295th Motor Rifle Division
military unit
The 295th Khersonskaya order of Lenin Red Banner order of Suvorov Motorised Rifle Division (Russian: 295-я мотострелковая Херсонская ордена Ленина Краснознамённая ордена Суворова дивизия) (Military Unit: 39486) was a division of the Soviet Ground Forces. It was based in Baku for its entire existence.
The division had gained the honorific "Kherson" by Prikaz of the VGK No. 67 of 23 March 1944.
After the end of the Second World War, the 295th Rifle Division (Second Formation) was initially part of the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany with the 32nd Rifle Corps in the summer of 1945. However, it was soon relocated to Stavropol in the North Caucasus Military District with the 23rd Rifle Corps, where it became the 30th Separate Rifle Brigade in 1946. In October 1953, the brigade was upgraded into the 295th Rifle Division. In 1955 it was renumbered the 49th Rifle Division.
On 25 June 1957 the division was reorganized as the 49th Motor Rifle Division. In November 1964 it was renamed as the 295th Motor Rifle Division, restoring its historic Second World War numerical designation.
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