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The 68th Mountain Rifle Division (Russian: 68-я горнострелковая дивизия) was a mountain infantry division of the Red Army before and during World War II. Formed in late 1919 during the Russian Civil War as the 3rd Turkestan Rifle Division, it served with the Turkestan Front in the defeat of White Cossack forces for the next several months. The division began participating in the suppression of the Basmachi movement in late 1920, and was briefly renumbered as the 2nd Turkestan Rifle Division between 1921 and 1922. The division was stationed in the Dushanbe area from 1923 and eliminated the last remnants of the Basmachi in that area within a year. It was awarded the in 1928 and converted to a mountain division a year later before being redesignated as the 3rd Turkestan Mountain Rifle Divisi

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  • The 68th Mountain Rifle Division (Russian: 68-я горнострелковая дивизия) was a mountain infantry division of the Red Army before and during World War II. Formed in late 1919 during the Russian Civil War as the 3rd Turkestan Rifle Division, it served with the Turkestan Front in the defeat of White Cossack forces for the next several months. The division began participating in the suppression of the Basmachi movement in late 1920, and was briefly renumbered as the 2nd Turkestan Rifle Division between 1921 and 1922. The division was stationed in the Dushanbe area from 1923 and eliminated the last remnants of the Basmachi in that area within a year. It was awarded the in 1928 and converted to a mountain division a year later before being redesignated as the 3rd Turkestan Mountain Rifle Division. It became the 68th Mountain Rifle Division in 1936. The division fought in the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran in August and September 1941 and remained in Iran for the rest of World War II as part of the Soviet occupation force in the northern part of the country. It was disbanded postwar in 1946 when Soviet troops withdrew from northern Iran. (en)
  • 68-я горнострелковая дивизия — воинское соединение (горнострелковая дивизия) РККА Вооружённых Сил Союза ССР, принимавшее участие в борьбе с басмачеством и в Иранской операции 1941 года во время Великой Отечественной войны. (ru)
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  • 1919-01-01 (xsd:gYear)
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  • named for the Central Executive Committee of the Tajik ASSR (removed)
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  • named for the Central Executive Committee of the Tajik ASSR (en)
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  • Honorifics (en)
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  • 1920.0
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  • August 1941 (en)
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  • *182nd Mountain Rifle Regiment *230th Mountain Rifle Regiment *313th Mountain Rifle Regiment *430th Mountain Rifle Regiment *139th Artillery Regiment *556th Howitzer Artillery Regiment *101st Separate Communications Battalion *98th Separate Sapper Battalion *506th Separate Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion (en)
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  • 68-я горнострелковая дивизия — воинское соединение (горнострелковая дивизия) РККА Вооружённых Сил Союза ССР, принимавшее участие в борьбе с басмачеством и в Иранской операции 1941 года во время Великой Отечественной войны. (ru)
  • The 68th Mountain Rifle Division (Russian: 68-я горнострелковая дивизия) was a mountain infantry division of the Red Army before and during World War II. Formed in late 1919 during the Russian Civil War as the 3rd Turkestan Rifle Division, it served with the Turkestan Front in the defeat of White Cossack forces for the next several months. The division began participating in the suppression of the Basmachi movement in late 1920, and was briefly renumbered as the 2nd Turkestan Rifle Division between 1921 and 1922. The division was stationed in the Dushanbe area from 1923 and eliminated the last remnants of the Basmachi in that area within a year. It was awarded the in 1928 and converted to a mountain division a year later before being redesignated as the 3rd Turkestan Mountain Rifle Divisi (en)
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  • 68th Mountain Rifle Division (en)
  • 68-я горнострелковая дивизия (формирования 1936 года) (ru)
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