It was first formed as the 184th Red Banner Rifle Division (, abbreviated: 184-я сд) which was a Soviet Red Army division during World War II (1920s till 1940 – 2nd Division of Lithuania).
The division was initially formed as the 184th Red Banner Rifle Division (, abbreviated: 184-я сд), which was a Soviet Red Army unit during World War II (from the 1920s to the 1940s – the second division of Lithuania).