5th Rifle Division (Poland)

This unit should not be confused with the 5th Rifle Division (II Polish Corps in Russia).

Polish 5th Siberian Rifle Division (Polish: 5. Dywizja Strzelców Polskich, Russian: Польская 5-я Стрелковая Дивизия; also known as the Siberian Division [Dywizja Syberyjska, Сибирский Дивизион] and Siberian Brigade [Brygada Syberyjska, Сибирский Бригада]) was a Polish military unit formed in 1919 in Russia during the aftermath of World War I. The division fought during the Polish-Soviet War, but as it was attached to the White Russian formations, it is considered to have fought more in the Russian Civil War. Its tradition was continued in the Polish Army as the 30th Infantry Division.

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