618th Infantry Regiment, 215th Infantry Division. Formations and units that received the names of Latvian cities for special combat distinctions during the liberation of the Latvian Republic

Formed in August 1940 as part of the 29th Lithuanian Territorial Rifle Corps on the basis of the 1st Infantry Division of the Lithuanian Army. The headquarters was formed from the headquarters of the 1st Infantry Division and the headquarters of the Lithuanian Army, the 215th Infantry Regiment from the 9th Infantry Regiment, the 2nd Cavalry Battery, the headquarters of the 1st Infantry Division and the headquarters of the Lithuanian Army, the 234th Infantry Regiment from 1 1st and 8th Infantry Regiments, 1st Cavalry Battery, 259th Infantry Regiment from the 2nd and 3rd Infantry Regiments of the 3rd Cavalry Battery, the headquarters of the 1st Infantry Division and the Union of Streleks. The 618th Artillery Regiment was formed from the 1st Artillery Regiment and the 3rd Cavalry Regiment, the 619th Artillery Regiment was formed from the 1st Artillery Regiment and the 1st Cavalry Battery, a range command and the 2nd Cavalry Regiment.

In May 1941, she was sent to a summer camp in the Pabrade region, near the Žeimyan River. It is curious that the rifle regiments and special units, consisting of Lithuanian soldiers, were based along the bank of Žemyana in a straight line, and the Soviet units were distributed in a semicircle around, so that the Lithuanian units were surrounded on one side by Soviet regiments, and on the other there was a river flowing.

This arrangement of division units was not provided for by chance. The Soviet military command had to plan not only how to protect themselves from the flight of Lithuanians from the army, but also provide for the possibility of war with Germany. Soviet officers knew well that in the event of war with Germany, the Lithuanians would not be favorably disposed towards them. Therefore, 179 SD was closed in a camp from which it was very difficult to leave, and if something happened, the task of destroying or blocking would not be at all difficult.

On June 24, 1941, it retreated towards Švenciolėnai, losing deserted Lithuanians along the way, but their escape was difficult in comparison with the 184th Infantry Division of the same corps, since the command took appropriate measures. The division moved through Postavy, Glubokoe (in this area, rebel Lithuanian soldiers attempted to attack the headquarters), Dunilevichi, reached Polotsk, and by the beginning of July 1941 reached Nevel, consisting of 1500-2000 people. As of June 29, it was located in reserve 22A in the area of Starny, Koshkino, Kodetkovo. The division was replenished with more than seven thousand people from among those called up for mobilization and who found themselves in zone 22A (while all the Lithuanians were sent to the east). It took up positions to the north-west of Nevel, entered into battles, suffered heavy losses, in the Zabelye area and the remnants of the division were withdrawn to Velikiye Luki.

Here, near Velikiye Luki, the division fought for the city; on July 20, 1941, it took part in a counterattack along with the remnants of the 48th Infantry Division and the 126th Infantry Division. As a result of a successful offensive, German troops were driven out of Velikie Luki. The 179th Rifle Division played a major role in the counterattack near Velikiye Luki. After a successful attack on Velikiye Luki, the enemy retreated to the south. The division was transferred to the Nevel area, where during July 22-24 it fought unsuccessful offensive battles together with the 170th Rifle Division in the lake area. Sekui, Litvinovka. Nevel could not be returned. Having suffered heavy losses on July 25, the division was withdrawn to the eastern region. Velikiye Luki. Subsequently, he defended the city until August 25, 1941. On August 19, the 179th Rifle Division was in reserve in the Kurakino, Kamenka area. On August 21, 1941, it went on the offensive from the Kononovo-Shcherganikha line. However, the enemy struck on August 22 with the forces of XXXXVIIMK, initially with three infantry divisions (110, 102, 256pd), but two tank divisions (19, 20td) were concentrated in the immediate rear, which were brought into battle and cut the Velikiye Luki-Rzhev railway, encircling the units 22A in Velikiye Luki. Having found itself surrounded, the division fought out of it by August 26, 1941, having suffered heavy losses, and retreated beyond Lovat. By August 28, no more than 300 people escaped the encirclement. from a division without artillery equipment.

Since August 28, 1941, she has been engaged in heavy fighting again, was again forced to retreat, and on August 31, 1941, she took up defense on the eastern bank of the Western Dvina River in its upper reaches, and then was withdrawn to the second echelon. On September 15, 1941, part of the forces participated in the destruction of the bridgehead, captured by the 102nd Infantry Division on the eastern bank of the Western Dvina River.

On October 7, 1941, it marched 80-90 kilometers to the upper reaches of the Volga and occupied a line on the eastern bank of the Volga, south of the village of Yeltsy in the Selizharovsky district of the Kalinin region. From the end of October 1941, it again entered into battle, retreated across the Bolshaya Kosha River, fought heavy battles in the first half of November 1941, then there was relative calm in the division's zone.

On January 15, 1942, it went on the offensive on the extreme right flank of the army, advancing on Selizharovo, occupied it on the same day, on January 16, 1942, it reached the right bank of the Volga, then attacked Nelidovo, then on Bely, which it reached early February 1942. It unsuccessfully storms the city, until July 1942 it defends itself surrounded on the outskirts of the city of Bely, suffering heavy losses, such that the regiments are already called prefabricated groups and detachments with orders to break through to the main units. Obviously, the remnants of the division reached the Belsky district by August 1942, and in December 1942 it was in the Dukhovshchinsky district.

In January 1943, he occupied positions in the Smolensk region (Prechistensky district).

From August 13, 1943, it advances during the Smolensk operation from Lake Mohan in the direction of Ribshevo, together with the 306th Infantry Division and the 105th Tank Regiment.

It broke through the enemy's defenses and slowly advanced until August 18, 1943, after which the offensive fizzled out and the Soviet troops began regrouping, the division was withdrawn to reserve. After this, she went on the offensive again, and for a week unsuccessfully tried to break through the enemy’s defenses.

From September 11, 1943, it attacked in the second echelon of the corps, on September 15, 1943 it was transferred three kilometers west of the Prechistoye station, from where the division pursued the retreating enemy in the direction of the city of Demidov, until September 22, 1943 it moved forward, entered Belarus, and got involved in heavy battles in road Surazh (Belarus) - Vitebsk. On November 7, 1943, the division, having completed a 20-kilometer march, reached the position of Stayki - Samosady - Chumaki, went on the offensive, took the settlements of Lopashnevo and Yakushenki, and from the village of Adamovo on November 12, 1943 began an offensive with the aim of cutting the Surazh - Vitebsk highway, which lasted three days and was unsuccessful. After this, the division was transferred to the army reserve.

In the winter and spring of 1944 he was stationed in the Vitebsk region

On June 23, 1944, he attacked during the Belarusian operation, broke through the enemy’s defenses near the village of Shumilino, Vitebsk Region, on June 24, 1944, together with the 306th Infantry Division, crossed the Western Dvina, then, advancing, cut the Vitebsk-Beshenkovichi road and began an attack on Vitebsk, destroying the group surrounded there. After the defeat of the German troops, from June 27, 1944, it moves to Lepel, then leads heavy battles near the city of Glubokoe, then slowly advances to Utena, and from there in the general direction to Riga through Biržai and Bauska, which it reached at the end of July 1944. On July 29, 1944, the division broke through to the Memele River and captured a bridgehead there; at the beginning of August 1944, it fought hard to retain and expand the bridgehead, repelled a counterattack by German troops from the north, and was thrown back across the river. Until mid-September 1944, it held defenses on the line of the Memele River, and also fought on the outskirts of Bauska on August 20, 1944.

Since September 14, 1944, advancing during the Riga operation, it has been fighting near the city of Bauska, advancing to Iecava, and on September 23, 1944, fighting near the village of Aizpurve (Madona region, Latvia).

On September 25, 1944, it was transferred to the Memel direction. From October 5, 1944, it attacked in the Retavas-Memel direction, reaching the approaches to Memel by the end of October 1944, where it remained until January 1945.

On January 10, 1945, it came under a powerful blow from a German group from the Memel area to Kretinga, on January 10-12, 1945 it fought heavy defensive battles, on January 12, 1945 it launched a counterattack and pushed German troops back to their original positions.

On January 26, 1945, the first of the army troops began the assault on Memel, wedged three kilometers into the enemy’s defenses, and captured Karkelbek and Friedrichsgande. The second echelon troops were introduced into the breakthrough provided by the division, and by January 28, 1945, it entered the city.

Then the division was transferred to another army and to another front and from February 1945 until the end of the war it waged almost unsuccessful battles with an enemy group locked on the Courland Peninsula, so on February 21, 1945 it broke through the defenses in the Priekule region.

After the war, it was reorganized into the 27th Infantry Brigade.

03/28/1916, Egoro-Chernoyarovsky farm, Selivanovsky district, Rostov region.

Military unit

3rd brigade, 618th regiment, 215th division, 5th army

Rank

Awards

Battle path

During the Great Patriotic War he fought in the infantry. From the beginning of 1944, he was the commander of the 3rd Infantry Battalion, 618th Infantry Regiment, 215th Infantry Division, 5th Army, 3rd Belorussian Front.

On June 23, 1944, a major offensive operation by Soviet troops began, codenamed “Bagration”, during which the 3rd Infantry Battalion under the command of Lukash A.F. successfully broke through enemy defenses in the direction of the city of Bogushevsk. One of the first, the 3rd battalion broke into the city, successfully carried out street battles and drove the enemy out of city blocks.

On July 8, 1944, the 3rd battalion, in the front ranks of the 618th Infantry Regiment, started street battles in the city of Vilnius and fully completed its task of clearing the northern outskirts of the city. Also, the battalion was the first to reach the highway connecting the cities of Vilnius - Kaunas, where it took part in repelling the most severe enemy counterattacks. In these battles Lukash A.F. was injured.

On August 1, 1944, after the liberation of the city of Kaunas, the 618th Infantry Regiment received the honorary name “Kovensky”.

On August 17, 1944, the regiment was one of the first in the division to reach the state border of the Soviet Union with Germany (East Prussia). The third battalion under the command of Lukash A.F. in these battles he repelled the fierce attacks of the enemy, but did not surrender the occupied lines.

On January 13, 1945, the East Prussian offensive operation began. The 3rd battalion of the 618th Infantry Regiment was in the first echelon during the operation, successfully broke through the strong enemy defenses in this direction, was one of the first to start street battles in the city of Insterburg (now Chernyakhovsk) and successfully carried out these battles. After the capture of Insterburg, the battalion under the command of Lukash A.F. conducted stubborn offensive battles in the Koenigsberg direction. In these battles Lukash A.F. was injured.

For the successful completion of combat missions, for personal bravery and courage during the battles with the fascist invaders, Lukash A.F. awarded military decorations of the Soviet Union. After the war 1945 - 1949 worked at the LIPan of the USSR Academy of Sciences (now the Kurchatov Institute National Research Center); 1950 - 1987 worked in the Military Unit of the Moscow Region as a civilian agronomist-landscaper.

Plan:

1. History
- 1.1 1941
- 1.2 1942
- 1.3 1943
- 1.4 1944
- 1.5 1945
2 Full name
3 Composition
4 Submission
5 Commanders
6 Awards and titles
7 Distinguished soldiers of the division

Introduction

179th Rifle Division- military unit of the Red Army in the Great Patriotic War.

1. History

Formed in August 1940 as part of the 29th Lithuanian Territorial Rifle Corps on the basis of the 1st Infantry Division of the Lithuanian Army. The headquarters was formed from the headquarters of the 1st Infantry Division and the headquarters of the Lithuanian Army, the 215th Infantry Regiment from the 9th Infantry Regiment, the 2nd Cavalry Battery, the headquarters of the 1st Infantry Division and the headquarters of the Lithuanian Army, the 234th Infantry Regiment from 1 1st and 8th Infantry Regiments, 1st Cavalry Battery, 259th Infantry Regiment from the 2nd and 3rd Infantry Regiments of the 3rd Cavalry Battery, the headquarters of the 1st Infantry Division and the Riflemen's Union (Šaulių Sąjunga). The 618th Artillery Regiment was formed from the 1st Artillery Regiment and the 3rd Cavalry Regiment, the 619th Artillery Regiment was formed from the 1st Artillery Regiment and the 1st Cavalry Battery, the Range Command and the 2nd Cavalry Regiment.

In May 1941, she was sent to a summer camp in the Pabrade region, near the Žeimyan River. It is curious that the rifle regiments and special units, consisting of Lithuanian soldiers, were based on the banks of Žeimian in a straight line, and the Soviet units were distributed in a semicircle around, so that the Lithuanian units were surrounded on one side by Soviet regiments, and on the other a river flowed.

This arrangement of division units was not provided for by chance. The Soviet military command had to plan not only how to protect themselves from the flight of Lithuanians from the army, but also provide for the possibility of war with Germany. Soviet officers knew well that in the event of war with Germany, the Lithuanians would not be favorably disposed towards them. Therefore, 179 SD was closed in a camp from which it was very difficult to leave, and if something happened, the task of destroying or blocking would not be at all difficult.

1.1. 1941

On June 24, 1941, it retreated towards Švenciolėnai, losing deserted Lithuanians along the way, but their escape was difficult in comparison with the 184th Infantry Division of the same corps, since the command took appropriate measures. The division moved through Postavy, Glubokoe (in this area, rebel Lithuanian soldiers attempted to attack the headquarters), Dunilevichi, reached Polotsk, and by the beginning of July 1941 reached Nevel, consisting of 1500-2000 people, but was replenished with more than seven thousand people, while all Lithuanians were sent to the east. It took up positions to the north-west of Nevel, entered into battles, suffered heavy losses, in the Zabelye area and the remnants of the division were withdrawn to Velikiye Luki. Then the division fought for the city, on July 20, 1941, it took part in the counterattack by which German troops were driven out of Velikiye Luki, and defended the city until August 25, 1941. On August 21, 1941, it went on the offensive, on August 22, 1941, it continued the offensive, was surrounded, and fought out by August 26, 1941, having suffered heavy losses, and retreated beyond Lovat.

Since August 28, 1941, it has again been engaged in heavy fighting, was again forced to retreat, and on August 31, 1941, it took up defense on the eastern bank of the Western Dvina River in its upper reaches, and then was withdrawn to the second echelon. By that time, the division consisted of only 300 people; all the material part of the division had been lost earlier. On September 15, 1941, part of the forces participated in the destruction of the bridgehead captured by the 102nd Infantry Division on the eastern bank of the Western Dvina River.

1.2. 1942

1.3. 1943

In January 1943, he occupied positions in the Smolensk region (Prechistensky district).

Since August 13, 1943, it has been advancing during the Smolensk operation from Lake Mohan in the direction of Ribshevo, together with the 306th Infantry Division and the 105th Tank Regiment.

From September 11, 1943, it attacked in the second echelon of the corps, on September 15, 1943 it was transferred three kilometers west of the Perechistoe station, from where the division pursued the retreating enemy in the direction of the city of Demidov, until September 22, 1943 it moved forward, entered Belarus, and got involved in heavy battles in road Surazh (Belarus) - Vitebsk. On November 7, 1943, the division, having completed a 20-kilometer march, reached the position of Stayki - Samosady - Chumaki, went on the offensive, took the settlements of Lopashnevo and Yakushenki, and from the village of Adamovo on November 12, 1943 began an offensive with the aim of cutting the Surazh - Vitebsk highway, which lasted three days and was unsuccessful. After this, the division was transferred to the army reserve.

1.4. 1944

In the winter and spring of 1944 he was stationed in the Vitebsk region

1.5. 1945

After the war, it was reorganized into the 27th Infantry Brigade.

2. Full name

179th Vitebsk Red Banner Rifle Division

3. Composition

215th Rifle Order of Alexander Nevsky Regiment
234th Infantry Regiment, 1st Formation (until 04/10/1942)
234th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Formation (from 06/01/1942)
259th Infantry Regiment
618th Light Artillery Regiment (until 09/08/1941)
619th Artillery Regiment (from 09/01/1941)
619th Howitzer Artillery Regiment (until 09/01/1941)
13th separate anti-tank fighter division
240th separate anti-aircraft battery (137th separate anti-aircraft artillery division) (until 03/18/1943)
431st separate mortar division (from 12/15/1941 to 10/01/1942)
468th separate machine gun battalion (from 10/01/1942 to 05/10/1943)
87th Reconnaissance Battalion (until 09/03/1941)
300th (505th) Engineer Battalion
352nd (585th) separate communications company
8th Medical Battalion
180th separate chemical defense company
27th Motor Transport Company
295th field bakery
140th Divisional Veterinary Hospital
81200th (609th) field postal station
477th field cash desk of the State Bank

4. Submission

5. Commanders

Ustinov, Alexander Iosifovich (06/03/1941 - 07/13/14/1941), colonel, killed near Nevel
Gvozdev, Nikolai Grigorievich (until 09/08/1941), colonel, killed 09/08/1941 near Andreapol
Konchits, Nikolai Ivanovich (09/20/1941 - 10/29/1941), brigade commander
Sazonov, Kuzma Ivanovich (10/30/1941 - 09/09/1942), colonel
Chinnov, Ivan Ivanovich (09/10/1942 - 12/13/1942), colonel
Shkurin, Mikhail Mikhailovich (12/16/1942 - 05/09/1945), colonel, from 09/13/1944 major general

6. Awards and titles

7. Distinguished soldiers of the division

Literature

Yatsovskis E. Ya. Not subject to oblivion // - Moscow: Voenizdat, 1985. - 207 p.

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331st rifle division. It was formed after the start of the war. On the initiative of the Bryansk regional committee and the city party committee, who turned to Stalin with a request to form a unit of Bryansk workers, by order No. 0319 of the People's Commissar of Defense of August 20, 1941, from August 27, 1941 in Michurinsk began to form 331 Proletarskaya Bryansk rifle division. The division was formed on the basis of the reserve commanding personnel of the Oryol Military District and the Western Front, and the assigned personnel of the Oryol Military District. When formed, the 331st rifle division consisted mainly of natives Oryol region, as well as Kursk and Voronezh regions. The division was formed by September 15, 1941. On November 1, the division was withdrawn from the Oryol Military District, included in the 26th Reserve Army and transferred to the city of Alatyr, Chuvash Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. Since December 1, 1941, there have been 331 rifle divisions in the active army. Having unloaded on this day at the Khimki station, the division became part of the 20th Army of the Western Front. The division consisted of 873 people of senior, senior and middle command and command personnel, 10,600 people of junior command and rank and file. The division was well armed 2.

Composition of the 331st Infantry Division:

1104th Infantry Regiment

1106th Infantry Regiment

1108th Infantry Regiment

896th artillery regiment

298 anti-aircraft battery

508th Mortar Battalion

394th reconnaissance motorized rifle company

509th Engineer Battalion

783rd Signal Battalion

397th motor transport company

417 medical battalion

410th chemical protection company

186 field bakery

773 field cash desk of the State Bank

On December 2, 1941, the division concentrated in the area of Khlebnikovo, Paveltsevo, Kotovo. The division was given the task of knocking out the enemy from the settlements of Katyushki, Gorki, Puchki, Krasnaya Polyana.

Acting together with the 28th Infantry Brigade, the 331st Infantry Division completed the task. From December 8 to December 20, units of the division, pursuing the retreating enemy, advanced in the direction of Solnechnogorsk and Volokolamsk. Solnechnogorsk was bypassed from the south, which forced the enemy to leave the city without a fight.

On December 19, units of the division reached the outskirts of Volokolamsk and, breaking into the city on the shoulders of the retreating enemy, after a three-hour battle, liberated it from the invaders.

From December 24, 1941 to January 25, 1942, the division took part in the Volokolamsk offensive operation of the 20th Army. By December 24, the division consisted of 4,455 people. From December 20, the division fought fierce battles with the enemy, entrenched at the Timkovo, Khvorostinino, Ludina Gora line.

The 331st Rifle Division, together with the 1st Guards Tank Brigade and the 352nd Rifle Division, 64th Marine Rifle Brigade, became part of the operational group of Katukov (commander of the 1st Guards Tank Brigade).

On January 2, Khvorostinino was liberated, and on January 5, Birkovo. By January 9, the 331st rifle division with the 40th rifle brigade, 31st tank brigade, two artillery regiments, and one mortar division formed the King’s group (commander of the 331st rifle division).

By January 10, the division had 3,463 men. The division's losses from December 24 to January 10 amounted to 3,287 people, receiving reinforcements of 742 people. On January 13, units of the division drove the enemy out of Aksenovo. On January 14, the enemy of the most fortified stronghold, Ludina Gora, was knocked out, which by this time was already in the rear of the advancing troops of the 20th Army.

The German defensive line in this area was broken through. The pursuit of the retreating enemy begins. From January 10 to 27, the 331st Infantry Division advances in the direction of Sereda and Palatki. On January 27, units of the division reached the enemy’s new defensive line in the area of Krutitsa, Palatka, Bolteikha. The losses of the 331st rifle division in the battles from January 10 to 25 amounted to 738 people. During the same time, the division received 913 reinforcements.

From January 31 to February 16, the division led an offensive from the Barantsevo, Starye Rameshki area southeast of Pustoy Tuesday.

Since February 16, she fought with the enemy, who had fortified himself in the area of Arzhanika and Krutitsa, but had no success. From March 15 to April 20, the 331st rifle division operated as part of the 5th Army of the Western Front. Since April 20, the division is again part of the 20th Army. On April 20, 1942, the Battle of Moscow ended. The 331st rifle division took part in its offensive phase. During this time, the division fought about two hundred kilometers and liberated 138 settlements from the Nazi invaders, including the regional centers of Krasnaya Polyana and Volokolamsk. Trophies were captured: 1 aircraft, 69 tanks, 494 vehicles, 4 armored vehicles, 29 tractors and tractors, 92 motorcycles, small arms, ammunition and other military property.

Since July, the division has been participating in the Pogorelo-Gorodishchenskaya offensive operation of the 20th Army. The 331st rifle division with the 17th tank brigade supporting it was tasked with breaking through the enemy’s defenses in the area of the bend of the Derzha River, 1 kilometer northwest of Botino, Botino, striking in the direction of Aleksandrovka, Gubino, Annino and, in cooperation with the 88th and 354th rifle divisions, destroying the enemy in the area of Gubinka, Fedorovskoye, Akulino. The immediate task is to seize the line height with mark 208.5, the northwestern corner of the forest one and a half kilometers northeast of Mikhalkino, the further task is to capture the line height mark 204.9, Annino, with a consolidation detachment to bring the edge of the forest east of Mikhalkino into a defensive state. The 17th Tank Brigade was supposed to capture crossings across the Sinaya River in the Fedorovskoye and Annino sector. It was assumed that the 17th tank brigade with the infantry of the 331st rifle division would be sent to the Kulshevo, Grebenkino, Karamzino area. These advanced units were supposed to capture the crossings across Vazuza in the Timonino-Khlepen section. It was assumed that at the initial stage of the operation, the advancing units of the 331st Infantry Division and 17th Tank Brigade would be supported by the 15th and 302nd Howitzer Artillery Regiments, the 37th Guards Mortar Division and the long-range artillery of the 312th Infantry Division. The 251st Infantry Division was supposed to advance on the right, and the 354th Infantry Division on the left.

Units of the 331st Rifle Division took their starting position just before the start of the offensive, replacing the left flank units of the 251st Rifle Division, which previously occupied the front sector now intended for the offensive of the 251st, 331st and 354th Rifle Divisions and units of the 8th Guards Rifle Corps. In the first echelon of the division, two rifle regiments operated in the offensive, each of which was assigned a tank company of the 17th tank brigade. The width of the area broken through by each regiment was one kilometer. The command and part of the headquarters of the 20th Army moved to the Botino area.

On the morning of August 4, after artillery preparation, units of the 331st Infantry Division crossed Derzha and went on the offensive. By 14:00, units of the division captured Mikhalkino and Gubino. The second echelon of the division was brought into battle and by 18:00 Rakovo, Akulino, Annino, Ilyinskoye, and Bryukhachevo were liberated. On August 5, the offensive was continued. Units of the division advanced around Semichastny Moss. In the evening, the advance detachment reached the Vasyutnik and Koptelovka areas. The next day, the division was ordered to advance in the direction of the mouth of the Gzhati. On August 6, units of the 331st Infantry Division by the end of the day, having first occupied Istratovo, reached Vazuza in the area of the village of Seltso. This area became the scene of her fighting for the next seven months. Part of the division's forces from the Istratovo area turned to Pechory.

Composition of the 331st Infantry Division in 1942:

1104th Infantry Regiment

1106th Infantry Regiment

1108th Infantry Regiment

896th artillery regiment

253rd separate anti-tank fighter division

394 reconnaissance company

612 engineer battalion

783 communications company

397th motor transport company

417 medical battalion

410th chemical protection company

756th Divisional Veterinary Hospital

186 field bakery

1411 field postal station

773 field cash desk of the State Bank

331st rifle divisiontook part in the Moscow battle, Rzhev-Sychevskaya, offensive operation "Mars", Rzhev-Vyazemskaya 1943, Smolensk, Belarusian, Gumbinnensky, East Prussian and Prague offensive operations. The 1104th Infantry Regiment during the battles during Operation Mars was commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Mikhail Nikolaevich Zinoviev, the 1108th Infantry Regiment was commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Ivan Fedorovich Anastasyev. During the Smolensk offensive operation, she participated in the liberation of the city of Smolensk. On September 25, 1943, the commander of the rifle battalion 1106 rifle regiment of this division, Captain P.F. Klepach, hoisted a red banner over the Smolensk hotel, which became a symbol of the liberation of the entire Smolensk region. In September 1943 the division was awarded the honorary name “Smolenskaya” . The war ended in Prague as the 331st Rifle Proletarian, Bryansk-Smolensk twice Red Banner, Order of Suvorov division. More twelve thousand warriors divisions were awarded orders and medals. Six of them were assigned title of Hero of the Soviet Union. Commanders of the 331st Infantry Division - ge neral-major F.P. Korol (in 1941 - 1942), Colonel G.A. Kutalev (in 1942), Colonel A.E. Klets (in 1942), colonel, and from September 1943, Major General P.F. Berestov (1942 - 1945). In the summer of 1945 it was disbanded.

2 For example, during the December battles within the 20th Army, most of the division’s fighters were armed with automatic rifles. In January, the number of automatic rifles decreased, but still accounted for half of the automatic rifles in service in all other units and formations of the 20th Army combined (as of January 10, 1942, 1126 out of 2261 in the entire army).

The Germans made their way south.

It was assumed that the consolidation detachment consisted of a reinforced rifle company, a sapper company and two or three captured tanks. The sapper companies for the divisions were apparently taken from the army subordination. Whether such units were actually created is not known. The sapper company was also attached to the 17th tank brigade.

Berestov P.F., Klepach P.F., Gagarin E.M., Kuznetsov G.I., Solovey V.S., Fedorenko S.A. Another Hero of the Soviet Union from this division, G.S. Antonov was stripped of this title in 1950 after he fled with a foreign bride to the American occupation zone in Vienna and was then convicted in absentia by a military tribunal.

RIGA

(for the liberation of Riga)

Frame

14th Fighter Aviation Corps - Corps Commander, Lieutenant General S. P. Danilov

Rifle divisions

22nd Guards Rifle Division - Division Commander Colonel V. I. Morozov
30th Guards Rifle Division - Division Commander Major General M. A. Isaev
43rd Guards Latvian Rifle Division - Division Commander, Major General A. Yu. Kalnin
52nd Guards Rifle Berlin Order of Lenin Red Banner Order of Suvorov and Kutuzov Division - Division Commander Major General N. D. Kozin
65th Guards Rifle Division - Division Commander Major General M. F. Andryushchenko
85th Guards Rifle Division - Division Commander Colonel S. S. Chernichenko
168th Rifle Division - Division Commander Colonel P. I. Olkhovsky

Aviation divisions

48th Long-Range Bomber Aviation Division - Division Commander, Major General S. K. Nabokov
188th Bomber Aviation Division - Division Commander Colonel A. I. Pushkin
225th Assault Aviation Red Banner Division - Division Commander Colonel V. A. Korpusov
315th Fighter Aviation Division - Division Commander Colonel V. A. Litvinov

Artillery divisions

6th Guards Artillery Breakthrough Division - Division Commander, Major General G. S. Kulikov
14th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Division - Division Commander Colonel A. N. Vasyuta
41st Anti-Aircraft Artillery Division - Division Commander Colonel I. F. Plachinda
45th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Division - Division Commander Colonel F. G. Shkurikhin

Brigades

70th Tank Red Banner Brigade - Brigade Commander Colonel V.K. Borodavkin
178th Tank Red Banner Brigade - Brigade Commander Colonel M. M. Kazantsev
6th Guards Fighter Anti-Tank Artillery Brigade - Brigade Commander Colonel D. N. Krylov
8th Motorized Engineering Brigade - Brigade Commander Colonel L. A. Egorov
13th separate mortar brigade - Brigade commander Colonel G. A. Petrenko
16th Guards Cannon Artillery Brigade - Brigade Commander Colonel V.V. Sadkovsky
20th Light Artillery Brigade - Brigade Commander Colonel F. M. Dolinsky
21st Guards Mortar Red Banner Brigade - Brigade Commander Colonel K. G. Serdobolsky
48th separate anti-tank artillery brigade - Brigade commander Colonel K. S. Kiva
12th Engineer Brigade - Brigade Commander Colonel-Engineer S. A. Polovnev

Shelves

Rifle

63rd Guards Rifle Regiment - Regiment Commander Colonel G. D. Emelyantsev
157th Guards Rifle Regiment - Regiment Commander Lieutenant Colonel A. I. Slesarenko
166th Infantry Regiment - Regiment commander Lieutenant Colonel G. N. Babushkin
212th Guards Rifle Regiment - Regiment commander Colonel A. I. Chusovitin
225th Rifle Regiment - Regiment Commander Lieutenant Colonel I. V. Belous
884th Rifle Regiment - Regiment Commander Lieutenant Colonel N. A. Shablygin
891st Rifle Regiment - Regiment commander Lieutenant Colonel M. I. Roldygin
1244th Rifle Regiment - Regimental Commander Lieutenant Colonel F. I. Tsarev

Tank and self-propelled artillery

249th Separate Tank Regiment - Regimental Commander Major N. E. Kolesnikov
370th Guards Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment - Regiment Commander Lieutenant Colonel F. I. Lobyntsev
1199th self-propelled artillery regiment - Regiment commander Lieutenant Colonel P. M. Mladentsev
1453rd self-propelled artillery regiment - Regiment commander Lieutenant Colonel F. K. Shiyko

Artillery

37th Corps Guards Artillery Regiment - Regiment Commander Lieutenant Colonel M. A. Ovsienko
49th Guards Artillery Regiment - Regiment Commander Lieutenant Colonel F. P. Shevchenko
122nd Artillery Regiment - Regiment Commander Major M. Ya. Svyatenko
123rd Guards Artillery Regiment - Regiment Commander Lieutenant Colonel N. F. Ponomarev
129th Corps Artillery Regiment - Regiment Commander Lieutenant Colonel I. A. Terentyev
153rd Artillery Regiment - Regimental Commander Major G. D. Ilyich
159th Guards Artillery Regiment - Regiment Commander Lieutenant Colonel P. P. Rylkov
385th Howitzer Artillery Regiment - Regimental Commander Lieutenant Colonel A. G. Kryazhev
431st Cannon Artillery Regiment - Regiment Commander Lieutenant Colonel V. E. Shkurenkov
725th Artillery Regiment - Regimental Commander Major P.I. Romkov
942nd Artillery Regiment - Regimental Commander Major A.T. Posvessor
1040th Fighter Anti-Tank Artillery Regiment - Regiment Commander Lieutenant Colonel M. K. Dyblenko
1081st Artillery Regiment - Regiment Commander Major S. V. Sulimenko

Anti-aircraft artillery

988th Army Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment - Regiment Commander Lieutenant Colonel F. E. Voronkov
1693rd Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment - Regiment Commander Lieutenant Colonel P. V. Shumilov
1708th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment - Regiment Commander Lieutenant Colonel A. K. Mikhailov

Mortar

110th Army Mortar Regiment - Regimental Commander Lieutenant Colonel K. V. Romanov
618th Mortar Regiment - Regimental Commander Lieutenant Colonel K. V. Kuleshov

Aviation

3rd Aviation Regiment of the Civil Air Fleet - Regiment Commander Lieutenant Colonel P. S. Rasskazov
16th Long-Range Guards Aviation Regiment - Regiment Commander Lieutenant Colonel A. M. Tseygin
107th Separate Aviation Communications Regiment - Regiment Commander Major I. P. Kuryshev
108th Long-Range Aviation Regiment - Regimental Commander Major I.V. Rodionov
109th Long-Range Aviation Regiment - Regiment Commander Lieutenant Colonel V. S. Yuspin
161st Fighter Aviation Regiment - Regiment Commander Major E. M. Semenov
333rd Long-Range Aviation Regiment - Regiment Commander Lieutenant Colonel V. I. Maslennikov
362nd Long-Range Aviation Regiment - Regiment Commander Lieutenant Colonel N. I. Ilyukhin
701st Night Bomber Aviation Regiment - Regiment Commander Lieutenant Colonel P. V. Klyuchnikov
845th Fighter Aviation Regiment - Regiment Commander Major V.V. Drekalov
955th Fighter Aviation Regiment - Regiment Commander Major P. V. Simanov
958th Assault Aviation Regiment - Regimental Commander Lieutenant Colonel V.V. Yaroshenko
990th Night Bomber Aviation Regiment - Regimental Commander Major M. N. Afanasyev

Different

78th Separate Signal Regiment - Regimental Commander Colonel D. F. Zaborsky
12th Border Regiment - Regiment commander Lieutenant Colonel V. G. Timofeev
105th Border Regiment - Regiment Commander Colonel V.V. Alekseev
130th Border Regiment - Regiment commander Lieutenant Colonel A. A. Serdobov
285th separate motorized battalion "OSNAZ" - Battalion commander Lieutenant Colonel Y. V. Kiselev

DVINSKY

(for the liberation of Daugavpils)

Frame

5th Tank Corps - Corps Commander Major General M. G. Sakhno

Divisions

200th Rifle Division - Division Commander Major General E. A. Lyashchenko
311th Rifle Division - Division Commander Major General B. A. Vladimirov
319th Rifle Division - Division Commander Colonel D. A. Dulov
325th Rifle Division - Division Commander Major General N. Z. Sukhorebrov

Brigades

18th separate fighter anti-tank artillery brigade - Brigade commander Colonel A. M. Mishnin
19th Assault Engineer Brigade - Brigade Commander Lieutenant Colonel G. A. Belozertsev
26th Engineer Brigade - Brigade Commander Colonel A. G. Egorov
18th Tank Brigade - Brigade commander Colonel L. K. Bregadze

Shelves

59th Guards Rifle Regiment of the 21st Guards Rifle Division - Regimental Commander Lieutenant Colonel N. M. Chebotarev
421st Infantry Regiment of the 119th Infantry Division - Regimental Commander Lieutenant Colonel A. M. Yakovlev
1117th Infantry Regiment of the 332nd Infantry Division - Regimental Commander Lieutenant Colonel P.K. Prokhno
1119th Infantry Regiment of the 332nd Infantry Division - Regimental Commander Lieutenant Colonel M. G. Mysin
1193rd Infantry Regiment of the 360th Infantry Division - Regimental Commander Lieutenant Colonel D. M. Korzhin
999th Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment - Regimental Commander Major N. F. Kozhemyachko
1297th self-propelled artillery regiment - Regiment commander Major M. V. Bondarenko
1403rd Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment - Regimental Commander Captain M.I. Pichugin
1476th self-propelled artillery regiment - Regiment commander Lieutenant Colonel F. K. Shiyko
1498th self-propelled artillery regiment - Regiment commander Lieutenant Colonel A. M. Yamshchikov
1503rd self-propelled artillery regiment - Regiment commander Lieutenant Colonel V. A. Ogorodnikov
56th Separate Signal Regiment - Regiment Commander Colonel P.V. Bolshakov
190th Assault Aviation Regiment of the 214th Assault Aviation Division - Regimental Commander Lieutenant Colonel P. I. Bakhtin
638th night bomber aviation regiment - Regiment commander Lieutenant Colonel K. V. Shtovba
27th Guards Mortar Regiment - Regimental Commander Major I. F. Malykh
72nd Guards Mortar Regiment - Regimental Commander Lieutenant Colonel P. P. Kurienko
85th Guards Mortar Regiment - Regimental Commander Lieutenant Colonel V. A. Plotnikov

REZHITSKY

(for the liberation of Rezekne)

7th Guards Rifle Division - Division Commander, Major General M. E. Moskalik
8th Guards Rifle Division named after General Panfilov - Division Commander Major General A. D. Kuleshov
119th Guards Rifle Division - Division Commander, Major General I. V. Gribov
379th Rifle Division - Division Commander Colonel P.K. Boltruchuk
391st Rifle Division - Division Commander Colonel A. D. Timoshenko
27th Artillery Division RGK - Division Commander Major General A. D. Kharlamov
19th Guards Cannon Artillery Brigade - Brigade Commander Colonel M. I. Sokolov
136th Army Cannon Artillery Brigade - Brigade Commander Colonel A.P. Pisarev
25th Engineer Brigade - Brigade Commander Colonel A. D. Pivovarov
60th Guards Mortar Regiment - Regimental Commander Major N.V. Chernomaz
90th Guards Mortar Regiment - Regimental Commander Lieutenant Colonel V.D. Zadorin
93rd Guards Mortar Regiment - Regimental Commander Lieutenant Colonel I. P. Lyubimov
240th Army Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment - Regiment Commander Lieutenant Colonel V.P. Kazantsev
758th Army Fighter Anti-Tank Artillery Regiment - Regiment Commander Major I. A. Golik
1st Latvian night bomber aviation regiment - Regiment commander Major K. A. Kirsh
184th Fighter Aviation Regiment - Regiment Commander Major A. G. Shevtsov
810th Assault Aviation Regiment - Regimental Commander Major S. I. Ermolaev
55th Separate Motorcycle Battalion - Battalion Commander Major G. S. Chernobay

MITAVSKIE

(for the liberation of Jelgava)

503rd Infantry Regiment of the 91st Infantry Division - Regimental Commander Lieutenant Colonel V. E. Shikhantsev
1175th Infantry Regiment of the 347th Infantry Division - Regimental Commander Lieutenant Colonel F. I. Proskurin
376th Howitzer Artillery Regiment - Regimental Commander Lieutenant Colonel A. K. Viskov
831st Artillery Regiment of the 279th Rifle Division - Regimental Commander Lieutenant Colonel N. N. Ishichkin
23rd Separate Air Force Signal Regiment - Regimental Commander Major S. P. Lutokhin
64th Separate Guards Heavy Tank Regiment - Regimental Commander Lieutenant Colonel V. G. Nikolaev
399th Aviation Communications Regiment - Regiment Commander Major L. A. Ilyin
1102nd Light Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment - Regimental Commander Lieutenant Colonel M. V. Komko
1489th self-propelled artillery regiment - Regiment commander Lieutenant Colonel A. I. Koshelev