74th Guards Rifle Division
| 74th Guards Rifle Division | |
|---|---|
| Active | 1 Mar 1943 – 1946 |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Branch | Ground Forces |
| Type | Infantry |
| Size | Division |
| Engagements | Donbass Strategic Offensive Izyum-Barvenkovo Offensive Barvenkov-Pavlograd Offensive Lublin-Brest Offensive Krivoi Rog Offensive Nikopol Offensive Bereznegovatoye-Snigirevka Offensive Odessa Offensive Vistula–Oder Offensive Battle of the Seelow Heights Berlin Strategic Offensive |
| Decorations | Order of Lenin Order of the Red Banner Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky II Class |
| Battle honours | Nizhnedneprovskiy |
The 74th Guards Rifle Division was a Guards infantry division of the Red Army during the Second World War. Its full formal name was the 74th Guards Nizhnedneprovskiy Order of Lenin twice Red Banner Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky Rifle Division. It was formed from the 45th Rifle Division on 1 March 1943. The division's entire World War II service was with the 62nd Army, later the 8th Guards Army.