269 ​​Guards Rifle Regiment of the 88th Guards Division. From the award list

For exemplary performance of command assignments during the breakthrough of German defenses on the Ingulets River, the division was given an honorary name Zaporozhye and was awarded the Order of Suvorov, II degree.

At the end of the war, the division became part of the Group of Soviet Occupation Forces in Germany.
The 88th Guards Rifle Zaporozhye Order of Lenin Red Banner Orders of Suvorov and Bogdan Khmelnitsky Division was disbanded into 1947.

Periods of joining the Active Army

Subordination

Commanders

Compound

• 266th Guards Rifle Regiment,
• 269th Guards Rifle Regiment,
• 271st Guards Rifle Regiment,
• 194th Guards Artillery Regiment,
• 96th Separate Guards Anti-Tank Fighter Division,
• 93rd separate guards reconnaissance company,
• 102nd separate guards engineer battalion,
• 157th separate guards communications battalion (until November 5, 1944 - 2nd separate guards communications company),
• 594th (94) medical sanitary battalion,
• 92nd Separate Guards Chemical Defense Company,
• 744th (94) motor transport company,
• 669th (91) field bakery,
• 695th (90) divisional veterinary hospital,
• 981st Field Postal Station,
• 706th field cash desk of the State Bank.

Scroll No. 5 Rifle, mountain rifle, motorized rifle and motorized divisions that were part of the active army during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. / Gylev A. - M.: Ministry of Defense. - 218 p.

Awards

• July 22, 1941 - - the award was transferred from the 99th Infantry Division (1st formation)
• October 14, 1943 - “Zaporozhye” - the honorary name was assigned by order of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of October 14, 1943 in commemoration of the victory won and distinction in the battles during the liberation of Zaporozhye;
• March 19, 1944 - Order of Suvorov, II degree - awarded by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR dated March 19, 1944 for exemplary performance of command assignments in battles with German invaders when breaking through strong German defenses along the western bank of the Ingulets River, for the liberation of the city of New Bug and displays during this is valor and courage;
• ??? - Order of Bohdan Khmelnitsky, II degree - awarded by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR for exemplary fulfillment of command assignments in battles with the German invaders and the valor and courage shown at the same time;
• May 28, 1945 - - awarded by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR dated May 28, 1945 for exemplary performance of command assignments in battles during the breakthrough of the German defenses and the attack on Berlin and the valor and courage displayed.

Division unit awards:

Distinguished warriors

During the Great Patriotic War, 15 soldiers of the division were awarded the high title of Hero of the Soviet Union, 20 soldiers became holders of the Order of Glory of 3 degrees, 8 thousand soldiers and officers of the division were awarded military orders and medals.

No less than the following were awarded orders of the USSR:

• Order of Lenin - 21
• Order of the Red Banner - 262
• Order of Suvorov II degree - 2
• Order of Kutuzov II degree - 1
• Order of Bohdan Khmelnitsky II degree - 2
• Order of Suvorov III degree - 7
• Order of Kutuzov III degree - 4
• Order of Bohdan Khmelnitsky III degree - 21
• Order of Alexander Nevsky - 105
• Order of the Patriotic War, 1st degree - 271
• Order of the Patriotic War, II degree - 775
• Order of the Red Star - 1446
• Order of Glory, 1st class - 20
• Order of Glory II degree - 186
• Order of Glory III degree - 901

(Data on awards taken from the decrees of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, orders of the 88th Guards Rifle Division, 28th Guards Rifle Corps, 8th Guards Army, 1st Belorussian Front, Southwestern Front, 3rd Ukrainian Front, posted on the website "Electronic Document Bank" Feat of the People in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945" of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation).

• Vanichkin, Vladimir Vasilyevich, guard lieutenant, commander of a rifle platoon of the 271st Guards Rifle Regiment. Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of March 24, 1945.
• Galtsev, Ivan Sergeevich, guard lieutenant, commander of a platoon of machine gunners of the 266th Guards Rifle Regiment. Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of May 31, 1945.
• Yolkin, Ivan Sergeevich, guard lieutenant, commander of a rifle platoon of the 266th Guards Rifle Regiment. Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of March 24, 1945.
• Katkov, Fedor Leontyevich, guard senior lieutenant, commander of the 93rd separate guards reconnaissance company. Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of June 3, 1944. Died on May 5, 1944.
• Konchin, Alexander Alekseevich, guard captain, deputy commander of the 3rd rifle battalion for the political part of the 266th guards rifle regiment. Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of March 24, 1945. Killed in action on April 28, 1945.
• Kuznetsov, Grigory Dmitrievich, guard senior sergeant, assistant platoon commander of the 93rd separate guards reconnaissance company. Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of June 3, 1944.
• Pankov, Boris Nikiforovich, guard major general, division commander. Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of April 6, 1945.
• Romanovtsev, Sergei Dmitrievich, guard sergeant, commander of the heavy machine gun section of the 3rd rifle battalion of the 266th guards rifle regiment. Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of June 3, 1944.
• Sakhnenko, Mikhail Sidorovich, guard senior sergeant, commander of a rifle platoon of the 266th Guards Rifle Regiment. Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of June 3, 1944.
• Semakin, Afanasy Ivanovich, guard captain, commander of the 2nd rifle battalion of the 269th guards rifle regiment. Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of May 15, 1946. Died of wounds on September 28, 1945.
• Semenov, Dmitry Ivanovich, guard senior sergeant, commander of the heavy machine gun crew of the 3rd rifle battalion of the 266th guards rifle regiment. Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of March 24, 1945. The title was awarded posthumously.
• Sechkin, Alexander Kirillovich, guard senior lieutenant, party organizer of the 1st rifle battalion of the 269th guards rifle regiment. Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of March 19, 1944. The title was awarded posthumously.
• Subbotin, Ivan Petrovich, guard lieutenant colonel, commander of the 266th Guards Rifle Regiment. Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of March 24, 1945.
• Umarov, Shadman, guard captain, commander of the 3rd rifle battalion of the 266th guards rifle regiment. Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of March 24, 1945.
• Chepanov, Mikhail Petrovich, guard junior lieutenant, commander of the 2nd platoon of the 5th company of the 2nd rifle battalion of the 271st Guards Rifle Regiment. Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of May 31, 1945.

List of soldiers nominated for the title "Hero of the Soviet Union", but not awarded this title

Knights of the Order of Glory, 3 degrees

• Agienko, Vasily Matveevich, guard senior sergeant, commander of the 266th Guards Rifle Regiment.
• Bogdanov, Mikhail Nesterovich, guard sergeant, gunner of the 266th Guards Rifle Regiment.
• Vlasov, Vladimir Emelyanovich, guard senior sergeant, commander of the reconnaissance section of the battery of the 194th Guards Artillery Regiment.
• Gavrilov, Alexander Mikhailovich, guard senior sergeant, commander of a foot reconnaissance platoon of the 269th Guards Rifle Regiment.
• Galenko, Ivan Vasilyevich, guard sergeant, squad commander of the 93rd separate guards reconnaissance company.
• Gorshanov, Ivan Grigorievich, guard senior sergeant, platoon commander of the 271st Guards Rifle Regiment.
• Goryachev, Ivan Vladimirovich, guard senior sergeant, assistant commander of the reconnaissance platoon of the 269th Guards Rifle Regiment.
• Grabovsky, Nikolai Titovich, guard senior sergeant, gunner of the 45-mm cannon of the 266th Guards Rifle Regiment.
• Dolgov, Pyotr Petrovich, commander of the 266th Guards Rifle Regiment.
• , guard junior sergeant, scout of the foot reconnaissance platoon of the 269th Guards Rifle Regiment., guard private, machine gunner of the 266th Guards Rifle Regiment.
  • Guard Lieutenant Colonel Subbotin Ivan Petrovich, commander of the 266th Guards Rifle Regiment. Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of February 22, 1944
  • Guard Lieutenant Colonel Kalyakin Vladimir Egorovich, chief of staff of the division. Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of May 31, 1945

  Order of Suvorov III degree:

  • Guard Major Vasily Grigorievich Goroshko, chief of staff of the 269th Guards Rifle Regiment. Order of the Military Council of the 1st Belorussian Front No. 531 of April 14, 1945
  • Guard Major Zaika Vasily Mikhailovich, commander of the 271st Guards Rifle Regiment. Order of the Military Council of the 3rd Ukrainian Front No. 1409 of November 6, 1943
  • Guard Captain Vasily Prokopievich Malkov, commander of the rifle battalion of the 269th Guards Rifle Regiment. Order of the Military Council of the 1st Belorussian Front No. 526/n dated April 8, 1945
  • Guard Lieutenant Colonel Dmitry Fedorovich Mikhailov, commander of the 269th Guards Rifle Regiment. Order of the Military Council of the 3rd Ukrainian Front No. 037/n dated April 21, 1944
  • Guard Captain Pribylov Sergei Dmitrievich, commander of the rifle battalion of the 271st Guards Rifle Regiment. Order of the Military Council of the 1st Belorussian Front No. 489/n dated March 6, 1945
  • Guard Captain Mikhail Emelyanovich Simonov, commander of the rifle battalion of the 271st Guards Rifle Regiment. Order of the Military Council of the 1st Belorussian Front No. 656/n dated June 14, 1945
  • Guard Major Shustanov Ivan Efimovich, commander of the rifle battalion of the 269th Guards Rifle Regiment. commander of the rifle battalion of the 271st Guards Rifle Regiment. Order of the Military Council of the 1st Belorussian Front No. 526/n dated April 8, 1945

  Order of Kutuzov III degree:

  Order of Bohdan Khmelnitsky III degree:

  • Guard Lieutenant Bandurko Vasily Timofeevich, party organizer of the rifle battalion of the 266th Guards Rifle Regiment. Order of the Military Council of the 1st Belorussian Front No. 488/n dated March 5, 1945
  • Guard Major Velmiskin Anton Ilyich, assistant chief of the 1st division of the division headquarters. Order of the Military Council of the 1st Belorussian Front No. 656/n dated June 14, 1945
  • Guard Senior Lieutenant Mikhail Fedorovich Golubovich, commander of a company of machine gunners of the 1st Rifle Battalion of the 269th Guards Rifle Regiment. Order of the Military Council of the 1st Belorussian Front No. 385/n dated December 7, 1944
  • Guard Senior Lieutenant Vladimir Kuzmich Dobronozhenko, intelligence officer of the 269th Guards Rifle Regiment. Order of the Military Council of the 1st Belorussian Front No. 589/n dated May 28, 1945
  • guard junior lieutenant Zainiev Zakiya Akhmadievich, commander of a rifle platoon of the 266th Guards Rifle Regiment. Order of the Military Council of the 3rd Ukrainian Front No. 043/n dated May 2, 1944
  • Guard Lieutenant Nikolai Dmitrievich Ivanov, assistant chief of the 2nd division of the division headquarters. Order of the Military Council of the 3rd Ukrainian Front No. 037/n dated April 21, 1944
  • Guard Lieutenant Kireev Ivan Anisimovich, commander of a rifle platoon of the 2nd rifle battalion of the 271st Guards Rifle Regiment. Order of the Military Council of the 1st Belorussian Front No. 385/n dated December 7, 1944
  • Guard Lieutenant Kislov Dmitry Nikolaevich, commander of a rifle platoon of the 271st Guards Rifle Regiment. Order of the Military Council of the 1st Belorussian Front No. 543/n dated April 24, 1945
  • Guard Senior Lieutenant Alexander Danilovich Korepanov, commander of a rifle platoon of the 269th Guards Rifle Regiment. Order of the Military Council of the 1st Belorussian Front No. 483/n dated March 5, 1945
  • Guard Senior Lieutenant Fyodor Ivanovich Kurokhta, commander of the rifle company of the 269th Guards Rifle Regiment. Order of the Military Council of the 1st Belorussian Front No. 367/n dated November 15, 1944
  • Guard Captain Langovoi Mitrofan Ilyich, commander of the rifle company of the 271st Guards Rifle Regiment. Order of the Military Council of the 1st Belorussian Front No. 543/n dated April 24, 1945
  • Guard Senior Lieutenant Ivan Dmitrievich Logvinenko, deputy commander of the 2nd Rifle Battalion for the combat unit of the 269th Guards Rifle Regiment. Order of the Military Council of the 1st Belorussian Front No. 206/n dated August 28, 1944
  • guard senior lieutenant Merzlyakov Ivan Yakovlevich, commander of the machine gun company of the 3rd rifle battalion of the 271st guards rifle regiment. Order of the Military Council of the 1st Belorussian Front No. 393/n dated December 14, 1944
  • Guard Lieutenant Migin Nikolai Ivanovich, commander of the 2nd rifle company of the 269th Guards Rifle Regiment. Order of the Military Council of the 3rd Ukrainian Front No. 014/n dated March 24, 1944
  • Guard Sergeant Polyansky Nikolai Konstantinovich, commander of the rifle squad of the 266th Guards Rifle Regiment. Order of the Military Council of the 1st Belorussian Front No. 543/n dated April 24, 1945
  • Guard Captain Puzhitsky Vladimir Vasilyevich, deputy commander of the rifle battalion for the combat unit of the 271st Guards Rifle Regiment. Order of the Military Council of the 1st Belorussian Front No. 543/n dated April 24, 1945
  • Guard Captain Razumny Ivan Fedorovich, intelligence officer of the 271st Guards Rifle Regiment. Order of the Military Council of the 1st Belorussian Front No. 483/n dated March 5, 1945
  • Guard Senior Lieutenant Samoryadov Georgy Timofeevich, deputy commander of the rifle battalion for the combat unit of the 269th Guards Rifle Regiment. Order of the Military Council of the 1st Belorussian Front No. 489/n dated March 6, 1945
  • Guard Lieutenant Steklenev Nikolai Stepanovich, senior adjutant of the rifle battalion of the 271st Guards Rifle Regiment. Order of the Military Council of the 1st Belorussian Front No. 296/n dated October 7, 1944
  • Guard Lieutenant Tishkov Leonid Semenovich, commander of a rifle platoon of the 271st Guards Rifle Regiment. Order of the Military Council of the 1st Belorussian Front No. 589/n dated May 28, 1945
  • Guard Captain Yashchenkov Yakov Filippovich, deputy commander of the 1st Rifle Battalion for the combat unit of the 271st Guards Rifle Regiment. Order of the Military Council of the 1st Belorussian Front No. 404/n dated January 19, 1945

  The list was compiled on the basis of orders on the website: Electronic document bank “Feat of the people in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945”.

  99th Red Banner Rifle Division (I f).
  In the active army three times:
  
  
  
  On April 17, 1943, it was reorganized into the 88th Guards Rifle Red Banner Division, which was subsequently awarded the following regalia:
  - honorary military name "Zaporozhye";
  - Orders of Lenin and Bogdan Khmelnitsky.
  88th Guards SD in the active army twice:
  
  - from June 15, 1944 to May 9, 1945...
  88th Guards Rifle Zaporozhye Order of Lenin Red Banner Orders of Suvorov and Bogdan Khmelnitsky Division.
  Created on April 18, 1943 by transforming the 99th Red Banner Rifle Division (I f) into a guards formation.
  99th Rifle Red Banner Division (I f) in the active army three times:
  - from June 22, 1941 to June 6, 1942;
  - from August 30, 1942 to February 5, 1943;
  - from March 20 to April 17, 1943.
  On April 18, 1943, for combat valor, it was transformed into a guards unit - the 88th Guards Rifle Red Banner (later - in addition, the Chernigov Red Banner) division.
  88th Guards Rifle Zaporozhye Order of Lenin Red Banner Orders of Suvorov and Bogdan Khmelnitsky division in the active army twice:
  - from April 18, 1943 to June 7, 1944;
  - from June 15, 1944 to May 9, 1945...

  OPERATIONAL REPORT No. 05 BY 20.00 24.6.41 HEADQUARTERS OF THE SOUTH-WESTERN FRONT, TARNOPOL:

  The 26th Army, repelling the enemy’s attempts to envelop the right flank and rear, by 13 o’clock occupied the front: Sokolya, Zadvortse, the forest northeast of Butsuv, Przemysl, Bachuv, Lipa Dolna, Dobra Shlyakhetska and further along the river. San.
  The 99th Infantry Division with the 133rd Mountain Rifle Regiment of the 72nd Infantry Division captured Przemysl by 13:00 and occupied the line of Sokolya, Godyne, Volya Latska, Shekhyne, Medyka, Przemysl, Bachuv. Source – TsAMO: f. 229, op. 9776ss, no. 63, pp. 20-23.
  
  

  Operational report of the headquarters of the Southwestern Front No. 07 by 20:00 on June 25, 1941 on the combat operations of the front troops:

  99th Infantry Division - on the front Gusakow, Balice, Butsuv, Medyka, Przemysl... Source – TsAMO: f. 229, op. 9776ss, no. 63, pp. 26-29 – uncertified typewritten copy.

  Operational report of the headquarters of the Southwestern Front No. 012
  by 20:00 on June 28, 1941 about the combat operations of the front troops:

  The enemy builds on this success by introducing large mechanized formations into a breakthrough in the direction of Vladimir-Volynsky, Lutsk, Ostrog.
  The Southwestern Front, with a mechanized corps strike to the rear, destroys the enemy's Ostroug grouping, simultaneously regrouping forces in individual sectors of the front.
  ...99th Infantry Division - Vankovice, Stara Sol and Stary Sambir. Source – TsAMO: f. 229, op. 9776ss, no. 63, pp. 46, 47 – typewritten copy.

  Operational report of the headquarters of the 26th Army No. 018 at 19:00 on July 1, 1941 on the withdrawal of troops to the Bobrka, Zhuravno line:

  By the morning, the 99th Infantry Division occupied the line Drogowice, Razwadów, Wieryn, with the 206th Infantry Regiment in Mikolajów. The headquarters is in the forest east of Veryn. At 6 o'clock the withdrawal began to the main defensive line of Khoderkovce, Dziewietniki, (claim) Ottyniewice. Source – TsAMO: f. 224, op. 9776ss, no. 2, l. 21 – uncertified typewritten copy.

  Operational report of the headquarters of the 26th Army No. 019 at 9 o'clock on July 2, 1941 about the withdrawal of troops to the river line. Zlota Lipa:

  By the end of the day, the 99th Infantry Division reaches the Rozdochow, Brzezany line.
  Division headquarters - Cieniów. Source – TsAMO: f. 229, op. 9776ss, no. 2, l. 29.

  Operational report of the headquarters of the 6th Army No. 030 at 18:00 on July 13, 1941 on the combat operations of the army troops:

  8 sk by 16.00 173 and 99 infantry divisions retreated to the line (claim) Tereshpol, Adampol, occupying the 72nd infantry division in its previous position.
  The enemy continues to operate in the direction of Tereshpol, Voitovtsy. Only up to two points with tanks and heavy weapons. artillery.
  Due to the rains that occurred on the night of 13.7, the passage of dirt roads is difficult. Source – TsAMO: f. 334, op. 3949ss, no. 6, ll. 215 and 216 – uncertified handwritten copy.

  Combat order of the commander of the 12th Army No. 04 to hold the Letichevsky fortified area (July 14, 1941):

  ...The commander of the 8th infantry regiment must extremely persistently hold back the enemy’s advance, thereby ensuring access to the new area of ​​the 44th Guards Division and the regrouping of the 24th Infantry Division. With the onset of darkness, withdraw the remnants of the 173rd Infantry Division to the western forest area. Art. Kalinovka in Armenian reserve, and the 99th Infantry Division to its reserve in the Kurilovka area, where the division can be brought into order in the shortest possible time. Source – TsAMO: th. 339, op. 3949ss, no. 7, l. 59 - typewritten copy.

  Combat order of the commander of the 12th Army No. 005 to destroy the enemy who had broken through (July 15, 1941):

  ... 99th Infantry Division with a night march to withdraw the Bagrinovtsy area in readiness to launch a counterattack together with the 21st checkpoint in the general direction towards Volkovintsy, Galuzintsy.
  21 NKVD checkpoint by 4.00 16.7 go to the western forest area. Lyudovka, Banzhovtsy are ready, together with the 99th Infantry Division, to strike in the direction of Radovtsi, Galuzintsy. Upon the arrival of Lyudovka, he came under the command of the commander of the 13th skirmish squad. Source – TsAMO: f. 339, op. 3949ss, no. 7, l. 61 – typewritten copy.

  Combat order of the commander of the 12th Army No. 006 to destroy the enemy who had broken through (July 16, 1941):
  13 Infantry Division, pinning down the 58th State Guards Division, with the forces of the 99th Infantry Division, 192nd State Guards Division and 21st NKVD Kp. carry out the task set by my order No. 005.
  …5. Start of counterattack 7.00 17.7.41.
  Artillery preparation from 6.00-6.30.
  Aviation training from 6.30.
  6. Shtarm 12 – Vinnitsa. Operation point - Litin.
  7. I demand that the buildings strictly adhere to their boundaries. Source – TsAMO: f. 339, op. 3949ss, no. 7, l. 67 – typewritten copy.
  Operational report of the headquarters of the 12th Army No. 043/op by 17:00 on July 16, 1941.
  ...99 Infantry Division by 12.00 finished concentrating in the Bagrinovtsy area and was placed at the disposal of KSK-13.
  13 sk (data on the map 100,000) during 15-16.7 wages stubborn battles with the enemy with a force of up to 3 infantry divisions, who have broken through the front edge of the UR and are developing an offensive in the directions: Snitovka, Varenki, Volkovintsy; Galuzinians, Volkovinians; Kozirovka, Bar. With the onset of dawn, fighting in these directions continues. The corps, using army and corps reserves (99 infantry rifle division, 368 civil regiment, 21 NKVD kp), by the end of 16.7 is preparing a counterattack of the enemy who has broken through in cooperation with bomber aircraft.

  
  
  

  Combat order of the commander of the 12th Army No. 0011 to prepare an offensive to eliminate the enemy’s Tsybuliv group (July 25, 1941):

  1. The enemy has brought into battle in the west against 13 infantry units over three infantry divisions (295, 4 infantry, 97 light divisions) and is trying to break the resistance of the covering units. In the east, the enemy continues to put up stubborn resistance, trying to close the army's escape routes. The Cybuliv region is especially firmly involved in this area.
  2. The army continues to cover itself from the west, paving the way in the east towards 26 A, setting the immediate task of eliminating the Tsybuliv enemy group. 3. Strike group...
  a) 24 MK (49 TD and 58 GDS) prepare an offensive to eliminate the Tsybuliv enemy group.
  b) To the group of comrade. Vladimirov (45 TD and 99 SD) concentrate in the area: 45 TD - Sarny metro station, 99 SD - Poludnya. Source – TsAMO: f. 334, op. 3949ss, no. 7, l. 106 – typewritten copy.

  Operational report of the headquarters of the 12th Army No. 054/op at 4 o'clock on July 24, 1941 on the military operations of the army troops:

  The 99th Infantry Division, due to the unauthorized withdrawal of the 667th Infantry Division under pressure to the enemy infantry battalion with tanks in the direction of Raigorod, the left flank (197th Infantry Division) began to withdraw to the eastern line at 16.30. env. Krinovtsy, Yu. env. Smetintsy, the right flank is in place.
  The enemy is in small groups in front of the division front.
  Stand 99 – Red. Shtakor - Ilintsy. Source – TsAMO: f. 229, op. 9776ss, no. 40, l. 78 – typewritten copy.

  Plan of the headquarters of the 12th Army for the regrouping and withdrawal from battle of the troops of the 6th and 12th armies (July 26, 1941) to the commander of the Southern Fleet:

  In accordance with front directive No. 0024, I present a plan to counter the repeated encirclement of 6 and 12 A and the withdrawal of troops from the battle.
  1. Since the morning of July 26, the enemy has been very active on front 18 A in the Gaysin and Ladyzhensky directions, where he managed to break through our position. The presence of large tank units is confirmed, aimed at Khristinovka from the north-east.
  2. To implement front directive No. 0024/OP and to create a large group of troops facing the east to counter the repeated encirclement of 6 and 12 A, I establish the following plan for withdrawal from the battle and regrouping of troops:
  a) Troops of 13 and 8 sk before they reach the Vel region. Savustyanivka, Granov subordinate to the commander of 6 A.
  ...c) During the night from 26 to 27.7, withdraw the covering troops to the front of Knyazhe-Krenitsa, Frantovka, Nov. Dashev, Kitay-Gorod and withdraw 13 sk to the area of ​​Leukhi, Paraevka and 8 sk Vel. Savustyanivka and the adjacent forest. Source – TsAMO: f. 228, op. 2990ss, no. 56, l. 3 – original.

  Operational report of the headquarters of the 12th Army No. 058/op by 7 o'clock on July 26, 1941 on the military operations of the army troops:

  Group of Major General Vladimirov (45 TD - foot, 99 infantry division) in the Sarny, Popudnya area. Source – TsAMO: f. 229, op. 9776ss, no. 40, l. 74 - typewritten copy.

  Combat report from the commander of the 12th Army to the Military Council of the Southern Front on the military operations of the army troops (July 26, 1941):

  Tonight I am regrouping the right flank. I am transferring the 99th Infantry Division to the Popudnya area, and concentrating the corps artillery of the 8th and 13th Infantry Division there. I'm adding 3,000 border guards to 99 sk.
  Commander of the 12th Army, Major General Ponedelin.
  That's what it says in the document. Apparently, it should be “99 sd”. The 99th Rifle Corps was not part of the 12th Army. Source – TsAMO: f. 229, op. 9776ss, no. 40, l. 75 – typewritten copy.

  Private combat order of the commander of the 6th Army No. 0068 on measures to destroy the enemy who broke through in the Granov area (July 27, 1941):

  In connection with the breakthrough of the avenue from the Granov area to Krasnoselka, Ivangorod, the 99th Infantry Division is moving forward in the Ivangorod area. Source – TsAMO: f. 334, op. 3949ss, no. 5, l. 245 – handwritten copy.
  Operational report of the headquarters of the Southern Front No. 069/op by 7 o'clock on July 27, 1941 on the combat operations of the front troops:
  First. During the day of July 26, the front armies repelled enemy attacks in the directions of Ladyzhin and Zitkovtsy; Art. Rudnitsa, Bershad and Art. Rudnitsa, Kodyma. On the right wing of the front (12 and 6 A), continuing to conduct stubborn battles with superior forces in semi-encirclement, they retreated south to the gates of Monastyrische, Kitai Gorod.
  Second. 6 And during the day on July 25, she waged an unequal battle with the enemy in a semi-encirclement. The army units that suffered heavy losses are exhausted from previous battles and constitute approximately 25-30% of the regular strength.
  Salomatov's group (45 infantry divisions - on foot, 99 infantry divisions) concentrated in the Sarny, Uglovata area. Source – TsAMO: f. 228, op. 2535ss, no. 36, pp. 37-41 – original.

  Operational report of the headquarters of the Southern Front No. 073/op by 20:00 on July 29, 1941 on the combat operations of the front troops:

  First. On the right wing of the front, 6 and 12 A during the day of July 28 continued to carry out front directive No. 0024 to exit the battle in a southeastern direction. 18 And under the onslaught of superior forces in the direction of Gaisin, Teplik on its right flank retreated to the east. On the left flank it regrouped to strike in the general direction of Olgopol, Balta. At the end of 28.7, the front armies occupied the position: 12. And during the day 28.7, fighting with the pr-com, trying to cut off the army’s withdrawal routes, acting in the direction of Gaisin, Ivangorod and Tsybulev, Monastyrische, continued the retreat in the south-eastern direction, ensuring the exit of units of 6 A from the battle. On the morning of 29.7, units of the army occupied the position: 8th sk concentrated in the region of Tsibermanovka, Berestovets, Krasnopolka.
  The 99th Infantry Division approached Uman on the morning of July 29. Source – TsAMO: f. 228, op. 2535ss, no. 36, pp. 73-76 – original.

  Combat order of the commander of the 12th Army No. 0013 to strike the enemy in the Talnoye, Podobno sector (July 29, 1941):

  29.7.41 23.50
  1. Up to five enemy divisions are advancing from the west, up to one division is bypassing the city of Uman from the south. The enemy's 11th and 9th TDs are trying to develop an attack on Uman from the north and complete the encirclement of units of 12th and 6th A.
  2. There are no neighbors to the right or left.
  3. The army, covering itself from the west and south, will strike with its main forces tomorrow morning in the Talnoye sector, similarly to destroy the enemy’s mobile northern group and subsequently reach the Zvenigorodka, Ivanki, Krasnostavka line.
  Troops 12 A:
  1) 13 sk (99 rf, 60 gd, 367 gap RGK) - initial area Korzhevy Kut, Oksanino, Svinarka, the immediate task is to capture the area of ​​Pavlovka, Dolgonki, Maidanetskoye, the further task is to develop the success of Yerka. The axis of movement of the shutter is Babanovka, later Maydanetskaya. The border on the left is Pig Farm, (legal) Talnoye, Kobrinova. Source – TsAMO: f. 334, op. 3949ss, no. 7, l. 144 and 145 – and a typewritten copy.

  Operational report of the headquarters of the 12th Army No. 071 by 24 hours on August 1, 1941 on the combat operations of the army troops:

  The enemy continues to push units of 6A to the west and inflicted serious damage on the troops of 2 MK and 8 SK in the areas of Talyanki and Legezino. At the same time, they firmly hold the prepared line of Torgovitsa, Sverdlikovo, Pavlovka and transfer their motorized units from north to south to the area of ​​Lipnyazhka, Dobrinka, Olshanka.
  The 99th Infantry Division is fighting in the north by 14.00. env. Sverdlikovo, elev. 185, after capturing Sverdlikovo, the front turns to the northeast. Source – TsAMO: f. 334, op. 3949ss, no. 5, l. 303 – typewritten copy.

  Report of the commander of the troops of the Southern Front to the commander-in-chief of the troops of the South-Western direction on the measures taken to withdraw the troops of the 6th Army from encirclement (August 7, 19411)

  To the Commander-in-Chief of the South-Western Direction, Comrade Budyonny
  Military Council of the Southern Front
  Through employees of your headquarters, we have repeatedly received reproaches for the fact that the Military Council of the Southern Front is allegedly not serious about helping and organizing the withdrawal of Ponedelin. On this issue I report to you the following:
  1. Another 20.7, on the initiative of the Southern Front, units of 2 MK and a detachment formed from a reserve regiment, and one border detachment were transferred to the Uman, Khristinovka district, which pushed the pr-ka 20 km to the north and held Potash for 10 days, Yarovatka, Tsibermanovka, creating a gate through which the units of Ponedelin and Muzychenko came out. Essentially, the exit was secured.
  For unknown reasons, Ponedelin is very slow to leave, although in this regard he was repeatedly given orders to force the exit.
  2. Due to the slowness of the exit, Ponedelina is again overwhelmed by the pr-k, and in a more difficult situation on the entire Southern Front; despite this, even in these conditions he had the opportunity to escape the encirclement by breaking through to the east and southeast; This is also evidenced by the fact that on July 31, 1941, a front representative arrived from him in a car; In addition, his 99th Infantry Division and 11th Infantry Division's convoy went along these free roads. Source – TsAMO: f. 251, op. 646, no. 456, pp. 23-26 – typewritten copy.

  Combat order of the commander of the troops of the Southern Front No. 00161/op to the commander of the troops of the 9th and 18th armies to strengthen the defense on the occupied lines (September 25, 1941):

  First. According to the instructions of Headquarters and the Commander-in-Chief of the Southwestern Front, the offensive operation provided for by our Directive No. 00146/op is temporarily postponed.
  Second. 18 A consisting of 164, 130, 96, 4 and 99 infantry divisions, 2 tank brigade, 437, 268, 394 cap, 4 tank brigade and 530 ap anti-tank rifle, firmly defending the occupied line, preventing a breakthrough in the direction of Mikhailovka, B. Tokmak .
  Commanders 18 and 9 are to be completed by 2.10 with the expectation of having at least 500 personnel in the unit, put in order and prepare for combat operations all formations and units that make up the armies.
  979, 981, 982 joint ventures and 3 joint ventures Ovcharenko should be transferred to the commander of the 99th infantry regiment by 28.9. 182 zsp return by the same date to the disposal of the commander 18.
  Execution of decisions and orders - convey them.

  IN Anichkin Vladimir Vasilievich - platoon commander of the 271st Guards Rifle Regiment (88th Guards Zaporozhye Red Banner, Order of Suvorov and Bogdan Khmelnitsky rifle division, 8th Guards Army, 1st Belorussian Front), guard lieutenant.

  Born on August 15, 1925 in the village of Konduki, Epifanovsky (now Uzlovsky) district, Tula region, into a peasant family. Russian. In 1941 he graduated from 8 classes, then 2 years of pedagogical technical school. In the Red Army since February 1943, drafted by the Epifanovsky district military registration and enlistment office of the Tula region.

  In the active army since July 1943. Fought in the 88th Guards Rifle Division of the 8th Guards Army on the Southwestern, 3rd Ukrainian and 1st Belorussian fronts. In 1944 he graduated from the courses for junior lieutenants.

  Guard Lieutenant Vanichkin distinguished himself in the Warsaw-Poznan offensive operation during the crossing of the Warta River.

  On January 25, 1945, among the first with a small group of fighters, he swam across the Warta River in icy water in the area of ​​​​the village of Weissenburg (Bedrusko, north of the city of Poznan, Poland), captured and held a bridgehead on the left bank for 20 hours, covering the crossing of other units .

  U Kaz of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR dated March 24, 1945 for the exemplary performance of combat missions of the command on the front of the fight against the German invaders and the courage and heroism shown. Vanichkin Vladimir Vasilievich awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union with the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal.

  From April 16 to May 8, 1945, Guard Lieutenant V.V. Vanichkin participated as part of his division in the Berlin offensive operation, the assault on the Seelow Heights, the crossing of the Spree River, and street battles in Berlin.

  After the war, V.V. Vanichkin was transferred to the reserve, lived and worked in the city of Donskoy, Tula region, then in Chisinau (Moldova). Died in a car accident on October 10, 1964. He was buried at the Central Cemetery in Chisinau.

  He was awarded the Order of Lenin (03/24/1945), the Red Star (09/24/1944), and medals.

  In the regional center - the city of Uzlovaya, the portrait of the Hero is placed on the memorial stand of the Heroes of the region. In the city of Donskoy, a memorial plaque was installed on the house where V.V. Vanichkin lived after the war (Gertsen St., 27).

  Until July 1943, the troops of the 8th Guards Army, where V.V. Vanichkin fought, occupied the line along the Seversky Donets River.

  From July 17 to July 27, 1943, V.V. Vanichkin took part in the Izyum-Barvenkovskaya offensive operation, during which the division’s troops crossed the Seversky Donets River and captured a bridgehead on its right bank. After this, protracted, stubborn battles began on the bridgeheads, where the 8th Guards Army suffered heavy losses and, from August 10, was withdrawn to be replenished and re-equipped to the second echelon of the front.

  On August 13, the Donbass offensive operation began. The 8th Guards Army, which had not yet managed to restore its strength, was again brought into battle on August 20. The 88th Guards Rifle Division fought in the area north of Slavyansk. On August 22, the 8th Guards Army managed to break through the German defenses near the villages of Dolgenkoe and Mazanovka, but as a result of German counterattacks, the breakthrough was eliminated and the offensive of our troops was suspended. On September 3, the offensive resumed, but it happened very slowly, with heavy bloody battles. The 88th Guards Division fought on the outskirts of Barvenkovo. Finally, the German command could not stand it and began to withdraw its troops to the Dnieper, and the troops of the 8th Guards Army began to pursue them in the Zaporozhye direction. By the end of September, divisions of the 8th Guards Army reached the Dnieper.

  From October 10 to 14, 1943, V.V. Vanichkin participated in the Zaporozhye offensive operation, during which the German Zaporozhye bridgehead on the left bank of the Dnieper was eliminated and the city of Zaporozhye was liberated. For participation in the liberation of the city, the 88th Guards Rifle Division received the honorary name Zaporozhye.

  From January 30 to February 29, 1944, he took part in the Nikopol-Krivoy Rog offensive operation to liberate Right Bank Ukraine, during which the 88th Guards Division advanced in the direction of Apostolovo (south of Krivoy Rog) and, with stubborn fighting, reached the Ingulets River by February 29.

  From March 6 to 18, 1944, he participated in the Bereznegovato-Snigirev offensive operation in the south of Right Bank Ukraine in the interfluve of the Ingulets and Southern Bug rivers, during which the troops of the German 6th Army were defeated and the troops of the 8th Guards Army reached the Southern Bug.

  From March 26 to April 14, 1944, he participated in the Odessa offensive operation and the liberation of the city of Odessa (April 10).

  In June 1944, the 88th Guards Rifle Division as part of the 8th Guards Army was redeployed to the 1st Belorussian Front.

  From July 18 to August 2, 1944, V.V. Vanichkin took part in the Lublin-Brest offensive operation - a stage of the strategic offensive operation "Bagration". During this operation, the division advanced south of Brest, took part in breaking through the enemy’s defenses, and on July 20 reached the Western Bug River, crossed it and entered Polish territory. On July 28, the division approached the Vistula, crossed it and participated in the capture and retention of the Magnuszew bridgehead on the left bank of the river.

  For distinction in the battles on the bridgehead, taking into account the distinction in previous battles during the liberation of the city of Zaporozhye, the platoon commander, junior lieutenant V.V. Vanichkin, was awarded the Order of the Red Star.

  From the award list:

  On October 10, 1943, in the battles for the city of Zaporozhye, being the commander of a heavy machine gun crew, he destroyed 12 German soldiers with machine gun fire and suppressed the fire of an enemy light machine gun.
  On August 19, 1944, in battles in the area of ​​the village of Ciecielówka, Kielce Voivodeship (Poland), the company commander was out of action. Vanichkin took command of the company. Acting boldly and decisively, the company was the first to break into the village of Tsetselyuvka, where Vanichkin killed three German soldiers with his personal weapon.
  Commander of the 271st Guards Rifle Regiment, Major Kvyatkovsky

  From January 14 to February 3, 1945, he participated in the Warsaw-Poznan offensive operation, an integral part of the Vistula-Oder strategic operation. During the operation, the 88th Guards Rifle Division, as part of the 8th Guards Army, acted in the direction of the main attack - from the Magnuszew bridgehead in the direction of Kutno, Poznan. During the 4 days of the offensive, the troops of the 1st Belorussian Front defeated the main forces of the enemy's 9th Army, broke through its defenses to the entire operational depth, advancing 100-130 kilometers. On the morning of January 18, front troops began a decisive pursuit of the enemy. On January 19, the city of Lodz was liberated (with the participation of the 88th Guards Rifle Division). By January 25, the division's units reached the Warta River, crossed it and rushed to the Oder. Having broken through the Meseritz fortified area, the troops of the 8th Guards Army entered German territory.

  From the award list

  On January 25, 1945, during the crossing of the Warta River north of Poznan, he proved himself to be a brave, self-possessed and resourceful warrior, having gone through the school of war from soldier to officer. He used all his military skill, skill and ingenuity, leading the crossing of the river, swam to the opposite bank and carried the rest of the unit’s soldiers with him. Floating ice floes and strong currents threatened the life of the daredevil. Enemy bullets showered the hero. Having caught on the coastal ice, Vanichkin fired a well-aimed burst from his machine gun and immediately killed three Germans. With an exclamation: “For the Motherland, for Stalin, forward!” The brave communist carried away the five brave men who managed to swim across and destroyed up to 10 Germans, capturing a bridgehead of about 200 square meters. The enemy launched a counterattack with the company's forces, but was driven back to the starting line, leaving up to 30 soldiers killed.

  Using machine guns and grenades, a group of brave men pushed back the enemy. ensuring the crossing of the battalion. The enemy launched counterattacks 4 times and brought self-propelled guns into the battle. However, all attempts to throw the fighters off the bridgehead were defeated by the fortitude of the guards. The weapon, wet in the water, froze and refused to fire, but the enemy’s weapon, captured by the guards, helped.

  Comrade Vanichkin and his fighters skillfully beat the enemy with his own weapons. The battalion completely crossed the river and immediately went on the offensive, completing the assigned task, capturing large trophies, including enemy equipment in the village of Weissenburg. For 20 hours in frozen clothes, Comrade. Vanichkin led the battle, expanding the bridgehead and personally destroying up to 40 Nazis.

  For his heroism he is worthy of being awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.

  Commander of the 271st Guards Rifle Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Kvyatkovsky

  Connection history:

  On October 20, 1941, the 39th Infantry Brigade began to form in Alma-Ata. On December 1, the formation was completed and the brigades were transferred to the troops of the Moscow Defense Zone (MZO). Then the brigade was transferred to the 1UdA, in which it was transferred to the Northwestern Fleet and participated in the Toropetsko-Kholm operation (January-February 1942) with battles marching from Lake Seliger to the Smolensk city of Velizh. In April-May 1942, in the area of ​​​​Kimry (Savelovo station), the brigade was reorganized into the 88th Infantry Division of the 2nd formation.

  Many young people from Kimry, Kalinin and surrounding areas joined the newly formed division. On May 2, 1942, 66 cadets from the Moscow Infantry School named after the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR were sent to the division. Most of them were promoted to the rank of sergeant after their studies. At the end of formation on July 8, Marshal of the Soviet Union Kliment Efremovich Voroshilov arrived in the division. In the area of ​​​​the Koftyr stream, he conducted a review of the division's combat readiness, talked with soldiers and officers, rallies were held in a number of units, at which, standing on the table, Kliment Efremovich spoke about the situation at the fronts and wished military success. On July 9, 1942, the division departed by rail trains along the route Savelovo, Kireevskaya (Tula region), Manaenki (Tula region), Sukhinichi (Kaluga region), Shakhovskaya (Volokolamsk district, Moscow region). Here the division became part of the 31A Western Front. On August 1, it reached the front line of defense and relieved one of the 31A divisions. The Western Front at this time was preparing for an offensive in the Rzhev direction. The regiments took up defensive positions on the river. Keeping in a narrow area: p. Ivankovo, village Burnt Settlement. Until the end of the Great Patriotic War, the division fought as part of this army.

  From August 4, 1942 took part in the Rzhev-Sychevsk operation. After artillery and aviation preparation, the 88th Infantry Division, providing a junction with the 20th Army, together with the 212th Tank Brigade, crossed the Derzha River (near the village of Nosovo) and captured the village of Fedorovskoye (a forest southeast of Rovnoye), to 18 hours later, breaking through two enemy defensive positions. Its 426th Infantry Regiment was one of the first to break through the heavily fortified enemy position, inflicting heavy losses in manpower and equipment. Having overcome the tactical depth of the enemy's defense, the division's formations continued to carry out their assigned tasks. Moving towards the north. bank of the river The Blue Division reached Kaskovo on the morning of August 5th. By the morning of August 6, the 88th Infantry Division reached the Zamoshye-Malygino line, having advanced 20 kilometers since the beginning of the operation; the enemy in front of her front gradually retreated. By 20:00 on August 6, with the support of the advanced units of the 100th Tank Brigade of the 6th Tank Tank, the division captured the village. Koshelevo. During the subsequent offensive and fierce battles with the enemy, the division crossed the Vazuza River and crossed the Osuga River, occupying the defense line to the west (Skovorukhino - Luchkovo). The advance was greatly delayed by impassable roads due to heavy rains, which affected the supply of the divisions that went into the breakthrough and the actions of enemy aircraft. Despite the completion of the operation, offensive-defensive combat operations did not stop throughout August and September 1942.

  Throughout the fall - winter and during the operation, the division fought positional battles with the enemy, holding the tete-de-ponts on the Vazuza and Osuga rivers that had been occupied during the previous offensive operation. The division was opposed by the German 102nd Infantry Division. The next offensive on the Rzhevo-Sychevsky ledge at the end of November-December 42. for the 88th Division it resulted in two days of intense offensive fighting, during which little progress was made. The enemy resisted fiercely. Due to the fact that the 20th Army with its strike group was unable to complete the assigned task, the offensive in the division’s sector stalled and acquired a positional character.

  On February 6, the fascist German command decided to withdraw its troops from the Rzhev-Vyazma ledge (Operation Buffel). Having received information about the enemy’s preparations for withdrawal, on March 2, 1943, the division, together with its neighbors, began an offensive. The first target was the section of the railway west of Rzhev from the Papino station to the Melekhovo junction. By order of the commander of the 31st Army, General Gluzdovsky, it was necessary to try to cut off the Nazis’ escape route from Rzhev. Then, together with other parts of the army, a maneuver was carried out with a change in the direction of action from the north-west to the south-west towards Sychevka and Dorogobuzh. Developing the success achieved by the army as a result of this maneuver, the 88th Infantry Division and the 42nd Guards Infantry Division captured the regional center of Izdeshkovo on March 18 and, together with the 118th Infantry Division and 30th Guards Infantry Division, reached the eastern bank of the Dnieper. During the pursuit of the enemy, the 88th Division fought 160 km and participated in the liberation of the station. Osuga, Sychevka and dozens of villages and hamlets. At the end of the operation, a line well fortified by the enemy (“the bull line” is the most fortified part of the “Eastern Wall”) near the villages of Knyazhino, Vorotynovo, Baranovo (near the city of Safonovo, Smolensk region), blocking the Minsk-Moscow highway, the division defended itself until Smolensk offensive operation.

  On August 2, 1943, in preparation for a new offensive, the division surrendered its sector to another unit and marched from the left to the right wing of the army, to the area of ​​the village. Kapyrevshchina. On August 8, having launched an offensive in its sector, overcoming the enemy’s defensive lines, the division launched an offensive in the area of ​​​​the villages of Yanovo and Rybka on the river. Vedosa. Having repelled a number of enemy counterattacks and destroyed many fascists, the division’s fighters themselves suffered significant losses and on August 9 continued to fight in the area of ​​the village of Rybki together with other units of the 31st Army. On this day, the division commander, Colonel A.F. Bolotov, who had commanded it since April 1942, died the death of the brave. Among the personnel, the division commander enjoyed unquestioned authority and love. Often being at the forefront of defense in units, he knew many veterans not just by sight, but called them by name and patronymic. The division, under the command of Colonel Bolotov, a graduate of the Academy. Frunze 1938, stood out for its high combat effectiveness. Before the start of the offensive, it already included 3,750 soldiers who were awarded orders and medals. The news of the death of this commander quickly spread throughout all the troops of the army and resonated with deep pain in the hearts of the soldiers.

  In the following days, the fighting either subsided or resumed with renewed vigor. It was only possible to wedge 4-6 kilometers into the main line of enemy defense and gain a foothold on the achieved lines, repelling numerous counterattacks of the enemy leading a tough defense on this section of the front. On August 20, the command suspended the offensive of the troops of the Kalinin and Western Front in order to conduct more thorough preparations for a strike against the enemy. On the night of August 23, the division, during the regrouping, transferred its sector to another unit and returned to the Safonovo area.

  A new offensive began on August 30 (Yelninsk-Dorogobuzh operation August 28 - September 6, 1943). And bloody battles broke out again. On August 31, the Nazis began to withdraw troops, who suffered heavy losses. By the morning of August 31, at the suggestion of the Chief of Staff of the Army, General M.I. Shchedrin, the commander of the 45th Corps, General S.G. Poplavsky, formed mobile forward detachments in the 251st and 88th divisions and moved them into relentless pursuit of the enemy. In short-lived battles, the detachments boldly and decisively knocked down the enemy rearguards from intermediate lines, clearing the way for the main forces. At dawn, under the cover of artillery fire, they broke into the Nazi defenses on the western bank of the Vopets River. This came as a complete surprise to the enemy. Following the advanced detachments, the main forces of the division crossed the river, capturing several settlements. Hot battles broke out at every settlement, at every tactically advantageous line. Near the village of Seltso, two enemy infantry companies met the rifle battalion of the 611th regiment with massive fire. The battalion commander sent one company to bypass the village. The attack from the rear was unexpected for the enemy. Leaving 30 corpses on the battlefield, they hastily retreated in a northwestern direction. By the end of the day, the division occupied a line in the Kryazhevo area south of Safonovo. The slow progress continued. A fierce battle broke out near the Zasizhye state farm on the banks of the Dnieper. The German command reinforced the remnants of the 337th Infantry Division defending in this area with units of the 18th Motorized Division. The attack on the state farm began at night. Having overcome the wire fence, the soldiers of the 611th rifle division with a swift attack knocked the enemy out of the fortifications. But immediately enemy infantry launched a counterattack from two directions. Having fought it off, the battalions of the 611th regiment and the 426th regiment that arrived in time broke into the state farm. When the state farm was completely liberated, among the ruins of buildings, the fighters counted more than 200 enemy corpses. Continuing the offensive, units of the division liberated several more settlements that day. East of Yartsevo, the Nazis still managed to gain a foothold for some time on the second line of defense. From September 6 to September 15, army troops stopped the offensive, preparing a new breakthrough. The 88th Division, as part of the 45th Rifle Corps, by order of the front commander, was preparing to transfer to the 68th Army of General E.P. Zhuravlev, where it was transferred on September 18-20. During the Smolensk strategic offensive operation, the division liberated dozens of villages in the Safonovsky, Yartsevo and Rudnevsky districts of the Smolensk region. On October 2, 1943, the Smolensk offensive operation was completed. During these days, the battle for the Dnieper unfolded and therefore there was a need to continue active operations in the Vitebsk, Orsha and Mogilev directions in order to pin down the main forces of Army Group Center. By carrying out a series of private operations, the Kalinin and Western Fronts completed their task and did not allow the enemy to transfer forces to the southern direction, where the main task of the campaign was being solved.

  On October 8, the 88th Division was among the first to enter Belarusian soil near the Fomin churchyard, Dubrovensky district, Vitebsk region.

  With the completion of the Smolensk offensive operation, the Headquarters of the Supreme High Command demanded that the commanders of the Western, 2nd Baltic and 1st Baltic, Belorussian fronts conduct new offensive operations in the western direction in order to prevent the fascist troops of Army Group Center from gaining a foothold on the Sozh and Dnieper rivers , break through the enemy’s defenses in the Vitebsk-Polotsk and Bobruisk directions, in order to reach the line Vilnius, Minsk, Slutsk.

  The troops of the Western Front, in pursuance of the indicated directives, attacked in the Orsha direction from October 12. By October 18, the troops tried to break through the enemy’s defenses, but did not achieve any result, in a number of places wedged into the defenses of Army Group Center by 1-1.5 kilometers. Front losses: killed - 5858 people, wounded - 17,478 people. Total - 23,336 people. The offensive in the Orsha direction resumed on October 21. Front advance - from 4 to 6 kilometers. On October 26, the offensive was suspended. Losses of Soviet troops: killed - 4,787 people, wounded - 14,315 people. Total - 19,102 people.

  The third time the offensive was resumed after two weeks of preparation and regrouping of troops. However, it also led to a meager result - from November 14 to 19, 1943, the troops advanced westward only from 1 to 4 kilometers. Our losses: killed - 9167 people, wounded - 29,589 people. Total - 38,756 people. The last attempt at an offensive was from November 30 to December 2, in the same directions and with the same forces. It also did not produce any results. Once again, Soviet troops were able to achieve a wedge of 1 to 2 kilometers. Our losses: killed - 5611 people, wounded - 17,259 people. Total - 22,870 people. From December 2, the front troops went on the defensive to prepare a more powerful strike. However, even two months later, as a result of the next, Vitebsk operation, no success was achieved.

  The 88th Division was committed to battle on October 23 after a short rest, returning to the 31st Army (the 68th Army was disbanded in early November 1943). These regiments stood in the area of ​​​​the villages of Kostino - Ryabchevo, where the enemy launched a series of counterattacks along the Minsk - Moscow highway. Having repelled counterattacks, they, in order to improve their positions, advanced to the line of the village of Kiriev, village. Gormans, Orsha district, Vitebsk region. On this section of the front, the division was on the defensive for more than 9 months, fighting bloody positional battles. On the approaches to Orsha, which the Nazis turned into a powerful defense center in the Minsk direction, the terrain was advantageous for the enemy. Here he organized several tactical defense zones, strong strongholds and resistance centers. The “Eastern Wall,” as Hitler’s generals called this defensive belt, was considered impregnable by them. In October, the troops of the 31st Army advanced along the highway only 5-8 kilometers. On November 14, another unsuccessful attempt was made to break through the enemy’s defenses in this direction. The private offensive operation carried out by troops of the 31st Army from February 22 to 27, 1944 in the area of ​​​​the town of Babinovichi did not bring success either.

  Subsequently, the division took part in the liberation of "Belarus", the Baltic, Gumbinen-Goldap operation and the East Prussian operation.

  After failures in the winter and spring of 1944. The 3rd Belorussian Front was intensively preparing for the main summer offensive of 1944 in Belarus. On June 1, 1944 the division consisted of 4817 people. and was part of the 71SK (by the beginning of the offensive the division was brought to 6321 people). Lieutenant General P.K. Koshevoy took command of the corps on May 31. (future marshal of the USSR). The main blow of the 3Bel Front (as in many other operations of the Great Patriotic War) was delivered by the 11GvA Galitsky. 31A Lieutenant General V.V. Glagolev had to deliver the main blow with its right flank along the northern bank of the Dnieper towards Orsha. Unlike the 11GvA, Glagolev’s army did not receive powerful breakthrough artillery and had rather limited forces, but good organization of the offensive made it possible to break through the enemy’s defenses. On the eve of the offensive, parts of the army carried out a small regrouping. 88SD, which occupied the northern defense. The Minsk-Smolensk railway surrendered its positions to 11GvA and took up defense in the north. bank of the Dnieper. The German troops defended this sector with the 25pgd. On June 20-21, all 31A divisions conducted force reconnaissance in force in order to identify the front line of the enemy’s defense. By the way, the 88SD attack was not successful and stopped at a wire fence.

  88SD was supposed to advance in a narrow strip along the Minsk Highway. and south of it. The actions of the 71SK (88, 331sd) were supported by the 213tbr, which had 34 T-34s, 7 T-60s, 3 SU-76s, 3 SU-122s. Before the offensive, 28 passes were made through minefields and barbed wire. For the purpose of camouflage, the wire was not cut, but only separated. To overcome the anti-tank ditch, 172 assault ladders and 24 assault ladders were prepared. bridge.

  Operation Bagration in section 31A began on the morning of June 23, 1944. after 2.5 hours of artillery preparation. In order to reduce the time between the end of the artillery preparation and the attack, already during the artillery operation, the first echelons of the division moved towards the enemy positions. During the attack, the 88SD regiments (together with the 13th assault brigade) broke the front line of the German defense and, having cleared the forest area in which the positions of German troops were located and repelling counterattacks using tanks and self-propelled guns, advanced several kilometers. On the second day of the operation, the resistance of the German troops increased, however, skillfully interacting with the rifle divisions and the 213th Tank Brigade, which was the echelon of development of success, it was possible to complete the breakthrough of the enemy’s defensive line. The 88th Rifle Division captured the Gura stronghold on June 24. Losses during the first two days of the offensive amounted to approx. 1000 people killed and wounded. On June 25, after the defense was broken, the offensive moved noticeably faster. The 88th Infantry Division, advancing along the railway, advanced to the Golyashi settlement. On June 26, due to the threat of a bypass from the north (from the 11GvA breakthrough zone), German troops began to withdraw their troops in front of section 31A to Orsha. During the day, the 88th Rifle Division advanced 15 km and captured crossings on the river. Orshitsa. On June 27, a joint attack by 11GvA from the north and west, as well as 71SK and 36SK 31A from the east and north of Orsha was liberated. The defeated units of the 25pgd and 78pd were unable to gain a foothold on the prepared lines around Orsha and were driven out of the city. By evening, the 88th Rifle Division reached the Cherven area, 5 km south of the city.

  In the following days, 31A pursued defeated enemy units retreating in a western and south-western direction. On June 28, 71SK went to the river. Drut, June 29 to the river. Beaver, and June 30 to the river. Berezina. On July 1, having crossed the Berezina in the Bol area. The forces of the 71SK division attacked from the south of New. Borisov. The 88th Infantry Division operated in the second echelon of the corps. On July 2, rapidly moving behind the tankers 2GvTK 71SK passed approx. 40 km. On July 3, 2GvTK burst from the north into the capital of Belarus, Minsk, and completed the liberation of the city from the enemy. The further offensive after the defeat of the German troops east of Minsk was carried out practically in marching columns. By the end of July 4, the 88th Rifle Division entered Zaslavl, by the end of July 6 in Pershaya, and by July 8 it reached the river. Gavya having passed in 6 days approx. 150km.

  Having crossed the river The corps' divisions, without slowing down, continuously pursued the retreating enemy units and, knocking down the barriers of individual battalions thrown in the way of the enemy's advance, moved west. On July 12, the 88th Infantry Division, together with the 192nd Infantry Division, captured the station. Marcinkantse. On the approaches to the river. Neman resistance from German troops began to intensify, but on July 14 the division reached the Neman near Druskininkai and captured the city. On July 15, having crossed the Neman, the division began an offensive from the captured bridgehead, and the 192nd Rifle Division, operating to the south, reached the state border of the USSR and Poland (the first case during the Second World War). On July 16, units 36SK 31A liberated the city of Grodno. Beyond the Neman, progress slowed down noticeably. The German command pulled large forces to the area where Soviet troops reached the German borders. Units of 5td, 7td, pgd SS "MG", 131 and 170dd were noted. Further advances were made difficult by difficult terrain conditions. The wooded area with a large number of lakes gave the enemy the opportunity to gain a foothold in the inter-lake defiles. The center and left flank of the army were subject to constant counterattacks with a large number of tanks, and crossings across the Neman were subject to constant attacks by German aircraft. As a result, on July 20, a decision was made to switch to defense. The 88th Rifle Division went on the defensive in the Bertele, Yushkansy sector.

  29 July 44 After a short break, 31A's offensive resumed. From August 29 to 7, 31A advanced 45 km in the north-west direction to Suwalki, after which it was forced to move to the defense of the west. Krasnopol. The task of reaching the borders of East Prussia was not completed due to strong resistance from German troops. The army troops, who had traveled more than 500 km in a month, were very tired; the presence of a large number of untrained reinforcements from the liberated territories of Belarus in all army formations and the lag in the rear became critical. A break in operations was required.

  During August and early September '44. A lot of work was done to train the arriving reinforcements and arrange defensive lines. 88SD was withdrawn to the army reserve in the district. south of Kalvaria. Meanwhile, in October '44. The 3rd Belorussian Front was preparing for the invasion of East Prussia. 88 Infantry Division on October 15, 1944. numbered 5960 people.

  On October 17, 3BelF went on the offensive in East Prussia. The main attack on Stallupen-Gumbinen was dealt by 11GvA. 71SK, which included 88SD, acted on the right flank of 31A and delivered the main blow from the western area. Calvary on Goldap. Having broken through the defenses along the East Prussian border, the 71SK divisions developed an offensive through the forested lake area and advanced on Goldap. On October 19, together with the 331st Rifle Division, the division captured the city of Schittkermen, and on October 21, having overcome the forest area, they captured the city of Yerkishken, reaching the approaches to Goldap. Having overcome the resistance of German troops on the river. Jarke on the morning of October 23, the division broke into the town of Gołdap and by 8 am cleared it of the enemy. On October 24, it was decided to suspend the further offensive due to increased enemy resistance and the suspension of the 11GvA offensive, against which the enemy launched a counterattack. Attempts at counterattacks by German troops to recapture Goldap were repulsed with heavy losses. During the operation, our troops advanced more than 50 km, securing the left flank of the 11th GvA.

  On November 3, German troops launched a strong counterattack and, having crushed units of the right-flank 84th Guards Infantry Division, reached the river. Goldap and cut off the escape routes of the 611st city. All our units escaped the encirclement, but attempts to counterattack to return the city of Goldap were unsuccessful. On November 7, the division was transferred to reserve.

  In January - March '45. The division, consisting of 31A, took part in the East Prussian operation, during which it reached the Frisches Half Bay, destroying the enemy Heilsberg group pressed to the shore of the bay. Despite fierce enemy resistance, our troops reached Frisch Gaff Bay on March 26. Three days later, the remnants of the Heilsberg group stopped fighting. During the fighting, 93 thousand German soldiers and officers were destroyed, and 46 thousand were captured.

  In April '45 31A, released during the East Prussian operation, was transferred from the 3rd Belorussian Front to the 1st Ukrainian Front. From April 12 to April 17, she was transported by train to Silesia in the Glogau region. The army's vehicles were transported under their own power, covering a route of 700 km. On the night of April 21, 71SK took up defense along the line of Haugsdorf, Levenberg, Harpersdorf, replacing divisions 52A.

  By May 1, 45 The division took up defensive positions in the Mittelhof area. The opposing German troops were Volkssturm regiments. Neither our troops nor the enemy conducted active combat operations. On the night of May 8, 1945. German troops, having signed the act of surrender in Reims, began to retreat with the goal of surrendering to the Allies, and not to the Red Army. 31A, having overcome the obstacles on the defense line, immediately began pursuing the retreating German troops. By May 12, during the pursuit on the territory of Czechoslovakia, the division reached the Tanvald, Jablonec area. It took approx. 1800 prisoners. Now the war is over! It was Victory! Remaining days of May 45 parts of the division were engaged in combing the area, during which several thousand more people were captured.

  Commanders:

  • Bolotov Andrey Filippovich (04/29/1942 - 08/09/1943) Colonel
  • Bulanov Gavriil Alekseevich (08/12/1943 - 10/03/1943) Colonel