Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko te 36th Rifle Division he wehenga o te Red Army, a muri iho ko te Soviet Army. I whakatūria te wehenga i te tau 1919 hei 36th Rifle Division, ā, i whawhai i te Pakanga Taketake o Rūhia me te Pakanga o Rūhia.
Te pakanga Sino-Soviet o te tau 1929. I te tau 1937 ka noho ko te 36th Motorized Division. I whawhai te wehenga i nga Pakanga o Khalkhin Gol. I hurihia hei wehenga perehi motuka i te tau 1940 ka whawhai i te whakaekenga a te Soviet o Manchuria i te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao. I muri i te pakanga, ka noho ano hei wehenga pupuhi i mua i tana whakakorenga i te 1956. I whakapau te wehenga i te nuinga o tana ratonga katoa i te Rawhiti o te Rawhiti.