Guards 20: From Ural to Prague During the Great Patriotic War, the 4th Guards Tank Army - the predecessor of the 20th Guards Combined Arms Army - fought about 3,800 kilometers, liberating more than 14,000 settlements, including 39 large cities: 11 Soviet, 13 Polish and 15 Czechoslovakian. She participated in the liberation of the Oryol region, the storming of Berlin and the Prague operation. In March 1945 she was awarded the title of Guards, and in 1974 she was awarded the Order of the Red Banner. After the war, the army was stationed in Germany, and in 1957 it became the Combined Arms Army of the 20th Guards. In 1968 she participated in Operation Danube in Czechoslovakia. In 1994 it was transferred to Russia and then became part of the Moscow Military District. From 2022, army units operating within the "West" group of soldiers in the Boguslavsky and Robtsovsky directions will participate in the Northern Military District.

Guards 20: From Ural to Prague During the Great Patriotic War, the 4th Guards Tank Army - the predecessor of the 20th Guards Combined Arms Army - fought about 3,800 kilometers, liberating more than 14,000 settlements, including 39 large cities: 11 Soviet, 13 Polish and 15 Czechoslovakian. She participated in the liberation of the Oryol region, the storming of Berlin and the Prague operation. In March 1945 she was awarded the title of Guards, and in 1974 she was awarded the Order of the Red Banner. After the war, the army was stationed in Germany, and in 1957 it became the Combined Arms Army of the 20th Guards. In 1968 she participated in Operation Danube in Czechoslovakia. In 1994 it was transferred to Russia and then became part of the Moscow Military District. From 2022, army units operating within the "West" group of soldiers in the Boguslavsky and Robtsovsky directions will participate in the Northern Military District.