57th Guards Motor Rifle Division
The 57th Guards Motor Rifle Division was a division of the Soviet Ground Forces. Volodymyr Zelensky's Grandfather, Semyon Ivanovych Zelenskyy served in this division as rank of colonel.
History
World War II
It traces its history to the 57th Guards Rifle Division. The 57th Guards Rifle Division was formed from the 153rd Rifle Division on 31 December 1942. It was part of the 'operational army' from 31.12.1942 to 07.06.1944 and from 15.06.1944 to 09.05.1945. Its operations included:- Millerovo–Voroshilovgrad operation
- Izyum–Barvenkovo Offensive
- Donbass Offensive
- Lower Dnepr offensive
- Dnipropetrovsk offensive
- Dnepr-Carpathian Offensive
- Nikopol–Krivoi Rog Offensive
- Bereznegovatoe-Snigirevskaya Offensive
- Odessa offensive
- Operation Bagration
- Lublin-Brest Offensive
- Vistula-Oder Offensive
- Warsaw-Poznan offensive
- Seelow-Berlin operation
- Berlin offensive
Cold War
Became 57th Guards Motor Rifle Division on 17 May 1957 at Naumburg, still with 8th Guards Army. During the 1980s it consisted of the:- 170th Guards Motor Rifle Regiment
- 174th Guards Motor Rifle Regiment
- 241th Guards Motor Rifle Regiment
- 57th Guards Tank Regiment
- 128th Artillery Regiment
Popular culture
The 57th Guards Motor Rifle Division is featured in the board game Red Storm Rising, based on Tom Clancy's book Red Storm Rising.The Division is also featured in the Operation Sledgehammer in WARNO.