2nd Guards Motor Rifle Division

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Active: 1941–2009/2013–present

Country: Soviet Union (until 1991) / Russia

Branch: Russian Ground Forces

Type: Division

Size: 12,000~15,000 soldiers

Part of: Western Military District

Garrison/HQ: Moscow

Nickname(s):

Tamanskaya
Tamansov
Taman Division
Taman Guards

Motto(s): "Rodina, chest, slava" (Motherland, Honour, Glory)

Engagements:

World War II
Soviet War in Afghanistan
1993 Russian constitutional crisis
First Chechen war
Second Chechen war
War of Dagestan
2008 South Ossetia war
Russian military intervention in the Syrian Civil War

Decorations:

Order of October Revolution
Order of Red Banner
Order of Suvorov

The 2nd Guards Motor Rifle 'Tamanskaya' Division named after M.I. Kalinin, also known as the Tamanskaya Division, Taman Division and Taman Guards (Cyrillic: 2-я гвардейская мотострелковая Таманская ордена Октябрьской Революции Краснознаменная ордена Суворова дивизия имени М. И. Калинина, Guards Motor Rifle Tamanskaya Division) (Military Unit Number (V/Ch) 23626), is one of the most famous and decorated divisions of the Russian Ground Forces.

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