The 212th Rifle Division was formed as an infantry division of the Red Army after a motorized division of that same number was badly damaged and then redesignated about five weeks after the start of the German invasion of the Soviet Union.
212-я стрелковая дивизия (212 сд) — воинское формирование (соединение, стрелковая дивизия) РККА в Великой Отечественной войне. Дивизия участвовала в боевых действиях с 8 июня 1943 года по 9 мая 1945 года Сокращённое наименование — 212 сд (ru)
The 212th Rifle Division was formed as an infantry division of the Red Army after a motorized division of that same number was badly damaged and then redesignated about five weeks after the start of the German invasion of the Soviet Union. (en)