3rd Motor Rifle Division

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3rd Motor Rifle Division
3-я мотострелковая Висленская Краснознамённая, орденов Суворова и Кутузова дивизия
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Active	1997–2009, 2016–present
Country	Russia
Branch	Russian Ground Forces
Type	Mechanized infantry
Size	Division
Part of	22nd Guards Army (1997–2009) 20th Guards Combined Arms Army (2016–present)
Garrison/HQ	Nizhny Novgorod (1997–2009) Valuyki, Belgorod Oblast (2016–present)
Honorific	Russian invasion of Ukraine
Decorations	Order of the Red Banner  Order of Kutuzov 2nd Class  Order of Suvorov 2nd Class
Battle honours	Vislenskaya
Commanders
Current commander	Major General Aleksei Vyacheslavovich Avdeyev

The 3rd Vislenskaya Red Banner Order of Suvorov and Kutuzov Motor Rifle Division (Russian: 3-я мотострелковая Висленская Краснознамённая, орденов Суворова и Кутузова дивизия, romanized: 3-ya motostrelkovaya Vislenskaya Krasnoznamonnaya, ordenov Suvorova i Kutuzova diviziya), is a motorized infantry division of the Russian Ground Forces.

The 3rd Motor Rifle Division was formed in 1997 from the amalgamation of the 31st and 47th Guards Tank Divisions of the Moscow Military District in Nizhny Novgorod, and existed until March 2009, when the division was disbanded and split into the 6th Separate Tank Brigade and the 9th Separate Motor Rifle Brigade. The 3rd Motor Rifle Division was reformed in 2016 and based in the town of Valuyki, Belgorod Oblast, as part of the 20th Guards Army in the Western Military District.