According to S.M. Smirnov’s book “This is how courage comes,” the division has a rich military past. This is one of the oldest and most famous formations of the Red Army. The division inherited the glory of the 22nd Infantry Division, which dates back to 1918. More than two thousand kilometers in campaigns and battles from the Ural steppes to the shores of the Black Sea - this was the combat route of the 22nd Division during the civil war and foreign military intervention in Russia. Its soldiers took part in the liberation of Novocherkassk, Efremov and Yekaterinodar (Krasnodar) from the White Guards, and destroyed the landing force of General Ulagai, who landed in August 1920 on the Taman Peninsula.
For courage, mass heroism and selfless devotion to the socialist Fatherland, shown during the liberation of Krasnodar, by order of the Revolutionary Military Council of the Republic, the division was given the honorary name Krasnodar.
The military glory of one of the first units of the Red Army is preserved and increased by the artillery regiment of the division. It was formed on the basis of an artillery regiment of the same 22nd Krasnodar Rifle Division. In 1919, the unit withstood an unprecedented 72-day siege of the city of Uralsk by White Cossacks. In connection with this event, the Red Banner, presented by the city’s trade union organization in 1929, remained in the regiment. On the front side of the banner are the words embroidered in gold: “To the 22nd Artillery Regiment of the 22nd Krasnodar Rifle Division on the day of the 10th anniversary from the trade unions of the city of Uralsk.” On the other side: “To the steadfast fighters who withstood the 72-day siege of the city of Uralsk.” By 1941, the division was already called the 157th Infantry Division.
According to other sources, the base for the deployment of the division was the 221st Black Sea Rifle Regiment of the 74th Taman Rifle Division. The official day of creation of the division is September 1, 1939.
To the beginning of the Great Patriotic War the division was part of the troops of the North Caucasus Military District.
On September 17, units of the formation began to arrive in the besieged city to assist the city’s defenders. By the end of September 21, 1941, the ships of the squadron of Rear Admiral L. A. Vladimirsky delivered the 157th Infantry Division and reinforcement units to Odessa from Novorossiysk to defend Odessa. As a result of the counterattack, the division managed to push the enemy back 8 kilometers and liberate several populated areas. At the same time, many prisoners were captured.
The combat experience accumulated near Odessa was later useful in the battles in Crimea. The division in December 1941 took part in landing operation in Feodosia. Throughout the winter and spring of 1942, the 157th Rifle Division fought as part of the Crimean Front and was only withdrawn for replenishment at the end of May. The respite was short-lived. In July, the division was transferred to Tsimlyanskaya station in order to eliminate the bridgehead here that the Nazis had created when they crossed the Don. Hastily unloading from the train, the lead 633rd regiment under the command of Major A. Kovalenko immediately went into battle and with a swift attack knocked the enemy out of the village of Krasny Yar. Commander of the North Caucasus Front Marshal Soviet Union S.M. Budyonny expressed gratitude to the regiment personnel for the successful battle and liberation of the village of Krasny Yar.
Then the rest of the division arrived in this area. They fought stubborn battles with the enemy. The fighters fought to the death.
On July 31, Red Army soldier A. Ermakov took his first battle. Left alone at the heavy machine gun, he saw the Nazis emerge from the ravine. Ermakov waited until they reached an open field and opened fire from a distance of no more than 300 meters. Machine gun fire literally mowed down the Nazis. The enemy attack was thwarted.
And a few days later on the Aksai River, the brave machine gunner distinguished himself again. When a squadron of enemy cavalry launched an attack on the open flank of the regiment, Red Army soldier Ermakov allowed it to reach the targeted line and opened fire almost point-blank. In a short time, almost the entire squadron was destroyed.
On November 5, 1942, Afanasy Ivanovich Ermakov was the first in the division to be awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.
Throughout August 1942, units of the division fought stubborn battles with the Nazis trying to break through to Stalingrad. While retreating to a new line of defense, the formation was cut by an enemy tank division. The artillery regiment and special units took on the blow of two hundred (note - to clarify!) fascist tanks. In a difficult situation, the soldiers behaved steadfastly and courageously.
In early 1942, a delegation of workers from the Kuibyshev plant named after Maslennikov arrived in part of the division, bringing gifts to the soldiers for the 25th anniversary of the Great October Revolution. Then there was a second delegation, a third... Chiefs from Kuibyshev visited division units ten times during the war.
For a long time The division defended the heights on the northwestern outskirts of Beketovka, Kirov district of Stalingrad. The enemy failed to break through to the Volga here.
On November 19, 1942, together with other units of the 64th Army, the 157th Infantry Division went on the offensive. She participated in the liquidation of the encircled enemy group.
In January 1943, the division, together with other formations and units of the Don Front, launched a new offensive. During fierce battles, thousands of enemy soldiers and officers were killed and captured. The soldiers and commanders showed massive heroism. 1254 soldiers were awarded orders and medals.
For military services, the division was reorganized into the 76th Guards Rifle Division on March 1, 1943.
In the summer of 1943, the division took part in the Battle of Kursk.
For a short time, the division was put into reserve, where it began to receive reinforcements. In September 1943, she moved to the front with a forced march. With fighting, she reached the approaches to Chernigov. The suddenness and swiftness of the blow broke the enemy's resistance. In cooperation with other advancing troops, units of the division captured Chernigov. By order of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief, gratitude was declared to all troops who participated in his liberation. The division, among the most distinguished units and formations in the battles for the city, was given the honorary name "Chernigov".
Ahead of the division’s soldiers was the Dnieper. One of the first to reach the river was the guard battalion of Captain A.I. Tarnopolsky. The Nazis furiously fired at the shore, the approaches to it, and shell explosions raised columns of water. Tarnopolsky decided to seize a bridgehead on the opposite bank to ensure the crossing of the battalion. The assault group was led by the party organizer of the guard, Sergeant Akan Kurmanov. It included the Komsomol organizer of the Red Army guard company Georgy Maslyakov, guard corporals Vasily Rusakov, Pyotr Safronov, Red Army guards Alexey Golodnov, Arseny Matyuk, guard sergeants Ivan Zaulin, Ivan Bolodurin, Heinrich Gendreus.
Dawn broke over the Dnieper. Having placed a heavy machine gun in the boat, the soldiers sailed away from the shore. When they reached the middle of the Dnieper, the Nazis noticed the daredevils and opened heavy fire on them. But the assault group moved forward.
As soon as the boat touched the shore, the guards rushed at the enemy. Not far away, a Nazi cannon was firing at the crossing. Party organizer Kurmanov ordered her to be captured. The fight was short. With well-aimed throws of grenades, the guards destroyed the fascist crew. They opened fire on the enemy using the captured weapons.
For two hours, a handful of courageous warriors, led by the company party organizer, fought off the fierce attacks of the fascists, covering the battalion's crossing. Kurmanov, Maslyakov, Bolodurin died the death of the brave. all the rest were wounded, but continued to fight until the battalion crossed to the other side. The Nazis never managed to break the resilience of the “iron nine,” as this group of Soviet soldiers later became known in the division. All nine guardsmen were awarded the high title of Hero of the Soviet Union.
In July 1944, pursuing the enemy, Chernigov guardsmen reached the State Border of the USSR. By order of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief, gratitude was expressed to all personnel of the division for the courage, bravery and heroism shown during the liberation of Brest. For the valor and military skill shown in breaking through the strong enemy defenses to the West of Kovel, for skillful actions during the liberation of Brest, by Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, the division was awarded the Order of the Red Banner.
Liberating Poland from the Nazi occupiers, the division fought its way to the Vistula. On the approaches to Warsaw, the battalion commander of the Hero of the Soviet Union Guard, Major V. A. Malyasov, died. The Hero of the Dnieper, a skillful and courageous officer, was constantly among the fighters. The fearless battalion commander set an example for his subordinates.
Many soldiers of the division also distinguished themselves in the battles for the liberation of Poland. In the most difficult winter conditions, in a snowstorm, the battalion of the guard of Major G. A. Molodov crossed the Vistula on the move. On fishing boats and rafts, the guards crossed the unfrozen part of the river and immediately attacked the enemy. The daring actions of the soldiers and commanders ensured success. The bridgehead was captured. In the battles to hold it, the battalion commander was always where the most difficult situation developed. Under his skillful command, the battalion completed its combat mission with honor. Guard Major G. A. Molodov died in this battle. He was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.
Torun - Shvets - Gdansk - stages of the battle for the liberation of Poland. And finally, Germany. The division marched along the shore of the Baltic Sea. Here its advance detachment met with units of the British airborne division.
During the war years, thousands of courageous warriors grew up and were trained in the ranks of the Chernigov Red Banner Division, who, in any, even the most difficult situation, honorably fulfilled the requirements of the military oath, did not spare their blood and lives in the name of the Motherland. Fighting under the guards battle banners of the units, 50 soldiers, sergeants and officers of the division became Heroes of the Soviet Union. After the end of the Great Patriotic War, the division was introduced into the airborne troops.
Currently, the division's combat traditions are continued by the 76th Guards Airborne Division (Pskov).
Milestones of the glorious battle path formations are reflected in the military museum, in the exhibitions of the museums of Odessa, Feodosia, Volgograd, Chernigov, Kalinkovichi and Brest.
The division was commanded by:
Glagolev Vasily Vasilievich (08/19/1939 - 08/15/1941), colonel
Tomilov Dmitry Ivanovich (08/16/1941 - 12/05/1941), colonel
Kuropatenko Dmitry Semenovich (06.12.1941 - 08.01.1942), colonel
Tomilov Dmitry Ivanovich (01/09/1942 - 06/01/1942), colonel
Shteiman Yakov Lvovich (06/02/1942 - 06/15/1942), colonel
Kuropatenko Dmitry Semenovich (06/16/1942 - 09/02/1942), colonel
Kirsanov Alexander Vasilievich (from 09/03/1942), colonel
Literature:
Smirnov S.M. This is how courage comes. // - Moscow, Voenizdat, 1985, 112 pp., circulation 20,000
HISTORY OF THE CREATION OF THE 157TH KUBAN RIFLE DIVISION Before the war 08.28-09.1.1939. In the North Caucasus Military District, the 157th Kuban (Krasnodar) Rifle Division was formed on the basis of the 221st Rifle and 246th Artillery Regiments of the 74th Taman SD. IN Civil War here the 22nd Krasnodar Division was formed and fought, whose regiments were the first in the Red Army to be awarded the Order of the Red Banner. The successor to the Krasnodar division was the 74th Taman Rifle Division, which received the banners of the 22nd division regiments from Krasnodar veterans. Following traditions, the banners of the famous Krasnodar were transferred to the 384th Infantry Regiment and the 85th Artillery Regiment of the new division. At the end of October 1939, she arrived in the forming division large group conscripts from the Voronezh region, at the beginning of February 1940, conscripts from the Volgograd region arrived, and at the end of February a large group from Central Asia. At the beginning of 1941, about 8 thousand Red Army soldiers and junior reserve commanders from Krasnodar region who served in the Red Army. In May 1941, they underwent retraining at camp training. With the declaration of war, the division was fully mobilized according to wartime conditions and was a well-trained unit. The main forces of the division were concentrated in the area of Anapa and Novorossiysk. On June 25, the division began equipping defensive strongholds from the Kerch Strait to Arkhipo-Osipovka to repel landing forces. Poorly conducted reconnaissance, which supplied exaggerated and untruthful information, not only misled the command of the Black Sea Fleet about the large landing operation being prepared by the enemy, but also led to “landing mania” and excessive tension of the Soviet troops along the entire coast. Thus, on July 8, mistaking for landing craft When the motor ship Gromov was sailing from Tuapse to Novorossiysk, the division’s artillery opened fire*.
1. Division commander Colonel D.I. TOMILOV
2. Divisional Commissar, Regimental Commissar ROMANOV A.V.
3. Beginning division headquarters Lieutenant Colonel SERGEEV ST.
4. Commander of the 716th regiment, Lieutenant Colonel SOTSKOV V.A.
5. Commissar of the regiment Art. political instructor DEMYANOV.
6. Beginning political department of the division, regimental commissar MITRAKOV.
7. Commander of the 384th regiment, Colonel AKSENOV.
8. Commander of the 633rd regiment, Colonel GAMILAGDASHVILI.
9. Commissar of the regiment, battalion commissar KARASEV N.P.
10. Commander of 422 art. regiment Lieutenant Colonel KIRSANOV.
11-13. Commanders of the line company: captain LAMZIN A.S., Art. Lieutenant KOLODIN M., Art. Lieutenant PODKOVKA A.
14-17. Political instructors: political instructors IVANOV V.I., SOKOLOV P.M., VORONTSOV I., MITRAKOV V.A.
18. Beginning medical department military doctor 3rd rank BRAVERB.I.
19-21. Nurses: YUKHNEVICH T., ROYT N., VORONENKO SH.
22-25. The Red Army soldiers distinguished themselves: KHMELEVSKY, KOTIN, TSYBULSKY, VELSKY.
26. Beg. artillery supply of the division, military engineer 2nd rank SHAPIRO M.A.
27. Artillery battery commander Art. Lieutenant ROSENMAN B.S.
CHRONICLE OF COMBAT OPERATIONS 157 SD AT THE BORDERS OF OOR The unimpeded evacuation of troops of the Odessa defensive region to strengthen the troops defending the Crimea required offensive operation to eliminate Romanian batteries holding the port waters and sea communications adjacent to Odessa at gunpoint. The defenders of Odessa were unable to liberate part of the coastal territory from the Romanians on their own. To accomplish this task, the Headquarters of the Supreme High Command allocated the 157th Infantry Division from its reserve on September 15, and the fleet formed a regiment Marine Corps and a platoon of paratroopers to conduct a tactical landing in the rear of the Romanian troops. The regiments of the 157th SD began redeployment to the port of Novorossiysk. The 384th SP was the first to load on September 16 and was sent to Odessa, but due to the fact that its 1st rifle battalion, marching from the Kerch Strait, did not have time to load, division commander Tomilov equipped it with the 1st rifle battalion of the 716th SP, and the 1st battalion of the 348th SP departed from the 716th SP. During the transition, the transports were subject to air raids. On September 19 at 3:20 am the transport “Dnepr” entered the port of Odessa, followed by “Abkhazia” and “Georgia”. They delivered the first echelon of the 157th SD. The unloading of the first - 384th joint venture, 141st reconnaissance battalion, units of the 85th LAP, special forces, management and rear services of the division and ammunition took place under enemy artillery fire. One of the shells hit a stack of ammunition being unloaded from the Abkhazia transport. The first wounded and dead appeared. The shell that pierced the deck of the Dnepr transport exploded in the cabin, which the commander, commissar and chief of artillery of the division had left a couple of minutes earlier. An enemy shell that hit the hold of one of the transports killed 18 horses. By the morning, the landed units and subunits made a march on foot and dispersed in populated areas near the city, forming a rear defense line. The 384th joint venture entered the OOR reserve in the Zastava area, ready to counterattack if the Romanians, who at that time had penetrated our positions in the Southern sector in the Tatarka region and on the southwestern outskirts of Dalnik, managed to break through. On the night of September 19, the remaining units of the 85th LAP and the 716th joint venture arrived on the transports “Armenia” and “Ukraine”, accompanied by four military units. On the night of September 20, the transports "Tashkent", "Vostok", "Chekhov" delivered the 633rd joint venture, and "Crimea" and "Bialystok" - other units of the division. The 668th Omind was bombed on the march in the area of Selkhozmash (Peresyp) and suffered losses. The 2nd division of 85LAP was deployed to the positions of the Southern sector of the OOR in the Dalnika region, one in the Western sector, where they took part in counter-battery combat. The arrival of a fresh division and marching companies, which delivered 15 thousand reinforcements for the Odessa divisions, made it possible to successfully carry out the offensive in the Eastern sector. Until September 21, preparations for the offensive were underway. The 157th SD was to advance in the direction of the Ilyichevka state farm - Gildendorf (now Krasnoselka) - Petrovsky farm - Shevchenko farm. Since the tank company of the reconnaissance battalion and the 422nd GAP had not yet arrived from Novorossiysk, the OOR command allocated a tank company and a division of the 134th GAP from its reserve. In addition, the division's actions were supported by the OVMB batteries and the 265th CAP. To the right, the Odessa 421st SD was advancing in the direction of Kryzhanovka - Vapnyarka - Sverdlovo, and the 3rd Marine Regiment landed on the shore in Grigoryevka, which was supported by cruisers, destroyers and a detachment of landing craft with their fire. The 7th, 89th, 22nd infantry regiments of the 13th Infantry Division and the 13th separate machine gun battalion of the Romanians held the defense against the 157th division. The Romanian front line consisted of two, sometimes three lines of trenches, covered with barbed wire and minefields. On September 21, late in the evening, units of the 157SD division began a night march and by 4 a.m. 716 and 633 rifle regiments secretly replaced units of the 54th Razinsky joint venture and the 26th border regiment. At 03:00 on September 22, naval bombers attacked Romanian reserves in the Sverdlovo and Kubanki regions. At this time, OOR aviation carried out assault strikes on the airfields of Baden and Seltsy in order to suppress enemy aircraft. At 7-00 naval bombers SB and DB-3 dashed down and went along the Romanian positions, bombarding them with bombs. After them, Pe-2 dive bombers appeared and hit the second echelons in the village of Aleksandrovka, height 58.0, Ilyichevka state farm, Gildendorf village. During the day, the OOR Air Force, which had 33 aircraft and the day before was replenished with nine cannon Yak-1s, also participated in the assault on enemy positions. At the turn of the 157th SD, the main blow was delivered by the 716th SP in the direction of Gildendorf, for which it was reinforced by two platoons of tanks, a battery of an anti-tank artillery division, a sapper company and a division of the 134th GAP. The 141st reconnaissance battalion moved in the second echelon behind the 716th joint venture. A platoon of the reconnaissance battalion of Lieutenant I.V. Doskin was sent to the enemy’s rear with the task of getting close to the pillbox discovered in the offensive zone of the 716th joint venture, planting a landmine and detonating it at the time of artillery preparation. But at dawn, the Romanians opened gun and mortar fire on the positions of the neighboring 421st SD, which led to a delay in our units reaching their initial positions for the attack. For the same reason, the artillery barrage was shifted by 25 minutes. At 9 o'clock, rifle companies, accompanied by tanks, went on the attack. The Romanians, suppressed by artillery and mortar fire, offered almost no resistance. Having destroyed the Romanians in the surviving machine gun nests and dugouts in a short hand-to-hand battle, the 716th joint venture occupied the first trench. Soon, almost without a fight, the Romanians abandoned the second line of trenches, which allowed the advanced units to break into the southern outskirts of the village of Gildendorf. The success was facilitated by the reconnaissance platoon, which successfully blew up the pillbox and, with its fire, caused panic among the retreating enemy groups. Sergeant Gainatulin burst into a house on the outskirts of the village, in which the headquarters of the Romanian regiment was located, and, waving a grenade, forced the three clerks there to surrender. The staff documents he captured contained important information about the enemy. After the capture of the southern part of Hildendorf, the regiment commander decided to attack the Romanians with a mounted squadron of the 141st Orb, reinforcing it with a platoon of mounted reconnaissance from the regiment, from the flank and prevent them from gaining a foothold on another line. At the moment the squadron deployed to attack, the Romanians opened rapid fire on it from mortars. Under the squadron commander, senior lieutenant L.G. Lepnitsky, a horse was killed, comr. was wounded platoon lieutenant A. Khailo and kr-ts S. Satanovsky. The frightened horses broke ranks, and there was a hitch. At this tense moment, the cavalrymen heard a loud command from the head of reconnaissance, Captain S. Lymar: “Checkers for battle, follow me to the attack, hurray!” The cavalry attacked the Romanians on the northern outskirts of the village and destroyed them. By 2 p.m., the advancing battalions of the 716th Regiment occupied the heights north of Gildendorf, as planned. Red Army soldier A.G. Utratenko saved his seriously wounded village resident, foreman I.A. Orekhov, who found himself in no man's land after a sortie behind enemy lines. At a moment of calm, he jumped out on a cart drawn by two horses to neutral ground, quickly loaded the wounded scout and sped off. The Romanians opened mortar fire, but late, when the villagers were already far away. All day long enemy aircraft bombed battle formations shelf. Our anti-aircraft gunners shot down one enemy plane. The 633rd regiment with two battalions, reinforced by an engineer company, two platoons of tanks, a battery of an anti-tank artillery division and a division of the 85th LAP, advanced to the right in the direction of the Ilyichevka state farm. At night, the regiment replaced units of 421SD* and began to prepare for the offensive. But the Romanians attacked first. They crawled through the cornfield like locusts. Having let them get closer, the regiment's units opened dense rifle, machine gun and mortar fire. Having suffered heavy losses, the Romanians retreated. After a twenty-minute artillery attack, our riflemen moved forward, but a number of firing points hidden in the folds of the terrain were not identified and were suppressed by our artillery and aviation. After crossing the no man's land, our rifle units were forced to lie down and retreat under heavy rifle, machine gun and machine gun fire. The cornfield changed hands several times. Finally, the tank platoons, having lost two tanks in the minefield, overcame the first trench and moved towards the Romanian mortar and artillery positions. Our infantry followed the tanks. The first to rise was a platoon led by its commander, Lieutenant I. Zakharov, and with him the entire 4th rifle company. Having reached the enemy trench, he stabbed several enemies in it. Unable to withstand the united attack, the Romanians abandoned their weapons and fled in panic. On the outskirts of the Ilyichevka state farm, the advance of the 3rd battalion was delayed by a group of machine gunners who had settled in the buildings of the state farm and opened heavy fire from machine guns. Red Army soldier N.G. Sipchenko secretly moved behind enemy lines and destroyed the nearest group of machine gunners with fire from a light machine gun. Several enemy soldiers tried to surround and destroy the brave machine gunner. His comrades rushed to his rescue. The mortally wounded soldier managed to say: “There is still a disk... Reload the machine gun and beat the bastards!” If the regiment took the first line quite easily, then on the second line there were more enemy infantry, which was covered not only by artillery, but also by tanks and self-propelled guns. The 2nd battalion of the regiment was prevented from capturing the second trench by machine-gun fire from a bunker equipped on a small mound. And again the platoon of Lieutenant I. Zakharov distinguished himself. Under cover of fire from the machine gun squad of Sergeant G.T. Kapustin, who began a fire duel with enemy machine gunners, the platoon commander with several soldiers crawled to the bunker and successfully threw grenades into its embrasure. Having bandaged the wound, the brave commander continued to command his platoon. The mortar men distinguished themselves in this battle. Alexey Galkin, the platoon commander, having discovered vehicles approaching a ravine overgrown with bushes, gave the command to the mortar crew of Vasily Galkin, his brother, to open fire. Flames broke out in the bushes and there was an explosion of ammunition. It later turned out that the mortar crew destroyed two vehicles, three mortars and eight enemy soldiers. The 633rd regiment was helped to complete the immediate task by its 3rd battalion, which, upon arrival from Novorossiysk, was urgently transferred to the junction with the 421st SD, where it shot down the enemy with a swift bayonet attack and, in pursuit of there were few Red Army and Red Navy soldiers, but many civilians, including women. blowing it, he advanced 5-6 km. At the end of the day, by order of the commander of the Primorsky Army G.P. Safronov, the division's offensive was stopped, since a gap opened up between the 157th SD, which had moved forward strongly, and the 421st SD, which was somewhat lagging behind, where the enemy could deliver a preemptive strike. This stop allowed the division to bring up artillery, incl. anti-aircraft, replenish ammunition and begin equipping positions. It was done on time. At first, the enemy tried to throw his bombers at the division’s battle formations, but those who arrived in time soviet fighters managed to attack them. Having discovered the attacking fighters, the bombers hastily began to get rid of the bombs, dropping them at the location of their troops. Then the German battalion launched an attack, but, met with well-aimed artillery and mortar fire, suffered losses and withdrew. The Romanians hastily sent a cavalry regiment to the junction of the 716th and 633rd regiments. But the cavalry, without having time to dismount, came under massive artillery, mortar and machine gun fire. Having carried major losses, and, without even picking up the wounded, the cavalrymen galloped back. Romanian prisoners testified that their royal cavalry regiment was kept specially in the rear for a ceremonial march through the streets of Odessa after its capture. From the village of Shevchenko and the estuary, two Romanian infantry battalions, reinforced by five tanks, tried to attack the left flank of the regiment. Tanks were approaching our positions, accompanied by machine gunners who fired as they moved. The commander of the battery gun of the 716th regiment, junior sergeant V. Stupin, set the lead vehicle on fire with the first shot. Senior Sergeant Stupin's crew knocked out the second tank. The crew got out of it, opening the hatches, but were cut off by machine-gun fire. In this battle, the Red Army soldier Tobolin distinguished himself. Having discovered an enemy machine gun, he destroyed its crew with several shots, and then crawled to the machine gun and opened heavy fire on the attackers. Having come under well-aimed fire, the machine gunners ran from the battlefield, followed by three surviving tanks. The 421st Division also began to move forward, reaching the eastern shore of the Bolshoi Adzhalyk Estuary and Aleksandrovka. Having changed command and observation posts, pulling up batteries to the infantry battle formations, units of the division continued the offensive, capturing the Petrovsky farm and the village by the end of the day. Shevchenko, thereby completing the fully planned combat mission. On the morning of September 23, the division occupied the line along the left line. shore of the Kuyalnitsky estuary - high. 51.4 – high. 65.5 – high. 65.9. To the right, the defense was occupied by the 421st SD. In the morning, the Dnepr transport, guarding the hunters, delivered the 422nd GAP and 15 BT tanks of the tank company of the 141st orb division to the port. During the day of September 23, leaving the 716th Infantry Regiment in positions, the division was withdrawn to the area of the village of Zastava and the villages of Usatovo and Nerubayskoye. On September 24, the Sovinformburo reported: “As a result of the successfully carried out operation of unarmed troops near Odessa, the Nazis suffered serious losses. The total enemy losses in killed, wounded and prisoners amount to at least five to six thousand soldiers and officers; Of these, two thousand people were killed. According to incomplete data, our units captured 33 guns of various calibers, including several long-range ones, 6 tanks, 2 thousand rifles, 110 machine guns, 30 mortars, 130 machine guns, 4 thousand shells, 15 thousand mines, a large number of boxes of ammunition." The Izvestia newspaper wrote on October 8, 1941: “In the zone of action of the 157th division, the battlefield presented a picture of the enemy’s panicked flight. Weapons, backpacks, uniforms, officer caps, shoulder straps, helmets, and dishes were scattered everywhere.” Units of the division took trophies: 16 guns, 15 mortars, 23 heavy machine guns, 2 thousand shells and mines, 4 thousand grenades. Over 200 Romanians were captured. They were caught hiding in the corn until September 25th. With the arrival of the 422nd GAP and a tank company of the 141st orb, the division was ready for new battles. On September 30, a directive was received from the Supreme Command Headquarters to evacuate troops from the OOR and strengthen their defense in Crimea. The OOR command decided to send the 157th SD, as the most powerful, to Crimea first. Units of the 421st SD replaced the 716th SP, which transferred to the army reserve. At 22-50, the 633rd joint venture began to load onto the motor ship “Ukraine”, which, guarded by a minesweeper and three hunters, departed for Sevastopol. On the night of October 2, loading of equipment onto two vehicles began. There were two more transports on the way to Odessa. On September 28-29, the 2nd battalion of the 384th joint venture took part in eliminating the Romanian breakthrough in the Tatarka area. On the night of October 1, the 85th LAP, 716th SP and rear units of the division were loaded onto the transports "Georgia", "Jean Zhores" and "Bolshevik". The command of the OOR decided to attract part of the forces of the 157th SD division for a counter-offensive in the Southern sector, for which the 25th SD was reinforced with a tank company of the 141st ORB, the 384th SP and the 422nd GAP. On the morning of October 2, after a salvo of the 48th separate division of guards mortars (Katyushas) * and a 20-minute artillery barrage, in which the armored train “For the Motherland”, the 42nd and 40th regiments and the 422nd GAP took part, the 384th joint venture crossed on the offensive. Our infantry, attacking the first line of trenches, met almost no resistance. Suppressed by the fire of rocket mortars on the right flank, the Romanian infantry began a disorderly retreat. By 11 o'clock, the advanced units of the 384th joint venture reached the southern slopes of the heights near the Dalnitsky farm. The enemy began hastily throwing up reserves. Two infantry battalions in vehicles were approaching units of the neighboring 54th joint venture. The movement of the column of vehicles in the ravine was spotted by artillery reconnaissance officers of Lt. I.A. Pakholyuk from the 422nd Civil Aviation Regiment. Having received the coordinates of the target, Captain A.M. Meyerson's division opened destructive fire from all 12 howitzers. Attempts to seize the heights south of the Dalnitsky farm, undertaken *Arrived in Odessa on 09/23/41 on the transport “Vasily Chapaev”. 3rd battalion of the 384th joint venture did not lead to success. Machine guns were in the way, which artillery observers could not detect and suppress in the folds of the terrain. While the riflemen were attacking the height from the front, the commander of the machine gun squad, Sergeant Savchenko, and the Red Army soldier Turin made their way from the flank, using folds in the terrain. Unexpectedly, the open fire of our machine gun distracted the attention of the defenders. The rifle squad of Sgt. took advantage of this delay. Dubnev, rushing to the attack and dragging neighboring squads with him. When the commander was hit by a bullet, he was replaced by the Red Army soldier Arzamasov, who was the first to burst into the trench. The surviving Romanians fled, abandoning four serviceable machine guns with a large supply of ammunition. On the approaches to the Dalnitsky farm, the 384th regiment defeated two battalions of the 5th Romanian border regiment, but counterattacked by reserve units of the 1st border division, supported by tanks and artillery and mortar fire, went on the defensive. The Romanians planned their main attack at the junction of the 2nd battalion of the regiment that had moved forward and several lagging combat formations of the cavalry division. About 200 enemy soldiers, transported in armored personnel carriers, penetrated the regiment's position on the left flank. Several armored personnel carriers were hit by our artillerymen, but the dismounted machine gunners continued to advance deep into our defense, trying to reach the rear of the 2nd battalion through the corn fields. A platoon of machine gunners attacked the observation post of the battery of Lieutenant V.S. Skubak from the 422nd GAP. Three scouts and two signalmen, led by the battery commander, let the enemy line get closer, then threw several grenades and opened fire with carbines. Eight machine gunners fell dead, the rest lay down. Fighting off with grenades and covering each other with fire from carbines, the artillerymen retreated without losses to a reserve observation post, from where Lieutenant Skubak continued to control the battery fire. About 80 Romanians infiltrated our rear and reached the command post of the howitzer division of Captain A.M. Meyerson. Having blocked the enemy's escape routes with a light machine gun and carbines, the division commander called in battery fire, which scattered the enemy in several salvos. The artillerymen were in the trenches, and the fire from our howitzers did not harm them. At the suggestion of the chief of staff of the 384th joint venture, Major A.T. Kiyashko, the regiment's anti-aircraft platoon moved forward with its quad anti-aircraft machine guns mounted on vehicles in the regiment's battle formations. Using the folds of the terrain, replete with hollows and patches of unharvested corn, anti-aircraft installations, maneuvering on the battlefield, unexpectedly appeared and opened deadly dagger fire from short distances. The tank crews of the 141st Orb fought heroically. Shooting enemy soldiers and crushing them under their tracks, 15 BT-7 tanks broke through west of Lenintal to the positions of enemy mortar and artillery batteries. Some were destroyed, and the rest, taken in tow, were dragged to their location as trophies. When darkness fell, the Romanians tried to bypass the regiment's positions, but the regiment's anti-aircraft machine-gun company advanced from reserve ( com-r l-t M.P. Zavalnyuk) attacked and captured about a hundred Romanians. The 2nd battalion, which had moved forward, found itself surrounded and only on the third day did it make its way to its own. Having defeated four Romanian battalions and thoroughly battered the 1st Romanian Border Division, in the afternoon, by order of the commander of the Primorsky Army, the division stopped the offensive. Our units inflicted significant damage on the enemy and captured: 44 guns, over 40 machine guns, several mortar batteries, many rifles and machine guns. 160 Romanian soldiers and officers were captured. It is noteworthy that the prisoners were escorted to the port by two women from the local destruction battalion. The 384th SP also suffered significant losses. In his rifle companies, about a third of the personnel were out of action. The battle for the Dalnitsky farm was the last battle of the division near Odessa. On the night of October 3, the 422nd GAP loaded onto the Volga transport, the rear of the Primorsky Army onto two other transports and, accompanied by two destroyers, left for Sevastopol. On October 4, the 384th SP, the personnel of the tank company, and on October 5, the remnants of weapons and equipment of the 157th SD were evacuated on three transports. In Odessa, only the tanks of the reconnaissance battalion remained, transferred to the 210th Odessa separate tank battalion*.
Connection history:
The division was formed in 1939. based on the 22nd Krasnodar Rifle Division.
By the beginning of the Great Patriotic War, the division was part of the troops of the North Caucasus Military District and, with the outbreak of hostilities, received the task of preparing a defensive line along the Black Sea coast. From June 22 to September 13, 1941. The division was preparing a defensive line on the Black Sea coast in the Taman, Anapa, Novorossiysk, Gelendzhik sector.
In mid-September, due to the difficult situation in the Primorsky Army in the Odessa region, a decision was made to transfer the division to the Odessa defensive region. On September 15, having boarded ships in the port of Novorossiysk, the 157th SD headed for Odessa (12,600 people in total). On September 17, 1941, the first echelon of the 157th Infantry Division arrived at the port of Odessa.
On September 18, having completed the landing in the port of Odessa, she immediately entered into battle. Arriving reinforcements from the Headquarters reserve and the defense forces of the Primorsky Army strengthened positions in the Southern sector of the OOR, which made it possible to begin preparing a counterattack in the Eastern sector in order to rid the city and the port with the fairways leading to it from artillery shelling from the northeast.
On September 21, 1941, under pressure from the enemy, units of the Separate Primorsky Army were forced to retreat in the area of the Sukhoi and Bolshoy Adzhalyk estuaries. After this, Romanian troops began a systematic artillery bombardment of the city with the aim of disorganizing the defenses and demoralizing the defenders and the population of the city.
On September 22, 1941, in the Eastern sector of defense, Soviet troops launched a combined counterattack: in the area of Grigoryevka, an airborne assault (23 people) was dropped behind enemy lines and a naval landing was landed (1,929 servicemen of the 3rd Marine Regiment), 157- me and the 421st Rifle Division. As a result of the operation, several settlements, the 13th and 15th Romanian infantry divisions were defeated, trophies were taken (6 armored vehicles, 38 artillery pieces, 30 mortars, 110 heavy machine guns, 113 light machine guns and machine guns, more than 2000 rifles, 4 thousand shells, 15 thousand mines) and prisoners, the front line was moved 5-8 km from the city. For courage and courage, the commander of the Odessa defensive region expressed gratitude to the personnel of the formation. As a result of the fighting in the Odessa region, 198 Romanian soldiers were captured, 21 guns, 12 mortars, 50 machine guns and other trophies were captured.
On September 30, the Military Council of the Black Sea Fleet was ordered to evacuate the Odessa defensive region and use its troops to strengthen the defense of Crimea.
On October 6, 1941, units of the division were redeployed to Sevastopol. On October 7, the last 716sp and tank battalion of the division were sent on the Jean Jaures transport. The first to arrive from Odessa, the 157th Infantry Division and the 2nd Cavalry Division, by decision of the command of the 51st Army, were sent to reinforce the 9th Corps defending the Ishun positions. In the period from October 1 to October 8, the division was transferred to Sevastopol, where it became part of the 9 USC 51A, taking up defense in the Ishun positions. Until October 30, the 157th Rifle Division stubbornly defended the Ishun positions, repeatedly launching counterattacks.
On October 18, 11A Manstein began an assault on the Ishun positions. By the evening of October 19, the enemy's 46th Infantry Division broke through to the mouth of Chatyrlyk. On October 20, the enemy managed to cover the command post of the 157th division with an air strike - a direct hit, 11 commanders and political workers were killed, almost the entire leadership of the formation was out of action.
On October 20, the commander of 51A, Lieutenant General F.I. Kuznetsov, was recalled to Headquarters. Unfortunately, this happened at a critical moment, and from the evening of 20 to the evening of October 21, 1941, the units had no central control. By decision of the Headquarters, a unified command was created to unite the actions of the ground and naval forces of Crimea. The command of the troops in Crimea was headed by Vice Admiral Gordey Ivanovich Levchenko. From October 22, units of I.E. Petrov’s Primorsky Army began approaching the battle area. (95, 25 cd and 2 cd). With their help, the command hoped to reverse the unfortunate situation. However, this did not work out. The units of the Primorye Army, brought in scatteredly straight from the march, without reconnaissance and with poor artillery support, on October 24-25 could only delay the German offensive. By October 26, the enemy brought a new 170 Infantry Division into battle, which turned the situation around in the Primorsky Army sector. The front of the 156 Infantry Division at the junction with the Primorsky Army was also broken into. Parts of Batov’s operational group began to retreat along with the rest of 51A units to the Kerch Peninsula.
The withdrawal was carried out under the most difficult conditions. The 156th, 271st and 157th rifle divisions retreated to Kerch; they fought heroically in the Ishun positions and spent almost all their strength there. By November 6, units 51 retreated to the Ak-Monai positions, but were unable to hold them. There were only 400-450 people left in the regiments. There were fierce battles on the Ak-Monai positions for four days, after which the remnants of the division were ~800 people. They fought until November 14, fighting on the outskirts of Kerch. On November 16, the division was evacuated to Taman. Units of the 156th Division actively participated in the battle at Mithridates. Until the late evening of November 15, the troops continued to hold back the enemy on the approaches to the city and port of Kerch. The retreat was covered by the glorious 106th Division. The dedication of the units defending Kerch helped us carry out the evacuation. On November 14, under difficult conditions, they managed to transport about 400 guns and 15 thousand soldiers. The evacuation continued on November 15.
After the evacuation from Kerch, the division was replenished and from the beginning of December 41. began preparations for the landing operation on the Kerch Peninsula. Until December 28, the division was in formation in the Anapa area. The division was replenished to 70% of its staff by adding 320 rifle divisions and marching companies. Units of the 157th Rifle Division in the Anapa area conducted exercises on boarding troops on ships and landing on an unequipped coast.
On December 11, the 157th Rifle Division, after being replenished from the 276th Rifle Division, numbered 10,792 people, 32 field guns, 7 anti-tank guns, 4 zen. guns, 41 mortars, 28 easel and 33 light machine gun. Immediately after crossing to Taman Peninsula The command of the Transcaucasian Front and the Black Sea Fleet began to develop a plan for landing troops on the Kerch Peninsula. On December 26, the landing of ships of the Azov flotilla began landing troops on the northern shore of the Kerch Peninsula. Units 44A, which included the 157th Rifle Division, were at that time awaiting loading onto ships in the ports of Novorossiysk and Tuapse. The 633rd and 716sp divisions boarded ships that were part of the detachment under the letter “E” and left Novorossiysk on December 28. The bold landing from ships right in the port of Feodosia on December 29 was unexpected for the small German garrison of Feodosia. The defending regiment from the 46th Infantry Division had left the day before for the Kerch region, where units of the 51A had begun landing even earlier. By lunchtime on December 29, Feodosia was completely liberated and the 633rd infantry regiment advanced in the direction of St. Crimea.
On January 1, 633sp was attacked by Romanian units from St. Crimea. On January 4, the division attacked the enemy in the direction of Karagoz. The division managed to reach the approaches to the Old Crimea at the Kurg line. Big, mound. Popov (about 6 km remained to St. Crimea). 384sp still remained in Novorossiysk. However, despite the lack of large forces among the German-Romanian troops in the Feodosia region, 44A, which occupied the city, could not immediately go on the offensive with decisive goals. The landed units arrived in Feodosia without rear lines. The concentration of additional reinforcements and the transfer of rear forces took time, while the city was constantly subject to raids by German aircraft that sank arriving transports right at the port.
Meanwhile, Commander 11 German army Manstein concentrated superior forces in the Feodosia area and on the morning of January 15 began an attack on the city, trying to dismember and destroy 44A Pervushin. At the position of the 157th Rifle Division from the St. Crimea was attacked by units of the 170th and 132nd infantry divisions. By the end of January 16, the division retreated to the approaches to Feodosia in the area of Baybug, Lysaya. Realizing that under the current conditions it would not be possible to hold Feodosia, a decision was made to withdraw 44A to the Ak-Monai positions. From the evening of January 17, the division retreated from the Feodosia area to the north in the direction of Koi-Asan. The division's losses amounted to 60-80% of its personnel; many fighters fled). By the end of January 19, the division had retreated to the Parpach-vys. 67.8 line.
27 February 42 went on the offensive with the goal of breaking through to Vladislavovka. However, having advanced only a few kilometers and having suffered heavy losses from enemy flank fire, she retreated to her original position. On March 13-14, he again took part in the offensive, as a result of which he occupied the village. Crimea-Shiban. Until April 17, he waged fierce battles for the nodal point on the Parpach isthmus. Koi-Asan. However, he cannot be taken. After receiving reinforcements, she carried out training and put together units until May 8.
8 May 42 German troops, having broken through front 44A, went on the offensive on the Kerch Peninsula. Since May 9, units of the division participated in a counterattack on the flank of a group of German troops that had broken through in the area of the village. Arma-Eli. Having suffered heavy losses from enemy aircraft and tanks, she retreated to the Red Ball line, high. 81. On May 10, it was transferred to the reserve of the Crimean Front and by May 13 it retreated to the southern outskirts of Kerch. From May 14 to 19 she participated in the defense of Kerch. From May 18 to 19 he is evacuated to the Taman Peninsula.
On May 25, the division was assigned to formation in the Tikhoretskaya area. The division includes the remnants of the 276th Rifle Division.
By June 20, up to 70% of the staff was replenished, and received a large amount of weapons, convoys and horses. On June 14, it was transferred to the 51A SCF.
On July 8, she occupied the defensive area along the river bank. Don from Manychskaya to Bataysk. On July 18, she was loaded into trains and transferred to the Kotelnikovo area. The 633sp arrived in the Tsimlyanskaya area and discovered enemy units that had already crossed the Don. From July 25 to July 30, 1942, the division fought to destroy German troops that had crossed to the left bank of the Don. For successful military operations and the liberation of the village of Krasnoyarsk, the commander of the North Caucasus Front, Marshal of the Soviet Union S. M. Budyonny, expressed gratitude to the personnel. Until July 31, the division fought defensive battles in this area.
On the morning of July 31, enemy motorized units went on the offensive from the Tsimlyanskaya area. A fierce battle raged all day on July 31. Without allowing yourself to be surrounded along the Usk corridor along the river. On August 1, the Don Division began retreating to the Kurmoyarskaya and Potemkinsky areas. By the morning of August 3, it became part of 64A.
From August 3 to September 2, he conducts defensive battles on the borders of the river. Aksai, Myshkovka, Chervlenaya. On the night of August 31, it departs to the river line. Chervlenaya. Parts of the division were cut off by an enemy tank attack. The main blow was taken by the artillery regiment and the army artillery regiment of the RGK attached to the division. These artillery units spent the entire day on August 31 repelling tank attacks in the Tsybenki area. Popov. As a result, German troops did not manage to break through to the southern outskirts of Stalingrad and the river that day. Volga. The remaining units of the division retreated through Karpovka, Voronovo to Beketovka. Here, on September 3, the division took up the defense of the city at the line Gornaya Polyana, Elkhi.
Until November 8, she defended her sector, holding the Kirov region of Stalingrad. From November 20 to 27, she took part in a counteroffensive in the Stalingrad area, as a result of which the Stalingrad group of German-Romanian troops was surrounded. Since January 10, 1943, the division has been part of the troops Stalingrad Front took part in the final part Battle of Stalingrad, Operation Ring, with the goal of destroying the encircled enemy. By January 27, 43 entered Stalingrad from the west through Staro-Dubovka, Elshanka and reached the station area. In the battles near Stalingrad, the division's units killed more than 10 thousand enemy soldiers and officers and more than 10 thousand were captured. 32 guns, 87 mortars, thousands of rifles, vehicles and other captured property were captured as trophies.
On January 27, the division was withdrawn to the General Headquarters reserve and by March 10 it was transferred to the area of Kozelsk.
By order of the NKO of the USSR dated March 1, 1943 No. 107, the 157th Rifle Division was reorganized into the 76th Guards Rifle Division for the courage and heroism of its personnel shown during the Battle of Stalingrad.
Petrus 10-09-2009 11:08
I've looked all over and I just can't find anything. My grandfather went missing in September 1944. He was an assistant to the regimental chief of staff.
Petrus 10-09-2009 13:41
Calex 10-09-2009 13:44
In the notice dated 1978, 157 SD was listed as missing. 384 SP Captain PNSh.
Doesn't matter. '78 is '78.
Calex 10-09-2009 13:45
And by last name, see the list of losses.
I'll post the link now
Calex 10-09-2009 14:36
On August 19, 1939, the 221st Regiment was withdrawn from the 74th Taman Infantry Division and on the basis of the regiment, from August 19 to September 1, 1939, the 157th Infantry Division was formed.
The regimental headquarters and the 1st battalion of the regiment as part of the division continued to exist under the new number “384th Infantry Regiment”. The banner was transferred to the 384th Infantry Regiment.
On August 19, 1939, by order of the NCO of the USSR, the leadership of the regiment was appointed. Place of deployment: Novorossiysk. There was no change in the regiment's deployment before the Second World War. On June 23, 1941 he was transferred to wartime headquarters. 03/06/43 after the Battle of Stalingrad, the 384th Rifle Regiment was transformed into the 234th Guards Rifle Regiment and again switched to wartime status.
Petrus 10-09-2009 14:39
Is it possible to check where the division was at the time of its disappearance??? September 1944???? I found the report based on the last name, nx you are right.
Petrus 10-09-2009 14:41
Last name XXXXXXX
Name XXX
Middle name XXXXXXXXX
Date of birth __.__.1915
Last duty station 384 SP 157 SD
Military rank captain
Reason for leaving: missing
Date of departure __.09.1944
Sources of information TsAMO
Calex 10-09-2009 14:53
quote: Originally posted by Petrus:
Is it possible to check where the division was at the time of its disappearance??? September 1944????
Certainly. The easiest way is to look in the same list of losses at the burial places of those killed on the same dates...
Petrus 10-09-2009 15:46
Somehow you can’t see the burial places... maybe you’re looking in the wrong place...
Calex 10-09-2009 15:55
But look at the scans of the original documents.
There's one for every last name.
For those whose burial place is known, it is usually indicated.
Of course, we need to sit down and write down more places of death by date.
Put it on the map. Discard some that are too far from others.
But gradually the path of the part will be drawn...
Petrus 10-09-2009 16:01
There's not much written there.
Calex 10-09-2009 16:16
Well, of course. Offhand, the first surname is the same with a close date in the same military unit.
Andrievsky M.V. ml. lieutenant.
killed in action 19 Oct. 44.
Buried in Chernyshevskoye village, Nesterovsky district.
(Kaliningrad region)
Petrus 10-09-2009 16:25
Dada... I already found where to watch. Another one in GNesterov and Dedvizhi in Lithuania...
Petrus 10-09-2009 16:46
At that time, the regiment was fighting for Nesterov and liberated it on 10/23. Many of the dead are buried in the area.
Calex 10-09-2009 16:52
Petrus 10-09-2009 16:54
Dear Kalex, Thank you very much for your help. If it had been like this 30 years ago, one would have been able to find one of those who fought in this regiment. Everyone knew the assistant regiment commander. And they knew where the destroyed checkpoint was located (my grandfather’s friend wrote to his mother that he died when a shell hit the checkpoint directly. No body was found - he went missing)
Calex 10-09-2009 18:19
quote: Originally posted by Petrus:
At that time, the regiment was fighting for Nesterov and liberated it on 10/23. Many of the dead are buried in the area.
By the way. Nesterov. He is also Stallupönen, or Ebenrode.
The first city of East Prussia on the way to the west.
(by the way, it’s correct to say “took”)
And some were awarded for reaching the USSR border, so they were the first to get out?
If so, IMHO, the battle for the first German city was no joke.
I think there is more to explore here.
If you're lucky, you'll find a checkpoint....
The composition of the troops of the Red Army and the Red Navy in the Feodosia region in January 1942.
44th Army(Major General A.N. Pervushin, from 01/15/42 - Lieutenant General Ivan Fedorovich Dashichev)
157th Infantry Division , Colonel Kuropatenko, numbering about 5 thousand soldiers
633 sp
384, 633 and 716 rifle regiments,
422 artillery regiment (85 paws),
212 separate anti-tank fighter division,
175 anti-aircraft artillery battery (272 separate anti-aircraft artillery division),
141st reconnaissance company,
150th engineer battalion,
199th separate communications battalion,
133 (152) medical battalion,
149 separate company chemical protection,
124th motor transport company,
367 field bakery,
157th divisional veterinary infirmary,
492 field postal station,
217 field cash desk of the State Bank.
Combat period
18.9.41-5.2.43
Converted to 76th Guards Rifle Division 1.3.43
236th Rifle Division Major General Vasily Konstantinovich Moroz (about 5 thousand soldiers)
814 sp
818 sp
79 TB - given
177th Infantry Regiment (818, 976th Regiment),
509 (180) rifle regiment,
814th Infantry Regiment,
687 (889) artillery regiment,
27 (28) separate anti-tank fighter division,
178 anti-aircraft artillery battery (292 separate anti-aircraft artillery division) - until 29.3.43,
496 reconnaissance company (311 reconnaissance battalion),
404 engineer battalion,
615 separate communications battalion (630 separate communications company),
392nd medical battalion,
102 (10) separate chemical defense company,
94th motor transport company (665th motor transport battalion),
337 field bakery (459 field auto bakery),
236th divisional veterinary infirmary,
701 field postal stations,
508 field cash desk of the State Bank.
Combat period
4.12.41-29.3.43
1.6.43-23.7.43
8.8.43-9.5.45
The division was formed in March 1941 in the Transcaucasian Military District as the 236th Motorized Division. In June 1941 she was in the ZakVO. Later renamed the 236th Infantry Division.
In December 1941, the division landed in the port of Feodosia as part of an amphibious assault. The division's soldiers fought bravely on the Kerch Peninsula. When leaving Crimea in May 1942, parts of the division suffered heavy losses, but gained rich combat experience.
After being completed, the 236th Rifle Division, as part of the 18th Army, fought in the Kuban and North Caucasus.
At the end of October, the division was again withdrawn to staffing, after which in January 1943 it left for the front, and the 687th artillery regiment, which did not yet have means of traction, remained in place and was transferred to the 328th Infantry Division of the 2nd formation (instead of the 889th artillery regiment).
The division was commanded by:
Moroz Vasily Konstantinovich (04/20/1941 - 02/06/1942), colonel, from 01/17/1942 major general
Nemertsalov Petr Ivanovich (02/07/1942 - 05/29/1942), colonel
Korchikov Gleb Nikolaevich (05/30/1942 - 09/01/1942), colonel
Chuvakov Nikita Emelyanovich (09/02/1942 - 03/04/1943), major general
Tseplyaev Nikita Fedorovich (03/05/1943 - 05/30/1943), major general
Fesin Ivan Ivanovich (05/31/1943 - 06/18/1944), colonel, from 11/17/1943 major general
Kulizhsky Pyotr Ivanovich (06/19/1944 - 05/09/1945), colonel, from 11/02/1944 major general
63rd Mountain Division Colonel Pyotr Yakovlevich Tsendzenevsky (about 3 thousand soldiers)
63rd Guards Regiment
251st Guards Regiment
291st State Regiment
346th Guards Regiment
26th ap
76th oiptd, 273rd zenbatr (347th ozad), 53rd casque, 170th sab, 51st obs, 116th medical battalion, 33rd apd, 283rd orhz, 400th atr , 20th groin, 230th pkg
Reformed from the 8th Motorized Rifle Division of the NKVD.
226, 291 and 346 rifle regiments,
26th artillery regiment (10 gap),
273rd separate anti-tank fighter division,
109 anti-aircraft artillery battery (347 separate anti-aircraft artillery division),
175th mortar division (until 10/18/42),
53 reconnaissance company,
170th engineer battalion,
51 separate communications battalion,
116th medical battalion,
34th separate chemical defense company,
400th motor transport company,
20 field bakery,
51st divisional veterinary hospital,
1593 field postal station,
1013 field cash desk of the State Bank.
Combat period
14.7.42-27.11.42
Converted to 52nd Guards Rifle Division 27.11.42
404th Infantry Division Colonel Motovilov (about 7 thousand soldiers). The division did not arrive in its entirety, only some subunits.
643, 652 and 655 rifle regiments,
961st artillery regiment,
187th separate anti-tank fighter division,
189 anti-aircraft artillery battery (685 separate anti-aircraft artillery division),
682 mortar battalion,
460 reconnaissance company,
679 engineer battalion,
849th separate communications battalion,
483rd medical battalion,
476th separate chemical defense company,
341 motor transport company,
248 field bakery (112 field automobile bakery plant),
823 divisional veterinary hospital,
1457 field postal station,
728 field cash desk of the State Bank.
Combat period
1.12.41-14.6.42
Disbanded
126th department tank battalion
Naval detachment (406 omorr - a separate naval detachment of a reconnaissance company)
From among the suitable parts 51st Army:
two battered regiments of the 302nd division and two regiments of the 224th division (8 thousand without artillery),
two regiments of the 390th Infantry Division (about 5 thousand people),
two regiments of the 396th division (6 thousand people),
one regiment of the 398th Infantry Division (about 1.5 people).
