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The 87th Guards Rifle Division was created on Apr. 16 , 1943 from the remnants of the 300th Rifle Division , in recognition of that division 's leading role in the penetration of the German / Romanian defenses south of Stalingrad in the opening stages of Operation Uranus , its subsequent defense against Army Group Don 's attempt to relieve the German Sixth Army at Stalingrad , and later for its pursuit of the defeated German forces along the Don River to Rostov-na-Donu as far as the Mius River .. 300th Rifle Division. 300th Rifle Division ( Soviet Union ). Operation Uranus. Operation Uranus. Sixth Army. 6th Army ( Wehrmacht ). The 87th Guards continued a record of distinguished service through the rest of the Great Patriotic War .