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The 66th Guards Rifle Division was a formation of the Red Army and later of Ukrainian Ground Forces.
Quick Facts 293rd Rifle Division (1941-43)66th Guards Rifle Division (1943-57)66th Guards Motor Rifle Division (1957-60)66th Guards Training Motor Rifle Division (1960-87)110th Guards Separate Training Center (1987-1992)66th Mechanized Division (1992-2000) 22nd Mechanized Brigade (2000-2003), Active ...
293rd Rifle Division (1941-43) 66th Guards Rifle Division (1943-57) 66th Guards Motor Rifle Division (1957-60) 66th Guards Training Motor Rifle Division (1960-87) 110th Guards Separate Training Center (1987-1992) 66th Mechanized Division (1992-2000) 22nd Mechanized Brigade (2000-2003) | |
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![]() Sleeve Patch for 66th Mechanized Division | |
Active | July 18 1941 - 2003[1] |
Country | Ukraine |
Branch | Red Army 1941-1991 Ukrainian Ground Forces 1992-2003 |
Type | Mechanized |
Size | 3,000 (2003)[1] |
Part of | 38th Army 38th Army Corps |
Garrison/HQ | Chernivtsi[1] Chernivtsi Oblast Ukraine |
Anniversaries | July 18, 1941 |
Engagements | Second Battle of Kharkov Operation Uranus Battle of Kursk Lower Dnepr strategic offensive operation Korsun-Shevchenkovsky Offensive Operation Lvov-Sandomierz Offensive East Carpathian Strategic Offensive Operation Carpathian-Uzhgorod Offensive Operation Battle of Budapest Balaton Defensive Operation Vienna Offensive Hungarian Revolution of 1956 |
Decorations | Order of the Red Banner |
Battle honours | Poltava, Bukovyna |
Commanders | |
Notable commanders | Major General Pavel Lagutin (1st Commander) |
Insignia | |
Soviet Guards badge | ![]() |
Ukrainian Guards badge | ![]() |
Mechanized branch insignia | ![]() |
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After October 1999, full name of the Division became 66th Guards Mechanized Bukovyna, Poltava Red Banner Division of the 38th Army Corps of the Western Operational Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (Ukrainian: 66 гвардійська механізована Буковинська, Полтавська Червонопрапорна дивізія 38 армійського корпусу Західного оперативного командування Збройних Сил України)[2]