34th Rifle Corps

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34th Rifle Corps
Allegiance Soviet Union
Branch Soviet Red Army
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The 34th Rifle Corps was a corps of the Soviet Red Army. It was part of the 19th Army. It took part in the Great Patriotic War.

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