150th Guards Motor Rifle Division

Russian Ground Forces formation May 2025 150th Guards Motor Rifle Division 150-я гвардейская мотострелковая Идрицко-Берлинская ордена Кутузова дивизия Great emblem of the 150th Motor Rifle Division.svg Great emblem of the 150th Motor Rifle Division September 1939 – December 1946 December 2016 – present Soviet Union 1936 (1939–1946)Russia (2016–) 23px Red ArmyRussia Division Mechanized infantry Southern Military District8th Guards Combined Arms Army Novocherkassk Berlin-Idritskaya Major General Vitaly Terekhin World War II Battle of Taipale Second Battle of Kharkov Battle of Stalingrad Battle of Berlin Battle in Berlin Russo-Ukrainian War Invasion of Ukraine Siege of Mariupol Battle of Marinka Pokrovsk offensive Battle of Kurakhove Battle of Toretsk , 2nd Class 100px Division SSI The 150th Guards Motor Rifle Berlin-Idritsa Order of Kutuzov Division (ru 150-я гвардейская мотострелковая Идрицко-Берлинская ордена Кутузова дивизия) of the Russian Ground Forces is a motorized rifle division that was re-instituted in 2016.http://structure.mil.ru/structure/okruga/south/news/more.htm?id=12108737%40egNews Министр обороны проинспектировал ход обустройства 150-й мотострелковой дивизии ЮВО в Ростовской области August 25, 2017 February 3, 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170203045144/http://structure.mil.ru/structure/okruga/south/news/more.htm?id=12108737%40egNews dead Новая 150-я мотострелковая дивизия приступила к защите рубежей на юге РФhttp://structure.mil.ru/structure/okruga/south/news/more.htm?id=12105838@egNews Военнослужащие 150-й мотострелковой дивизии ЮВО приступили к полевым занятиям на полигоне в Ростовской области : Министерство обороны Российской Федерации August 25, 2017 August 10, 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170810054206/http://structure.mil.ru/structure/okruga/south/news/more.htm?id=12105838@egNews dead It is part of the 8th Guards Combined Arms 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. History The division was formed three times, being initially established at Vyazma in September 1939. As part of the 3rd Army's 3rd Rifle Corps, the division took part in the Soviet Invasion of Poland. Force CompositionNafizger Collection 939RJAA 469th Rifle Regiment 674th Rifle Regiment 756th Rifle Regiment 328th Light Artillery Regiment 418th Howitzer Regiment Operating as part of the 9th Army on 22 June 1941, then, after the Second Battle of Kharkov, was wiped out at Izyum in May 1942. 2nd Formation The division was reformed at Turga in the Siberian Military District on July 23, 1942, based on the 1st Siberian Volunteer Division. The unit was made up of over 10,000 men from Siberian factories and the Kuzbass coal fields and had a cadre of 1,460 combat veterans. By September 1 it had enlisted 13,754 personnel, 43.8 percent of whom were Communist Party members or Komsomols. Within two weeks it was assigned to the 6th "Siberian Volunteer" Rifle Corps and began moving by rail to camps near Moscow where it received the last of its support troops and transport. On September 30, the 150th set out on a 170km road march to join the 22nd Army near Belyi, part of the Kalinin Front.Charles C. Sharp, "Red Swarm", Soviet Rifle Divisions Formed From 1942 to 1945, Soviet Order of Battle World War II, Volume X, Nafziger, 1996, p. 57 During the Second Rzhev-Sychevka Offensive (Operation Mars) the 150th Division and the 6th Rifle Corps were referred to as "Stalin" units and were regarded as an elite force. On January 6, 1943, the division was pulled from the line and moved by rail to the Velikiye Luki area, where it served in the 5th Guards Rifle Corps during the last few days of the battle for that city, then on the 25th staged an assault crossing of the Lovat and Loknya Rivers. By the middle of February it was back in 6th Corps in 22nd Army. Over the next two months it fought in the Kholm area, pinning down the German forces evacuating from the Demyansk Pocket. On April 16 the Supreme High Command recognized the service of the 6th "Siberian Volunteer" Rifle Corps by re-designating it as the 19th Guards Rifle Corps, and three days later the 150th became the second formation of the 22nd Guards Rifle Division.Sharp, "Red Swarm", pp. 57-58 3rd Formation thumb|right|"Victory Banner #5" was raised just below a statue on the roof of the Reichstag building. The flag reads, "150th Rifle, Order of Kutuzov 2nd class, 'Idritskaya' Division, 79th Rifle Corps, 3rd Shock Army, 1st Belorussian Front." It was then re-created for the third time in September 1943. When formed for the third time, it was composed of the 127th, 144th, and 151st brigades. Initially, this division fell under the command of the 34th Army. But during some time in early 1944, it was transferred to the 6th Guards Army, and then finally it was assigned to the 79th Rifle Corps of the 3rd Shock Army, of the 1st Belorussian Front, under which it would stay on the offensive all the way from Nevel, Pskov Oblast to Berlin. On April 22, 1945, when victory for the Soviet Army was near, an order from the Military Council of the 3rd Shock Army designated the 150th Division to be one of 9 divisions to receive a special banner solely for the purpose of raising it over the Reichstag as a sign of the Soviet victory. After crossing the Moltke Bridge on the River Spree on April 29, the 756th and 674th Rifle Regiments of the 150th Division captured the Interior Ministry Building, stormed the barriers in the Königsplatz and on the 30th, breached the Reichstag. The victory banner was hoisted on the roof at 10:30 in the evening, but there was no chance to take a picture. By 2 May, the Germans defending the building were defeated and the Charlottenburger Chaussee to the south became the border between elements of the 3rd Shock Army and 8th Guards Army. Red Army photographer Yevgeny Khaldei then photographed soldiers of the 756th Rifle Regiment hoisting the national flag of the Soviet Union on the roof of the Reichstag, becoming one of the most iconic images of the war. thumb|left|Movements of the 150th, 171st and 207th Rifle Divisions through central Berlin, April 28 to May 2 On April 26, 1945, for its earlier heroic overnight victory at lake Woświn east of Stargard, 150th Rifle Division was awarded the Order of Kutuzov, second degree. In December 1946 the division was disbanded in the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany.https://rg.ru/2016/04/23/reg-ufo/soedinenie-iug-pokoritel.html Боевое соединение на юге России назовут в честь покорителей Рейхстага Merzlyakov Roman 23 April 2016 Rossiyskaya Gazeta ru Military forces in the south of Russia will be named for the conquerors of the Reichstag 10 September 2016 15 personnel were awarded the Gold Star Medal as Heroes of the Soviet Union, while a veteran of the unit was given the Gold Star Medal as a Hero of Ukraine in 2005. Reactivation (2016) thumb|right|250px|Command staff exercise of the 150th Rifle Division, August 2019 The unit was re-established in December 2016 in Rostov Oblast as a full motor rifle division with its division HQ scheduled to open in Novocherkasskhttp://tass.ru/armiya-i-opk/3233691 Источник: новое соединение на юге РФ получит имя дивизии, бравшей Рейхстаг 23 April 2016 TASS ru Source: A New Unit in South Russia will receive the name of the division that took the Reichstag 10 September 2016 and was meant to become part of the 8th Combined Arms Army, as part of the broader structural reform of the Russian armed forces.http://izvestia.ru/news/670561 В Южном военном округе появится новая армия Ramm Alexey 17 March 2017 Isvestia 2 April 2017 Andreyev Yevgeny ru New army in the Southern Military District The division was equipped with T-90A MBTs, BMP-3 IFVs and BTR-80 APCs, and contains as-yet undisclosed infantry, armour, artillery and SAM regiments, as well as communications, logistics and intelligence units."Новая 150-я мотострелковая дивизия приступила к защите рубежей на юге РФ" (Russian), TASS (2 December 2016) The division's re-formation was completed by 2017."Министр обороны проинспектировал ход обустройства 150-й мотострелковой дивизии ЮВО в Ростовской области" (Russian), Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation (19 January 2017)http://www.armstrade.org/includes/periodics/news/2017/0213/100539513/detail.shtml ЦАМТО / Новости / В Крыму сформирован 22-й армейский корпус Черноморского флота In 2018, Russian president Putin signed decrees naming some of the division's units after localities in Belarus, Poland, and Ukraine.https://www.rferl.org/a/putin-names-regiments-after-ukrainian-belarusian-cities-warsaw-and-berlin/29333014.html In Provocative Move, Putin Names Regiments After Ukrainian Cities, Warsaw, Berlin RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty en 2018-07-02 On the eve of Victory Day in 2019, the commander of the Southern Military District, Colonel General Aleksandr Dvornikov, presented a copy of the Victory Banner to the commander of the 150th Rifle Division.https://function.mil.ru/news_page/country/more.htm?id=12230700@egNews Впервые знаменная группа с подлинной копией Знамени Победы прошла в Новочеркасске : Министерство обороны Российской Федерации On 1 December 2019, the 103rd motorized rifle regiment was formed as part of the division. On 18 January 2020, the regiment was presented its renewed Colour of the 2008/2010 pattern. Creation of the new unit completed the formation of the 150th motorized rifle division.https://function.mil.ru/news_page/country/more.htm?id=12271413@egNews Командующий войсками ЮВО генерал-полковник Александр Дворников вручил Боевое знамя сформированному мотострелковому полку 150-й мотострелковой дивизии / mil.ru, 18 января 2020 2020-01-18 2020-01-19 https://web.archive.org/web/20200119142016/https://function.mil.ru/news_page/country/more.htm?id=12271413@egNews live The division has been heavily engaged in the invasion of Ukraine with its commander, Major General Oleg Mityaev, reportedly killed in action around March 18, 2022.https://www.newsweek.com/ukraine-russia-troops-generals-kyiv-mordvichev-death-1689727 Ukraine claims to have killed fifth Russian general since start of the war Newsweek 19 March 2022 On August 5, 2024, by Decree of the President of the Russian Federation, the division was granted the honorary title "Guards" for the massive heroism and bravery, fortitude and courage shown by the personnel of the division in combat operations to protect the Fatherland and state interests in armed conflicts at home and abroad over the past 85 years.Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 05.08.2024 № 664 http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/document/0001202408050018 Официальное опубликование правовых актов 2024-08-05 2024-08-05 https://web.archive.org/web/20240805212403/http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/document/0001202408050018 2024-08-05 Organization (2020) 250px|thumb|381st Guards Warsaw Artillery Regiment in 2018. 250px|thumb|T-72B3 mod. 2016 of the 68th Guards Tank Regiment in 2018. Division HQ 174th Reconnaissance Battalion 258th Signal Battalion 293rd Materiel Battalion 539th Engineers Battalion Anti-Tank Artillery Battalion Medical Battalion Electronic Warfare Company UAV Company NBC protection company 20px 102nd Slonim-Pomeranian Guards Motorized Rifle Regimenthttp://publication.pravo.gov.ru/Document/View/0001201807020013 Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 30.06.2018 № 388 'О присвоении 102 мотострелковому полку почетного наименования' publication.pravo.gov.ru 2018-07-02 20px 103rd Motorized Rifle RegimentInstitute for the Study of War https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-june-9-2025 2025-06-10 Institute for the Study of War en 68th Guards Zhytomyr-Berlin Tank Regimenthttp://publication.pravo.gov.ru/Document/View/0001201807020001 Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 30.06.2018 № 387 'О присвоении 68 танковому полку почетного наименования' publication.pravo.gov.ru 2018-07-02 163rd Guards Nizhyn Tank Regimenthttp://publication.pravo.gov.ru/Document/View/0001201807020011 Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 30.06.2018 № 389 'О присвоении 163 танковому полку почетного наименования' publication.pravo.gov.ru 2018-07-02 381st Guards Warsaw Artillery Regimenthttp://publication.pravo.gov.ru/Document/View/0001201807020003 Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 30.06.2018 № 391 'О присвоении 381 артиллерийскому полку почетного наименования' publication.pravo.gov.ru 2018-07-02 20px 933rd Upper Dnipro Anti-Aircraft Missile Regimenthttp://publication.pravo.gov.ru/Document/View/0001201807020002 Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 30.06.2018 № 390 'О присвоении 933 зенитному ракетному полку почетного наименования' publication.pravo.gov.ru 2018-07-02https://www.gfsis.org/maps/russian-military-forces Russian Military Forces: Interactive Map "Afipsa" Storm Battalion Commanders Major-general Sergei Alekseyevich Kniazkov (1939–1940) Major-general Alexander Ivanovich Pastrevich (1940–1941) Major-general Daniil Grigorevich Egorov (1941–1942) Colonel Leonid Vasilyevich Yakovlev (September 1943 – April 1944) Major-general Vasily Shatilov (May 1944 – December 1946)Tsapayev Goremykin 2014 974–976 Major-general Pyotr Bolgarev (2016–2018) Major-general Ruslan Musaevich Dzeitov (2018–2019) Major-general Vladimir Khazretovich Elkanov (2019–2020) Major-general Oleg Mityaev (2020–2023) Guards Major General Vitaly Valerievich Teryokhin (2023–present) See also List of Soviet Union divisions 1917–1945 Victory Banner References Sources Tsapayev D.A. Великая Отечественная: Комдивы. Военный биографический словарь Goremykin Viktor Kuchkovo Pole 2014 978-5-9950-0457-8 5 Moscow ru The Great Patriotic War: Division Commanders. Military Biographical Dictionary 1 Шатилов В.М. Знамя над рейхстагом. 3-е изд. М.: Воениздат, 1975; Наша газета https://web.archive.org/web/20240903210332/https://www.ng.kz/gazeta/164/hranit/index.shtml?001 September 3, 2024 http://samsv.narod.ru/Div/Sd/sd150/default.html https://informnapalm.org/en/myths-and-reality-behind-the-150th-division-russian-state-of-art-21st-century-armed-forces/ Category:Infantry divisions of the Soviet Union in World War II Category:Military units and formations established in 1939 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1946 Category:Military units and formations established in 2016 Category:Military units and formations of Russia in the Russian invasion of Ukraine Category:Military formations of the Southern Military District