56th Guards District Training Center



















































8th Rifle Brigade (1940 – February 1942)
136th Rifle Division (II) (February 1942 – January 1943)
63rd Guards Rifle Division (January 1943 – July 1946)
37th Guards Mechanised Division (July 1946 – 1957)
37th Guards Motor Rifle Division (1957–1964)
63rd Guards Training Motor Rifle Division (1965–1987)
56th District Training Centre
Active World War II
Country
 Soviet Union
 Russia
Branch
Red Army flag.svg Red Army
Type Infantry
Size Division
Part of Leningrad Front
Garrison/HQ
Sertalovo (1980s)
Engagements
Siege of Leningrad

  • Sinyavino Offensive

  • Operation Iskra

  • Operation Polyarnaya Zvezda


Leningrad-Novgorod Offensive


Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive
Commanders
(1940-June 1943) Nikolai Simoniak
(June 1943-1945) A. F. Sheglov
Notable
commanders		 Nikolai Simoniak

The 63rd Guards Rifle Division was a Soviet division during World War II. Among other operations, it fought in the Battle of Tali-Ihantala from June 25 to July 9, 1944, during the Continuation War.


In July 1946, it became 37th Guards Mechanised Division, and in 1957 the 37th Guards Motor Rifle Division.[1] It was located at Sertalovo in the Leningrad Military District.


On 6 February 1965 it regained its Second World War number and became the 63rd Guards Training Motor Rifle Division.[2] (In late 1964 the previous 63 MRD in Lugansk, Kiev MD, had been redesignated the 4th Guards Motor Rifle Division.)


In the 1980s it was the 63rd Guards Motor Rifle Training Division.


In 1987 it became the 56th Guards District Training Centre.



References




  1. ^ Feskov et al 2013, p. 438.


  2. ^ Holm, Michael. "63rd Guards Training Motorised Rifle Division". www.ww2.dk. Retrieved 2016-02-20..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


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  • 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.


  • Glantz, David M. (2002). The Battle for Leningrad 1941–1944. Kansas University Press. ISBN 0-7006-1208-4.










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