The 2nd Guards Anti-Aircraft Artillery Division (Russian: 2-я гвардейская зенитная артиллерийская дивизия) was an anti-aircraft artillery division of the Soviet Union's Red Army during World War II and the Soviet Army during the early years of the Cold War.

It was formed in October 1942 as the 1st Anti-Aircraft Artillery Division and was soon sent to the front in the Battle of Stalingrad, in which it provided air defense to the 21st Army.

The 2nd Guards fought in the campaign in eastern Belarus in the winter and spring of 1943 to 1944, and in Operation Bagration, receiving the honorific Baranovichi in the latter.

[2] Between 13 November and 31 December, the 1st provided air defense for the 21st Army in its concentration areas for Operation Uranus, the Soviet counteroffensive at Stalingrad, the crossing of the Don River, the breakthrough of enemy defenses in the Kletskaya area, the insertion of mobile groups into the breakthrough, the pursuit and encirclement of German troops, and the blockade of the surrounded German troops at Stalingrad.

From 1 January to 2 February 1943 the division provided air defense for the army during Operation Koltso, the elimination of the pocket.

Despite also suffering heavy losses, the division's units arrived at Ponyri, where they claimed fourteen aircraft downed and eight damaged.

It joined the 65th Army, providing air defense for the Desna crossing, and fought in the capture of Novgorod-Seversky during the Chernigov-Pripyat Offensive.

[9] Around 21 October Dzivin was transferred, and replaced by Colonel Pyotr Korchagin, who led the division for the rest of the war.

[13] In Operation Bagration, the 2nd Guards were attached to Lieutenant General Issa Pliyev's cavalry mechanized group, participating in a raid on the German rear towards Bobruisk, Minsk, and Brest.

[14] For actions in the operation, 306th Regiment platoon commander Junior Sergeant Alexander Kazakov was made a Hero of the Soviet Union.