The first part of a series detailing Orders of Battle for all Red Army formations and units, Claws of the Bear Volume I, Part 2, covers Rifle Divisions 26 - 50. Thanks to access to the Russian military archives, much original material is incorporated. Divisional information includes year of formation, year of disbandment, a brief history, dates of active service, commanders, awards, constitutent units, and dates of assignment to higher commands, by each month of war service. Rifle Divisions up to 474 will be covered. Subsequently, motorized, tank, mountain, airborne and other divisions will be detailed, along with a host of independent brigades including artillery brigades.