57th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade

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57th Separate Guards Kransograd Red Banner Order of Suvorov Motor Rifle Brigade
57-я отдельная гвардейская мотострелковая Красноградская Краснознамённая, ордена Суворова бригада
Sleeve patch of the brigade
Active2009–present
Country Russia
Branch Russian Ground Forces
TypeMotorized infantry
SizeBrigade
Part of5th Guards Combined Arms Army
Garrison/HQBikin
Engagements
DecorationsGuards unit Guards
Order of the Red Banner Order of the Red Banner
Order of Suvorov 2nd Class Order of Suvorov
Battle honoursKrasnograd

The 57th Separate Guards Kransograd Red Banner Order of Suvorov Motor Rifle Brigade (Russian: 57-я отдельная гвардейская мотострелковая Красноградская Краснознамённая, ордена Суворова бригада; MUN 46102) is a unit of the Russian Ground Forces. It traces its history back to the Soviet 81st Guards Rifle Division. It is part of the 5th Combined Arms Army. It is the only unit of the 5th Army located outside Primorsky Krai, in Bikin.[1]

History

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Soviet Union

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Main article: 81st Guards Rifle Division

The unit's predecessor is the 422nd Rifle Division (2nd formation), formed by order of the Stavka of the Supreme High Command on 4 March 1942 in Bikin in the Russian Far East. The division first saw combat in the Battle of Stalingrad and was redesignated as the 81st Guards Rifle Division on 1 March 1943 in recognition of its performance.[2]

The division participated in the Battle of Kursk and the crossing of the Dnieper. On 19 September 1943, the division received the honorary title "Krasnograd" for the liberation of the city of Krasnograd in Kharkov Oblast. Its subsequent combat path went through Romania, Hungary, and Austria.[2][3] On 8 January 1944, the division was awarded the Order of the Red Banner,[4] and on 6 January 1945, it was awarded the Order of Suvorov, 2nd class.[5]

During 1946–1948, as part of postwar reforms, the division was reorganised into the 9th Guards Rifle Brigade, but this change was reversed in 1953.[6]: 148  In 1957, the unit was reorganised into the 81st Guards Motor Rifle Division.[6]: 166 

Russian Federation

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In 2009, the unit was reformed into the 57th Guards Motor Rifle Brigade.[2]

During the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the brigade was deployed in southern Donetsk Oblast. During the 2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive, the unit was engaged in fighting near the villages of Andriivka and Kurdiumivka south of Bakhmut.[1][7] Since April 2024, the brigade has been operating in the Vuhledar region along with the 36th Motor Rifle Brigade[8] before launching a renewed offensive on the city in September.[9] After the fall of the city, the unit took part in the Velyka Novosilka offensive.[10]

References

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  1. ^ a b Нахимов, Сергей (2023-11-14). "57-я мотострелковая бригада: участие в СВО, состав и вооружение" [57th Motor Rifle Brigade: participation in the SMO, composition and armament]. AmalNews (in Russian). Retrieved 2025-09-03.
  2. ^ a b c "На полигоне «Бикинский»: Юбилей гвардейской мотострелковой бригады" [At the "Bikin" training ground: Anniversary of the Guards Motor Rifle Brigade]. Молодой дальневосточник (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2017-12-19. Retrieved 2017-12-19.
  3. ^ "Приказы Верховного Главнокомандующего в период Великой Отечественной войны" [Orders of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief during the Great Patriotic War]. www.soldat.ru. Retrieved 2025-09-30.
  4. ^ Сборник приказов РВСР, РВС СССР, НКО и Указов Президиума Верховного Совета СССР о награждении орденами СССР частей, соединениий и учреждений ВС СССР. Часть I. 1920 - 1944 гг [Collection of orders of the RVSR, RVS USSR and NKO on awarding orders to units, formations and establishments of the Armed Forces of the USSR. Part I. 1920–1944]. Москва: Управление делами Министерства обороны СССР. 1967. p. 249.
  5. ^ Сборник приказов РВСР, РВС СССР, НКО и Указов Президиума Верховного Совета СССР о награждении орденами СССР частей, соединениий и учреждений ВС СССР. Часть II. 1945 - 1966 гг [Collection of orders of the RVSR, RVS USSR and NKO on awarding orders to units, formations and establishments of the Armed Forces of the USSR. Part II. 1945–1966]. Москва: Управление делами Министерства обороны СССР. 1967. p. 35.
  6. ^ a b Феськов, В.И.; Голиков, В.И.; Калашников, К.А.; Слугин, С.А. (2013). Вооружённые Силы СССР после Второй мировой войны: от Красной Армии к Советской. Часть 1: Сухопутные войска [The Armed Forces of the USSR after World War II: from the Red Army to the Soviet. Part 1: Ground Forces] (in Russian). Томск: Издательство Томского университета.
  7. ^ Cafarella, Jennifer (2023-06-09). "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, June 8, 2023". Institute for the Study of War. Retrieved 2025-10-01.
  8. ^ Cafarella, Jennifer (2024-04-11). "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, April 10, 2024". Institute for the Study of War. Retrieved 2025-10-01.
  9. ^ Axe, David. "Russia May Finally Capture Vuhledar. It Has Cost Thousands Of Troops". Forbes. Retrieved 2025-10-01.
  10. ^ Cafarella, Jennifer (2024-12-12). "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 11, 2024". Institute for the Study of War. Retrieved 2025-10-01.