The 22nd Mechanized Brigade "Mykolaiv" is a formation of the

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. It traces its origins to the 66th Guards Rifle Division, originally a formation of the

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and later of the

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. The unit became the 22nd Mechanized Brigade in 2000 and was disbanded in 2003, before being reactivated in 2023 amid the

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History

First formation

By Order of the People's Commissariat of Defense of the USSR № 034 from January 21, 1943, the 293rd Rifle Division was reorganized into the 66th Guards Rifle Division. Major General Akim Yakshin became Division's new commander after

Pavel Lagutin Pavel Filippovich Lagutin (Russian: Павел Филиппович Лагутин; 27 January 1896–31 January 1975) was a Soviet Army lieutenant general who commanded the 293rd Rifle Division during World War II. He led the 293rd from its for ...

was promoted to

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of the 21st Army. On February 7, 1943, most of the Divisions units were renamed. On March 17, 1943, the 66th was assigned to

6th Guards Rifle Corps The 6th Guards Danube Rifle Corps was a rifle corps of the Red Army during World War II. During the war, it formed part of the 8th, 2nd Shock, 1st Guards, 46th, 37th, and 57th Armies. History The corps headquarters was formed on 16 March 1 ...

, 1st Guards Army, Southwestern Front,Units of World War II
from May 5, 1943, the 66th was assigned to

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Steppe Military District The Steppe Military District () was a Military districts of the Soviet Union, military district of the Soviet Union, formed twice. It was first formed in April 1943 during World War II near Voronezh as a strategic reserve, and after the beginning ...

. From May 9, 1943, the 66th was with

32nd Guards Rifle Corps 3 (three) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 2 and preceding 4, and is the smallest odd prime number and the only prime preceding a square number. It has religious and cultural significance in many societies ...

. During

Battle of Kursk The Battle of Kursk, also called the Battle of the Kursk Salient, was a major World War II Eastern Front battle between the forces of Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union near Kursk in southwestern Russia during the summer of 1943, resulting in ...

and

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the 66th was with 33rd Guards Rifle Corps

, later she was again assigned to 32nd Guards Corps. On September 23, 1943, the 66th was awarded with the honorable name "Poltava" by Supreme Commander. By the end of October the 66th was with

53rd Army The 53rd Army was a field army of the Soviet Union's Red Army which was formed in August 1941, disbanded in December 1941, and reformed in May 1942. It fought throughout World War II before again being disbanded after the war in October 1945. Th ...

2nd Ukrainian Front The 2nd Ukrainian Front () was a front of the Red Army during the Second World War. History On October 20, 1943, the Steppe Front was renamed the 2nd Ukrainian Front. In mid-May 1944 Malinovsky took over the 2nd Ukrainian Front. During t ...

. On November 28, 1943, Major General Sergey Frolov became new Divisions commander, he would remain there until the end of the war. On November 30, 1943, the 66th was with 20th Guards Rifle Corps

4th Guards Army The 4th Guards Army was an elite Guards field army of the Soviet Union during World War II and the early postwar era. History On April 16, 1943, the Supreme Command ordered the army to be established. On May 5, 1943, the army was formed on th ...

. On January 3, 1944 66th was assigned to 48th Rifle Corps

. While taking part in Korsun-Shevchenkovsky Offensive Operation, 66th was with 75th Rifle Corps, later she was assigned to 26th Guards Rifle Corps. On March 1, 1943, 66th was with

69th Army The 69th Army () was a field army established by the Soviet Union's Red Army during the Second World War. History Formation, Operation Star, and Third Battle of Kharkov The army was formed in February 1943 with the Voronezh Front from the 18 ...

reserve of

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near

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Cherkasy Oblast Cherkasy Oblast (, ), also referred to as Cherkashchyna (, ) is an administrative divisions of Ukraine, oblast (province) in central Ukraine located along the Dnieper, Dnieper River. The Capital city, administrative center of the oblast is the cit ...

. On April 11, 1944 Division was relocated by rail to

Zaporizhia Zaporizhzhia, formerly known as Aleksandrovsk or Oleksandrivsk until 1921, is a city in southeast Ukraine, situated on the banks of the Dnieper River. It is the administrative centre of Zaporizhzhia Oblast. Zaporizhzhia has a population of ...

with

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. During

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66th was with 95th Rifle Corps 18th Army

. During the

East Carpathian Strategic Offensive Operation The Battle of the Dukla Pass, also known as the Dukla, Carpatho–Dukla, Rzeszów–Dukla, or Dukla–Prešov offensive, was the battle for control over the Dukla Pass on the border between Poland and Slovakia on the Eastern Front of World War ...

(the Dnieper–Carpathian Offensive) the division was assigned to 18th Guards Rifle Corps 18th Army

4th Ukrainian Front The 4th Ukrainian Front () was the name of two distinct Red Army strategic army groups that fought on the Eastern Front in World War II. The front was first formed on 20 October 1943, by renaming the Southern Front and was involved in the Lower ...

. From September 16, 1944, Division also took part in Carpathian-Uzhgorod Offensive. On November 14, 1944, 66th with 18th Guards Rifle Corps was assigned to

where she took part in

Battle of Budapest The siege of Budapest or battle of Budapest was the 50-day-long encirclement by Soviet and Romanian forces of the Hungarian capital of Budapest, near the end of World War II. Part of the broader Budapest Offensive, the siege began when Budapes ...

. On January 23, 1943 66th was with 104th Rifle Corps

3rd Ukrainian Front The 3rd Ukrainian Front () was a Front of the Soviet Red Army during World War II. It was founded on 20 October 1943, on the basis of a Stavka order of October 16, 1943, by renaming the Southwestern Front. It included 1st Guards Army, 8th Gua ...

and took part in

Balaton Defensive Operation Operation Spring Awakening () was the last major German offensive of World War II. The operation was referred to in Nazi Germany, Germany as the Plattensee Offensive and in the Soviet Union as the Balaton Defensive Operation. It took place in Kin ...

. On April 5, 1945, the Division was awarded

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. From April 15, 1945 66th was with 21st Guards Rifle Corps

and took part in

Vienna Offensive The Vienna offensive was an offensive launched by the Soviet 2nd and 3rd Ukrainian Fronts in order to capture Vienna, Austria, during World War II. The offensive lasted from 16 March to 15 April 1945. After several days of street-to-street figh ...

. Division finished combat operations in

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on May 8, 1945 After

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66th with 27th Army from June 3 to August 23, 1945, was relocating to

Ukraine Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the List of European countries by area, second-largest country in Europe after Russia, which Russia–Ukraine border, borders it to the east and northeast. Ukraine also borders Belarus to the nor ...

into

Carpathian Military District The Red Banner Carpathian Military District (, ) was a military district of the Soviet Armed Forces during the Cold War and subsequently of the Armed Forces of Ukraine during the early Post-Soviet period. It was established on 3 May 1946 on the ...

. Its first base was in

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. From October 1946 Division was assigned to 38th Army in

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.47th Anniversary of the 66th Brigade
/ref> Feskov pg. 86 Division took part in

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. On June 15, 1957 66th Guards Rifle Division became 66th Guards Motor Rifle Division. On September 15, 1960, 66th became 66th Guards Training Motor Rifle Division. In 1987, 66th Guards Training Motor Rifle Division became 110th Guards Separate Training Center for junior specialists of motor rifle troops of the

. During the

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, they were stationed in the Samarkhel Military Base in

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, as well as Asadabad, before 2 February 1989 where control was handed over to the

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’s 11th Motorized Infantry Division. The Training Center became under Ukrainian control after Ukraine declared independence from the Soviet Union. On January 19, 1992, the Training Center along with all other units stationed in Ukraine, pledged their allegiance to Ukrainian people. In May 1992, the 110th Guards

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s Training Center was disbanded by the directive of the

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. On September 1, 1992, a new 66th Mechanized Division started forming on the basis of units from the disbanded Training Center. A few units from the 17th Guards Motor Rifle Division were added to the Division, when the 17th was reduced to a Brigade. Division was a part of the 38th Army Corps (former 38th Army) Western Operational Command. On October 26, 1999,

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awarded the Division with

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title.Order of the President № 1392/99
/ref> On October 30, 2000, all of the honorifics which the Division earned throughout her history were restored. Name of the Division became 66th Guards Bukovina, Poltava Red Banner Mechanized Division. Soon after, the Division was reformed into the 22nd Mechanized Brigade, all of the Divisions

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was lost. During 2003 only 300th Mechanized Regiment remained, the rest of the units of the brigade were disbanded.

Second formation

In early 2023, during the

, the brigade was reactivated and was armed with ex-Soviet weaponry, such as

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fighting vehicles,

BM-21 The BM-21 "Grad" () is a self-propelled 122 mm multiple rocket launcher designed in the Soviet Union. The system and the M-21OF rocket were first developed in the early 1960s, and saw their first combat use in March 1969 during the Sino-So ...

rocket-launchers,

2S1 The 2S1 ''Gvozdika'' (, "Dianthus caryophyllus, Carnation") is a Soviet Self-propelled artillery, self-propelled howitzer introduced in 1972 and is in service in Russia and other countries . It is based on the MT-LBu multi-purpose chassis, mount ...

and

2S3 The SO-152 (Russian: СО-152), usually known by its GRAU designation 2S3 (), is a Soviet 152.4 mm self-propelled gun developed in 1968, as a response to the American 155 mm M109 howitzer. Development began in 1967, according to the Res ...

howitzers, and

ZU-23 The ZU-23-2, also known as ZU-23, is a Soviet towed 23×152mm anti-aircraft twin-barreled autocannon. ZU stands for ''Zenitnaya Ustanovka'' (Russian: Зенитная Установка) – anti-aircraft mount. The GRAU index is 2A13. Developm ...

anti-aircraft guns. In addition, it received modernized T-72 tanks, including T-72AMT, T-72 Ural, and the Polish-supplied

PT-91 Twardy The PT-91 Twardy (, English: Hard) is a Polish main battle tank. A development of the T-72M1, it entered service in 1995. The PT-91 was designed at the OBRUM (''Ośrodek Badawczo-Rozwojowy Urządzeń Mechanicznych'', or ''Research and Deve ...

, as well as American-supplied

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vehicles. In June 2023, some units of the brigade were seen taking part in the

battle of Bakhmut The battle of Bakhmut was a major battle between the Russian Armed Forces and the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Ukrainian Armed Forces for control of the city of Bakhmut, during the eastern Ukraine campaign, a theatre of the Russian invasion of Uk ...

. The brigade was among the first to enter Russia's

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during the Ukrainian operation there. In early January 2025, a unit of the 22nd Brigade published footage depicting the brigade's 1st Mechanized Battalion, in cooperation with other units, clearing the village of in Kursk Oblast from

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n forces, reportedly killing at least nine of them. In late January 2025, the 1st Battalion claimed to have killed a North Korean special forces company commander during combat near Malaya Loknya. On 5 May 2025, the brigade was awarded the honorary name "

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" by a decree of President

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Order of battle

293rd Rifle Division (July 7, 1941)

*1032nd Rifle Regiment *1034th Rifle Regiment *1036th Rifle Regiment *817th Artillery Regiment *576th Separate Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion *350th Separate Reconnaissance Battalion *586th Engineer Battalion *571st Separate Signal Battalion *721st Transport Company *319th Medical Battalion *384th Separate Chemical Company *377th Field Bakery *645th Divisions Veterinary Hospital *973rd Field Post Office *859th field branch of State Bank of the USSR

293rd Rifle Division (October 12, 1942)

*1032nd Rifle Regiment *1034th Rifle Regiment *1036th Rifle Regiment *817th Artillery Regiment *331st Anti-Tank Battalion *586th Separate Engineer Battalion *414th Separate Anti-Aircraft Battery *350th Separate Reconnaissance Company *243rd Separate Supply Company *384th Separate Chemical Company *319th Separate Medical Battalion *420th Transport Company *27th Field Bakery *645th Divisions Veterinary Hospital *973rd Field Post Office *859th field branch of State Bank of the USSR *Training Rifle Battalion List of Divisions renamed during World War II
/ref>

66th Guards Rifle Division (February 7, 1943 – June 15, 1957)

*145th Guards Rifle Regiment *193rd Guards Rifle Regiment *195th Guards Rifle Regiment *135th Guards Artillery Regiment *71st Guards Anti-Tank Battalion *74th Separate Guards Engineer Battalion *81st Guards Separate Anti-Aircraft Battery *67th Separate Guards Reconnaissance Company *94th Separate Guards Supply Company *68th Separate Guards Chemical Company *72nd Separate Medical Battalion *70th Transport Company *64th Field Bakery *65th Divisions Veterinary Hospital *973rd Field Post Office *859th field branch of State Bank of the USSR *Training Rifle Battalion

66th Guards Motor Rifle Division (June 15, 1957 – September 15, 1960)

*145th Guards Motor Rifle Regiment *193rd Guards Motor Rifle Regiment *195th Guards Motor Rifle Regiment *128th Guards Tank Regiment *358th Separate Signal Battalion *278th Separate Chemical Platoon *495th Separate Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion *101st Separate Reconnaissance Company *358th Separate Guards Signal Company *74th Separate Guards Engineer Battalion

66th Guards Training Motor Rifle Division (September 15, 1960 – 1987)

*145th Guards Training Motor Rifle Regiment *193rd Guards Training Motor Rifle Regiment – 193rd Motor Rifle Regiment (1961) *195th Guards Training Motor Rifle Regiment *128th Guards Training Tank Regiment *135th Guards Training Artillery Regiment *495th Separate Guards Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion *74th Separate Guards Training Engineer Battalion *179th Separate Guards Training Signal Battalion *81st Separate Training Chemical Battalion – 56th Separate Chemical Company – 524th Separate Training Chemical Battalion (1961) – 247th Separate Chemical Company (1985) *79th Separate Training Medical Battalion *363rd Separate Transport Company *650th Armored Maintenance Depot (until March 1, 1964) *792nd Auto Maintenance Depot (until March 1, 1964) *847th Separate Rocket Battalion (May 1, 1962) *435th Separate Maintenance Battalion (March 1, 1964) – 435th Separate Training Maintenance Battalion (December 1, 1972) *1262nd Separate Training Repair Battalion (1985)

110th Guards Separate Training Center (1987–1992)

*145th Guards Training Budapest Motor Rifle Regiment (

) *193rd Guards Training Motor Rifle Regiment (

) *195th Guards Training Motor Rifle Regiment (

) *128th Guards Training Tank Regiment (

Storozhynets Storozhynets (, ; ; see below for other names) is a small city located in Chernivtsi Raion, Chernivtsi Oblast of western Ukraine, north of the border with Romania. It hosts the administration of Storozhynets urban hromada, one of the hromadas ...

) *135th Guards Training Artillery Regiment (

) *1292nd Training Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment (

) *847th Separate Rocket Battalion (

) *1262nd Separate Training Reconnaissance Battalion (

) *179th Separate Guards Signal Battalion (

) *74th Separate Training Engineer Battalion (

) *79th Separate Medical Battalion *780th Separate Supply Battalion *435th Separate Training Maintenance Battalion

66th Mechanized Division (1992–2000)

*Headquarters (

) * 200th Mechanized Regiment (

) * 300th Mechanized Regiment (

) * 301st Mechanized Regiment (

) * 201st Armored Regiment (

) * 50th Separate Engineer Battalion (village Ruda,

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) * 28th Separate Signal Battalion (

) * 70th Separate Maintenance Battalion (

) * 180th Separate Combat Service Support Battalion (

) * 50th Separate Medical Battalion (

) * 26th Separate Reconnaissance Battalion (

) * 15th Separate Chemical Battalion (

) * 245th Separate Anti-Tank Battalion (

) * 93rd Artillery Regiment * 300th Anti-Aircraft Regiment * 40th Separate Electronic Warfare Company * 2238th Field Post Office *Training Range

22nd Mechanized Brigade (2000–2003)

* 300th Mechanized Regiment (

) * 201st Armored Regiment (

) * 2206th Separate Brigade Artillery Group (

) * 26th Separate Reconnaissance Battalion (

) * 28th Separate Signal Battalion (

) * 50th Separate Engineer Battalion (village Ruda,

) * 180th Separate Combat Service Support Battalion (

) * 70th Separate Maintenance Battalion (

)

22nd Mechanized Brigade (2022–)

* Headquarters & Headquarters Company * 1st Mechanized Battalion * 2nd Mechanized Battalion * 3rd Mechanized Battalion * 409riflebat

409th Separate Rifle Battalion (A4818) *

Tank A tank is an armoured fighting vehicle intended as a primary offensive weapon in front-line ground combat. Tank designs are a balance of heavy firepower, strong armour, and battlefield mobility provided by tracks and a powerful engine; ...

Battalion * Field Artillery Regiment ** Headquarters and Target Acquisition Battery ** Recon Battery ** Observer Battery ** Self-propelled artillery Battalion ** Rocket Artillery Battalion *

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Company "Demons of the Storm" * Anti-Aircraft Defense Battalion *

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Company * Combat Engineer Battalion * Logistic Battalion *

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Company * Maintenance Battalion *

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Company *

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Company *

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Company * Brigade Band

Former Commanders

* Major General

– December 27, 1941 – January 21, 1943 * Major General Akim Yakshin – January 21, 1943 – November 15, 1943Akim Yakshin commander of 1243 Rifle Regiment
/ref> * Major General Sergey Frolov – November 28, 1943 –

Honors

Unit decorations

Honorable Titles

References

Bibliography

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