150th Motor Rifle Division

150th Motor Rifle Division
Great emblem of the 150th Motor Rifle Division
Active	September 1939 – December 1946 December 2016 – Present
Country	Soviet Union (1939–1946)  Russia (2016–)
Branch	Red Army  Russian Ground Forces
Type	Mechanized infantry
Role	Motorized Rifle Troops
Nickname(s)	Idritskaya
Equipment	T-90A,[1] T-72B3, BMP-3,[2] 2S12,[3] Akatsiya,[4] Msta-B, Grad, Shturm-S,[5] Tor-M2U[6]
Engagements	World War II Battle of Taipale Second Battle of Kharkov Battle of Stalingrad Battle of Berlin 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine Siege of Mariupol Battle of Marinka
Decorations	Order of Kutuzov 2nd Class
Honorifics	Idritsa
Insignia
Division SSI

The 150th Idritsa-Berlin Order of Kutuzov 2nd Class Motor Rifle Division (Russian: Russian: 150-я Идрицко-Берлинская ордена Кутузова 2-й степени мотострелковая дивизия) of the Russian Ground Forces is a tank and artillery division that was re-instituted in 2016.^[7][8][9] It is part of the 8th Guards Army, which was reformed in 2017, in the Southern Military District.

Its Red Army predecessor fought on the Eastern Front of World War II from 1941 to 1945. It gained fame when its soldiers raised the Soviet flag over the Reichstag on May 2, 1945. The nickname ‘Idritskaya’ was given to the Soviet division on July 23, 1944, by the order № 207 for its heroic battle in the town of Idritsa. The division fought at Schneidemühl and Berlin.