The 134th Motor Rifle Division was a motorized infantry division of the

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. It existed between 1980 and 1989 and was based in

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History

The 134th Motor Rifle Division was activated in February 1980 in

, subordinated to the

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's 17th Army Corps. It replaced the

201st Motor Rifle Division The Russian 201st Military Base ( tg, Пойгоҳи низомии 201-и Русия; russian: 201-я российская военная база) is a Russian military base based in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, part of the Central Military Distric ...

, which had been transferred to

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. During the

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, it was maintained at 15% strength. In February 1989, it was disbanded and absorbed by the 201st Motor Rifle Division.

Composition

In 1988, the division was composed of the following units. All units were based at Dushanbe unless noted. * 92nd Motorized Rifle Regiment * 806th Motorized Rifle Regiment (

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) * 1208th Motorized Rifle Regiment (

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) * 401st Tank Regiment * Artillery Regiment * 990th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment * 837th Separate Missile Battalion (Kurgan-Tyube) * Separate Anti-Tank Artillery Battalion * Separate Reconnaissance Battalion * Separate Engineer-Sapper Battalion * Separate Communications Battalion * Separate Chemical Defence Company * Separate Equipment Maintenance and Recovery Battalion * Separate Medical Battalion * Separate Material Supply Battalion

References

{{Soviet Union divisions Military units and formations established in 1980 Military units and formations disestablished in 1989 Motor rifle divisions of the Soviet Union