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15th Guards Airborne Division (1943–1944) 100th Guards Rifle Division (1944–1946) 100th Guards Airborne Division (1946–1955)
Active	1943–1955
Country	Soviet Union
Branch	Army
Type	Airborne infantry
Size	Division
Engagements	World War II Vyborg-Petrozavodsk Offensive Operation Spring Awakening Vienna Offensive
Decorations	Order of the Red Banner
Battle honours	Svir
Commanders
Notable commanders	Vasilii Andreevich Leshchinin Ivan Alekseevich Makarenko

The 100th Guards Rifle Division was an elite Red Army airborne infantry division during World War II. The division fought in the Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive and the Vienna Offensive. Postwar, it was designated as an airborne division and disbanded in 1955.