It was formed either in December 1924 or at the beginning of 1927 in the Moscow Military District,Slaughterhouse says December 1926 gaining the title of the "1st Moscow Proletariat Red Banner Rifle Division". Pavel Batov was a battalion and then regiment commander in the division in the late 1920s. In August 1939 it raised cadres for the 115th and 126th Rifle Divisions.
