15th Guards Motor Rifle Regiment

15th Guards Motorized Rifle Shavlinsky Order of Lenin, Red Banner Regiment 15th Motor Rifle Regiment.png Shoulder patch of the 15th Guards Motor Rifle Regiment 1990-present Kalininets, Moscow Oblast Colonel Kharitonov thumb|Banner of the regiment The 15th Guards Motorized Rifle Shavlinsky Order of Lenin, Red Banner Regiment (15 Guards MSP), (ru 15-й гвардейский мотострелковый Шавлинский ордена Ленина, Краснознамённый полк 15-y gvardeyskiy motostrelkovyy Shavlinskiy ordena Lenina, Krasnoznamonnyy polk) is a motor rifle regiment of the Russian Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. Its Military Unit Number is 31134. It is based in Kalininets (Moscow Oblast). It is part of the 2nd Guards Motor Rifle Division of the Moscow Military District. Over the entire history of the regiment, more than 600 personnel have been awarded orders and medals, of which more than 250 - Order of Courage. History The regiment was created in 1918.The 15th Motorized Rifle Regiment located in the Naro-Fominsk District celebrated its centenary http://in-narofominsk.ru/novosti/obshchestvo/15-mu-gvardeyskomu-krasnoznamyonnomu-shavlinskomu-motostrelkovomu-polku-ispolnilos-sto-let Osnova 2018-06-18 2019-02-27 https://web.archive.org/web/20200204052920/http://in-narofominsk.ru/novosti/obshchestvo/15-mu-gvardeyskomu-krasnoznamyonnomu-shavlinskomu-motostrelkovomu-polku-ispolnilos-sto-let 2020-02-04 World War II By the beginning of the war, it was called the 875th Infantry Regiment of the 127th Rifle Division (1st Formation).https://pamyat-naroda.ru/documents/view/?id=211326828 Memory of the people: Journal of combat operations of the 2nd Guards RD, p. 165 pamyat-naroda.ru 2019-03-17 The regiment fought in the Eastern front battles of Smolensk and Kursk, as well as the Novorossiysk-Taman operation ru Новороссийско-Таманская операция. The regiment took part in the occupation of Ukraine and Lithuania. For its wartime actions, the regiment was raised to "Guards" status as the 15th Guards Rifle Regiment. For the occupation of the Lithuanian city of Šiauliai during the Šiauliai offensive the regiment received the honorary title "Shavlinsky."On the anniversary of 100 anniversary of the Shavlinsky Motorized Rifle Regiment https://function.mil.ru/news_page/country/more.htm?id=12181222@egNews Press Service of the Western Military District 2018-06-16 2019-02-28 https://web.archive.org/web/20190228070142/https://function.mil.ru/news_page/country/more.htm?id=12181222@egNews 2019-02-28 Cold War In 1953, the 15th Guards Rifle Regiment was reorganized into the 130th Guards Mechanised Regiment (military unit 73881) of the 23rd Guards Mechanised Division.Feskov et al 2013 Table 5.2.6 "Mechanised regiments created in 1953-1956" 214 In 1957, the regiment became the 406th Guards Motor Rifle Regiment, with the creation of motor rifle units and formations. On 4 May 1990 the regiment reverted to its Second World War number as the 15th Guards Motor Rifle Regiment.Michael Holm 2015 2nd Guards Tamanskaya order of the October Revolution Red Banner order of Suvorov Motorised Rifle Division imeni M.I. Kalinin 2-я гвардейская мотострелковая Таманская ордена Октябрьской Революции Краснознаменная ордена Суворова дивизия имени М.И. Калинина https://www.ww2.dk/new/army/msd/2gvmsd.htm Soviet Armed Forces Order of Battle Post–Cold War era On May 15, 2009, during a military reorganisation, the regiment was disbanded. The regiment was revived in 2013 as part of the 2nd Guards Motor Rifle Division.Andrey Yashlavsky Tamanskaya and Kantemirovskaya divisions were restored in Russia https://www.mk.ru/politics/2013/05/04/850106-v-rossii-vosstanovlenyi-tamanskaya-i-kantemirovskaya-divizii.html Moskovsky Komsomolets 2013-05-04 2019-02-27 en https://archive.today/20190227231244/https://www.mk.ru/politics/2013/05/04/850106-v-rossii-vosstanovlenyi-tamanskaya-i-kantemirovskaya-divizii.html 2019-02-27thumb|right|110th Anniversary celebrations of the regiment On 10 March 2022, a member of the regiment was taken prisoner by Ukrainian forces in the Sumy Oblast.Suspilne uk 28 January 2025 11 March 2022 "Хочу, щоб матері мітингували, аби швидше закінчити цю війну", – затриманий на Сумщині військовий РФ https://suspilne.media/sumy/216561-hocu-sob-materi-mitinguvali-abi-svidse-zakinciti-cu-vijnu-zatrimanij-na-sumsini-vijskovij-rf/ On 28 March, the Ukrainian military claimed that soldiers of the regiment had refused to participate in hostilities in the Sumy Oblast.Unian.net, Russian military refuse to fight in Sumy region — General Staff In April 2022, it was reported that the regimental commander Colonel Kharitonov was seriously wounded in the Kharkiv Oblast.The Armed Forces in the Kharkiv region "decapitated" the occupiers' division https://westobserver.com/news/europe/the-armed-forces-in-the-kharkiv-region-decapitated-the-occupiers-division/ 21 April 2022 Notes References Feskov V.I. Golikov V.I. Kalashnikov K.A. Slugin S.A. Scientific and Technical Literature Publishing 2013 9785895035306 Tomsk ru ru:Вооруженные силы СССР после Второй Мировой войны: от Красной Армии к Советской (часть 1: Сухопутные войска) The Armed Forces of the USSR after World War II: From the Red Army to the Soviet: Part 1 Land Forces https://vital.lib.tsu.ru/vital/access/manager/Repository/vtls:000479812 Feskov et al 2013 Ленский А. Г., Цыбин М. М. Московский военный округ (ГК СВ) Советские сухопутные войска в последний год Союза ССР. Справочник СПб. B&K 2001 174, 294 5-93414-063-9 Трошев Г. Н. ru:Моя война. Чеченский дневник окопного генерала Single Moscow Вагриус 2001 382 5-264-00657-1 Category:Infantry units and formations of Russia Category:Ground Forces regiments of the Russian Federation Category:Regiments of the Soviet Union Category:Mechanized units and formations Category:Military units and formations established in 1990 Category:Military formations of the Moscow Military District