2nd Infantry Division (4th formation)

Formed as the 410th Infantry Division from December 10, 1941 in the Arkhangelsk Military District , near Arkhangelsk , the headquarters of the formation of the compound located near the railway station Isakogorka . The 13th and 200th rifle regiments and the 164th artillery regiment were stationed in the Lakhta military camps , the equipment of which began as early as 1938. The 261st rifle regiment was located at the Archbumkombinat . The personnel of the division were formed from recruits of the Arkhangelsk region , as well as largely from former prisoners of nearby camps ^[2] . On January 7, 1942, the 410th Infantry Division was renamed to the 2nd Infantry Division (4th formation).

In the army from April 1, 1942 to May 9, 1945 .

March 26, 1942 departed to the front along the route Arkhangelsk- Yaroslavl - Rybinsk - Bologoye - Malaya Vishera , where it became part of the Volkhov front and transferred to the 59th army . Until April 28, 1942, the division was in reserve in the area of ​​the villages of Yamno and Arefino , from April 29, 1942, it launched an offensive in the direction of the Spasskaya Polist stronghold, with the aim of expanding the corridor to the 2nd Shock Army . The division was tasked with breaking through the long-term and heavily fortified enemy defenses with the goal of helping individual units (about 30 thousand people) of the 2nd Shock Army of General Vlasov to leave the encirclement. In the first six days, it advanced 6-8 km. For 13 days the division fought incessant battles and on May 14, 1942, having suffered heavy losses, was returned to its original positions. The 13th Rifle Regiment, which was surrounded , was particularly affected. Within two weeks, it was restored in the second echelon , from May 31, 1942 it began fighting, breaking through the corridor to the newly surrounded troops of the 2nd Shock Army near Meat Bohr and fighting there until the final closure of the corridor on June 17, 1942. At the cost of great losses, the division accomplished and unblocked the task of up to 30 thousand soldiers of the 2nd Shock Army, and then went over to the defense on the bridgehead of Volkhov .

In the twenties of August 1942, the division left the bridgehead and crossed over to the east bank of the river . On September 3, 1942, it was returned to the bridgehead, began changing parts of the 65th rifle division at the Selischensky settlement , and, at the time of the shift, the German troops launched an attack, capturing part of the positions of the Soviet troops. A significant role in restoring positions was played by a female sniper company numbering 99 people, which, after taking up the defense, turned to flight, and in the course of a further counterattack, destroyed the battalion of nazi troops, losing only 4 people easily wounded ^[3] .

It was located on the bridgehead until January 1944, on January 13, 1944 she withdrew from her positions and was deployed 30 km south towards Novgorod . On January 14, 1944, he went on the offensive during the Novgorod-Luga offensive operation . Not encountering resistance on the first day of the offensive, it moved 32 kilometers in some places, the division was occupied by a heavily fortified center of resistance in the village of Podberezye . Then it was redeployed to the south and from January 20, 1944 to January 24, 1944, it stormed a well-fortified stronghold in the village of Ossia . , by February 7, 1944, having entered the Leningrad - Pskov road, but, having encountered strong resistance, she could not cut it straight off, having managed to do it only on February 11, 1944.

From February 16, 1944, the division was transferred to the 112th Rifle Corps of the 8th Army and on March 3, 1944 it reached the Lake Peipsi near the source of the River Narva . After a short rest by two battalions on the ice of the lake, she made an attempt to reach the rear of the strongly fortified enemy defensive line, but was unsuccessful. Almost none of the two battalions returned. Somewhat shifting to the right and taking the defense line from the 43rd rifle division , the force forced Narva, seizing a bridgehead, measuring 400 by 2000 meters, which was completely swept. After this, the division fought to hold and expand the bridgehead until July 1944. On April 26, 1944, the division headquarters also moved to the bridgehead.

On July 29, 1944, the division withdrew from the position and relocated to the village of Lyali (currently the Narva open-pit oil shale mine is located on the site of the village) to the west of Narva , fought there. On August 11, 1944, the division was withdrawn from positions and redeployed to Kingisepp , there it was loaded into trains and transferred to Pytalovo .

From September 14, 1944, it attacked during the Riga operation from the area west of Cesvaine . On September 17, the division met stubborn resistance of the enemy on the Ogre River, near the village of Ivani-Spilva . After heavy fighting for the settlement, the division quickly advanced towards Riga , meeting insignificant resistance and 20 kilometers from the city, began to advance around Riga to Tukums . Tukums failed to break through the enemy defenses.

On November 6, 1944, the division was relegated to the rear and reformed. In essence, this was a new formation, since the entire personnel of the rifle subunits from privates to company commanders remained in place and transferred to other units, up to 60% of privates and sergeants were withdrawn from specialized units. In the form of government and a small part of the rank and file, the division was redeployed to Poland , and in December 1944 it was concentrated in Bialystok , where the recruiting of the division began.

From January 18, 1945, the division began a march to the line of the Narew River, from January 24, 1945 it crossed the river in the Vizna area, without meeting resistance (it was suppressed by artillery), moving forward without a fight took Johannisburg and from there from January 27, 1945 with heavy fighting broke through strip fortified Masurian lakes sequentially otvoovyvaya settlements Rudshany , Puyen , Babinten , Kolengan , Kobulten , Bischofsburg , Rotflie , Seeburg , Frontenburg , Royhenburg , Livenburg , Ansdorf , Lichtenau , Loterfeld , Petersvalde , Lichtenfeld , boosts ala Alla River. By February 22, 1945, the division took Hohenfürst , north of Melsac , and advanced to the Baltic Sea coast in the Frisches-Haff Bay area . From there, the division made a march to Konigsberg , and, in the rear of the Soviet troops, in early March 1945 reached the Kvednau region (now Northern Mountain , an area in the north of Kaliningrad ).

From April 6, 1945, the division stormed Königsberg, captured several forts, the North Station , a meat-packing plant and a hospital , and then accepted the surrender of parts of the city’s garrison . On April 11, 1945, the division was withdrawn from the city and located 22 kilometers to the east, where it ended the war.

The war against the Nazis was over, but gangs began to be active in the rear. Gangs of deserters , Vlasovites , and hostile Poles gathered in the August woods in Poland. They even had artillery and tanks. For the destruction of these gangs as part of the 50th army , the 2 rifle Mazury order of the 2nd degree Kutuzov division and other troops were involved. August woods surrounded. In most cases, the battles were transient in nature, but losses could not be avoided. The operation to clean the August forests continued until mid-August. Upon completion, all military units were focused on harvesting and other agricultural work.

For some time the division was stationed in the city of Suwalki .

On October 1, 1945, the division was relocated to the city of Nizhyn , where it was disbanded on January 28, 1946.

• 13th Infantry Regiment
• 200th Infantry Regiment
• 261st Infantry Regiment
• 164th Artillery Regiment
• 70th Separate Anti-Tank Division
• 96th Separate Mortar Division (before 10/29/1942)
• 55th reconnaissance
• 15th Sapper Battalion
• 192nd separate communications battalion
• 91st Medical Battalion
• 497th Separate Chemical Defense Company
• 84th motor transport company
• 414th Field Bakery
• 875th Division Veterinary Infirmary
• 1651th Field Mail Station
• 1059th field ticket office of the State Bank

List No. 5 of rifle, mountain rifle, motorized rifle and motorized divisions that were part of the army in the years of the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. / Gylev A. - M .: Ministry of Defense. - 218 s.

• Lukyanov, Dmitry Akimovich , Colonel (since May 18, 1943, Major General ) - (01.01.1942 - 11.02.1944)
• Perevoznikov, Miron Ivanovich , Colonel - (11.02.1944 - 01.28.1946)

• April 5, 1945 - the honorary name " Mazurskaya " - awarded by order of the Supreme Commander No. 053 of April 5, 1945
• July 5, 1945 -   Order of Kutuzov 2 degrees - awarded by the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR on July 5, 1945 for the exemplary performance of combat missions of the command on the front of the fight against the German invaders and the valor and courage shown.

Rewards of divisions:

• The 13th Infantry Regiment ^[5] Königsberg
• 200th rifle Königsberg ^[5] regiment
• 261st Infantry Order of the Kutuzov Regiment
• 192nd Separate Order of the Red Star communications battalion

•   Kharchenko Fedor Alekseevich ^[6] - Komsomol organizer of the battalion, sniper , senior sergeant . The title was given by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR on May 6, 1965 posthumously (died January 23, 1944).

• A.V. Nevsky. My military affairs
• I. I. Belikov. Holding the "corridor"
• Heroes of the Soviet Union. A brief biographical dictionary in two volumes - M .: Voenizdat, 1987.

• List No. 5 of rifle, mountain rifle, motorized rifle and motorized divisions that were part of the army during the Great Patriotic War (not available link)
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