79th Guards Rifle Division

79th Guards Rifle Division (1943–1945)

20th Guards Mechanized Division (1945–1957)

27th Guards Tank Division (1957–1965)

79th Guards Tank Division (1965–1992)
79th Guards Rifle Division (1943–1945); 20th Guards Mechanized Division (1945–1957); 27th Guards Tank Division (1957–1965); 79th Guards Tank Division (1965–1992);
Active	1943–1992
Country	Soviet Union
Branch	Red Army (Soviet Army from 1946)
Type	Division
Role	Infantry, Mechanized Infantry, Tank
Part of	8th Guards Army
Garrison/HQ	Jena (1945–1992)
Engagements	Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive; Battle of Berlin
Decorations	Order of Lenin; Order of the Red Banner; Order of Suvorov 2nd class; Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky 2nd class;
Battle honours	Zaporozhye
Commanders
Notable; commanders	Nikolay Batyuk; Leonid Vagin;

The 79th Guards Rifle Division (Russian: 79-я гвардейская стрелковая дивизия) was an infantry division of the Red Army during World War II.

It was created on 1 March 1943 from the remnants of the 284th Rifle Division, in recognition of that division's stalwart defense against the German Sixth Army in the Battle of Stalingrad, in particular the Mamayev Kurgan hill and parts of the city's center. The 79th Guards continued a record of distinguished service through the rest of the Great Patriotic War, and continued to serve postwar, in several roles, until being finally disbanded in 1992.

It became the 20th Guards Mechanized Division in 1945, 27th Guards Tank Division in 1957, and the 79th Guards Tank Division in 1965. It served with the 8th Guards Army from 1943 until it was disbanded.