79th Rifle Corps

The 79th Rifle Corps (Russian: 79-й стрелковый корпус) was a rifle corps of the Red Army in World War II that became part of the Soviet Army during the Cold War.

The corps was formed in July 1943 as a headquarters with no troops assigned, and subordinated to the Ural Military District.

[3] The 79th joined the 3rd Shock Army of the 2nd Baltic Front in October, with which it remained for the rest of the war, and was assigned the 146th and 326th Rifle Divisions[4] under the command of Major General Fyodor Zuyev from 15 October.

In recognition of its actions, the corps received the Berlin honorific shortly after the end of the war.

[7] Postwar, it remained part of the 3rd Shock Army (redesignated as the 3rd Army in 1954) in the Group of Soviet Occupation Forces in Germany (renamed the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany in 1954), stationed at Stendal.