50th Guards Rifle Division
The 50th Guards Rifle Division was an elite infantry division of the Red Army during World War II that continued as part of the Soviet Army during the early period of the Cold War. Converted into the 50th Guards Motor Rifle Division in the late 1950s, the division was based in Brest, Belarus. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the division became part of the Belarusian Ground Forces and was reduced to a brigade and then a storage base before being disbanded in 2006. 

It was formed in November, 1942 from the 2nd formation of the 124th Rifle Division, and served in that role until well after the end of the Great Patriotic War. It was in the 21st Army of Southwestern Front when it formed but soon moved to 5th Tank Army and played a leading role in the defeat of the 3rd Romanian Army in Operation Uranus. It was transferred to the 3rd Guards Army when that was formed and was under this Army as it advanced into the Donbass in late winter. In April, 1943 the division was moved again to the 51st Army in Southern Front where it was assigned to the 3rd Guards Rifle Corps, which it remained with for the duration of the war. 

The division remained in the south of Ukraine into early 1944, in the 51st or later the 5th Shock Army, and won a battle honor, its first Order of the Red Banner, and the Order of Suvorov in the process. It was then moved to the Reserve of the Supreme High Command for rebuilding before returning to the front in May, 1944 and joining the 28th Army, where it remained for the duration. The 50th Guards took part in the summer offensive in Belarus and later the abortive Gumbinnen-Goldap operation. In January, 1945 the division fought into East Prussia and assisted in the battles southwest of the city/fortress of Königsberg, winning two further decorations including a rare second Order of the Red Banner, before 28th Army was redeployed westward to take part in the Berlin operation. By now it was part of 1st Ukrainian Front and spent the last days of the war advancing on Prague. During the summer it was reassigned to the Belorussian Military District and it remained in Belarus until it was reorganized as the 50th Guards Motor Rifle Division in 1957.
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ORG
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World War II
EVE
Q43456
Soviet Army
ORG
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Cold War
EVE
Q140147
Brest, Belarus
LOC
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dissolution of the Soviet Union
EVE
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Belarusian Ground Forces
ORG
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124th Rifle Division
UNK
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21st Army
MEDIA
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MEDIA
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3rd Romanian Army
MEDIA
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MEDIA
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MEDIA
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28th Army
MEDIA
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EVE
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EVE
Q154182
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EVE
Q277985
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MEDIA
Q3537819
Belorussian Military District
LOC
Q16625079
50th Guards Rifle Division
UNK
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