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The '''153rd Rifle Division''' was a Soviet infantry division of the [[Red Army]] during [[World War II]]. It was formed in the [[Volga-Ural Military District|Ural Military District]]. On 22 June 1941 when the German [[Operation Barbarossa]] began, it was serving under command of [[Nikolai Gagen]] with the 51st Rifle Corps of the [[22nd Army (Soviet Union)|22nd Army]]. By 29 June 1941, after the effective destruction of the [[37th Rifle Division]], a composite regiment (20th Rifle Regiment) formed mostly from 37th Rifle Division rear units (''Tyl'') was attached to the division.<ref name=rkka37>http://www.rkka.ru/handbook/reg/37sd.htm</ref>
The 153rd Rifle Division was one of the first divisions to be designated a [[Russian Guards|Guards]] formation, becoming [[3rd Guards Rifle Division]] on September 18, 1941, due to 'its combat record in Belarus and [[Battle of Smolensk (1941)|Smolensk]]'. It was reformed for the second time in February 1942, and later became the [[57th Guards Rifle Division]] in December 1942, after fighting with the [[63rd Army (Soviet Union)|63rd Army]].
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