The 53rd Guards served through the rest of the war, later receiving the honorific "Tartu" and the Order of the Red Banner.

After the end of the war, the division was relocated to Kovrov and became the 1st Separate Guards Rifle Brigade in 1946.

[1][2] It received a baptism of fire in the northwestern part of the group of the Moscow Defense Zone.

From Moscow it fought through the cities of Staraya Russa, Leningrad, Pskov, Tartu, and Riga.

During the war, two women snipers from the division, Maria Polivanova and Natalya Kovshova, were awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union.

In addition, Azerbaijani Junior Lieutenant Ziba Ganiyeva was a female sniper with the division[5] who accounted for 21 kills and was awarded the Medal For the Defence of Moscow, Order of the Red Banner and the Order of the Red Star.

The centre consists of 26 compounds of military units deployed in 10 oblasts/regions of Russia, in three federal districts.

A veteran who attended the feast, Stanislav Iofin, one of the first volunteer militia - and one of the 29 survivors said '..In the division were more than 700 people [sic; probably referring to female personnel]: snipers, machine gunners, and there was even a female mortar crew!