Stepanenko, Kateryna; Barros, George; Clark, Mason. "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, June 11, 2023". Institute for the Study of War. Archived from the original on June 12, 2023. Retrieved June 12, 2023.

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