25th Guards Rifle Division [SEP] conflict
of World War II (after 1955?), the 25th Guards Rifle Division was given the name and honors of the pre-war 25th Rifle Division, which had been destroyed in the Siege of Sevastopol. Thus it received the name 'Chapayevskaya' after the commander of the 25th RD during the Civil War, Vasily Chapayev. The division's full title became 25th Guards Rifle Sinelnikovo-Budapest Orders of Red Banner, Suvorov and B. Khmelnitsky Division named for V.I. Chapayev ("".)
Cold War service.
- 518th Rifle Regiment (from 28 November 1941) becomes 40th Guards Rifle Regiment
- 282nd Rifle Regiment (from 13 December 1941) becomes 27th Guards Rifle Regiment (formally with the 19th Rifle Division)
- 702nd Separate Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion becomes 8th Guards Sep AA Artillery Battery (formally 146th Sep. AA Artillery Battery)
- 477th Reconnaissance Company becomes 9th Guards Reconnaissance Company
- 461st Sapper Battalion becomes 15th Guards Sapper Battalion
- 866th Separate Signals Battalion becomes 12th Sep. Signals Battalion
- 500th Medical Battalion becomes 381st