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57th Guards Motor Rifle Division
The 57th Guards Motor Rifle Division was a division of the Soviet Ground Forces. 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 (Second formation) 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 It fought on the Don River, in Ukraine, on the Vistula River, and in the Berlin Operation. With 8th Guards Army of the 1st Belorussian Front May 1945. Cold War Became 57th Guards Motor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soviet Ground Forces
uk, Радянська армія , image = File:Communist star with golden border and red rims.svg , alt = , caption = Emblem of the Soviet Army , start_date = 25 February 1946 , country = (1946–1991)' (1991–1992) , branch = , type = Army , role = Land warfare , size = 3,668,075 active (1991) 4,129,506 reserve (1991) , command_structure = , garrison = , garrison_label = , nickname = "Red Army" , patron = , motto = ''За нашу Советскую Родину!(Za nashu Sovetskuyu Rodinu!)''"For our Soviet Motherland!" , colors = Red and yellow , colors_label = , march ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don (Russia)
The Don ( rus, Дон, p=don) is the fifth-longest river in Europe. Flowing from Central Russia to the Sea of Azov in Southern Russia, it is one of Russia's largest rivers and played an important role for traders from the Byzantine Empire. Its basin is between the Dnieper basin to the west, the lower Volga basin immediately to the east, and the Oka basin (tributary of the Volga) to the north. Native to much of the basin were Slavic nomads. The Don rises in the town of Novomoskovsk southeast of Tula (in turn south of Moscow), and flows 1,870 kilometres to the Sea of Azov. The river's upper half ribbles (meanders subtly) south; however, its lower half consists of a great eastern curve, including Voronezh, making its final stretch, an estuary, run west south-west. The main city on the river is Rostov-on-Don. Its main tributary is the Seversky Donets, centred on the mid-eastern end of Ukraine, thus the other country in the overall basin. To the east of a series of three g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
