| Unit Name: | 53rd Rifle Corps |
| Branch: | Soviet Red Army |
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The 53rd Rifle Corps was a corps of the Soviet Red Army. It was part of the 24th Army. It took part in the Great Patriotic War.
After a brief period on occupation duty in Germany after the war ended, the 17th Rifle Division (III Formation) was returned to the Soviet Union in the Volga Military District at Yoshkar-Ola where it was reorganized as the 1st Rifle Brigade as part of the 53rd Rifle Corps. It was disbanded in March 1947.[1]