17th Armored Brigade (Ukraine)
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The 17th Guards Armored Brigade is a formation of the Ukrainian Ground Forces
. Full name of the Brigade is 17th Separate Guards Kryvyi Rih orders of Red Banner and Suvorov Brigade. It was formally known as 17th Guards Tank Division.
The Brigade is located in Kryvyi Rih
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, in the Transbaikal Military District
. Beginning June 12, 1941 the division was relocated to Izyaslav, Khmelnytskyi Oblast
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The current unit's history stems from the 174th Rifle Division, which became the 20th Guards Rifle Division in 1942.
The history of the postwar 17th Guards Tank Division traces back to the 20th Guards Rifle Division which was active in 1945. Later it became the 35th Guards Mechanized Division, and by 1957 37th Guards Tank Division. In 1965 the 37th became the 17th Guards Tank Division, a designation it would retain until the fall of the Soviet Union.
Ukrainian Ground Forces
The Ukrainian Ground Forces are the land force component of the Military of Ukraine. They were formed from Soviet Army formations, units, and establishments, including three military districts , that were on Ukrainian soil when the Soviet Union collapsed in 1990-92.Between the fall of the USSR and...
. Full name of the Brigade is 17th Separate Guards Kryvyi Rih orders of Red Banner and Suvorov Brigade. It was formally known as 17th Guards Tank Division.
The Brigade is located in Kryvyi Rih
Kryvyi Rih
Kryvyi Rih or Krivoy Rog is a city in central Ukraine. It is situated in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, to the southwest of the oblast's administrative center, Dnipropetrovsk, at the confluence of the Inhulets and Saksahan rivers...
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History
The first 17th Tank Division was formed on the base of 37th light tank brigade. It also included 199th flamethrower and 526 transport battalions. On June 22, 1941 the Division was part of the 5th Mechanized CorpsMechanized Corps (Soviet)
A mechanised corps was a Soviet armoured formation used prior to the beginning of World War II.- Pre-war development of Soviet mechanised forces :...
, in the Transbaikal Military District
Transbaikal Military District
The Transbaikal Military District was a military district of first the Military of the Soviet Union and then the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, formed on May 17, 1935 and included the Buryat Republic, Chita Oblast, and Yakutia. Chita was the headquarters of the district...
. Beginning June 12, 1941 the division was relocated to Izyaslav, Khmelnytskyi Oblast
Khmelnytskyi Oblast
Khmelnytskyi Oblast is an oblast of western Ukraine. The administrative center of the oblast is the city of Khmelnytskyi.The current estimated population is around 1,401,140 .-Geography:...
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The current unit's history stems from the 174th Rifle Division, which became the 20th Guards Rifle Division in 1942.
Structure in 1941
- 33rd Tank Regiment
- 34th Tank Regiment
- 35th Tank Regiment
- 17th Mechanized Regiment
- 17th Artillery Regiment
- 17th Reconnaissance Battalion
- 17th Transport Battalion
- 17th Maintenance Battalion
The history of the postwar 17th Guards Tank Division traces back to the 20th Guards Rifle Division which was active in 1945. Later it became the 35th Guards Mechanized Division, and by 1957 37th Guards Tank Division. In 1965 the 37th became the 17th Guards Tank Division, a designation it would retain until the fall of the Soviet Union.
Current Structure
- 25th Armor Battalion
- 93rd Armor Battalion
- 230th Armor Battalion
- 869th Artillery Regiment
- 1069th Anti-Aircraft Regiment
- 145th Reconnaissance Battalion
- 812th Signal Battalion
- 1457th Combat Engineer Battalion
- 44th Chemical Battalion
- 1055th Supply Battalion
- 129th Repair Battalion
- 18th Medical Battalion
Past Commanders
- Iliya Prokopievich Alekseenko - Summer 1940 - 1 March 1941
- Ivan Petrovich Korchagin - 1 March 1941 - 28 August 1941
- Nikolay Mikhaylovich Dreyer - 25 February 1944 - April 1945
- Lieutenant Colonel Oleksandr Tarnavskiy - temporary commander