88th Separate Rifle Brigade

88th Separate Rifle Brigade
Soldiers of the 88th Separate Rifle Brigade.
Active	22 July 1942 – 12 October 1945
Country	Soviet Union
Allegiance	Korea Chinese Communist Party
Branch	Soviet Army
Type	Infantry
Nickname(s)	Military Unit 8461
Engagements	World War II Soviet–Japanese War Soviet occupation of northern Korea
Commanders
Notable commanders	Major General Zhou Baozhong

The 88th Separate Rifle Brigade (Russian: 88-я отдельная стрелковая бригада, Korean: 제88독립보병여단, Chinese: 苏联远东方面军独立第88步兵旅), also known as the Northeast Anti-Japanese Allied Forces Teaching Brigade or the 88th International Brigade, was an international military unit of the Red Army created during World War II. It was unique in that it incorporated the peoples of Korea, China, and Soviet Central Asia in its ranks.^[1]