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The 17th Guards Tank Brigade is a formation of the Ukrainian Ground Forces. Full name of the Brigade is 17th Separate Guards Kryvyi Rih orders of Red Banner and Suvorov Brigade.〔(President.Gov.Ua | )〕 It was formally known as 17th Guards Tank Division. The Brigade is located in Kryvyi Rih. ==History of current formation== The current unit's history stems from the 174th Rifle Division, which became the 20th Guards Rifle Division in 1942. The 20th Guards Rifle Division fought at the Battle of Stalingrad, Krivoi Rog, Odessa, Budapest, and Vienna. It was with the 57th Army of the 3rd Ukrainian Front in May 1945. The history of the postwar 17th Guards Tank Division traces back to the 20th Guards Rifle Division which was active in 1945. Later it became the 35th〔V.I. Feskov, K.A. Kalashnikov, V.I. Golikov, The Soviet Army in the Years of the Cold War 1945-91, Tomsk University Publishing House, Tomsk, 2004 pg41〕 Guards Mechanized Division, and by 1957 37th Guards Tank Division. In 1965 the 37th became the 17th Guards Tank Division, a designation it would retain until the fall of the Soviet Union. Still designated a tank division as of Decree N 350/93 (August 21, 1993), when Colonel СВІДІ Івану Юрійовичу, командирові 17 танкової дивізії 6th Army Corps, Odessa Military District, became a Major-General. In accordance with Decree 925/98, of 23 August 1998, Colonel Harbuz Serhiy Andriyovych, commander of the 17th Tank Division, 6th Army Corps of the Southern Operative Commandement, Ukrainian Ground Forces, became a major-general.〔http://zakon4.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/925/98〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「17th Guards Tank Brigade」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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