Elite or Not? Soviet Guards

Were Soviet Guards elite or not? Where they particularly combat effective or not?
these Guards units were elite or not? One question that comes up sometimes is, if Soviet Guards units were elite or not? Or in other words if were they considerable more combat effective and/or better equipped than regular units?


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Defenders of Leningrad : Great Patriotic War soldiers in attack.
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Wikipedia Articles for mass and cross-referencing
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