The 26th Rifle Division was a rifle division in the Soviet Red Army during the Russian Civil War, World War II and the Cold War. The division was formed on 3 November 1918 on the Eastern Front (China Border), sent to the Soviet-German Front in August 1941. Ended the war in Poland, where it was assigned to the Northern Group of Forces. In 1957 the division was reorganized as the 158th Motorized Rifle Division. FEskov et al 2004 says the division was disbanded in 1959.