The 36th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade is an infantry brigade of the

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, which traces its heritage to the creation of the 38th Guards Rifle Division from the

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during

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. The division gained its honorific on 23 September 1943 for its part in the seizure of

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in Ukraine. In June 1957, the 38th Guards Rifle Division was reorganised as the 38th Guards Motor Rifle Division. The division was moved to

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in 1967. In 1989 the division was reorganised as the 131st Guards Machine-Gun Artillery Division. The division moved its headquarters to Olavyannaya in

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in Chita Oblast in 1992. In 2001 it was converted into a motor rifle division. In June 2009 the division was reorganised as a motor rifle brigade and moved to

Borzya Borzya ( rus, Борзя, p=ˈborzʲə; bua, Бооржо, ''Boorjo''; mn, Боорж, ''Boorj'') is a town and the administrative center of Borzinsky District in Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia, located southeast of Chita, the administrative center ...

. The brigade took part in the

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