The 283rd Rifle Division was formed in the Oryol Military District, near the city of Shchigry, Kursk Region, from July 15 to September 6, 1941.
As of September 1, 1941, the division was part of the 3rd Army, first of the Western Front, on August 1, 1941, the 3rd Army was included in the Central Front, and from August 26, as part of the Bryansk Front (formerly Orlovsky), the operational group of General Ermakov . During the war, the 283rd Infantry Division as part of the 3rd Army came under subordination: on March 13, 1943, the 283rd Infantry Division as part of the 3rd Army was included in the Central Front of the 2nd formation, on March 27, 1943 - in the Oryol Front (from March 28, 1943 Bryansk Front 3 formations), from 10/20/1943 Belorussian Front, from February a division consisting of the 80th Rifle Corps, 02/24/1944 the Belorussian Front was renamed 1 Belorussian, from 04/05/1944 1 Belorussian was reorganized into the Belorussian. 04/16/1944 again in 1 Belorussky. From 07/05/1944-02/10/1945 283rd Rifle Division of the 41st Rifle Corps (returned from subordination to the 80th Rifle Corps) 3rd Army of the 2nd Belorussian Front, its commanders in different periods were Petrov, Zakharov, Rokossovsky. In January 1945, the division, part of the 3rd Belorussian Front, participated in the East Prussian offensive operation, and on January 20, 1945 invaded East Prussia. After a forced march from Königsberg to Frankfurt on the Oder, from 04/08/1945 the division as part of the 1st Belorussian Front took part in Berlin strategic offensive operation. The division's fighters celebrated victory at Brandenburg.
Division commander Colonel Nechaev Alexander Nikolaevich (from 05/03/1942 - Major General);
Division Commissar, Battalion Commissar Vichaev Vasily Nikolaevich;
Chief of Staff of the Division, Colonel Afonin Pavel Ivanovich;
Head of the division's political department, battalion commissar Kashunin;
Commissar of the division headquarters, battalion commissar Vasily Vasilievich Zaplatin
Chief (commander) of the division's artillery, Major Georgy Vasilievich Godin;
The head of the operations department of the division headquarters, captain. Golubev Ivan Dmitrievich
The division included the following units formed in the area of the city of Shchigry, Kursk region:
856th Infantry Regiment. Regiment commander, Major Konovalov Vasily Andreevich; regiment commissar senior political instructor Volchenkov E.E., chief of staff of the regiment Major Nazemnov I.P., place of formation of the regiment - forest in the area of the village of Rudka, Olkhovatsky village council, 12 kilometers north of the city of Shchigry.;
858th Infantry Regiment. Regiment commander Colonel G.V. Maksimov, regiment commissar battalion commissar A.S. Chirkov, regiment chief of staff captain S.K. Reznichenko. Place of formation - the village of Semenovka near the city of Shchigra.
860th Infantry Regiment. Regiment commander Major I.A. Zavyalov, regiment commissar battalion commissar Galichev, regiment chief of staff captain N.D. Melovsky. The place where the regiment was formed was a forest near the Okhochevka railway station in the Shchigrovsky district.
848th artillery regiment. Regiment commander Captain Skorobogatov D.I., regiment commissar senior political instructor G.D. Kokarev, chief of staff of the regiment Captain Starynin D.E. The place where the regiment was formed was the village of Vyazovoe, near the town of Shchigry. By Order of the People's Commissar of Defense No. 18 of January 11, 1942
The 848th Artillery Regiment (commander Captain D.I. Skorobogatov) was transformed into the 9th Guards Artillery Regiment.
In the area of the city of Shchigry, near the division headquarters, the following were formed:
744th separate communications battalion. Battalion commander Captain Sobolev (06/12/1943 reorganized into the 357th separate communications company);
349th separate anti-tank fighter division. Division commander Captain N.S. Arkhipov;
564th separate engineer battalion. Battalion commander Captain Lobanov;
312 separate medical battalion. The battalion commander is captain of the medical service Graifer.
368 reconnaissance company,
569 separate anti-aircraft artillery division (until 10/1/41),
377th separate chemical defense company,
439 (738) motor transport company,
558 (161) field bakery,
24 (665) divisional veterinary hospital,
965 field postal station,
849 field cash desk of the State Bank.
Later the division included: 210 anti-aircraft artillery battery (1.4.42 - 1.10.42), 585 mortar division (1.4.42 - 1.10.42), 357 separate communications company (from 06/12/1943 of the year).
On the morning of September 6, 1941, the 283rd Infantry Division in nineteen echelons began to depart to the front.
By 6 a.m. on September 9, the trains arrived at the Klyukovniki station in the Navlinsky district of the Bryansk region, thirty kilometers southeast of Bryansk. Here the division joined the active army as part of the Bryansk Front. The enemy continued to advance on the flank of the troops of the Southwestern Front. He managed to cross the Desna and reach the Konotop-Chernigov line.
By the morning of September 19, the 283rd Infantry Division concentrated in the forest southwest of the city of Sevsk, Oryol (now Bryansk) region. So the 283rd Infantry Division ended up on the left wing of the Bryansk Front and became part of the operational group of General A. N. Ermakov. Near the village of Yampol, Sumy region
On September 19, 1941, at the junction of the Bryansk and Southwestern fronts, the division’s baptism of fire took place as part of the operational group of General A.N. Ermakov. Units of the division advanced in the direction of Marchikhin-Buda, Vozdvizhenskoye, Gremyachka, Yampolsky district, Sumy region.
On the morning of September 20, the head units of the division passed Marchikhin-Buda, Yampolsky district, Sumy region, and approached the western outskirts of the small village of Sorokova Klin, Yampolsky district. The enemy, hidden behind haystacks, suddenly opened machine-gun and mortar fire.
By the end of the day on September 20, 1941, the division’s soldiers drove the invaders out of Sorokovy Klin and launched an attack on the village of Vozdvizhenskoye, located in the southeastern part of the Yampolsky district of the Sumy region.
At noon on September 21, 1941, units of the 283rd Infantry Division liberated this settlement. The Nazis fought back to the village of Gremyachka, Yampolsky district.
On the afternoon of September 22, stubborn fighting broke out in a 13-kilometer area. Near the village of Shlykov, Glukhovsky district, the enemy launched a tank attack against the 856th Infantry Regiment. The enemy tank attack was successfully repulsed by artillery fire from the 856th Infantry Regiment and the artillery battalion of the 848th Artillery Regiment. At the same time, the artillery of the 856th rifle regiment knocked out 3 tanks, and 1 battery of the 848th artillery regiment knocked out 3 tanks and burned 2.
On September 23, 1941, the 856th Infantry Regiment received an order to capture Gremyachka with the forces of the 6th Infantry Company, crew of a 76-mm cannon, with the support of a howitzer battery of the 848th Artillery Regiment of the division. At half past seven in the morning the attack began, as a result of which the Germans were driven back. At 8 a.m., a tank battalion consisting of four T-26 tanks arrived to reinforce the regiment. The advancing soldiers managed to advance only to the intersection of the first two streets. One of the tanks was hit and caught fire at the beginning of the counterattack; a little later, a direct hit from a shell jammed the gun of the other and tore out the barrel of the machine gun. The fighting for Gremyachka continued until the late evening of September 24, 1941.
On September 24, 1941, the 848th Artillery Regiment, with the fire of an artillery battery, suppressed 2 mortar batteries and an enemy heavy machine gun on the northern outskirts of the city of Glukhov, which interfered with the advance of the 858th Infantry Regiment and caused losses to it.
During September 25–26, 1941, units of the division repelled 9 enemy tank attacks. In the battle on September 26, 1941, when German tanks broke through in sector 860 of the rifle regiment, the 5th and 6th batteries of the regiment put them to flight with flank fire. It was not possible to hold Gremyachka; the division lost many people. True, units of the division knocked out 6 tanks, 5 armored vehicles, one armored personnel carrier, and killed more than 70 fascists. In the area of the village of Bereza, Glukhovsky district, Sumy region, the 5th artillery battery of the regiment scattered a group of enemy tanks trying to surround the battalion of the 856th rifle regiment. In the battles near the city of Glukhov and in the area of the village of Bereza, units of the division fought heroically and managed to destroy 500 German soldiers and officers, 11 tanks, and a large number of enemy machine gun emplacements. Soon the division took up defensive positions 400 meters west of the village of Vozdvizhenskoye, Yampolsky district. The Germans began to show activity on the night of September 28-29, 1941.
On September 30, 1941, the 283rd Infantry Division, attacked by the enemy with the strength of a motorized infantry division with 50-70 tanks and two or three artillery divisions, left the village of Esman in the Glukhovsky district by 14.30 and retreated to the line Knyazhichi - Pustogorod - B. Sloboda. The enemy captured the Studenok and Kucherovka districts of the Glukhovsky district.
By the end of October 1, 1941, the remnants of the 283rd Infantry Division, 21st and 52nd CDs, 150th and 121st Tank Brigades were fighting in the Orlovka - Pustogorod - Baranovka - Sopych area of the Glukhovsky district of the Sumy region.
On October 2, 1941, the division fought at the Baranovka - Pustogorod line in the Glukhovsky district of the Sumy region. The headquarters of Ermakov’s group was located in the city of Rylsk, Kursk region. In the area of the village of Khinel, Sevsky district, Oryol (now Bryansk) region, the headquarters of the 283rd rifle division was cut off by the enemy from its troops. To connect with the units, it was necessary to take the crossing over the Khinelevka River and drive the Germans out of the village of Spirtozavod. Despite the superiority of the enemy forces, who had a wedge, a gun, armored vehicles, 2 machine guns and several machine guns, the division headquarters broke through the bridge and the workers' village into the forest, where it united with its units. The artillery batteries of the 848th Artillery Regiment with their fire ensured that the division headquarters escaped the encirclement.
On October 3, 1941, the enemy with a force of up to two tank divisions and two motorized divisions, breaking through the front at the junction of the 13th Army and A.N. Ermakov’s group, occupied the areas of Rudnya, Zhikhov, Seredina-Buda, Suzemka, Kromy and advanced units approached Orel. A significant part of the operational group of General A.N. Ermakov, including the 283rd Infantry Division, was surrounded and fought with enemy motorized units in the Lomlenka - Demyanovka - Khinel area of the Sevsky district of the present Bryansk region, making its way to the village of Amon, Khomutovsky district, Kursk region.
On the night of October 4-5, 1941, with a sudden attack in the direction of the villages of Vityach and Prilepy in the Khomutovsky district of the Kursk region, the division broke through the encirclement. In a night battle in Prilepy, units of the division destroyed the headquarters of the 10th German mechanized division, captured 20 vehicles with various equipment, and freed 375 soldiers and commanders of the Red Army, captured by the enemy the day before. All units and units of General A.N. Ermakov’s group with military equipment and convoys emerged from the encirclement. The 848th artillery regiment emerged from the encirclement, preserving its equipment and convoys, and with its fire ensured the escape of the rifle units from the encirclement.
Until October 24, 1941, the division covered the Kursk direction, defending the lines west and north of Lgov. Through her actions, she helped units of the 13th Army escape from encirclement.
In the last days of October 1941, by order of the commander of the Bryansk Front, in difficult conditions, the division marched to the stations of Okhachevka and Shchigry, then by rail it was transferred to the area of the city of Efremov, Tula Region, where it became part of the 3rd Army of the Bryansk Front.
Interacting with the 6th Guards and 137th Rifle Divisions, on November 7, 1941, the formation immediately struck the right flank of Guderian’s army southeast of the city of Plavsk and completely defeated the 331st and 337th Infantry Regiments of the 167th Infantry Division of the Nazis.
On November 8, 9 and 19, 1941, the fighting was particularly fierce. Acting decisively and actively, the division's regiments pulled back part of the enemy forces from the Tula direction, which contributed to the disruption of the German command's plans to capture Tula.
On November 21, 1941, the Nazis managed to wedge themselves into the defense line between the 283rd and 137th rifle divisions. The cannon batteries of the 848th artillery regiment, standing on the outskirts of the village of Urodovka (now Zarechye) in the Efremovsky district of the Tula region, turned their guns 180 degrees and opened fire on the infiltrating fascists. In this battle, the division of senior lieutenant V.A. Pantyukhov distinguished himself. At the same time, the military commissar of the 848th Infantry Regiment, senior political instructor G.D. Kokarev. organized infantry for defense. The enemy attack stalled. In just a week, in the battles near Efremov, the division’s soldiers destroyed up to 400 enemy soldiers and officers, 5 tanks, 4 ammunition depots.
On December 11, 1941, the 283rd Rifle Division, together with the troops of the Southwestern and Western Fronts, launched a counteroffensive.
On December 12, 1941, in cooperation with the 6th Guards Infantry Division, she broke through the German defenses at the Urodovka-Efremov line and during the offensive on December 13, 1941, liberated the city of Efremov, on December 22, the city of Novosil, while liberating dozens of other settlements in the offensive zone, capturing a number of important bridgeheads on on the western bank of the Zusha and Oka rivers near the villages of Bedrintsy, Teremtsy, Belevsky district, Tula region, Vyazhi - Zavershye, St. and Nov. Bitkovo, Novosilsky district, I Babenkovo, Gorodishche, Krasnoye, Mtsensky district, Oryol region, which subsequently served as strongholds for striking the enemy and defeating him in this direction. In the combat operations carried out, the artillerymen of the 848th Artillery Regiment showed examples of high organization, discipline, and showed courage and bravery in carrying out combat missions. During the battles, the 848th Infantry Regiment destroyed and destroyed 49 tanks, 28 enemy command and observation posts, 15 guns, 14 anti-tank guns, 14 vehicles, 52 mortars, 63 heavy machine guns, 2,300 German soldiers and officers. For courage and bravery, many artillerymen were awarded orders and medals back in 1941. The Order of the Red Banner was received by regiment commander D.I. Skorobogatov, regiment commissar senior political instructor G.D. Kokarev, battery commanders lieutenants P.I. Tsekakhov, A.T. Miroshnichenko, gunners D.G. Kurochka, S.S. Goncharov and others. By order of the People's Commissar of Defense No. 18 of January 11, 1942, the 848th Artillery Regiment (commander Captain D.I. Skorobogatov) was transformed into the 9th Guards Artillery Regiment.
In mid-January 1942, the division was transferred to the reserve of the 3rd Army. It was replenished with people, ammunition, and received new weapons.
From February to April 1942, the division as part of the 3rd Army of the Bryansk Front fought offensive battles on the western bank of the Zusha River east of the city of Orel, liberated the village of Chegodaevo, the villages of Babenka and Khmelevaya in the Bolkhov district of the Oryol region.
On March 31, 1942, the enemy, with superior forces, launched a counterattack against units of the division in the area of the village of Butyrki, Arsenyevsky district, Tula region, but was driven back with heavy losses.
From May 1942 to February 7, 1943, the division staunchly defended the important railway line and the Orel-Moscow highway on the Mtsensk bridgehead in the Nizhnyaya Zaroshcha - Maloe Krytsyno section of the Mtsensk district of the Oryol region. Periodically, the division took offensive actions with limited goals, preventing the enemy from breaking through from Orel to the cities of Tula and Moscow, and improved its position in a number of areas.
From February 13 to February 20, 1943, units of the division conducted combat operations in the area of the village of Verkhneye Usherevo, Mtsensk district, Oryol region.
From February 20 to February 27, 1943, units of the 283rd Infantry Division took part in the battles for the village of Gorodishche, Mtsensk District, Oryol Region.
On February 21, 1943, after an artillery attack, the 860th Infantry Regiment under the command of Lieutenant Colonel S.K. Reznichenko. crossed to the western bank of the Oka River and decisively captured a large center of German resistance - the village of Gorodishche, Mtsensk district, Oryol region. Despite the incessant enemy counterattacks, the regiment managed to hold the village of Gorodishche until the rest of the division arrived.
After the end of the operation near the village of Gorodishche on February 27, 1943, units of the division made an organized march to a new concentration site in the area of the village of Krasnoye, Zalegoshchensky district, Oryol region, making treks of 40 km per night in the absence of roads and with continuous drifts.
From March 1 to March 21, 1943, units of the 283rd Infantry Division took part in battles in the area of the village of Krasnoye, Zalegoshchensky district, Oryol region. The fighting in the area of the village of Krasnoye was part of the offensive operations of the Bryansk, Central and left wing of the Western Fronts in the Oryol-Bryansk direction, which began on February 12 and ended on March 21, 1943. As a result, Soviet troops went on the defensive along the line Mtsensk - Novosil - Bryantsevo - Sevsk - Rylsk. On March 13, 1943, the 283rd Infantry Division as part of the 3rd Army was included in the Central Front 2 formation, on March 27, 1943 - in the Oryol Front (from March 28, 1943 Bryansk Front 3 formation).
In mid-July 1943, during the Battle of Kursk, the division was introduced into the battle on the Oryol ledge.
On July 19, 1943, the division advanced in the area of the village of Gorbuntsovo, and on July 20 in the area of the village of Dobraya Voda, Mtsensk district, Oryol region.
On the night of July 21, 1943, the division crossed the Oka River on the move and captured two bridgeheads. For them, the soldiers and commanders fought fiercely, steadfastly withstanding attacks from fresh German units and attacks from enemy aircraft. Hand-to-hand fighting broke out.
By the end of July 1943, units of the 283, 342, 380, 269, 308 rifle divisions, in cooperation with other units, completely liberated the Mtsensk region of the Oryol region from the German occupiers. By 19:00 on July 31, 1943, the 283rd Infantry Division began fighting for the village of Apalkovo, Mtsensk District, Oryol Region. The combat report at 19.30 says: the enemy stubbornly defends the western slopes of height 237.1 - the central part of Apalkovo, the grove southwest of Apalkovo, height 250.6. The 860th Infantry Regiment is fighting on the northern outskirts of Apalkovo, with the task of encircling the village from the west; The 856th Infantry Regiment reached the eastern and southern parts of Apalkovo, bypassing it from the southwest in cooperation with its neighbor on the left: division OP - height 238.4, CP - forest 4 km east of Narykovo. At this time, taking advantage of the partial successes of their neighbors and the 283rd Infantry Division, the tankers of the 253rd Tank Regiment, together with the infantry of the 342nd Infantry Division, bypassed Apalkovo from the north and attacked on the flank. The enemy's resistance in the main bastion of his defense was finally broken. That same night, the 186th Infantry Division successfully attacked Salnikovo, and the 858th Infantry Regiment of the 283rd Infantry Division, together with the 17th Guards Tank Brigade, liberated Andrianovo, Mtsensk region. Long lists on the slabs of the mass grave at Apalkovskaya Heights indicate that the victory was very expensive. The ashes of 367 soldiers rest here.
On the night of August 1, the Germans began to retreat across the Nepolod River. They fought only rearguard battles and, in order to delay our pursuit, completely mined the roads and blew up all the bridges and bridges. We had to overcome numerous minefields and build bypass crossings. The Germans went on a rampage and, as they retreated, they created mine-explosive barriers on the roads and in the hollows, where vehicles and guns were blown up, people were maimed and killed. This is how Lieutenant Colonel S.F. died. Bazanov, who had just taken command of the division. At about 12 noon on August 1, 1943, S. F. Bazanov and A. V. Kuvshinnikov on horseback were heading to change their NP, located in the village of Fatnevo, Bolkhovsky district, to the village of Semirechny. On the way, S. F. Bazanov’s horse stepped on a mine. Lieutenant Colonel S.F. Bazanov was buried near the village of Dumchino. The deputy division commander, Colonel Reznichenko Spiridon Konstantinovich, took command of the division. The Soviet main group, which was heading to bypass Orel from the northwest across the Nepolod River, met exceptionally fierce resistance. The Germans took into account that the rapid advance of the main forces of the Red Army from the Nepolod River directly to the south, bypassing Orel from the west, threatened to deprive them of their main escape route, putting the Orel-Bryansk highway and railway at risk. Therefore, they defended the borders of the Nepolod River with particular ferocity.
From August 1 to 2, 1943, units of the 3rd Army managed to capture only a few crossings and bridgeheads on the southern bank of the river, which the enemy fired heavily at and against which he carried out fierce counterattacks. The regiments of the 283rd Infantry Division felt strong enemy resistance. During this time, the division advanced 10-12 kilometers and recaptured the villages of Kleymenova, Churilovo, Zamyatino, the village of Nelyubova, Bolshoye Durakovo, and the village of Khutor in the Oryol region.
By 7.30 on August 3, the 283rd Infantry Division occupied the area north of the village of Nepolod - the village of Lykovsky, Oryol region. The enemy tried to stop the advance of our units in order to organize the defense of Orel, but his plans were thwarted. At 15:00 on August 3, the 856th and 860th rifle regiments, which were in the first echelon, overcame minefields and went on the offensive. By 15:45 they crossed the Nepolod River in the area of the villages of Lykovskoye and Abalduevo, captured a small bridgehead, but due to strong enemy resistance they were unable to advance further. In the current situation, the division commander, Colonel S.K. Reznichenko, on the night of August 4, brought into battle the second echelon - the 858th Infantry Regiment, which, after a short battle, advanced to the south and southwest and reached the enemy’s rear in the area of the villages of Tainoe - Pashkovo. Sensing the danger of encirclement, the enemy wavered, began to retreat along the Bolkhovsko-Orlovskoye highway and hastily occupied the last line of defense in front of Orel along the Mezenka River, which lies in a swampy floodplain. Strong enemy covering detachments operated here, which again delayed the Soviet offensive. It was necessary to re-organize artillery fire in this area and establish interaction between the military branches. Holding on to an advantageous natural line, the Mezenka River, the enemy withdrew his remaining forces in Orel through the Sakhanskaya station to Naryshkino, Uritsky district, and further to Karachev, present-day Bryansk region. Here, on the Mezenka River, the enemy again put up fierce resistance, which lasted almost a day. Destroying the enemy's manpower and equipment, breaking his resistance, by 14:00 on August 4, 1943, the division captured the villages of Rumyantsevo and Mezenka and started a battle for the village of Zamezensky and the village of Kondyreva, Oryol region, which it liberated by the evening of the same day.
With the onset of darkness on August 4, 1943, the regimental commanders of the 283rd Infantry Division from their bridgeheads on the Mezenka River sent submachine gunner units behind enemy lines. At the same time, the remaining forces from the front, together with neighboring units, delivered a strong blow to the defending enemy from the north. The Nazis could not withstand these new concentric attacks, wavered and began to retreat at dawn on August 5. On the approaches to Orel, the division commander, Colonel S.K. Reznichenko, the chief of staff, Colonel V.A. Kuvshinnikov, the division engineer, Lieutenant Colonel A.V. Pranov, and two other officers in the car changed the observation post. In the area of the village of Rumyantsevo on the northern bank of the Mezenka River on the night of August 5, 1943, S.K. Reznichenko tragically died in a car accident, and Lieutenant Colonel A.V. Pranov was injured. Colonel V.A. Kuvshinnikov took command of the division, under whose command the northwestern outskirts of the city of Orel were completely cleared of the enemy.
On the morning of August 5, the 283rd Infantry Division crossed the Nepolod River, recaptured the village of Slobodka from the enemy and began an attack on the city of Orel. The 860th Infantry Regiment fought by 6 o'clock to reach the western outskirts of the city of Orel (area of the Central Stadium) and, having combed Georgievskaya Street (now Turgenevskaya), destroyed several enemy firing points located in the houses of machine gunners and individual machine gunners to the Orlik River, crossing which it cleared Karachevskaya Street and Vasilievskaya and went to the twine factory, and then advanced along the Kromskoe highway and took up defense in the area of the Botanika rest house, located outside the city. By the end of the day, by order of the division headquarters, the regiment went to the Telegin area, southwest of Orel, where it took over the defense. On August 5, 1943, the city of Orel was completely liberated from the Nazi invaders. Colonel Spiridon Konstantinovich Reznichenko was buried in Orel at the former Peter and Paul Cemetery (now a park near the Bunin Library), next to Gurtiev’s grave. At the moment of farewell to the body of the deceased, the 8th battery of the 9th Guards Artillery Regiment of the 283rd Rifle Division fired 12 salvos.
On the night of August 7, 1943, the division concentrated in the Nekrasovo - Sukhaya Orlitsa area of the Oryol district of the Oryol region. Until the end of the month, staffing and intense training of the division continued. On the night of August 30, 1943, she began a march in the Bryansk direction, where she again switched to offensive battles.
On the morning of September 8, 1943, units of the 283rd Infantry Division of Colonel V.A. Kuvshinnikov began an offensive in the direction of Shchigry, Tikhonovka, Savino, Bobrovka, Lyudinovsky District, Oryol (now Kaluga Region), Bytosh, Dyatkovsky District, Oryol (now Bryansk) Region. On the first day, the division suffered significant losses, but forced units of the enemy 110th Infantry Division to retreat.
By 05.00 on September 9, 1943, the village of Shchukiny Dvory, Lyudinovo district, was liberated. 856th Infantry Regiment under the command of Major A.T. Anisimova advanced along the railway to the city of Lyudinovo and at 11.00 burst into the city with a blow from the northeast. Even at night, battalions of the 858th Infantry Regiment under the command of Tausnev and Lastunov infiltrated behind enemy lines and created a threat of encirclement of the enemy. Fierce fighting took place near Savin, Verbezhichi, Berezovka and other villages in the Lyudinovsky district.
On September 11, 1943, the 283rd Infantry Division liberated the village of Ivotok in the Dyatkovsky district of the Oryol (now Bryansk) region.
On September 17, 1943, units of the division broke through the enemy’s defenses, successfully crossed the Desna River and advanced 20 km in a day, cutting the Bryansk-Roslavl highway.
During 22 days of fighting, the division liberated the cities of Lyudinovo, Zhukovka, Kletnya and about 500 settlements in the Bryansk region, freeing tens of thousands of Soviet citizens from German enslavement. During this time, units of the division covered more than 300 kilometers, crossing the Desna, Iput, Besed, and other water obstacles, breaking the stubborn resistance of the enemy. During the offensive battles, more than two and a half thousand German soldiers and officers were destroyed, 123 Nazis and rich trophies were captured.
On September 22, 1943, by Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, the 283rd Infantry Division was awarded the Order of the Red Banner for exemplary execution of command orders during the crossing of the Desna River.
At dawn on September 23, 1943, units of the division, breaking enemy resistance, were the first to enter the land of Belarus in the Khotimsky district in the Mogilev region.
On September 28, 1943, units of the division liberated the Kommunary station and the regional center of Kostyukovichi from the Nazi occupiers, defeating and destroying the 427th Infantry Regiment of the 129th German Infantry Division along with the command and headquarters. During the week of fighting, from September 25 to October 1, 1943, the division took part in the liberation of the Khotimsky, Kostyukovichi and Krasnopolsky districts, and reached the Sozh River near the city of Propoisk (now Slavgorod) in the Mogilev region.
11/10/1943 – 11/30/1943 the division participated in the Gomel-Rechitsa offensive operation. On the eve of the offensive on November 20, 1943, in the area of the village of Salabuta, Kormyansky district, Gomel region, the 564th separate engineer battalion under the command of Captain S.A. Kornev. under heavy machine-gun and mortar fire, he made 8 passes through a wire fence and neutralized 417 anti-tank mines in enemy minefields.
On November 22, 1943, troops of the 3rd Army, consisting of 362, 283, 17 and 121 Guards Rifle Divisions, from a small bridgehead in the bend of the Sozh River near the village of Kostyukovka (Mikheeva) in the Kormyansky district of the Gomel region began offensive battles in the Sozh-Dnieper interfluve. Units of the 856th Infantry Regiment under the command of Lieutenant Colonel A.G. Yakunin. On November 22, 1943, at 09.00, without waiting for the end of the artillery barrage, we captured the first line of enemy trenches on the right bank of the Sozh River in battle, capturing a large center of German resistance, the village of Salabuta, Kormyansky district, Gomel region. Developing a further offensive to the west, units of the 856th Infantry Regiment fought to capture another large center of German resistance, the village of Khlevno, Kormyansk region, destroying up to 300 German soldiers and officers and capturing large trophies. The 283rd Infantry Red Banner Division, in cooperation with other units, having broken through a heavily fortified enemy line, by the end of the day with its 858th Infantry Regiment, cut the Propoisk-Dovsk highway, liberating along the way the villages of Khlevno, Tarakhovka, Slavnya, Kormyansky district of the Gomel region, Lebedevka, Kostyukovka Propoysky (now Slavgorodsky ) district of the Mogilev region and continued to move west.
On November 23, 1943, under the cover of the 858th Infantry Regiment from the north, the 856th Infantry Regiment captured the northern outskirts of Chernyakovka, Propoisky (now Slavgorod) district of the Mogilev region and the second, after the 858th Infantry Regiment, cut the Propoisk-Dovsk highway, capturing one gun, 14 horses, more 200 rifles, 25 radios and other military equipment. On November 23, 1943, the advancement of units and subunits continued to develop successfully in the direction of Roga, Dobry Dub, Propoisky (now Slavgorod) district of the Mogilev region, despite the fact that neighboring units lagged behind by 10 - 20 kilometers on the first day of offensive battles. On November 23, 1943, the 856th Infantry Regiment quickly captured a large populated area, the village of Rogi, after which, having reorganized its battle formations with a front to the southwest, it fought to capture the second major populated area, the village of Bolshaya Zimnitsa, Propoisky District.
On November 24, 1943, having defeated oncoming enemy units, the division with its 858th rifle regiment reached the banks of the Dnieper River, cut the Mogilev-Gomel highway, liberated the village of Selets-Kholopeev, Bykhovsky district, Mogilev region, and captured a bridgehead on the western bank of the Dnieper River. With the 858th Infantry Regiment reaching the Mogilev-Gomel highway, the 1st battalion of the 856th Infantry Regiment assisted it in defeating a large enemy group in the area of the village of Bobrovka and north of the village of Selets-Kholopeev, Bykhovsky district, Mogilev region. Other units of the division, which arrived somewhat later, liberated the village of Obidovichi, Bykhovsky district, Mogilev region and captured a second bridgehead on the western bank of the river. Dnieper. As a result of the exit of units of the 283rd Infantry Division to the Dnieper River, the enemy group defending in the Sozh-Dnieper interfluve was cut in two. The Gomel enemy group lost the Mogilev-Gomel road, which was very important for it, and was in danger of complete encirclement. And the enemy, to save his position, began to withdraw his forces from the Gomel region towards the village of Dovsk, Rogachevsky district, Gomel region, to repel the onslaught of our troops.
On November 25, 1943, units of the 856th Infantry Regiment of the 283rd Infantry Red Banner Division repelled 15 enemy counterattacks breaking through to the village of Dovsk, destroying up to 300 German soldiers and officers.
On November 26, 1943, to commemorate the victories won, Moscow saluted the valiant troops who liberated Gomel with 20 artillery salvoes from 224 guns. By order of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of November 26, 1943, the 283rd Red Banner Rifle Division and another 18 formations were given the name "Gomel".
On January 4, 1944, units of the 283rd Infantry Division fought offensive battles in the area of the village of Selets-Kholopeev, Bykhovsky District, Mogilev Region.
On February 21, 1944, troops of the 283rd Rifle Division (commander Major General V.A. Konovalov), being in the first echelon of the 80th Rifle Corps, broke through the fortified defenses of the enemy 9th Army on the western bank of the Dnieper west of Dovsk, captured the settlements of Novy Bykhov, Yanovo , Kalinino, Taimonovo. This is how the liberation of the right bank part of Bykhovshchina began.
In the spring of 1944, the front stabilized and units went on the defensive. The enemy fortified himself on the Ezva River, occupying Khomichi, Guta Romanyatskaya and further along the railway to the 15th crossing. In the military units that occupied positions on the territory of the Bykhovsky district, a lot of work was carried out to prepare for the Belarusian offensive operation.
On June 24, the offensive of the 1st and 2nd Belarusian Fronts began. On June 24, 1944, after fierce battles, the 283rd Infantry Division captured a strong, well-fortified and firepowered stronghold in the village of Khomichi, Bykhovsky district, Mogilev region. When breaking through the defense in the area of the village of Khomichi, the commander of the 858th Infantry Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel V.V. Tiden. clearly organized the interaction of the regiment's units and assigned assets, as a result of which the regiment successfully completed the task of capturing the village of Khomichi and gave the opportunity to neighboring units to cross the Drut River over a long distance. In further battles to pursue the fighting retreating enemy, Lieutenant Colonel V.V. Tiden skillfully organized the pursuit by throwing forward machine gunners with attached mechanized artillery. Subsequently, developing the offensive, the division pursued the Nazis in the direction of Batsevichi - Svaisloch - Yakshitsy - Cherven.
On July 2, after a short but strong battle, the city of Cherven, Minsk region, was liberated.
On July 3, 1944, the division fought in the suburbs of Minsk, and the 856th Infantry Regiment knocked out the Nazis from the territory where the Minsk Automobile Plant and Vocational School No. 9 are now located. By the end of the day, the division’s fighters crossed the Svisloch River and the next day entered Samokhvalovichi.
On July 4, 1944, units of the 858th Infantry Regiment rushed into the city of Dzerzhinsk, Minsk Region, and successfully gained a foothold in it.
From July 5 to July 27, 1944, the division took part in the Bialystok offensive operation. On July 5, 1944, at the Dzerzhinsk-Negoreloye line, the division left the 80th Rifle Corps and again became part of the 41st Rifle Corps, continuing to resolutely pursue the Nazis retreating to the west. When occupying the large railway junction of Negoreloye on July 5, 1944, units of the 858th Infantry Regiment inflicted great damage on the enemy in manpower and equipment, captured huge trophies, including a lot of fodder oats, a train with sawmill equipment and much other valuable property.
On July 5, 1944, at 4 a.m., the 856th Infantry Regiment of the division reached the 1939 USSR State Border. It was a significant event.
On July 7, 1944, the Mir district of the Grodno region was liberated (the center is the town of Mir, now in the Korelichi district). The 283rd Gomel Rifle Division (Colonel V.A. Konovalov) of the 41st Rifle Corps of the 3rd Army of the 2nd Belorussian Front took part in the liberation of the area.
On July 8, 1944, the division captured the city of Novogrudok, Bialystok (now Grodno) region of Belarus.
On July 14 and 15, 1944, units of the division took part in the battles for the villages of Ross and Novoe Selo, Volkovysk district, Bialystok (now Grodno) region. On July 18, 1944, units of the division crossed the Svisloch River, entered the territory of what is now the Podlaskie Voivodeship of Poland, and liberated the village of Maly Ozerany (now Ozerany-Male commune Krynki, Sokul County, Podlaskie Voivodeship of Poland).
On July 19, 1944, the division took part in the battles for the settlement. Netupa of the current commune Krynki, Sokul district, and on July 20 - beyond the settlement. Nowosiulki commune Grudek, Białystok County, Podlaskie Voivodeship.
On July 26, 1944, units of the division took part in the battle for the village of Nowodworci (now Nowodworce in the Wasilków commune, Białystok district). The division took an active part in the battles for the liberation of the city of Bialystok (07/27/1944), which was transferred to Poland on September 20, 1944 and became the administrative center of the Bialystok (now Podlaskie) Voivodeship. The 858th Infantry Regiment, which distinguished itself in them, was awarded the honorary name “Bialystok”.
On July 30, 1944, the division advanced in the area of the village of Ewarowka (now the commune of Choroszcz, Białystok County, Podlaskie Voivodeship).
In August 1944, the 283rd Rifle Division, part of the 41st Rifle Corps of the 3rd Army of the 2nd Belorussian Front, fought for the liberation of the Bialystok Voivodeship of Poland, participated in the battles for the city of Wasilkow in the current Bialystok County of the Podlaskie Voivodeship of Poland and the crossing of the Suprasel River north-west of the city of Bialystok.
On August 4, 1944, sappers of the 564th separate sapper battalion built assault bridges across the Narew River in the area of the village of Topilec in the Turosn-Kościelna commune, Białystok County, present-day Podlasie Voivodeship of Poland, along which rifle units and the 9th Guards Artillery Regiment of the division crossed the river and fought on August 5–6 for expanding the bridgehead on its left bank.
On August 27, 1944, in the area of the Buczyn Podleze farm in the Czerwin commune, Ostrolensky district, Masovian Voivodeship, the enemy, with superior forces, supported by tanks and self-propelled guns, launched several counterattacks on the position of the 860th Infantry Regiment. Throughout the day, the regiment's units, with aviation support, repelled enemy counterattacks, but defended the line.
In September 1944, the division fought in what is now Ostrolenki County, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland.
On September 1, 1944, units of the division fought at height 116.7 in the area of the settlement. Zaozhe commune Czerwien, Ostroleki district.
On September 4, 1944, units and divisions of the division fought for the Ostroleka-Warsaw railway in the area of the settlement. The details of the current commune of Govorovo, Ostrołęki County, Masovian Voivodeship.
On September 5, 1944, units of the division advanced east of the settlement. Kamianka of the Rzekun commune, Ostrołęki district, Masovian voivodeship.
On October 10, 1944, the 283rd Infantry Division broke through the defenses on the bridgehead on the right bank of the Narew River near the city of Ruzhan and conducted offensive operations in the current Maków County of the Masovian Voivodeship of Poland: October 13, 1944 - in the area of the settlement. Zaluzhe commune Ruzhan, October 14 – in the area of the settlement. Guty-Duzhe, present-day Maków County, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland.
For skillful military operations on the territory of Poland, the 283rd Infantry Gomel Red Banner Division was awarded the Order of Suvorov, II degree.
After the capture of the city of Ruzhany, the offensive of Soviet troops was suspended. The 283rd Rifle Gomel Red Banner Order of Suvorov Division, II degree, fought positional battles on the Ruzhany bridgehead for almost 3 months.
From January 14, 1945, the 283rd Infantry Division, having broken through the enemy’s defenses in the area of the settlements of Guty-Male and Guty-Duzhe of the current Maków County of the Masovian Voivodeship, fought offensive battles in the Maków County of the current Masovian Voivodeship and the Szczytno County of the current Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship of Poland. When breaking through the enemy's deeply echeloned defense, the 9th Guards Artillery Regiment, with the fire of its batteries, destroyed 2 mortar batteries, 2 anti-tank guns, 8 heavy and 3 light machine guns, up to 200 soldiers and officers, knocked out a tank, 2 self-propelled guns, 5 vehicles, which ensured a breakthrough in the enemy defense in the sector of the 283rd Infantry Division and the successful advancement of rifle units and subunits.
January 15, 1945 in the area of the settlement. Gonsievo-Poduchovne commune Sypniewo of the present Makuvsky district of the Masovian Voivodeship, the enemy, with the forces of the newly deployed motorized division “Great Germany”, with the support of 30 tanks and self-propelled guns, displacing some units of the 41st Rifle Corps, from the direction of Wola-Penicka commune Krasnosielc of the Makuvsky district, struck with a blow of enormous force the units of 856 and 858 rifle regiments. Rifle regiments and artillery units and divisions of the division within 3 hours repelled 3 enemy counterattacks with powerful fire. In this battle, the division's artillery knocked out and destroyed more than 15 German tanks and self-propelled guns.
On January 17, 1945, the 283rd Infantry Division occupied the village. Krasnosielc-Lasny, Maków County, present-day Masovian Voivodeship, and attacked in the area of the settlement. The linden tree of the current commune Jednorożiec, Przasnysz County, Masovian Voivodeship.
On January 18, 1945, units of the division crossed the Orzyc River on wooden flooring and ice and fought to expand the bridgehead on the western bank of the river.
On January 19, 1945, the 283rd Infantry Division occupied the village. Ednorożiec (Przasnysz County, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland).
On January 20, 1945, units of the division fought offensive battles in the area of the city of Chozhel in the current Przasnysz district of the Masovian Voivodeship of Poland. As part of the 3rd Belorussian Front, the division, participating in the East Prussian offensive operation, invaded East Prussia (now in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship of Poland) on January 20, 1945.
On January 21 - 23, 1945, the 283rd Infantry Division fought for the city of Willenberg (now Wielbark, Szczytno County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland). The 9th Guards Artillery Regiment, repelling enemy counterattacks, destroyed with its fire 2 anti-tank guns, 3 heavy and 2 light machine guns, 60 soldiers and officers, knocked out 2 tanks, 3 self-propelled guns, 6 vehicles, which ensured the successful repulsion of the counterattack and the advancement of rifle units and divisions. On January 22, 1945, along assault bridges built at night by sappers, units and subunits of the 283rd Infantry Division crossed the Omulev River on the outskirts of the city of Willenberg, and on January 23, 1945, the city of Willenberg was taken.
On February 14, 1945, units of the division broke through the enemy defenses in the area of the settlement. Eschenau (now Jesenowo east of the town of Pienierzno, Braniew County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland). On February 14, 1945, units of the division conducted offensive battles in the area of the settlement. Zonwalde (now Radziejewo, Polish Radziejewo Gmina Pienieżno Braniew County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland).
On February 16, 1945, in the area of the village of Lais north of the city of Melzak (now the village of Laisy near the city of Penenzhno, Braniew County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship of Poland), units of the 283rd Infantry Division crossed the Walsh River.
On February 18, 1945, units and divisions of the division conducted offensive battles north of the village of Lais, on February 19, 1945 - in the area of the village of Peterswalde (now Petrowiec, Braniew County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship of Poland), on February 20, 1945 - in the area of the village. Engelswald (now Sawita commune of Pienieżno, Braniew County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland).
On February 25, 1945, units of the division advanced north-west of the village of Rauschbach (in the current Braniew County of the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship of Poland).
In March 1945, units of the division fought offensive battles in the current Braniew County of the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship of Poland in the direction of Konigsberg (now the city of Kaliningrad).
On March 8, 1945, units of the division conducted offensive battles to the west of the settlement. Schoenlinde, East Prussia (now the village of Krasnolipe, Braniew County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland).
On March 14, 1945, the division broke through the enemy defenses in the area of the settlement. Shenlinda (now the village of Krasnolipe) and north-west of the village. Hohenwald (now the village of Krzewno) in the current Braniew County of the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship of Poland.
On March 19, 1945, units of the division fought east of the settlement. Hohenwalde, East Prussia (now the village of Krzewno, Braniew County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland).
On March 21 - 23, 1945, the division took part in the battle for the Braunsberg - Heiligenbeil highway (now Braniewo, Poland - Mamonovo, Kaliningrad region) in the area of the village. Grunau (now the city of Gronowo, Braniew County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland).
On March 23 - 25, 1945, the division took part in the battles for the Braunsberg - Heiligenbeil railway (now Braniewo, Poland - Mamonovo, Kaliningrad region) in the area of the village. Ulm (now the Russia-Poland state border near the city of Mamonovo, Kaliningrad region).
On March 25, 1945, units and subunits of the 283rd Infantry Division took part in the battle for the village of Schettnienen (now the region of the Russia-Poland state border on the coast of the Vistula Lagoon). The 283rd Rifle Division, after the defeat of the East Prussian group of Germans as part of the 41st Rifle Corps of the 3rd Army, made a 500-kilometer march to the Berlin direction within three days and by April 8, 1945 concentrated in the forest southeast of the city of Drossen (now the city of Osno-Lubusk, Słubice County) Lubusz Voivodeship of Poland), where it became part of the 1st Belorussian Front.
On the morning of April 19, 1945, on the left flank of the 69th Army, the 283rd Infantry Division, together with units of the 33rd Army, occupied a bridgehead left by the enemy on the eastern bank of the Oder near the city of Frankfurt. As part of the 1st Belorussian Front, the division fought stubborn battles to destroy the enemy's Frankfurt-Guben grouping, surrounded southeast of Berlin.
On April 26 – 29, 1945, the 283rd Infantry Division fought in the area of the settlement. Priros and Hammer of the Brandenburg Province of Germany (now the Dahme-Spreewald region of Brandenburg, Germany).
On April 27, 1945, in a battle near the settlement. The 9th Guards Artillery Regiment, which grew in strength, destroyed 6 self-propelled guns, 4 armored personnel carriers, 5 anti-tank guns, and 200 German soldiers and officers with the fire of its batteries. On April 28, 1945, the enemy, trying to get out of the encirclement and connect with his troops in Berlin, moved from one counterattack to another. With the massive fire of the artillery regiment and the active actions of the rifle units, all enemy counterattacks were successfully repulsed. During the first two counterattacks alone, the enemy lost up to 150 soldiers and officers, 3 self-propelled guns, 6 armored personnel carriers, and 40 vehicles from the destructive fire of the 9th Guards Artillery Regiment.
The 283rd Rifle Gomel Red Banner Order of Suvorov 2nd degree division completed combat operations on May 8, 1945 near Brandenburg.
By orders of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief, the following were announced to the personnel:
For the liberation of the city of Orel
For the liberation of the city of Gomel
For excellent combat actions in breaking through enemy defenses and crossing the Drut River
For excellent military operations in battles to encircle and destroy the Bobruisk group of German troops and for the liberation of the city of Bobruisk
For excellent actions in the battles for the liberation of the city of Volkovysk
For excellent actions in the battles for the liberation of the city of Bialystok
For the liberation of the city of Ostroleka
For participation in the capture of the cities: Maidenburg, Edbavno, Tanenburg, Allendorf
For the capture of the city of Willenberg
For the capture of the city of Braunsberg
For the capture of the city of Melzak
For participation in the defeat of a German group southwest of the city of Koenigsberg
For participation in the liquidation of groups of German troops southeast of the city of Berlin.
The Motherland highly appreciated the feat of arms of the division's fighters and commanders. For courage and bravery during the war, 18,910 soldiers of the division were awarded orders and medals of the USSR, all of its regiments and individual units were awarded orders:
856th Infantry Red Banner Order of Kutuzov 3rd Class Regiment;
858th Bialystok Red Banner Order of Alexander Nevsky Rifle Regiment;
860th Rifle Red Banner Order of Suvorov 3rd degree and Kutuzov 3rd degree regiment;
9th Guards Artillery Red Banner Order of Kutuzov 3rd Class Regiment;
349th separate anti-tank fighter division of the Order of Alexander Nevsky;
564th separate sapper battalion of the Order of the Red Star;
744th separate Order of the Red Star communications battalion.
On August 4, 1945, the division returned to its homeland within the BSSR and was stationed in the city of Vileika, Molodechno (now Minsk) region of Belarus, where it was disbanded in 1946.
The division was commanded by:
Nechaev Alexander Nikolaevich (07/15/1941 - 03/01/1943), colonel, from 05/03/1942 major general;
Konovalov Vasily Andreevich (03/02/1943 - 07/21/1943), colonel;
Bazanov Sergey Fedorovich (07/22/1943 - 07/30/1943), lieutenant colonel; (killed)
Reznichenko Spiridon Konstantinovich (07/31/1943 - 08/05/1943), colonel; (died from wounds)
Kuvshinnikov Vladimir Aleksandrovich (06.08.1943 - 22.09.1943), colonel;
Konovalov Vasily Andreevich (09/23/1943 - 12/20/1943), colonel;
Gruzdov Ivan Vasilievich (12/21/1943 - 01/14/1944), colonel;
Pukhovsky Nikolai Fomich (01/15/1944 - 05/21/1944), colonel;
Konovalov Vasily Andreevich (05/22/1944 - 12/09/1944), colonel, from 09/13/1944 major general;
Rudenko Sergey Nikolaevich (12/10/1944 - 12/26/1944), colonel;
Konovalov Vasily Andreevich (12/27/1944 - 05/09/1945), major general.
The division trained 6 heroes of the Soviet Union:
Chemodurov Vyacheslav Ivanovich
Danilov Petr Alekseevich
Kalinkin Mikhail Grigorievich
Godin Grigory Vasilievich
Vinichenko Petr Dmitrievich
Zverintsev Nikolay Mikhailovich
Museums of military glory of the 283rd Infantry Gomel Red Banner Order of Suvorov Division were created:
At the Minsk State Vocational Lyceum No. 9 of Mechanical Engineering
In the state educational institution Secondary school No. 7 of the city of Mtsensk, Oryol region
The 283rd Guards Rifle Regiment was formed as part of the 94th Guards Rifle Division in preparation for the upcoming battles on the Kursk Bulge in the village of Belomestnoye, Kursk (now Belgorod) region, on the basis of an order of the Supreme High Command dated April 28, 1943.B Aizakov Botai - machine gunner of the rifle company of the 860th rifle regiment of the 283rd rifle division of the 3rd army, sergeant.
Born on February 23, 1922 in the village of Akzhar, according to other sources in the village of Batpak, now Bukhar-Zhyrau district of the Karaganda region of the Republic of Kazakhstan in a peasant family. Kazakh. Incomplete secondary education. He was a cattleman at the Nuratagdinsky state farm in the Shet district of Dzhezkazgan, now the Karaganda region of Kazakhstan.
In the Red Army since 1942. In the battles of the Great Patriotic War from June 1942.
Machine gunner of the rifle company of the 860th rifle regiment (283rd rifle division, 3rd army, Belorussian front), Red Army soldier Botai Baizakov, on November 26, 1943, in the battle for the village of Selets-Kholopeev, now the village of Selets, Bykhov district, Mogilev region of Belarus, he was one of the first to reach the outskirts village and destroyed over ten Nazis, ensuring the offensive of the unit.
Z and for the courage and bravery shown in battle, on December 5, 1943, Red Army soldier Baizakov Botai was awarded the Order of Glory, 3rd degree (No. 6373).
On January 11, 1944, when breaking through enemy defenses in the area of the city of Rogachev, Gomel region of Belarus, a machine gunner of the rifle company of the 860th rifle regiment (283rd rifle division, 3rd army, Belorussian Front), Red Army soldier Botai Baizakov, was one of the first to break into the enemy trench and hit six Nazis, and captured one.
Z and for the courage and bravery shown in battle, on March 10, 1944, Red Army soldier Baizakov Botai was again awarded the Order of Glory, 3rd degree.
In the battle for the city of Willenberg (now Wielbark, Poland) on January 17, 1945, a machine gunner of a rifle company of the 860th Infantry Regiment (283rd Infantry Division, 3rd Army, 2nd Belorussian Front), Sergeant Botai Baizakov, knocked out an enemy armored personnel carrier, suppressed three machine gun points. Being seriously wounded, the brave warrior-machine gunner continued to fire and destroyed the enemy’s gun crew.
Z and for the courage and bravery shown in battle, on February 7, 1945, Sergeant Baizakov Botai was awarded the Order of Glory, 2nd degree (No. 25732).
In 1945, B. Baizakov was demobilized. He worked as a cattleman on the Nuratagdinsky state farm in the Shetsky district of the Dzhezkazgan region, now the Karaganda region of Kazakhstan.
U By the order of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR on March 16, 1984, for the exemplary performance of command tasks in battles with the Nazi invaders, retired sergeant Baizakov Botai was re-awarded with the Order of Glory, 1st degree (No. 2105), becoming a full holder of the Order of Glory.
The honored veteran lived in the village of Akzhar, Karaganda region of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Died on August 22, 1995. He was buried in the cemetery of the village of Shona, Nurataldinsky aul district.
Awarded the Order of the Patriotic War, 1st article, Red Star, Glory, 1st, 2nd and 3rd degree, medals.
Streets in the villages of Nurataldy and Aksu-Ayuly are named after him.
The division became part of the 35th Guards Rifle Corps of the Guard, Major General S.G. Goryachev of the 7th Guards Army, Lieutenant General M.S. Shumilov of the Voronezh Front. As of June 30, 1943, the division was mostly equipped with personnel and fully equipped and was fully prepared to carry out a combat mission.
The division formed three guards rifle regiments, three-battalion strong, including two regimental batteries (one 76 mm guns, the other 45 mm guns) and one artillery regiment, three-divisional strong. The regiments and divisions of the division were staffed with personnel from the soldiers of the 14th Guards and 96th Separate Rifle Brigades, as well as from replenishment received from reserve regiments and field military registration and enlistment offices. The reinforcements received included many young warriors from the Central Asian republics. Many of them not only did not speak, but did not even understand how to address them in Russian. It took a lot of painstaking work by commanders, political workers, party and Komsomol activists so that they became full-fledged fighters. For this purpose, teahouses, personal conversations, and a number of other events were held. The fighters of Kazakhs, Uzbeks, Azerbaijanis and other nationalities who knew Russian and had already been in the Battles of Stalingrad helped very well in this work.
Combat period
23.4.43-29.9.43
26.10.43-5.9.44
30.10.44-9.5.45
Regimental commanders:
- Colonel Ignatiev Andrey Alexandrovich (05/17/1943 - 07/30/1946)
- Terekhin Ivan Ivanovich (from 07/31/1946)
As part of the 94th Guards SD regiment, it took part in the battles on the Kursk Bulge. At the beginning of July 1943, the 283rd Guards Regiment, part of the 94th Guards Infantry Division, stood on the defensive in the Belgorod direction to the death. On July 25, 1943, units of the division went on the offensive. On the same day, the villages of Myasoedovo and Melikhovo were liberated. On July 26, the enemy was driven out of the settlements of Sevryukovo, Dalnyaya Igumenka, and Stary Gorod in the suburbs of Belgorod. Having taken up defensive positions along the eastern bank of the Seversky Donets River, the division's units were preparing for the assault on Belgorod. Conducted surveillance of the enemy.
During the Belgorod-Kharkov operation (a Soviet offensive operation that was carried out from August 3 to 30, 1943 during the Battle of Kursk to completely defeat the enemy group near Belgorod and Kharkov), the 283rd Guards Regiment took part in the liberation of the cities of Belgorod and Kharkov.
On August 3, 1943, Soviet troops along the entire front of the Belgorod direction went on the offensive. On August 4, 1943, units of the division crossed the Seversky Donets and broke into the outskirts of Belgorod. On the morning of August 5, 1943, fighting broke out in the city, in the area of the thermal power plant and the railway station. By mid-day, the fascist troops were completely driven out of Belgorod.
On the evening of August 5, 1943, in the destroyed Belgorod, soldiers listened to the Order of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief, Marshal of the Soviet Union Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin, congratulations and thanks for the defeat of the Germans on the Kursk Bulge and the liberation of the city of Belgorod. In honor of the liberation of Orel and Belgorod, an artillery salute was fired for the first time in Moscow. 24 salvoes from 120 guns thundered.
On August 6, 1943, units of the division, overcoming enemy fire resistance, drove the enemy out of the village of Suprunovka and captured the Lubovoe colony. On August 7, 1943, the following settlements were liberated: Bridon, Tavrovo, Neustroevka and Kirovskaya MTS. On August 9, 1943, units of the division liberated Vaskovka and Baryshkino, Moryukhovets, Kharkov region. On August 10, 1943, the division captured the regional center of Liptsy. By the morning of August 12, 1943, units of the division in stubborn battles knocked out fascist troops from the village of Tsirkuny. For six days from August 13 to 19, soldiers of the 283rd Guards Regiment fought stubborn battles on the northeastern outskirts of Kharkov, in the area of the settlements of Shishkino, the Dzerzhinsky Commune, the Chervoni Zori collective farm, and the Kharkov Border College of the NKVD troops.
Many soldiers and officers of the regiment distinguished themselves in these battles and were awarded military decorations.
On August 20, 1943, by order of the headquarters of the Steppe Front and the 69th Army, the division was withdrawn from the battle and withdrawn to the village of Tsirkuny. On August 22, 1943, on the instructions of the commander of the Steppe Front, General I.S. Konev at 19:45, Chief of Staff of the Front, General M.V. Zakharov gave the order to the commander of the 69th Army, Lieutenant General V.D. Kryuchenkin to raise the 94th Guards Rifle Division and the tank brigade with a forced march east of Kuryazh, and then, without delaying a single minute, with the forces of the 94th Guards Rifle Division, the 305th Rifle Division and the tank brigade, go on the offensive through Savchenki direction Zalyutino. The 94th Guards Rifle Division is quickly transferred to the western outskirts of Kharkov to cut off the enemy's escape route to the west. Fulfilling this order, by the morning of August 23, 1943, units of the division occupied a new line from the march in the area of the settlements of Savchenko and Sirnyaki. By 12 o'clock on August 23, 1943, the city of Kharkov was finally cleared of Nazi troops.
On August 23, 1943, an order from the Military Council of the Steppe Front was announced in all units and formations. The order stated:
“As a result of a decisive assault and breakthrough of the enemy’s heavily fortified defensive lines... the valiant warriors of the Steppe Front captured Kharkov on August 23, 1943.
In the battles for Kharkov, all the soldiers and officers distinguished themselves in their courage and ability to beat the hated enemy.
I express my gratitude to all privates, sergeants and officers. Eternal memory to those who died in battles for the Motherland! Glory to the heroes! Valiant Wars! Forward to the West, for the complete defeat of the German occupiers."
For active offensive actions and the liberation of the city of Kharkov, Supreme Commander-in-Chief Marshal of the Soviet Union I.V. Stalin, by order of August 23, 1943, congratulated him on the new victory, expressed gratitude to all participants in the battles for Kharkov,
From August 23 to 30, 1943, units of the division crossed the Udy River, occupied the Minutka station, the village of Bovaria, the villages of Pesochin and Berezovka and began a battle for the capture of the village of Budy.
For seven days there were heavy battles for the liberation of the western part of the village of Buda across the river. In these battles, many valiant soldiers and officers of the 94th Guards Rifle Division were killed. On September 5, 1943, pursuing the enemy, units of the 94th Guards Rifle Division entered the village of Bystry and occupied the villages of Maloye Rakitnoye and Ordynka. On September 7, 1943, the village of Cheremushoe was liberated, and in the following days, with battles, pursuing the retreating enemy, units of the 94th Guards Rifle Division liberated the settlements of Bridok, Likhovka, Fedorovka, Zaitsevo, Minkovka, Dudinkovo, Shilovo-Mikhailovka and others. On September 17, 1943, they completely completed the liberation of the Kharkov region and crossed the administrative border of Poltava, occupying the village of Gorchakovo. On September 18, 1943, having crossed the Orchik River, units of the 94th Guards Rifle Division entered the village of Novo-Gryakovo. On September 19 and 20, 1943, the city of Karlovka and the settlements of Sukhodolba, Mashevka, Drobinovka, and the Novo-Sarzharsky district were liberated. From September 22 to 25, 1943, the city of Kobelyaki was taken, the 283rd Guards Rifle Regiment reached the eastern bank of the Vorskla River and began fighting to clear the approaches to the Dnieper.
On September 25, 1943, at 22:30, in the area of the settlements of Soloshino and Lilipenki, the advanced units of the 94th Guards Rifle Division reached the left bank of the Dnieper.
On the night of September 26-27, 1943, according to the order of the headquarters of the 69th Army, the 283rd Guards Rifle Regiment, having surrendered its combat area, left the battle for the reserve of the Supreme High Command Headquarters and marched to the village of Komarovka, Kharkov region. Over the course of 20 days from October 5 to October 24, 1943, the 35th Guards Rifle Corps was being re-equipped with personnel, weapons, ammunition, and vehicles. The 283rd Guards Rifle Regiment is located in the city of Korotich. This short respite was used to the maximum for combat and political training, to study combat experience and transfer it to newly arrived reinforcements.
On October 25, 1943, an order was received from the headquarters of the 35th Guards Rifle Corps to transfer the 35th Guards Rifle Division and its 94th Rifle Division to the 2nd Ukrainian Front. Having completed the march, by the morning of November 5, 1943, units of the 283rd Guards Rifle Regiment concentrated in the area of the villages of Zheltoye and Chervona Volya, Pyatikhatsky district, Dnepropetrovsk region, where they began equipping a defensive line. The division was in this area for almost a month, along with improving the defensive line, reconnaissance of the enemy’s defenses was carried out, the probable directions of our attack were studied, and combat and political training classes were intensively conducted. On December 1, 1943, units of the 94th Guards Rifle Division made a night march and concentrated at the starting position for the offensive in the Novostarodub area. On December 5, 1943, at 8:10 a.m., an hour-long artillery barrage began.
The 94th Guards Rifle Division attacked the enemy at 8:30 a.m. - 40 minutes before the end of the artillery barrage. Unexpectedly for the defending Nazis, the attacking battalions of the 283rd Guards Rifle Regiment attacked the Nazis who were still hiding from artillery fire in dugouts, destroyed the Nazis defending the first trench with a bayonet and a grenade, and then the guards also successfully captured and cleared the second trench and, under the cover of fog, broke through to artillery positions and dispersed artillerymen and captured one serviceable battery.
By 20:00 on December 5, 1943, the 94th Guards Rifle Division broke through the enemy defenses in its sector, advanced 8 km and began fighting for the village of Golovkovka. In three days of fighting, the 94th Guards Rifle Division liberated the settlements: Ivanovka, Golovkovka, Vershino-Kamenka, Murzinka. By the evening of December 7, 1943, New Prague was completely cleared of the Nazis. On December 8, units of the division captured the Sharovka station and the village of Pavlovka.
On December 9, 1943, units of the 94th Guards Rifle Division entered the village of Vershino-Kamenka. By the morning of December 10, units of the 94th Guards Rifle Division captured the eastern part of the village of Novgorodka. On December 12, 1943, Novo-Mikhailovka was liberated and the offensive continued in the direction of the settlements of Ingulo-Kamenka and Lavrovka. On December 13, 1943, they reached the Ingul River and occupied Ingulo-Kamenka. While fighting in this area, the division was surrounded by enemy infantry and tanks. Having taken up a perimeter defense, the division's units successfully repelled the attacks of the Nazis throughout the whole day. Having received the order to leave the encirclement, parts of the division successfully broke through the ring formed by the enemy troops and broke out of the encirclement, preserving the personnel and all the equipment.
In Kirovograd land, machine gunners of the 283rd Guards Rifle Regiment L.S. accomplished their feat. and P.L. Potters, father and son. Leonty Semenovich was the number one light machine gun, and Pyotr Leontyevich was the second. In a fierce battle, both of them were wounded. Bandaging each other, they continued to repel the attacks of the Nazis with their machine gun. After the battle, when the orderlies came for them, the senior Gonchar said: “Tell the commander that the Gonchar family fulfilled their duty to the Motherland, the Nazis did not pass through our site.”
From December 22, 1943 to January 12, 1944, units of the division fought defensive battles on the northern outskirts of Novgorodka.
On January 12, 1944, on the basis of an order from the headquarters of the 35th Guards Rifle Corps, units of the 283rd Guards Regiment of the 94th Guards Rifle Division, transferring their sector to the 78th Rifle Division, marched to the area of the village of Pokrovskoye, Kirovograd Region and transferred to the reserve of the 7th Guards army of Lieutenant General M.S. Shumilova. Here the division did not have direct contact with the enemy, was putting its personnel and equipment in order, and was also busy equipping the defensive line and combat training.
On January 25, 1944, by order of the commander of the 2nd Ukrainian Front, the 94th Guards Rifle Division was transferred to the front reserve. On the same day, the division begins redeployment from the area of the village of Pokrovskoye towards the village of Kremki. And on the morning of January 27, 1944, units of the division settled in the forests west of the village of Kremki. On the same day, units of the division were transferred in marching order to the area of the village of Osetnyazhka. On January 26, 1944, upon arrival at the new location, the 94th Guards Rifle Division came under operational control of the 21st Rifle Corps and was ordered to advance on Kapitonovka and capture Budo-Makeevka.
By 17:00 on January 29, 1944, units of the 94th Guards Rifle Division, having broken through the enemy’s defenses, broke into the village of Kapitonovka and linked up with the encircled units of the 69th Rifle Division. Continuing the offensive, the division reached the Signaevka - Maryanovka line on January 30, 1944. On January 31, 1944, units of the division resumed the offensive and by 18:00 they captured the Krasnaya Dolina farmstead and the southern outskirts of Maryanovka.
For excellent military operations in the Korsun-Shevchenko operation (January 24 - February 17, 1944), courage and heroism in battles with German invaders for the liberation of Zvenigorodka, Cherkasy region of the Ukrainian SSR, by Order of the Supreme High Command No. 030 of February 13, 1944, the unit was given the honorary name " Zvenigorodskaya".
In April 1944, the division reached the Dniester and successfully crossed the river near the village of Rakulesti.
By decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR dated April 8, 1944, the division was awarded the Order of Suvorov, II degree, for the exemplary fulfillment of command assignments during the crossing of the Dniester River.
In August 1944, the 283rd Guards Regiment fought on the outskirts of Chisinau. By 11 p.m. on August 23, fighting was already taking place in the center of Chisinau, and by the morning of August 24, 1944, the city was taken.
After the capture of Chisinau, units of the division went to the rear for replenishment, and in November 1944 they were transferred to the Vistula, where they became part of the 1st Belorussian Front.
As part of the 26th Guards Rifle Corps of the 5th Shock Army, the 94th Guards Rifle Division took part in the Warsaw-Poznan operation of the 1st Belorussian Front (January 14-February 3, 1945). On January 14, 1945, units of the regiment crossed the Vistula tributary of the Pilica River on ice and took part in the battles on the Magnuszew bridgehead.
On February 3, 1945, following the advance detachment of the 94th Guards SD, the Oder crossed the Oder and began to capture and expand the bridgehead on the right bank of the river. The 286th and 283rd Guards Rifle Regiments (commanders of the Guard, Lieutenant Colonel A. N. Kravchenko and Guard Lieutenant Colonel A. A. Ignatiev) began a battle on the bridgehead, overturning the resisting enemy.
From April 16 to May 8, 1945, the division took part in the Berlin strategic offensive operation.
On April 19, 1945, units of the regiment launched an offensive in the area of the German city of Neudorf. The Nazis did everything to gain a foothold on the third line of defense of their capital, Berlin. But the enemy could no longer stop the guards.
During the assault on the eastern part of Berlin, the 286th Guards Rifle Regiment of the 94th Guards Division (commanded by Lieutenant Colonel A.N. Kravchenko) and the 283rd Guards Rifle Regiment of the same division under the command of Lieutenant Colonel A.A. Ignatiev especially distinguished themselves in battle. The fighters rushed forward, showing massive heroism. Having made sure that it was difficult to capture a heavily fortified corner house with a frontal attack, which was hindering the advance of the regiment, the party organizer of the company of the 283rd Guards Rifle Regiment, Alexey Kuznetsov, and a group of fighters bypassed this house in secret ways and hit the Nazis from the rear. The enemy stronghold was captured.
Guard senior lieutenant I.P. Ukraintsev showed unparalleled courage. During the attack on one of the houses, the battle turned into hand-to-hand combat. He rushed at his enemies. Nine fascists were stabbed to death by a brave officer. Following his example, Guard Sergeant Stepan Grobazai and his squad exterminated several dozen Nazis.
On April 27, 1945, units of the regiment fought in the eastern part of Berlin in the area of Alexanderplatz, Neuekenigstrasse and Landsbergerstrasse. By 15:00 on April 29, our units had completely captured the police presidium, defeating its 2,000-strong garrison in heavy fighting.
On May 1, 1945, the division advanced in the direction of the Reichstag. On May 2, Berlin was captured.
For the successful completion of combat missions to capture Berlin, by order of the Supreme Commander dated June 11, 1945, the 283rd Guards Rifle Regiment and the 94th Guards Rifle Division were given the name “Berlin”.
In June 1945, the 283rd Guards Rifle Berlin Red Banner Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky Regiment was transformed into a mechanized regiment and became part of the 18th Mechanized Taganrog Red Banner Order of Suvorov Division of the 3rd Shock Red Banner Army of the GOSVG, stationed in the city of Hagenow (GDR).
Since March 1957 - 283rd Guards Motorized Rifle Berlin Red Banner Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky Regiment 21st Motorized Rifle Taganrog Red Banner Order of Suvorov Division 3rd Combined Arms Red Banner Army GSVG.
Since 1964 - 283rd Guards Motorized Rifle Berlin Red Banner Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky Regiment 21st Motorized Rifle Taganrog Red Banner Order of Suvorov Division 2nd Guards Tank Red Banner Army GSVG (ZGV)
At the end of 1992, the division was withdrawn to the Siberian Military District, and the 283rd Guards SP was withdrawn to the Moscow Military District and became part of the 2nd Guards Taman Order of the October Revolution of the Red Banner Order of Suvorov Motorized Rifle Division named after M.I. Kalinin
Since 1993 - 283rd Guards Motorized Rifle Berlin Red Banner Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky Regiment (military unit 83590, Kalininets village, Narofominsk district, Moscow region, on MT-LB, part of the frame) 2nd Guards Taman Order of the October Revolution Red Banner Order of Suvorov Motorized Rifle Division named after M.I. Kalinina
In 2009, the 2nd Guards Motorized Rifle Division was reorganized into the 5th Separate Guards Motorized Rifle Taman Order of the October Revolution Red Banner Order of Suvorov Brigade. All regiments that were part of the 2nd Guards Motorized Rifle Division were disbanded, the Battle Banners were handed over to the museum.
“Mtsensky ledge” - this is how the territory of the Mtsensky, Bolkhovsky, Novosilsky districts of the Oryol region, part of the Chernsky, Arsenyevsky districts of the Tula region were called in operational reports during the war.
The ledge formed along the Zusha and Oka at the end of 1941. The fascist German troops, having been defeated near Moscow and Tula, entrenched themselves along the banks of the rivers on the border of the Tula and Oryol regions.
The ledge jutted into our defenses and created conditions for the enemy to strike in the center of the defense of the 3rd Army of the Bryansk Front and then enter its rear. Our troops, starting from January 1942 to May 1943, repeatedly tried to eliminate it. But unsuccessfully. Mighty defenses, built according to the latest achievements of engineering, terrain, superiority in weapons, etc. made the task of eliminating the protrusion difficult to accomplish.
It is unlikely that we will ever be able to calculate the number of our losses in these battles, but there is no doubt that they were high. In these places, in October 1941, units of the 50th Army and units of the disbanded 26th Army, which were emerging from encirclement in the Bryansk forests, were held back in October 1941.
In the immediate vicinity of the borders of the Chernsky district, the 350th, 356th, 283th, 287th, 5,269th, 137th, 60th rifle divisions, the 91st cavalry division, the 6th, 12th guards divisions, 116 motorized infantry fighting forces, barrage detachments, and penal companies of the 3rd and 61st armies, etc. How many of them - Russians, Cossacks, Georgians, Azerbaijanis, Dagestanis, Bashkirs, soldiers of other nationalities - fought here, died, went missing? In the most difficult conditions of war, soldiers and commanders stood on the firing line until the last bullet.
Let there be no nameless fields, heights, villages, for the capture of which tens of thousands of soldiers and commanders of the Red Army died.
283rd Infantry Division. Archival information from the RF Ministry of Defense No. 3/106875 dated August 17, 2006 clarifies some previously unknown data on the formation of the division, participation in hostilities, command, and more.
The 283rd Rifle Division was formed in the period from 07/14/1941 to 09/06/1941 in the city of Shchigry, Kursk Region, and from 09/09/1941 became part of the active army. From December 24, 1941 to March 11, 1943, it was part of the troops of the 3rd Army of the Bryansk Front. From May 19, 1942 to February 7, 1943, the division occupied a strong defense in the Nizhnyaya Zaroshcha-Malaya Kritsyno sector, conducting active combat operations, preventing the enemy from breaking through from Orel to the cities of Tula and Moscow.
The division included 856, 858, 860 rifle, 9 Guards Artillery (848 artillery) regiments, 349th separate anti-tank fighter division, 368th separate reconnaissance company, 564th separate sapper battalion, 774th separate communications battalion ( 357th Signal Company), 312th Medical Battalion, 61st Field Postal Station and other units.
In the period from July 15, 1941 to March 1, 1943, the 283rd Infantry Division was commanded by Major General A.N. Nechaev, born in 1902, native of Orel. The chief of staff of the division from May 9, 1942 to September 13, 1943 was Colonel V.A. Kuvshinnikov, born in 1909, native of Leningrad. Since March 1943, the division was headed by Major General V. Korizhsky.
Analyzing the materials of the regional Book of Memory (vol. 10, 11, 12), meeting with participants in the hostilities in the Mtsensk and Chernsky regions, eyewitnesses of the events of 1941-1943, studying archival documents, I found out the following.
After fierce battles near Moscow, the division in mid-December 1941, having completed its strength in the area of the city of Efremov, passed through the following settlements of the region: the village of Molchanovo, the village. Lipitsy, Chern village, Dolmatovo village, Kudinovo village, Shelamovo village, village. Vetrovo and nearby villages and villages. At the Shushmino-Kavereno-Polzikovo-Lgovo line, division units fought with the Germans throughout the day. Then the division took up a layered defense near Mtsensk.
Mtsensk district. The village of Spasskoye-Lutovinovo, the village of Zeleny Kholm, the villages of Nizhnyaya and Verkhnyaya Zaroshcha, the village of Shelamovo and other settlements are located at a distance of 2 to 8 kilometers from the borders of our region. The division's units were at this and other frontiers for almost 1.5 years. The division also fought in the Chernsky region. Thus, from February 8, 1943, the 860th Infantry Regiment took part in battles in the area of the village. Tr.-Bachurino.
The losses of the division's personnel during the battles near Mtsensk and Zoucha were enormous. Only in the mass graves of our region lie the ashes of 595 soldiers of the division, of which 51 were officers (the lists are not complete). Seventy-eight people are buried in the Arsenyevsky district.
The 860th Infantry Regiment suffered the greatest losses in February 1943. About 300 soldiers and officers are buried in a mass grave in the village. Poltevo. The dead soldiers of the division who died from wounds are buried in the village. Turgenevo, Chern village, village. B-Skuratovo, Voropaevsky village, village. M-Skuratovo, Slobodka village, Podberezovo village, village. Tr-Bachurino, Shelamovo village, Polzikovo village, village. Plotitsino. Soldiers of the division are buried in the mass graves of the Mtsensk region (the village of Spasskoye-Lutovinovo, the village of Zeleny Kholm, the villages of Nizhnyaya and Verkhnyaya Zaroshcha and others). Some of the division's soldiers and officers died from their wounds in other hospitals in the country.
It was established that during the period of hostilities the division was staffed by representatives of many republics of the former Soviet Union. It is known that 41 natives of Kazakhstan and 26 natives of Azerbaijan are buried in the area. 21 - Georgia, 2 - Armenia, 13 - Dagestan, 26 - Bashkiria, 8 Uzbekistan, 5 - Tatarstan, 16 - Oryol region (the list is not complete). The main composition of the division was represented by natives of many regions and territories of Russia.
The Tula region was one of the sources of replenishment for the division. It is known that 44 Tula residents died, died of wounds and were buried in mass graves in the region, of which 18 were natives of the Chernsky district. This is I.T. Arkhipov (village Sukmakovo), I.T. Korneichev (village Natarovo), D.N. Popkov (Troitskoe village), M.V. Slobodin (village Lipitsy), P.M. Soloviev, N.N. Suvorovtsev (Art. Skuratov), F.G. Durdin, V.A. Karlov (former Rusinsky Village Council), I.I. Makarov (village Shchetinino), N.T. Petrov (village Lapochki), A.G. Timoshin, I.M. Volodin (Esino village), N.A. Gudkov (Vyazovka village), M.E. Davydov (village Sukhotinovka), P.G. Levakhin (Spasskoye-Krivtsovo village), M.D. Osipova (village Glagolevo), I.I. Rybkin (village Ilyinka).
Thirty-seven natives of the Chernsky district rest in mass graves in the Mtsensk region (the list is not complete). These are mainly residents of settlements located at a distance of 5-20 km from the site of hostilities. On the estate of I.S. Turgenev Spasskoe-Lutovinovo two fellow countrymen are buried. This is S.I. Semenov (Tshlykovo village) and N.M. Savelyev (s. Solovyovka).
At the end of May 1943, the Mtsensk Salient was largely liquidated.
The 283rd Division launched an offensive to liberate the Novosilsky and Zalegoshchensky districts of the Oryol region. Then there was the Oryol-Kursk Bulge. For its participation and liberation of Orel, the battles near Prokhorovka, the division was awarded the gratitude of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief. Belgorod, Gomel, the Baltic states, East Prussia - the further path of the division. In June 1946, the division was disbanded (archival information).
The war is over. Soldiers and officers began to return to their homes. After demobilization, former soldiers of the 283rd Infantry Division returned to the area and began to restore the national economy. This is N.N. Afonin (village of Dolmatovo), S.F. Afonin (Trinity village), Akimova (Semina) N.I., N.A. Ageev (village Butyrki), A.I. Grishina (Lenin village), Gorlova (Batishcheva) E.D. (plotitsino village), A.I. Demin (Dolmatovo village), V.M. Grishina (village Pishkovo - 1), Z.I. Davydova (p. Chern), E.F. Dronova (village V - Nikolskoye), E.P. Zhadushkin (Chern village), S.A. Kuznetsov (Chern village), A.G. Krutilova (Erzhino village), F.V. Naumchenkov (village of Petrovskoye), S.N. Petrovichev (village named after Lenin-2), M.P. Sosheva (Chern village), G.I. Fadeev (D. R. Nikolskoye).
Anna Andreevna Moiseeva (Sakharova), a soldier of the 283rd SD, lived in our area. A.A. Moiseeva was born in the village of Chern. In November 1942, she was drafted by the Chernsky RVC into the ranks of the Red Army. From November 22, 1942 to April 22, 1943, she served in the 856th joint venture as a nurse. When there were no hostilities, she acted as secretary.
The regiment's units were located in the village of Tolstovsky, village. Plotitsino, Podberezovo village and nearby villages.
Anna Andreevna remembered well the command of the regiment of the medical battalion; she often met with her fellow countrymen who served together. The commander of the 856th joint venture in 1942-1943 was Lieutenant Colonel A.M. Korabeinikov. The medical battalion was headed by Major Korneev, the chief of staff of the battalion was Captain V.I. Ignatenko. Together with A.A. Moiseeva was served by fellow countrymen Z.I. Davydova, A.I. Podchufarova, S.I. Rozhkov, who became a fellow countryman, company sergeant A.N. Oleynikov. Anna Andreevna came home several times during the calm period on a horse.
In April 1943, A.A. Moiseeva was transferred to the 860th Infantry Regiment. The regiment's units at that time were in the village. Troitskoye-Bachurino, Snezhed village, Raspopovo village and other settlements of the region. Wounded soldiers were brought here from the battlefield, where first aid was provided. Then they were sent to medical battalions and hospitals located in the village. Poltevo and Turgenevo. The difficult days of the spring of 1943 remained in Anna Andreevna’s memory for the rest of her life.
After the fighting in our area there were Korsakovsky, Novosilsky, Zalegoshchensky districts of the Oryol region. The regiment where A.A. served Moiseev, participated in the liberation of the cities of Orel, Belgorod, Gomel. Then there were battles in the Baltic states and East Prussia.
Anna Andreevna finished the war with the rank of sergeant major in the medical service. For military work she was awarded the medal “For Military Merit”. She worked as a secretary of the people's court for many years. Unfortunately, Anna Andreevna is no longer alive...
The events associated with the “Mtsensk Ledge” are receding further into history; there are few living participants left. The last meeting of soldiers of the 283rd Infantry Division on Chernsky soil was in 1985. But the memory of the military exploits of its warriors is alive and will continue to live.
V. Sorokin
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History of formation
The division was formed in November 1941 in the Kursk region on the basis of the 3rd Airborne Corps, which at that time was fighting in the area of the city of Tim. The commander of the 5th Airborne Brigade, Hero of the Soviet Union, Colonel A. I. Rodimtsev, was appointed commander of the division. The airborne brigades were reorganized into rifle regiments: the 5th Airborne Brigade - into the 16th Regiment, the 6th Airborne Brigade - into the 96th Regiment, the 212th Airborne Brigade - into the 283rd Regiment. In mid-December, the newly formed 197th Artillery Regiment and the 11th Engineer Battalion joined the division, and the rifle regiments received significant reinforcements.
Participation in hostilities
On November 20, 1941, as a result of the withdrawal of the 6th Airborne Brigade in the direction of Chernikovy Dvory, under great pressure from superior enemy forces with tanks, the 5th Airborne Brigade also withdrew in the direction of Ilyushina Dvory, therefore the junction between the 3rd Airborne Brigade and the 160th Rifle Division was opened, which made it possible for the enemy to easily capture the city of Tim. The period of this difficult situation coincided with the transfer of command and reorganization of the 3rd Airborne Division into the 87th Infantry Division.
...In November 1941, the 3rd Airborne Corps was reorganized into the 87th Infantry Division. Colonel A.I. Rodimtsev was appointed commander of the division. On these same days, the division was given the combat mission to liberate the city of Tim from the Nazi invaders.
The fighting in the city of Tim continued for seven days, during which the paratroopers, as in previous battles, showed selfless courage, dedication, and heroism...
On November 21, at 4.00, units of the division broke into the outskirts of the city of Tim, throughout the day there were fierce battles on the outskirts of the city, the enemy, drawing up fresh forces from the direction of Stanovoe, concentrated in Tim. The next day, November 22, at 16.00, the assault on the city resumed; by the end of the day, units of the division broke into the eastern, southeastern and southwestern outskirts of Tim, but after a counterattack they were forced to retreat to their previous positions. All day on November 23, units of the division fought fierce battles with superior enemy forces, while simultaneously putting themselves in order. At 4.00 on November 24, the division again went on the offensive and broke into the city at dawn; during the day the city changed hands five times. By the end of the day, the enemy began to withdraw the surviving vehicles from the city along the road to Stanovoe, but the lack of pressure from the 160th Infantry Division and the 2nd Guards. SD, allowed the enemy to again send up infantry and tanks. By the end of the day, parts of the division were forced to retreat to their starting line.
On December 4, the Germans broke through the defense front of the 40th Army and, building on their success in the northeast direction, occupied Prilepy, Lisiy Kolodets, Kuzkino and Pogozhee. The division was tasked with closing the breakthrough, which it successfully accomplished by recapturing the village of Pogozheye.
On the morning of December 8, the enemy resumed the offensive in the Kursk-Kastornaya direction. The commander of the 40th Army set the division the task of providing cover on the occupied line, regrouping and on foot entering the Serebryanka-Tretyakovka-Afanasyevskoye area in order to stop the German offensive in a counter battle. Then, in cooperation with other units, it had to defeat opposing enemy forces in the settlements of Leninsky and Perevalochnoye and immediately capture Cheremisinovo and the city of Shchigry.
Having traveled 40 km, the division was able to concentrate in a given area only in the evening of December 10. On the morning of December 11, she attacked German positions and captured two villages.
On the morning of December 22, the division, cooperating with the 1st and 2nd Guards Divisions, went on the offensive and in the afternoon liberated the settlements of Perevalochnoye, Marmyzhi, and the Roskhovets and Sukhoi Khutor state farms. On December 24, its units fought for the villages of Ivanovka, Pozhidaevka, Krasnaya Polyana, and by the end of the day on December 27 they reached the area of the villages of Plakhovka, Golovinovka, Polevoe and Petrovka.
In the first half of January 1942, the division occupied the defense in the Starye Savviny - Golovinovka - Mikhailovka area. On January 16, the enemy unexpectedly went on the offensive, but was unable to break through the division’s positions. On January 18, it was given the task, in cooperation with neighboring units, to go on the offensive in the direction of Kryukovo - Rusakovo, defeat the opposing enemy and reach the eastern outskirts of the city of Shchigry.
On January 19, during these battles, the 87th Rifle Division, by order of the People's Commissar of Defense, was transformed into the 13th Guards Rifle Division. New numbering of the division's units was assigned on March 4, 1942.
The order of the People's Commissar of Defense on awarding the division the guards rank stated:
January 19, 1942. Moscow.
In numerous battles for our Soviet Motherland against the German invaders, the 87th Rifle Division showed examples of courage, bravery, discipline and organization. Waging continuous battles with the German invaders, the 87th Infantry Division inflicted huge losses on the fascist troops and, with its crushing blows, destroyed enemy manpower and equipment, mercilessly smashing the enemy.
For the courage shown in the battles for the Fatherland with the German invaders, for steadfastness, courage, discipline and organization, for the heroism of the personnel, transform the 87th Rifle Division into the 13th Guards Rifle Division.
The division will be presented with the Guards banner.All commanding (senior, senior, middle and junior) personnel of the division will receive one and a half salaries, and the soldiers will receive double salary.
Compound
- 16th Infantry Regiment
- 96th Infantry Regiment
- 283rd Infantry Regiment
- 197th Artillery Regiment
- 85th separate anti-tank fighter division
- 14th separate anti-aircraft artillery battalion
- 43rd separate reconnaissance battalion
- 11th separate engineer battalion
- 14th separate communications battalion
- 59th Medical Battalion
- 119th separate chemical defense company
- 86th Motor Transport Battalion
- 137th field automobile bakery plant
- 907th Field Postal Station
- 403rd field cash desk of the State Bank
Subordination
| On the date | Front (district) | Army | Frame |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01.12.1941 | Southwestern Front | 40th Army | - |
| 01.01.1942 | Southwestern Front | 40th Army | - |