The 53rd Rifle Corps was a corps of the

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. It was part of the 24th Army. It took part in the Great Patriotic War. After a brief period on occupation duty in Germany after the war ended, the 17th Rifle Division (III Formation) was returned to the Soviet Union in the

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where it was reorganized as the 1st Rifle Brigade as part of the 53rd Rifle Corps. It was disbanded in March 1947.Feskov et al 2013, p. 148

Divisions

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* 133th Rifle Division * 178th Rifle Division

References

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