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295th Motor Rifle Division
Active	1964–1992
Country	Soviet Union
Branch	Soviet Army
Type	Motorized infantry
Garrison/HQ	Baku
Decorations	Order of Lenin Order of the Red Banner Order of Suvorov 2nd class
Battle honours	Kherson

The 295th Khersonskaya order of Lenin Red Banner order of Suvorov Motorised Rifle Division (Russian: 295-я мотострелковая Херсонская ордена Ленина Краснознамённая ордена Суворова дивизия) (Military Unit: 39486) was a division of the Soviet Ground Forces. It was based in Baku for its entire existence.

The division had gained the honorific "Kherson" by Prikaz of the VGK No. 67 of 23 March 1944.

After the end of the Second World War, the 295th Rifle Division (Second Formation) was initially part of the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany with the 32nd Rifle Corps in the summer of 1945. However, it was soon relocated to Stavropol in the North Caucasus Military District with the 23rd Rifle Corps, where it became the 30th Separate Rifle Brigade in 1946. In October 1953, the brigade was upgraded into the 295th Rifle Division. In 1955 it was renumbered the 49th Rifle Division.

On 25 June 1957 the division was reorganized as the 49th Motor Rifle Division. In November 1964 it was renamed as the 295th Motor Rifle Division, restoring its historic Second World War numerical designation.

It formed part of the 4th Army. Comprised 298th Tank Regiment (Gyuzhdek), 135th Motor Rifle Regiment (with BTR); 139th MRR (with BMP), both based in Baku; the 140th Motor Rifle Regiment (Kusary); and the 1090th Artillery Regiment.

It was disbanded in June 1992 and the equipment was handed over to Azerbaijan.

Commanders

• Dorofeev, Alexander Petrovich (01.10.1941-27.03.1942), Colonel wounded;
• Sklyarov, Sergey Fedorovich (28.03.1942 — 11.06.1942), Colonel;
• Safaryan, Nver Georgievich (15.06.1942-28.12.1942), Colonel;
• Petukhov, Viktor Ivanovich (29.12.1942 — 08.01.1943), Colonel;
• Filatov, Alexander Alekseevich (09.01.1943-06.04.1943), Major General;
• Krasnovsky, Serafim Andrianovich (07.04.1943 — 10.06.1943), Colonel;
• Dorofeev, Alexander Petrovich (11.06.1943-08.07.1947), Colonel, from 03.06.1944 Major General.

Notes

1. "Sbornik Prikazov Narodnogo Komissara Oborony SSSR 1941-1944 O Prisvoenii Naimenovaniy Chastyam Soedineniyam I Uchrezhdeniyam Krasnoy Armii". docs.historyrussia.org.
2. Feskov et al 2013, p. 382.
3. Feskov et al 2013, p. 149.
4. ^ Feskov et al 2013, p. 151.
5. Holm 2015a.
6. Feskov et al 2013, p. 532.

References

• * Feskov, V.I.; Golikov, V.I.; Kalashnikov, K.A.; Slugin, S.A. (2013). Вооруженные силы СССР после Второй Мировой войны: от Красной Армии к Советской [The Armed Forces of the USSR after World War II: From the Red Army to the Soviet: Part 1 Land Forces] (in Russian). Tomsk: Scientific and Technical Literature Publishing. ISBN 9785895035306.
• Holm, Michael (2015-01-01). "295th Khersonskaya order of Lenin Red Banner order of Suvorov Motorised Rifle Division". Soviet Armed Forces 1945-1991 Organisation and order of battle. Retrieved 2023-10-01.

v t e Divisions of the Soviet Union 1957–1989
Airborne	7 31 44 Training 76 98 103 104 105 106 107
Artillery	2 15 20 Training 26 34 51 55 81 110 149
Aviation	1 6 12 16 22 36 55 95 Mixed 95 Fighter 119 326
Motor Rifle	Guards 1st – 18th 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 11 14 15 16 17 18 20th – 39th 20 21 23 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 42nd – 66th 42 45 47 48 50 51 (I) 51 (II) 53 55 57 59 62 63 64 66 70th – 97th 70 72 77 81 83 86 87 90 92 93 94 97 109th – 144th 109 112 113 114 115 120 122 123 128 144 Training 2 16 34 37 42 53 62 63 66 80 92 100 112 4th – 27th 4 9 12 13 15 18 19 21 22 24 27 32nd – 49th 32 33 35 40 41 43 44 46 47 48 49 52nd – 69th 52 54 56 58 60 61 62 65 67 68 69 71st – 99th 71 73 74 75 78 79 80 82 84 85 88 89 91 92 93 95 96 99 100th – 119th 100 101 102 108 110 111 114 116 117 118 119 121st – 135th 121 124 125 126 127 129 130 131 134 135 145th – 199th 145 146 147 148 149 150 152 155 157 164 180 192 197 198 199 201st – 295th 201 203 207 213 242 245 254 265 266 270 272 295 Training 43 56 61 67 78 121 129 150
Rocket	4 7 8 10 13 14 18 19 23 24 27 28 29 35 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 49 54 62
Tank	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 19 20 21 22 23 24 Training 25 28 29 30 31 32 34 36 37 40 41 42 44 Training 45 Training 47 48 Training 51 60 75 78 79 90 117 Training 193
Other	OMSDON
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