Designation in Russian

English translation

Used by which units

Александрийский

Aleksandria

8th Mechanized Corps, 110th Guards Rifle Division, 111th and 214th Rifle Divisions

Амурский

Amur

12th and 361st Rifle Divisions

Анапский

Anapa

414th Rifle Division

Апостоловский

Apostolovo

4th Guards Rifle Division

Артемовский

Artyomovsk

259th and 266th Rifle Division

Барановичский

Baranovichi

6th Fighter Corps, 44th Guards Rifle Division, 20th Rifle Division

Барвенковский

Barvenkovo

39th Guards Rifle Division, 31st Guards Tank Brigade, 1890th Self-Propelled Light Artillery Regiment, 517th Independent Tank Battalion

Бахмачский

Bakhmach

75th Guards Rifle Division, 132nd Rifle Division, 221st Bomber Division, 3rd Guards Light Artillery Brigade, 56th Guards Mortar Regiment

Бежицкий

Bezhitsa

4th Rifle Division (II) and 273rd Rifle Division

Белгородский

Belgorod

89th Guards Rifle Division, 305th Rifle Division

Белградский

Belgrade

223rd Rifle Division

Белостокский

Białystok

343rd Rifle Division

Бердичевский

Berdichev

117th Guards Rifle Division, 24th and 389th Rifle Divisions, 44th Guards Tank Brigade

Бериславский

Berislav

109th Guards Rifle Division

Берлинский

Berlin

6th, 7th, and 11th Guards Tank Corps, 9th and 11th Tank Corps, 8th Guards Mechanized Corps, 3rd Bomber Corps, 1st Guards Ground-Attack Corps, 23rd, 52nd, and 94th Guards Rifle Divisions, 33rd, 150th, 171st, and 266th Rifle Divisions, 7th and 11th Guards Heavy Tank Brigades, 64th, 66th, and 68th Guards Tank Brigades, 6th Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade

Бобруйский

Bobruisk

9th Tank Corps, 3rd Bomber Corps, 8th Fighter Corps, 17th, 108th, 137th 250th, and 348th Rifle Divisions

Богучарский

Boguchar

40th Rifle Division

Бориславский

Borislav

161st Rifle Division

Борисовский

Borisov

62nd and 174th Rifle Divisions

Бранденбургский

Brandenburg

7th Guards Cavalry Corps, 222nd, 339th, 370th, and 383rd Rifle Divisions

Брестский

Brest

1st, 160th, 186th, and 413th Rifle Divisions

Брянский

Bryansk

2nd Guards Bomber (former 2nd Long-Range Air) Corps, 7th Long-Range Air Corps, 197th, 323rd, and 331st Rifle Divisions

Будапештский

Budapest

18th and 23rd Tank Corps, 2nd Guards Mechanized Corps, 5th Guards Cavalry Corps, 1st Guards Bomber (former 1st Guards Long-Range Air) Corps, 3rd Guards Ground-Attack Corps, 25th and 62nd Guards Rifle Divisions, 151st and 317th Rifle Divisions

Бухарестский

Bucharest

1st Guards Airborne Division, 375th Rifle Division

Васильковский

Vasilkov

54th, 55th, and 56th Guards Tank Brigades, 23rd Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade

Вапнярский

Vapnyarka

48th Guards (former 109th) Tank Brigade, 49th Guards (former 107th) Tank Brigade, 66th Guards (former 164th) Tank Brigade

Варшавский

Warsaw

48th and 49th Guards Tank Brigades

Венский

Vienna

2nd Guards Mechanized Corps, 10th Ground-Attack Corps, 4th Guards Rifle Division, 21st and 46th Guards Tank Brigades

Верхнеднепровский

Verkhnedneprovsk

43rd Guards Heavy (former 43rd Guards) Tank Brigade

Винницкий

Vinnitsa

5th Ground-Attack Corps

Висленский

Vistula

31st Tank Corps

Витебский

Vitebsk

5th (former 1st) Guards Bomber Corps, 2nd, 34th, and 39th Guards Tank Brigades

Владимир-Волынский

Vladimir-Volynsky

2nd Guards Ground-Attack (former 1st Guards Mixed Air) Corps, 1st Mixed Air Corps

Воронежский

Volnovakha

11th Guards Don Cossack Cavalry Division, 3rd Guards Rifle Division, 65th Tank Brigade, 5th and 6th Guards Mechanized Brigades, 12th Motorized Rifle Brigade

Воронежский

Voronezh

9th PVO Fighter Corps

Выборгский

Vyborg

30th Guards Heavy Tank Brigade

Гданьский

Gdańsk

3rd Guards Tank Brigade, 38th Guards Heavy Tank Brigade

Глуховский

Glukhov

1st Guards Breakthrough Artillery Division, 70th Guards Rifle Division, 226th Rifle Division, 23rd Tank Brigade

Гомельский

Gomel

4th Guards Bomber (former 4th Guards Long-Range Air) Corps

Горловский

Gorlovka

126th and 271st Rifle Divisions

Городокский

Gorodok

10th Guards Tank Brigade

Гродненский

Grodno

3rd Guards Cavalry Corps

Гусятинский

Gusyatin

45th Guards Tank Brigade

Двинский

Dvina

5th Tank Corps

Дебальцевский

Debaltsevo

346th Rifle Division

Демблинский

Dęblin

Днепровский

Dnieper

10th Tank Corps

Днестровский

Dniester

9th Guards Mechanized Corps, 46th Guards (former 233rd) Tank Brigade

Донской

Don

1st Guards Tank Corps

Донбасский

Donbass

6th Bomber (former 6th Long-Range Air) Corps, 6th Long-Range Air Corps

Духовщинский

Dukhovshchina

Ельнинский

Yelnya

29th Guards Rifle Division, 76th Rifle Division, 23rd, 25th, and 26th Guards Tank Brigades, 119th Tank Regiment

Енакиевский

Yenakiyevo

34th and 40th Guards Rifle Divisions, 320th Rifle Division

Житомирский

Zhitomir

9th Mechanized Corps, 1st Guards Cavalry Corps, 14th, 21st, and 68th Guards Tank Brigades

Запорожский

Zaporozhe

9th Guards Tank Brigade

Звенигородский

Zvenigorod

20th Tank Corps, 1st Guards Airborne Division

Зимовниковский

Zimovniki

5th Guards Mechanized Corps

Знаменский

Znamenka

18th and 29th Tank Corps

Идрицкий

Idritsa

150th, 171st, and 219th Rifle Divisions, 29th Guards Heavy Tank Brigade

Иловайский

Ilovaisk

96th Guards Rifle Division

Инстербургский

Insterburg

1st Tank Corps

Иркуцкий

Irkutsk

55th Guards Rifle Division

Калинковичский

Kalinkovichi

Кантемировский

Kantemirovka

4th Guards Tank Corps

Карачевский

Karachev

16th and 84th Guards Rifle Divisions, 238th and 369th Rifle Divisions

Келецкий

Kielce

62nd Guards Tank Brigade

Кенигсбергский

Königsberg

11th Fighter Corps

Киевский

Kiev

5th, 6th, and 7th Guards Tank Corps, 9th Mechanized Corps

Кировоградский

Kirovograd

1st Guards (former 1st) Ground-Attack Corps

Клайпедский

Klaipėda

16th Rifle Division

Конотопский

Konotop

143rd and 280th Rifle Divisions, 65th Guards Mortar Regiment

Константиновский

Konstantinovka

135th Tank Brigade, 179th Antitank Artillery Regiment

Корсуньский

Korsun

11th Guards Heavy Tank Brigade

Котельниковский

Kotelnikovo

3rd Guards Tank Corps

Краматорский

Kramatorskaya / Kramatorsk

59th Guards Rifle Division, 5th Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade, 243rd Tank Regiment

Красноградский

Krasnograd

1st Mechanized Corps

Кременецкий

Kremenets

Криворожский

Krivoi Rog

3rd Guards Mechanized Corps

Кузбасский

Kuzbass

7th Guards Mechanized Corps

Ленинградский

Leningrad

2nd Guards PVO Fighter Corps

Лиозненский

Liozno

28th Guards Tank Brigade

Лисичанский

Lisichansk

279th Rifle Division

Лодзинский

Łódź

9th Ground-Attack Corps

Лозовский

Lozovaya

Львовский

Lvov

10th Guards Tank Corps, 6th Guards Mechanized Corps, 6th (former 2nd) Guards Bomber Corps, 4th Bomber Corps, 8th Ground-Attack Corps, 6th Guards (former 7th) Fighter Corps, 5th Fighter Corps, 61st Guards Tank Brigade

Любанский

Lyuban

Люблинский

Lublin

5th Bomber (former 6th Mixed Air) Corps, 6th Ground-Attack Corps, 59th Guards Tank Brigade

Мазурский

Masuria

2nd Rifle Division (IV)

Макеевский

Makeyevka

54th Guards Rifle Division

Мариупольский

Mariupol

221st Rifle Division, 9th Guards Fighter Division

Минский

Minsk

3rd Ground-Attack Corps, 1st Guards Fighter Corps, 1st Moscow Guards Motorized Rifle Division, 3rd, 18th, and 19th Guards Tank Brigades

Мукденский

Mukden

20th Guards Tank Brigade

Нежинский

Nezhin

7th Guards Mechanized Corps, 299th Ground-Attack Division, 286th Fighter Division, 57th Guards Tank Brigade, 24th and 25th Guards Mechanized Brigades

Неманский

Neman

Нижнеднепровский

Nizhnedneprovsk

36th Guards Tank Brigade

Николаевский

Nikolayev

2nd Guards Mechanized Corps

Никопольский

Nikopol

3rd Fighter Corps, 37th Guards Tank Brigade

Новгородский

Novgorod

7th Guards Heavy Tank Brigade

Новороссийский

Novorossiysk

318th Rifle Division, 11th Ground-Attack Division, 5th Guards Tank Brigade, 83rd Naval Rifle Brigade, 2nd Motor Torpedo Boat Brigade, 81st Howitzer Artillery Regiment, 1169th Cannon Artillery Regiment, 108th Guards Antitank Artillery Regiment, 69th Guards Artillery Regiment, 8th Guards Mortar Regiment, 195th Animal-Drawn Mountain Mortar Regiment, 290th Rifle Regiment of the NKVD Forces, 889th Light Night Bomber Regiment, 88th Guards Fighter Regiment, 1st and 4th Patrol Boat Squadrons, 1st Independent Guards Artillery Battalion, 251st Independent Mobile Artillery Battalion, 393rd Independent Naval Infantry Battalion

Новоукраинский

Novoukrainka

7th Mechanized Corps, 53rd Rifle Division

Овручский

Ovruch

4th Guards Airborne Division

Одесский

Odessa

10th Ground-Attack (former 9th Mixed Air) Corps

Орловский

Oryol

11th Bomber (former 5th Long-Range Air) Corps, 5th, 129th, and 380th Rifle Divisions, 17th Guards Tank Brigade

Оршанский

Orsha

2nd Fighter Corps

Павловский

Pavlovsk

85th Rifle Division

Памирский

Pamir

Перекопский

Perekop

19th Tank Corps

Петроковский

Piotrków

63rd Guards Tank Brigade

Пинский

Pinsk

55th Guards Rifle Division

Померанский

Pomerania

2nd Guards Cavalry Corps, 47th, 50th, and 65th Guards Tank Brigades

Порт-Артурский

Port Arthur

22nd Guards Tank Brigade

Пражский

Prague

24th and 58th Guards Tank Brigades

Прикарпатский

Subcarpathia

11th Guards Tank Corps, 8th Guards Mechanized Corps

Проскуровский

Proskurov

2nd Guards Airborne Division

Радомский

Radom

11th Tank Corps

Речицкий

Rechitsa

15th and 16th Guards Tank Brigades

Рижский

Riga

14th Fighter Corps

Рославльский

Roslavl

Ростовский

Rostov

10th PVO Fighter Corps

Рыльский

Rylsk

112th and 121st Rifle Divisions

Рымникский

Rymnik

9th Guards Mechanized Corps

Самарский

Samara

33rd Rifle Division

Севастопольский

Sevastopol

7th Ground-Attack Corps

Севский

Sevsk

60th and 69th Rifle Divisions, 65th Guards (former 103rd) Tank Brigade, 43rd Mechanized Brigade, 100th Very Heavy Artillery Brigade, 68th Cannon Artillery Brigade, 255th Tank Regiment

Седлецкий

Siedlce

13th Fighter Corps

Сивашский

Sivash

6th Guards Tank Brigade

Славянский

Slavyansk

61st Guards Rifle Division, 297th Rifle Division

Смоленский

Smolensk

1st Guards Bomber (former 1st Guards Long-Range Air) Corps, 3rd Guards (former 2nd) Ground-Attack Corps, 8th Long-Range Air Corps, 4th Rifle Division (I) (during the Civil War), 4th Guards Tank Brigade, 42nd Guards Heavy (former 42nd Guards) Tank Brigade

Сталинградский

Stalingrad

5th Guards (former 4th) Tank Corps, 3rd and 4th Guards Mechanized Corps, 3rd Guards Bomber (former 3rd Guards Long-Range Air) Corps, 2nd Mixed Air Corps, 10th Fighter Corps

Сталинский

Stalino

50th Guards Rifle Division, 230th and 301st Rifle Divisions

Станиславский

Stanislav

Сумский

Sumy

167th, 232nd, and 340th Rifle Divisions

Таганрогский

Taganrog

130th and 416th Rifle Divisions

Таманский

Taman

2nd Guards Rifle Division

Тартуский

Tartu

Тацинский

Tatsinskaya

2nd Guards Tank Corps

Уманский

Uman

9th Guards Tank Corps, 12th Guards (former 16th) Tank Corps, 3rd Tank Corps, 3rd Guards Airborne Division, 47th Guards (former 51st) Tank Brigade, 50th Guards (former 50th) Tank Brigade

Уральский

Urals

10th and 12th Guards Tank Corps

Фастовский

Fastov

51st, 52nd, and 53rd Guards Tank Brigades

Харьковский

Kharkov

15th, 28th, 89th, and 93rd Guards Rifle Divisions, 84th, 116th, 183rd, 252nd, 299th, and 375th Rifle Divisions

Хинганский

Khingan

7th Mechanized Corps

Чаплинский

Chaplino

3rd and 39th Tank Brigades

Черновицкий

Chernovitsy / Chernovtsy

64th Guards Tank Brigade

Чертковский

Chertkov / Chortkov

1st and 40th Guards Tank Brigades

Чистяковский

Chistyakovo

127th Rifle Division

Чонгарский

Chongar

6th Kuban-Terek Cossack Cavalry Division

Шавлинский

Šiauliai

35th Guards Tank Brigade

Шепетовский

Shepetovka

12th, 13th, and 56th Guards Tank Brigades

Шумлинский

Shumen

41st Guards Tank Brigade

Ясский

Iași

3rd Guards Fighter Corps, 20th and 27th Guards Tank Brigades

Азербайджанский

Azerbaijan

402nd Rifle Division

Армянский

Armenian

89th Rifle Division

Бакинский

Baku

8th PVO Fighter Corps

Белорусский

Byelorussia

2nd Rifle Division (I), 33rd Rifle Division

Добровольческий

Volunteers'

10th Guards Tank Corps

Донский казачий

Don Cossack

5th Guards Cavalry Corps, 11th Guards Don Cossack Cavalry Division, 4th Don Cossack Division

Казачий

Cossack

8th Guards Cossack Cavalry Division

Крымский

Crimean

3rd Crimean Motorized Division, 1st and 2nd Crimean Rifle Divisions, 4th Crimean Rifle Division of the NKVD Border Guards

Коммунистический

Communist

3rd Moscow Rifle Division

Кубанский казачий

Kuban Cossack

4th Guards Cavalry Corps, 9th and 10th Guards Kuban Cossack Cavalry Division

Кубанско-Терский казачий

Kuban-Terek Cossack

6th Kuban-Terek Cossack Cavalry Division

Ленинградский

Leningrad

7th PVO Fighter Corps, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Leningrad Guards Rifle Divisions of the People's Militia, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Leningrad Rifle Divisions of the People's Militia, 4th Leningrad Reserve Rifle Division of the People's Militia

Молотовский

Molotov

62nd Guards (former 243rd) Tank Brigade

Московский

Moscow

6th PVO Fighter Corps, 1st Motorized Rifle Division, 1st Moscow Guards Motorized Rifle Division, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Moscow Rifle Divisions, 1st, 2nd, and 4th Moscow Rifle Divisions of the People's Militia

Полярный

Polar

1st Polar Rifle Division

Пролетарский

Proletarian

1st Motorized Rifle Division, 1st Moscow Guards Rifle Division

Свердловский

Sverdlovsk

61st Guards (former 197th) Tank Brigade

Среднеазиатский

Central Asian

Челябинский

Chelyabinsk

63rd Guards (former 244th) Tank Brigade

имени М.Ф. Блинова

M.F. Blinov

1st Guards Cavalry Division

имени С.М. Буденного

S.M. Budyonny

6th Kuban-Terek Cossack Cavalry Division

имени Верховного Совета РСФСР

Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR

55th Guards Rifle Division

имени К.Е. Ворошилова

K.Y. Voroshilov

4th Don Cossack Division

имени Германского пролетариата

Germanic Proletariat

4th Rifle Division (I)

имени Ф.Э. Дзержинского

F.E. Dzerzhinsky

1st Motorized Rifle Division for Special Purposes

имени М.И. Калинина

M.I. Kalinin

2nd Guards Rifle Division

имени Наркомата среднего машиностроения

People's Commissariat of Medium Machine Building

27th Guards Tank Brigade

имени Президиума Верховного Совета Крымской АССР

Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Crimean Autonomous SSR

3rd Rifle Division

имени Совнаркома Украинской ССР

Council of People's Commissars of the Ukrainian SSR

1st Guards (former 2nd) Cavalry Corps

имени М.В. Фрунзе

M.V. Frunze

2nd Rifle Division (I)

имени Фридриха Энгельса

Friedrich Engels

53rd Rifle Division