150th Guards Motor Rifle Division

150th Guards Motor Rifle Division
150-я гвардейская мотострелковая Идрицко-Берлинская ордена Кутузова дивизия
Great emblem of the 150th Motor Rifle Division
Active	September 1939 – December 1946 December 2016 – present
Country	Soviet Union (1939–1946)  Russia (2016–)
Branch	Red Army  Russian Ground Forces
Type	Division
Role	Mechanized infantry
Part of	Southern Military District 8th Guards Combined Arms Army
Garrison/HQ	Novocherkassk
Nickname(s)	Berlin-Idritskaya
Engagements	World War II Battle of Taipale Second Battle of Kharkov Battle of Stalingrad Battle of Berlin Russo-Ukrainian War Invasion of Ukraine Siege of Mariupol Battle of Marinka Pokrovsk offensive Battle of Kurakhove
Decorations	Order of Kutuzov, 2nd Class
Battle honours	Guards
Commanders
Current commander	Major General Vitaly Terekhin
Insignia
Division SSI

The 150th Guards Motor Rifle Berlin-Idritsa Order of Kutuzov Division (Russian: 150-я гвардейская мотострелковая Идрицко-Берлинская ордена Кутузова дивизия) of the Russian Ground Forces is a motorized rifle division that was re-instituted in 2016.^[1][2][3] It is part of the 8th Guards Combined Arms Army, which was reformed in 2017, in the Southern Military District.

Its Red Army predecessor fought on the Eastern Front of World War II from 1941 to 1945. It gained fame when its soldiers raised the Soviet flag over the Reichstag on May 2, 1945. The nickname ‘Idritskaya’ was given to the Soviet division on July 23, 1944, by the order № 207 for its heroic battle in the town of Idritsa. The division fought at Schneidemühl and Berlin.