The 134th Motor Rifle Division was a motorized infantry division of the

Soviet Army The Soviet Ground Forces () was the land warfare service branch of the Soviet Armed Forces from 1946 to 1992. It was preceded by the Red Army. After the Soviet Union ceased to exist in December 1991, the Ground Forces remained under th ...

. It existed between 1980 and 1989 and was based in

Dushanbe Dushanbe is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Tajikistan. , Dushanbe had a population of 1,564,700, with this population being largely Tajiks, Tajik. Until 1929, the city was known in Russian as Dyushambe, and from 1929 to 1961 as St ...

History

The 134th Motor Rifle Division was activated in February 1980 in

, subordinated to the

Central Asian Military District The Red Banner Central Asian Military District was a military district of the Soviet Armed Forces, which existed in 1926–1945 and 1969–1989, with its headquarters at Tashkent (1926–1945) and Almaty (1969–1989). By USSR Order No.304 of 4 ...

's 17th Army Corps. It replaced the

201st Motor Rifle Division The Russian 201st Military Base (; ) is a List of Russian military bases abroad, Russian military base based in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, part of the Central Military District. It was originally raised twice in World War II as part of the Soviet Un ...

, which had been transferred to

Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. It is bordered by Pakistan to the Durand Line, east and south, Iran to the Afghanistan–Iran borde ...

. During the

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, it was maintained at 15% strength. In February 1989, it was disbanded and absorbed by the 201st Motor Rifle Division.

Composition

In 1988, the division was composed of the following units. All units were based at Dushanbe unless noted. * 92nd Motorized Rifle Regiment * 806th Motorized Rifle Regiment (

Kurgan-Tyube Bokhtar (), previously known as Qurghonteppa, Kurganteppa and Kurgan-Tyube, is a city in southwestern Tajikistan, which serves as the capital of the Khatlon region. Bokhtar is the largest city in southern Tajikistan, and is located south of Dusha ...

) * 1208th Motorized Rifle Regiment (

Kulyab Kulob or Khatlon is a city in Khatlon Region in southern Tajikistan. Located southeast of the capital Dushanbe on the river Yakhsu (a right tributary of Panj), it is one of the largest cities in the country. Its population is estimated at 106 ...

) * 401st Tank Regiment * Artillery Regiment * 990th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment * 837th Separate Missile Battalion (Kurgan-Tyube) * Separate Anti-Tank Artillery Battalion * Separate Reconnaissance Battalion * Separate Engineer-Sapper Battalion * Separate Communications Battalion * Separate Chemical Defence Company * Separate Equipment Maintenance and Recovery Battalion * Separate Medical Battalion * Separate Material Supply Battalion

References

{{Soviet Union divisions Military units and formations established in 1980 Military units and formations disestablished in 1989 Motor rifle divisions of the Soviet Union